Northampton Town 0-3 Rotherham United: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Northampton Town 0-3 Rotherham United

League One · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Northampton Town 0-3 Rotherham United: match report

Northampton Town were beaten by Rotherham United 0-3 in the League One on Saturday 17 March 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Northampton Town did not score. Rotherham United scored through Michael Smith (17'), David Ball (62') and R. Towell (81').

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

Going into the game Northampton Town were 20th on 39 points from 36 and Rotherham United 4th on 62 points from 36. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 84.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Jon TaylorRotherham United
  • 17'Goal · Michael SmithRotherham United · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Semi AjayiRotherham United
  • 60'Yellow card · Joe MattockRotherham United
  • 62'Goal · David BallRotherham United · 0-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Kevin van VeenNorthampton Town
  • 81'Goal · R. TowellRotherham United · 0-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Northampton Town 0, draws 0, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Richard O'Donnell, Brendan Moloney, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Jordan Turnbull, Joe Bunney, Sam Hoskins, Matt Grimes, Daniel Powell, Hildeberto Pereira, Kevin Brobbey

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)

Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, Josh Emmanuel, Will Vaulks, Matt Palmer, Jon Taylor, Richie Towell, Ryan Williams, David Ball, Michael Smith