1987–88 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1987–88 season
Chairman	Derek Banks
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	6th
FA Cup	Second round
Littlewoods Cup	Second round
Sherpa Vans Trophy	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Adcock Paul Culpin Trevor Morley (10) All: Trevor Morley (16)
Highest home attendance	7,934 vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Lowest home attendance	3,076 vs Brentford
Average home league attendance	5,514
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Players[]

As of match played 2 May 1988.^[1]

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps[2]	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Peter Gleasure	GK		Luton	(1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 27)	225	0	Millwall	Summer 1982
	GK		Nuneaton	(1969-04-13)13 April 1969 (aged 19)	0	0	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1986	£15,000[3]
Defenders
David Logan	LB		Middlesbrough	(1963-12-05)5 December 1963 (aged 24)	41	1	Mansfield Town	February 1987
Keith McPherson	CB		Greenwich	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 24)	98	5	West Ham United	23 January 1986	£10,000[4]
Graham Reed	RB		Doncaster	(1961-06-24)24 June 1961 (aged 26)	104	2	Frickley Athletic	Summer 1985	£6,000
Bradley Sandeman	RB		Northampton	(1970-02-24)24 February 1970 (aged 18)	2	0	Apprentice	January 1988	N/A
Trevor Slack	CB		Peterborough	(1962-09-26)26 September 1962 (aged 25)	13	1	Grimsby Town	10 February 1988	Nominal Fee
Russ Wilcox	CB		Hemsworth	(1964-03-25)25 March 1964 (aged 24)	81	5	Frickley Athletic	30 June 1986	£15,000[5]
Paul Wilson	LB		Bradford	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 19)	15	1	Norwich City	11 April 1988	£30,000
Midfielders
Warren Donald	CM		Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 23)	124	10	West Ham United	4 October 1985	Undisclosed
Dave Gilbert	W		Lincoln	(1963-06-22)22 June 1963 (aged 24)	86	14	Boston United	Summer 1986
Eddie McGoldrick	W		Islington	(1965-04-30)30 April 1965 (aged 23)	85	7	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1986	£15,000[6]
Martin Singleton (c)	CM		Banbury	(1963-08-02)2 August 1963 (aged 24)	29	3	West Bromwich Albion	7 November 1987	£57,500
Forwards
Tony Adcock	FW		Bethnal Green	(1963-03-27)27 March 1963 (aged 25)	18	10	Manchester City	25 January 1988	£85,000 P/E
Paul Culpin	FW		Kirby Muxloe	(1962-02-08)8 February 1962 (aged 26)	20	10	Coventry City	10 October 1987	£50,000
Glen Donegal	FW		Northampton	(1969-06-20)20 June 1969 (aged 18)	11	1	Apprentice	January 1987	N/A
David Longhurst	FW		Northampton	(1965-01-15)15 January 1965 (aged 23)	37	7	Halifax Town	3 July 1987	£40,000

Competitions[]

Division Three[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
4	Notts County	46	14	4	5	53	24	9	8	6	29	25	+33	81	Participated in Third Division play-offs
5	Bristol City	46	14	6	3	51	30	7	6	10	26	32	+15	75
6	Northampton Town	46	12	8	3	36	18	6	11	6	34	33	+19	73
7	Wigan Athletic	46	11	8	4	36	23	9	4	10	34	38	+9	72
8	Bristol Rovers	46	14	5	4	43	19	4	7	12	25	37	+12	66

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	19	9	70	51	+19	73	12	8	3	36	18	+18	6	11	6	34	33	+1

League position by match[]

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup[]

Littlewoods Cup[]

Sherpa Vans Trophy[]

Group 1

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brentford	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Notts County	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Northampton Town	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Appearances and goals[]

Pos	Player	Division Three			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
		Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Peter Gleasure	46	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	54	–	–
GK		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DF	Lee Carter	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
DF	David Logan	24	2	–	–	1	–	3	–	–	1	–	–	28	3	–
DF	Keith McPherson	32	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	1	2	–	–	40	–	1
DF	Graham Reed	27	4	–	2	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	35	4	–
DF	Bradley Sandeman	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
DF	Trevor Slack	13	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	1
DF	Russ Wilcox	46	–	4	2	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	54	–	4
DF	Paul Wilson	15	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	1
MF	Warren Donald	39	1	2	2	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	45	1	2
MF	Dave Gilbert	41	–	6	2	–	–	4	–	1	2	–	–	49	–	7
MF	Eddie McGoldrick	40	6	2	1	1	–	3	–	–	2	–	–	46	7	2
MF	Martin Singleton	28	1	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	1	3
FW	Tony Adcock	18	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	–	10
FW	Paul Culpin	18	2	10	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	21	3	10
FW	Glen Donegal	2	8	1	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	2	9	2
FW	David Longhurst	33	2	7	2	–	–	3	–	1	1	–	1	39	2	9
Players who left before end of season:
DF		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
DF	Steve Senior	1	3	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	–
DF	Chris Scott	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
DF	Brett Williams	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	–
MF		5	5	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	6	6	1
MF	Phil Chard	33	1	8	2	–	1	3	–	–	1	–	–	39	1	9
MF	Aidy Mann	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
FW	Ian Benjamin	13	1	1	–	–	–	4	–	–	1	–	–	18	1	1
FW	Trevor Morley	27	–	10	2	–	2	4	–	4	2	–	–	35	–	16

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
June 1987	RB		Steve Senior	York City
July 1987	CB		Chris Scott	Blyth Spartans
3 July 1987	FW		David Longhurst	Halifax Town	£40,000
10 October 1987	FW		Paul Culpin	Coventry City	£50,000
7 November 1987	CM		Martin Singleton	West Bromwich Albion	£57,500
25 January 1988	FW		Tony Adcock	Manchester City	£85,000 P/E
10 February 1988	CB		Trevor Slack	Grimsby Town	Nominal Fee
11 April 1988	LB		Paul Wilson	Norwich City	£15,000

Loans in[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until
January 1988	LB		Brett Williams	Nottingham Forest	January 1988
January 1987	RB		Chris O'Donnell	Ipswich Town	February 1987
February 1988	LB		Paul Wilson	Norwich City	11 April 1988

Transfers out[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
Summer 1987	CB		Bobby Coy	Free Agent	Released
Summer 1987	CM		Richard Hill	Watford	£265,000
October 1987	FW		Ian Benjamin	Cambridge United	£25,000
October 1987	RB		Steve Senior	Wigan Athletic
November 1987	W		Aidy Mann	Newport County
25 January 1988	FW		Trevor Morley	Manchester City	£175,000 P/E
March 1988	U		Phil Chard	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£45,000
March 1988	CB		Chris Scott	Lincoln City

References[]

Books

• Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.