Oldham Athletic 5-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 9 December 2017

Result

Oldham Athletic 5-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 9 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Oldham Athletic 5-1 Northampton Town: match report

Oldham Athletic beat Northampton Town 5-1 in the League One on Saturday 9 December 2017. It was 3-0 at half-time.

J. Byrne opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from J. Byrne (4'), T. Obadeyi (26'), J. Byrne (45+2'), G. Nepomuceno (60') and Craig Davies (90+3'). Northampton Town scored through Sam Foley (47').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 18th on 23 points from 20 and Northampton Town 22nd on 19 points from 20. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 21st with 50 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Oldham Athletic wins, 1 draw and 2 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · J. ByrneOldham Athletic · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · T. ObadeyiOldham Athletic · 2-0
  • 36'Yellow card · David BuchananNorthampton Town
  • 41'Yellow card · G. NepomucenoOldham Athletic
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ash TaylorNorthampton Town
  • 45+2'Goal · J. ByrneOldham Athletic · 3-0
  • 47'Goal · Sam FoleyNorthampton Town · 3-1
  • 60'Goal · G. NepomucenoOldham Athletic · 4-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Ousmane FaneOldham Athletic
  • 90+3'Goal · Craig DaviesOldham Athletic · 5-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Oldham Athletic 5, draws 1, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

Oldham Athletic line-up

Johny Placide, Cameron Dummigan, Anthony Gerrard, Rob Hunt, Kean Bryan, Dan Gardner, Fane Ousmane, G. Nepomuceno, Jack Byrne, Eoin Doyle, Tope Obadeyi

Northampton Town line-up

David Cornell, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Leon Barnett, Ash Taylor, Regan Poole, Sam Foley, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Billy Waters, Christopher Long