List of Northampton Town F.C. seasons explained

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

SeasonLeagueFA
Cup[1] 		League
Cup[2] 		League
Trophy		OtherMost appearancesTop goalscorer(s)[3] [4]
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1897–9814 7 1 6 33 35 15 4th DNE Three Players[6] 146n/a
1898–99NL 16 13 2 1 49 17 28 bgcolor=Gold1st 2QR Six Players[7] 1820
1899–190024 16 2 6 66 36 34 3rd 1QR Northants Senior Cup RU25align=left rowspan="2" F. Warner 14
1900–01ML 26 13 10 7 65 43 33 3rd 1QR Three Players[8] 2714
1901–0230 11 5 14 53 64 27 11th R1 align=left rowspan="2"Northants Senior Cup RUThree Players[9] 37172,928
1902–03SL 30 12 6 12 39 48 30 8th 1QR RUFive Players[10] 30align=left rowspan="2"221,812
1903–04SL 34 10 7 17 36 60 27 15th 3QR align=left rowspan="3"35102,550
1904–05SL 34 12 8 14 43 54 32 12th 5QR Northants Senior Cup W3710n/a
1905–06SL 34 8 5 21 32 79 21 18th R1 377
1906–07SL 38 5 9 24 29 88 19 20th R1 4012
1907–08SL 38 15 11 12 50 41 41 8th R1 4014
1908–09SL 40 25 5 10 90 45 55 bgcolor=Gold1st R1 bgcolor=SilverRU43align=left rowspan="3"31
1909–10SL 42 22 4 16 90 44 48 4th R2 4626
1910–11SL 38 18 12 8 54 27 48 bgcolor=Silver2nd R2 4114
1911–12SL 38 22 7 9 82 41 51 3rd R3 42align=left rowspan="3"21
1912–13SL 38 12 12 14 61 48 36 10th R1 Four Players[11] 3927
1913–14SL 38 14 19 5 50 37 47 3rd R1 3922
1914–15SL 38 19 5 14 56 51 43 5th R1 40 Bobby Hughes
William Lockett		13
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
1919–20SL 42 12 9 21 64 103 33 19th 6QR 44align=left rowspan="2" George Whitworth 24n/a
1920–21342 15 8 19 59 75 38 14th R1 4531[12] 7,125
1921–2242 13 11 18 47 71 37 17th R2 45align=left rowspan="2"216,725
1922–23Div 3 S 42 17 11 14 54 44 45 8th 5QR 43148,250
1923–24Div 3 S 42 17 11 14 64 47 45 8th R1 Four Players[13] 47 William Lockett
Ernest Myers		209,425
1924–25Div 3 S 42 20 6 16 51 44 46 9th R1 43147,400
1925–26Div 3 S 42 17 7 18 82 80 41 12th R3 46296,978
1926–27Div 3 S 42 15 5 22 59 87 35 18th R2 45156,053
1927–28Div 3 S 42 23 9 10 102 64 55 bgcolor=Silver2nd R3 align=left rowspan=2462110,095
1928–29Div 3 S 42 20 12 10 96 57 52 3rd R3 43align=left rowspan="3"3410,131
1929–30Div 3 S 42 21 8 13 82 58 50 4th R3 45288,833
1930–31Div 3 S 42 18 12 12 77 59 48 6th R1 43287,846
1931–32Div 3 S 42 16 7 19 69 69 39 14th R4 45align=left rowspan="2" Albert Dawes 186,535
1932–33Div 3 S 42 18 8 16 76 66 44 8th R2 Three Players[14] 4337[15] 6,056
1933–34Div 3 S 42 14 12 16 71 78 40 13th R5 align=left rowspan="6"R347206,271
1934–35Div 3 S 42 19 8 15 65 67 46 7th R3 R3align=left rowspan="2"46146,420
1935–36Div 3 S 42 15 8 19 62 90 38 15th R1 SF44167,050
1936–37Div 3 S 42 20 6 16 85 68 46 7th R1 R144align=left rowspan="2"279,960
1937–38Div 3 S 42 17 9 16 51 57 43 9th R1 R144147,416
1938–39Div 3 S 42 15 8 19 51 58 38 17th R1 R24688,001
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
1945–46n/a R3 n/aGrpn/a
1946–47Div 3 S 3 42 15 10 17 72 75 40 13th R3 46327,951
1947–48Div 3 S 42 14 11 17 58 72 39 14th R2 46128,571
1948–49Div 3 S 42 12 9 21 51 62 33 20th R2 42Four Players[16] 89,211
1949–50Div 3 S 42 20 11 11 72 50 51 bgcolor=Silver2nd R5 492012,677
1950–51Div 3 S 46 10 16 20 55 67 36 21st R4 461310,308
1951–52Div 3 S 46 22 5 19 93 74 49 8th R1 472412,095
1952–53Div 3 S 46 26 10 10 109 70 62 3rd R2 Five Players[17] 492712,031
1953–54Div 3 S 46 20 11 15 82 55 51 5th R2 49 Jack English 31[18] 10,289
1954–55Div 3 S 46 19 8 19 73 81 46 13th R1 47157,852
1955–56Div 3 S 46 20 7 19 67 71 47 11th R3 Three Players[19] 491911,319
1956–57Div 3 S 46 18 9 19 66 73 45 14th R1 46118,158
1957–58Div 3 S 46 19 6 21 87 79 44 13th R4 50228,127
1958–59446 21 9 16 85 78 51 8th R2 47328,090
1959–60Div 4 46 22 9 15 85 63 53 6th R1 42208,306
1960–61 Div 4 46 25 10 11 90 62 60 bgcolor=#cfc3rd R3 R2502510,682
1961–62346 20 11 15 85 57 51 8th R3 R1align=left rowspan="4"Northants Senior Cup RU50 Cliff Holton 39[20] 13,420
1962–63 Div 3 46 26 10 10 109 60 62 bgcolor=Gold1st R1 R3RU502612,680
1963–64242 16 9 17 58 60 41 11th R3 R3RU451215,366
1964–65 Div 2 42 20 16 6 66 50 56 bgcolor=Silver2nd R3 QFW[21] 471615,393
1965–66142 10 13 19 55 92 33 21st R3 R3451018,584
1966–67242 12 6 24 47 84 30 21st R3 QFNorthants Senior Cup W44align=left rowspan="2"1811,977
1967–68Div 3 3 46 14 13 19 58 72 41 17th R1 R345138,937
1968–6946 14 12 20 54 61 40 21st R3 R1align=left rowspan="5"Northants Senior Cup RUalign=left 48align=left rowspan="3"146,790
1969–70Div 4 4 46 16 12 18 64 55 44 14th R5 R1RU56255,594
1970–71Div 4 46 19 13 14 63 59 51 7th R1 R3W[22] 53186,602
1971–72Div 4 46 12 13 21 66 79 37 21st R2 R1W50224,486
1972–73Div 4 46 10 11 25 40 73 31 23rd R1 R1W4392,835
1973–74Div 4 46 20 13 13 63 48 53 5th R2 R1Three Players[23] 50155,424
1974–75Div 4 46 15 11 20 67 73 41 16th R2 R251164,179
1975–76 Div 4 46 29 10 7 87 40 68 bgcolor=Silver2nd R1 R1Northants Senior Cup W49226,416
1976–77346 13 8 25 60 75 34 22nd R1 R250135,750
1977–78Div 4 4 46 17 13 16 63 68 47 10th R2 R249align=left rowspan="2"223,517
1978–79Div 4 46 15 9 22 64 76 39 19th R1 R352232,829
1979–80Div 4 46 16 12 18 51 66 44 13th R1 R352123,024
1980–81Div 4 46 18 13 15 65 67 49 10th R1 R1align=left rowspan="2"49align=left rowspan="2"222,305
1981–82[24] Div 4 46 11 9 26 57 84 42 22nd R2 R354122,308
1982–83Div 4 46 14 12 20 65 75 54 15th R3 R2Grp 54252,594
1983–84Div 4 46 13 14 19 53 78 53 18th R2 R1R1 54132,343
1984–85Div 4 46 14 5 27 53 74 47 23rd R2 R1R1 54align=left rowspan="2"191,826
1985–86Div 4 46 18 10 18 79 58 64 8th R1 R2AQF 54262,384
1986–87 Div 4 46 30 9 7 103 53 99 bgcolor=Gold1st R3 R1R1 Three Players[25] 54 Richard Hill 33[26] 6,316
1987–88Div 3 3 46 18 19 9 70 51 73 6th R2 R2Grp 54165,514
1988–89Div 3 46 16 6 24 66 76 54 20th R1 R2AQF 55203,919
1989–9046 11 14 21 51 68 47 22nd R4 R1R1 56align=left rowspan="2"203,190
1990–91Div 4 4 46 18 13 15 57 58 67 10th R2 R2R1 56163,710
1991–92Div 4 42 11 13 18 46 57 46 16th R1 R1R1 4692,789
1992–93[27] Div 3 42 11 8 23 48 74 41 20th R3 R1AQF 52123,139
1993–94Div 3[28] 42 9 11 22 44 66 38 22nd R1 R1R2 45113,454
1994–95Div 3 42 10 14 18 45 67 44 17th R1 R1R2 48105,085
1995–96Div 3 46 18 13 15 51 44 67 11th R2 R1AQF 52164,878
1996–97 Div 3 46 20 12 14 67 44 72 4th R1 R2ASF W56124,825
1997–98Div 2 3 46 18 17 11 52 37 71 4th R3 R1AQF RUalign=left rowspan="2"58146,389
1998–9946 10 18 18 43 57 48 22nd R2 R3R2 48align=left rowspan="2"176,068
1999–2000 Div 3 446 25 7 14 63 45 82 bgcolor=#cfc3rd R1 R1R2 49155,459
2000–01Div 2 3 46 15 12 19 46 59 57 18th R2 R1R1 align=left rowspan="2"47align=left rowspan="2"195,654
2001–02Div 2 46 14 7 25 54 79 49 20th R2 R2R2 48185,253
2002–0346 10 9 27 40 79 39 24th R2 R1R2 51145,211
2003–04Div 3 4 46 22 9 15 58 51 75 6th R4 R2ASF SF56155,306
2004–05[29] 46 20 12 14 62 51 72 7th R3 R2AQF SF54align=left rowspan="3"175,927
2005–06 Lge 2 46 22 17 7 63 37 83 bgcolor=Silver2nd R3 R2R2 50245,935
2006–073 46 15 14 17 48 51 59 14th R2 R1R1 48135,573
2007–08Lge 1 46 17 15 14 60 55 66 9th R2 R2R1 52135,409
2008–0946 12 13 21 61 65 49 21st R1 R3R1 50align=left rowspan="2"155,200
2009–10Lge 2 4 46 18 13 15 62 53 67 11th R2 R1AQF 48174,427
2010–11Lge 2 46 11 19 16 63 71 52 16th R2 R4R1 align=left rowspan="2"48104,605
2011–12Lge 2 46 12 12 22 56 79 48 20th R1 R2R1 50align=left rowspan="2"184,809
2012–13Lge 2 46 21 10 15 64 55 73 6th R1 R2AQF RU56174,785
2013–14Lge 2 46 13 14 19 42 57 53 21st R2 R1R1 5054,548
2014–15Lge 2 46 18 7 21 67 62 61 12th R1 R2AQF 43align=left rowspan="3"184,599
2015–16 Lge 2 46 29 12 5 82 46 99 bgcolor=Gold1st R3 R2R2 align=left rowspan="2"54185,279
2016–17Lge 1 3 46 14 11 21 60 73 53 16th R2 R3Grp 53136,245
2017–1846 12 11 23 44 77 47 22nd R1 R1R2 5295,830
2018–19Lge 2 4 46 14 19 13 64 63 61 15th R1 R1R3 48125,100
2019–20[30] Lge 2 37 17 7 13 54 40 1.57 7th R4 R1R2 Walign=left rowspan="2"47125,101
2020–213 46 11 12 23 41 67 45 22nd R1 R2R3 499n/a[31]
2021–22Lge 2 4 46 23 11 12 60 38 80 4th R1 R2Grp SF53align=left rowspan="3"135,366
2022–23 Lge 2 46 23 14 9 62 42 83 bgcolor=#cfc3rd R1 R1Grp 48225,920
2023–24Lge 1 3 46 17 9 20 57 66 60 14th R1 R1Grp 49156,841
2024–25Lge 1 R1

Key

Key to league record:

Key to divisions:

Key to rounds:

bgcolor=GoldChampionsbgcolor=SilverRunners-upPlay-offsbgcolor=PaleGreenPromotedbgcolor=PinkRelegatedSemi-finals

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. [Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]
  2. The League Cup was founded in 1960.
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League leading goalscorers 1889-2007
  4. League matches only.
  5. Includes substitute appearances. Bold indicates "ever-present". With equal number of appearances, starts take priority.
  6. Albert Dunkley

    F. Warner
  7. Byles

    Everard Lawrence
    G.Sargent
    F.Warner
    Roger Warner
  8. Ralph Howe

    William Pell
  9. Tim Coleman

    James Frost
  10. Len Benbow
    Fred Cooke
    Bert Dainty
    Peter Durber
    James Frost
  11. Harry King

    Eric Tompkins
    Thomas Thorpe
  12. 28 League goals.
  13. Louis Page

    Charles Smith
    Billy Williams
  14. Albert Dawes

    Tommy Wells
  15. 32 League goals
  16. Tommy Fowler

    Dave Smith
    Bill Smith
  17. Tommy Fowler

    Ron Patterson
    Jack Southam
    Alf Wood
  18. 31 League goals
  19. Tommy Fowler

    Ray Yeoman
  20. 36 League goals
  21. Joint winners with Peterborough United.
  22. Joint winners with Peterborough United.
  23. John Gregory

    Alan Starling
  24. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  25. Peter Gleasure

    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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