List of Northampton Town F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Northampton Town Football Club in English football. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1899, to the end of the last completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitions, together with the top scorers and the average attendances for each season. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

Northampton Town were founded in 1897, joining the Northants league for 2 seasons before taking their place in the Midland League, and joined The Football League for the 1920–21 season.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup[1]	League Cup[2]	Football League Trophy / Other		Top goalscorer(s)[3][4]
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup[1]	League Cup[2]	Football League Trophy / Other		Name	Goals
1897–98	NL	14	7	1	6	33	35	15	4th	DNE				Albert Dunkley Maurice Jones	6
1898–99	NL	16	13	2	1	49	17	28	1st	2QR				Everard Lawrence	18
1899–00	ML	24	16	2	6	66	36	34	3rd	1QR				F. Warner	14
1900–01	ML	26	13	10	7	65	43	33	3rd	1QR				F. Warner	14
1901–02	SL	30	11	5	14	53	64	27	11th	R1				Tim Coleman	14
1902–03		30	12	6	12	39	48	30	8th	1QR				Len Benbow	22
1903–04		34	10	7	17	36	60	27	15th	3QR				Len Benbow	10
1904–05		34	12	8	14	43	54	32	12th	5QR				Herbert Chapman	8
1905–06		34	8	5	21	32	79	21	18th	R1				John Platt	6
1906–07		38	5	9	24	29	88	19	20th	R1				Mart Watkins	11
1907–08		38	15	11	12	50	41	41	8th	R1				John Platt	11
1908–09		40	25	5	10	90	45	55	1st	R1		Charity Shield	RU	Albert Lewis	30
1909–10		42	22	4	16	90	44	48	4th	R2				Albert Lewis	26
1910–11		38	18	12	8	54	27	48	2nd	R2				Albert Lewis	13
1911–12		38	22	7	9	82	41	51	3rd	R3				Harry King Fred Lessons	19
1912–13		38	12	12	14	61	48	36	10th	R1				Harry King	27
1913–14		38	14	19	5	50	37	47	3rd	R1				Harry King	22
1914–15		38	19	5	14	56	51	43	5th	R1				Bobby Hughes	13
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
1919–20	SL	42	12	9	21	64	103	33	19th	6QR				George Whitworth	23
1920–21	Div 3 Sth	42	15	8	19	59	75	38	14th	R1				George Whitworth	28
1921–22		42	13	11	18	47	71	37	17th	R2				William Lockett	16
1922–23		42	17	11	14	54	44	45	8th	5QR				William Lockett	14
1923–24		42	17	11	14	64	47	45	8th	R1				William Lockett	18
1924–25		42	20	6	16	51	44	46	9th	R1				Louis Page	14
1925–26		42	17	7	18	82	80	41	12th	R3				Ernie Cockle	27
1926–27		42	15	5	22	59	87	35	18th	R2				Ernie Cockle	15
1927–28		42	23	9	10	102	64	55	2nd	R3				Harry Loasby	18
1928–29		42	20	12	10	96	57	52	3rd	R3				Edward Bowen	34
1929–30		42	21	8	13	82	58	50	4th	R3				Edward Bowen	26
1930–31		42	18	12	12	77	59	48	6th	R1				Edward Bowen	27
1931–32		42	16	7	19	69	69	39	14th	R4				Albert Dawes	13
1932–33		42	18	8	16	76	66	44	8th	R2				Albert Dawes	32
1933–34		42	14	12	16	71	78	40	13th	R5				George Henson	17
1934–35		42	19	8	15	65	67	46	7th	R3				Tommy Bell	13
1935–36		42	15	8	19	62	90	38	15th	R1				Tommy Bell	16
1936–37		42	20	6	16	85	68	46	7th	R1				Ralph Allen	27
1937–38		42	17	9	16	51	57	43	9th	R1				Ralph Allen	14
1938–39		42	15	8	19	51	58	38	17th	R1				Jimmy McCartney Fred Tilson	7
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
1945–46	n/a^[D]									R3	n/a
1946–47	Div 3 Sth	42	15	10	17	72	75	40	13th	R3				Archie Garrett	26
1947–48		42	14	11	17	58	72	39	14th	R2				James Briscoe	11
1948–49		42	12	9	21	51	62	33	20th	R2				Archie Garrett	8
1949–50		42	20	11	11	72	50	51	2nd	R5				Adam McCulloch	15
1950–51		46	10	16	20	55	67	36	21st	R4				Adam McCulloch	13
1951–52		46	22	5	19	93	74	49	8th	R1				Fred Ramscar	23
1952–53		46	26	10	10	109	70	62	3rd	R2				Willie O'Donnell	27
1953–54		46	20	11	15	82	55	51	5th	R2				Jack English	31
1954–55		46	19	8	19	73	81	46	13th	R1				Bernard Jones	15
1955–56		46	20	7	19	67	71	47	11th	R3				Bill Draper	15
1956–57		46	18	9	19	66	73	45	14th	R1				Syd Asher	11
1957–58		46	19	6	21	87	79	44	13th	R4				Barry Hawkings Alan Woan	20
1958–59	Div 4	46	21	9	16	85	78	51	8th	R2				Alan Woan	32
1959–60		46	22	9	15	8	63	53	6th	R1				Mike Deakin	20
1960–61		46	25	10	11	90	62	60	3rd	R3	R2			Laurie Brown	22
1961–62	Div 3	46	20	11	15	85	57	51	8th	R3	R1			Cliff Holton	36
1962–63	Div 3	46	26	10	10	109	60	62	1st	R1	R3			Alec Ashworth	25
1963–64	Div 2	42	16	9	17	58	60	41	11th	R3	R3			Frank Large	12
1964–65	Div 2	42	20	16	6	66	50	56	2nd	R3	QF			Don Martin Bobby Brown Tommy Robson	13
1965–66	Div 1	42	10	13	19	55	92	33	21st	R3	R3			Bobby Brown	9
1966–67	Div 2	42	12	6	24	47	84	30	21st	R3	QF			Don Martin	13
1967–68	Div 3	46	14	13	19	58	72	41	17th	R1	R3			Don Martin	12
1968–69	Div 3	46	14	12	20	54	61	40	21st	R3	R1			John Fairbrother	13
1969–70	Div 4	46	16	12	18	64	55	44	14th	R5	R1			John Fairbrother	23
1970–71		46	19	13	14	63	59	51	7th	R1	R3			John Fairbrother	15
1971–72		46	12	13	21	66	79	37	21st	R2	R1			Frank Large	19
1972–73		46	10	11	25	40	73	31	23rd	R1	R1			Phil Neal	9
1973–74		46	20	13	13	63	48	53	5th	R2	R1			Paul Stratford	15
1974–75		46	15	11	20	67	73	41	16th	R2	R2			Paul Stratford	15
1975–76		46	29	10	7	87	40	68	2nd	R1	R1			Jim Hall	21
1976–77	Div 3	46	13	8	25	60	75	34	22nd	R1	R2			Paul Stratford	12
1977–78	Div 4	46	17	13	16	63	68	47	10th	R2	R2			George Reilly	21
1978–79		46	15	9	22	64	76	39	19th	R1	R3			George Reilly	19
1979–80		46	16	12	18	51	66	44	13th	R1	R3			Keith Bowen	11
1980–81		46	18	13	15	65	67	49	10th	R1	R1			Steve Phillips	19
1981–82[5]		46	11	9	26	57	84	42	22nd	R2	R3			Steve Phillips	10
1982–83		46	14	12	20	65	75	54	15th	R3	R2			Steve Massey	20
1983–84		46	13	14	19	53	78	53	18th	R2	R1	Associate Members Cup	R1	Terry Austin	10
1984–85		46	14	5	27	53	74	47	23rd	R2	R1	Freight Rover Trophy	R1	Ian Benjamin	18
1985–86		46	18	10	18	79	58	64	8th	R1	R2	Freight Rover Trophy	SQF	Ian Benjamin	22
1986–87		46	30	9	7	103	53	99	1st	R3	R1	Freight Rover Trophy	R1	Richard Hill	29
1987–88	Div 3	46	18	19	9	70	51	73	6th	R2	R2	Sherpa Vans Trophy	Grp	Tony Adcock Paul Culpin Trevor Morley	10
1988–89		46	16	6	24	66	76	54	20th	R1	R2	Sherpa Vans Trophy	SQF	Tony Adcock	17
1989–90		46	11	14	21	51	68	47	22nd	R4	R1	Leyland DAF Cup	R1	Bobby Barnes	18
1990–91	Div 4	46	18	13	15	57	58	67	10th	R2	R2	Leyland DAF Cup	R1	Bobby Barnes	13
1991–92	Div 4	42	11	13	18	46	57	46	16th	R1	R1	Autoglass Trophy	R1	Tony Adcock	7
1992–93[6]	Div 3	42	11	8	23	48	74	41	20th	R3	R1	Autoglass Trophy	SQF	Steve Brown	9
1993–94		42	9	11	22	44	66	38	22nd[7]	R1	R1	Autoglass Trophy	R2	Ian Gilzean	10
1994–95		42	10	14	18	45	67	44	17th	R1	R1	Auto Windscreens Shield	R2	Neil Grayson	8
1995–96		46	18	13	15	51	44	67	11th	R2	R1	Auto Windscreens Shield	SQF	Jason White	16
1996–97		46	20	12	14	67	44	72	4th	R1	R2	Auto Windscreens Shield	SSF	Neil Grayson	12
1997–98	Div 2	46	18	17	11	52	37	71	4th	R3	R1	Auto Windscreens Shield	SQF	David Seal	12
1998–99	Div 2	46	10	18	18	43	57	48	22nd	R2	R3	Auto Windscreens Shield	R2	Carlo Corazzin	16
1999–00	Div 3	46	25	7	14	63	45	82	3rd	R1	R1	Auto Windscreens Shield	R2	Carlo Corazzin	14
2000–01	Div 2	46	15	12	19	46	59	57	18th	R2	R1	LDV Vans Trophy	R1	Jamie Forrester	17
2001–02		46	14	7	25	54	79	49	20th	R2	R2	LDV Vans Trophy	R2	Jamie Forrester	17
2002–03		46	10	9	27	40	79	39	24th	R2	R1	LDV Vans Trophy	R2	Marco Gabbiadini	12
2003–04	Div 3	46	22	9	15	58	51	75	6th	R4	R2	LDV Vans Trophy	SSF	Martin Smith	11
2004–05[8]	L2	46	20	12	14	62	51	72	7th	R3	R2	LDV Vans Trophy	SQF	Scott McGleish	13
2005–06	L2	46	22	17	7	63	37	83	2nd	R3	R2	Football League Trophy	R2	Scott McGleish	17
2006–07	L1	46	15	14	17	48	51	59	14th	R2	R1	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Scott McGleish	12
2007–08		46	17	15	14	60	55	66	9th	R2	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Poul Hubertz	13
2008–09		46	12	13	21	61	65	49	21st	R1	R3	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Adebayo Akinfenwa	13
2009–10	L2	46	18	13	15	62	53	67	11th	R2	R1	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	SQF	Adebayo Akinfenwa	17
2010–11		46	11	19	16	63	71	52	16th	R2	R4	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Leon McKenzie	10
2011–12		46	12	12	22	56	79	48	20th	R1	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Adebayo Akinfenwa	18
2012–13		46	21	10	15	64	55	73	6th	R1	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	SQF	Adebayo Akinfenwa	16
2013–14		46	13	14	19	42	57	53	21st	R2	R1	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Darren Carter	5
2014–15		46	18	7	21	67	62	61	12th	R1	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	SQF	Marc Richards	18
2015–16		46	29	12	5	82	46	99	1st	R3	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R2	Marc Richards	15
2016–17	L1	46	14	11	21	60	73	53	16th	R2	R3	Checkatrade Trophy	Grp	John-Joe O'Toole Marc Richards	10
2017–18	L1	46	12	11	23	44	77	47	22nd	R1	R1	Checkatrade Trophy	R2	Chris Long	9
2018–19	L2	46	14	19	13	64	63	61	15th	R1	R1	Checkatrade Trophy	SQF	Andy Williams	12
2019–20	L2	37[9]	17	7	13	54	40	1.57	7th	R4	R1	Leasing.com Trophy	R2	Sam Hoskins Andy Williams	8

Key

Key to league record:

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

Key to divisions:

Div 1 = Football League First Division
Div 2 = Football League Second Division
Div 3 = Football League Third Division
Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division
L1 = Football League One
L2 = Football League Two
SL = Southern League
ML = Midland League
NL = Northamptonshire League

Key to rounds:

DNE = Did not enter
PR = Preliminary round
1QR = First Qualifying Round
2QR = Second Qualifying Round
3QR = Third Qualifying Round
4QR = Fourth Qualifying Round
5QR = Fifth Qualifying Round
6QR = Sixth Qualifying Round
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4

R5 = Round 5
Grp = Group stage
QF = Quarter-finals
SQF = Southern Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
SSF = Southern Semi-finals
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners

Champions	Runners-up	Play-offs	Promoted	Relegated

Top scorers shown in bold are Northampton Town who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Footnotes and references

Northampton Town Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
The League Cup was founded in 1960.
English League leading goalscorers 1889-2007 RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
Goals in The Football League only are counted.
The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
The 22 top English clubs break away from The Football League to form the FA Premier League as the new top tier of the English football pyramid.
Northampton weren't relegated due Kidderminster not having the ground regulations to be promoted into the Football League
The three divisions in the Football League are re-named: Division One becomes The Championship, Division Two becomes League One and Division Three becomes League Two.
The 2019–20 season was ended early with nine fixtures left to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a weighed points-per-game basis

External links

Northampton Town Football Club History Database.

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[1] Northampton Town Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 December 2009.

[2] The League Cup was founded in 1960.

[3] English League leading goalscorers 1889-2007 RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2009.

[4] Goals in The Football League only are counted.

[5] The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.

[6] The 22 top English clubs break away from The Football League to form the FA Premier League as the new top tier of the English football pyramid.

[7] Northampton weren't relegated due Kidderminster not having the ground regulations to be promoted into the Football League

[8] The three divisions in the Football League are re-named: Division One becomes The Championship, Division Two becomes League One and Division Three becomes League Two.

[9] The 2019–20 season was ended early with nine fixtures left to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a weighed points-per-game basis

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Northampton Town Football Club
Club	Seasons Records & Statistics Managers
Players	Centurians All players
Matches	1909 FA Charity Shield 1997 Football League Third Division play-off Final 1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final 2013 Football League Two play-off Final
Grounds	County Ground Sixfields Stadium

Lists of English football seasons by club
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Sheffield United Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Bristol City Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Swansea City West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic
League One	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Coventry City Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Ipswich Town Lincoln City Milton Keynes Dons Oxford United Peterborough United Portsmouth Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Wycombe Wanderers
League Two	Bradford City Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town Leyton Orient Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Salford City Scunthorpe United Stevenage Swindon Town Walsall
Non-League	Aldershot Town Alfreton Town Altrincham Arlesey Town Ashford United Banbury United Barnet Bradford Park Avenue Burnham Bury Cambridge City Chippenham Town Chesham United Chesterfield Cirencester Town Corby Town Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Dartford Dover Athletic Eastbourne Borough Eastbourne Town F.C. United of Manchester A.F.C. Fylde Gateshead Glossop North End Gloucester City Harrow Borough Hartlepool United Havant & Waterlooville Hayes & Yeading United Hitchin Town Kidderminster Harriers Maidstone United Margate Nelson Northwich Victoria Notts County Nuneaton Town Redditch United Southport Sutton United Swindon Supermarine Tamworth Torquay United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Welling United Weymouth Wingate & Finchley Woking Wrexham Yeovil Town York City
Defunct teams	Aldershot Chester City Hereford United Hinckley United Rushden & Diamonds Salisbury City Scarborough Wimbledon Wigan Borough
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