Swindon Town 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 21 October 2008

Result

Swindon Town 2-1 Northampton Town

League One · Tuesday 21 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Swindon Town 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Swindon Town won against Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 21 October 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Billy Paynter opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Billy Paynter (48') and Simon Cox (61'). Northampton Town scored through Giles Coke (90').

Discipline: Swindon Town received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 20th on 9 points from 11 and Northampton Town 10th on 16 points from 11. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Northampton Town 21st with 49.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Swindon Town wins, 2 draws and 0 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Mark HughesNorthampton Town
  • 37'Yellow card · Ryan GilliganNorthampton Town
  • 48'Goal · Billy PaynterSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 61'Goal · Simon CoxSwindon Town · 2-0
  • 90'Goal · Giles CokeNorthampton Town · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Swindon Town 0, draws 2, Northampton Town 0.