Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Sunday 28 December 2014

Result

Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town

League Two · Sunday 28 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Tranmere Rovers won against Northampton Town 2-1 in the League Two on Sunday 28 December 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kayode Odejayi opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Kayode Odejayi (32') and Jake Kirby (63'). Northampton Town scored through Marc Richards (44').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 23rd on 19 points from 22 and Northampton Town 19th on 24 points from 22. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Northampton Town 12th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tranmere Rovers wins, 3 draws and 1 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Kayode OdejayiTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Marc RichardsNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 63'Goal · Jake KirbyTranmere Rovers · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Evan HorwoodNorthampton Town
  • 90+5'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 2, draws 3, Northampton Town 1.

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Owain Fôn Williams, Danny Holmes, Marcus Holness, Janoi Donacien, Josh Thompson, Max Power, Marc Laird, Connor Jennings, Chris Shuker, Kayode Odejayi, Shamir Fenelon

Northampton Town line-up

Matt Duke, Daniel Alfei, Lee Collins, John-Joe O'Toole, Zander Diamond, Gregor Robertson, Stewart Murdoch, Chris Hackett, Kaid Yusef Mohamed, Joel Byrom, Marc Richards