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Northampton Town 1-1 Cheltenham TownBILLY McKay saw his opener wiped out, as Cheltenham fought back to claim a 1-1 draw at the Sixfields Stadium.The Cobblers made one change from the team which saw off Lincoln City on Monday afternoon, with Ryan Gilligan returning from a bout of pneumonia to fill the void left by Ryan Jarvis, whose loan spell has now ended.Northampton started the game fielding a 4-5-1 formation, with club captain Andy Holt sat behind lone striker McKay.Perhaps notyour archetypal strike force.Still, it was the home side whobroke the deadlockon nine minutes, when Andy Holt latched onto a long ball forward and displayed great composure to deliver a clinical cro s which McKay duly headed in from close rangeto claim his second goal in as many games. The remainder of the opening half favoured The Cobblers,who wereunfortunate not to extend their lead just before the interval; most notablywhen a Michael Jacobs cro spinged offHolts midriff before falling into the grateful arms of Robinskeeper Scott Brown.Cheltenhams players must have still had their managers half-time team-talk ringing in their ears when they returned to the field and it took le s than three second-half Ray Buchanan Jersey minutes for the away side to level matters.Another long-ball forward provided another goal as Robins livewire, Wes Thomas showed a great turn of pace to beat both Ben Tozer and goalkeeper Chris Dunn to the ball to poke home from just inside the 18-yard area.Home bo s Ian Sampson reacted by making a double substitution on the hour mark;loanee Craig King replaced Billy McKay, with Ryan Gilligantaken offfor local boy Courtney Herbert, who took up a positionwide on the right-flank.It was almost 2-1 to the away-side minutes later,buton this occasion,Thomas could only find the side netting with a rasping drive from the edge of the box.Indeed, the pace of Thomas was on show for all to see, butinjury forced him to leave the pitch as part of a double-substitution forthe Gloucestershire based sideon 77 minutes, andhis departurecame the end of Cheltenhams attacking venom. The Cobblers alsomade their third and final change with Kevin Thornton replacing Nathaniel Wedderburn.In truth, Northampton had the better of the game andtheywere presented withtheir big chance to claim the three points with just minutes left on the clock, when Davis cro s was met by an Andy Holt sci sor-kick that appeared to sail just inches wide.Thehome sideended proceedings with 10 men however, when substitute Thornton pulled up with what looked to be a nasty hamstring injury. However, despite a late Cheltenham free-kick which Dunn had to be alert to tip around the post, there was no further incident of note and after playing out five additional minutes,the whistle was blown as the twosides shared the spoils.Cobblers line-up: Dunn; Johnson, Davis, Beckwith, Tozer; Gilligan (sub Herbert 60), Jacobs, Osman, Wedderburn (sub Thornton 77), Holt; McKay (sub King 60)Subs not used: Walker, Rodgers, Hall, Hinton.northampton.footballblog.co.ukMOM: Michael Jacobs Incisive running. Tantilising cro ses. This lad has a great future ahead of him.Attendance: 4,301