Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 March 2017

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Bolton Wanderers won against Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Adam Le Fondre (75', penalty) and Filipe Morais (82'). Northampton Town scored through Michael Smith (57').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 3rd on 66 points from 36 and Northampton Town 14th on 49 points from 38. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Northampton Town 16th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bolton Wanderers win, 0 draws and 0 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Marc RichardsNorthampton Town
  • 51'Yellow card · David BuchananNorthampton Town
  • 57'Goal · Michael SmithNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 75'Penalty goal · Adam Le FondreBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 82'Goal · Filipe MoraisBolton Wanderers · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Bolton Wanderers 1, draws 0, Northampton Town 0.

Team news

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Bolton Wanderers line-up

Ben Alnwick, Dorian Dervite, Mark Beevers, Derik Osede, Andrew Taylor, David Wheater, Josh Vela, Darren Pratley, Filipe Morais, Gary Madine, Adam Le Fondre

Northampton Town line-up

Adam Smith, David Buchanan, Zander Diamond, Aaron Phillips, John-Joe O'Toole, Lewin Nyatanga, Matthew Taylor, Jak McCourt, Luke Williams, Marc Richards, Michael Smith