Northampton Town 3-4 Swindon Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 24 March 2009

Result

Northampton Town 3-4 Swindon Town

League One · Tuesday 24 March 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Northampton Town 3-4 Swindon Town: match report

Northampton Town lost to Swindon Town 3-4 in the League One on Tuesday 24 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-3.

Adebayo Akinfenwa opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Adebayo Akinfenwa (3'), D. Jackman (68') and Ikechi Anya (87'). Swindon Town scored through Simon Cox (18'), Simon Cox (31'), Billy Paynter (40') and Simon Cox (79').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 19th on 41 points from 36 and Swindon Town 20th on 41 points from 38. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Swindon Town 16th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 1 for Swindon Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Simon CoxSwindon Town · 1-1
  • 31'Goal · Simon CoxSwindon Town · 1-2
  • 40'Goal · Billy PaynterSwindon Town · 1-3
  • 59'Yellow card · Jason CroweNorthampton Town
  • 68'Goal · D. JackmanNorthampton Town · 2-3
  • 74'Yellow card · S. MorrisonSwindon Town
  • 79'Goal · Simon CoxSwindon Town · 2-4
  • 87'Goal · Ikechi AnyaNorthampton Town · 3-4
  • 90'Yellow card · Jack SmithSwindon Town

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Northampton Town 0, draws 2, Swindon Town 1.