Southend United 2-0 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 August 2013

Result

Southend United 2-0 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 17 August 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Southend United 2-0 Northampton Town: match report

Southend United beat Northampton Town 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 17 August 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

Anthony Straker opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Southend United's goals came from Anthony Straker (38') and Freddy Eastwood (62'). Northampton Town did not score.

Discipline: Southend United received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Southend United were 4th on 6 points from 2 and Northampton Town 11th on 3 points from 2. Southend United went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Northampton Town 23rd with 46.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southend United wins, 4 draws and 2 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Joe WiddowsonNorthampton Town
  • 13'Yellow card · Chris HackettNorthampton Town
  • 14'Yellow card · J. WhiteSouthend United
  • 23'Second yellow · Chris HackettNorthampton Town
  • 38'Goal · Anthony StrakerSouthend United · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · Freddy EastwoodSouthend United · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southend United 4, draws 4, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

Southend United expected line-up

Daniel Bentley, Luke Prosser, Bilel Mohsni, Sean Clohessy, Ryan Cresswell, Anthony Straker, Marc Laird, Ryan Leonard, Kevan Hurst, Freddy Eastwood, Britt Assombalonga

Northampton Town expected line-up

Lee Nicholls, Clarke Carlisle, Ben Tozer, Joe Widdowson, Kelvin Langmead, Lee Collins, Chris Hackett, Ishmel Demontagnac, Roy O'Donovan, Ben Harding