Accrington Stanley 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 March 2012

Result

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 17 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Accrington Stanley 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Accrington Stanley won against Northampton Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jamie Devitt opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Jamie Devitt (42') and C. Lindfield (87'). Northampton Town scored through B. Williams (69').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 14th on 46 points from 35 and Northampton Town 19th on 37 points from 35. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Northampton Town 20th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Accrington Stanley win, 2 draws and 2 for Northampton Town.

Going into the match Accrington Stanley's last five read D-D-D-L-L and Northampton Town's W-W-W-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Bobby GrantAccrington Stanley
  • 42'Goal · Jamie DevittAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Kevin McIntyreAccrington Stanley
  • 69'Goal · B. WilliamsNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Toto NsialaAccrington Stanley
  • 87'Goal · C. LindfieldAccrington Stanley · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Accrington Stanley 1, draws 2, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up

Lee Nicholls, Daniel Coid, Toto Nsiala, Robert Kiernan, Kevin McIntyre, Charlie Barnett, Luke Joyce, Jamie Devitt, Bobby Grant, Padraig Amond, Peter Murphy

Northampton Town line-up

Matt Duke, Ben Tozer, John Johnson, Clarke Carlisle, Kelvin Langmead, Blair Adams, Luke Guttridge, Adebayo Akinfenwa, Michael Jacobs, Toni Silva, Ben Harding