Bradford City 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 September 2019

Result

Bradford City 2-1 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 7 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bradford City 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Bradford City beat Northampton Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 7 September 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Charlie Goode opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Bradford City's goals came from Clayton Donaldson (77') and Paudie O'Connor (88'). Northampton Town scored through Charlie Goode (20').

Discipline: Bradford City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 12th on 8 points from 6 and Northampton Town 17th on 7 points from 6. Bradford City went on to finish that season 8th with 48 points, and Northampton Town 6th with 52.

Bradford City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paudie O'Connor of Bradford City (7.8), level with Harry Pritchard (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Charlie GoodeNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · J. MartinNorthampton Town
  • 77'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonBradford City · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Paudie O'ConnorBradford City
  • 79'Yellow card · Vadaine OliverNorthampton Town
  • 84'Yellow card · Z. IsmailBradford City
  • 85'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 88'Goal · Paudie O'ConnorBradford City · 2-1
  • 90+2'Second yellow · Z. IsmailBradford City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jordan TurnbullNorthampton Town

Team news

Bradford City line-up (4-4-2)

Richard O'Donnell, Kelvin Mellor, Paudie O'Connor, Ben Richards-Everton, Connor Wood, Harry Pritchard, Matt Palmer, Dylan Connolly, Daniel Devine, Clayton Donaldson, James Vaughan

Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

David Cornell, Joe Martin, Charlie Goode, Jordan Turnbull, Michael Harriman, Sam Hoskins, Nicky Adams, Chris Lines, Shaun McWilliams, Mathew Warburton, Andy Williams