Northampton Town 2-3 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 5 March 2011
Result
Northampton Town 2-3 Shrewsbury Town
League Two · Saturday 5 March 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Northampton Town 2-3 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Northampton Town were beaten by Shrewsbury Town 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 5 March 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Michael Jacobs opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Michael Jacobs (6') and Michael Jacobs (47'). Shrewsbury Town scored through David Davis (8'), James Collins (51') and Jon Taylor (87').
Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards; Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 17th on 37 points from 33 and Shrewsbury Town 3rd on 54 points from 33. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 48 points, and Shrewsbury Town 3rd with 79.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Northampton Town wins, 1 draw and 2 for Shrewsbury Town.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read L-D-D-D-D and Shrewsbury Town's L-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 8'Goal · David Davis
- 10'Yellow card · Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
- 27'Yellow card · Nicky Wroe
- 47'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 51'Goal · James Collins
- 87'Goal · Jon Taylor
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up
Chris Dunn, Paul Rodgers, Dean Beckwith, John Johnson, Ben Tozer, Abdul Osman, Andy Holt, Josh Walker, Shaun Harrad, Billy McKay, Michael Jacobs
Shrewsbury Town line-up
Benjamin Smith, Ian Sharps, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Jermaine Grandison, Mark Wright, Nicky Wroe, Jon Taylor, David Davis, James Collins, Matt Sadler, Matt Harrold