1995–96 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1995–96 season
Chairman	Barry Ward
Manager	Ian Atkins
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
Division Three	11th
FA Cup	Second round
Coca-Cola Cup	First round
Auto Windscreens Shield	Quarter-final (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Jason White (16); All: Jason White (16)
Highest home attendance	7,427 vs Gillingham
Lowest home attendance	2,109 vs Plymouth Argyle
Average home league attendance	4,878
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 season was Northampton Town's 99th season in their history and the sixth successive season in the Third Division. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Players

As of match played 4 May 1996.^[1]

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Billy Turley	GK	Wolverhampton	(1973-07-15)15 July 1973 (aged 22)	2	0	Evesham United	10 July 1995	Free
Andy Woodman	GK	Camberwell	(1971-08-11)11 August 1971 (aged 24)	62	0	Exeter City	10 March 1995	Free
Defenders
Lee Colkin	LB	Nuneaton	(1974-07-15)15 July 1974 (aged 21)	104	4	Apprentice	31 August 1992	N/A
Lee Maddison	LB	Bristol	(1972-10-05)5 October 1972 (aged 23)	25	0	Bristol Rovers	22 September 1995	£25,000
Dave Norton	RB	Cannock	(1965-03-03)3 March 1965 (aged 31)	51	0	Hull City	15 August 1994	£25,000
Ian Sampson	CB	Wakefield	(1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 27)	93	6	Sunderland	5 August 1994	£30,000
Mark Taylor	LB	Saltburn-by-the-Sea	(1974-11-08)8 November 1974 (aged 21)	1	0	Fulham	26 February 1996	Free
Ray Warburton (c)	CB	Rotherham	(1967-10-07)7 October 1967 (aged 28)	114	9	York City	4 February 1994	£35,000
Midfielders
Jason Beckford	W	Manchester	(1970-02-14)14 February 1970 (aged 26)	4	0	Millwall	15 May 1995	Free
Chris Burns	RM	Manchester	(1967-11-09)9 November 1967 (aged 28)	67	10	Swansea City	13 January 1995	Free
Ollie Cahill	LM	Clonmel	(1975-09-29)29 September 1975 (aged 20)	15	1	Clonmel Town	27 September 1994	Free
Neil Doherty	W	Barrow-in-Furness	(1969-02-21)21 February 1969 (aged 27)	9	1	Birmingham City	16 February 1996	Loan
Ali Gibb	RM	Salisbury	(1976-02-17)17 February 1976 (aged 20)	25	2	Norwich City	5 February 1996	£30,000
Roy Hunter	CM	Saltburn-by-the-Sea	(1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 22)	85	7	West Bromwich Albion	2 August 1995	Free
Danny O'Shea	CM	Newington	(1963-03-26)26 March 1963 (aged 33)	52	1	Cambridge United	23 March 1995	Free
Dean Peer	CM	Wordsley	(1969-08-08)8 August 1969 (aged 26)	50	2	Walsall	22 August 1995	Free
Michael Warner	CM	Harrogate	(1974-01-17)17 January 1974 (aged 22)	0	0	Tamworth	31 May 1995	Free
Gareth Williams	RM	Cowes	(1967-03-12)12 March 1967 (aged 29)	60	1	AFC Bournemouth	27 September 1994	Free
Forwards
Neil Grayson	FW	York	(1964-11-01)1 November 1964 (aged 31)	91	22	Boston United	19 June 1994	Free
Garry Thompson	FW	Kings Heath	(1959-10-07)7 October 1959 (aged 36)	51	6	Cardiff City	10 February 1995	Free
Christian Lee	FW	Aylesbury	(1976-10-08)8 October 1976 (aged 19)	9	0	Doncaster Rovers	13 July 1995	Free
Gavin Worboys	FW	Doncaster	(1974-07-14)14 July 1974 (aged 21)	13	1	Darlington	18 January 1996	Free
Jason White	FW	Meriden	(1971-10-19)19 October 1971 (aged 24)	51	16	Scarborough	15 June 1995	£35,000

Competitions

Endsleigh League Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Chester City	46	18	16	12	72	53	+19	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	20	10	16	62	56	+6	70
11	Northampton Town	46	18	13	15	51	44	+7	67
12	Scunthorpe United	46	15	15	16	67	61	+6	60
13	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	11	19	49	60	−11	59

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	18	13	15	51	44	+7	67	9	10	4	32	22	+10	9	3	11	19	22	−3

Last updated: 26 April 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W
Position	2	2	4	6	3	4	7	11	13	10	11	9	10	12	16	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	14	12	10	9	8	9	11	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

12 August 1995 (1995-08-12) 1	Northampton Town	4–1	Bury	Northampton
15:00 BST	N.Grayson C.Burns pen.'		P.Stant	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,487

19 August 1995 (1995-08-19) 2	Cardiff City	0–1	Northampton Town	Cardiff, Wales
15:00 BST			D.Peer	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,872

26 August 1995 (1995-08-26) 3	Northampton Town	3–3	Mansfield Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	J.White C.Burns pen.'		M.Sale I.Baraclough	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,797

29 August 1995 (1995-08-29) 4	Hartlepool United	2–1	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
19:30 BST	D.Henderson D.Hughes		G.Thompson	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,390

2 September 1995 (1995-09-02) 5	Rochdale	1–2	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	P.Butler		C.Burns J.White	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,193

9 September 1995 (1995-09-09) 6	Northampton Town	0–0	Exeter City	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,625

12 September 1995 (1995-09-12) 7	Northampton Town	1–2	Leyton Orient	Northampton
19:45 BST	G.Williams		I.Hendon A.Inglethorpe	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,072

16 September 1995 (1995-09-16) 8	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Northampton Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST	G.Brabin			Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,353

23 September 1995 (1995-09-23) 9	Torquay United	3–0	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 BST	P.Buckle pen.' J.Ndah J.Mateu			Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,314

30 September 1995 (1995-09-30) 10	Northampton Town	2–0	Fulham	Northampton
15:00 BST	N.Grayson J.White			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,778

7 October 1995 (1995-10-07) 11	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,455

14 October 1995 (1995-10-14) 12	Northampton Town	3–0	Cambridge United	Northampton
15:00 BST	N.Grayson C.Burns L.Colkin			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,301

21 October 1995 (1995-10-21) 13	Colchester United	1–0	Northampton Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	M.Kinsella 60'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,823 Referee: Graham Pooley

28 October 1995 (1995-10-28) 14	Northampton Town	0–2	Barnet	Northampton
15:00 GMT			M.Cooper J.Campbell	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,476

31 October 1995 (1995-10-31) 15	Northampton Town	1–2	Preston North End	Northampton
19:45 GMT	A.Gibb		A.Saville R.Wilcox	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,695

6 November 1995 (1995-11-06) 16	Gillingham	0–0	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,207

18 November 1995 (1995-11-18) 17	Northampton Town	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,102

25 November 1995 (1995-11-25) 18	Lincoln City	1–0	Northampton Town	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	S.Brown			Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,287

9 December 1995 (1995-12-09) 19	Northampton Town	1–1	Torquay United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	J.White		A.Newhouse	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,656

16 December 1995 (1995-12-16) 20	Fulham	1–3	Northampton Town	Fulham, London
15:00 GMT	T.Angus		G.Thompson J.White	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 3,421

23 December 1995 (1995-12-23) 21	Scarborough	2–1	Northampton Town	Scarborough
15:00 GMT	A.Ritchie N.Trebble		J.White	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,404

26 December 1995 (1995-12-26) 22	Northampton Town	1–1	Hereford United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	J.White		D.Smith	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,222

6 January 1996 (1996-01-06) 23	Darlington	1–2	Northampton Town	Darlington
15:00 GMT	G.Worboys		J.White	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1,943

13 January 1996 (1996-01-13) 24	Northampton Town	1–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	G.Armstrong			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,454

20 January 1996 (1996-01-20) 25	Bury	0–1	Northampton Town	Bury, Greater Manchester
15:00 GMT			J.White	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,074

30 January 1996 (1996-01-30) 26	Northampton Town	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Northampton
15:00 GMT	I.Sampson			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,911

3 February 1996 (1996-02-03) 27	Mansfield Town	0–0	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,981

10 February 1996 (1996-02-10) 28	Northampton Town	1–1	Darlington	Northampton
15:00 GMT	J.White		R.Painter	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,926

17 February 1996 (1996-02-17) 29	Leyton Orient	2–0	Northampton Town	Leyton, London
15:00 GMT	A.Arnott C.West			Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,444

19 February 1996 (1996-02-19) 30	Northampton Town	2–1	Rochdale	Northampton
19:45 GMT	R.Warburton G.Worboys		I.Thompstone	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,090

24 February 1996 (1996-02-24) 31	Northampton Town	3–3	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	I.Sampson N.Doherty J.White pen.'		C.Cramb J.Schofield pen.'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,738

27 February 1996 (1996-02-27) 32	Exeter City	1–2	Northampton Town	Exeter
19:45 GMT	M.Gavin		R.Warburton N.Grayson	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,663

2 March 1996 (1996-03-02) 33	Hereford United	1–0	Northampton Town	Hereford
15:00 GMT	T.James			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,822

9 March 1996 (1996-03-09) 34	Northampton Town	2–0	Scarborough	Northampton
15:00 GMT	J.White I.Sampson			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,621

16 March 1996 (1996-03-16) 35	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Northampton Town	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	M.Evans			Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,001

20 March 1996 (1996-03-20) 36	Northampton Town	0–0	Hartlepool United	Northampton
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,537
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on January 27, 1996 due to snow and frost.^[2]

23 March 1996 (1996-03-23) 37	Northampton Town	1–0	Chester City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	C.Burns			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,810

30 March 1996 (1996-03-30) 38	Northampton Town	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	N.Grayson		P.Clarkson A.McFarlane	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,290

2 April 1996 (1996-04-02) 39	Cambridge United	0–1	Northampton Town	Cambridge
19:45 BST			J.White	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,631

6 April 1996 (1996-04-06) 40	Barnet	2–0	Northampton Town	Barnet
15:00 BST	L.Hodges L.Primus			Stadium: Underhill Attendance: 3,315

8 April 1996 (1996-04-08) 41	Northampton Town	2–1	Colchester United	Northampton
15:00 BST	N.Grayson 65' A.Gibb 81'	Report	R.Reinelt 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Steve Bennett

13 April 1996 (1996-04-13) 42	Preston North End	0–3	Northampton Town	Preston
15:00 BST			N.Grayson	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,774

20 April 1996 (1996-04-20) 43	Northampton Town	1–1	Gillingham	Northampton
15:00 BST	C.Burns		L.Fortune-West	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,427

23 April 1996 (1996-04-23) 44	Chester City	1–0	Northampton Town	Chester
19:45 BST	J.Murphy			Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 1,674
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on January 2, 1995 due to ice.^[2]

27 April 1996 (1996-04-27) 45	Northampton Town	1–1	Lincoln City	Northampton
15:00 BST	R.Warburton		J.Minett pen.'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,166

4 May 1996 (1996-05-04) 46	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Northampton Town	Wigan
15:00 BST	M.Leonard		I.Sampson J.White	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 2,390

FA Cup

11 November 1995 (1995-11-11) First round	Northampton Town	1–0	Hayes	Northampton
15:00 GMT	R.Warburton			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,389

2 December 1995 (1995-12-02) Second round	Oxford United	2–0	Northampton Town	Oxford
15:00 GMT	S.Massey P.Moody			Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 6,348

Coca-Cola Cup

15 August 1995 (1995-08-15) First round 1st leg	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Northampton Town	West Bromwich
19:45 BST	B.Taylor		L.Colkin	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 6,489

22 August 1995 (1995-08-22) First round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	2–4	West Bromwich Albion	Northampton
19:45 BST	C.Burns pen.' D.Peer		K.Donovan A.Hunt B.Taylor	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,083

Auto Windscreens Shield

Group 3
Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Peterborough United	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Qualified for next round
Northampton Town	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Qualified for next round
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 October 1995 (1995-10-16) Group 3 (s)	Peterborough United	0–0	Northampton Town	Peterborough
19:45 GMT				Stadium: London Road Attendance: 3,045

8 November 1995 (1995-11-08) Group 3 (s)	Northampton Town	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Northampton
19:45 GMT	C.Burns			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,109

28 November 1995 (1995-11-28) Second round (s)	Cardiff City	1–2	Northampton Town	Cardiff, Wales
19:30 GMT			R.Hunter N.Grayson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,450

28 November 1995 (1995-11-28) Quarter-final (s)	Hereford United	1–0	Northampton Town	Hereford
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,909

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	Billy Turley	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
GK	Andy Woodman	44	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	–	52	–	–
DF	Lee Colkin	14	10	1	1	1	–	2	–	1	2	–	–	19	11	2
DF	Lee Maddison	21	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	25	–	–
DF	Dave Norton	42	2	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	49	2	–
DF	Ian Sampson	30	3	4	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	34	3	4
DF	Mark Taylor	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
DF	Ray Warburton	44	–	3	2	–	1	2	–	–	4	–	–	52	–	4
MF	Jason Beckford	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	4	–
MF	Chris Burns	40	3	7	2	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	1	47	3	8
MF	Ollie Cahill	2	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	–
MF	Neil Doherty	3	6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	1
MF	Ali Gibb	12	11	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	14	11	2
MF	Roy Hunter	26	8	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	1	32	8	1
MF	Danny O'Shea	37	1	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	2	1	–	43	2	–
MF	Dean Peer	37	5	1	2	–	–	2	–	1	4	–	–	45	5	2
MF	Michael Warner	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
MF	Gareth Williams	25	10	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	2	1	–	30	11	1
FW	Neil Grayson	37	5	11	1	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	1	42	5	12
FW	Christian Lee	1	4	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	4	5	–
FW	Garry Thompson	21	13	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	21	16	2
FW	Gavin Worboys	4	9	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	9	1
FW	Jason White	40	5	16	2	–	–	–	1	–	3	–	–	45	6	16
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Darren Hughes	7	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	8	1	–
DF	Derek Mountfield	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
DF	Tony Smith	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
MF	Gordon Armstrong	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	–	1
MF	Rob Scott	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	6	–	–
FW	Martin Aldridge	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	–
FW	Steve Taylor	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–

References

^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0747277811.
^ ^a ^b "1995/96 Division 3". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

Books

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

[Rothmans1996-97-1] Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0747277811.

[postponed_games-2] "1995/96 Division 3". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

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