List of Northampton Town F.C. seasons

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 Northants league for 2 seasons before taking their place in the Midland League, and joined The Football League for the 1920–21 season.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup^[1]	League Cup^[2]	Football League Trophy / Other		Top goalscorer(s)^[3]^[4]
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup^[1]	League Cup^[2]	Football League Trophy / Other		Name	Goals
1899–00	ML	24	16	2	6	66	36	34	3rd	DNE
1900–01	ML	26	13	10	7	65	43	33	3rd	DNE
1901–02	SL	30	11	5	14	53	64	27	11th	R1
1902–03		30	12	6	12	39	48	30	8th	DNE
1903–04		34	10	7	17	36	60	27	15th	DNE
1904–05		34	12	8	14	43	54	32	12th	DNE
1905–06		34	8	5	21	32	79	21	18th	R1
1906–07		38	5	9	24	29	88	19	20th	R1
1907–08		38	15	11	12	50	41	41	8th	R1
1908–09		40	25	5	10	90	45	55	1st	R1				Albert Lewis	30
1909–10		42	22	4	16	90	44	48	4th	R2		Charity Shield	RU
1910–11		38	18	12	8	54	27	48	2nd	R2
1911–12		38	22	7	9	82	41	51	3rd	R3
1912–13		38	12	12	14	61	48	36	10th	R1
1913–14		38	14	19	5	50	37	47	3rd	R1
1914–15		38	19	5	14	56	51	43	5th	R1
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
1919–20	SL	42	12	9	21	64	103	33	19th	6QR
1920–21	Div 3 Sth	42	15	8	19	59	75	38	14th	R1				George Whitworth	28
1921–22		42	13	11	18	47	71	37	17th	R2
1922–23		42	17	11	14	54	44	45	8th	5QR
1923–24		42	17	11	14	64	47	45	8th	R1
1924–25		42	20	6	16	51	44	46	9th	R1
1925–26		42	17	7	18	82	80	41	12th	R3				Les Robinson	29
1926–27		42	15	5	22	59	87	35	18th	R2
1927–28		42	23	9	10	102	64	55	2nd	R3
1928–29		42	20	12	10	96	57	52	3rd	R3				Edward Bowen	34
1929–30		42	21	8	13	82	58	50	4th	R3				Edward Bowen	28
1930–31		42	18	12	12	77	59	48	6th	R1				Edward Bowen	28
1931–32		42	16	7	19	69	69	39	14th	R4
1932–33		42	18	8	16	76	66	44	8th	R2				Albert Dawes	32
1933–34		42	14	12	16	71	78	40	13th	R5
1934–35		42	19	8	15	65	67	46	7th	R3
1935–36		42	15	8	19	62	90	38	15th	R1
1936–37		42	20	6	16	85	68	46	7th	R1
1937–38		42	17	9	16	51	57	43	9th	R1
1938–39		42	15	8	19	51	58	38	17th	R1
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
1945–46	n/a^[D]									R3
1946–47	Div 3 Sth	42	15	10	17	72	75	40	13th	R3				Archie Garrett	26
1947–48		42	14	11	17	58	72	39	14th	R2
1948–49		42	12	9	21	51	62	33	20th	R2
1949-50		42	20	11	11	72	50	51	2nd	R5				Eddie Murphy	13
1950–51		46	10	16	20	55	67	36	21st	R4
1951–52		46	22	5	19	93	74	49	8th	R1
1952–53		46	26	10	10	109	70	62	3rd	R2
1953–54		46	20	11	15	82	55	51	5th	R2				Jack English	31
1954–55		46	19	8	19	73	81	46	13th	R1
1955–56		46	20	7	19	67	71	47	11th	R3
1956–57		46	18	9	19	66	73	45	14th	R1
1957–58		46	19	6	21	87	79	44	13th	R4
1958–59	Div 4	46	21	9	16	85	78	51	8th	R2				Alan Woan	32
1959–60		46	22	9	15	85	63	53	6th	R1				Peter Kane	16
1960–61		46	25	10	11	90	62	60	3rd	R3	R2			Laurie Brown	25
1961–62	Div 3	46	20	11	15	85	57	51	8th	R3	R1			Cliff Holton	36
1962–63	Div 3	46	26	10	10	109	60	62	1st	R1	R3			Alec Ashworth	25
1963–64	Div 2	42	16	9	17	58	60	41	11th	R3	R3			Frank Large	12
1964–65	Div 2	42	20	16	6	66	50	56	2nd	R3	QF			Don Martin Bobby Brown Tommy Robson	13
1965–66	Div 1	42	10	13	19	55	92	33	21st	R3	R3			Bobby Brown	9
1966–67	Div 2	42	12	6	24	47	84	30	21st	R3	QF			Don Martin
1967–68	Div 3	46	14	13	19	58	72	41	17th	R1	R3
1968–69	Div 3	46	14	12	20	54	61	40	21st	R3	R1			John Fairbrother
1969–70	Div 4	46	16	12	18	64	55	44	14th	R5	R1			John Fairbrother
1970–71		46	19	13	14	63	59	51	7th	R1	R3			John Fairbrother
1971–72		46	12	13	21	66	79	37	21st	R2	R1			Dixie McNeil	14
1972–73		46	10	11	25	40	73	31	23rd	R1	R1
1973–74		46	20	13	13	63	48	53	5th	R2	R1
1974–75		46	15	11	20	67	73	41	16th	R2	R2			Gary Mabee	13
1975–76		46	29	10	7	87	40	68	2nd	R1	R1			Jim Hall	21
1976–77	Div 3	46	13	8	25	60	75	34	22nd	R1	R2			Paul Stratford
1977–78	Div 4	46	17	13	16	63	68	47	10th	R2	R2			George Reilly
1978–79		46	15	9	22	64	76	39	19th	R1	R3			George Reilly
1979–80		46	16	12	18	51	66	44	13th	R1	R3
1980–81		46	18	13	15	65	67	49	10th	R1	R1			Steve Phillips
1981–82^[5]		46	11	9	26	57	84	42	22nd	R2	R3
1982–83		46	14	12	20	65	75	54	15th	R3	R2			Steve Massey
1983–84		46	13	14	19	53	78	53	18th	R2	R1	Associate Members Cup	R1
1984–85		46	14	5	27	53	74	47	23rd	R2	R1	Freight Rover Trophy	R1	Ian Benjamin	18
1985–86		46	18	10	18	79	58	64	8th	R1	R2	Freight Rover Trophy	SQF	Ian Benjamin
1986–87		46	30	9	7	103	53	99	1st	R3	R1	Freight Rover Trophy	R1	Richard Hill	29
1987–88	Div 3	46	18	19	9	70	51	73	6th	R2	R2	Sherpa Vans Trophy	Grp
1988–89		46	16	6	24	66	76	54	20th	R1	R2	Sherpa Vans Trophy	SQF	Tony Adcock
1989–90		46	11	14	21	51	68	47	22nd	R4	R1	Leyland DAF Cup	R1
1990–91	Div 4	46	18	13	15	57	58	67	10th	R2	R2	Leyland DAF Cup	R1
1991–92	Div 4	42	11	13	18	46	57	46	16th	R1	R1	Autoglass Trophy	R1
1992–93^[6]	Div 3	42	11	8	23	48	74	41	20th	R3	R1	Autoglass Trophy	SQF
1993–94		42	9	11	22	44	66	38	22nd^[7]	R1	R1	Autoglass Trophy	R2	Ian Gilzean	9
1994–95		42	10	14	18	45	67	44	17th	R1	R1	Auto Windscreens Shield	R2	Neil Grayson	8
1995–96		46	18	13	15	51	44	67	11th	R2	R1	Auto Windscreens Shield	SQF	Jason White	16
1996–97		46	20	12	14	67	44	72	4th	R1	R2	Auto Windscreens Shield	SSF	Neil Grayson	12
1997–98	Div 2	46	18	17	11	52	37	71	4th	R3	R1	Auto Windscreens Shield	SQF	David Seal	14
1998–99	Div 2	46	10	18	18	43	57	48	22nd	R2	R3	Auto Windscreens Shield	R2	Carlo Corazzin	16
1999–00	Div 3	46	25	7	14	63	45	82	3rd	R1	R1	Auto Windscreens Shield	R2	Carlo Corazzin	14
2000–01	Div 2	46	15	12	19	46	59	57	18th	R2	R1	LDV Vans Trophy	R1	Jamie Forrester	17
2001–02		46	14	7	25	54	79	49	20th	R2	R2	LDV Vans Trophy	R2	Jamie Forrester	17
2002–03		46	10	9	27	40	79	39	24th	R2	R1	LDV Vans Trophy	R2	Marco Gabbiadini	12
2003–04	Div 3	46	22	9	15	58	51	75	6th	R4	R2	LDV Vans Trophy	SSF	Martin Smith	11
2004–05^[8]	L2	46	20	12	14	62	51	72	7th	R3	R2	LDV Vans Trophy	SQF	Scott McGleish	13
2005–06	L2	46	22	17	7	63	37	83	2nd	R3	R2	Football League Trophy	R2	Scott McGleish	17
2006–07	L1	46	15	14	17	48	51	59	14th	R2	R1	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Scott McGleish	12
2007–08		46	17	15	14	60	55	66	9th	R2	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Poul Hubertz	13
2008–09		46	12	13	21	61	65	49	21st	R1	R3	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Adebayo Akinfenwa	13
2009–10	L2	46	18	13	15	62	53	67	11th	R2	R1	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	SQF	Adebayo Akinfenwa	16
2010–11		46	11	19	16	63	71	52	16th	R2	R4	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Leon McKenzie	10
2011–12		46	12	12	22	56	79	48	20th	R1	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Adebayo Akinfenwa	18
2012–13		46	21	10	15	64	55	73	6th	R1	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R3	Adebayo Akinfenwa	17
2013–14		46	13	14	19	42	57	53	21st	R2	R1	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R1	Darren Carter	5
2014–15		46	18	7	21	67	62	61	12th	R1	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	SQF	Marc Richards	18
2015–16		46	29	12	5	82	46	99	1st	R3	R2	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	R2	Marc Richards	15

Key

Key to league record:

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

Key to divisions:

Key to rounds:

DNE = Did not enter
PR = Preliminary round
5QR = Fifth Qualifying Round
6QR = Sixth Qualifying Round
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4

R5 = Round 5
Grp = Group stage
QF = Quarter-finals
SQF = Southern Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
SSF = Southern Semi-finals
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners

Champions	Runners-up	Play-offs	Promoted	Relegated

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

Footnotes and references

↑ Northampton Town Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
↑ The League Cup was founded in 1960.
↑ English League leading goalscorers 1889-2007 RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
↑ Goals in all competitions (The Football League or Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and other Football Association (FA) and Football League domestic cup competitions) are counted.
↑ The 1981-82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
↑ 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.
↑ Northampton weren't relegated due Kidderminster not having the ground regulations to be promoted into the Football League
↑ 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.

External links

Northampton Town Football Club History Database.

Northampton Town Football Club

Club	Seasons Reserves & Academy Records & Statistics Managers

Players	Centurians All players

Matches	1997 Football League Third Division play-off Final 2013 Football League Two play-off Final

Grounds	County Ground Sixfields Stadium

Northampton Town F.C. seasons

1897–98
1898–99
1899–1900
1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17

Lists of English football seasons by club

Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

Non-League	Aldershot Town Alfreton Town Altrincham Arlesey Town Ashford United Banbury United Bradford Park Avenue Burnham Cambridge City Chippenham Town Chesham United Cirencester Town Corby Town Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Dartford Dover Athletic Eastbourne Borough F.C. United of Manchester Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Glossop North End Gloucester City Harrow Borough Havant & Waterlooville Hayes & Yeading United Hitchin Town Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Maidstone United Margate Nelson Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Town Redditch United Southport Tamworth Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walton & Hersham Welling United Weymouth Woking York City

Defunct teams	Chester City Hereford United Hinckley United Rushden & Diamonds Salisbury Scarborough Wimbledon Wigan Borough

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