2009–10 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
2009–10 season
Chairman	David Cardoza
Manager	Stuart Gray; (until 8 September 2009); Ian Sampson; (from 5 October 2009)
League Two	6th*
FA Cup	Second Round (eliminated by Southampton)
League Cup	First Round (eliminated by Southampton)
Football League Trophy	(South) Quarter Final (eliminated by Milton Keynes Dons)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Adebayo Akinfenwa (16); All: ; Adebayo Akinfenwa (17) * Competition in progress. Positions correct as of 8 May 2010.
Highest home attendance	5,069 (vs Notts County, 21 November 2009)
Lowest home attendance	1,718 (vs Bournemouth, 19 December 2009)

The 2009–10 football season is Northampton Town Football Club's 32nd season in the Football League Two, the fourth division of English football, and their 95th as a professional club. It officially began on 1 July 2009, and will conclude on 30 June 2010, although competitive matches are only played between August and May. The team's new shirt supplier is Erreà, and the shirt sponsor is Jackson Grundy.

Season summary

The club began the 2009-2010 season in League Two for the first year since 2005, following a disappointing relegation the previous season. They are currently 6th in the table, with 66 points from 44 games.^[1] Their leading goalscorer is Adebayo Akinfenwa with 16 goals in all competitions. They entered the FA Cup at the First Round stage and were eliminated at home to Southampton 3-2 in December. They entered the League Cup at the First Round stage and were eliminated this time away to Southampton 2-0.

Notable players to begin their careers with the Cobblers this season include Steve Guinan, Dean Beckwith, John Curtis, and Peter Gilbert.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

League Two

8 August 2009	Northampton Town	0 – 0	Macclesfield Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 4,064 Referee: G Ward

15 August 2009	Chesterfield	1 – 0	Northampton Town	Saltergate, Chesterfield
15:00	McDermott 32'	(Report)		Attendance: 3,700 Referee: S Rushton

18 August 2009	Accrington Stanley	0 – 3	Northampton Town	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
19:45		(Report)	Guinan 3' Akinfenwa (pen) 18' Mckay 78'	Attendance: 1,561 Referee: S Bratt

22 August 2009	Northampton Town	2 – 0	Bournemouth	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Akinfenwa 6' Marshall 84'	(Report)		Attendance: 4,102 Referee: P Taylor

29 August 2009	Burton Albion	3 – 2	Northampton Town	Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00	Harrad 2' Simpson 7' 11'	(Report)	Guinan 72' Gilligan (pen) 81'	Attendance: 3,321 Referee: R Shoebridge

4 September 2009	Northampton Town	1 – 3	Barnet	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
19:45	Marshall 30'	(Report)	Dean 51' Furlong 68' O'Flynn 71'	Attendance: 4,206 Referee: P Tierney

12 September 2009	Notts County	5 – 2	Northampton Town	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
15:00	Ritchie 23' 65' Hughes 44' 61' 76' (pen)	(Report)	Dyer 10' Holt 89'	Attendance: 7,154 Referee: M Oliver

19 September 2009	Northampton Town	1 – 2	Rochdale	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Gilligan 64'	(Report)	O'Grady 19' Buckley 68'	Attendance: 4,048 Referee: D Sheldrake

26 September 2009	Shrewsbury Town	3 – 0	Northampton Town	Prostar Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Robinson 22' Labadie 49' Langmead 54'	(Report)		Attendance: 5,548 Referee: G Eltringham

29 September 2009	Northampton Town	3 – 1	Rotherham	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
19:45	Gilligan 10' Herbert 46' Sharps (og) 58'	(Report)	Le Fondre (pen) 78'	Attendance: 4,017 Referee: O Langford

3 October 2009	Northampton Town	2 – 2	Bradford City	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Dyer 77' Johnson 90'	(Report)	Ramsden 50' Boulding 54'	Attendance: 4,391 Referee: D Phillips

10 October 2009	Bury	2 – 2	Northampton Town	Gigg Lane, Manchester
15:00	Worrall 29' Lowe 33'	(Report)	Herbert 66' Akinfenwa 73'	Attendance: 2,863 Referee: P Quinn

17 October 2009	Northampton Town	1 – 0	Lincoln City	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Guinan 72'	(Report)		Attendance: 4,341 Referee: S Cook

24 October 2009	Morecambe	2 – 4	Northampton Town	Christe Park, Morecambe
15:00	Jevons (pen) 26' Drummond 40'	(Report)	Guinan 4' Holt 70' Johnson 79' Akinfenwa 84'	Attendance: 2,041 Referee: S Mathieson

31 October 2009	Torquay United	1 – 0	Northampton Town	Plainmoor, Torquay
15:00	Hargreaves 82'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,732 Referee: P Gibbs

14 November 2009	Northampton Town	0 – 0	Grimsby Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 4,341 Referee: K Stroud

21 November 2009	Northampton Town	2 – 2	Crewe Alexandra	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Akinfenwa 51' 62'	(Report)	Donaldson 14' Johnson (og) 43'	Attendance: 5,069 Referee: G Horwood

24 November 2009	Aldershot Town	2 – 1	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground, Aldershot
19:45	Donnelly (pen) 80' Morgan 90'	(Report)	Guttridge 18'	Attendance: 2,761 Referee: F Graham

1 December 2009	Northampton Town	1 – 3	Hereford United	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
19:45	Gilligan 1'	(Report)	Jones 16' Manset 57' King 74'	Attendance: 3,524 Referee: D Sheldrake

5 December 2009	Cheltenham Town	2 – 2	Northampton Town	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Hayles 22' 30'	(Report)	Akinfenwa 23' 47'	Attendance: 2,824 Referee: K Evans

12 December 2009	Northampton Town	1 – 1	Port Vale	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Akinfenwa (pen) 51'	(Report)	Richards (pen) 45'	Attendance: 4,132 Referee: M Russell

26 December 2009	Northampton Town	1 – 0	Dagenham & Redbridge	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	McKay 88'	(Report)		Attendance: 4,108 Referee: J Moss

28 December 2009	Barnet	0 – 0	Northampton Town	Underhill, Barnet
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 2,237 Referee: C Sarginson

2 January 2010	Bournemouth	0 – 2	Northampton Town	Dean Court, Bournemouth
15:00		(Report)	Guttridge 5' Gilligan 16'	Attendance: 5,715 Referee: A D'Urso

20 January 2010	Macclesfield Town	0 – 2	Northampton Town	Moss Rose, Macclesfield
19:45		(Report)	Guttridge 23' Akinfenwa 76'	Attendance: 1,035 Referee: D McDermid

23 January 2010	Northampton Town	0 – 0	Chesterfield	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 4,513 Referee: J Waugh

26 January 2010	Darlington	1 – 2	Northampton Town	The Darlington Arena, Darlington
19:45	Purcell 29'	(Report)	McKay 55' Gilligan 70'	Attendance: 1,694 Referee: M Boyeson

30 January 2010	Northampton Town	1 – 1	Burton Albion	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Holt 88'	(Report)	Harrad 53'	Attendance: 4,552 Referee: A Hall

6 February 2010	Dagenham & Redbridge	0 – 1	Northampton Town	Victoria Road, Dagenham
15:00		(Report)	Johnson 71'	Attendance: 2,206 Referee: S Hooper

9 February 2010	Northampton Town	4 – 0	Accrington Stanley	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
19:45	Akinfenwa 10' McKay 57' 61' Guttridge 64'	(Report)		Attendance: 3,206 Referee: J Linnington

12 February 2010	Northampton Town	0 – 3	Aldershot Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
19:45		(Report)	Morgan 12' 75' Hudson 68'	Attendance: 4,718 Referee: G Ward

20 February 2010	Crewe Alexandra	3 – 2	Northampton Town	Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00	Westwood 16' 66' Walton 69'	(Report)	Gilligan 45' Akinfenwa 57'	Attendance: 4,036 Referee: P Quinn

23 February 2010	Hereford United	0 – 2	Northampton Town	Edgar Street, Hereford
19:45		(Report)	McKay 29' Akinfenwa 67'	Attendance: 1,266 Referee: G Salisbury

27 February 2010	Northampton Town	2 – 1	Cheltenham Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Akinfenwa 52' Harris 85'	(Report)	Watkins 78'	Attendance: 4,428 Referee: T Kettle

6 March 2010	Port Vale	1 – 3	Northampton Town	Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent
15:00	Loft 5'	(Report)	Akinfenwa 3' Osman 45' McKay 45'	Attendance: 4,861 Referee: D Webb

13 March 2010	Northampton Town	2 – 0	Darlington	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Johnson 20' Osman 39'	(Report)		Attendance: 4,755 Referee: A Penn

20 March 2010	Northampton Town	2 – 0	Morecambe	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Davis 2' Gilligan 51'	(Report)		Attendance: 4,210 Referee: G Horwood

27 March 2010	Lincoln City	1 – 1	Northampton Town	Sincil Bank, Lincoln
15:00	Saunders 54'	(Report)	Johnson 84'	Attendance: 3,964 Referee: J Moss

2 April 2010	Grimsby Town	1 – 2	Northampton Town	Blundell Park, Grimsby
19:45	Coulson 42'	(Report)	Davis 18' Akinfenwa 68'	Attendance: 6,482 Referee: A Taylor

5 April 2010	Northampton Town	0 – 0	Torquay United	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00		(Report)		Attendance: 5,515 Referee: D Deadman

10 April 2010	Northampton Town	0 – 1	Notts County	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00		(Report)	Davies 47'	Attendance: 5,647 Referee: A D'Urso

13 April 2010	Rotherham United	1 – 0	Northampton Town	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
19:45	Le Fondre 65' (pen.)	(Report)		Attendance: 3,325 Referee: E Evans

17 April 2010	Rochdale	1 – 0	Northampton Town	Spotland, Rochdale
15:00	O'Grady 23'	(Report)		Attendance: 5,025 Referee: A Haines

24 April 2010	Northampton Town	2 – 0	Shrewsbury Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	McKay 54' Thornton 82'	(Report)		Attendance: 5,019 Referee: Sutton

1 May 2010	Bradford City	2 – 0	Northampton Town	Valley Parade, Bradford
15:00	Evans 12', 81'	(Report)		Attendance: 12,403 Referee: G Salisbury

8 May 2010	Northampton Town	1 – 1	Bury	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Akinfenwa 90'	(Report)	Lowe 45'	Attendance: 5,234 Referee: R Booth

League table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Bury	46	19	3	14	48	45	-5	69
10	Port Vale	46	17	8	9	47	38	+11	68
11	Northampton Town	46	18	13	15	62	53	+9	67
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	10	12	47	41	+1	63
13	Burton Albion	46	13	13	10	48	37	0	62

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

As of games played 8 May 2010

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	13	15	62	53	+9	67	9	9	5	29	21	+8	9	4	10	33	32	+1

As of games played 8 May 2010

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D
Position	15	19	10	5	12	13	17	21	22	17	19	19	17	15	16	15	16	18	18	18	20	18	18	16	13	14	12	13	11	8	9	12	8	8	8	7	7	8	6	8	9	10	11	10	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2010. Source: League Fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

7 November 2009 1st round	Northampton Town	2 – 1	Fleetwood Town	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Guttridge 29', 61'	(Report)	Clancy 41'	Attendance: 3,077 Referee: R Madley

28 November 2009 2nd round	Northampton Town	2 – 3	Southampton	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Hammond (og) 65' Gilligan 90'	(Report)	Papa Waigo N'Diaye 41' Lallana 43' Hammond 58'	Attendance: 4,858 Referee: S Tanner

Football League Cup

11 August 2009 1st round	Southampton	2 – 0	Northampton Town	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
19:45	Lambert 29' Lallana 68'	(Report)		Attendance: 10,921 Referee: S Hooper

Football League Trophy

1 September 2009 1st round	Wycombe Wanderers	2 – 2 (aet 0-3 on pens)	Northampton Town	Adams Park, High Wycombe
19:00	Pittman 62', 90'	(Report)	Gilligan 40' Guinan 86'	Attendance: 1,035 Referee: G Sutton

6 October 2009 2nd round	Northampton Town	2 – 1	Bournemouth	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
19:45	Guinan 66' Giligan 90'	(Report)	Hollands 33'	Attendance: 1,718 Referee: P Miller

10 November 2009 (South) Quarter Final	Milton Keynes Dons	3 – 1	Northampton Town	Stadium:MK, Bletchley
19:00	Aaron Wilbraham 6' Baldock 16', 26'	(Report)	Guinan 51'	Attendance: 8,886 Referee: K Wright

Squad details

Appearances and goals

The statistics for the following players are for their time during 2009-10 season playing for Northampton Town. Any stats from a different club during 2009-10 are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Chris Dunn	34	0	28	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
2	DF		Paul Rodgers	30	0	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF		John Johnson	31	5	29	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF		Luke Guttridge	30	6	27	4	2	2	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Craig Hinton	42	0	36	0	2	0	1	0	3	0
6	DF		Dean Beckwith	37	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
8	MF		Abdul Osman	27	2	24	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW		Steve Guinan	29	7	23	4	2	0	1	0	3	3
10	FW		Adebayo Akinfenwa	40	16	36	16	2	0	1	0	1	0
11	MF		Andy Holt	31	3	26	3	2	0	1	0	2	0
12	MF		Ryan Gilligan	41	11	35	8	2	1	1	0	3	2
13	GK		Paul Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Liam Davis	15	2	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF		Alex Dyer	21	2	17	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
16	FW		Gary Mulligan	12	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17	FW		Billy McKay	37	7	34	7	1	0	1	0	1	0
18	FW		Joe Benjamin	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		John Curtis	21	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF		Chris McCready	17	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
21	MF		Michael Jacobs	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW		Courtney Herbert	18	2	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF		Peter Gilbert	24	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Sebastian Harris	7	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Jason Steele	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Stephen O'Flynn	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Kevin Thornton	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Name	League Two	FA Cup	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	Total
10	FW	Adebayo Akinfenwa	16	0	0	16
12	MF	Ryan Gilligan	8	1	2	11
17	FW	Billy McKay	7	0	0	7
9	FW	Steve Guinan	4	0	3	7
4	MF	Luke Guttridge	4	2	0	6
3	DF	John Johnson	5	0	0	5
11	DF	Andy Holt	3	0	0	3
7	MF	Ben Marshall	2	0	0	2
22	FW	Courtney Herbert	2	0	0	2
15	MF	Alex Dyer	2	0	0	2
8	MF	Abdul Osman	2	0	0	2
14	MF	Liam Davis	2	0	0	2
24	FW	Seb Harris	1	0	0	1

As of all games played 4 April 2010

Disciplinary record


No.	Pos	Player^[2]
23	DF	Peter Gilbert	4	1
11	DF	Andy Holt	1	1
20	DF	Chris McCready	1	1
30	MF	Kevin Thornton	1	1
12	MF	Ryan Gilligan	11	0
19	MF	John Curtis	5	0
8	MF	Abdul Osman	5	0
6	DF	Dean Beckwith	5	0
2	DF	Paul Rodgers	4	0
3	DF	John Johnson	4	0
5	DF	Craig Hinton	4	0
4	MF	Luke Guttridge	4	0
9	FW	Steve Guinan	3	0
10	FW	Adebayo Akinfenwa	3	0
7	MF	Ben Marshall	2	0
29	DF	Danny Swailes	2	0
15	MF	Alex Dyer	1	0
22	FW	Courtney Herbert	1	0

As of all games played 20 March 2010

Awards

2009–10 Awards	Pos.	Player
Player of the Year	FW	Adebayo Akinfenwa
Young Player of the Year	DF	John Johnson

Transfers

Permanent

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Notes
1 July 2009	FW	Steve Guinan	Hereford United	Free	^[3]
1 July 2009	DF	Craig Hinton	Bristol Rovers	Free	^[4]
1 July 2009	DF	Dean Beckwith	Hereford United	Free	^[5]
8 July 2009	FW	Gary Mulligan	Gillingham	Free	^[6]
21 July 2009	FW	Billy McKay	Leicester City	Free	^[7]
28 July 2009	MF	John Curtis	Wrexham	Free	^[8]
31 July 2009	DF	Paul Rodgers	Arsenal	Free	^[9]
3 August 2009	FW	Sebastian Harris	Michigan Bucks	Free	^[10]
3 August 2009	DF	Chris McCready	Crewe Alexandra	Free	^[11]
11 September 2009	GK	Simon Brown	Unattached	Free	^[12]
23 September 2009	FW	Courtney Herbert	Long Buckby	Free	^[13]
23 October 2009	DF	Pat Kanyuka	Unattached	Free	^[14]
13 November 2009	DF	Peter Gilbert	Unattached	Free	^[15]
23 December 2009	GK	Billy Lumley	Stafford Rangers	Free	^[16]
5 January 2010	FW	Stephen O'Flynn	Limerick	Free	^[17]
8 January 2010	MF	Kevin Thornton	Nuneaton Town	Free	^[18]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Notes
25 August 2009	DF	Danny Jackman	Gillingham	Undisclosed	^[19]

Loans

In

Start Date	Pos.	Player	To	End Date	Notes
6 August 2009	MF	Romone Rose	Queens Park Rangers	6 September 2009	^[20]
7 August 2009	MF	Ben Marshall	Stoke City	4 November 2009	^[21]
21 August 2009	DF	Robbie Threlfall	Liverpool	21 September 2009	^[22]
27 August 2009	MF	Luke Boden	Sheffield Wednesday	27 September 2009	^[23]
24 September 2009	DF	John Johnson	Middlesbrough	30 June 2010	^[24]
19 November 2009	MF	Josh Walker	Middlesbrough	3 December 2009	^[25]
26 November 2009	DF	Danny Swailes	Middlesbrough	26 December 2009	^[26]
5 January 2009	DF	Luke Wilkinson	Portsmouth	5 February 2010	^[27]