List of Northampton Town F.C. players explained

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Northampton Town. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Northampton Town players with a Wikipedia article, see . For the current Northampton Town first-team squad, see the Players section of the club's main article.

Players are listed according to the year of their first team debut for the club, and then by order of surname. The 1909 FA Charity Shield match is included in the statistics, however wartime matches are excluded.

Notable players

• Statistics correct as of 1 February 2025.

(n/a) = Information not available
Players in bold are still playing for the club.

Name	Nat.	Position^[1]	Period	League		Total		International honours	Caps	Notes
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		Outside forward	1900–1907	189	22	205	22
		Wing-half	1901–1906	155	2	169	2
		Wing-half	1901–1907	153	8	164	8
		Inside forward	1901, 1904, 1907–1909	67	23	80	39			†^[2]
		Full-back	1902–1906	112	0	117	0
		Goalkeeper	1903–1906	101	0	109	0
		Goalkeeper	1905–1909	125	0	133^[3]	0
		Outside forward	1905–1920	341	19	364	21
		Centre-half	1907–1910	106	8	113	9
		Outside forward	1907–1911	138	18	149	19
		Centre-forward	1907–1915	234	75	249	79			†^[4]
		Full-back	1907–1920	311	3	330	3		16	†^[5]
		Inside forward	1908–1913	164	85	179	90
		Wing-half	1908–1920	264	8	283	8
		Outside forward	1909–1913, 1926–1927	128	27	137	29		2	†^[6]
		Goalkeeper	1909–1914	254	2	270	2
		Outside forward	1909–1915	112	23	116	23
		Full-back	1910–1920	174	6	185	6
		Centre-forward	1911–1914	99	68	105	70
		Wing-half	1911–1915	105	9	108	9			†^[7]
		Centre-forward	1914–1926	262	100	282	109	Schools
		Outside forward	1919–1925	278	46	299	52		1
		Goalkeeper	1919–1925	190	0	198	1
		Utility	1920–1925	99	8	108	9			†^[8]
		Full-back	1920–1929	326	4	352	5
		Wing-half	1921–1926	187	3	203	3		1
		Full-back	1921–1927	143	0	160	0
		Outside forward	1922–1925	122	24	129	26		7
		Full-back	1923–1929	254	4	273	4
		Centre-forward	1924–1927	97	46	104	46
		Inside forward	1924–1930	197	75	213	84			†^[9]
		Goalkeeper	1924–1932	301	0	326	0
		Wing-half	1926–1931	185	7	192	7
		Centre-half	1926–1931	183	4	194	4
		Outside forward	1926–1934	277	73	305	84
		Goalkeeper	1926–1937	93	0	104	0
		Inside forward	1927–1930	112	22	121	22
		Centre-forward	1927–1931	162	114	172	120			†^[10]
		Wing-half	1927–1932	147	10	158	10
		Centre-forward	1929–1933	164	82	175	94			†^[11] ^[12]
		Full-back	1929–1936	162	1	185	4
		Wing-half	1929–1937	136	8	151	9
		Wing-half	1930–1933	144	7	164	13
		Inside forward	1930–1935	142	33	151	35
		Inside forward	1933–1937	138	26	150	30
		Centre-half	1935–1938	138	0	143	0
		Goalkeeper	1935–1938	133	0	143	0
		Full-back	1935–1938	109	0	117	0
		Forward	1937–1939, 1947–1949	99	23	102	23
		Full-back	1938–1951	166	4	189	4			†^[13]
		Wing-half	1945–1956	226	15	246	19
		Full-back	1945–1951	200	2	226	2		1
		Inside forward	1946–1951	128	31	142	33
		Outside forward	1946–1961	521	84	552	88			†^[14]
		Wing-half	1947–1950, 1959–1960	34	1	35	1		19	†^[15]
		Wing-half	1947–1951	104	7	113	7
		Outside forward	1947–1960	302	135	322	143			†^[16]
		Goalkeeper	1948–1952	131	0	142	0
		Centre-half	1948–1959	213	0	224	0
		Half-back	1949–1953	139	1	152	2
		Full-back	1949–1955	145	1	156	2
		Wing-half	1949–1960	186	9	195	9
		Centre-forward	1951–1954	105	44	109	44
		Inside forward	1951–1955	139	55	146	59
		Goalkeeper	1951–1955	139	0	146	0
		Wing-half	1952–1955	96	11	101	11
		Full-back	1952–1962	300	5	317	5
		Full-back	1953–1957	149	2	155	2
		Wing-half	1953–1959	169	4	176	4
		Wing-half	1954–1964	305	30	324	33	Youth
		Inside forward	1955–1958, 1964–1965	87	31	93	33		13	†^[17]
		Inside forward	1956–1959	119	68	123	69
		Full-back	1956–1961	116	1	125	1
		Centre-half	1956–1962	211	0	222	1
		Wing-half	1958–1966	246	45	267	49
		Centre-half	1960–1967	246	2	271	2
		Outside forward	1960–1970	266	48	294	50
		Inside forward	1961–1962	62	50	68	54			†^[18]
		Full-back	1961–1967	207	15	227	17
		Full-back	1961–1967	204	8	220	11		9	†^[19]
		Wing-half	1962–1963, 1964–1968	148	4	162	8
		Half-back	1962–1968	85	0	96	0	Youth		†^[20]
		Centre-forward	1962–1963 1966–1967 1969–1972	220	88	250	96
		Utility	1962–1968, 1976–1978	228	69	252	81	Youth
		Goalkeeper	1963–1967	165	0	181	0
		Utility	1963–1968, 1973–1978	243	49	271	56			†^[21] ^[22]
		Centre-forward	1963–1967, 1975–1978	124	35	141	39	Youth		†^[23]
		Wing-half	1963–1971	308	13	352	14
		Inside forward	1964–1967	53	10	59	12		21	†^[24]
		Full-back	1965–1969	101	11	112	13
		Centre-half	1965–1975	233	1	262	1	Youth
		Winger	1966–1976	254	25	286	27	Youth
		Midfielder	1967–1969	62	4	67	4		49	†^[25]
		Utility	1967–1969	62	11	67	13		22	†^[26]
		Forward	1968–1971	140	56	164	62
		Full-back	1968–1971	116	2	138	2
		Centre-back	1968–1971	103	15	126	19		1
		Utility	1968–1974	187	28	208	30		50
		Forward	1969–1972	85	33	102	38
		Midfielder	1970–1973	105	6	110	6	Youth		†^[27]
		Midfielder	1970–1974, 1981–1983	183	30	209	34
		Goalkeeper	1971–1976	238	1	258	1
		Full-back	1971–1977, 1982–1984	277	8	302	8
		Utility	1972–1977	187	8	203	10		6
		Forward	1972–1978	172	59	188	61			†^[28]
		Centre-back	1972–1979	254	27	281	29			†^[29]
		Midfielder	1973–1977, 1980–1982	180	7	194	8
		Winger	1974–1979	138	18	156	21
		Winger	1974–1980	232	29	253	31
		Forward	1975–1977, 1980–1982	126	38	141	43	Youth		†^[30]
		Midfielder	1975–1978	105	14	111	14	Youth
		Midfielder	1976–1979, 1982	107	5	117	5			†^[31]
		Forward	1976–1980	127	45	144	54
		Midfielder	1976–1981	131	6	142	7			†^[32]
		Goalkeeper	1978–1982	141	0	157	0			†^[33]
		Utility	1978–1983	125	5	141	5
		Midfielder	1979–1983	148	28	170	34
		Winger	1979–1983	92	5	110	6
		Midfielder	1979–1983	104	6	113	8
		Centre-back	1979–1985	218	17	253	22			†^[34] ^[35] ^[36]
		Midfielder	1980–1983	96	11	114	14
		Centre-back	1982–1984	88	4	106	5
		Goalkeeper	1983–1991	344	0	412	0			†^[37] ^[38]
		Midfielder	1983–1985, 1989–1994	173	22	205	26
		Centre-back	1983–1986	132	6	155	6	Semi-pro		†^[39]
		Full-back	1983–1986	100	3	118	4	Youth
		Forward	1984–1988	150	59	180	69	Youth		†^[40]
		Midfielder	1984–1990	188	13	220	14	Schools
		Midfielder	1985–1987	86	46	103	52			†^[41] ^[42] ^[43]
		Forward	1985–1988	107	39	130	45	Semi-pro		†^[44]
		Full-back	1985–1988	112	2	138	2
		Utility	1985–1988, 1989–1994	278	46	331	54			†^[45] ^[46]
		Midfielder	1986–1988	107	9	130	11		15
		Winger	1986–1989	120	21	145	27
		Centre-back	1986–1990	138	9	162	10	Semi-pro
		Centre-back	1986–1990	182	8	216	9			†^[47] ^[48]
		Full-back	1987–1992	141	6	168	7
		Midfielder	1988–1991	102	7	123	10
		Midfielder	1988–1992	88	2	100	2	Youth
		Forward	1988–1989, 1991–1992	107	40	122	46			†^[49]
		Forward	1989–1992	98	37	118	44	Youth
		Centre-back	1990–1993	116	6	138	6
		Winger	1990–1994	153	10	178	12
		Centre-back	1990–1994	181	17	211	18			†^[50]
		Full-back	1991–1994	88	2	108	2
		Goalkeeper	1991–1994	96	0	113	0			†^[51]
		Full-back	1991–1998	99	3	119	4
		Midfielder	1992–1995	89	12	106	13			†^[52]
		Centre-back	1994–2004	390	26	449	31			†^[53] ^[54]
		Forward	1994–1997	120	31	141	34			†^[55]
		Centre-back	1994–1998	187	12	222	16			†^[56]
		Goalkeeper	1995–1999	163	0	197	0
		Midfielder	1995–2000	128	5	156	7
		Midfielder	1995–2002	177	17	211	20			†^[57]
		Winger	1996–2000	129	4	158	4
		Midfielder	1996–2000	108	12	122	16
		Full-back	1996–2000	94	1	119	2			†^[58]
		Midfielder	1997–2002	174	8	205	10
		Full-back	1997–2003	213	4	252	8
		Forward	1998–2000	78	30	89	32		59	†^[59] ^[60]
		Midfielder	1998–2001	113	18	124	18		5
		Centre-back	1998–2003	134	7	153	7
		Full-back	1998–2003	123	1	143	1
		Full-back	1999–2000	60	3	66	4	Under-21		†^[61]
		Goalkeeper	1999–2002	117	0	127	0			†^[62]
		Forward	2000–2003	121	45	136	50	Youth
		Forward	2000–2003	120	25	136	30	'B'
		Midfielder	2000–2004	151	6	175	11			†^[63]
		Forward	2001–2004	112	10	132	13		4
		Midfielder	2002–2004	84	8	100	8		9
		Goalkeeper	2002–2007	156	0	182	0			†^[64]
		Centre-back	2003–2005	81	1	101	1
		Winger	2003–2006	102	15	124	19	Under-21		†^[65] ^[66]
		Midfielder	2003–2006	104	23	127	29	Under-21
		Centre-back	2003–2007	122	1	149	1
		Forward	2003–2005, 2014–2018	176	54	210	63	Under-20		†^[67]
		Centre-back	2003, 2005–2009	129	4	147	5	Under-21
		Forward	2004–2007, 2008–2009	120	43	143	56			†^[68] ^[69]
		Goalkeeper	2004–2008	90	0	106	0			†^[70]
		Midfielder	2005–2007	66	8	74	8			†^[71]
		Forward	2005–2008	106	30	123	36		11
		Full-back	2005–2009, 2011–2012	182	14	205	17	Under-20
		Midfielder	2005–2011	181	20	206	23
		Centre-back	2006–2009	93	4	106	4
		Goalkeeper	2006–2011	98	0	110	0
		Utility	2006–2012	191	16	220	17
		Full-back	2007–2009	82	9	93	9			†^[72] ^[73]
		Forward	2007–2010, 2011–2013	168	71	188	74			†^[74]
		Midfielder	2008–2010, 2012–2013	100	10	112	14
		Midfielder	2008–2011	104	7	118	7
		Winger	2009–2012	87	11	100	15			†^[75] ^[76]
		Full-back	2009–2013	139	13	151	14
		Utility	2010–2015	173	6	199	7
		Centre-back	2011–2015	90	11	104	12			†^[77]
		Winger	2012–2016	122	11	138	12
		Forward	2012–2015	53	11	60	13		6	†^[78]
		Centre-back	2014–2017	113	3	125	5	'B'		†^[79]
		Full-back	2014–2018	104	2	115	2	Under-21
		Midfielder	2014–2019	173	33	194	35	Under-21		†^[80] ^[81]
		Midfielder	2014, 2015, 2019–2021	80	13	101	17			†^[82]
		Winger	2015–2016, 2020	58	15	64	17	'C'		†^[83]
		Winger	2015–2016, 2019–2021	90	4	107	6	Under-21		†^[84]
		Goalkeeper	2015–2017	86	0	94	0			†^[85]
		Full-back	2015–2019	162	1	187	1	Under-21
		Winger	2015–	358	84	404	93			†^[86] ^[87]
		Midfielder	2016–2024	200	6	229	7
		Goalkeeper	2016–2020	92	0	108	0	Under-21
		Centre-back	2019–2020	53	3	62	4	'C'		†^[88] ^[89] ^[90]
		Centre-back	2020–2022	85	12	100	12	'C'		†^[91]
		Midfielder	2020–	140	2	153	2
		Centre-back	2021–	145	15	156	15			†^[92]
		Winger	2021–	165	24	183	25	'C'
		Full-back	2021–	108	2	117	2
		Goalkeeper	2021–2022	46	0	49	0			†^[93] ^[94]
		Forward	2022–2024	98	17	106	18

References

• • Soccerbase stats (use Search for...on left menu and select 'Players' drop down)

Books

• Book: Beesley, Mark . Northampton Town: A Season in the Sun 1965–66 . 2005 . Desert Island Books . London . 978-1905328017.
• Book: Grande, Frank . Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History . 1997 . Yore Publications . London . 978-1874427674.
• Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Soccerdata . 2004 . 1-899468-67-6 .

Notes and References

1. For a full description of positions see football positions.
2. Manager of Northampton from 1907–1912.
3. Northampton Town's only appearance in the Charity Shield is included in the overall total.
4. Manager of Northampton for between 1913–1918.
5. Club record holder for oldest first team player; 42 years old and most international caps while at the club; 12 caps for Wales.
6. Also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.
7. Became the first "coloured" infantry officer in the British Army
8. Player-manager of Northampton for between 1920–1925.
9. Joint club record holder with Bert Dawes for most goals in one match; 5 v Crystal Palace (H) won 8–1 Division Three South 1928/29.
10. Club record holder for most league goals in Division Three South; 34 in 1928–29.
11. Joint club record holder with Ralph Hoten for most goals in one match; 5 v Lloyds Bank (H) won 8–1 FA Cup Round One 1932/33.
12. Joint club record holder with Albert Lewis for most hat-tricks; 7.
13. Also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.
14. Club record holder for most competitive appearances.
15. Manager of Northampton for two spells between 1959–1967 and 1969–1972.
16. Club record holder for most competitive goals.
17. Member of Wales' 1958 World Cup squad.
18. Club record holder for most goals in a season; 36 in 1961/62 Division Three.
19. Manager of Northampton between 1990–1992.
20. Manager of Northampton between 1985–1990.
21. Inaugural Northampton Town 1975 Player of the Year.
22. Northampton Town 1977 Player of the Year.
23. Northampton Town 1976 Player of the Year.
24. BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 1959.
25. Member of England's 1966 World Cup winning squad and player-manager of Northampton between 1968–1969.
26. Sold to Arsenal for record fee at the time of £30,000.
27. Former Head of Centre of Excellence at Northampton Town.
28. Included the 1974/75 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
29. Northampton Town 1979 Player of the Year.
30. Included the 1980/81 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
31. Northampton Town 1978 Player of the Year.
32. Northampton Town 1981 Player of the Year.
33. Northampton Town 1980 Player of the Year.
34. Northampton Town 1982 Player of the Year.
35. Northampton Town 1984 Player of the Year.
36. Northampton Town 1985 Player of the Year.
37. Club record holder for most competitive clean sheets; 112
38. Northampton Town 1988 Player of the Year.
39. Northampton Town 1986 Player of the Year.
40. Northampton Town 1987 Player of the Year.
41. Club record holder for most league goals in Division Four; 33 in 1986–87.
42. Included the 1986/87 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
43. Caretaker-manager of Northampton in 2003
44. Included the 1986/87 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
45. Manager of Northampton between 1992–1993
46. Northampton Town 1991 Player of the Year.
47. Included the 1986/87 PFA Division Four Team of the Year.
48. Northampton Town 1990 Player of the Year.
49. Northampton Town 1989 Player of the Year.
50. Northampton Town 1992 Player of the Year.
51. Northampton Town 1993 Player of the Year.
52. Northampton Town 1994 Player of the Year.
53. Manager of Northampton between 2009–2011
54. Northampton Town 2001 Player of the Year.
55. Northampton Town 1995 Player of the Year.
56. Northampton Town 1996 Player of the Year.
57. Northampton Town 1998 Player of the Year.
58. Northampton Town 1997 Player of the Year.
59. 11 International Goals for Canada.
60. Northampton Town 1999 Player of the Year.
61. Included the 1999/2000 PFA Division Three Team of the Year.
62. Northampton Town 2000 Player of the Year.
63. Northampton Town 2002 Player of the Year.
64. Northampton Town 2004 Player of the Year.
65. Club record holder for transfer fee paid; £165,000 from Oldham Athletic in July 2003.
66. Included the 2005/06 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
67. Northampton Town 2015 Player of the Year.
68. Northampton Town 2005 Player of the Year.
69. Northampton Town 2006 Player of the Year.
70. Northampton Town 2007 Player of the Year.
71. Included the 2005/06 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
72. Northampton Town 2008 Player of the Year.
73. Northampton Town 2009 Player of the Year.
74. Northampton Town 2010 Player of the Year.
75. Northampton Town 2011 Player of the Year.
76. Northampton Town 2012 Player of the Year.
77. Northampton Town 2013 Player of the Year.
78. Former club record holder for youngest player; 16 years and 273 days, against Bradford City, November 2012.
79. Northampton Town 2017 Player of the Year.
80. Northampton Town 2016 Player of the Year.
81. Included the 2015/16 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
82. Northampton Town 2021 Player of the Year.
83. Included the 2015/16 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
84. Included the 2019/20 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
85. Included the 2015/16 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
86. Northampton Town 2023 Player of the Year.
87. Included the 2022/23 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
88. Club record holder for transfer fee received; £1 Million+ to Brentford in August 2020.
89. Included the 2019/20 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
90. Northampton Town 2020 Player of the Year.
91. Included the 2021/22 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
92. Included the 2021/22 PFA League Two Team of the Year.
93. Northampton Town 2022 Player of the Year.
94. Included the 2021/22 PFA League Two Team of the Year.