Northampton Town 2-1 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 February 2010

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Saturday 27 February 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Northampton Town 2-1 Cheltenham Town: match report

Northampton Town beat Cheltenham Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 27 February 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

Adebayo Akinfenwa opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Adebayo Akinfenwa (52') and Seb Harris (85'). Cheltenham Town scored through Marley Watkins (78').

Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 9th on 46 points from 33 and Cheltenham Town 20th on 32 points from 31. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Cheltenham Town 21st with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 0 for Cheltenham Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Joshua LowCheltenham Town
  • 48'Yellow card · Ashley EasthamCheltenham Town
  • 52'Goal · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 78'Goal · Marley WatkinsCheltenham Town · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Marley WatkinsCheltenham Town
  • 85'Goal · Seb HarrisNorthampton Town · 2-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Northampton Town 5, draws 2, Cheltenham Town 0.