Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 18 September 2010

Result

Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 18 September 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Northampton Town: match report

Shrewsbury Town won against Northampton Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 18 September 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Matt Harrold opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Shrewsbury Town's goals came from Matt Harrold (12'), J. Robinson (49') and J. Robinson (53'). Northampton Town scored through Kevin Thornton (44').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 2nd on 13 points from 6 and Northampton Town 16th on 6 points from 6. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 3rd with 79 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Shrewsbury Town win, 1 draw and 2 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Matt HarroldShrewsbury Town · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Kevin ThorntonNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · J. RobinsonShrewsbury Town · 2-1
  • 53'Goal · J. RobinsonShrewsbury Town · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 1, draws 1, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Chris Neal, David Raven, Ian Sharps, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Sean McAllister, Mark Wright, Steven Leslie, Craig Disley, Jake Robinson, Matt Sadler, Matt Harrold

Northampton Town line-up

Chris Dunn, John Johnson, Kevin Thornton, Ryan Gilligan, Abdul Osman, Andy Holt, Nathaniel Wedderburn, Liam Davis, Billy McKay, Leon McKenzie, Seb Harris