| Club: | Northampton Town |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Manager: | Aidy Boothroyd |
| Chairman: | David Cardoza |
| Stadium: | Sixfields Stadium |
| League: | League Two |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | Play-offs |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup2: | FA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First round |
| Cup3: | Capital One Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Second round |
| Cup4 Result: | Quarter-final (s) |
| League Topscorer: | Bayo Akinfenwa (16) |
| Season Topscorer: | Bayo Akinfenwa (17) |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,471 vs Barnet |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,561 vs Colchester United |
| Average Attendance: | 4,785 |
| Prevseason: | 2011–12 |
| Nextseason: | 2013–14 |
The 2012–13 season was Northampton Town's 116th season in their history and the fourth successive season in League Two. Alongside competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
| No. | Name | Position | Nat. | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 13 | Dean Snedker | GK | Northampton | May 18, 2013 | 3 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2011 | N/A | ||
| 21 | Lee Nicholls | GK | Huyton | May 18, 2013 | 51 | 0 | Wigan Athletic | 6 August 2012 | Loan | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 2 | John Johnson | RB | Middlesbrough | May 18, 2013 | 151 | 14 | Middlesbrough | 23 July 2010 | Free | ||
| 3 | Joe Widdowson | LB | Forest Gate | May 18, 2013 | 47 | 0 | Rochdale | 5 July 2012 | Free | ||
| 5 | Kelvin Langmead | CB | Coventry | May 18, 2013 | 92 | 12 | Peterborough United | 6 January 2012 | Free | ||
| 6 | Lee Collins | CB | Telford | May 18, 2013 | 18 | 0 | Barnsley | 8 February 2013 | Free | ||
| 12 | Ben Tozer | U | Plymouth | May 18, 2013 | 139 | 7 | Newcastle United | 23 June 2011 | Free | ||
| 15 | Nathan Cameron | CB | Birmingham | May 18, 2013 | 6 | 0 | Coventry City | 26 March 2013 | Loan | ||
| 18 | David Artell | CB | Rotherham | May 18, 2013 | 13 | 4 | Port Vale | 13 August 2012 | Free | ||
| 30 | Clarke Carlisle | CB | Preston | May 18, 2013 | 47 | 4 | York City | 4 January 2013 | Free | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 4 | Luke Guttridge | CM | Barnstaple | May 18, 2013 | 112 | 14 | Aldershot Town | 27 January 2012 | Free | ||
| 7 | Ishmel Demontagnac | W | Newham | May 18, 2013 | 33 | 2 | Notts County | 27 June 2012 | Free | ||
| 8 | Ben Harding | CM | Carshalton | May 18, 2013 | 60 | 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 31 January 2012 | Free | ||
| 11 | Chris Hackett | W | Oxford | May 18, 2013 | 49 | 6 | Millwall | 3 July 2012 | Free | ||
| 16 | Lewis Wilson | AM | Milton Keynes | May 18, 2013 | 10 | 1 | Newport Pagnell Town | 31 January 2012 | Free | ||
| 22 | Lewis Hornby | CM | Northampton | May 18, 2013 | 29 | 0 | Academy | 10 December 2011 | N/A | ||
| 24 | Paul Turnbull | CM | Handforth | May 18, 2013 | 19 | 1 | Stockport County | 29 June 2011 | Free | ||
| 25 | Claudio Dias | W | Milton Keynes | May 18, 2013 | 1 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2012 | N/A | ||
| 29 | David Moyo | W | Bulawayo | May 18, 2013 | 6 | 0 | Academy | 25 October 2012 | N/A | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 9 | Clive Platt | FW | Wolverhampton | May 18, 2013 | 41 | 7 | Coventry City | 25 May 2012 | Free | ||
| 10 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | FW | Islington | May 18, 2013 | 188 | 74 | Gillingham | 25 May 2011 | Free | ||
| 14 | Alex Nicholls | FW | Stourbridge | May 18, 2013 | 19 | 8 | Walsall | 1 June 2012 | Free | ||
| 17 | Jake Robinson | FW | Brighton | May 18, 2013 | 61 | 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 June 2011 | Free | ||
| 19 | Louis Moult | FW | Stoke-on-Trent | May 18, 2013 | 17 | 2 | Stoke City | 17 August 2012 | Free | ||
| 27 | Ivan Toney | FW | Northampton | May 18, 2013 | 1 | 0 | Academy | 13 November 2012 | N/A | ||
| 28 | Roy O'Donovan | FW |  | Cork | May 18, 2013 | 19 | 6 | Coventry City | 31 January 2013 | Free | |
See main article: 2012–13 Football League Two.
See main article: 2012–13 FA Cup.
See main article: 2012–13 Football League Cup.
See main article: 2012–13 Football League Trophy.
| Player | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Play-offs | Total | Discipline | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | ||||||
| 2 | RB | John Johnson | 16 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 19 | 5 | – | 3 | – | |
| 3 | LB | Joe Widdowson | 39 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 46 | 1 | – | 14 | – | |
| 4 | CM | Luke Guttridge | 20 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 8 | – | |
| 5 | CB | Kelvin Langmead | 39 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 46 | 1 | 8 | 3 | – | |
| 6 | CB | Lee Collins | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 16 | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
| 7 | LM | Ishmel Demontagnac | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 23 | 10 | 2 | 10 | – | |
| 8 | CM | Ben Harding | 35 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 41 | – | 2 | 3 | – | |
| 9 | ST | Clive Platt | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 30 | 11 | 7 | 5 | – | |
| 10 | ST | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 30 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 35 | 16 | 17 | 6 | – | |
| 11 | RM | Chris Hackett | 39 | 2 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | 46 | 3 | 6 | 7 | – | |
| 12 | U | Ben Tozer | 45 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 55 | 1 | – | 5 | – | |
| 13 | GK | Dean Snedker | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 14 | ST | Alex Nicholls | 15 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 1 | 8 | 2 | – | |
| 15 | CB | Nathan Cameron | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 16 | AM | Lewis Wilson | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | |
| 17 | ST | Jake Robinson | 13 | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | – | |
| 18 | CB | David Artell | 10 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 4 | 2 | – | |
| 19 | ST | Louis Moult | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 10 | 2 | – | 1 | |
| 21 | GK | Lee Nicholls | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 51 | – | – | 3 | – | |
| 22 | CM | Lewis Hornby | 19 | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 20 | 9 | – | 3 | – | |
| 24 | CM | Paul Turnbull | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 25 | W | Claudio Dias | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 27 | ST | Ivan Toney | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 28 | ST | Roy O'Donovan | 15 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | |
| 29 | W | David Moyo | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | |
| 30 | CB | Clarke Carlisle | 26 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 29 | – | 3 | 11 | 1 | |
| Players who left before season end: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Shane Higgs | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | |
| 6 | CB | Anthony Charles | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | |
| 15 | W | Henoc Mukendi | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| 23 | RB | Danny East | 12 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 23 | CM | Emmanuel Oyeleke | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 27 | W | Kemar Roofe | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| 28 | CM | Emyr Huws | 9 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2012 | Free transfer | [1] | |||||
| 1 July 2012 | Free transfer | [2] | |||||
| 1 July 2012 | Free transfer | [3] | |||||
| 3 July 2012 | Free transfer | [4] | |||||
| 5 July 2012 | Free transfer | [5] | |||||
| 13 August 2012 | Free transfer | [6] | |||||
| 17 August 2012 | Free transfer | [7] | |||||
| 4 January 2013 | Free transfer | [8] | |||||
| 31 January 2013 | Free transfer | [9] | |||||
| 8 February 2013 | Free transfer | [10] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2012 | Undisclosed | [11] | |||||
| 30 June 2012 |  | Michael Built | Unattached | Released | [12] | ||
| 30 June 2012 | Released | ||||||
| 30 June 2012 | Released | ||||||
| 30 June 2012 | Released | [13] | |||||
| 30 June 2012 | Released | ||||||
| 30 June 2012 | Released | [14] | |||||
| 30 June 2012 | Released | ||||||
| 30 June 2012 | Unattached | Released | |||||
| 2 July 2012 |  | Unattached | Released | [15] | |||
| 4 July 2012 | Released | [16] | |||||
| 5 July 2012 | Released | [17] | |||||
| 20 November 2012 | Unattached | Released | [18] | ||||
| 17 January 2013 | Released | [19] |
| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | 30 June 2013 | [20] | |||||
| 8 August 2012 | 1 January 2013 | [21] | |||||
| 29 August 2012 | 1 January 2013 | [22] | |||||
| 27 September 2012 | 27 October 2012 | [23] | |||||
| 10 October 2012 | 5 January 2013 | [24] | |||||
| 19 November 2012 | 19 January 2013 | [25] | |||||
| 22 November 2012 | 1 January 2013 | [26] | |||||
| 28 January 2013 | 28 February 2013 | [27] | |||||
| 26 March 2013 | 30 June 2013 | [28] |
| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | 8 October 2012 | [29] | |||||
| 21 September 2012 | 21 December 2012 | [30] |