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
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.
Key events
- 44'Goal · Deon Burton
- 55'Goal · Jack Payne
- 82'Goal · Adebayo Akinfenwa
- 84'Yellow card · J. Martin
- 89'Yellow card · C. Allen
- 90+3'Second yellow · C. Allen
Head-to-head
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