
Substitute Kieron Bowie scored a dramatic stoppage time win as Northampton secured their third win in four League Two games, beating winless Crawley 3-2.
James Baragizi gave the hosts an early lead, but Sam Hoskins scored twice in a row to put the Cobblers ahead midway through the half.
Baragizi equalized an hour later, but Bowie solved the problem in the first minute of injury time by hitting the roof of the net off a Hoskins pass.
Crowley went into the game desperately to end a fruitless run that had gone scoreless in six of their seven league games, with Baragizi getting off to a perfect start in just four minutes.
The recalled Liverpool loaner headed the ball home from close range after Ashley Nadesan’s low cross.
The Cobblers equalized in the 13th minute, when Tom Nichols attempted a clear before Wideman’s Hoskins fired from just inside the area, marking the Cobblers’ 300th appearance.
Hoskins scored again ten minutes later, scoring his fifth goal of the season from a free-kick 25 yards from the goal directly into the bottom corner.
The same player ventured again shortly after the break, cutting inside and immediately firing a deflected shot.
Former Northampton Sunderland keeper Lee Burgi held off a hard-hitting Nadesan before Crawley leveled with Balagizi in the 61st minute.
Nadesan could have done better when he was put through by Baragizi, but he shot meekly at the barge and Bowie won it in the second half.
Match report provided by PA Media.
lineup
Crowley
formation 3-4-3
- 34Adai
- 17Adebo Walesubstituteransomand 79′minutes
- FiveCraig
- 44Ogambo
- 7TillysubstituteJenksand 63′minutes
- 8Powell
- 39Hessenthaler
- 11masonry
- TenNadesubstituteApiaand 79′minutes
- 9Nichols
- 20baragizi
substitute
- 12ransom
- 18Davis
- twenty oneApia
- 27Kahlil
- 28Jenks
- 35Gallery
- 40green sole
northampton
formation 4-1-4-1
- 1barge
- 20Lintotto
- 2MagloiresubstituteHaynesand 68′minutes
- FiveGuthrie
- 14Koiki
- 17mcwilliams
- 11Pinnock
- 12Leonard
- 8foxsubstituteHyltonand 68′minutesBook in 90 minutes
- 7Hoskins
- 9AperesubstituteBowieand 72′minutes
substitute
- TenHylton
- 19Bowie
- twenty threeMaxted
- twenty fourHaynes
- 27Abimbola
- 34cross
- 35Dike
- Referee:
- Steve Martin
- Attendance:
- 2,471
live text
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Game over, Crawley Town 2, Northampton Town 3.
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Second half finished, Crawley Town 2, Northampton Town 3.
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A yellow card was issued to Danny Hilton (Northampton Town).
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Foul by Harry Ransom (Crawley Town).
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Danny Hylton (Northampton Town) scores a free kick on the left.
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Foul by Majid Ogambo (Crawley Town).
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Danny Hylton (Northampton Town) scores a free kick in the defensive half.
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goal! Crawley Town 2, Northampton Town 3. Kieron Bowie (Northampton Town) shoots from the right side of the box high in the middle of the goal with his right foot.
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Foul by Harry Ransom (Crawley Town).
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Lee Burge (Northampton Town) scores a free kick in the defensive half.
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I failed. A Majid Ogambo (Crawley Town) header from the center of the box goes off to the right. Jack Powell assists with a cross from a set piece.
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James Baragizi (Crawley Town) scores a free kick on the right.
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Foul by Mark Leonard (Northampton Town).
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Kwesi Apia (Crawley Town) scores a free kick in the attacking side.
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Foul on Ali Koiki (Northampton Town).
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Foul by Kwesi Apia (Crawley Town).
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Harvey Lintott (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Crawleytown. Kwesi Appiah attempts a through ball but Tom Nichols is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. A right-footed shot from the center of the box by Jake Hessentaler (Crawley Town) was blocked. Jack Powell’s cross assist.
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Tom Nichols (Crawley Town) scores a free kick on the left.
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