Northampton Town 2-3 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 December 2016

Result

Northampton Town 2-3 Rochdale

League One · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Northampton Town 2-3 Rochdale: match report

Northampton Town lost to Rochdale 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Matthew Taylor opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Matthew Taylor (16') and Sam Hoskins (57'). Rochdale scored through Matty Lund (19'), Matty Lund (63') and Matty Lund (67').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 13th on 27 points from 21 and Rochdale 5th on 33 points from 21. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Rochdale 9th with 69.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 1 draw and 4 for Rochdale.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Keith KeaneRochdale
  • 16'Goal · Matthew TaylorNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Matty LundRochdale · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Matty LundRochdale
  • 57'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 63'Goal · Matty LundRochdale · 2-2
  • 67'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 67'Goal · Matty LundRochdale · 2-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Ian HendersonRochdale

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 1, Rochdale 4.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

David Cornell, David Buchanan, Gabriel Zakuani, Aaron Phillips, John-Joe O'Toole, Lewin Nyatanga, Matthew Taylor, Jak McCourt, Sam Hoskins, Paul Anderson, A. Revell

Rochdale line-up

Conrad Logan, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Joe Bunney, Matthew Lund, Callum Camps, Oliver Rathbone, Joe Thompson, Keith Keane, Steven Davies, Ian Henderson