Bradford City 1-2 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 13 January 2018

Result

Bradford City 1-2 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 13 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bradford City 1-2 Northampton Town: match report

Bradford City were beaten by Northampton Town 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 13 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

John-Joe O'Toole opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Bradford City's goal came from Paul Taylor (90+2'). Northampton Town scored through John-Joe O'Toole (43') and Chris Long (62').

Discipline: Bradford City received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 5th on 48 points from 26 and Northampton Town 22nd on 26 points from 27. Bradford City went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Bradford City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 43'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 62'Goal · Chris LongNorthampton Town · 0-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Matt GrimesNorthampton Town
  • 85'Yellow card · Sam FoleyNorthampton Town
  • 87'Yellow card · Paul TaylorBradford City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Shay FaceyNorthampton Town
  • 90+2'Goal · Paul TaylorBradford City · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bradford City 8, draws 0, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

Bradford City line-up (4-4-2)

Lukas Raeder, Matthew Kilgallon, Jacob Hanson, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Tyrell Robinson, Romain Vincelot, Nicky Law, T. Dieng, Alex Gilliead, Paul Taylor, Shay McCartan

Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Richard O'Donnell, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Shay Facey, Regan Poole, Jordan Turnbull, Sam Foley, Sam Hoskins, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Christopher Long