Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 March 2012

Result

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 31 March 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Northampton Town: match report

Crewe Alexandra drew with Northampton Town 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 31 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Luke Murphy opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Crewe Alexandra's goal came from Luke Murphy (17'). Northampton Town scored through Adebayo Akinfenwa (59').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 8th on 59 points from 39 and Northampton Town 18th on 41 points from 38. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 7th with 77 points, and Northampton Town 20th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Crewe Alexandra wins, 3 draws and 3 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Luke MurphyCrewe Alexandra · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · David ArtellCrewe Alexandra
  • 59'Goal · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · B. WilliamsNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 3, draws 3, Northampton Town 3.

Team news

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Steve Phillips, Adam Dugdale, Kelvin Mellor, Jordan Brown, Ashley Westwood, Luke Murphy, Nick Powell, AJ Leitch-Smith, Byron Moore, Billy Bodin, David Artell

Northampton Town line-up

Neal Kitson, Ben Tozer, John Johnson, Clarke Carlisle, Kelvin Langmead, Blair Adams, Luke Guttridge, Adebayo Akinfenwa, Michael Jacobs, Toni Silva, Ben Harding