Northampton Town 4-2 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 9 August 2008

Result

Northampton Town 4-2 Cheltenham Town

League One · Saturday 9 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Northampton Town 4-2 Cheltenham Town: match report

Northampton Town beat Cheltenham Town 4-2 in the League One on Saturday 9 August 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Northampton Town's goals came from Chris Doig (42'), Adebayo Akinfenwa (64'), Adebayo Akinfenwa (68') and Leon Constantine (77'). Cheltenham Town scored through an own goal by Gábor Gyepes (35') and Michael Townsend (74', penalty).

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received no yellow cards.

Northampton Town went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Cheltenham Town 23rd with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Northampton Town wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cheltenham Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Own goal · Gábor GyepesCheltenham Town · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Chris DoigNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Luke GuttridgeNorthampton Town
  • 58'Yellow card · Gábor GyepesNorthampton Town
  • 64'Goal · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 68'Goal · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town · 3-1
  • 74'Penalty goal · Michael TownsendCheltenham Town · 3-2
  • 77'Goal · Leon ConstantineNorthampton Town · 4-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Ryan GilliganNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Northampton Town 3, draws 1, Cheltenham Town 0.