Northampton Town 2-1 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 October 2018

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Oldham Athletic

League Two · Saturday 27 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Northampton Town 2-1 Oldham Athletic: match report

Northampton Town beat Oldham Athletic 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 27 October 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

John-Joe O'Toole opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from John-Joe O'Toole (36') and Kevin van Veen (45', penalty). Oldham Athletic scored through Rob Hunt (72').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 18th on 15 points from 15 and Oldham Athletic 12th on 20 points from 14. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Oldham Athletic 14th with 62.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Kevin van VeenNorthampton Town
  • 35'Yellow card · Rob HuntOldham Athletic
  • 36'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 42'Red card · Sam FoleyNorthampton Town
  • 43'Yellow card · George EdmundsonOldham Athletic
  • 45'Penalty goal · Kevin van VeenNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 72'Goal · Rob HuntOldham Athletic · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Daniel PowellNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Northampton Town 2, draws 2, Oldham Athletic 6.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

David Cornell, Shaun McWilliams, Jack Bridge, David Buchanan, Aaron Pierre, Jordan Turnbull, Sam Foley, Matt Crooks, Kevin van Veen, Sam Hoskins, John-Joe O'Toole

Oldham Athletic line-up

Daniel Iversen, Tom Hamer, Rob Hunt, Dan Gardner, Peter Clarke, George Edmundson, Callum Lang, Christopher Missilou, Chris O'Grady, Mohamed Maouche, G. Nepomuceno