2002–03 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
2002–03 season
Manager	Kevan Broadhurst; (until January 2003); Terry Fenwick; (January); Martin Wilkinson; (from 24 February)
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
Division Two	24th
FA Cup	Second round
Worthington Cup	First round
League Trophy	Second round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Gabbiadini (12); All: Marco Gabbiadini (14)
Highest home attendance	5,906 vs Peterborough United
Lowest home attendance	2,336 vs Wigan Athletic
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Players[]

As of match played 7 May 2000.^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps^[2]	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Lee Harper	GK	Chelsea	(1971-10-30)30 October 1971 (aged 31)	31	0	Walsall	15 July 2002	Free
13	Nathan Abbey	GK	Islington	(1978-07-11)11 July 1978 (aged 24)	5	0	Chesterfield	2 August 2002	Free
24	Mark Bunn	GK	Kettering	(1984-11-16)16 November 1984 (aged 18)	0	0	Apprentice	21 August 2001	N/A
27	Glyn Thompson	GK	Telford	(1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 22)	11	0	Fulham	27 March 2003	Free
Defenders
2	Chris Marsh	RB	Dudley	(1970-01-14)14 January 1970 (aged 33)	41	0	Wycombe Wanderers	6 September 2001	£10,000^[3]
3	Duncan Spedding	LB	Camberley	(1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 25)	123	1	Southampton	14 July 1998	Free
4	Ian Sampson	CB	Wakefield	(1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 34)	352	23	Sunderland	5 August 1994	£30,000
5	Richard Hope	CB	Stockton-on-Tees	(1978-06-22)22 June 1978 (aged 24)	134	7	Darlington	18 December 1998	Undisclosed
6	John Frain	LB	Birmingham	(1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (aged 34)	205	5	Birmingham City	Summer 1997	Free
16	Daryl Burgess	FB	Birmingham	(1971-01-24)24 January 1971 (aged 32)	61	2	West Bromwich Albion	27 June 2001	Free
21	Jerry Gill	RB	Clevedon	(1970-09-08)8 September 1970 (aged 32)	41	0	Birmingham City	11 November 2002	Free
25	Luke Chambers	RB	Kettering	(1985-09-28)28 September 1985 (aged 17)	1	0	Apprentice	26 April 2003	N/A
28	Paul Reid	CB	Carlisle	(1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 21)	19	0	Rangers	30 December 2002	Loan
Midfielders
7	Paul McGregor	RW	Liverpool	(1974-12-17)17 December 1974 (aged 28)	62	5	Plymouth Argyle	8 June 2001	Free
8	Paul Harsley	CM	Scunthorpe	(1978-05-29)29 May 1978 (aged 24)	45	2	Halifax Town	13 June 2002	Free^[4]
11	Chris Carruthers	LM	Kettering	(1983-08-19)19 August 1983 (aged 19)	49	1	Apprentice	1 August 2000	N/A
14	Paul Rickers	RM	Pontefract	(1975-05-09)9 May 1975 (aged 27)	11	0	Oldham Athletic	3 July 2002	N/A
15	Paul Trollope	CM	Swindon (ENG)	(1972-06-03)3 June 1972 (aged 30)	41	2	Coventry City	23 July 2002	Free
17	Greg Lincoln	CM	Cheshunt	(1980-03-23)23 March 1980 (aged 23)	12	0	Margate	6 June 2002	Free
20	Chris Hargreaves	CM	Cleethorpes	(1972-05-12)12 May 1972 (aged 30)	109	3	Plymouth Argyle	27 June 2000	Free
Forwards
9	Darryn Stamp	FW	Beverley	(1978-09-21)21 September 1978 (aged 24)	22	4	Scarborough	29 May 2002	£45,000
10	Marco Gabbiadini	FW	Nottingham	(1968-01-20)20 January 1968 (aged 35)	120	25	Darlington	27 June 2000	Free
19	Derek Asamoah	FW	Accra	(1981-05-01)1 May 1981 (aged 22)	81	7	Slough Town	25 July 2001	Free
22	Steve Morison	FW	Enfield	(1983-08-29)29 August 1983 (aged 19)	14	1	Apprentice	27 August 2001	N/A
30	Lawrie Dudfield	FW	Southwark	(1980-05-07)7 May 1980 (aged 22)	10	1	Hull City	15 March 2003	Loan
31	Tom Youngs	FW	Bury St Edmunds	(1979-08-31)31 August 1979 (aged 23)	5	0	Cambridge United	15 March 2003	£50,000

Competitions[]

Division Two[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Chesterfield	46	11	4	8	29	28	3	4	16	14	45	−30	50
21	Cheltenham Town (R)	46	6	9	8	26	31	4	9	10	27	37	−15	48	Relegated
22	Huddersfield Town (R)	46	7	9	7	27	24	4	3	16	12	37	−22	45
23	Mansfield Town (R)	46	9	2	12	38	45	3	6	14	28	52	−31	44
24	Northampton Town (R)	46	7	4	12	23	31	3	5	15	17	48	−39	39

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(R) Relegated

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	10	9	27	40	79	−39	39	7	4	12	23	31	−8	3	5	15	17	48	−31

Last updated: 22 April 2020.
Source: 11v11.com

League position by match[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L
Position	12	15	8	9	18	16	16	18	14	15	12	11	14	16	18	20	16	14	12	14	16	17	19	20	14	15	16	19	19	19	21	22	23	23	23	23	24	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24

Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

10 August 2002 (2002-08-10) 1	Northampton Town	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Gabbiadini 87'	Report	Sorvel 30'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,694 Referee: Trevor Parkes

13 August 2002 (2002-08-13) 2	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Northampton Town	showHigh Wycombe
19:45 BST	Currie 48'	Report	Forrester 69'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,993 Referee: Clive Wilkes

17 August 2002 (2002-08-17) 3	Cardiff City	1–2	Northampton Town	showCardiff
15:00 BST	Kavanagh 15'	Report	Gabbiadini 10', 50'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,321 Referee: Lee Cable

23 August 2002 (2002-08-23) 4	Northampton Town	0–1	Blackpool	showNorthampton
19:45 BST		Report	Murphy 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,556 Referee: Phil Joslin

27 August 2002 (2002-08-27) 5	Chesterfield	4–0	Northampton Town	showChesterfield
19:45 BST	Hurst 22', 90' Hudson 28' Brandon 42'	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,585 Referee: Scott Mathieson

31 August 2002 (2002-08-31) 6	Northampton Town	1–0	Barnsley	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Sampson 42' McGregor 74'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,004 Referee: Andy Hall

6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) 7	Bristol City	3–0	Northampton Town	showBristol
19:45 BST	Peacock 7', 76' Clist 87'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 11,104 Referee: Paul Rejer

14 September 2002 (2002-09-14) 8	Northampton Town	0–0	Huddersfield Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,679 Referee: Mark Warren

17 September 2002 (2002-09-17) 9	Northampton Town	4–1	Colchester United	showNorthampton
19:45 BST	Gabbiadini 15', 45', 60' One 23'	Report	Sampson 36' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,663 Referee: George Cain

21 September 2002 (2002-09-21) 10	Swindon Town	2–0	Northampton Town	showSwindon
15:00 BST	Jackson 31' Parkin 79' (pen.)	Report	Harper 77'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,719 Referee: Phil Prosser

28 September 2002 (2002-09-28) 11	Northampton Town	2–0	Mansfield Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Gabbiadini 3' (pen.) Trollope 80'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,594 Referee: Mick Fletcher

5 October 2002 (2002-10-05) 12	Plymouth Argyle	0–0	Northampton Town	showPlymouth
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,530 Referee: Tony Bates

12 October 2002 (2002-10-12) 13	Northampton Town	1–2	Brentford	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Asamoah 90'	Report	Sonko 7' Vine 25'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,739 Referee: Mark Cowburn

19 October 2002 (2002-10-19) 14	Notts County	2–1	Northampton Town	showNottingham
15:00 BST	Stallard 50' Heffernan 83'	Report	Asamoah 79'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,009 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) 15	Northampton Town	1–2	Cheltenham Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Forrester 24'	Report	Alsop 31' Forsyth 62'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,354 Referee: Matt Messias

29 October 2002 (2002-10-29) 16	Oldham Athletic	4–0	Northampton Town	showOldham
19:45 GMT	Andrews 28' Corazzin 61' Eyres 71' (pen.) Eyre 84'	Report		Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,512 Referee: Roy Pearson

2 November 2002 (2002-11-02) 17	Northampton Town	3–0	Luton Town	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Forrester 9', 19' Gabbiadini 50'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,750 Referee: Paul Durkin

9 November 2002 (2002-11-09) 18	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Northampton Town	showWhite City, London
15:00 GMT		Report	Trollope 61'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,947 Referee: Mike Thorpe

23 November 2002 (2002-11-23) 19	Northampton Town	3–0	Port Vale	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Gabbiadini 38', 56' Forrester 89'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,357 Referee: George Cain

30 November 2002 (2002-11-30) 20	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Northampton Town	showWigan
15:00 GMT	Roberts 37'	Report	Gabbiadini 74'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 6,032 Referee: Alan Kaye

14 December 2002 (2002-12-14) 21	Northampton Town	0–4	Tranmere Rovers	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Haworth 10', 66' Taylor 71' Hay 76'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,268 Referee: Phil Crossley

20 December 2002 (2002-12-20) 22	Stockport County	4–0	Northampton Town	showStockport
15:00 GMT	Beckett 23', 46', 60' Burgess 77'	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,516 Referee: Brian Curson

26 December 2002 (2002-12-26) 23	Northampton Town	0–1	Chesterfield	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Bradley 88'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,282 Referee: Grant Hegley

28 December 2002 (2002-12-28) 24	Peterborough United	0–0	Northampton Town	showPeterborough
12:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: London Road Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Michael Jones

1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) 25	Barnsley	1–2	Northampton Town	showBarnsley
15:00 GMT	Lumsdon 24'	Report	Lumsdon 45' (o.g.) Stamp 70'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,531 Referee: Lee Mason

4 January 2003 (2003-01-04) 26	Northampton Town	0–5	Wycombe Wanderers	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Dixon 8' Simpson 45' Roberts 46', 78', 82'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,679 Referee: Mike Ryan

18 January 2003 (2003-01-18) 27	Blackpool	2–1	Northampton Town	showBlackpool
15:00 GMT	Walker 77' (pen.) Murphy 90'	Report	Stamp 70'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,646 Referee: Howard Webb

25 January 2003 (2003-01-25) 28	Northampton Town	0–1	Peterborough United	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Stamp 69'	Report	Clarke 55'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,906 Referee: Paul Robinson

1 February 2003 (2003-02-01) 29	Crewe Alexandra	3–3	Northampton Town	showCrewe
15:00 GMT	Jones 39', 70' Vaughan 41'	Report	Gabbiadini 45' (pen.) Hope 63' Asamoah 81'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6,164 Referee: Paul Taylor

4 February 2003 (2003-02-04) 30	Northampton Town	0–1	Cardiff City	showNorthampton
19:45 GMT		Report	Earnshaw 58'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,553 Referee: Ray Olivier

8 February 2003 (2003-02-08) 31	Northampton Town	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Rahim 16'	Report	Furlong 60'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,859 Referee: Ray Olivier

15 February 2003 (2003-02-15) 32	Luton Town	3–2	Northampton Town	showLuton
15:00 GMT	Hughes 26', 84' Nicholls 58'	Report	Burgess 23' Johnson 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 7,048 Referee: Keith Hill

22 February 2003 (2003-02-22) 33	Northampton Town	1–2	Bristol City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	McGregor 45'	Report	Robins 12' Tinnion 35'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,688 Referee: Alan Butler

1 March 2003 (2003-03-01) 34	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Northampton Town	showHuddersfield
15:00 GMT	Baldry 44' M.Smith 45'	Report		Stadium: McAlpine Stadium Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Michael Jones

4 March 2003 (2003-03-04) 35	Colchester United	2–0	Northampton Town	showColchester
19:45 GMT	Williams 28' McGleish 76'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,408 Referee: David Crick

8 March 2003 (2003-03-08) 36	Northampton Town	1–0	Swindon Town	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Harsley 61'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,566 Referee: Tony Leake

15 March 2003 (2003-03-15) 37	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Northampton Town	showCheltenham
15:00 GMT	Yates 60'	Report	Harsley 75'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,917 Referee: George Cain

18 March 2003 (2003-03-18) 38	Northampton Town	2–0	Notts County	showNorthampton
19:45 GMT	Asamoah 24' Sampson 82'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Phil Crossley

22 March 2003 (2003-03-22) 39	Northampton Town	0–2	Oldham Athletic	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Andrews 67', 89'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,646 Referee: Steve Tomlin

29 March 2003 (2003-03-29) 40	Brentford	3–0	Northampton Town	showBrentford, London
15:00 GMT	Somner 52' Rowlands 77' Hunt 90'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 5,354 Referee: Grant Hegley

4 April 2003 (2003-04-04) 41	Northampton Town	0–2	Wigan Athletic	showNorthampton
19:45 BST		Report	Ellington 9' Liddell 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,822 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

12 April 2003 (2003-04-12) 42	Port Vale	2–3	Northampton Town	showBurslem
15:00 BST	Walsh 11' Clarke 90' Littlejohn 90'	Report	Gabbiadini 62' Dudfield 89'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,209 Referee: Trevor Parkes

18 April 2003 (2003-04-18) 43	Northampton Town	0–3	Stockport County	showNorthampton
15:00 BST		Report	Wilbraham 7', 24' Goodwin 14'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,873 Referee: Alan Kaye

21 April 2003 (2003-04-21) 44	Tranmere Rovers	4–0	Northampton Town	showBirkenhead
15:00 BST	Nicholson 59' (pen.) Haworth 60' Anderson 89' Hay 90'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,348 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

26 April 2003 (2003-04-26) 45	Northampton Town	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Stamp 66' Morison 72'	Report	Norris 19' Stonebridge 55'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,063 Referee: Eddie Evans

3 May 2003 (2003-05-03) 46	Mansfield Town	2–1	Northampton Town	showMansfield
15:00 BST	White 62' Lawrence 77' (pem.)	Report	Stamp 66'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,928 Referee: Phil Prosser

FA Cup[]

16 November 2002 (2002-11-16) First round	Northampton Town	3–2	Boston United	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Harsley 10' Gabbiadini 35' Asamoah 68'	Report	Battersby 56' (pen.) Higgins 82'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,373 Referee: Steve Baines

7 December 2002 (2002-12-07) Second round	Cambridge United	2–2	Northampton Town	showCambridge
15:00 GMT	Tann 5', 45'	Report	Stamp 55' Hargreaves 83'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,076 Referee: Paul Rejer

17 December 2002 (2002-12-17) Second round (R)	Northampton Town	0–1	Cambridge United	showNorthampton
19:45 GMT		Report	Riza 79'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,591 Referee: Paul Rejer

Football League Cup[]

10 September 2002 (2002-09-10) First round	Northampton Town	0–1	Wigan Athletic	showNorthampton
19:45 BST		Report	Jarrett 31'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,336 Referee: Steve Baines

LDV Vans Trophy[]

22 October 2002 (2002-10-22) First round	Hereford United	3–4 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Northampton Town	showHereford
19:45 BST	Eribenne 6', 32' Parry 82'	Report	Forrester 1' 96' (pen.) Rickers 11' Asamoah 89'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1,087 Referee: Scott Mathieson
Note: Northampton Town won on the Golden Goal rule.

12 November 2002 (2002-11-12) Second round	Northampton Town	2–4	Cambridge United	showNorthampton
19:45 GMT	Hargreaves 17' Gabbiadini 27'	Report	Burgess 37' (o.g.) Riza 45', 50' Youngs 72'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,497 Referee: Mark Cooper

Appearances, goals and cards[]

No.	Pos	Player	Division 2			FA Cup			League Cup			LDV Vans			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
1	GK	Lee Harper	31	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	33	1	–	–	1
2	RB	Chris Marsh	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	–	2	–
3	LB	Duncan Spedding	9	2	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	10	3	–	2	–
4	CB	Ian Sampson	31	2	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	36	2	1	9	1
5	CB	Richard Hope	17	6	1	1	2	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	19	9	1	5	–
6	LB	John Frain	13	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	14	1	–	–	–
7	RM	Paul McGregor	17	6	2	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	18	8	2	1	–
8	CM	Paul Harsley	41	4	2	3	–	1	1	–	–	1	1	–	46	5	3	1	–
9	ST	Darryn Stamp	12	10	4	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	11	5	2	1
10	ST	Marco Gabbiadini	33	8	12	3	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	1	39	8	14	7	1
11	LM	Chris Carruthers	26	7	–	3	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	30	8	–	1	–
13	GK	Nathan Abbey	4	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	7	1	–	–	1
14	RM	Paul Rickers	8	3	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	1	11	4	1	1	–
15	CM	Paul Trollope	41	–	2	3	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	47	–	2	7	–
16	RB	Daryl Burgess	24	1	1	2	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	28	1	1	6	1
17	CM	Greg Lincoln	5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	7	–	–	–
19	ST	Derek Asamoah	20	22	4	2	1	1	–	1	–	2	–	1	24	24	6	2	–
20	CM	Chris Hargreaves	36	3	–	3	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	1	42	3	2	8	–
21	RB	Jerry Gill	41	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	46	–	–	5	–
22	ST	Steve Morison	4	9	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	4	11	1	–	–
23	MF	Danny Lowe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	GK	Mark Bunn	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25	RB	Luke Chambers	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
26	CM	Aaran Cavill	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	GK	Glyn Thompson	11	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	–
28	CB	Paul Reid	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	–	–	3	–
29	DF	Adam Barradell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	ST	Lawrie Dudfield	8	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	1	–	–
31	ST	Tom Youngs	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–
Players no longer at the club:
18	ST	Jamie Forrester	18	7	5	3	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	2	24	7	7	–	–
18	CM	Brent Rahim	6	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	1	1	–
23	ST	Armand One	6	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	6	1	1	–	–
29	LM	Andy Turner	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–
30	CM	Richard Johnson	5	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	1	2	–

References[]

^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2003). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2003–2004. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-7553-1228-3.
^ Football League appearances only.
^ "Marsh to join Cobblers". BBC Sport. 5 September 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
^ "Northampton sign Harsley". BBC Sport. 12 June 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2009.

[Rothmans1999-2000-1] Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2003). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2003–2004. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-7553-1228-3.

[2] Football League appearances only.

[3] "Marsh to join Cobblers". BBC Sport. 5 September 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2008.

[4] "Northampton sign Harsley". BBC Sport. 12 June 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2009.

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2002–03 season
Manager	Kevan Broadhurst (until January 2003) Terry Fenwick (January) Martin Wilkinson (from 24 February)
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
Division Two	24th
FA Cup	Second round
Worthington Cup	First round
League Trophy	Second round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Gabbiadini (12) All: Marco Gabbiadini (14)
Highest home attendance	5,906 vs Peterborough United
Lowest home attendance	2,336 vs Wigan Athletic
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