List of Northampton Town F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Northampton Town Football Club in English football. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1899, to the end of the last completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitions, together with the top scorers and the average attendances for each season. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

Northampton Town were founded in 1897, joining the Northants league for 2 seasons before taking their place in the Midland League, and joined The Football League for the 1920–21 season.

Seasons[]

Season	League										FA Cup[1]	League Cup[2]	League Trophy	Other		Most appearances		Top goalscorer(s)[3]		Avg. Att[4]
	Division	Lvl	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Competition	Res	Overall	A[5]	Overall	G
	NL		14	7	1	6	33	35	15	4th	DNE					Three Players[6]	14	Albert Dunkley	6	n/a
	NL		16	13	2	1	49	17	28	1st	2QR					Six Players[7]	18		20	n/a
	ML		24	16	2	6	66	36	34	3rd	1QR					Jack Hendry	25	F. Warner	14	n/a
	ML		26	13	10	7	65	43	33	3rd	1QR					Three Players[8]	27		14	n/a
	SL		30	11	5	14	53	64	27	11th	R1					Three Players[9]	37	Tim Coleman	17	2,928
	SL		30	12	6	12	39	48	30	8th	1QR					Five Players[10]	30	Len Benbow	22	1,812
	SL		34	10	7	17	36	60	27	15th	3QR					Bill Perkins	35		10	2,550
	SL		34	12	8	14	43	54	32	12th	5QR						37	Herbert Chapman	10	n/a
	SL		34	8	5	21	32	79	21	18th	R1						37	Harry Springthorpe	7	n/a
	SL		38	5	9	24	29	88	19	20th	R1					Mart Watkins	40	Mart Watkins	12	n/a
	SL		38	15	11	12	50	41	41	8th	R1					Dave McCartney	40		14	n/a
	SL		40	25	5	10	90	45	55	1st	R1			FA Charity Shield	RU	Fred Lessons	43		31	n/a
	SL		42	22	4	16	90	44	48	4th	R2					Fred Whitaker	46		26	n/a
	SL		38	18	12	8	54	27	48	2nd	R2						41		14	n/a
	SL		38	22	7	9	82	41	51	3rd	R3					Jack Hampson	42	Harry King	21	n/a
	SL		38	12	12	14	61	48	36	10th	R1					Four Players[11]	39		27	n/a
	SL		38	14	19	5	50	37	47	3rd	R1						39		22	n/a
	SL		38	19	5	14	56	51	43	5th	R1					Bobby Hughes	40	Bobby Hughes	13	n/a
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
	SL		42	12	9	21	64	103	33	19th	6QR						44	George Whitworth	24	n/a
	Div 3 S	3	42	15	8	19	59	75	38	14th	R1					Billy Pease	45		31[12]	7,125
	Div 3 S		42	13	11	18	47	71	37	17th	R2					Billy Pease	45		21	6,725
	Div 3 S		42	17	11	14	54	44	45	8th	5QR					Billy Pease Charles Smith	43		14	8,250
	Div 3 S		42	17	11	14	64	47	45	8th	R1					Four Players[13]	47	Ernest Myers	20	9,425
	Div 3 S		42	20	6	16	51	44	46	9th	R1						43	Louis Page	14	7,400
	Div 3 S		42	17	7	18	82	80	41	12th	R3						46		29	6,978
	Div 3 S		42	15	5	22	59	87	35	18th	R2					Frank Brett	45		15	6,053
	Div 3 S		42	23	9	10	102	64	55	2nd	R3					Tom Smith	46	Harry Loasby	21	10,095
	Div 3 S		42	20	12	10	96	57	52	3rd	R3						43	Teddy Bowen	34	10,131
	Div 3 S		42	21	8	13	82	58	50	4th	R3						45		28	8,833
	Div 3 S		42	18	12	12	77	59	48	6th	R1					Albert Dawes	43		28	7,846
	Div 3 S		42	16	7	19	69	69	39	14th	R4						45	Albert Dawes	18	6,535
	Div 3 S		42	18	8	16	76	66	44	8th	R2					Three Players[14]	43		37[15]	6,056
	Div 3 S		42	14	12	16	71	78	40	13th	R5			Football League Third Division South Cup	R3	Frank Davies	47	George Henson	20	6,271
	Div 3 S		42	19	8	15	65	67	46	7th	R3				R3		46		14	6,420
	Div 3 S		42	15	8	19	62	90	38	15th	R1				SF		44	Tommy Bell	16	7,050
	Div 3 S		42	20	6	16	85	68	46	7th	R1				R1		44	Ralph Allen	27	9,960
	Div 3 S		42	17	9	16	51	57	43	9th	R1				R1	Bill Gormlie	44		14	7,416
	Div 3 S		42	15	8	19	51	58	38	17th	R1				R2		46	Fred Tilson	8	8,001
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
	n/a[D]										R3	n/a
	Div 3 S	3	42	15	10	17	72	75	40	13th	R3					Tom Smalley	46	Archie Garrett	32	7,951
	Div 3 S		42	14	11	17	58	72	39	14th	R2					Tom Smalley	46		12	8,571
	Div 3 S		42	12	9	21	51	62	33	20th	R2					Bill Barron	42	Four Players[16]	8	9,211
	Div 3 S		42	20	11	11	72	50	51	2nd	R5					Jack Ansell Tom Smalley	49	Bert Mitchell	20	12,677
	Div 3 S		46	10	16	20	55	67	36	21st	R4					Bert Mitchell	46		13	10,308
	Div 3 S		46	22	5	19	93	74	49	8th	R1					Fred Ramscar	47	Fred Ramscar	24	12,095
1952–53	Div 3 S		46	26	10	10	109	70	62	3rd	R2					Five Players[17]	49		27	12,031
	Div 3 S		46	20	11	15	82	55	51	5th	R2					Tommy Fowler Alf Wood	49	Jack English	31[18]	10,289
	Div 3 S		46	19	8	19	73	81	46	13th	R1					Tommy Fowler	47	Bernard Jones	15	7,852
	Div 3 S		46	20	7	19	67	71	47	11th	R3					Three Players[19]	49	Jack English	19	11,319
	Div 3 S		46	18	9	19	66	73	45	14th	R1					Tommy Fowler	46		11	8,158
	Div 3 S		46	19	6	21	87	79	44	13th	R4					Colin Gale	50		22	8,127
	Div 4	4	46	21	9	16	85	78	51	8th	R2					Tommy Fowler	47	Alan Woan	32	8,090
	Div 4		46	22	9	15	85	63	53	6th	R1					Tommy Fowler Roly Mills	42	Mike Deakin	20	8,306
1960–61	Div 4		46	25	10	11	90	62	60	3rd	R3	R2				Roly Mills	50	Laurie Brown	25	10,682
1961–62	Div 3	3	46	20	11	15	85	57	51	8th	R3	R1				Derek Leck	50	Cliff Holton	39[20]	13,420
1962–63	Div 3		46	26	10	10	109	60	62	1st	R1	R3				Chic Brodie Barry Lines	50	Alec Ashworth	26	12,680
1963–64	Div 2	2	42	16	9	17	58	60	41	11th	R3	R3				Terry Branston Mike Everitt	45	Frank Large	12	15,366
1964–65	Div 2		42	20	16	6	66	50	56	2nd	R3	QF				Theo Foley Bryan Harvey	47	Don Martin	16	15,393
1965–66	Div 1	1	42	10	13	19	55	92	33	21st	R3	R3				Joe Kiernan	45	Bobby Brown	10	18,584
1966–67	Div 2	2	42	12	6	24	47	84	30	21st	R3	QF				Barry Lines	44	Don Martin	18	11,977
	Div 3	3	46	14	13	19	58	72	41	17th	R1	R3					45		13	8,937
	Div 3		46	14	12	20	54	61	40	21st	R3	R1				Ray Fairfax	48	John Fairbrother	14	6,790
	Div 4	4	46	16	12	18	64	55	44	14th	R5	R1				John Fairbrother	56		25	5,594
	Div 4		46	19	13	14	63	59	51	7th	R1	R3				Kim Book	53		18	6,602
	Div 4		46	12	13	21	66	79	37	21st	R2	R1				Alan Starling	50	Frank Large	22	4,486
	Div 4		46	10	11	25	40	73	31	23rd	R1	R1				Billy Baxter	43	Phil Neal	9	2,835
	Div 4		46	20	13	13	63	48	53	5th	R2	R1				Three Players[21]	50	Paul Stratford	15	5,424
	Div 4		46	15	11	20	67	73	41	16th	R2	R2				Billy Best	51		16	4,179
1975–76	Div 4		46	29	10	7	87	40	68	2nd	R1	R1				Barry Tucker	49	Jim Hall	22	6,416
1976–77	Div 3	3	46	13	8	25	60	75	34	22nd	R1	R2				John Gregory	50	Paul Stratford	13	5,750
	Div 4	4	46	17	13	16	63	68	47	10th	R2	R2				John Farrington George Reilly	49	George Reilly	22	3,517
	Div 4		46	15	9	22	64	76	39	19th	R1	R3				John Farrington	52		23	2,829
	Div 4		46	16	12	18	51	66	44	13th	R1	R3				Peter Denyer	52	Keith Bowen	12	3,024
	Div 4		46	18	13	15	65	67	49	10th	R1	R1				Andy Poole	49	Steve Phillips	22	2,305
[22]	Div 4		46	11	9	26	57	84	42	22nd	R2	R3					54		12	2,308
	Div 4		46	14	12	20	65	75	54	15th	R3	R2	R1			Steve Massey Ian Phillips	54	Steve Massey	25	2,594
	Div 4		46	13	14	19	53	78	53	18th	R2	R1	R1			Peter Gleasure	54	Terry Austn	13	2,343
	Div 4		46	14	5	27	53	74	47	23rd	R2	R1	R1			Ray Train	54	Ian Benjamin	19	1,826
1985–86	Div 4		46	18	10	18	79	58	64	8th	R1	R2	AQF			Ian Benjamin	54		26	2,384
1986–87	Div 4		46	30	9	7	103	53	99	1st	R3	R1	R1			Three Players[23]	54	Richard Hill	33[24]	6,316
1987–88	Div 3	3	46	18	19	9	70	51	73	6th	R2	R2	Grp			Peter Gleasure Russ Wilcox	54	Trevor Morley	16	5,514
1988–89	Div 3		46	16	6	24	66	76	54	20th	R1	R2	AQF			Peter Gleasure	55	Tony Adcock	20	3,919
1989–90	Div 3		46	11	14	21	51	68	47	22nd	R4	R1	R1			Peter Gleasure Russ Wilcox	56	Bobby Barnes	20	3,190
	Div 4	4	46	18	13	15	57	58	67	10th	R2	R2	R1			Steve Terry	56		16	2,800
	Div 4		42	11	13	18	46	57	46	16th	R1	R1	R1			Jason Burnham	46	Tony Adcock	9	2,789
[25]	Div 3		42	11	8	23	48	74	41	20th	R3	R1	AQF			Barry Richardson Steve Terry	52	Steve Brown	12	3,139
	Div 3[26]		42	9	11	22	44	66	38	22nd	R1	R1	R2			Steve Terry	45	Martin Aldridge	11	3,454
	Div 3		42	10	14	18	45	67	44	17th	R1	R1	R2			Ian Sampson	48	Neil Grayson	10	5,086
	Div 3		46	18	13	15	51	44	67	11th	R2	R1	AQF			Ray Warburton	52	Jason White	16	4,831
1996–97	Div 3		46	20	12	14	67	44	72	4th	R1	R2	ASF	League play-offs	W	Ian Clarkson Andy Woodman	56	Neil Grayson	12	4,823
1997–98	Div 2	3	46	18	17	11	52	37	71	4th	R3	R1	AQF	League play-offs	RU	John Frain	58	David Seal	14	6,389
1998–99	Div 2		46	10	18	18	43	57	48	22nd	R2	R3	R2				48	Carlo Corazzin	17	6,071
1999–00	Div 3	4	46	25	7	14	63	45	82	3rd	R1	R1	R2			Duncan Spedding	49		15	5,459
2000–01	Div 2	3	46	15	12	19	46	59	57	18th	R2	R1	R1			Jamie Forrester	47	Jamie Forrester	19	5,654
2001–02	Div 2		46	14	7	25	54	79	49	20th	R2	R2	R2				48		18	5,253
2002–03	Div 2		46	10	9	27	40	79	39	24th	R2	R1	R2			Paul Harsley	51	Marco Gabbiadini	14	5,211
2003–04	Div 3	4	46	22	9	15	58	51	75	6th	R4	R2	ASF	League play-offs	SF	Martin Smith	56	Martin Smith	15	5,306
2004–05[27]	Lge 2		46	20	12	14	62	51	72	7th	R3	R2	AQF	League play-offs	SF	Chris Willmott	54	Scott McGleish	17	5,927
2005–06	Lge 2		46	22	17	7	63	37	83	2nd	R3	R2	R2			Lee Harper	50		24	5,935
2006–07	Lge 1	3	46	15	14	17	48	51	59	14th	R2	R1	R1			Andy Kirk	48		13	5,573
2007–08	Lge 1		46	17	15	14	60	55	66	9th	R2	R2	R1			Mark Bunn	52	Poul Hübertz	13	5,409
2008–09	Lge 1		46	12	13	21	61	65	49	21st	R1	R3	R1			Andy Holt	50	Adebayo Akinfenwa	15	5,200
2009–10	Lge 2	4	46	18	13	15	62	53	67	11th	R2	R1	AQF			Ryan Gilligan	48		17	4,427
2010–11	Lge 2		46	11	19	16	63	71	52	16th	R2	R4	R1			Michael Jacobs	48	Leon McKenzie	10	4,605
2011–12	Lge 2		46	12	12	22	56	79	48	20th	R1	R2	R1				50	Adebayo Akinfenwa	18	4,809
2012–13	Lge 2		46	21	10	15	64	55	73	6th	R1	R2	AQF	League play-offs	RU	Ben Tozer	56		17	4,785
2013–14	Lge 2		46	13	14	19	42	57	53	21st	R2	R1	R1			Matt Duke	50	Darren Carter Luke Norris	5	4,548
2014–15	Lge 2		46	18	7	21	67	62	61	12th	R1	R2	AQF			Lee Collins	43	Marc Richards	18	4,599
2015–16	Lge 2		46	29	12	5	82	46	99	1st	R3	R2	R2			David Buchanan	54		18	5,279
2016–17	Lge 1	3	46	14	11	21	60	73	53	16th	R2	R3	Grp				53		13	6,245
2017–18	Lge 1		46	12	11	23	44	77	47	22nd	R1	R1	R2			Ash Taylor	52	Chris Long	9	5,830
2018–19	Lge 2	4	46	14	19	13	64	63	61	15th	R1	R1	R3			David Cornell	48	Andy Williams	12	5,100
2019–20[28]	Lge 2		37	17	7	13	54	40	1.57	7th	R4	R1	R2	League play-offs	W	Sam Hoskins	47	Sam Hoskins	12	5,101
2020–21	Lge 1	3	46	11	12	23	41	67	45	22nd	R1	R2	R3				49	Ryan Watson	9	n/a[29]
2021–22	Lge 2	4									R1	R2	Grp

Key[]

Top scorers shown in bold are Northampton Town who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Footnotes and references[]

External links[]

• Northampton Town Football Club History Database.