Rochdale 2-2 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 17 October 2017

Result

Rochdale 2-2 Northampton Town

League One · Tuesday 17 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rochdale 2-2 Northampton Town: match report

Rochdale drew with Northampton Town 2-2 in the League One on Tuesday 17 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ian Henderson opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Ian Henderson (25') and Ian Henderson (62'). Northampton Town scored through Ash Taylor (70') and David Buchanan (78').

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

Going into the game Rochdale were 20th on 12 points from 13 and Northampton Town 23rd on 8 points from 13. Rochdale went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

Rochdale lined up in a 4-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-3-3.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Joe BunneyRochdale
  • 25'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 1-0
  • 62'Missed penalty · Ian HendersonRochdale
  • 62'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 2-0
  • 70'Goal · Ash TaylorNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 78'Goal · David BuchananNorthampton Town · 2-2
  • 87'Missed penalty · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 88'Yellow card · Callum CampsRochdale
  • 89'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rochdale 1, draws 1, Northampton Town 0.

Team news

Rochdale line-up (4-4-2)

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Harrison McGahey, Joe Bunney, Callum Camps, MJ Williams, Brad Inman, Calvin Andrew, Matt Done, Ian Henderson

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

Matt Ingram, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, Regan Poole, Sam Foley, Matt Grimes, Billy Waters, Daniel Powell, Christopher Long