2018–19 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
2018–19 season
Chairman	Kelvin Thomas
Manager	Dean Austin; (until 30 September)[1]; Keith Curle; (from 1 October)[2]
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin van Veen (4); All: Kevin van Veen (5)
Highest home attendance	6,242 vs Lincoln City
Lowest home attendance	1,053 vs Wycombe Wanderers
Average home league attendance	5,203
Home colours	Away colours

The 2018–19 season is Northampton Town's 122nd season of existence and their first season back in League Two after a two-year absence. Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

Squad information

No.	Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	David Cornell	GK	Waunarlwydd	(1991-03-28) 28 March 1991	35	0	Oldham Athletic	21 June 2016	Free	2020
13	James Goff	GK	Northampton	(1999-03-28) 28 March 1999	0	0	Youth	30 April 2017	N/A	2019
30	Luke Coddington	GK	Middlesbrough	(1995-06-06) 6 June 1995	2	0	Huddersfield Town	17 August 2017	N/A	2019
34	Lewis Ward	GK	Reading	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997	3	0	Reading	27 July 2018	Loan	2019
Defenders
2	Shay Facey	RB	Stockport	(1995-01-07) 7 January 1995	25	1	Manchester City	5 January 2018	Undisclosed	2019
3	David Buchanan	LB	Rochdale (ENG)	(1986-05-06) 6 May 1986	156	1	Preston North End	28 May 2015	Free	2019
4	Hakeem Odoffin	RB	Barnet	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998	7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9 July 2018	Free	2020
5	Leon Barnett	CB	Stevenage	(1985-11-30) 30 November 1985	24	1	Bury	31 May 2017	Free	2019
6	Ash Taylor	CB	Bromborough (ENG)	(1990-09-02) 2 September 1990	64	7	Aberdeen	5 July 2017	Free	2020
16	Aaron Pierre	CB	Southall (ENG)	(1993-02-17) 17 February 1993	34	2	Wycombe Wanderers	21 July 2017	Free	202
18	Jordan Turnbull	CB	Trowbridge	(1994-10-30) 30 October 1994	20	0	Coventry City	11 January 2018	Add-ons	2020
Midfielders
7	Sam Hoskins	AM	Dorchester	(1993-02-04) 4 February 1993	116	14	Yeovil Town	1 August 2015	Free	2020
8	Sam Foley	CM	St Albans (ENG)	(1986-10-17) 17 October 1986	41	3	Port Vale	22 May 2017	Free	2019
11	Daniel Powell	W	Luton	(1991-03-12) 12 March 1991	41	2	Milton Keynes Dons	5 May 2017	Free	2019
15	Dean Bowditch	AM	Bishop's Stortford	(1986-06-15) 15 June 1986	37	2	Milton Keynes Dons	23 June 2017	Free	2019
17	Shaun McWilliams	CM	Northampton	(1998-08-14) 14 August 1998	31	0	Youth	30 April 2016	N/A	2020
19	Jack Bridge	AM	Southend	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995	14	0	Southend United	5 January 2018	Free	2019
21	John-Joe O'Toole	CM	Harrow (ENG)	(1988-09-30) 30 September 1988	174	33	Bristol Rovers	30 June 2014	Free	2019
22	Matt Crooks	CM	Leeds	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994	47	6	Rangers	18 July 2017	£100,000	2020
24	Sean Whaler	RM	Northampton	(2000-07-22) 22 July 2000	1	0	Youth	17 May 2018	N/A	2020
28	Morgan Roberts	LM	Northampton	(2000-12-20) 20 December 2000	1	0	Youth	17 May 2018	N/A	2021
–	Yaser Kasim	CM	Karrada	(1991-05-10) 10 May 1991	10	0	Swindon Town	4 July 2017	Free	2019
Forwards
9	Andy Williams	CF	Hereford	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986	13	1	Doncaster Rovers	25 May 2018	Free	2020
10	Kevin van Veen	CF	Eindhoven	(1991-06-01) 1 June 1991	22	5	Scunthorpe United	30 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
14	Junior Morias	CF	Kingston	(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995	5	1	Peterborough United	13 July 2018	Undisclosed	2020
20	Billy Waters	CF	Epsom	(1994-10-15) 15 October 1994	34	1	Cheltenham Town	8 June 2017	Undisclosed	2020
23	Joe Iaciofano	CF	Northampton	(1998-09-10) 10 September 1998	4	0	Youth	4 October 2016	N/A	2019

Competitions

Friendlies

The Cobblers announced they would face Northampton Sileby Rangers, St. Albans City, Brackley Town, Hull City U23, Barnet and Manchester United XI.^[3]

3 July 2018 (2018-07-03) Friendly	Northampton Sileby Rangers	0–2	Northampton Town	Northampton
19:45 BST		Report	Roberts 72' Foley 86'	Stadium: Fernie Fields Referee: Andy Woolmer

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly	St Albans City	0–4	Northampton Town	St Albans
12:30 BST		Report	Powell 8', 10' Waters 68', 84'	Stadium: Clarence Park

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) Friendly	Brackley Town	0–1	Northampton Town	Brackley
19:45 BST		Report	Williams 54'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 380

19 July 2018 (2018-07-19) Friendly	Northampton Town	3–1	Hull City U23	Orihuela, Spain
17:30 BST	Hoskins 62' Pierre 82' McWilliams 87'	Report	54'	Stadium: Real Club de Golf Campoamor Resort

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly	Northampton Town	3–0	Barnet	Sixfields
19:45 BST	Williams 22' Hoskins 30' Waters 78'	Report		Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 883 Referee: Andy Woolmer / Dean Whitestone

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) Friendly	Northampton Town	2–0	Manchester United XI	Sixfields
17:30 BST	Waters 73' van Veen 84'	Report		Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 3,241 Referee: Will Finnie

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	Morecambe	13	4	1	8	14	25	−11	13
18	Crewe Alexandra	12	3	3	6	12	13	−1	12
19	Northampton Town	13	2	6	5	11	19	−8	12
20	Notts County	12	3	3	6	16	26	−10	12
21	Grimsby Town	12	3	2	7	9	18	−9	11

Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results ^[4]

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
12	1	6	5	9	18	−9	9	0	4	1	3	4	−1	1	2	4	6	14	−8

Last updated: 6 October 2018.
Source:

League position by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	W
Position	18	17	20	21	16	18	20	20	20	21	21	22	19

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Northampton Town	0–1	Lincoln City	Northampton
15:00 BST		Report	Green 48'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,242 Referee: Lee Swabey

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Carlisle United	2–2	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Devitt 30' Hope 63'	Report	Van Veen 40' Crooks 62'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Tom Nield

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Northampton Town	2–2	Cambridge United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Van Veen 58', 76'	Report	Maris 70' Deegan 86'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,047 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Morecambe	1–0	Northampton Town	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Leitch-Smith 45+2' Roche 86'	Report		Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,594 Referee: Mark Heywood

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Colchester United	1–2	Northampton Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Pierre 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Crooks 48' Waters 90+1'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,791 (480) Referee: Alan Young

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Northampton Town	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST	Morais 61'	Report	Norwood 51'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,916 Referee: Nick Kinseley

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 7	Northampton Town	1–3	Cheltenham Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Van Veen 62' (pen.)	Report	Boyle 36' Thomas 77' (pen.) Mooney 83'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,608 Referee: Lee Collins

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Port Vale	2–0	Northampton Town	Burslem
15:00 BST	Whitfield 24' Oyeleke 69'	Report	Pierre 59'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,474 Referee: Thomas Bramall

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Northampton Town	0–0	Notts County	Northampton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,935 (640) Referee: Paul Marsden

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Mansfield Town	4–0	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Elšnik 5' Rose 57', 86' Hamilton 81'	Report		Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,550 (485) Referee: Trevor Kettle

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Northampton Town	0–0	Bury	Northampton
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,073 (170) Referee: Chris Sarginson

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Swindon Town	1–1	Northampton Town	Swindon
19:45 BST	Taylor 73'	Report	O'Toole 60'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,138 (504) Referee: Neil Hair

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13) 13	Northampton Town	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Northampton
14:00 BST	Pierre 63' Williams 90+7'	Report	Reid 43'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,073 (234) Referee: Ollie Yates

FA Cup

EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[5]

13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) First round	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1 (7–6 p)	Northampton Town	High Wycombe
19:45 BST	Williams 50'	Report	Hoskins 82'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,999 (427) Referee: Steve Martin
		Penalties
	Jacobson Morris McCarthy Mackail-Smith Kashket Thompson Gape El-Abd		Bowditch Hoskins Foley Waters Taylor Bridge Facey Turnbull

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.^[6]

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Wycombe Wanderers	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oxford United	2	1	1	4	2	+2	3	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Northampton Town	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	ACA	Fulham U21	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2018. Source: EFL.com

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) South Group F	Northampton Town	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Northampton
19:45 BST		Report	Kashket 11'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,053 (156) Referee: Darren Drysdale

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) South Group F	Oxford United	1–2	Northampton Town	Oxford
19:45 BST	Henry 24'	Report	Van Veen 55' Pierre 65' O'Toole 90'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 929 (117) Referee: Kevin Johnson

Appearances, goals and cards

No.	Pos	Player	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
1	GK	David Cornell	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	1	–
2	RB	Shay Facey	8	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	10	–	–	1	–
3	LB	David Buchanan	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	13	–	–	–	–
4	RB	Hakeem Odoffin	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	6	1	–	–	–
5	CB	Leon Barnett	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	6	–	–	2	–
6	CB	Ash Taylor	11	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	2	–
7	AM	Sam Hoskins	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	13	1	1	3	–
8	CM	Sam Foley	11	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	13	1	–	–	–
9	ST	Andy Williams	8	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	9	4	1	–	–
10	ST	Kevin van Veen	9	3	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	10	3	5	3	–
11	W	Daniel Powell	4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	6	3	–	–	–
13	GK	James Goff	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	ST	Junior Morias	2	2	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	1	–	–
15	AM	Dean Bowditch	3	5	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	6	5	–	2	–
16	CB	Aaron Pierre	10	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	11	–	2	2	1
17	CM	Shaun McWilliams	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	1	–	–	–
18	CB	Jordan Turnbull	2	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	5	1	–	–	–
19	AM	Jack Bridge	4	4	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	5	4	–	1	–
20	ST	Billy Waters	2	6	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	5	6	1	2	–
21	CM	John-Joe O'Toole	8	4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	10	4	1	4	1
22	CM	Matt Crooks	12	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	2	5	–
23	ST	Joe Iaciofano	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	RM	Sean Whaler	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–
28	LM	Morgan Roberts	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	GK	Luke Coddington	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	CB	Jay Williams	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
33	CM	Scott Pollock	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
34	GK	Lewis Ward	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	–	–

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF	Andy Williams	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	^[7]
9 July 2018	RB	Hakeem Odoffin	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[8]
13 July 2018	CF	Junior Morias	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[9]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	LB	Raheem Hanley	Free agent	Released	^[10]
1 July 2018	CF	Leon Lobjoit	Brackley Town	Released	^[10]^[11]
1 July 2018	CF	Kevin Luckassen	Almere City	Released	^[10]^[12]
1 July 2018	RB	Brendan Moloney	Free agent	Released	^[13]
1 July 2018	GK	Richard O'Donnell	Bradford City	Released	^[14]
1 July 2018	RB	Aaron Phillips	Free agent	Released	^[10]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	GK		Lewis Ward	Reading	30 June 2019	^[15]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	LB		Joe Bunney	Blackpool	30 June 2019	^[16]
5 August 2018	GK		James Goff	Banbury United	September 2018	^[17]

References

↑ "Northampton part company with Austin". Northampton Town F.C. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
↑ "Northampton appoint Curle as manager". BBC. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
↑ "2018/19 Pre-season fixtures". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
↑ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
↑ "Lampard's Derby at Oldham in Carabao Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
↑ "Checkatrade Trophy: Round One Draw information". English Football League. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
↑ "Cobbers sign Doncaster striker Williams". BBC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
↑ "Hakeem Odoffin signs for Northampton Town". Northampton Town F.C. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
↑ "Northampton Town complete signing of Junior Morais for Undisclosed Fee". Northampton Town F.C. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
1 2 3 4 "The Northampton Town Retained List". Northampton Town Official Site. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
↑ "Gyasi returns as Diamonds make three signings". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
↑ "Ghanaian striker Kevin Luckassen signs one-year deal with Dutch side Almere City". Sports World Ghana. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
↑ "Brendan Moloney To Leave The Club Upon Expiry Of Contract". Northampton Town F.C. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
↑ "Richard O'Donnell Signs For Bradford City". Northampton Town F.C. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
↑ "Cobblers Complete Signing of Lewis Ward". Northampton Town Official Site. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
↑ "Joe Bunney Makes Season Long Loan Move". Northampton Town Official Site. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
↑ "Young Keeper Goff Makes Loan Move". Northampton Town F.C. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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[1] "Northampton part company with Austin". Northampton Town F.C. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[2] "Northampton appoint Curle as manager". BBC. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[3] "2018/19 Pre-season fixtures". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[EFL_Regulations-4] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[5] "Lampard's Derby at Oldham in Carabao Cup". BBC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

[6] "Checkatrade Trophy: Round One Draw information". English Football League. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[7] "Cobbers sign Doncaster striker Williams". BBC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

[8] "Hakeem Odoffin signs for Northampton Town". Northampton Town F.C. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[9] "Northampton Town complete signing of Junior Morais for Undisclosed Fee". Northampton Town F.C. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[Retained_List-10] 1 2 3 4 "The Northampton Town Retained List". Northampton Town Official Site. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[11] "Gyasi returns as Diamonds make three signings". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[12] "Ghanaian striker Kevin Luckassen signs one-year deal with Dutch side Almere City". Sports World Ghana. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[13] "Brendan Moloney To Leave The Club Upon Expiry Of Contract". Northampton Town F.C. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

[14] "Richard O'Donnell Signs For Bradford City". Northampton Town F.C. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[15] "Cobblers Complete Signing of Lewis Ward". Northampton Town Official Site. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[16] "Joe Bunney Makes Season Long Loan Move". Northampton Town Official Site. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[17] "Young Keeper Goff Makes Loan Move". Northampton Town F.C. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.