1989–90 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1989–90 season
Chairman	Dick Underwood
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	22nd
FA Cup	Fourth round
Littlewoods Cup	First round
Leyland DAF Cup	First round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Barnes (18); All: Bobby Barnes (20)
Highest home attendance	14,529 vs Coventry City
Lowest home attendance	1,665 vs Maidstone United
Average home league attendance	3,190
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 season was Northampton Town's 93rd season in their history and the third successive season in the Third Division. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup.

Players

As of match played 5 May 1990.^[1]

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Peter Gleasure	GK	Luton	(1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 29)	388	0	Millwall	March 1983
Defenders
Irvin Gernon	LB	Birmingham	(1962-12-30)30 December 1962 (aged 27)	18	2	Reading	October 1989	£25,000
David Johnson	LB	Northampton	(1967-03-10)10 March 1967 (aged 23)	7	0	Irthlingborough Diamonds	July 1989	Free
Keith McPherson	CB	Greenwich	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 26)	216	9	West Ham United	23 January 1986	£10,000^[2]
Steve Terry	CB	Clapton	(1962-06-14)14 June 1962 (aged 27)	17	2	Hull City	March 1990	£70,000
Russ Wilcox (c)	CB	Hemsworth	(1964-03-25)25 March 1964 (aged 26)	162	10	Frickley Athletic	30 June 1986	£15,000^[3]
Wayne Williams	RB	Telford	(1963-11-17)17 November 1963 (aged 26)	50	1	Shrewsbury Town	12 January 1988
Paul Wilson	LB	Bradford	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 21)	94	3	Norwich City	February 1988	£30,000
Midfielders
Micky Bell	W	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1971-11-15)15 November 1971 (aged 18)	6	0	Apprentice	April 1990	N/A
Steve Berry	CM	Liverpool	(1963-04-04)4 April 1963 (aged 27)	90	3	Aldershot	27 October 1988	£45,000
Steve Brown	LM	Northampton	(1966-07-06)6 July 1966 (aged 23)	39	4	Irthlingborough Diamonds	21 July 1989	Free
Phil Chard	U	Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 29)	171	33	Wolverhampton Wanderers	October 1989
Warren Donald	CM	Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 25)	220	14	West Ham United	4 October 1985	£11,000^[4]
Trevor Quow	CM	Peterborough	(1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 29)	53	2	Gillingham	12 January 1989
Bradley Sandeman	RM	Northampton	(1970-02-24)24 February 1970 (aged 20)	64	3	Apprentice	January 1988	N/A
David Scope	W	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1967-05-10)10 May 1967 (aged 22)	8	0	Blyth Spartans	September 1989
Martin Singleton	CM	Banbury	(1963-08-02)2 August 1963 (aged 26)	60	5	West Bromwich Albion	7 November 1987	£57,500
Aidey Thorpe	LW	Chesterfield	(1963-11-25)25 November 1963 (aged 26)	13	3	Walsall	March 1990	£50,000
Forwards
Bobby Barnes	FW	Kingston upon Thames	(1962-12-17)17 December 1962 (aged 27)	45	20	Bournemouth	13 October 1989	£70,000
Darren Collins	FW	Winchester	(1967-05-24)24 May 1967 (aged 22)	53	10	Petersfield United	January 1989
Carl Leaburn	FW	Lewisham	(1969-03-30)30 March 1969 (aged 21)	9	0	Charlton Athletic	22 March 1990	Loan

Competitions

Barclays League Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Fulham	46	12	15	19	55	66	−11	51
21	Cardiff City	46	12	14	20	51	70	−19	50	Relegated
22	Northampton Town	46	11	14	21	51	68	−17	47
23	Blackpool	46	10	16	20	49	73	−24	46
24	Walsall	46	9	14	23	40	72	−32	41

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	11	14	21	51	68	−17	47	7	7	9	27	31	−4	4	7	12	24	37	−13

Last updated: 7 May 2020.
Source: 11v11.com

League position by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A
Result	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L
Position	19	17	10	14	11	14	11	13	14	17	15	16	16	15	17	18	21	15	13	13	13	11	10	19	19	20	20	22	22	21	22	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22

Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

19 August 1989 (1989-08-19) 1	Walsall	1–0	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 BST				Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,020

26 August 1989 (1989-08-26) 2	Swansea City	1–1	Northampton Town	Swansea, Wales
15:00 BST			D.Collins	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 3,637

2 September 1989 (1989-09-02) 3	Northampton Town	2–0	Bristol City	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Thomas T.Adcock pen.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,088

9 September 1989 (1989-09-09) 4	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Northampton Town	Wigan
15:00 BST				Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 2,289 Referee: John Watson

16 September 1989 (1989-09-16) 5	Northampton Town	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Collins T.Adcock pen.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,084 Referee: David Elleray

23 September 1989 (1989-09-23) 6	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Northampton Town	Crewe
15:00 BST			D.Collins	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2,289

26 September 1989 (1989-09-26) 7	Cardiff City	2–3	Northampton Town	Cardiff, Wales
19:30 BST			T.Quow T.Adcock D.Thomas	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,801

30 September 1989 (1989-09-30) 8	Northampton Town	0–1	Bury	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,486

7 October 1989 (1989-10-07) 9	Northampton Town	1–2	Preston North End	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Collins			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,039

14 October 1989 (1989-10-14) 10	Birmingham City	4–0	Northampton Town	Birmingham
15:00 BST	N.Gleghorn D.Bailey pen.'			Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 8,731 Referee: Paul Harrison

17 October 1989 (1989-10-17) 11	Northampton Town	4–2	Blackpool	Northampton
19:30 BST	W.Donald R.Wilcox B.Barnes D.Collins			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,098

21 October 1989 (1989-10-21) 12	Bristol Rovers	4–2	Northampton Town	Bath
15:00 BST			S.Brown B.Barnes pen.'	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 4,920

28 October 1989 (1989-10-28) 13	Northampton Town	0–0	Notts County	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,734

21 October 1989 (1989-10-21) 14	Fulham	1–1	Northampton Town	Fulham, London
19:30 GMT			B.Barnes pen.'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 3,518

4 November 1989 (1989-11-04) 15	Northampton Town	1–2	Rotherham United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	B.Barnes pen.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,598

11 November 1989 (1989-11-11) 16	Huddersfield Town	2–2	Northampton Town	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	M.Smith G.Mitchell		I.Gernon B.Barnes	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 4,973 Referee: Gerald Ashby

25 November 1989 (1989-11-25) 17	Northampton Town	0–2	Brentford	Northampton
15:00 GMT			E.May D.Holdsworth	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,165

2 December 1989 (1989-12-02) 18	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	Northampton Town	Bolton
15:00 GMT			B.Barnes W.Donald	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 5,501

17 December 1989 (1989-12-17) 19	Northampton Town	2–1	Reading	Northampton
15:00 GMT	B.Barnes D.Collins			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,025

26 December 1989 (1989-12-26) 20	Leyton Orient	1–1	Northampton Town	Leyton, London
15:00 GMT			B.Barnes	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,784

30 December 1989 (1989-12-30) 21	Mansfield Town	1–2	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT			S.Berry B.Barnes	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,210

1 January 1990 (1990-01-01) 22	Northampton Town	1–0	Chester City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	S.Berry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,823 Referee: Roger Pawley

13 January 1990 (1990-01-13) 23	Northampton Town	1–1	Swansea City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	B.Barnes			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,944

17 February 1990 (1990-02-17) 24	Northampton Town	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	D.Thomas			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,432

20 February 1990 (1990-02-20) 25	Northampton Town	1–1	Walsall	Northampton
19:30 GMT	D.Collins			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,617

25 February 1990 (1990-02-25) 26	Brentford	3–2	Northampton Town	Brentford, London
15:00 GMT	G.Blissett D.Holdsworth		D.Thomas D.Collins	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,391

3 March 1990 (1990-03-03) 27	Northampton Town	0–4	Tranmere Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,147

6 March 1990 (1990-03-06) 28	Bury	1–0	Northampton Town	Bury
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,327

10 March 1990 (1990-03-10) 29	Northampton Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	B.Barnes pen.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,574

13 March 1990 (1990-03-13) 30	Northampton Town	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Northampton
19:30 GMT	P.Chard			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,172 Referee: Jim Rushton

17 March 1990 (1990-03-17) 31	Preston North End	0–0	Northampton Town	Preston
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5,686

20 March 1990 (1990-03-20) 32	Northampton Town	2–2	Birmingham City	Northampton
19:30 GMT	S.Terry R.Wilcox		D.Peer N.Gleghorn	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,346 Referee: Peter Jones

24 March 1990 (1990-03-24) 33	Blackpool	1–0	Northampton Town	Blackpool
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,686

27 March 1990 (1990-03-27) 34	Bristol City	3–1	Northampton Town	Bristol
19:30 BST			B.Barnes	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 3,296

31 March 1990 (1990-03-31) 35	Northampton Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST	A.Thorpe W.Donald			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,774

3 April 1990 (1990-04-03) 36	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
19:30 BST				Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 2,314

7 April 1990 (1990-04-07) 37	Northampton Town	2–2	Fulham	Northampton
15:00 BST	B.Sandeman A.Thorpe			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,882

10 April 1990 (1990-04-10) 38	Notts County	3–2	Northampton Town	Nottingham
19:30 BST			S.Terry B.Barnes	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,396

14 April 1990 (1990-04-14) 39	Chester City	0–1	Northampton Town	Chester
15:00 BST			B.Barnes pen.'	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 2,242

16 April 1990 (1990-04-16) 40	Northampton Town	0–1	Leyton Orient	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,215

21 April 1990 (1990-04-21) 41	Reading	3–2	Northampton Town	Reading
15:00 BST			B.Barnes pen.' K.McPherson	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 3,140

24 April 1990 (1990-04-24) 42	Northampton Town	1–2	Mansfield Town	Northampton
19:30 BST	R.Wilcox			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,119

28 April 1990 (1990-04-28) 43	Northampton Town	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	B.Barnes			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,388 Referee: Michael Pierce

30 April 1990 (1990-04-30) 44	Northampton Town	3–1	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton
19:30 BST	B.Barnes pen.' P.Chard A.Thorpe			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,622

2 May 1990 (1990-05-02) 45	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Northampton Town	Birkenhead
19:30 BST				Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,363 Referee: Paul Vanes

5 May 1990 (1990-05-05) 46	Rotherham United	2–0	Northampton Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3,420

FA Cup

18 November 1989 (1989-11-18) First round	Kettering Town	0–1	Northampton Town	Kettering
15:00 GMT			D.Thomas 69'	Stadium: Rockingham Road Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Ray Lewis

9 December 1989 (1989-12-09) Second round	Northampton Town	0–0	Aylesbury United	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,098 Referee: Allan Gunn

13 December 1990 (1990-12-13) Second round (r)	Aylesbury United	0–1	Northampton Town	Aylesbury
19:30 GMT			B.Barnes	Stadium: Buckingham Road Attendance: 4,895

6 January 1990 (1990-01-06) Third round	Northampton Town	1–0	Coventry City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	S.Berry 43'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,529

27 January 1990 (1990-01-27) Fourth round	Rochdale	3–0	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 9,048

Littlewoods Cup

22 August 1989 (1989-08-22) First round 1st leg	Mansfield Town	1–1	Northampton Town	Mansfield
19:30 BST			T.Adcock	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,095

5 September 1989 (1989-09-05) First round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	0–2	Mansfield Town	Northampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,963

Leyland DAF Cup

Group 7
Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Maidstone United	2	2	0	6	3	+3	6	Qualified for next round
Northampton Town	2	1	1	5	4	+1	3	Qualified for next round
Colchester United	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 November 1989 (1989-11-07) Prelim round (s)	Colchester United	0–3	Northampton Town	Colchester
19:30 GMT		Report	B.Barnes 26' P.Chard 76' D.Collins 88'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Danny Vickers

28 November 1989 (1989-11-28) Prelim round (s)	Northampton Town	2–4	Maidstone United	Northampton
19:30 GMT	R.Wilcox I.Gernon			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,665

17 January 1990 (1990-01-17) First round (s)	Southend United	2–1	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
19:30 GMT			D.Collins	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 1,346

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Peter Gleasure	46	–	–	5	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	56	–	–
DF	Irvin Gernon	12	–	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	1	18	–	2
DF	David Johnson	6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	–
DF	Keith McPherson	43	–	1	5	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	53	–	1
DF	Steve Terry	17	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	2
DF	Russ Wilcox	46	–	3	5	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	1	56	–	4
DF	Wayne Williams	14	1	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	16	2	–
DF	Paul Wilson	26	1	–	3	–	–	2	–	–	1	1	–	32	2	–
MF	Micky Bell	5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	–
MF	Steve Berry	41	–	2	5	–	1	2	–	–	3	–	–	51	–	3
MF	Steve Brown	15	6	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	6	1
MF	Phil Chard	29	–	2	5	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	36	–	3
MF	Warren Donald	20	7	2	2	1	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	25	8	2
MF	Trevor Quow	25	5	1	3	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	30	5	1
MF	Bradley Sandeman	20	9	1	2	–	–	1	1	–	3	–	–	26	10	1
MF	David Scope	2	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	5	–
MF	Martin Singleton	6	4	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	8	6	–
MF	Aidey Thorpe	13	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	3
FW	Bobby Barnes	37	–	18	5	–	1	–	–	–	3	–	1	45	–	20
FW	Darren Collins	33	2	8	4	–	–	1	1	–	1	2	2	39	5	10
FW	Carl Leaburn	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–
Players who left before end of season:
MF	Dean Thomas	31	–	3	5	–	1	2	–	–	3	–	–	41	–	4
FW	Tony Adcock	8	–	3	–	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	10	–	4
FW	Paul Culpin	1	3	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	4	–
FW	Glen Donegal	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
FW	Terry McPhillips	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	–

References

^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-356-17911-7.
^ "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Keith McPherson". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2002). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 438. ISBN 978-1-85291-648-0.
^ "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Warren Donald". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

Books

Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.

[Rothmans1990-91-1] Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-356-17911-7.

[2] "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Keith McPherson". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

[Hugman2002-03-3] Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2002). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 438. ISBN 978-1-85291-648-0.

[4] "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Warren Donald". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

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