Northampton Town 1-2 Gillingham: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 2 October 2012

Result

Northampton Town 1-2 Gillingham

League Two · Tuesday 2 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Northampton Town 1-2 Gillingham: match report

Northampton Town were beaten by Gillingham 1-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 2 October 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Deon Burton opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Adebayo Akinfenwa (82'). Gillingham scored through Deon Burton (44') and Jack Payne (55').

Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards; Gillingham received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 13th on 13 points from 9 and Gillingham 1st on 22 points from 9. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Gillingham 1st with 79.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Deon BurtonGillingham · 0-1
  • 55'Goal · Jack PayneGillingham · 0-2
  • 82'Goal · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · J. MartinGillingham
  • 89'Yellow card · C. AllenGillingham
  • 90+3'Second yellow · C. AllenGillingham

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 1, Gillingham 2.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Lee Nicholls, John Johnson, Kelvin Langmead, Ben Tozer, Luke Guttridge, Ishmel Demontagnac, Adebayo Akinfenwa, Kemar Roofe, Joe Widdowson, Alex Nicholls, David Artell

Gillingham line-up

Stuart Nelson, Matt Fish, Joe Martin, Tom Flanagan, Jack Payne, Chris Whelpdale, Charlie Allen, Danny Kedwell, Deon John Burton, Adam Barrett, David Wright