1989–90 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1989–90 season
Chairman	Dick Underwood
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	22nd
FA Cup	Fourth round
Littlewoods Cup	First round
Leyland DAF Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Barnes (18) All: Bobby Barnes (20)
Highest home attendance	14,529 vs Coventry City
Lowest home attendance	1,665 vs Maidstone United
← 1988–89  →

Players[]

As of match played 5 May 1990.^[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 29)	317	0	Millwall	Summer 1982
Defenders
Irvin Gernon	LB		Birmingham	(1962-12-30)30 December 1962 (aged 27)	12	1	Reading	October 1989	£25,000
	LB		Northampton	(1967-03-10)10 March 1967 (aged 23)	7	0	Irthlingborough Diamonds	July 1989	Free
Keith McPherson	CB		Greenwich	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 26)	182	8	West Ham United	23 January 1986	£10,000[3]
Steve Terry	CB		Clapton	(1962-06-14)14 June 1962 (aged 27)	17	2	Hull City	March 1990	£70,000
Russ Wilcox (c)	CB		Hemsworth	(1964-03-25)25 March 1964 (aged 26)	138	9	Frickley Athletic	30 June 1986	£15,000[4]
	RB		Telford	(1963-11-17)17 November 1963 (aged 26)	41	1	Shrewsbury Town	12 January 1988
Paul Wilson	LB		Bradford	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 21)	81	2	Norwich City	February 1988	£30,000
Midfielders
Mickey Bell	W		Newcastle-upon-Tyne	(1971-11-15)15 November 1971 (aged 18)	6	0	Apprentice	April 1990	N/A
Steve Berry	CM		Liverpool	(1963-04-04)4 April 1963 (aged 27)	75	5	Aldershot	27 October 1988	£45,000
Steve Brown	LM		Northampton	(1966-07-06)6 July 1966 (aged 23)	36	4	Irthlingborough Diamonds	21 July 1989	Free
Phil Chard	U		Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 29)	144	29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	October 1989
Warren Donald	CM		Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 25)	188	13	West Ham United	4 October 1985	Undisclosed
Trevor Quow	CM		Peterborough	(1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 29)	48	2	Gillingham	12 January 1989
Bradley Sandeman	RM		Northampton	(1970-02-24)24 February 1970 (aged 20)	53	3	Apprentice	January 1988	N/A
	W		Newcastle-upon-Tyne	(1967-05-10)10 May 1967 (aged 22)	7	0	Blyth Spartans	September 1989
Martin Singleton	CM		Banbury	(1963-08-02)2 August 1963 (aged 26)	50	4	West Bromwich Albion	7 November 1987	£57,500
Aidey Thorpe	LW		Chesterfield	(1963-11-25)25 November 1963 (aged 26)	13	3	Walsall	March 1990	£50,000
Forwards
Bobby Barnes	FW		Kingston upon Thames	(1962-12-17)17 December 1962 (aged 27)	37	18	Bournemouth	13 October 1989	£70,000
Darren Collins	FW		Winchester	(1967-05-24)24 May 1967 (aged 22)	43	8	Petersfield United	January 1989
Carl Leaburn	FW		Lewisham	(1969-03-30)30 March 1969 (aged 21)	9	0	Charlton Athletic	22 March 1990	Loan

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
20	Fulham	46	8	8	7	33	27	4	7	12	22	39	−11	51
21	Cardiff City	46	6	9	8	30	35	6	5	12	21	35	−19	50	Relegated
22	Northampton Town	46	7	7	9	27	31	4	7	12	24	37	−17	47
23	Blackpool	46	8	6	9	29	33	2	10	11	20	40	−24	46
24	Walsall	46	6	8	9	23	30	3	6	14	17	42	−32	41

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	11	14	21	51	68	−17	47	7	7	9	27	31	−4	4	7	12	24	37	−13

League position by match[]

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup[]

Littlewoods Cup[]

Leyland DAF Cup[]

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	–	–	5	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	56	–	–
DF	Irvin Gernon	12	–	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	1	18	–	2
DF		6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	–
DF	Keith McPherson	43	–	1	5	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	53	–	1
DF	Steve Terry	17	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	2
DF	Russ Wilcox	46	–	3	5	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	1	56	–	4
DF		14	1	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	16	2	–
DF	Paul Wilson	26	1	–	3	–	–	2	–	–	1	1	–	32	2	–
MF	Mickey Bell	5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	–
MF	Steve Berry	41	–	2	5	–	1	2	–	–	3	–	–	51	–	3
MF	Steve Brown	15	6	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	6	1
MF	Phil Chard	29	–	2	5	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	36	–	3
MF	Warren Donald	20	7	2	2	1	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	25	8	2
MF	Trevor Quow	25	5	1	3	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	30	5	1
MF	Bradley Sandeman	20	9	1	2	–	–	1	1	–	3	–	–	26	10	1
MF		2	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	5	–
MF	Martin Singleton	6	4	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	8	6	–
MF	Aidey Thorpe	13	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	3
FW	Bobby Barnes	37	–	18	5	–	1	–	–	–	3	–	1	45	–	20
FW	Darren Collins	33	2	8	4	–	–	1	1	–	1	2	2	39	5	10
FW	Carl Leaburn	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–
Players who left before end of season:
MF	Dean Thomas	31	–	3	5	–	1	2	–	–	3	–	–	41	–	4
FW	Tony Adcock	8	–	3	–	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	10	–	4
FW	Paul Culpin	1	3	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	4	–
FW	Glen Donegal	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
FW	Terry McPhillips	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	–

References[]

Books

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