Northampton Town 2-1 Gillingham: result and report

League Two · Saturday 30 October 2010

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Gillingham

League Two · Saturday 30 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Northampton Town 2-1 Gillingham: match report

Northampton Town beat Gillingham 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 30 October 2010. The half-time score was 2-1.

Chris Palmer opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from D. Beckwith (21') and Leon McKenzie (40', penalty). Gillingham scored through Chris Palmer (7').

Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards; Gillingham received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 24th on 9 points from 13 and Gillingham 16th on 16 points from 13. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 48 points, and Gillingham 7th with 71.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Chris PalmerGillingham · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · D. BeckwithNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 40'Penalty goal · Leon McKenzieNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Matt LawrenceGillingham

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Chris Dunn, Marcus Hall, Dean Beckwith, John Johnson, Ryan Gilligan, Abdul Osman, Andy Holt, Nathaniel Wedderburn, Liam Davis, Billy McKay, Leon McKenzie

Gillingham line-up

Alan Julian, Barry Fuller, John Nutter, Matt Lawrence, Tony Sinclair, Kevin Maher, Chris Palmer, Jack Payne, Cody McDonald, Adebayo Akinfenwa, Mark Bentley