Northampton Town 3-3 Southend United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 25 August 2012

Result

Northampton Town 3-3 Southend United

League Two · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Northampton Town 3-3 Southend United: match report

Northampton Town drew with Southend United 3-3 in the League Two on Saturday 25 August 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Adebayo Akinfenwa (65'), David Artell (82') and Alex Nicholls (86'). Southend United scored through Britt Assombalonga (57'), Kane Ferdinand (78') and Ryan Cresswell (90+5').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Southend United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 6th on 4 points from 2 and Southend United 24th on 0 points from 2. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Southend United 11th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 3 draws and 4 for Southend United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Goal · Britt AssombalongaSouthend United · 0-1
  • 65'Goal · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Alex NichollsNorthampton Town
  • 72'Yellow card · Joe WiddowsonNorthampton Town
  • 74'Yellow card · John SpicerSouthend United
  • 78'Goal · Kane FerdinandSouthend United · 1-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Kane FerdinandSouthend United
  • 82'Goal · David ArtellNorthampton Town · 2-2
  • 86'Goal · Alex NichollsNorthampton Town · 3-2
  • 90+5'Goal · Ryan CresswellSouthend United · 3-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 3, Southend United 4.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Lee Nicholls, John Johnson, Kelvin Langmead, Ben Tozer, Luke Guttridge, Chris Hackett, Joe Widdowson, Ben Harding, Clive Platt, Alex Nicholls, David Artell

Southend United line-up

Cameron Belford, Sean Clohessy, Ryan Cresswell, Mark Phillips, Dave Martin, Kane Ferdinand, Ryan Leonard, John Spicer, Britt Assombalonga, Luke Prosser, Gavin Tomlin