Cheltenham Town 3-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 March 2019

Result

Cheltenham Town 3-1 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 23 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Cheltenham Town 3-1 Northampton Town: match report

Cheltenham Town won against Northampton Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 23 March 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.

Luke Varney opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Luke Varney (18'), Luke Varney (41', penalty) and T. Barnett (73'). Northampton Town scored through Dean Bowditch (89').

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

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 17th on 45 points from 38 and Northampton Town 11th on 52 points from 38. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Northampton Town 15th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cheltenham Town wins, 3 draws and 3 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Charlie GoodeNorthampton Town
  • 18'Goal · Luke VarneyCheltenham Town · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Luke VarneyCheltenham Town
  • 41'Penalty goal · Luke VarneyCheltenham Town · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Ryan HughesNorthampton Town
  • 51'Yellow card · Ash TaylorNorthampton Town
  • 72'Yellow card · Sam FoleyNorthampton Town
  • 73'Goal · T. BarnettCheltenham Town · 3-0
  • 89'Goal · Dean BowditchNorthampton Town · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cheltenham Town 4, draws 3, Northampton Town 3.

Team news

Cheltenham Town line-up

S. Flinders, Ryan Broom, Chris Hussey, Will Boyle, Ben Tozer, Charlie Raglan, Kevin Dawson, Chris Clements, Tyrone Barnett, Luke Varney, Jordan Tillson

Northampton Town line-up

David Cornell, Charlie Goode, David Buchanan, Jay Williams, Ash Taylor, Ryan Hughes, John-Joe O'Toole, Sam Foley, Andy Williams, Joe Powell, Sam Hoskins