Oxford United 3-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 October 2010

Result

Oxford United 3-1 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 23 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Oxford United 3-1 Northampton Town: match report

Oxford United won against Northampton Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 23 October 2010. It was 2-1 at half-time.

A. Potter opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Oxford United's goals came from A. Potter (4'), Josh Payne (45') and Tom Craddock (90', penalty). Northampton Town scored through Leon McKenzie (16').

Discipline: Oxford United received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Oxford United were 16th on 14 points from 12 and Northampton Town 22nd on 9 points from 12. Oxford United went on to finish that season 12th with 61 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 48.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · A. PotterOxford United · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Leon McKenzieNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Liam DavisNorthampton Town
  • 45'Yellow card · Marcus HallNorthampton Town
  • 45'Goal · Josh PayneOxford United · 2-1
  • 90'Red card · John JohnsonNorthampton Town
  • 90'Penalty goal · Tom CraddockOxford United · 3-1

Team news

Oxford United line-up

Ryan Clarke, Anthony Tonkin, Jake Wright, Harry Worley, Ben Purkiss, Simon Heslop, Asa Hall, Josh Payne, James Constable, Alfie Potter, Tom Craddock

Northampton Town line-up

Chris Dunn, Paul Rodgers, Marcus Hall, John Johnson, Kevin Thornton, Ryan Gilligan, Nathaniel Wedderburn, Liam Davis, Billy McKay, Michael Jacobs, Leon McKenzie