4,202 watched the League Two clash with Wycombe Wanderers, buoyed beforehand by the news that Northampton will travel to Anfield in the next round of the League Cup.
Ian Sampson however will have been more concerned with seeing his side register a first league win of the campaign and to that end would have been disappointed to be trailing at half-time.
Thornton kept his nerve to register a late point but before the glamour trip to Merseyside, Town will look to get their promotion challenge up and running while the boss is likely to step up his search for a new striker, perhaps with the promise of a bumber payout to come from the Liverpool clash.
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