1988–89 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1988–89 season
Chairman	Derek Banks (until 1989) Dick Underwood
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	20th
FA Cup	First round
Littlewoods Cup	Second round
Sherpa Vans Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Adcock (17) All: Tony Adcock (20)
Highest home attendance	6,907 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lowest home attendance	2,821 vs Mansfield Town
Average home league attendance	3,918
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Players[]

As of match played 13 May 1989.^[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 28)	271	0	Millwall	Summer 1982
	GK				0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1988	N/A
Defenders
Mick Bodley	CB		Hayes	(1967-09-14)14 September 1967 (aged 21)	20	0	Chelsea	12 January 1989
Paul Flexney	CB		Glasgow	(1965-01-18)18 January 1965 (aged 24)	12	0	Clyde	22 August 1988
Keith McPherson	CB		Greenwich	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 25)	139	7	West Ham United	23 January 1986	£10,000[3]
Russ Wilcox	CB		Hemsworth	(1964-03-25)25 March 1964 (aged 25)	92	6	Frickley Athletic	30 June 1986	£15,000[4]
	RB		Telford	(1963-11-17)17 November 1963 (aged 25)	26	1	Shrewsbury Town	12 January 1988
Paul Wilson	LB		Bradford	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 20)	54	2	Norwich City	February 1988	£30,000
Midfielders
Steve Berry	CM		Liverpool	(1963-04-04)4 April 1963 (aged 26)	34	3	Aldershot	27 October 1988	£45,000
Warren Donald	CM		Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 24)	161	11	West Ham United	4 October 1985	Undisclosed
Trevor Quow	CM		Peterborough	(1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 28)	18	1	Gillingham	12 January 1989
Bradley Sandeman	RM		Northampton	(1970-02-24)24 February 1970 (aged 19)	24	2	Apprentice	January 1988	N/A
Martin Singleton (c)	CM		Banbury	(1963-08-02)2 August 1963 (aged 25)	40	4	West Bromwich Albion	7 November 1987	£57,500
Dean Thomas	LM/LB		Bedworth	(1961-12-19)19 December 1961 (aged 27)	43	9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	August 1988	£50,000
Forwards
Tony Adcock	FW		Bethnal Green	(1963-03-27)27 March 1963 (aged 26)	64	27	Manchester City	January 1988	£85,000 P/E
Darren Collins	FW		Winchester	(1967-05-24)24 May 1967 (aged 21)	8	0	Petersfield United	January 1989
Paul Culpin	FW		Kirby Muxloe	(1962-02-08)8 February 1962 (aged 27)	59	23	Coventry City	October 1987	£50,000
Glen Donegal	FW		Northampton	(1969-06-20)20 June 1969 (aged 19)	20	3	Apprentice	January 1987	N/A

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
18	Reading	46	10	6	7	37	29	5	5	13	31	43	−4	56
19	Blackpool	46	10	6	7	36	29	4	7	12	20	30	−3	55
20	Northampton Town	46	11	2	10	41	34	5	4	14	25	42	−10	54
21	Southend United	46	10	9	4	33	26	3	6	14	23	49	−19	54	Relegated
22	Chesterfield	46	9	5	9	35	35	5	2	16	16	51	−35	49

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	16	6	24	66	76	−10	54	11	2	10	41	34	+7	5	4	14	25	42	−17

League position by match[]

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup[]

Littlewoods Cup[]

Sherpa Vans Trophy[]

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	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	4	–	–	55	–	–
DF	Mick Bodley	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	22	–	–
DF	Keith McPherson	41	–	2	1	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	47	–	2
DF	Bradley Sandeman	8	14	2	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	12	14	2
DF	Russ Wilcox	11	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	1
DF		26	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	29	–	1
DF	Paul Wilson	33	6	1	1	–	–	2	–	1	2	1	–	38	7	2
MF	Steve Berry	34	–	3	1	–	1	–	–	–	4	–	1	39	–	5
MF	Warren Donald	37	–	1	–	1	–	4	–	–	4	–	–	45	1	1
MF	Trevor Quow	17	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	1	1
MF	Martin Singleton	11	–	1	–	–	–	4	–	1	–	–	–	15	–	2
MF	Dean Thomas	43	–	9	1	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	50	–	9
FW	Tony Adcock	46	–	17	1	–	–	4	–	2	4	–	1	–	–	20
FW	Darren Collins	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	4	5	–
FW	Paul Culpin	33	6	13	1	–	–	3	–	2	4	–	1	41	6	16
FW	Glen Donegal	4	5	2	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	5	7	2
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Graham Reed	8	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–
DF		1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	2	–
DF	Trevor Slack	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
MF	Doug Anderson	4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	1	–
MF	Andy Blair	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–
MF	Gary Cobb	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
MF	Albert Craig	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1
MF		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	–
MF	Dave Gilbert	34	–	7	1	–	–	4	–	1	4	–	–	43	–	8
MF	Eddie McGoldrick	22	–	2	1	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	1	29	–	3
FW	David Longhurst	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–
FW	Andy Preece	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–

References[]

Books

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