Northampton Town 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 21 August 2012

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Rotherham United

League Two · Tuesday 21 August 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Northampton Town 2-1 Rotherham United: match report

Northampton Town beat Rotherham United 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 21 August 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Chris Hackett opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Chris Hackett (26') and Alex Nicholls (86'). Rotherham United scored through Ben Pringle (42').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 5 yellow cards; Rotherham United received no yellow cards.

Northampton Town went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Rotherham United 2nd with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Northampton Town wins, 4 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Chris HackettNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Ben PringleRotherham United · 1-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Luke GuttridgeNorthampton Town
  • 63'Yellow card · Luke GuttridgeNorthampton Town
  • 86'Goal · Alex NichollsNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town
  • 87'Yellow card · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Clive PlattNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Northampton Town 3, draws 4, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Lee Nicholls, John Johnson, Kelvin Langmead, Ben Tozer, Luke Guttridge, Chris Hackett, Joe Widdowson, Ben Harding, Clive Platt, Alex Nicholls, David Artell

Rotherham United line-up

Scott Shearer, Laurence Wilson, Ian Sharps, Jason Taylor, Michael O'Connor, Mark Bradley, Ben Pringle, David Noble, Kári Árnason, Kayode Odejayi, Daniel Nardiello