Match Report
| Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough |  |  | Northampton Town | Northampton Town | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Huckerby | A. Huckerby |  | 50 | G |  | 1 | | G | 53 | | Wes Finney | W. Finney | |||||||||
| Morris Goldberg | M. Goldberg | | 48 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 47 | | Gary Minto | G. Minto | |||||||||
| Tim Greening | T. Greening | | 44 | D | | 3 | | D | 44 | | James Marr | J. Marr | |||||||||
| Omer Mcleod | O. Mcleod | | 43 | D | | 4 | | D | 40 | | Glynn Allman | G. Allman | |||||||||
| Simon Patterson | S. Patterson | | 41 | D | | 5 | | D | 38 | | Andy Murphy | A. Murphy | |||||||||
| Spencer Stone | S. Stone | | 56 | M | | 6 | | M | 55 |  | Ruben Vieira | R. Vieira | |||||||||
| Brendan Owen | B. Owen | | 48 | M | | 7 | | M | 54 | | Shaun Peckham | S. Peckham | |||||||||
| Mervin Cooper | M. Cooper | | 46 | M | | 8 | | M | 46 | | Gary Eustace | G. Eustace | |||||||||
| Stanley Bould | S. Bould | | 42 | M | | 9 | | M | 40 | | Teddy Goodwin | T. Goodwin | |||||||||
| Ashley Powell | A. Powell | | 50 | A | | 10 | | A | 49 | | Ross Adams | R. Adams | |||||||||
| Anthony Le Saux | A. Le Saux | | 48 | A | | 11 | | A | 47 | | Seth Rodgers | S. Rodgers | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Riverside Stadium where Middlesbrough play host to Northampton Town. A crowd of 4,422 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Both Middlesbrough and Northampton Town are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Middlesbrough and Northampton Town are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Northampton Town get the match underway!
3.55
0-0Andy Murphy knocks the ball to his team mate, Shaun Peckham. Shaun Peckham sees space and advances. Shaun Peckham shoots from 25 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
8.27
Shaun Peckham makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Ross Adams. Ross Adams sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is miles over!
22.41
0-0Shaun Peckham makes a probing pass to Ross Adams. Ross Adams knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Simon Patterson.
26.06
Gary Eustace decides to run forward with the ball. Gary Eustace shoots from outside the area. It's miles wide!
30.09
Shaun Peckham sees space and advances. Shaun Peckham knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Omer Mcleod.
32.32
Omer Mcleod kicks a strong pass forward to Spencer Stone. Spencer Stone deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Anthony Le Saux. Anthony Le Saux shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
39.09
1-0Morris Goldberg passes the ball forward to Brendan Owen. Brendan Owen sees a break and surges forward. Brendan Owen plays a perfect one-two with Ashley Powell and rushes in on goal... Brendan Owen takes a shot at goal. Wes Finney is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
Middlesbrough kick off!
47.27
James Marr flicks the ball to his team mate, Shaun Peckham. Shaun Peckham controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ross Adams. Ross Adams knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Anthony Huckerby who gathers it comfortably.
59.36
Brendan Owen flicks the ball to his team mate, Anthony Le Saux. Anthony Le Saux knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Gary Minto.
61.35
Shaun Peckham deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ross Adams. Ross Adams knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
63.19
1-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
65.08
1-0Omer Mcleod makes a probing pass to Brendan Owen. Brendan Owen knocks the ball to his team mate, Anthony Le Saux. Anthony Le Saux makes a probing pass to Ashley Powell but he's offside!
67.16
Northampton Town are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
71.09
Teddy Goodwin knocks the ball to his team mate, Ross Adams. Ross Adams knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Morris Goldberg.
75.04
Omer Mcleod flicks the ball to his team mate, Brendan Owen. Brendan Owen controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Anthony Le Saux. Anthony Le Saux makes a simple pass to Ashley Powell. Ashley Powell shows great control and tries a shot on goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
78.16
Gary Minto threads the ball through to Shaun Peckham. Shaun Peckham passes the ball forward to Seth Rodgers. Seth Rodgers shoots from long range but it flies wide!
81.46
2-0Gary Minto barges into Ashley Powell. Gary Minto is given a warning by the referee! Ashley Powell runs off the knock.
83.39
Mervin Cooper knocks the ball to his team mate, Anthony Le Saux. Anthony Le Saux goes all the way! Anthony Le Saux shoots from just inside the box. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Anthony Le Saux!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
3
0
Shots on Target
3
0
Shots off Target
1
4
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
53%
47%
Play Area
27.3%
48.5%
24.2%
Scorers