Northampton Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 9 April 2016

Result

Northampton Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers

League Two · Saturday 9 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Northampton Town 1-2 Bristol Rovers: match report

Northampton Town lost to Bristol Rovers 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 9 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nicky Adams opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Nicky Adams (23') and Sam Hoskins (49'). Bristol Rovers scored through Matty Taylor (76') and Ellis Harrison (88').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 3rd on 72 points from 40 and Bristol Rovers 1st on 74 points from 40. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 6th with 79 points, and Bristol Rovers 2nd with 86.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Nicky AdamsNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Nicky AdamsNorthampton Town
  • 49'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Daniel LeadbitterBristol Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · J. MarquisNorthampton Town
  • 88'Goal · Ellis HarrisonBristol Rovers · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Northampton Town 3, draws 3, Bristol Rovers 4.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Adam Smith, Brendan Moloney, Zander Diamond, David Buchanan, Rod McDonald, John-Joe O'Toole, Nicky Adams, Ricky Holmes, Sam Hoskins, Daniel Rose, John Marquis

Bristol Rovers line-up

Steve Mildenhall, Daniel Leadbitter, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Mark McChrystal, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Liam Lawrence, M. Taylor, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney