2016–17 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

2016–17 season
Chairman	Kelvin Thomas
Manager	Rob Page (until 9 January)[1] Justin Edinburgh (from 13 January)[2]
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
League One	16th
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Third round
League Trophy	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Marc Richards John-Joe O'Toole (10) All: Marc Richards (13)
Highest home attendance	7,798 vs Manchester United
Lowest home attendance	762 vs West Ham United Under 23s
Average home league attendance	6,218
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2016–17 season was Northampton Town's 120th season of existence and their first season back in League One after a seven-year absence. Along with competing in League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season ran from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players[]

Squad information[]

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club caps	Club goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Adam Smith	GK		Sunderland	(1992-11-23) 23 November 1992 (age 29)	94	0	Leicester City	26 June 2015	Free	2017
26	David Cornell	GK		Waunarlwydd	(1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 30)	10	0	Oldham Athletic	21 June 2016	Free	2018
Defenders
2	Brendan Moloney	RB		Beaufort	(1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 (age 33)	77	2	Yeovil Town	2 January 2015	Free	2018
3	David Buchanan	LB		Rochdale (ENG)	(1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 35)	107	0	Preston North End	28 May 2015	Free	2018
5	Zander Diamond	CB		Alexandria	(1985-03-13) 13 March 1985 (age 36)	125	5	Burton Albion	7 May 2014	Free	2017
6	Gabriel Zakuani	CB		Kinshasa	(1986-05-31) 31 May 1986 (age 35)	25	2	Peterborough United	24 June 2016	Free	2017
18	Aaron Phillips	RB		Warwick	(1993-11-20) 20 November 1993 (age 28)	24	1	Coventry City	3 June 2016	Free	2018
20	Raheem Hanley	LB		Blackburn	(1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 27)	4	0	Swansea City	14 June 2016	Free	2018
22	Lewin Nyatanga	CB		Burton (ENG)	(1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 33)	42	0	Barnsley	8 August 2016	Loan	2017
28	Rod McDonald	CB		Liverpool	(1992-04-11) 11 April 1992 (age 29)	37	3	Telford United	28 July 2015	Free	2018
32	Neal Eardley	RB		Llandudno	(1988-11-06) 6 November 1988 (age 33)	10	0	Hibernian	12 January 2017	Free	2017
Midfielders
4	Paul Anderson	RM/RW		Leicester	(1988-07-23) 23 July 1988 (age 33)	37	7	Bradford City	31 August 2016	Free	2017
8	Hiram Boateng	CM		Wandsworth	(1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 (age 26)	16	0	Crystal Palace	31 December 2016	Loan	2017
11	Gregg Wylde	LM/LW		Kirkintilloch	(1991-03-23) 23 March 1991 (age 30)	12	1	Millwall	31 December 2016	Loan	2017
12	Jak McCourt	CM		Liverpool	(1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 26)	32	1	Barnsley	24 June 2016	Free	2018
14	Sam Hoskins	AM		Dorchester	(1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 29)	71	11	Yeovil Town	1 August 2015	Free	2018
16	Harry Beautyman	CM		Newham	(1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 29)	26	4	Peterborough United	22 July 2016	Undisclosed	2018
17	Shaun McWilliams	CM		Northampton	(1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 (age 23)	5	0	Youth	30 April 2016	N/A	2018
19	Emmanuel Sonupe	RM/RW		Camberwell	(1996-03-21) 21 March 1996 (age 25)	3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	12 August 2016	Free	2017
21	John-Joe O'Toole	CM		Harrow (ENG)	(1988-09-30) 30 September 1988 (age 33)	129	26	Bristol Rovers	30 June 2014	Free	2019
31	Matt Taylor	LM		Oxford	(1981-11-27) 27 November 1981 (age 40)	48	8	Burnley	1 August 2016	Free	2017
35	Luke Williams	AM		Middlesbrough	(1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 28)	8	0	Scunthorpe United	27 January 2017	Loan	2017
Forwards
7	Keshi Anderson	CF		Luton	(1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 (age 26)	14	3	Crystal Palace	17 January 2017	Loan	2017
9	Marc Richards	CF		Wolverhampton	(1982-07-08) 8 July 1982 (age 39)	185	62	Chesterfield	14 May 2014	Free	2018
10	Alex Revell	CF		Cambridge	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 (age 38)	39	10	Milton Keynes Dons	14 June 2016	Free	2018
23	Joe Iaciofano	CF		Northampton	(1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 23)	3	0	Youth	4 October 2016	N/A	2018
24	Michael Smith	CF		Wallsend	(1991-10-17) 17 October 1991 (age 30)	14	2	Portsmouth	31 January 2017	Loan	2017

Competitions[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

League One[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Walsall	46	14	16	16	51	58	−7	58
15	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	18	15	52	55	−3	57
16	Northampton Town	46	14	11	21	60	73	−13	53
17	Oldham Athletic	46	12	17	17	31	44	−13	53
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	12	21	46	63	−17	51

League position by match[]

Matches[]

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[3]

FA Cup[]

EFL Cup[]

On 22 June 2016, the first round draw was made with Northampton Town drawn away against Barnsley.^[4] On 10 August 2016, the second round draw was made with Northampton Town drawn at home against West Bromwich Albion.^[5] On 24 August 2016, the third round draw was made with Northampton Town drawn at home against Manchester United.^[6]

EFL Trophy[]

On 27 July 2016, the group stage draw was made with Northampton Town drawn in a group with a West Ham United XI, Coventry City and Wycombe Wanderers.^[7]

Group table[]

Pos	Div	Team v t	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Coventry City	3	3	0	0	0	11	5	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Wycombe Wanderers	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	ACA	West Ham United U21	3	0	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
4	L1	Northampton Town	3	0	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Appearances, goals and cards[]

No.	Pos	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	Adam Smith	40	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	44	–	–	1	–
2	RB	Brendan Moloney	19	4	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	22	4	–	5	–
3	LB	David Buchanan	45	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	3	–	–	53	–	–	7	1
4	W	Paul Anderson	28	7	6	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	7	7	2	–
5	CB	Zander Diamond	37	2	–	1	–	–	3	–	1	2	–	–	43	2	1	4	–
6	CB	Gabriel Zakuani	20	1	2	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	24	1	2	2	1
7	ST	Keshi Anderson	9	5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	5	3	–	–
8	CM	Hiram Boateng	11	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	5	–	1	–
9	ST	Marc Richards	28	13	10	2	–	2	–	1	–	1	–	1	31	14	13	5	–
10	ST	Alex Revell	29	3	8	1	1	–	3	–	2	2	–	–	35	4	10	7	–
11	W	Gregg Wylde	6	6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	1	–	–
12	CM	Jak McCourt	16	11	1	2	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	21	11	1	7	1
14	AM	Sam Hoskins	18	7	3	2	–	–	–	3	–	–	1	–	20	11	3	1	–
16	CM	Harry Beautyman	11	9	3	–	–	–	3	–	–	2	1	1	16	9	4	1	–
17	CM	Shaun McWilliams	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	–	–	–
18	RB	Aaron Phillips	17	1	1	1	–	–	1	1	–	3	–	–	22	2	1	5	–
19	W	Emmanuel Sonupe	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	–	2	2	–	1	–
20	LB	Raheem Hanley	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	1	–
21	CM	John-Joe O'Toole	34	6	10	–	1	1	2	1	1	2	–	–	38	8	12	14	1
22	CB	Lewin Nyatanga	34	3	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	39	3	–	3	–
23	ST	Joe Iaciofano	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	–
24	ST	Michael Smith	13	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	1	2	2	–
26	GK	David Cornell	6	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	10	–	–	–	–
28	CB	Rod McDonald	2	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	3	6	–	–	–
31	LM	Matt Taylor	43	–	7	2	–	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	48	–	8	7	1
32	RB	Neal Eardley	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	1	–
35	AM	Luke Williams	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	1	–
Players no longer at the club:
7	RM	Lawson D'Ath	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	1	3	–	–	–
8	CM	Joel Byrom	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	3	1	–	1	–
11	W	Kenji Gorré	9	3	1	–	–	–	3	–	–	1	1	–	13	4	1	2	–
13	GK	Paddy Kenny	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	W	Alfie Potter	3	7	–	–	1	–	1	2	–	1	–	–	5	10	–	3	–
30	ST	JJ Hooper	5	5	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	2	–	–	8	5	1	–	–

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK		David Cornell	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2016	LB		Raheem Hanley	Swansea City	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2016	GK		Paddy Kenny	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[10]
1 July 2016	CM		Jak McCourt	Barnsley	Free transfer	[11]
1 July 2016	RB		Aaron Phillips	Coventry City	Free transfer	[12]
1 July 2016	CF		Alex Revell	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer	[13]
1 July 2016	CB		Gabriel Zakuani	Peterborough United	Free transfer	[14]
21 July 2016	CM		Harry Beautyman	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[15]
1 August 2016	LM		Matthew Taylor	Burnley	Free transfer	[16]
12 August 2016	RW		Emmanuel Sonupe	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer	[17]
31 August 2016	RM		Paul Anderson	Bradford City	Free transfer	[18]
12 January 2017	RB		Neal Eardley	Hibernian	Free transfer	[19]

Transfers out[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	W		Nicky Adams	Carlisle United	Free transfer	[20]
1 July 2016	GK		Ryan Clarke	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2016	CM		Paul Corry	Free agent	Released	[21]
1 July 2016	RM		Chris Hackett	Free agent	Released	[21]
1 July 2016	W		Ricky Holmes	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	[22]
1 July 2016	LB		Evan Horwood	Chester [a]	Released	[21]
1 July 2016	RB		Josh Lelan	Crawley Town [b]	Released	[21]
1 July 2016	CM		Danny Rose	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[25]
1 August 2016	CB		Ryan Cresswell	Eastleigh	Free transfer	[26]
16 August 2016	CM		Jason Taylor	Free agent	Mutual consent	[27]
31 December 2016	CM		Joel Byrom	Mansfield Town [c]	Contract cancelled	[29]
6 January 2017	CM		Lawson D'Ath	Luton Town	Undisclosed	[30]
31 January 2017	RW		Alfie Potter	Mansfield Town	Mutual consent	[31]

Loans in[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2016	RW		Kenji Gorré	Swansea City	3 January 2017	[32]
8 August 2016	CB		Lewin Nyatanga	Barnsley	End of Season	[33]
22 August 2016	CF		JJ Hooper	Port Vale	10 January 2017	[34]
1 January 2017	DM		Hiram Boateng	Crystal Palace	End of Season	[35]
1 January 2017	LM		Gregg Wylde	Millwall	End of Season	[36]
17 January 2017	SS		Keshi Anderson	Crystal Palace	End of Season	[37]
27 January 2017	SS		Luke Williams	Scunthorpe United	End of Season	[38]
31 January 2017	CF		Michael Smith	Portsmouth	End of Season	[39]

Loans out[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
16 August 2016	MF		Shaun McWilliams	King's Lynn Town	25 March 2017	[40]
3 February 2017	CF		Joe Iaciofano	Corby Town	22 April 2017	[41]
23 March 2017	RM/RW		Emmanuel Sonupe	Kidderminster Harriers	End of Season	[42]

References[]