Colchester United 1-2 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 25 August 2018

Result

Colchester United 1-2 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 25 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Colchester United 1-2 Northampton Town: match report

Colchester United were beaten by Northampton Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 25 August 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Matt Crooks opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Colchester United's goal came from an own goal by Aaron Pierre (90+4'). Northampton Town scored through Matt Crooks (48') and Billy Waters (90+1').

Discipline: Colchester United received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 3rd on 8 points from 4 and Northampton Town 21st on 2 points from 4. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Northampton Town 15th with 61.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 48'Goal · Matt CrooksNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Jack BridgeNorthampton Town
  • 76'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 90+1'Goal · Billy WatersNorthampton Town · 0-2
  • 90+4'Own goal · Aaron PierreColchester United · 1-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Colchester United 2, draws 0, Northampton Town 0.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Dillon Barnes, Ryan Jackson, Kane Vincent-Young, Tom Lapslie, Frankie Kent, Luke Prosser, Courtney Senior, H. Pell, Frank Nouble, Sammie Szmodics, Brennan Dickenson

Northampton Town line-up

David Cornell, Shay Facey, David Buchanan, Matt Crooks, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, Sam Hoskins, Sam Foley, Junior Morias, Kevin van Veen, Jack Bridge