Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 1 January 2011

Result

Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 1 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Northampton Town: match report

Crewe Alexandra beat Northampton Town 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 1 January 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

Clayton Donaldson opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Clayton Donaldson (42') and Shaun Miller (58'). Northampton Town did not score.

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 10th on 26 points from 19 and Northampton Town 19th on 21 points from 20. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 1 draw and 2 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Nathaniel WedderburnNorthampton Town
  • 58'Goal · Shaun MillerCrewe Alexandra · 2-0
  • 88'Yellow card · Abdul OsmanNorthampton Town
  • 90'Yellow card · John JohnsonNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 1, draws 1, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Rhys Taylor, Matt Tootle, Danny Blanchett, Patrick Ada, Ashley Westwood, Luke Murphy, Clayton Donaldson, Shaun Miller, Byron Moore, David Artell, Lee Bell

Northampton Town expected line-up

Chris Dunn, John Johnson, Dean Beckwith, Ben Tozer, Andy Holt, Abdul Osman, Liam Davis, Ryan Gilligan, Billy McKay, Leon McKenzie