Northampton Town 2009–10 football season
Northampton Town 2009–10 season Chairman David Cardoza Manager Stuart Gray (until 8 September 2009) Ian Sampson (from 5 October 2009) League Two 11th FA Cup Second Round League Cup First Round Football League Trophy Quarter Final (South) Top goalscorer League: Adebayo Akinfenwa (16) All: Adebayo Akinfenwa (17) Highest home attendance 5,069 vs Notts County Lowest home attendance 1,718 vs Bournemouth
The 2009–10 football season is Northampton Town 's 32nd season in the Football League Two , the fourth division of English football , and their 95th as a professional club. It officially began on 1 July 2009, and will conclude on 30 June 2010, although competitive matches are only played between August and May. The team's new shirt supplier is Erreà , and the shirt sponsor is Jackson Grundy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Competitions [ ]
League Two [ ]
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
9
Bury
46
19
12
15
54
59
−5
69
10
Port Vale
46
17
17
12
61
50
+11
68
11
Northampton Town
46
18
13
15
62
53
+9
67
12
Shrewsbury Town
46
17
12
17
55
54
+1
63
13
Burton Albion
46
17
11
18
71
71
0
62
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
13
15
62
53
+9
67
9
9
5
29
21
+8
9
4
10
33
32
+1
As of games played 8 May 2010
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 A H H A H A A H H A H A H H A A A H A H A H H A A H A H H A A H H A A H A H Result D L W W L L L L L W D D W W L D D L L D D W D W W D W D W W L L W W W W W D W D L L L W L D Position 15 19 10 5 12 13 17 21 22 17 19 19 17 15 16 15 16 18 18 18 20 18 18 16 13 14 12 13 11 8 9 12 8 8 8 7 7 8 6 8 9 10 11 10 11 11
Matches [ ]
Win
Draw
Loss
Northampton Town v Macclesfield Town
8 August 2009 (2009-08-08 ) 1 Northampton Town 0–0 Macclesfield Town show Northampton 15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,064 Referee: G Ward
Chesterfield v Northampton Town
15 August 2009 (2009-08-15 ) 2 Chesterfield 1–0 Northampton Town show Chesterfield 15:00 BST
McDermott 32'
Report
Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,700 Referee: S Rushton
Northampton Town v Bournemouth
22 August 2009 (2009-08-22 ) 4 Northampton Town 2–0 Bournemouth show Northampton 15:00 BST
Akinfenwa 6' Marshall 84'
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,102 Referee: P Taylor
Burton Albion v Northampton Town
Northampton Town v Barnet
4 September 2009 (2009-09-04 ) 6 Northampton Town 1–3 Barnet show Northampton 19:45 BST
Marshall 30'
Report
Dean 51' Furlong 68' O'Flynn 71'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,206 Referee: P Tierney
Notts County v Northampton Town
12 September 2009 (2009-09-12 ) 7 Notts County 5–2 Northampton Town show Nottingham 15:00 BST
Ritchie 23' , 65' Hughes 44' , 61' , 76' (pen. )
Report
Dyer 10' Holt 89'
Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 7,154 Referee: Michael Oliver
Northampton Town v Rochdale
19 September 2009 (2009-09-19 ) 8 Northampton Town 1–2 Rochdale show Northampton 15:00 BST
Gilligan 64'
Report
O'Grady 19' Buckley 68'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,048 Referee: D Sheldrake
Shrewsbury Town v Northampton Town
26 September 2009 (2009-09-26 ) 9 Shrewsbury Town 3–0 Northampton Town show Shrewsbury 15:00 BST
Robinson 22' Labadie 49' Langmead 54'
Report
Stadium: Prostar Stadium Attendance: 5,548 Referee: G Eltringham
Northampton Town v Rotherham
29 September 2009 (2009-09-29 ) 10 Northampton Town 3–1 Rotherham show Northampton 19:45 BST
Gilligan 10' Herbert 46' Sharps 58' (o.g. )
Report
Le Fondre 78' (pen. )
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,017 Referee: O Langford
Northampton Town v Bradford City
3 October 2009 (2009-10-03 ) 11 Northampton Town 2–2 Bradford City show Northampton 15:00 BST
Dyer 77' Johnson 90'
Report
Ramsden 50' Boulding 54'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,391 Referee: D Phillips
Bury v Northampton Town
10 October 2009 (2009-10-10 ) 12 Bury 2–2 Northampton Town show Manchester 15:00 BST
Worrall 29' Lowe 33'
Report
Herbert 66' Akinfenwa 73'
Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,863 Referee: P Quinn
Northampton Town v Lincoln City
17 October 2009 (2009-10-17 ) 13 Northampton Town 1–0 Lincoln City show Northampton 15:00 BST
Guinan 72'
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,341 Referee: S Cook
Morecambe v Northampton Town
24 October 2009 (2009-10-24 ) 14 Morecambe 2–4 Northampton Town show Morecambe 15:00 BST
Jevons 26' (pen. ) Drummond 40'
Report
Guinan 4' Holt 70' Johnson 79' Akinfenwa 84'
Stadium: Christe Park Attendance: 2,041 Referee: S Mathieson
Northampton Town v Grimsby Town
14 November 2009 (2009-11-14 ) 16 Northampton Town 0–0 Grimsby Town show Northampton 15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,341 Referee: Keith Stroud
Northampton Town v Crewe Alexandra
21 November 2009 (2009-11-21 ) 17 Northampton Town 2–2 Crewe Alexandra show Northampton 15:00 GMT
Akinfenwa 51' , 62'
Report
Donaldson 14' Johnson 43' (o.g. )
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,069 Referee: G Horwood
Aldershot Town v Northampton Town
Northampton Town v Hereford United
1 December 2009 (2009-12-01 ) 19 Northampton Town 1–3 Hereford United show Northampton 19:45 GMT
Gilligan 1'
Report
Jones 16' Manset 57' King 74'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,524 Referee: D Sheldrake
Cheltenham Town v Northampton Town
5 December 2009 (2009-12-05 ) 20 Cheltenham Town 2–2 Northampton Town show Cheltenham 15:00 GMT
Hayles 22' , 30'
Report
Akinfenwa 23' , 47'
Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,824 Referee: K Evans
Northampton Town v Port Vale
12 December 2009 (2009-12-12 ) 21 Northampton Town 1–1 Port Vale show Northampton 15:00 GMT
Akinfenwa 51' (pen. )
Report
Richards 45' (pen. )
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,132 Referee: M Russell
Barnet v Northampton Town
28 December 2009 (2009-12-28 ) 23 Barnet 0–0 Northampton Town show Barnet 15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Underhill Attendance: 2,237 Referee: Carl Sarginson
Bournemouth v Northampton Town
2 January 2010 (2010-01-02 ) 24 Bournemouth 0–2 Northampton Town show Bournemouth 15:00 GMT
Report
Guttridge 5' Gilligan 16'
Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 5,715 Referee: Andy D'Urso
Macclesfield Town v Northampton Town
20 January 2010 (2010-01-20 ) 25 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Northampton Town show Macclesfield 19:45 GMT
Report
Guttridge 23' Akinfenwa 76'
Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,035 Referee: D McDermid
Northampton Town v Chesterfield
23 January 2010 (2010-01-23 ) 26 Northampton Town 0–0 Chesterfield show Northampton 15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,513 Referee: J Waugh
Darlington v Northampton Town
Northampton Town v Burton Albion
30 January 2010 (2010-01-30 ) 28 Northampton Town 1–1 Burton Albion show Northampton 15:00 GMT
Holt 88'
Report
Harrad 53'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,552 Referee: A Hall
Northampton Town v Accrington Stanley
9 February 2010 (2010-02-09 ) 30 Northampton Town 4–0 Accrington Stanley show Northampton 19:45 GMT
Akinfenwa 10' McKay 57' , 61' Guttridge 64'
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,206 Referee: J Linnington
Northampton Town v Aldershot Town
12 February 2010 (2010-02-12 ) 31 Northampton Town 0–3 Aldershot Town show Northampton 19:45 GMT
Report
Morgan 12' , 75' Hudson 68'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,718 Referee: G Ward
Crewe Alexandra v Northampton Town
20 February 2010 (2010-02-20 ) 32 Crewe Alexandra 3–2 Northampton Town show Crewe 15:00 GMT
Westwood 16' , 66' Walton 69'
Report
Gilligan 45' Akinfenwa 57'
Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,036 Referee: P Quinn
Hereford United v Northampton Town
23 February 2010 (2010-02-23 ) 33 Hereford United 0–2 Northampton Town show Hereford 19:45 GMT
Report
McKay 29' Akinfenwa 67'
Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1,266 Referee: Graham Salisbury
Northampton Town v Cheltenham Town
27 February 2010 (2010-02-27 ) 34 Northampton Town 2–1 Cheltenham Town show Northampton 15:00 GMT
Akinfenwa 52' Harris 85'
Report
Watkins 78'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,428 Referee: Trevor Kettle
Port Vale v Northampton Town
6 March 2010 (2010-03-06 ) 35 Port Vale 1–3 Northampton Town show Burslem 15:00 GMT
Loft 5'
Report
Akinfenwa 3' Osman 45' McKay 45'
Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,861 Referee: D Webb
Northampton Town v Darlington
13 March 2010 (2010-03-13 ) 36 Northampton Town 2–0 Darlington show Northampton 15:00 GMT
Johnson 20' Osman 39'
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,755 Referee: A Penn
Northampton Town v Morecambe
20 March 2010 (2010-03-20 ) 37 Northampton Town 2–0 Morecambe show Northampton 15:00 GMT
Davis 2' Gilligan 51'
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,210 Referee: Graham Horwood
Lincoln City v Northampton Town
27 March 2010 (2010-03-27 ) 38 Lincoln City 1–1 Northampton Town show Lincoln 15:00 GMT
Saunders 54'
Report
Johnson 84'
Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,964 Referee: Jon Moss
Grimsby Town v Northampton Town
2 April 2010 (2010-04-02 ) 39 Grimsby Town 1–2 Northampton Town show Grimsby 19:45 BST
Coulson 42'
Report
Davis 18' Akinfenwa 68'
Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,482 Referee: Anthony Taylor
Northampton Town v Torquay United
5 April 2010 (2010-04-05 ) 40 Northampton Town 0–0 Torquay United show Northampton 15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,515 Referee: Darren Deadman
Northampton Town v Notts County
10 April 2010 (2010-04-10 ) 41 Northampton Town 0–1 Notts County show Northampton 15:00 BST
Report
Davies 47'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,647 Referee: Andy D'Urso
Rotherham United v Northampton Town
Rochdale v Northampton Town
17 April 2010 (2010-04-17 ) 43 Rochdale 1–0 Northampton Town show Rochdale 15:00 BST
O'Grady 23'
Report
Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,025 Referee: A Haines
Northampton Town v Shrewsbury Town
24 April 2010 (2010-04-24 ) 44 Northampton Town 2–0 Shrewsbury Town show Northampton 15:00 BST
McKay 54' Thornton 82'
Report
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,019 Referee: Sutton
Bradford City v Northampton Town
1 May 2010 (2010-05-01 ) 45 Bradford City 2–0 Northampton Town show Bradford 15:00 BST
Evans 12' , 81'
Report
Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 12,403 Referee: Graham Salisbury
Northampton Town v Bury
8 May 2010 (2010-05-08 ) 46 Northampton Town 1–1 Bury show Northampton 15:00 BST
Akinfenwa 90'
Report
Lowe 45'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,234 Referee: R Booth
FA Cup [ ]
Northampton Town v Fleetwood Town
7 November 2009 (2009-11-07 ) First round Northampton Town 2–1 Fleetwood Town show Northampton 15:00 GMT
Guttridge 29' , 61'
Report
Clancy 41'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,077 Referee: R Madley
Northampton Town v Southampton
[ ]
Southampton v Northampton Town
11 August 2009 (2009-08-11 ) First round Southampton 2–0 Northampton Town show Southampton 19:45 BST
Lambert 29' Lallana 68'
Report
Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 10,921 Referee: S Hooper
[ ]
Wycombe Wanderers v Northampton Town
1 September 2009 (2009-09-01 ) First round Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 (0–3 p ) Northampton Town show High Wycombe 19:45 BST
Pittman 62' , 90'
Report
Gilligan 40' Guinan 86'
Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,035 Referee: G Sutton Penalties
Westlake Chambers Johnson
Gilligan Guinan Osman
Northampton Town v Bournemouth
6 October 2009 (2009-10-06 ) Second round Northampton Town 2–1 Bournemouth show Northampton 19:45 BST
Guinan 66' Giligan 90'
Report
Hollands 33'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,718 Referee: P Miller
Milton Keynes Dons v Northampton Town
10 November 2009 (2009-11-10 ) Quarter Final (South) Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 Northampton Town show Bletchley 19:45 GMT
Aaron Wilbraham 6' Baldock 16' , 26'
Report
Guinan 51'
Stadium: Stadium:MK Attendance: 8,886 Referee: K Wright
Appearances, goals and cards [ ]
Player
League One
FA Cup
League Cup
League Trophy
Total
Discipline
Starts
Sub
Goals
Starts
Sub
Goals
Starts
Sub
Goals
Starts
Sub
Goals
Starts
Sub
Goals
1
GK
Chris Dunn
29
–
–
2
–
–
1
–
–
3
–
–
35
–
–
–
–
2
RB
Paul Rodgers
24
7
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
28
7
–
4
–
3
RB
John Johnson
36
–
5
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
38
–
5
4
–
4
CM
Luke Guttridge
24
7
4
2
–
2
–
–
–
1
–
–
38
–
5
4
–
5
CB
Craig Hinton
38
2
–
2
–
–
1
–
–
3
–
–
44
2
–
4
–
6
CB
Dean Beckwith
37
1
–
1
–
–
1
–
–
2
–
–
41
1
–
5
–
8
CM
Abdul Osman
26
4
2
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
1
–
28
5
2
5
–
9
ST
Steve Guinan
19
9
4
2
–
–
1
–
–
2
1
3
24
10
7
3
–
10
ST
Adebayo Akinfenwa
36
4
17
2
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
–
38
6
17
3
–
11
LM
Andy Holt
31
–
3
2
–
–
1
–
–
2
–
–
36
–
3
1
1
12
RM
Ryan Gilligan
41
1
8
2
–
1
1
–
–
3
–
2
47
1
11
11
–
13
GK
Paul Walker
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14
LM
Liam Davis
13
4
2
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
14
5
2
–
–
15
CM
Alex Dyer
4
16
2
–
1
–
–
1
–
1
1
–
5
18
2
1
–
16
ST
Gary Mulligan
2
7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
–
5
7
–
1
–
17
ST
Billy McKay
29
11
8
–
1
–
1
–
–
–
1
–
30
13
8
–
–
18
ST
Joe Benjamin
2
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
2
2
–
1
–
19
CM
John Curtis
18
1
–
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
19
2
–
5
–
20
CB
Chris McCready
13
1
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
2
1
–
15
3
–
1
1
21
LM
Michael Jacobs
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
1
1
–
–
–
22
ST
Courtney Herbert
8
14
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
8
15
2
1
–
23
LB
Peter Gilbert
30
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31
–
–
4
1
24
ST
Sebastian Harris
–
9
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10
1
–
–
26
GK
Jason Steele
13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13
–
–
–
–
28
ST
Stephen O'Flynn
–
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
–
–
–
30
RM
Kevin Thornton
4
7
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
7
1
2
1
Players who left Northampton Town:
7
W
Ben Marshall
11
4
2
–
–
–
1
–
–
2
–
–
14
2
2
2
–
23
LB
Robbie Threlfall
1
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
2
3
–
–
–
25
ST
Luke Boden
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
5
–
–
–
–
25
CB
Danny Swailes
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
–
2
–
26
GK
Simon Brown
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
27
GK
Billy Lumley
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
40
CB
Pat Kanyuka
3
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
5
–
–
–
–
W
Ramone Rose
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
–
CB
Luke Wilkinson
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Awards [ ]
2009–10 Awards
Pos.
Player
Player of the Year
ST
Adebayo Akinfenwa
Young Player of the Year
RB
John Johnson
Transfers [ ]
Transfers in [ ]
Transfers out [ ]
Date from
Position
Nationality
Name
To
Fee
Ref.
25 August 2009
DF
Danny Jackman
Gillingham
Undisclosed
[17]
Loans in [ ]
Start date
Position
Nationality
Name
From
End date
Ref.
6 August 2009
MF
Romone Rose
Queens Park Rangers
6 September 2009
[18]
7 August 2009
MF
Ben Marshall
Stoke City
4 November 2009
[19]
21 August 2009
DF
Robbie Threlfall
Liverpool
21 September 2009
[20]
27 August 2009
MF
Luke Boden
Sheffield Wednesday
27 September 2009
[21]
24 September 2009
DF
John Johnson
Middlesbrough
30 June 2010
[22]
19 November 2009
MF
Josh Walker
Middlesbrough
3 December 2009
[23]
26 November 2009
DF
Danny Swailes
Middlesbrough
26 December 2009
[24]
5 January 2009
DF
Luke Wilkinson
Portsmouth
5 February 2010
[25]
Loans out [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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