Northampton Town 2-2 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 May 2018

Result

Northampton Town 2-2 Oldham Athletic

League One · Saturday 5 May 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Northampton Town 2-2 Oldham Athletic: match report

Northampton Town drew with Oldham Athletic 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 5 May 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

George Edmundson opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Matt Grimes (42', penalty) and Ash Taylor (45+4'). Oldham Athletic scored through George Edmundson (29') and Tom Hamer (55').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Oldham Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 46 points from 45 and Oldham Athletic 20th on 49 points from 45. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Oldham Athletic 21st with 50.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Oldham Athletic in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Northampton Town wins, 1 draw and 6 for Oldham Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · George EdmundsonOldham Athletic · 0-1
  • 42'Penalty goal · Matt GrimesNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 45+4'Goal · Ash TaylorNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Dan GardnerOldham Athletic
  • 55'Goal · Tom HamerOldham Athletic · 2-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliamsNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Northampton Town 2, draws 1, Oldham Athletic 6.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-4-1-1)

Richard O'Donnell, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Leon Barnett, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Sam Foley, Sam Hoskins, Shaun McWilliams, Matt Grimes, Daniel Powell

Oldham Athletic line-up (4-4-1-1)

Johny Placide, Wilfried Moimbé, George Edmundson, Rob Hunt, Dan Gardner, Ben Pringle, G. Nepomuceno, Jack Byrne, Tom Hamer, Duckens Nazon, Eoin Doyle