Northampton Town 3-2 Bury: result and report
League One · Saturday 29 October 2016
Result
Northampton Town 3-2 Bury
League One · Saturday 29 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Northampton Town 3-2 Bury: match report
Northampton Town won against Bury 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 29 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marc Richards opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Marc Richards (36'), Marc Richards (64', penalty) and Matthew Taylor (71'). Bury scored through George Miller (74') and Z. Ismail (82').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Bury received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 8th on 21 points from 15 and Bury 12th on 20 points from 15. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Bury 19th with 50.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-L-L-D-L and Bury's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Marc Richards
- 35'Yellow card · Greg Leigh
- 36'Goal · Marc Richards
- 47'Yellow card · Z. Ismail
- 48'Yellow card · A. Kay
- 64'Penalty goal · Marc Richards
- 70'Yellow card · Danny Mayor
- 71'Goal · Matthew Taylor
- 74'Goal · George Miller
- 82'Goal · Z. Ismail
- 90+2'Yellow card · N. Danns
- 90+7'Yellow card · Hallam Hope
Team news
Northampton Town line-up
Adam Smith, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Zander Diamond, Gabriel Zakuani, Paul Anderson, Jak McCourt, Marc Richards, Sam Hoskins, J. Hooper, Matthew Taylor
Bury line-up
Ben Williams, Greg Leigh, Antony Kay, Niall Maher, Danny Mayor, Neil Danns, Jacob Mellis, Tom Soares, Tom Walker, James Vaughan, Andrew Tutte