Northampton Town secured a 3-1 victory over Stevenage FC at Sixfields Stadium in Northampton on Saturday, February 7, 2026. The match kicked off one minute later than scheduled as part of the Every Minute Matters campaign.
The home side took all three points, a result that moved them out of the relegation zone and provided a timely boost as the League One season progresses. The game was attended by 6,344 spectators.
The one-minute delay to kick-off was part of Every Minute Matters, the Sky Bet and British Heart Foundation campaign supported by the EFL that aims to encourage people to learn lifesaving CPR chest compressions. The symbolic 60-second change in kick-off times across EFL fixtures (February 5–9, 2026) was intended to highlight that every minute is critical in a cardiac emergency.
Medical experts involved with the campaign say a person’s chance of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest falls by around 7–10% for every minute without effective CPR or defibrillation, which is why the initiative emphasised simple, quick-to-learn chest-compression techniques.
Many fans watched the match from the recently completed East Stand, which was finished in 2025 and increased Sixfields’ capacity to just over 8,200, giving the club new hospitality facilities. The expanded stadium is expected to increase matchday attendance and provide an uplift to surrounding businesses on home matchdays.
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