Bury 2-3 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 14 April 2018

Result

Bury 2-3 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Bury 2-3 Northampton Town: match report

Bury were beaten by Northampton Town 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 14 April 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Ash Taylor opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Bury's goals came from Peter Clarke (11') and Danny Mayor (74'). Northampton Town scored through Ash Taylor (6'), Sam Hoskins (33') and Ash Taylor (88').

Discipline: Bury received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bury were 24th on 30 points from 41 and Northampton Town 23rd on 40 points from 42. Bury went on to finish that season 24th with 36 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bury wins, 1 draw and 1 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Ash TaylorNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 11'Goal · Peter ClarkeBury · 1-1
  • 33'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 1-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Adam ThompsonBury
  • 74'Goal · Danny MayorBury · 2-2
  • 75'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 82'Yellow card · Danny MayorBury
  • 88'Goal · Ash TaylorNorthampton Town · 2-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bury 3, draws 1, Northampton Town 1.

Team news

Bury line-up

Joe Murphy, Adam Thompson, Phil Edwards, Peter Clarke, Danny Mayor, Zeli Ismail, Callum Styles, Ryan Cooney, Neil Danns, George Miller, James Hanson

Northampton Town line-up

Richard O'Donnell, David Buchanan, Leon Barnett, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Shay Facey, Shaun McWilliams, Matt Grimes, Jack Bridge, Kevin van Veen, Daniel Powell