Northampton Town 2-3 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 October 2016

Result

Northampton Town 2-3 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 1 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Northampton Town 2-3 Bristol Rovers: match report

Northampton Town lost to Bristol Rovers 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 1 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Alex Revell opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Alex Revell (9') and Alex Revell (76'). Bristol Rovers scored through R. Gaffney (60'), Peter Hartley (71') and Charlie Colkett (90+2').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 4th on 17 points from 10 and Bristol Rovers 10th on 13 points from 10. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Bristol Rovers 10th with 66.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Alex RevellNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 60'Goal · R. GaffneyBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Peter HartleyBristol Rovers
  • 68'Yellow card · Alex RevellNorthampton Town
  • 71'Goal · Peter HartleyBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Gabriel ZakuaniNorthampton Town
  • 76'Goal · Alex RevellNorthampton Town · 2-2
  • 81'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 90+1'Second yellow · Gabriel ZakuaniNorthampton Town
  • 90+2'Goal · Charlie ColkettBristol Rovers · 2-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Charlie ColkettBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 0, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Adam Smith, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Zander Diamond, Gabriel Zakuani, John-Joe O'Toole, Matthew Taylor, Sam Hoskins, Harry Beautyman, Paul Anderson, A. Revell

Bristol Rovers line-up

Kelle Roos, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Peter Hartley, Connor Roberts, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Charlie Colkett, Ellis Harrison, Rory Gaffney