Burton Albion 3-2 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 29 August 2009
Result
Burton Albion 3-2 Northampton Town
League Two · Saturday 29 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Burton Albion 3-2 Northampton Town: match report
Burton Albion beat Northampton Town 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 29 August 2009. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Shaun Harrad opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Burton Albion's goals came from Shaun Harrad (2'), Michael Simpson (7') and Michael Simpson (11'). Northampton Town scored through Steve Guinan (72') and Ryan Gilligan (81', penalty).
Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 11th on 6 points from 4 and Northampton Town 6th on 7 points from 4. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Northampton Town 10th with 66.
Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read W-L-W-L and Northampton Town's W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Shaun Harrad
- 7'Goal · Michael Simpson
- 11'Goal · Michael Simpson
- 54'Yellow card · Paul Boertien
- 64'Yellow card · A. Osman
- 67'Yellow card · Ben Marshall
- 72'Goal · Steve Guinan
- 81'Penalty goal · Ryan Gilligan
- 90'Yellow card · Ryan Gilligan