Flashback: Northampton Town

As we prepare to take on Northampton Town at home on Tuesday night, we look back at our record and memorable matches versus the Cobblers.

THE LAST WIN AT HOME
Iron 3-0 Northampton Town
Saturday, October 12, 2019

Scunthorpe improved their unbeaten run in League Two to three games with a comfortable 3-0 victory over 10-man Northampton.

Lee Novak fired them ahead in the 12th minute, beating the offside trap to bring down a clever pass from Ryan Colclough and flick it past onrushing goalkeeper David Cornell.

Two minutes later, the Iron striker netted his second, this time pouncing from close range after Cornell had kept out a Kevin van Veen header.

Sam Hoskins shot wide during a rare sight at goal for the visitors, before Van Veen - against his former club - curled a great strike into the far corner of the net to wrap up victory for the hosts.

Northampton improved after the break, but any hopes they had of finding a way back into the game disappeared when striker Vadaine Oliver was sent off in the 54th minute for catching Scunthorpe goalkeeper Rory Watson in the face with his boot while challenging for the ball.

A bloodied Watson was forced off, but the Iron continued to dominate - with only a combination of Cornell and the crossbar denying Novak a hat-trick late on.



BRILLIANT LATE WINNER
Northampton Town 1-2 Iron
Saturday, January 14, 2017

Josh Morris grabbed the late winner as second-placed Scunthorpe beat League One strugglers Northampton at Sixfields.

The opening period came to life when Kevin Van Veen twice went close, heading wide from close range before seeing Adam Smith save his low drive from the edge of the box.

Cobblers created a couple of openings, Matt Taylor being denied by Luke Daniels who then thwarted Marc Richards.

But Scunthorpe broke the deadlock in the 21st minute when Stephen Dawson's cross was headed home by Van Veen from close range.

John-Joe O'Toole fired wide and Hoskins was denied again by Daniels. But Cobblers equalised three minutes before the interval when Alex Revell headed home Taylor's near-post cross.

After the restart, Van Veen fired wide before Cobblers got on top and Zander Diamond twice went close. From Taylor's cross, Diamond saw his header thump the upright before heading over from close range.

But Scunthorpe also had a couple of decent chances as the half progressed, Van Veen firing over before Morris hit the bar from a free-kick with Smith well beaten and Craig Davies headed over for the visitors.

Scunthorpe had the better late chances, as Harry Toffolo headed over, Smith denied Duane Holmes and when the ball ran loose Morris volleyed over. But the visitors won it in the 83rd minute when Diamond's clearing header only fell to Morris on the edge of the box and he curled into the top corner.



SIX GOAL THRILLER
Northampton Town 3-3 Iron
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Northampton kept alive their hopes of League One survival after a thrilling draw with play-off hopefuls Scunthorpe.

The Cobblers opened the scoring through Jason Crowe but Liam Trotter levelled, heading home Grant McCann's corner.

McCann scored from the spot after Luke Guttridge fouled Martyn Woolford, who also hit the crossbar from close range.

Ikechi nodded home before Matt Sparrow restored Scunthorpe's advantage with a fine drive, only for Mark Hughes to head in a Danny Jackman corner.

FULL RECORD

SEASON/DATE	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2021-22 - Sat 4 Sep	LG 2	Northampton 2-0 Iron
2019-20 - Tue 28 Jan	LG 2	Northampton 3-0 Iron
2019-20 - Sat 12 Oct	LG 2	Iron 3-0 Northampton	Novak 2, van Veen
2017-18 - Sat 17 Feb	LG 1	Iron 2-2 Northampton	Ojo, Wallace
2017-18 - Sat 18 Nov	LG 1	Northampton 0-3 Iron	Burgess, Holmes 2
2017-18 - Tue 14 Nov	FAC R1 R	Iron 1-0 Northampton	Adelakun
2017-18 - Sat 4 Nov	FAC R1	Northampton 0-0 Iron
2016-17 - Sat 14 Jan	LG 1	Northampton 1-2 Iron	van Veen, Morris
2016-17 - Sat 8 Oct	LG 1	Iron 1-1 Northampton	Morris
2013-14 - Sat 8 Mar	LG 1	Iron 1-1 Northampton	Canavan
2013-14 - Sat 7 Sep	LG 1	Northampton 1-1 Iron	Canavan
2008-09 - Tue 21 Apr	LG 1	Northampton 3-3 Iron	Trotter, McCann, Sparrow
2008-09 - Sat 13 Dec	LG 1	Iron 4-4 Northampton	May, Hopper 2, May
2006-07 - Mon 9 Apr	LG 1	Northampton 2-1 Iron	Sharp
2006-07 - Sat 18 Nov	LG 1	Iron 1-0 Northampton	Crosby
2004-05 - Sat 9 Apr	LG 2	Northampton 1-2 Iron	Hayes, Kell
2004-05 - Mon 30 Aug	LG 2	Iron 2-0 Northampton	Keogh, Crosby
2003-04 - Sat 21 Feb	DIV 3	Iron 1-0 Northampton	Ridley
2003-04 - Fri 17 Oct	DIV 3	Northampton 1-1 Iron	Kell
1996-97 - Sat 3 May	DIV 3	Northampton 1-0 Iron
1996-97 - Tue 15 Oct	DIV 3	Iron 2-1 Northampton	D'Auria, Hope
1995-96 - Sat 30 Mar	DIV 3	Northampton 1-2 Iron	Clarkson, McFarlane
1995-96 - Sat 7 Oct	DIV 3	Iron 0-0 Northampton
1994-95 - Fri 16 Dec	DIV 3	Northampton 0-1 Iron	Knill
1994-95 - Sat 27 Aug	DIV 3	Iron 1-1 Northampton	Bradley
1993-94 - Tue 8 Mar	DIV 3	Northampton 4-0 Iron
1993-94 - Sat 16 Oct	DIV 3	Iron 7-0 Northampton	Carmichael 3, Thompstone, Smith, Elliott, Toman
1992-93 - Tue 30 Mar	DIV 3	Iron 5-0 Northampton	Elliott, Goodacre 2, Helliwell, Thompstone
1992-93 - Sat 12 Sep	DIV 3	Northampton 1-0 Iron
1991-92 - Tue 14 Apr	DIV 4	Iron 3-0 Northampton	Hill, Buckley, Daws
1991-92 - Sat 19 Oct	DIV 4	Northampton 0-1 Iron	Helliwell
1990-91 - Sat 30 Mar	DIV 4	Northampton 2-1 Iron	Taylor
1990-91 - Tue 5 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 3-0 Northampton	Daws, Chard (og), Lillis
1986-87 - Wed 11 Mar	DIV 4	Northampton 1-0 Iron
1986-87 - Sat 23 Aug	DIV 4	Iron 2-2 Northampton	Cammack, Hunter
1985-86 - Tue 18 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Northampton	Broddle
1985-86 - Sat 2 Nov	DIV 4	Northampton 2-2 Iron	Brolly, Lister
1984-85 - Fri 22 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Northampton	Hill, Broddle
1984-85 - Sat 6 Oct	DIV 4	Northampton 0-2 Iron	Matthews, Cowling
1982-83 - Sun 20 Mar	DIV 4	Northampton 2-1 Iron	Cowling
1982-83 - Sat 6 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 5-1 Northampton	O'Berg 2, Cammack 3
1981-82 - Sat 23 Jan	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Northampton	Stewart, Telfer
1981-82 - Sat 29 Aug	DIV 4	Northampton 1-1 Iron	Green
1980-81 - Fri 13 Mar	DIV 4	Northampton 3-3 Iron	Grimes, O'Berg, Green
1980-81 - Sat 11 Oct	DIV 4	Iron 0-2 Northampton
1979-80 - Fri 25 Apr	DIV 4	Iron 3-0 Northampton	Stewart, Cammack 2
1979-80 - Sat 8 Dec	DIV 4	Northampton 0-0 Iron
1978-79 - Tue 20 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 0-3 Northampton
1978-79 - Fri 15 Sep	DIV 4	Northampton 1-0 Iron
1977-78 - Sat 25 Feb	DIV 4	Northampton 1-2 Iron	Lumby, Deere
1977-78 - Sat 1 Oct	DIV 4	Iron 2-2 Northampton	Heron, Lumby
1975-76 - Fri 27 Feb	DIV 4	Northampton 2-1 Iron	O'Connor
1975-76 - Sat 25 Oct	DIV 4	Iron 0-2 Northampton
1974-75 - Sat 15 Feb	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Northampton	Roberts, Pilling
1974-75 - Tue 11 Feb	DIV 4	Northampton 3-0 Iron
1973-74 - Sun 10 Feb	DIV 4	Iron 1-2 Northampton	Collier
1973-74 - Fri 21 Sep	DIV 4	Northampton 2-0 Iron
1971-72 - Sat 1 Jan	DIV 4	Northampton 0-2 Iron	Jackson, Kerr
1971-72 - Fri 17 Sep	DIV 4	Iron 0-0 Northampton
1970-71 - Sat 30 Jan	DIV 4	Northampton 1-0 Iron
1970-71 - Sat 28 Nov	DIV 4	Iron 2-2 Northampton	Barker, Woolmer
1969-70 - Tue 17 Mar	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Northampton	Davidson
1969-70 - Wed 18 Feb	DIV 4	Northampton 2-1 Iron	Heath
1967-68 - Sat 2 Mar	DIV 3	Iron 1-1 Northampton	Kerr
1967-68 - Sat 14 Oct	DIV 3	Northampton 1-0 Iron
1963-64 - Tue 3 Sep	DIV 2	Northampton 2-0 Iron
1963-64 - Tue 27 Aug	DIV 2	Iron 1-2 Northampton	Lawther

Our full record against Northampton Town is as follows: 

	P	W	D	L	F	A
Home	33	17	11	5	62	32
Away	34	9	8	17	33	47
TOTAL	67	26	19	22	95	79