Northampton Town 1-2 Swindon Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 December 2011
Result
Northampton Town 1-2 Swindon Town
League Two · Saturday 31 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Northampton Town 1-2 Swindon Town: match report
Northampton Town were beaten by Swindon Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 31 December 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Michael Jacobs opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Michael Jacobs (22', penalty). Swindon Town scored through Alan Connell (67') and Alan McCormack (90+3').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards; Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 24th on 17 points from 22 and Swindon Town 7th on 37 points from 22. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Swindon Town 1st with 93.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 2 for Swindon Town.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Swindon Town's L-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 22'Penalty goal · Michael Jacobs
- 43'Yellow card · Alan McCormack
- 60'Yellow card · Mick McKoy
- 67'Goal · Alan Connell
- 69'Yellow card · Wes Foderingham
- 78'Red card · Oliver Risser
- 80'Yellow card · K. Langmead
- 84'Yellow card · John Johnson
- 90'Yellow card · S. Berahino
- 90+3'Goal · Alan McCormack
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up
Shane Higgs, Lewis Young, Ashley Corker, Jason Crowe, Ben Tozer, John Johnson, Kelvin Langmead, Arron Davies, Jake Robinson, Daniel Schütz, Michael Jacobs
Swindon Town line-up
Wes Foderingham, Callum Kennedy, Joe Devera, Paul Caddis, Oliver Risser, Matt Ritchie, Alan McCormack, Jonathan Smith, Ronan Murray, Raffaele De Vita, Lukas Magera