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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Michael JacobsNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · David DavisShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 10'Yellow card · Shane Cansdell-SherriffShrewsbury Town
  • 27'Yellow card · Nicky WroeShrewsbury Town
  • 47'Goal · Michael JacobsNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 51'Goal · James CollinsShrewsbury Town · 2-2
  • 87'Goal · Jon TaylorShrewsbury Town · 2-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Northampton Town 2, draws 1, Shrewsbury Town 2.

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