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Northampton Town
2006–07 season
ChairmanDavid Cardoza
ManagerJohn Gorman
(until 20 December)
Stuart Gray
(from 2 January)
StadiumSixfields Stadium
League One14th
FA CupSecond round
Carling CupFirst round
Johnstone's Paint TrophyFirst round (s)
Top goalscorerLeague: Scott McGleish (12)
All: Scott McGleish (13)
Highest home attendance7,172 vs Nottingham Forest
Lowest home attendance2,088 vs Brentford

The 2006–07 season was Northampton Town's 110th season in their history and the first season in League One after promotion the previous season. Alongside competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Players

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As of match played 5 May 2007.
No. Name Position Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee
Goalkeepers
13 Mark Bunn GK England Kettering (1984-11-16)16 November 1984 (aged 22) 49 0 Apprentice 21 August 2001 N/A
21 Chris Dunn GK England Havering (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 19) 0 0 Apprentice 22 April 2006 N/A
Defenders
2 Jason Crowe RB England Sidcup (1978-09-30)30 September 1978 (aged 28) 95 5 Grimsby Town 29 May 2005 Free
4 Mark Hughes CB England Kirkby (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 (aged 20) 19 0 Everton 31 January 2007 Undisclosed
6 Chris Doig CB Scotland Dumfries (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 26) 96 3 Nottingham Forest 30 June 2005 Free
15 Brett Johnson CB/LB England Hammersmith (1985-08-15)15 August 1985 (aged 21) 14 0 Aldershot Town 30 June 2005 Nominal
16 Sean Dyche CB England Kettering (1971-06-28)28 June 1971 (aged 35) 61 0 Watford 1 July 2005 Free
19 Alex Pearce CB England Wallingford (1988-11-09)9 November 1988 (aged 18) 15 1 Reading 9 February 2007 Loan
20 Pedj Bojic RB Australia Sydney (1984-04-09)9 April 1984 (aged 23) 115 6 Sydney Olympic 3 August 2004 Free
24 Liam Dolman CB England Northampton (1987-09-26)26 September 1987 (aged 19) 2 0 Apprentice 1 July 2005 N/A
29 Danny May RB England Watford (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 18) 3 0 Apprentice 6 October 2006 N/A
Midfielders
3 Andy Holt LB/LM England Stockport (1978-04-21)21 April 1978 (aged 29) 39 2 Wrexham 27 June 2006 Free
7 Ian Taylor CM England Birmingham (1968-06-04)4 June 1968 (aged 38) 74 8 Derby County 30 June 2005 Free
10 Sam Aiston W England Newcastle upon Tyne (1976-11-21)21 November 1976 (aged 30) 22 0 Tranmere Rovers 27 June 2006 Free
12 David Hunt U England Dulwich (1982-09-10)10 September 1982 (aged 24) 84 3 Leyton Orient 23 March 2005 Free
14 Joe Burnell CM England Bristol (1980-10-10)10 October 1980 (aged 26) 29 2 Wycombe Wanderers 7 June 2006 Free
17 Bradley Johnson CM England Hackney (1987-04-28)28 April 1987 (aged 20) 33 5 Cambridge United 16 May 2005 Free
23 Jerome Watt W England Preston (1984-10-20)20 October 1984 (aged 22) 14 1 Blackburn Rovers 10 August 2006 Free
28 Ryan Gilligan W England Swindon (1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 20) 51 4 Watford 12 August 2005 Free
Forwards
8 Andy Kirk FW Northern Ireland Belfast (1979-05-29)29 May 1979 (aged 27) 107 25 Boston United 10 March 2005 £125,000
9 Kenny Deuchar FW Scotland Stirling (1980-07-06)6 July 1980 (aged 26) 17 3 Gretna 31 January 2007 Loan
27 Jordan Robertson FW England Sheffield (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 19) 17 3 Sheffield United 26 January 2007 Loan
31 Simon Cox FW England Tilehurst (1987-04-28)28 April 1987 (aged 20) 8 3 Reading 22 March 2007 Loan

Competitions

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Coca-Cola Football League One

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Main article: 2006–07 Football League § Football League One

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Port Vale 46 18 6 22 64 65 −1 60
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 17 9 20 66 72 −6 60
14 Northampton Town 46 15 14 17 48 51 −3 59
15 Huddersfield Town 46 14 17 15 60 69 −9 59
16 Gillingham 46 17 8 21 56 77 −21 59
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 15 14 17 48 51  −3 59 8 5 10 27 28  −1 7 9 7 21 23  −2

Last updated: 30 June 2007.
Source: [citation needed]

League position by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAHHHHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHHA
ResultDLLWLWDDLWWLDDDWDLDLDLLWDDWWLLLLDWWLWWLLWWLWDD
Position12172015211317202018111615141613161718181818191818181715161919191817161717151618161315151214
Source: Northampton Town F.C.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

5 August 2006 (2006-08-05) 1 Crewe Alexandra 2–2 Northampton Town Crewe
15:00 BST R.Lowe 7'
D.Vaughan 19'		 Report S.McGleish 12'
A.Kirk 42'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,553
Referee: Mike Pike
8 August 2006 (2006-08-08) 2 Northampton Town 0–1 Brentford Northampton
19:45 BST Report C.Moore 71' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,707
Referee: Darren Deadman
12 August 2006 (2006-08-12) 3 Northampton Town 0–1 Nottingham Forest Northampton
15:00 BST S.McGleish Red card 62' Report C.Doig 46' (o.g.) Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 7,172
Referee: Lee Probert
19 August 2006 (2006-08-19) 4 Gillingham 0–1 Northampton Town Gillingham
15:00 BST Report A.Kirk 23' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,553
Referee: Clive Penton
29 August 2006 (2006-08-29) 5 Northampton Town 1–3 Bristol City Northampton
19:45 BST A.Kirk 18' Report P.Jevons 32' (pen.)
B.Orr Red card 45'
S.Brooker 71'
D.Cotterill 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,919
Referee: Mike Jones
Note: Live on Sky Sports
1 September 2006 (2006-09-01) 6 Rotherham United 1–2 Northampton Town Rotherham
19:45 BST D.Hibbert 7' Report S.McGleish 74', 82' Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 4,971
Referee: Carl Boyeson
9 September 2006 (2006-09-09) 7 Carlisle United 1–1 Northampton Town Carlisle
15:00 BST K.Hawley 56' Report S.McGleish 47' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7,602
Referee: A R Hall
12 September 2006 (2006-09-12) 8 Northampton Town 1–1 Yeovil Town Northampton
19:45 BST J.Crowe 32' Report M.Stewart 68' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,853
Referee: Tony Bates
16 September 2006 (2006-09-16) 9 Northampton Town 1–3 Tranmere Rovers Northampton
15:00 BST S.McGleish 74' Report C.Zola 14'
G.Taylor 35'
J.Mullin 58' (pen.)		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,334
Referee: Gary Sutton
23 September 2006 (2006-09-23) 10 Millwall 0–1 Northampton Town Bermondsey, London
15:00 BST Report M.Cole 42' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 7,432
Referee: P Melin
26 September 2006 (2006-09-26) 11 Cheltenham Town 0–2 Northampton Town Cheltenham
19:45 BST Report A.Kirk 67'
S.McGleish 83' (pen.)		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,224
Referee: P Armstrong
30 September 2006 (2006-09-30) 12 Northampton Town 0–2 Port Vale Northampton
15:00 BST Report G.Pilkington 12'
S.Moore 32'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,316
Referee: Ray Oliver
6 October 2006 (2006-10-06) 13 AFC Bournemouth 0–0 Northampton Town Bournemouth
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 5,746
Referee: Fred Graham
13 October 2006 (2006-10-13) 14 Northampton Town 0–0 Bradford City Northampton
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,625
Referee: R Booth
21 October 2006 (2006-10-21) 15 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Northampton Town Brighton
15:00 BST J.Robinson 39' Report J.Quinn 84' Stadium: Withdean Stadium
Attendance: 5,862
Referee: Mike Thorpe
28 October 2006 (2006-10-28) 16 Northampton Town 1–0 Swansea City Northampton
15:00 BST L.Chambers 55' Report L.Britton Red card 90' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,444
Referee: Phil Crossley
4 November 2006 (2006-11-04) 17 Northampton Town 1–1 Blackpool Northampton
15:00 GMT E.Jess 62' Report A.Morrell 20' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,762
Referee: Keith Hill
18 November 2006 (2006-11-18) 18 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Northampton Town Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT A.Crosby 86' (pen.) Report Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 4,758
Referee: Jon Moss
6 December 2006 (2006-12-06) 19 Chesterfield 0–0 Northampton Town Chesterfield
19:30 GMT Report Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 3,341
Referee: Graham Salisbury
9 December 2006 (2006-12-09) 20 Northampton Town 0–2 Doncaster Rovers Northampton
15:00 GMT Report P.Heffernan 75'
L.Guy 86'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,131
Referee: P Melin
16 December 2006 (2006-12-16) 21 Huddersfield Town 1–1 Northampton Town Huddersfield
15:00 GMT D.Schofield 65' Report J.Burnell 19' Stadium: Galpharm Stadium
Attendance: 8,723
Referee: C Oliver
19 December 2006 (2006-12-19) 22 Northampton Town 0–1 Leyton Orient Northampton
19:45 GMT Report P.Connor 79' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,728
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on November 25, 2006 due to a waterlogged pitch.[1]
23 December 2006 (2006-12-23) 23 Oldham Athletic 3–0 Northampton Town Oldham
15:00 GMT G.McDonald 22'
C.Porter 37'
A.Liddell 61'		 Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 10,207
Referee: Gary Sutton
26 December 2006 (2006-12-26) 24 Northampton Town 2–0 Cheltenham Town Northampton
15:00 GMT S.McGleish 45', 74' (pen.) Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,239
Referee: Steve Bratt
1 January 2007 (2007-01-01) 25 Yeovil Town 0–0 Northampton Town Yeovil
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 5,361
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
6 January 2007 (2007-01-06) 26 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Northampton Town Birkenhead
15:00 GMT J.Mullin 87' Report S.McGleish 11' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6,089
Referee: Dave Foster
13 January 2007 (2007-01-13) 27 Northampton Town 3–2 Carlisle United Northampton
15:00 GMT A.Kirk 45'
S.McGleish 47', 71'		 Report D.Graham 82'
K.Gall 86'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,549
Referee: Fred Graham
23 January 2007 (2007-01-23) 28 Northampton Town 3–0 Millwall Northampton
19:45 GMT S.McGleish 46'
A.Holt 71'
B.Johnson 90'		 Report A.Dunne Red card 90' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,834
Referee: Ray Oliver
Note: Fixture was previously abandoned on December 30, 2006 due to a waterlogged pitch after 68 minutes.[1][2]
28 January 2007 (2007-01-28) 29 Northampton Town 2–3 Oldham Athletic Northampton
15:00 GMT A.Kirk 24'
J.Robertson 88'		 Report R.Wellens 2'
P.Warne 44'
C.Porter 58'		 Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,662
Referee: Mike Pike
3 February 2007 (2007-02-03) 30 Northampton Town 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Northampton
15:00 GMT B.Johnson 55' Report L.Varney 26', 57' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,262
Referee: Paul Taylor
6 February 2007 (2007-02-06) 31 Port Vale 1–0 Northampton Town Burslem
19:45 GMT D.Whitaker 47' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,353
Referee: Anthony Taylor
10 February 2007 (2007-02-10) 32 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Northampton Town Nottingham
15:00 GMT J.Bennett 66' Report Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,573
Referee: Tony Bates
16 February 2007 (2007-02-16) 33 Northampton Town 1–1 Gillingham Northampton
19:45 GMT J.Robertson 86' Report D.McDonald 61' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,618
Referee: G Laws
19 February 2007 (2007-02-19) 34 Brentford 0–1 Northampton Town Brentford, London
19:45 GMT Report J.Crowe 31' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 5,164
Referee: P Armstrong
Note: Live on Sky Sports
24 February 2007 (2007-02-24) 35 Northampton Town 3–0 Rotherham United Northampton
15:00 GMT K.Deuchar 15'
M.Hughes 21'
I.Taylor 45'		 Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,564
Referee: Kevin Friend
3 March 2007 (2007-03-03) 36 Bristol City 1–0 Northampton Town Bristol
15:00 GMT K.Betsy 19' Report Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 11,965
Referee: Grant Hegley
10 March 2007 (2007-03-10) 37 Northampton Town 3–1 Bournemouth Northampton
15:00 GMT J.Robertson 17'
K.Deuchar 77'
A.Kirk 85'		 Report M.Wilson 55' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,921
Referee: Pat Miller
17 March 2007 (2007-03-17) 38 Bradford City 1–2 Northampton Town Bradford
15:00 GMT B.Paynter 62' Report B.Johnson 64'
K.Deuchar 87'		 Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 8,190
Referee: Andy Hall
24 March 2007 (2007-03-24) 39 Swansea City 2–1 Northampton Town Swansea, Wales
15:00 GMT D.Lawrence 45'
A.Robinson 46'		 Report B.Johnson 6' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 11,071
Referee: Keith Stroud
31 March 2007 (2007-03-31) 40 Northampton Town 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Northampton
15:00 BST Report B.Savage 60', 66' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 6,613
Referee: Darren Deadman
7 April 2007 (2007-04-07) 41 Leyton Orient 0–2 Northampton Town Leyton, London
15:00 BST Report S.Cox 12'
A.Palmer 40' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 11,071
Referee: Andy D'Urso
9 April 2007 (2007-04-09) 42 Northampton Town 2–1 Scunthorpe United Northampton
15:00 BST A.Pearce 16'
B.Johnson 90' Red card		 Report B.Sharp 57' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 6,361
Referee: Phil Crossley
14 April 2007 (2007-04-14) 43 Blackpool 4–1 Northampton Town Blackpool
15:00 BST C.Brandon 49', 62'
W.Hoolahan 55' (pen.)
S.Dyche 84' (o.g.)		 Report S.Cox 42' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,334
Referee: Mick Russell
21 April 2007 (2007-04-21) 44 Northampton Town 1–0 Chesterfield Northampton
15:00 BST S.Cox 78' Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,730
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
27 April 2007 (2007-04-27) 45 Northampton Town 1–1 Huddersfield Town Northampton
19:45 BST A.Holt 63' Report D.Mirfin 75' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,842
Referee: Ray Oliver
5 May 2007 (2007-05-05) 46 Doncaster Rovers 2–2 Northampton Town Doncaster
15:00 BST C.Nelthorpe 13'
G.Roberts 59'		 Report J.Crowe 45'
M.Hughes 64'		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 7,534
Referee: C Oliver

FA Cup

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Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup
11 November 2006 (2006-11-11) First round Northampton Town 0–0 Grimsby Town Northampton
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,092
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
21 November 2006 (2006-11-21) First round (r) Grimsby Town 0–2 Northampton Town Grimsby
19:45 GMT Report J.Whittle 18' (o.g.)
J.Burnell 45'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 2,657
Referee: Darren Deadman
2 December 2006 (2006-12-02) Second round Barnet 4–1 Northampton Town High Barnet
15:00 GMT A.Birchall 49'
D.Sinclair 53'
I.Hendon 67' (pen.)
M.Vieira 87'		 Report S.McGleish 45' Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,786
Referee: Keith Stroud

Carling Cup

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Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup
22 August 2006 (2006-08-22) First round Queens Park Rangers 3–2 Northampton Town Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST L.Cook 18'
K.Gallen 50'
R.Jones 87'		 Report J.Watt 55'
A.Kirk 78'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 4,569
Referee: Pat Miller

Johnstone's Paint Trophy

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Main article: 2006–07 Football League Trophy
17 October 2006 (2006-10-17) First round (s) Northampton Town 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Brentford Northampton
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 2,088
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
Penalties
A.Kirk soccer ball with check mark
E.Jess soccer ball with red X
P.Bojić soccer ball with check mark
J.Watt soccer ball with red X		 K.O'Connor soccer ball with check mark
M.Heywood soccer ball with check mark
A.Frampton soccer ball with check mark
P.Brooker soccer ball with check mark

Appearances, goals and cards

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No. Pos Player League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total Discipline
Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Yellow card Red card
2 RB Jason Crowe 43 – 3 2 – – 1 – – 1 – – 47 – 3 8 –
3 LB Andy Holt 33 2 2 2 1 – – – – 1 – – 36 3 2 2 –
4 CB Mark Hughes 17 – 2 – – – – – – – – – 17 – 2 6 –
6 CB Chris Doig 39 – – 3 – – – – – – – – 42 – – 5 –
7 CM Ian Taylor 26 7 1 2 1 – – – – – – – 28 8 1 6 –
8 ST Andy Kirk 29 15 7 1 1 – 1 – 1 1 – – 32 16 8 – –
9 ST Kenny Deuchar 14 3 3 – – – – – – – – – 14 3 3 1 –
10 W Sam Aiston 14 7 – – – – 1 – – – – – 15 7 – 3 –
12 CM David Hunt 20 9 – 3 – – – – – 1 – – 24 9 – 6 –
13 GK Mark Bunn 42 – – 3 – – 1 – – 1 – – 47 – – 4 –
14 CM Joe Burnell 24 – 1 2 1 1 1 – – 1 – – 28 1 2 2 –
15 CB Brett Johnson 2 2 – – – – 1 – – – 1 – 3 3 – – –
16 CB Sean Dyche 20 1 – 2 – – 1 – – – – – 23 1 – 2 –
17 CM Bradley Johnson 21 6 5 – – – 1 – – – – – 22 7 5 6 1
19 CB Alex Pearce 15 – 1 – – – – – – – – – 15 – 1 – –
20 RB Pedj Bojić 19 7 – 1 1 – – 1 – 1 – – 21 9 – 3 –
21 GK Chris Dunn – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
23 RM Jerome Watt 2 8 – 1 1 – – 1 1 – 1 – 3 11 1 – –
24 CB Liam Dolman 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – –
27 ST Jordan Robertson 9 8 3 – – – – – – – – – 9 8 3 1 –
28 RM Ryan Gilligan 14 9 – – 1 – – 1 – – 1 – 14 12 – 5 –
29 RB Danny May 2 1 – – – – – – – – – – 2 1 – – –
31 ST Simon Cox 6 2 3 – – – – – – – – – 6 2 3 1 –
– LB Fred Murray – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Out on loan:
22 ST James Quinn 5 13 1 2 1 – 1 – – – – – 9 14 1 – –
Players no longer at the club:
1 GK Lee Harper 4 – – – – – – – – – – – 4 – – – –
4 CB Luke Chambers 29 – 1 3 – – 1 – – 1 – – 34 – 1 3 –
9 ST Scott McGleish 24 1 12 3 – 1 – – – 1 – – 28 1 13 1 1
11 CM Eoin Jess 22 4 1 3 – – 1 – – 1 – – 27 4 1 2 –
25 ST Scott Cross – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
26 CB Tom Bonner – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
26 CM Marc Laird 2 4 – – – – – – – – – – 2 4 – 1 –
27 LM Mitchell Cole 6 2 1 – – – – – – 1 – – 7 2 1 1 –
27 ST Nick Wright 2 2 – – 1 – – – – – – – 2 2 – – –

References

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  1. ^ a b "2006/07 League 1". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Northampton A-A Millwall". BBC Sport. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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