Northampton Town 3-2 Macclesfield Town: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 21 February 2012
Result
Northampton Town 3-2 Macclesfield Town
League Two · Tuesday 21 February 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Northampton Town 3-2 Macclesfield Town: match report
Northampton Town defeated Macclesfield Town 3-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 21 February 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
George Donnelly opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Michael Jacobs (26'), Luke Guttridge (45+1') and Adebayo Akinfenwa (52'). Macclesfield Town scored through George Donnelly (17') and B. Tomlinson (85').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 23rd on 24 points from 29 and Macclesfield Town 20th on 30 points from 30. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Macclesfield Town 24th with 37.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Macclesfield Town.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Macclesfield Town's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 17'Goal · George Donnelly
- 26'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 45+1'Goal · Luke Guttridge
- 52'Goal · Adebayo Akinfenwa
- 85'Goal · B. Tomlinson
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up
Matt Duke, John Johnson, Clarke Carlisle, Kelvin Langmead, Blair Adams, Luke Guttridge, Brett Williams, Adebayo Akinfenwa, Michael Jacobs, Toni Silva, Ben Harding
Macclesfield Town line-up
José Veiga, Jonathan Bateson, Colin Daniel, Tony Diagne, Ben Futcher, Scott Kay, Arnaud Mendy, Marcus Marshall, Sam Wedgbury, Ben Tomlinson, George Donnelly