Hartlepool United 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 9 October 2021

Result

Hartlepool United 2-1 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 9 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Hartlepool United 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Hartlepool United won against Northampton Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 9 October 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Sam Hoskins opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Hartlepool United's goals came from David Ferguson (52') and Luke Molyneux (83'). Northampton Town scored through Sam Hoskins (50').

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

Going into the game Hartlepool United were 13th on 14 points from 10 and Northampton Town 10th on 15 points from 10. Hartlepool United went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Northampton Town 7th with 80.

Hartlepool United lined up in a 5-3-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Hoskins of Northampton Town (8.2), ahead of Ben Killip (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 52'Goal · David FergusonHartlepool United · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · David FergusonHartlepool United
  • 66'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 79'Yellow card · Aaron McGowanNorthampton Town
  • 83'Goal · Luke MolyneuxHartlepool United · 2-1

Team news

Hartlepool United line-up (5-3-2)

Ben Killip, Jamie Sterry, Luke Hendrie, Neill Byrne, Zaine Francis-Angol, David Ferguson, Mark Shelton, Nicky Featherstone, Matty Daly, Luke Molyneux, Will Goodwin

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

Liam Roberts, Shaun McWilliams, Aaron McGowan, Jon Guthrie, Fraser Horsfall, Ali Koiki, Sam Hoskins, Jack Sowerby, Paul Lewis, Mitch Pinnock, Kion Etete