List of Northampton Town F.C. seasons

For details of the current season, see 2024–25 Northampton Town F.C. season.

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 Northamptonshire League and then the Midland League for two seasons before taking their place in the Southern League, and finally 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
1897–98 NL 14 7 1 6 33 35 15 4th DNE Three Players[6] 14 Albert Dunkley
Maurice Jones		 6 n/a
1898–99 NL 16 13 2 1 49 17 28 1st 2QR Six Players[7] 18 Everard Lawrence 20
1899–1900 ML 24 16 2 6 66 36 34 3rd 1QR Northants Senior Cup RU Jack Hendry 25 F. Warner 14
1900–01 ML 26 13 10 7 65 43 33 3rd 1QR Three Players[8] 27 14
1901–02 SL 30 11 5 14 53 64 27 11th R1 Northants Senior Cup RU Three Players[9] 37 Tim Coleman 17 2,928
1902–03 SL 30 12 6 12 39 48 30 8th 1QR RU Five Players[10] 30 Len Benbow 22 1,812
1903–04 SL 34 10 7 17 36 60 27 15th 3QR Bill Perkins 35 10 2,550
1904–05 SL 34 12 8 14 43 54 32 12th 5QR Northants Senior Cup W 37 Herbert Chapman 10 n/a
1905–06 SL 34 8 5 21 32 79 21 18th R1 37 Harry Springthorpe 7
1906–07 SL 38 5 9 24 29 88 19 20th R1 Pat Tirrell
Mart Watkins		 40 Mart Watkins 12
1907–08 SL 38 15 11 12 50 41 41 8th R1 George Cooch
Dave McCartney		 40 Jack Platt 14
1908–09 SL 40 25 5 10 90 45 55 1st R1 FA Charity Shield RU Fred Lessons 43 Albert Lewis 31
1909–10 SL 42 22 4 16 90 44 48 4th R2 Thomas Thorpe
Fred Whitaker		 46 26
1910–11 SL 38 18 12 8 54 27 48 2nd R2 Thomas Thorpe 41 14
1911–12 SL 38 22 7 9 82 41 51 3rd R3 Thomas Thorpe
Jack Hampson		 42 Harry King 21
1912–13 SL 38 12 12 14 61 48 36 10th R1 Four Players[11] 39 27
1913–14 SL 38 14 19 5 50 37 47 3rd R1 Fred Clipston
Jock Manning		 39 22
1914–15 SL 38 19 5 14 56 51 43 5th R1 Bobby Hughes 40 Bobby Hughes
William Lockett		 13
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
1919–20 SL 42 12 9 21 64 103 33 19th 6QR Frank Grendon 44 George Whitworth 24 n/a
1920–21 Div 3 3 42 15 8 19 59 75 38 14th R1 Billy Pease 45 31[12] 7,125
1921–22 Div 3 S 42 13 11 18 47 71 37 17th R2 Billy Pease
William Lockett		 45 William Lockett 21 6,725
1922–23 Div 3 S 42 17 11 14 54 44 45 8th 5QR Billy Pease
Charles Smith		 43 14 8,250
1923–24 Div 3 S 42 17 11 14 64 47 45 8th R1 Four Players[13] 47 William Lockett
Ernest Myers		 20 9,425
1924–25 Div 3 S 42 20 6 16 51 44 46 9th R1 Willie Watson 43 Louis Page 14 7,400
1925–26 Div 3 S 42 17 7 18 82 80 41 12th R3 Ernie Cockle 46 Les Robinson 29 6,978
1926–27 Div 3 S 42 15 5 22 59 87 35 18th R2 Frank Brett
Len Hammond		 45 Ernie Cockle 15 6,053
1927–28 Div 3 S 42 23 9 10 102 64 55 2nd R3 Tom Smith 46 Harry Loasby 21 10,095
1928–29 Div 3 S 42 20 12 10 96 57 52 3rd R3 43 Ted Bowen 34 10,131
1929–30 Div 3 S 42 21 8 13 82 58 50 4th R3 Len Hammond 45 28 8,833
1930–31 Div 3 S 42 18 12 12 77 59 48 6th R1 Albert Dawes 43 28 7,846
1931–32 Div 3 S 42 16 7 19 69 69 39 14th R4 Len Hammond 45 Albert Dawes 18 6,535
1932–33 Div 3 S 42 18 8 16 76 66 44 8th R2 Three Players[14] 43 37[15] 6,056
1933–34 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
1934–35 Div 3 S 42 19 8 15 65 67 46 7th R3 R3 Richard Brown 46 Richard Brown 14 6,420
1935–36 Div 3 S 42 15 8 19 62 90 38 15th R1 SF 44 Tommy Bell 16 7,050
1936–37 Div 3 S 42 20 6 16 85 68 46 7th R1 R1 Billy Simpson 44 Ralph Allen 27 9,960
1937–38 Div 3 S 42 17 9 16 51 57 43 9th R1 R1 Bill Gormlie 44 14 7,416
1938–39 Div 3 S 42 15 8 19 51 58 38 17th R1 R2 Billy Thayne 46 Fred Tilson 8 8,001
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
1945–46 n/a[D] R3 n/a Grp n/a
1946–47 Div 3 S 3 42 15 10 17 72 75 40 13th R3 Tom Smalley
Dave Smith		 46 Archie Garrett 32 7,951
1947–48 Div 3 S 42 14 11 17 58 72 39 14th R2 Tom Smalley 46 James Briscoe 12 8,571
1948–49 Div 3 S 42 12 9 21 51 62 33 20th R2 Bill Barron 42 Four Players[16] 8 9,211
1949–50 Div 3 S 42 20 11 11 72 50 51 2nd R5 Jack Ansell
Tom Smalley		 49 Bert Mitchell 20 12,677
1950–51 Div 3 S 46 10 16 20 55 67 36 21st R4 Bert Mitchell 46 Adam McCulloch 13 10,308
1951–52 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 Willie O'Donnell 27 12,031
1953–54 Div 3 S 46 20 11 15 82 55 51 5th R2 Tommy Fowler
Alf Wood		 49 Jack English 31[18] 10,289
1954–55 Div 3 S 46 19 8 19 73 81 46 13th R1 Tommy Fowler 47 Bernard Jones 15 7,852
1955–56 Div 3 S 46 20 7 19 67 71 47 11th R3 Three Players[19] 49 Jack English 19 11,319
1956–57 Div 3 S 46 18 9 19 66 73 45 14th R1 Tommy Fowler 46 Syd Asher 11 8,158
1957–58 Div 3 S 46 19 6 21 87 79 44 13th R4 Colin Gale 50 Barry Hawkings 22 8,127
1958–59 Div 4 4 46 21 9 16 85 78 51 8th R2 Tommy Fowler 47 Alan Woan 32 8,090
1959–60 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 Northants Senior Cup RU Derek Leck 50 Cliff Holton 39[20] 13,420
1962–63 Div 3 ↑ 46 26 10 10 109 60 62 1st R1 R3 RU 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 RU Terry Branston
Mike Everitt		 45 Frank Large 12 15,366
1964–65 Div 2 ↑ 42 20 16 6 66 50 56 2nd R3 QF W[21] 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 Northants Senior Cup W Barry Lines 44 Don Martin 18 11,977
1967–68 Div 3 3 46 14 13 19 58 72 41 17th R1 R3 Brian Faulkes 45 13 8,937
1968–69 Div 3 ↓ 46 14 12 20 54 61 40 21st R3 R1 Northants Senior Cup RU Ray Fairfax 48 John Fairbrother 14 6,790
1969–70 Div 4 4 46 16 12 18 64 55 44 14th R5 R1 RU John Fairbrother 56 25 5,594
1970–71 Div 4 46 19 13 14 63 59 51 7th R1 R3 W[22] Kim Book 53 18 6,602
1971–72 Div 4 46 12 13 21 66 79 37 21st R2 R1 W Alan Starling 50 Frank Large 22 4,486
1972–73 Div 4 46 10 11 25 40 73 31 23rd R1 R1 W Billy Baxter 43 Phil Neal 9 2,835
1973–74 Div 4 46 20 13 13 63 48 53 5th R2 R1 Three Players[23] 50 John Buchanan
Paul Stratford		 15 5,424
1974–75 Div 4 46 15 11 20 67 73 41 16th R2 R2 Billy Best 51 Paul Stratford 16 4,179
1975–76 Div 4 ↑ 46 29 10 7 87 40 68 2nd R1 R1 Northants Senior Cup W 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
1977–78 Div 4 4 46 17 13 16 63 68 47 10th R2 R2 John Farrington
George Reilly		 49 George Reilly 22 3,517
1978–79 Div 4 46 15 9 22 64 76 39 19th R1 R3 John Farrington 52 23 2,829
1979–80 Div 4 46 16 12 18 51 66 44 13th R1 R3 Peter Denyer 52 Keith Bowen 12 3,024
1980–81 Div 4 46 18 13 15 65 67 49 10th R1 R1 Andy Poole 49 Steve Phillips 22 2,305
1981–82[24] Div 4 46 11 9 26 57 84 42 22nd R2 R3 54 12 2,308
1982–83 Div 4 46 14 12 20 65 75 54 15th R3 R2 Grp Steve Massey
Ian Phillips		 54 Steve Massey 25 2,594
1983–84 Div 4 46 13 14 19 53 78 53 18th R2 R1 R1 Peter Gleasure 54 Terry Austin 13 2,343
1984–85 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[25] 54 Richard Hill 33[26] 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
1990–91 Div 4 4 46 18 13 15 57 58 67 10th R2 R2 R1 Steve Terry 56 16 3,710
1991–92 Div 4 42 11 13 18 46 57 46 16th R1 R1 R1 Jason Burnham 46 Tony Adcock 9 2,789
1992–93[27] Div 3 42 11 8 23 48 74 41 20th R3 R1 AQF Barry Richardson
Steve Terry		 52 Steve Brown 12 3,139
1993–94 Div 3[28] 42 9 11 22 44 66 38 22nd R1 R1 R2 Steve Terry 45 Martin Aldridge 11 3,454
1994–95 Div 3 42 10 14 18 45 67 44 17th R1 R1 R2 Ian Sampson 48 Neil Grayson 10 5,085
1995–96 Div 3 46 18 13 15 51 44 67 11th R2 R1 AQF Ray Warburton 52 Jason White 16 4,878
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 4,825
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 6,068
1999–2000 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[29] 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[30] 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[31]
2021–22 Lge 2 4 46 23 11 12 60 38 80 4th R1 R2 Grp League play-offs SF Fraser Horsfall 53 Sam Hoskins 13 5,366
2022–23 Lge 2 ↑ 46 23 14 9 62 42 83 3rd R1 R1 Grp Mitch Pinnock 48 22 5,920
2023–24 Lge 1 3 46 17 9 20 57 66 60 14th R1 R1 Grp Marc Leonard 49 15 6,841
2024–25 Lge 1 46 12 15 19 48 66 51 19th R1 R1 R2 Mitch Pinnock 51 Cameron McGeehan 10 6,638

Key

Champions Runners-up Play-offs Promoted Relegated Semi-finals

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

Footnotes and references

  1. ^ Northampton Town Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  2. ^ The League Cup was founded in 1960.
  3. ^ English League leading goalscorers 1889-2007 RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  4. ^ League matches only.
  5. ^ Includes substitute appearances. Bold indicates "ever-present". With equal number of appearances, starts take priority.
  6. ^ Albert Dunkley
    Maurice Jones
    F. Warner
  7. ^ Byles
    Albert Dunkley
    Everard Lawrence
    G.Sargent
    F.Warner
    Roger Warner
  8. ^ Ralph Howe
    Richard Murrell
    William Pell
  9. ^ Tim Coleman
    Jack Farrell
    James Frost
  10. ^ Len Benbow
    Fred Cooke
    Bert Dainty
    Peter Durber
    James Frost
  11. ^ Harry King
    Lloyd Davies
    Eric Tompkins
    Thomas Thorpe
  12. ^ 28 League goals.
  13. ^ Louis Page
    Billy Pease
    Charles Smith
    Billy Williams
  14. ^ Albert Dawes
    John Dowsey
    Tommy Wells
  15. ^ 32 League goals
  16. ^ Tommy Fowler
    Archie Garrett
    Dave Smith
    Bill Smith
  17. ^ Tommy Fowler
    Willie O'Donnell
    Ron Patterson
    Jack Southam
    Alf Wood
  18. ^ 31 League goals
  19. ^ Tommy Fowler
    Peter Pickering
    Ray Yeoman
  20. ^ 36 League goals
  21. ^ Joint winners with Peterborough United.
  22. ^ Joint winners with Peterborough United.
  23. ^ John Gregory
    Phil Neal
    Alan Starling
  24. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  25. ^ Peter Gleasure
    Keith McPherson
    Ian Benjamin
  26. ^ 29 League goals
  27. ^ The 22 top English clubs break away from The Football League to form the FA Premier League as the new top tier of the English football pyramid.
  28. ^ Northampton avoided relegation due Kidderminster not having the ground regulations to be promoted into the Football League
  29. ^ The three divisions in the Football League are re-named: Division One becomes The Championship, Division Two becomes League One and Division Three becomes League Two.
  30. ^ The 2019–20 season was ended early with nine fixtures left to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a weighed points-per-game basis
  31. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, only a few games were played in front of a reduced crowd, the rest were played behind closed doors.
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