List of Northampton Town F.C. managers explained

Northampton Town Football Club is an English association football club based in Northampton, England. The club was founded on 6 March 1897 by a group of local school teachers who got together with the local solicitor A.J "Pat" Darnell at The Princess Royal Inn, Wellingborough Road to form the town's first professional football club. Their initially chosen name was Northampton Football Club, but after objections from the town's rugby club, the club was called Northampton Town Football Club.[1] Northampton Town have had 35 managers appointed to the role on a permanent basis and a further four have taken the position in a caretaker role. The vast majority have been English. In 2017, former Dutch player Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink became the first person from outside the British Isles to manage the club. A majority of the managerial changes have taken place in recent years including fifteen between 2001 and 2021.

Dave Bowen is the club's most successful manager so far, taking the club to the First Division for the only time. Herbert Chapman was in charge during the Cobblers's crown of the Southern Football League in 1908–09 and also the runners-up spot in the Charity Shield that proceeded the title.

List of managers

Name Nationality From To P W D L Win % Honours Notes Ref
1907-04April 19071912-05May 1912212106446250%Southern League winners: 1908–09
Charity Shield runners-up: 1909–10
Southern League runners-up: 1910–11		†[2]
1912-05May 19121912-12December 19123912121530.7%
1913-08August 19131915-05May 19157630301639.4%
1920-05 May 19201925-04 April 192522689518639.3%[3]
1925-05 May 19251930-10 October 1930235108784945.9%[4]
1931-02 February 19311935-03 March 193519376437439.3%[5]
1935-03 March 19351937-03 March 19379843163943.8%[6]
1937-03 March 19371939-09 September 19399434194136.2%[7]
1939-09 September 19391949-03 March 194913145325334.3%[8]
1949-03 March 19491954-07 July 1954254108598742.5%[9]
1954-07 July 19541959-07 July 1959241103399942.7%[10] [11]
1959-07 July 19591967-09 September 19673871658913342.6%Division Four promotion: 1960–61
Division Three champions: 1962–63
Division Two runners-up: 1964–65		[12]
(interim)1963-07 July 19631963-09 September 19633300100%†[13]
1967-09 September 19671968-05 May 19684815141931.2%[14]
1968-05 May 19681969-05 May 19695216132330.7%[15]
1969-05 May 19691972-05 May 197216154485933.5%[16]
1972-10 October 19721973-05 May 19734810112720.8%[17]
1973-06 June 19731976-06 June 197615067374644.6%Division Four runners-up: 1975–76[18]
1976-09 September 19761977-01 January 197725541620%[19]
Committee1977-01 January 19771977-07 July 197725941236%†[20]
1977-09 September 19771978-01 January 19785719102833.3%[21]
(caretaker)1978-01 January 19781978-02 February 1978631250%[22]
1978-02 February 19781979-03 March 19795317152132%[23]
1979-05 May 19791980-10 October 19806121142634.4%[24]
1980-10 October 19801982-02 February 19827022183031.4%[25]
1982-05 May 19821984-05 May 198410830334527.7%[26]
1984-07 July 19841985-04 April 1985491183022.4%[27]
1985-04 April 19851990-05 May 1990278114689941%Division Four champions: 1986–87[28]
Ireland1990-05 May 19901992-04 April 19929732293632.9%[29]
1992-04 April 19921993-09 September 1993591793328.8%[30]
1993-09 September 19931994-07 December 19942276931.8%[31]
1995-01 January 19951999-10 October 199925493728936.6%Division Three play-off winners: 1996–97[32]
Kevin Wilson
Kevan Broadhurst (caretakers)		1999-10 October 19992001-09 October 1999521240%[33] [34]
1999-10 October 19992001-09 September 200110242194141.1%Division Three promotion: 1999–2000[35]
2001-09 September 20012003-01 January 20037224133533.3%[36]
2003-01 January 20032003-02 February 200370250%[37]
2003-02 February 20032003-09 September 200325731528%†[38] [39]
(caretaker)2003-02 September 20032003-09 October 200320110%[40]
2003-10 October 20032006-05 May 200615373404047.7%League Two runners-up: 2005–06[41]
2006-06 June 20062006-12 December 2006276111022.2%[42]
Ian Sampson
Jim Barron (caretakers)		2006-12 December 20062007-01 January 2007411225%[43] [44]
2007-01 January 20072009-09 September 200913444385232.8%[45]
2009-09 September 20092011-03 March 20118429272834.5%†[46] [47]
2011-03 March 20112011-11 November 2011347101720.5%[48]
(caretaker)2011-11 November 20112011-11 November 201110010%[49]
(caretaker)2011-11 November 20112011-11 November 201110010%[50]
2011-11 November 20112013-12 December 201310839264336.1%[51]
(caretaker)2013-21 December 20132014-27 January 2014511320%[52]
2014-01 January 20142016-05 May 201612661283748.4%League Two champions: 2015–16[53]
2016-05 May 20162017-01 January 2017341081629.4%[54]
(caretaker)2016-19 January 2017January 201710010%
2017-01 January 20172017-08 August 201725661324%[55]
Netherlands2016-19 September 20172018-04 April 20184210131923.8%[56]
2018-05 April 20182018-09 September 20181736817.6%†[57] [58]
2018-10 October 20182021-02 February 202112547324637.6%League Two play-off winners: 2019–20[59]
Jon Brady Australia2021-05 February 2021Present18070446638.8%League Two promotion: 2022–23†[60] [61]

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; D = Matches drawn; Won % = Percentage of matches played that resulted in a win

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club History . Northampton Town FC . 9 February 2021.
  2. First full-time manager.
  3. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=207 Bob Hewison's managerial stats
  4. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=681 Jack Tresadern's managerial stats
  5. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=662 Jack English's managerial stats
  6. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1169 Syd Puddlefoot's managerial stats
  7. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1285 Warney Cresswell's managerial stats
  8. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1222 Tom Smith's managerial stats
  9. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=205 Bob Dennison's managerial stats
  10. News: Obituary: Dave Smith. The Independent. 27 January 1998. 13 March 2019.
  11. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=332 Dave Smith's managerial stats
  12. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=320 Dave Bowen's managerial stats
  13. Jennings took over from Dave Bowen on a temporary basis, who had stated that he'd taken the club as far as he could. He reverted his decision 3 games into the 1963–64 season.
  14. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1244 Tony Marchi's managerial stats
  15. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1086 Ron Flowers' managerial stats
  16. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=320 Dave Bowen's managerial stats
  17. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=168 Billy Baxter's managerial stats
  18. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=139 Bill Dodgin Jnr's managerial stats
  19. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1000 Pat Crerand's managerial stats
  20. Following the resignation of Pat Crerand, Chairman Neville Ronson announced a committee would be set up, consisting of himself, the coach and three senior players.
  21. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=831 John Petts' managerial stats
  22. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=320 Dave Bowen' managerial stats
  23. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=966 Mike Keen's managerial stats
  24. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=295 Clive Walker's managerial stats
  25. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=139 Bill Dodgin Jnr's managerial stats
  26. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=295 Clive Walker's managerial stats
  27. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1240 Tony Barton's managerial stats
  28. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=553 Graham Carr's managerial stats
  29. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1194 Theo Foley's managerial stats
  30. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1039 Phil Chard's managerial stats
  31. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=779 John Barnwell's managerial stats
  32. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=622 Ian Atkins's managerial stats
  33. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1582 Kevin Wilson's managerial stats
  34. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1586 Kevan Broadhurst's managerial stats
  35. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1582 Kevin Wilson's managerial stats
  36. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1586 Kevan Broadhurst's managerial stats
  37. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1187 Terry Fenwick's managerial stats
  38. Wilkinson initially took over as caretaker manager.
  39. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=934 Martin Wilkinson's managerial stats
  40. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1872 Richard Hill's managerial stats
  41. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1879 Colin Calderwood's managerial stats
  42. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=801 John Gorman's managerial stats
  43. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1752 Jim Barron's managerial stats
  44. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2065 Ian Sampson's managerial stats
  45. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1647 Stuart Gray's managerial stats
  46. Sampson initially took over as caretaker on September 8, before being officially appointed as manager on October 5, 2009. Record as caretaker P5 W1 D2 L2. Win% 20%.
  47. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2065 Ian Sampson's managerial stats
  48. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=481 Gary Johnson's managerial stats
  49. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2431 David Lee's managerial stats
  50. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2432 Tim Flowers' managerial stats
  51. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2002 Aidy Boothroyd's managerial stats
  52. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=77 Andy King's managerial stats
  53. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1811 Chris Wilder's managerial stats
  54. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2806 Rob Page's managerial stats
  55. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2166 Justin Edinburgh's managerial stats
  56. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2817 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's managerial stats
  57. Austin initially took over as caretaker before being officially appointed as manager at the end of the 2017–18 season. Record as caretaker P5 W2 D1 L2. Win% 40%.
  58. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=4786 Dean Austin's managerial stats
  59. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1842 Keith Curle's managerial stats
  60. Brady initially took over as caretaker before being officially appointed as manager before the final game of the 2020–21 season. Record as caretaker P19 W5 D5 L9. Win% 26.3%.
  61. https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2694 Jon Brady's managerial stats

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