Northampton Town 5-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League One · Saturday 24 January 2009

Result

Northampton Town 5-1 Crewe Alexandra

League One · Saturday 24 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Northampton Town 5-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Northampton Town beat Crewe Alexandra 5-1 in the League One on Saturday 24 January 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Billy Clarke opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Billy Clarke (2'), D. Jackman (19'), Billy Clarke (55'), Liam Davis (57') and Billy Clarke (70', penalty). Crewe Alexandra scored through Colin Daniel (30').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Crewe Alexandra received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 16th on 30 points from 25 and Crewe Alexandra 24th on 19 points from 24. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Crewe Alexandra 22nd with 46.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 2 draws and 2 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Billy ClarkeNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 18'Red card · Julien BaudetCrewe Alexandra
  • 19'Yellow card · Mark CarringtonCrewe Alexandra
  • 19'Goal · D. JackmanNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Chris DoigNorthampton Town
  • 30'Goal · Colin DanielCrewe Alexandra · 2-1
  • 55'Goal · Billy ClarkeNorthampton Town · 3-1
  • 57'Goal · Liam DavisNorthampton Town · 4-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Colin DanielCrewe Alexandra
  • 70'Yellow card · M. O'ConnorCrewe Alexandra
  • 70'Penalty goal · Billy ClarkeNorthampton Town · 5-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 2, Crewe Alexandra 2.