Tranmere Rovers 4-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 30 August 2008

Result

Tranmere Rovers 4-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 30 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Tranmere Rovers 4-1 Northampton Town: match report

Tranmere Rovers defeated Northampton Town 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 30 August 2008. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Ryan Gilligan opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from B. Savage (37'), A. Kay (38'), C. Curran (45') and Ian Thomas-Moore (90'). Northampton Town scored through Ryan Gilligan (10').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 20th on 3 points from 3 and Northampton Town 9th on 4 points from 3. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Northampton Town 21st with 49.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tranmere Rovers win, 2 draws and 1 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Ryan GilliganNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · B. SavageTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 38'Goal · A. KayTranmere Rovers · 2-1
  • 45'Goal · C. CurranTranmere Rovers · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Ian Thomas-MooreTranmere Rovers · 4-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 1, draws 2, Northampton Town 1.