Shrewsbury Town 2-4 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 22 October 2016

Result

Shrewsbury Town 2-4 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 22 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Shrewsbury Town 2-4 Northampton Town: match report

Shrewsbury Town were beaten by Northampton Town 2-4 in the League One on Saturday 22 October 2016. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Gabriel Zakuani opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Ivan Toney (36', penalty) and Ivan Toney (90+4', penalty). Northampton Town scored through Gabriel Zakuani (22'), Paul Anderson (31'), Sam Hoskins (65') and Paul Anderson (89').

Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 24th on 10 points from 14 and Northampton Town 12th on 18 points from 14. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 18th with 51 points, and Northampton Town 16th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Shrewsbury Town wins, 3 draws and 3 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Gabriel ZakuaniNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Paul AndersonNorthampton Town · 0-2
  • 35'Yellow card · Gabriel ZakuaniNorthampton Town
  • 36'Penalty goal · Ivan ToneyShrewsbury Town · 1-2
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Alex RevellNorthampton Town
  • 58'Yellow card · R. McGivernShrewsbury Town
  • 65'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 1-3
  • 68'Yellow card · Louis DoddsShrewsbury Town
  • 73'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 89'Goal · Paul AndersonNorthampton Town · 1-4
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Adam SmithNorthampton Town
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Ivan ToneyShrewsbury Town · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 4, draws 3, Northampton Town 3.

Team news

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Jayson Leutwiler, Matt Sadler, Ryan McGivern, Javier Klimowicz, Junior Brown, Joe Riley, Ian Blackstone, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Ivan Toney, Louis Dodds, George Waring

Northampton Town line-up

Adam Smith, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Zander Diamond, Gabriel Zakuani, John-Joe O'Toole, Jak McCourt, Sam Hoskins, Paul Anderson, A. Revell, J. Hooper