List of Northampton Town F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Northampton Town. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Northampton Town players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Northampton Town F.C. players. For the current Northampton Town first-team squad, see the Players section of the club's main article.

Players are listed according to the year of their first team debut for the club, and then by order of surname. Appearances and goals are for league matches only; wartime matches are excluded.

Notable players

  • Statistics correct as of 13 October 2018.

  This and the † indicate that they are a club record holder
  This and the * indicate that they played their full career at Northampton Town.
(n/a) = Information not available
Players in bold are still playing for the club.

NameNationalityPosition[1]Northampton careerAppearancesGoalsNotes
Bill Perkins  England Goalkeeper1903–19061000
Edwin Freeman  England Defender1905–192136321
Dave McCartney  Scotland Defender1907–191010810
Fred Lessons  England Forward1907–191524979†[2]
Lloyd Davies  Wales Defender1907–19203293†[3]
Fanny Walden  England Midfielder1909–1913, 1924n/an/a†[4]
Thomas Thorpe  England Goalkeeper1909–19142950
Walter Tull  England Midfielder1911–19141119†[5]
William Lockett  England Forward1914–1926282110
Charles Smith  England Goalkeeper1920–19251940
Bob Hewison  England Midfielder1920–1925998†[6]
William Watson  England Defender1920–19283526
Louis Page  England Forward1922–192512224
Ralph Hoten  England Forward1924–192921384†[7]
Leonard Hammond  England Goalkeeper1924–19323241
George Allon  England Defender1926–19311857
Tommy Wells  England Forward1926–193431694
Eddie Bowen  England Forward1927–1931172120†[8]
Albert Dawes  England Forward1929–1933184103†[9][10]
Fred Dawes  England Defender1929–19361621
Tommy Boyle  England Forward1930–193514235
Bobby King  England Forward1937–1945
1947–1949		10123
Bill Barron  England Defender1938–19511664†[11]
Gwyn Hughes  Wales Midfielder1945–195622515
Tom Smalley  England Defender1945–19512002
Dave Smith  England Defender1946–195112831
Tommy Fowler  England Midfielder1946–196152184†[12]
Dave Bowen  Wales Defender1947–1950
1959–1960		341†[13]
Bill Coley  England Midfielder1947–19511047
Jack English  England Forward1947–1960301135†[14]
Jack Ansell  England Goalkeeper1948–19521310
Ben Collins  England Defender1948–19592130
Maurice Candlin  England Defender1949–19531391
Jack Southam  England Defender1949–19551451
John Smith  England Defender1950–19601869
Willie O'Donnell  Scotland Forward1951–195410544
Fred Ramscar  England Forward1951–195513955
Alf Wood  England Goalkeeper1951–19551390
Ron Patterson  England Defender1952–19613005
Maurice Marston  England Defender1953–19571492
Ray Yeoman  Scotland Midfielder1953–19591694
Roly Mills  England Midfielder1954–196430530
Ken Leek  Wales Forward1955–1958
1964–1965		8731†[15]
Alan Woan  England Forward1956–195911968
Tony Claypole  England Defender1956–19611161
Colin Gale  Wales Defender1956–19622110
Derek Leck  England Midfielder1958–196624645
Terry Branston  England Defender1960–19672462
Barry Lines  England Midfielder1960–197026648
Cliff Holton  England Forward1961–19626250†[16]
Mike Everitt  England Defender1961–196720715
Theo Foley  Ireland Defender1961–19672048†[17]
John Kurila  Scotland Midfielder1962–1963
1964–1968		1484
Graham Carr  England Defender1962–1968850†[18]
Frank Large  England Forward1962–1963
1966–1967
1969–1972		25096
Don Martin  England Forward1962–1968
1966–1967
1976–1978		25282
Bryan Harvey  England Goalkeeper1963–19671650
Billy Best  Scotland Forward1963–1968
1973–1978		24349†[19][20]
Jim Hall  England Forward1963–1967
1975–1978		12435†[21]
Joe Kiernan  Scotland Defender1963–197130813
John Mackin  Scotland Defender1965–196910111
John Clarke  England Defender1966–19752331
Graham Felton  England Midfielder1966–197625625
Ron Flowers  England Midfielder1967–1969624†[22]
John Fairbrother  England Forward1968–197114056
Ray Fairfax  England Defender1968–19711152
Frank Rankmore  Wales Defender1968–197110315
Phil Neal  England Defender1968–197418727
Trevor Gould  England Midfielder1970–19731056†[23]
John Buchanan  Scotland Midfielder1970–1974
1981–1983		18330
Alan Starling  England Goalkeeper1971–19762381
Barry Tucker  Wales Defender1971–1977
1982–1983		2778
John Gregory  England Midfielder1972–19771878
Paul Stratford  England Forward1972–197817259[24]
Stuart Robertson  England Defender1972–197925424†[25]
Dave Carlton  England Midfielder1973–1977
1980–1982		1807
Derrick Christie  England Midfielder1973–197913818
John Farrington  England Midfielder1974–198023229
Steve Phillips  England Forward1975–1977
1980–1982		12638†[26]
Andy McGowan  England Midfielder1975–197810515
Steve Bryant  England Midfielder1976–1979, 19821075†[27]
George Reilly  England Forward1976–198012745
Keith Williams  England Midfielder1976–19811316†[28]
Andy Poole  England Goalkeeper1978–19821410†[29]
Paul Saunders  England Defender1978–19831265
Peter Denyer  England Midfielder1979–198314727
Adam Sandy  England Midfielder1979–19831047
Wakeley Gage  England Defender1979–198521817†[30][31][32]
Peter Gleasure  England Goalkeeper1982–19913440†[33][34]
Steve Brown  England Midfielder1983–1985
1989–1994		17322
Russell Lewis  England Defender1983–19861326†[35]
Brian Mundee  England Midfielder1983–19861003
Ian Benjamin  England Forward1984–198815059†[36]
Warren Donald  England Midfielder1984–199018813
Richard Hill  England Midfielder1985–19878646†[37][38][39]
Trevor Morley  England Forward1985–198810739†[40]
Graham Reed  England Defender1985–19881122
Phil Chard  England Midfielder1985–1988
1989–1994		27846†[41][42]
Eddie McGoldrick  Ireland Midfielder1986–19881079
Dave Gilbert  England Midfielder1986–198912021
Russ Wilcox  England Defender1986–19901389
Keith McPherson  England Defender1986–19901828†[43][44]
Paul Wilson  England Defender1987–19921416
Steve Berry  England Midfielder1988–19911027
Tony Adcock  England Forward1988–1989
1991–1992		10740†[45]
Terry Angus  England Defender1990–19931166
Micky Bell  England Defender1990–199415310
Steve Terry  England Defender1990–199418117†[46]
Ian Sampson  England Defender1994–200439026†[47][48]
Neil Grayson  England Forward1994–199712032†[49]
Ray Warburton  England Defender1994–199816912†[50]
Andy Woodman  England Goalkeeper1995–19991630
Ali Gibb  England Midfielder1995–20001314
Dean Peer  England Midfielder1995–20001286
Roy Hunter  England Midfielder1995–200217717†[51]
Sean Parrish  Wales Midfielder1996–200010913
James Hunt  England Midfielder1997–20021748
John Frain  England Defender1997–20032195
Dave Savage  Ireland Midfielder1998–200111318
Richard Hope  England Defender1998–20031347
Duncan Spedding  England Defender1998–20031231
Keith Welch  England Goalkeeper1999–20021270†[52]
Jamie Forrester  England Forward2000–200311239
Marco Gabbiadini  England Forward2000–200312025
Chris Hargreaves  England Midfielder2000–20041516†[53]
Derek Asamoah  Ghana Forward2000–200311210
Lee Harper  England Goalkeeper2002–20071560†[54]
Josh Low  Wales Midfielder2003–200610215†[55][56]
Martin Smith  England Midfielder2003–200610424
Luke Chambers  England Defender2003–20071241
Marc Richards  England Forward2003–2005
2014–2018		17855†[57]
Chris Doig  Scotland Defender2003, 2005–20091294
Scott McGleish  Scotland Forward2004–2007
2008–2009		12043†[58][59]
Mark Bunn  England Goalkeeper2004–2008900†[60][61]
Andy Kirk  Northern Ireland Forward2005–200810630
Jason Crowe  England Defender2005–2009
2010–2011		18214
Ryan Gilligan  England Midfielder2005–201118120
Andy Holt  England Defender2006–201219116
Danny Jackman  England Defender2007–2009829†[62][63]
Adebayo Akinfenwa  England Forward2007–2010
2011–2013		14264†[64]
Luke Guttridge  England Midfielder2008–2010
2012–2013		10010
Abdul Osman  Ghana Midfielder2008–20111047
Michael Jacobs  England Midfielder2009–20128711†[65][66]
John Johnson  England Defender2009–201313913
Ben Tozer  England Defender2010–20151736
Chris Hackett  England Midfielder2012–201612211
Ivan Toney  England Forward2012–20155311†[67]
John-Joe O'Toole  Ireland Midfielder2014–15431†[68][69]
Zander Diamond  Scotland Defender2014–20171273†[70]
David Buchanan  Northern Ireland Defender2015–1351
Brendan Moloney  Ireland Defender2014–20181042

References

  1. ↑ For a full description of positions see football positions.
  2. ↑ Manager of Northampton for between 1913–1918.
  3. ↑ Club record holder for oldest first team player; 42 years old and most international caps while at the club; 12 caps for Wales.
  4. ↑ Also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.
  5. ↑ Became the first "coloured" infantry officer in the British Army
  6. ↑ Player-manager of Northampton for between 1920–1925.
  7. ↑ Joint club record holder with Bert Dawes for most goals in one match; 5 v Crystal Palace (H) won 8-1 Division Three South 1928/29.
  8. ↑ Club record holder for most league goals in Division Three South; 34 in 1928–29.
  9. ↑ Joint club record holder with Ralph Hoten for most goals in one match; 5 v Lloyds Bank (H) won 8-1 FA Cup Round One 1932/33.
  10. ↑ Joint club record holder with Albert Lewis for most hat-tricks; 7.
  11. ↑ Also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.
  12. ↑ Club record holder for most competitive appearances.
  13. ↑ Manager of Northampton for two spells between 1959–1967 and 1969–1972.
  14. ↑ Club record holder for most competitive goals.
  15. ↑ Member of Wales' 1958 World Cup squad.
  16. ↑ Club record holder for most goals in a season; 36 in 1961/62 Division Three.
  17. ↑ Manager of Northampton between 1990–1992.
  18. ↑ Manager of Northampton between 1985–1990.
  19. ↑ Inaugural Northampton Town 1975 Player of the Year.
  20. ↑ Northampton Town 1977 Player of the Year.
  21. ↑ Northampton Town 1976 Player of the Year.
  22. ↑ Member of England's 1966 World Cup winning squad and player-manager of Northampton between 1968–1969.
  23. ↑ Current Head of Centre of Excellence at Northampton Town.
  24. ↑ Included the 1974/75 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
  25. ↑ Northampton Town 1979 Player of the Year.
  26. ↑ Included the 1980/81 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
  27. ↑ Northampton Town 1978 Player of the Year.
  28. ↑ Northampton Town 1981 Player of the Year.
  29. ↑ Northampton Town 1980 Player of the Year.
  30. ↑ Northampton Town 1982 Player of the Year.
  31. ↑ Northampton Town 1984 Player of the Year.
  32. ↑ Northampton Town 1985 Player of the Year.
  33. ↑ Club record holder for most competitive clean sheets; 112
  34. ↑ Northampton Town 1988 Player of the Year.
  35. ↑ Northampton Town 1986 Player of the Year.
  36. ↑ Northampton Town 1987 Player of the Year.
  37. ↑ Club record holder for most league goals in Division Four; 33 in 1986–87.
  38. ↑ Included the 1986/87 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
  39. ↑ Caretaker-manager of Northampton in 2003
  40. ↑ Included the 1986/87 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
  41. ↑ Manager of Northampton between 1992–1993
  42. ↑ Northampton Town 1991 Player of the Year.
  43. ↑ Included the 1986/87 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
  44. ↑ Northampton Town 1990 Player of the Year.
  45. ↑ Northampton Town 1989 Player of the Year.
  46. ↑ Northampton Town 1992 Player of the Year.
  47. ↑ Manager of Northampton between 2009–2011
  48. ↑ Northampton Town 2001 Player of the Year.
  49. ↑ Northampton Town 1995 Player of the Year.
  50. ↑ Northampton Town 1996 Player of the Year.
  51. ↑ Northampton Town 1998 Player of the Year.
  52. ↑ Northampton Town 2000 Player of the Year.
  53. ↑ Northampton Town 2002 Player of the Year.
  54. ↑ Northampton Town 2004 Player of the Year.
  55. ↑ Club record holder for transfer fee paid; £165,000 from Oldham Athletic in July 2003.
  56. ↑ Included the 2005/06 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
  57. ↑ Northampton Town 2015 Player of the Year.
  58. ↑ Northampton Town 2005 Player of the Year.
  59. ↑ Northampton Town 2006 Player of the Year.
  60. ↑ Club record holder for transfer fee received; £165,000 to Blackburn Rovers in August 2008.
  61. ↑ Northampton Town 2007 Player of the Year.
  62. ↑ Northampton Town 2008 Player of the Year.
  63. ↑ Northampton Town 2009 Player of the Year.
  64. ↑ Northampton Town 2010 Player of the Year.
  65. ↑ Northampton Town 2011 Player of the Year.
  66. ↑ Northampton Town 2012 Player of the Year.
  67. ↑ Club record holder for youngest player; 16 years and 273 days, against Bradford City, November 2012.
  68. ↑ Included the 2015/16 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
  69. ↑ Northampton Town 2016 Player of the Year.
  70. ↑ Northampton Town 2017 Player of the Year.
  • Northampton Town: 1946/47 - 2013/14 at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  • Soccerbase stats (use Search for...on left menu and select 'Players' drop down)
  • Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
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