Gillingham 1-2 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 October 2017

Result

Gillingham 1-2 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Gillingham 1-2 Northampton Town: match report

Gillingham lost to Northampton Town 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 21 October 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Daniel Powell opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Gillingham's goal came from Lee Martin (62'). Northampton Town scored through Daniel Powell (45') and Matt Grimes (73').

Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gillingham were 22nd on 11 points from 14 and Northampton Town 23rd on 9 points from 14. Gillingham went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

Gillingham lined up in a 3-5-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Gillingham win, 1 draw and 0 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · David BuchananNorthampton Town
  • 45'Goal · Daniel PowellNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 62'Goal · Lee MartinGillingham · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliamsNorthampton Town
  • 73'Goal · Matt GrimesNorthampton Town · 1-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Matt GrimesNorthampton Town
  • 89'Yellow card · Gabriel ZakuaniGillingham

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Gillingham 1, draws 1, Northampton Town 0.

Team news

Gillingham line-up (3-5-2)

Tomas Holy, Max Ehmer, Gabriel Zakuani, Connor Ogilvie, Sean Clare, Jake Hessenthaler, Billy Bingham, Tom Eaves, Lee Martin, Josh Parker, Elliott List

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

Matt Ingram, David Buchanan, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, John-Joe O'Toole, Regan Poole, Sam Hoskins, Shaun McWilliams, Matt Grimes, Daniel Powell, Christopher Long