Peterborough United 3-0 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 18 October 2016

Result

Peterborough United 3-0 Northampton Town

League One · Tuesday 18 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Peterborough United 3-0 Northampton Town: match report

Peterborough United beat Northampton Town 3-0 in the League One on Tuesday 18 October 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

S. Coulthirst opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Peterborough United's goals came from S. Coulthirst (14'), Ryan Tafazolli (36') and Tom Nichols (82'). Northampton Town did not score.

Discipline: Peterborough United received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 11th on 17 points from 13 and Northampton Town 9th on 18 points from 13. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Northampton Town 16th with 53.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · S. CoulthirstPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Joel ByromNorthampton Town
  • 36'Goal · Ryan TafazolliPeterborough United · 2-0
  • 40'Yellow card · M. MaddisonPeterborough United
  • 52'Yellow card · Paul TaylorPeterborough United
  • 76'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 82'Goal · Tom NicholsPeterborough United · 3-0

Team news

Unavailable

  • Brad InmanPeterborough United · injury (Fractured Leg)

Peterborough United line-up

Luke McGee, Michael Smith, Andrew Hughes, Ryan Tafazolli, Jack Baldwin, Michael Bostwick, Chris Forrester, Marcus Maddison, Leonardo Lopes, Paul Taylor, Shaq Coulthirst

Northampton Town line-up

Adam Smith, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Zander Diamond, Gabriel Zakuani, Lewin Nyatanga, Joel Byrom, Sam Hoskins, Paul Anderson, Marc Richards, A. Revell