Colchester United 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 27 January 2009

Result

Colchester United 2-1 Northampton Town

League One · Tuesday 27 January 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Colchester United 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Colchester United defeated Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 27 January 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Adebayo Akinfenwa opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Mark Yeates (57') and S. Vernon (58'). Northampton Town scored through Adebayo Akinfenwa (18').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 11th on 36 points from 26 and Northampton Town 12th on 33 points from 26. Colchester United went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Northampton Town 21st with 49.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Pat BaldwinColchester United
  • 18'Goal · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Mark HughesNorthampton Town
  • 39'Yellow card · Paul RodgersNorthampton Town
  • 45'Second yellow · Paul RodgersNorthampton Town
  • 45'Yellow card · Leon ConstantineNorthampton Town
  • 57'Goal · Mark YeatesColchester United · 1-1
  • 58'Goal · S. VernonColchester United · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Colchester United 1, draws 0, Northampton Town 0.