Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 26 December 2017

Result

Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Northampton Town

League One · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Doncaster Rovers 3-0 Northampton Town: match report

Doncaster Rovers beat Northampton Town 3-0 in the League One on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

James Coppinger opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Doncaster Rovers's goals came from James Coppinger (33'), Niall Mason (43', penalty) and A. Butler (66'). Northampton Town did not score.

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 15th on 27 points from 23 and Northampton Town 22nd on 23 points from 23. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · James CoppingerDoncaster Rovers · 1-0
  • 43'Penalty goal · Niall MasonDoncaster Rovers · 2-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 66'Goal · A. ButlerDoncaster Rovers · 3-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 2, draws 0, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up

Ian Lawlor, Mathieu Baudry, Andy Butler, Niall Mason, Tommy Rowe, Tyler Garratt, Rodney Kongolo, Ben Whiteman, James Coppinger, John Marquis, Alfie May

Northampton Town line-up

Matt Ingram, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Regan Poole, Sam Foley, Shaun McWilliams, Matt Grimes, Marc Richards, Christopher Long