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Carabao Cup · 2026/27

Northampton Town Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Northampton's 2010 Anfield success was the second of two consecutive away penalty victories in the same League Cup campaign. Before the shoot-out, the Cobblers had equalised in normal time and taken the lead in extra time. Current fixtures are listed above; this guide follows those changes of lead and the wider fourth-round run.

UK kick-off times · GMT / BSTUpdated twice daily · Last fixture check: 14 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
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Northampton Town: cup campaign

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Leicester City 1–0 Northampton Town. Full time. Leicester City go through. Northampton Town are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.

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McKay and Jacobs scored before the shoot-out

Northampton drew 2–2 at Liverpool on 22 September 2010 and won the penalties 4–2. Billy McKay cancelled out Milan Jovanovic's opener in the 56th minute. Michael Jacobs then put the Cobblers ahead in the 98th minute, during extra time.

David Ngog equalised late in the additional period, so the match still required a shoot-out. Northampton's first taker, Steve Guinan, missed, but Kevin Thornton, Liam Davis, Jacobs and Abdul Osman converted. Osman supplied the final successful kick.

The sequence explains why the match is remembered for more than one moment. McKay brought Northampton level, Jacobs put them ahead and Osman completed the penalty victory after Liverpool had recovered. The linked match archive separates the 2–2 score from the 4–2 shoot-out and records the individual penalties, making the outcome clear without combining the two tallies.

Back-to-back 4–2 penalty wins away from home

The Cobblers began the 2010/11 competition with a 2–0 home win over Brighton. Round two brought a 3–3 draw at Reading, followed by a 4–2 penalty victory. Liverpool then became the next away opponents, with another shoot-out won by exactly the same margin.

Ipswich ended Northampton's run with a 3–1 fourth-round victory. The route therefore contained one home tie and three away trips, with the Reading and Liverpool penalty successes between the opening clean sheet and the final defeat.

Northampton met Ipswich again in the following season's League Cup, this time winning 2–1 away in round one before losing 4–0 at home to Wolves. The repeated opponent can cause confusion in older results searches. The Ipswich defeat ended the 2010/11 run; the Ipswich victory opened the separate 2011/12 campaign.

The Cobblers' Anfield cup questions

Who scored Northampton's goals during the Liverpool match?

Billy McKay scored in normal time and Michael Jacobs in extra time. Liverpool equalised to make it 2–2 before Northampton won on penalties.

Who took Northampton's final successful penalty?

Abdul Osman converted the kick which completed the 4–2 shoot-out victory at Anfield on 22 September 2010.

Had Northampton already won a shoot-out in that campaign?

Yes. They beat Reading 4–2 on penalties after a 3–3 second-round draw, then won by the same shoot-out margin at Liverpool before going out at Ipswich.

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