1989–90 Northampton Town F.C. season

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	Nat.	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

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

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

Littlewoods Cup

Leyland DAF Cup

Group 7

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

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
		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

Books

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