Northampton Town 3-1 Rotherham United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 29 September 2009

Result

Northampton Town 3-1 Rotherham United

League Two · Tuesday 29 September 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Northampton Town 3-1 Rotherham United: match report

Northampton Town beat Rotherham United 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 29 September 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ryan Gilligan opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Ryan Gilligan (10'), C. Herbert (46') and an own goal by Ian Sharps (58'). Rotherham United scored through Adam Le Fondre (79').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 7 points from 9 and Rotherham United 3rd on 20 points from 9. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Rotherham United 5th with 76.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Ryan GilliganNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · John JohnsonNorthampton Town
  • 46'Goal · C. HerbertNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 58'Own goal · Ian SharpsNorthampton Town · 3-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Luke GuttridgeNorthampton Town
  • 78'Yellow card · Andy HoltNorthampton Town
  • 79'Goal · Adam Le FondreRotherham United · 3-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Ryan TaylorRotherham United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Northampton Town 2, draws 0, Rotherham United 0.