NATHAN Jones believes Charlton Athletic’s game against Northampton Town on Good Friday is the Addicks’ biggest in five years as they aim to secure a League One play-off place with a win.
Charlton are ten points clear of Leyton Orient in seventh with four games left after Tyreece Campbell’s fourteenth-minute goal clinched three points at Cambridge United at the weekend.
The Addicks still have an outside shot at automatic promotion as they trail Wrexham in second by six points.
“It’s as an important a game as Charlton have had in many a year, probably since the final game of Covid when they got relegated,” Jones said. “It’s probably that important. We’ve put ourselves in a wonderful position, we’ve got to keep hammering home.
“It’s going to be a real tough game, we saw against Lincoln that if we’re not at it, we don’t make the right decisions before, during and after games then we come unstuck. We’ve a week to prepare, then it’s going to be three season-defining days.”
Josh Edwards assisted Campbell for the only goal at the Abbey Stadium.
“I’ve dropped short to get the ball and TC went and spun his man,” Edwards said. “The gaffer always talks about finding areas. Gladly I found the area and TC does what he does and takes it inside and sticks it in the bottom corner.
“He makes me look good. He’s that type of player that makes my job easy. Just give the ball to him and he’ll produce something, it makes yourself look good. He’s a player every team wants and I cannot speak highly enough of him.”
The clean sheet was Charlton’s nineteenth of the season in the league.
Edwards said: “It was one of the main things that the manager first spoke to me about when I first came down here, that we need to keep more clean sheets. He’s been driving it all season. We went away from it a little bit, maybe midway through the season, but it’s definitely one thing that we take serious pride in and another one today, a tough place to come, and in the end I think we deserved.”
Edwards added: “I would love to get promoted in the top two. It’s a tough ask, but all we can do is focus on ourselves. We’re going to go out and try and deliver on every game we’ve got left. If we win them all, who knows, who knows.”
Edwards also had praise for the Addicks fans who sold out the away end.
“They were really good,” Edwards said. “It was not too bad of a trip for them today, nice weather, so I’m glad they all turned out in their numbers and we really appreciate it. Obviously a big game coming up on Friday now at, home, so hope to see you there again. We appreciate your support.”
