Northampton Town 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 14 August 2012

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Cardiff City

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 14 August 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Northampton Town 2-1 Cardiff City: match report

Northampton Town beat Cardiff City 2-1 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 14 August 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Heidar Helguson opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from David Artell (37') and Alex Nicholls (48'). Cardiff City scored through Heidar Helguson (4', penalty).

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Penalty goal · Heidar HelgusonCardiff City · 0-1
  • 4'Yellow card · David ArtellNorthampton Town
  • 17'Yellow card · K. Sainte-LuceCardiff City
  • 37'Goal · David ArtellNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Alex NichollsNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Luke GuttridgeNorthampton Town
  • 75'Yellow card · Adedeji OshilajaCardiff City
  • 86'Yellow card · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Dean Snedker, John Johnson, Kelvin Langmead, Ben Tozer, Luke Guttridge, Chris Hackett, Joe Widdowson, Ben Harding, Clive Platt, Alex Nicholls, David Artell

Cardiff City line-up

Joe Lewis, Dekel Keinan, Ben Nugent, Deji Oshilaja, Declan John, Craig Conway, Joe Ralls, Kevin Sainte-Luce, Stephen McPhail, Joe Mason, Heidar Helguson