Oxford United 2-0 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 December 2011

Result

Oxford United 2-0 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 17 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Oxford United 2-0 Northampton Town: match report

Oxford United defeated Northampton Town 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 17 December 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Tom Craddock opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Oxford United's goals came from Tom Craddock (50') and Deane Smalley (87'). Northampton Town did not score.

Discipline: Oxford United received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oxford United were 10th on 30 points from 20 and Northampton Town 21st on 17 points from 20. Oxford United went on to finish that season 10th with 68 points, and Northampton Town 20th with 48.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · S. HeslopOxford United
  • 22'Yellow card · Andrew WhingOxford United
  • 45'Yellow card · James ConstableOxford United
  • 50'Goal · Tom CraddockOxford United · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Adebayo AkinfenwaNorthampton Town
  • 74'Yellow card · John JohnsonNorthampton Town
  • 87'Goal · Deane SmalleyOxford United · 2-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Oxford United 1, draws 0, Northampton Town 1.

Team news

Oxford United line-up

Ryan Clarke, Damian Batt, Jake Wright, Simon Heslop, Peter Leven, Liam Davis, James Constable, Alfie Potter, Tom Craddock, Robert Hall, Andrew Whing

Northampton Town line-up

Sam Walker, Jason Crowe, Ben Tozer, John Johnson, Arron Davies, Andy Holt, Paul Turnbull, Mick McKoy, Daniel Schütz, Adebayo Akinfenwa, Michael Jacobs