1985–86 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1985–86 season
Chairman	Derek Banks
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	8th
FA Cup	First round
Milk Cup	Second round
Freight Rover Trophy	Quarter Final (South)
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Benjamin (22); All: Ian Benjamin (22)
Highest home attendance	4,449 vs Swindon Town
Lowest home attendance	1,167 vs Torquay United
Average home league attendance	2,384
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Players

As of match played 3 May 1986.^[1]

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps^[2]	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Peter Gleasure	GK	Luton	(1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 25)	144	0	Millwall	Summer 1982
Tim Garner	GK	Hitchin	(1961-03-30)30 March 1961 (aged 25)	2	0	Kidderminster Harriers	Summer 1985
Defenders
Mark Bushell	FB	Northampton	(1968-06-05)5 June 1968 (aged 17)	1	0	Apprentice	Summer 1985	N/A
Paul Curtis	RB	London	(1963-07-01)1 July 1963 (aged 22)	27	1	Charlton Athletic	Summer 1985	Free
Paul Friar	LB	Glasgow	(1963-06-06)6 June 1963 (aged 22)	14	0	Charlton Athletic	6 March 1986	Loan
Russell Lewis	CB	Blaengwynfi	(1956-09-15)15 September 1956 (aged 29)	130	6	Swindon Town	Summer 1983
Keith McPherson	CB	Greenwich	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 22)	20	0	West Ham United	23 January 1986	£10,000^[3]
Graham Reed	RB	Doncaster	(1961-06-24)24 June 1961 (aged 24)	36	1	Frickley Athletic	Summer 1985	£6,000
Midfielders
Phil Chard	U	Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 25)	41	7	Peterborough United	19 August 1985
Warren Donald	CM	Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 21)	43	5	West Ham United	4 October 1985	Undisclosed
Stewart Hamill	W	Glasgow	(1960-01-22)22 January 1960 (aged 26)	3	1	Nuneaton Town	April 1986
Richard Hill	CM	Hinckley	(1963-09-20)20 September 1963 (aged 22)	41	17	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1985	£10,000
Aidy Mann	W	Northampton	(1967-07-12)12 July 1967 (aged 18)	72	4	Apprentice	May 1984	N/A
Mark Schiavi	W	London	(1964-05-01)1 May 1964 (aged 22)	34	5	Bournemouth	Summer 1985	Free
Forwards
Ian Benjamin	FW	Nottingham	(1961-12-11)11 December 1961 (aged 24)	90	39	Peterborough United	Summer 1984
Trevor Morley (c)	FW	Nottingham	(1962-03-20)20 March 1962 (aged 24)	43	13	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1985	£20,000
Paul Sugrue	FW	Coventry	(1960-11-06)6 November 1960 (aged 25)	8	2	Portsmouth	March 1986

Competitions

Division Four

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts
6	Colchester United	46	12	6	5	51	22	7	7	9	37	41	+25	70
7	Hartlepool United	46	15	6	2	41	20	5	4	14	27	47	+1	70
8	Northampton Town	46	9	7	7	44	29	9	3	11	35	29	+21	64
9	Southend United	46	13	4	6	43	27	5	6	12	26	40	+2	64
10	Hereford United	46	15	6	2	55	30	3	4	16	19	43	+1	64

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	10	18	79	58	+21	64	9	7	7	44	29	+15	9	3	11	35	29	+6

Last updated: 30 March 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	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D
Position	15	13	10	12	6	11	14	10	12	13	16	13	14	13	12	13	13	15	14	11	9	9	10	14	13	10	11	9	9	8	8	10	8	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	7	8	8	10	9	8

Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

17 August 1985 (1985-08-17) 1	Burnley	3–2	Northampton Town	Burnley
15:00 BST	Hird Biggins Mundee o.g.'		Morley Reed	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 4,214

26 August 1985 (1985-08-26) 2	Exeter City	1–2	Northampton Town	Exeter
15:00 BST	Kellow		Morley Benjamin	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,392

31 August 1985 (1985-08-31) 3	Northampton Town	1–0	Mansfield Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Cavener pen.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,739

6 September 1985 (1985-09-06) 4	Swindon Town	3–2	Northampton Town	Swindon
15:00 BST	Coyne pen.' pen.'		Hill Cavener pen.'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,102

10 September 1985 (1985-09-10) 5	Northampton Town	6–0	Preston North End	Northampton
19:30 BST	Benjamin Hill Morley			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,171

14 September 1985 (1985-09-14) 6	Northampton Town	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton
15:00 BST			Blissett	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,654

18 September 1985 (1985-09-18) 7	Hartlepool United	2–1	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
19:30 BST	Honour Walker		Hill	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,200

21 September 1985 (1985-09-21) 8	Northampton Town	3–1	Stockport County	Northampton
15:00 BST	Benjamin Hill Morley		Sword	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,954

28 September 1985 (1985-09-28) 9	Rochdale	3–2	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Heaton Moore Grant		Hill Benjamin	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,954

1 October 1985 (1985-10-01) 10	Northampton Town	1–2	Wrexham	Northampton
19:30 BST	Hill		Steel Charles	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,234

5 October 1985 (1985-10-05) 11	Northampton Town	1–3	Hereford United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Chard		Wells Kearns Carter	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,998

12 October 1985 (1985-10-12) 12	Peterborough United	0–5	Northampton Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST			Chard Mann Cavener Benjamin	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 3,901

19 October 1985 (1985-10-19) 13	Torquay United	1–1	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 BST	Dawkins		Chard	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 1,186

22 October 1985 (1985-10-22) 14	Northampton Town	2–2	Chester City	Northampton
19:30 BST	Morley Benjamin		Graham Murray	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,323

26 October 1985 (1985-10-26) 15	Colchester United	0–2	Northampton Town	Colchester
15:00 BST		Report	Chard 2' Mann 23'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,872 Referee: M James

2 November 1985 (1985-11-02) 16	Northampton Town	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Benjamin Cavener pen.'		Brolly Lister	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,343

5 November 1985 (1985-11-05) 17	Northampton Town	2–2	Tranmere Rovers	Northampton
19:30 GMT	Donald Benjamin		Worthington pen.' Rodaway	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,005

9 November 1985 (1985-11-09) 18	Aldershot	1–0	Northampton Town	Aldershot
15:00 GMT	Massey pen.'			Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 1,556

23 November 1985 (1985-11-23) 19	Northampton Town	4–0	Halifax Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Chard pen.' Benjamin Morley Schiavi			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,514

30 November 1985 (1985-11-30) 20	Cambridge United	2–5	Northampton Town	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Crown Fallon		Benjamin pen.' Schiavi Morley	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,235

6 December 1985 (1985-12-06) 21	Southend United	0–4	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
19:30 GMT			Schiavi Curtis Benjamin	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 2,527

14 December 1985 (1985-12-14) 22	Northampton Town	2–2	Port Vale	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Morley Chard			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,259

21 December 1985 (1985-12-21) 23	Preston North End	1–1	Northampton Town	Preston
15:00 GMT	Sproson Earle		Hill	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 2,570

11 January 1986 (1986-01-11) 24	Mansfield Town	1–0	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Kearney pen.'		Hill	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,836

18 January 1986 (1986-01-18) 25	Northampton Town	2–0	Burnley	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Morley Hill			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,095

25 January 1986 (1986-01-25) 26	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Northampton Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT			Morley	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1,856

1 February 1986 (1986-02-01) 27	Northampton Town	0–1	Swindon Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT			Henry	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,449

5 February 1986 (1986-02-05) 28	Chester City	2–3	Northampton Town	Chester
19:30 GMT	Richardson pen.' Chard o.g.'		Hill Schiavi Morley	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3,332

21 February 1986 (1986-02-21) 29	Stockport County	1–0	Northampton Town	Stockport
19:30 GMT	Cammack			Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2,011

1 March 1986 (1986-03-01) 30	Northampton Town	1–0	Rochdale	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Benjamin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,146

4 March 1986 (1986-03-04) 31	Wrexham	1–0	Northampton Town	Wrexham
19:30 GMT	Steel			Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 1,433

8 March 1986 (1986-03-08) 32	Hereford United	3–0	Northampton Town	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Maddy Carter			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,478

11 March 1986 (1986-03-11) 33	Northampton Town	3–0	Hartlepool United	Northampton
19:30 GMT	Benjamin Hill			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,815

15 March 1986 (1986-03-15) 34	Northampton Town	2–2	Peterborough United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Morley Hill		Slack Kelly	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,332

18 March 1986 (1986-03-18) 35	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
19:30 GMT	Broddle		Chard	Stadium: Old Showground Attendance: 1,355

22 March 1986 (1986-03-22) 36	Northampton Town	1–0	Colchester United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Donald 13'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,035 Referee: P Tyldesley

29 March 1986 (1986-03-29) 37	Orient	0–1	Northampton Town	Leyton
15:00 GMT			Benjamin	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,920

31 March 1986 (1986-03-31) 38	Northampton Town	0–0	Southend United	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,527

4 April 1986 (1986-04-04) 39	Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Northampton Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Hilditch		Hamill Benjamin Sugrue	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,103

8 April 1986 (1986-04-08) 40	Northampton Town	2–2	Exeter City	Northampton
19:30 BST	Donald Hill		Ling Friar o.g.'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,213

12 April 1986 (1986-04-12) 41	Northampton Town	2–3	Aldershot	Northampton
15:00 BST	Sugrue Chard		Johnson Barnes	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,049

15 April 1986 (1986-04-15) 42	Northampton Town	2–3	Orient	Northampton
19:30 BST	Morley Hill		Jones Comfort Foster	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,731

18 April 1986 (1986-04-18) 43	Halifax Town	2–0	Northampton Town	Halifax
15:00 BST	Longhurst			Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,105

26 April 1986 (1986-04-26) 44	Northampton Town	0–2	Cambridge United	Northampton
15:00 BST			Crown Mundee	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,100

29 April 1986 (1986-04-29) 45	Northampton Town	5–1	Torquay United	Northampton
19:30 BST	Hill pen.' Schiavi Compton o.g'		Walsh	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,167

3 May 1986 (1986-05-03) 46	Port Vale	0–0	Northampton Town	Burslem
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,873

FA Cup

16 November 1985 (1985-11-16) 1st round	Gillingham	3–0	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Mundee o.g.' Mehmet Cochrane			Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,991

Milk Cup

21 August 1985 (1985-08-21) 1st round 1st leg	Peterborough United	0–0	Northampton Town	Peterborough
18:30 BST				Stadium: London Road Attendance: 3,117

2 September 1985 (1985-09-02) 1st round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	2–0	Peterborough United	Northampton
18:30 BST	Cavener pen.' Chard			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,464

25 September 1985 (1985-09-25) 2nd round 1st leg	Oxford United	2–1	Northampton Town	Oxford
18:30 BST	Rhoades-Brown Houghton		Benjamin	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 5,644

7 October 1985 (1985-10-07) 2nd round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	0–2	Oxford United	Northampton
18:30 BST			Aldridge	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,076

Freight Rover Trophy

Group 2
Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Northampton Town	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6
Colchester United	2	1	1	5	3	+2	3
Southend United	2	0	2	2	7	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 January 1986 (1986-01-21) Prelim round (S)	Northampton Town	2–1	Colchester United	Northampton
19:30 GMT	Schiavi 4' Benjamin 82'	Report	Baker 36'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,958 Referee: Gerald Ashby

13 March 1986 (1986-03-13) Prelim round (S)	Southend United	1–3	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
19:30 GMT	Lampard		Hill Benjamin	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 683

27 March 1986 (1986-03-27) Quarter Final (S)	Bristol City	3–2	Northampton Town	Bristol
19:30 GMT	Riley Hutchinson Neville		Hamlil Hill	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 3,038

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Four			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	44	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	52	–	–
GK	Tim Garner	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
DF	Mark Bushell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DF	Paul Curtis	27	–	1	1	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	32	–	1
DF	Paul Friar	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	16	–	–
DF	Russell Lewis	43	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	51	–	–
DF	Keith McPherson	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	21	–	–
DF	Graham Reed	34	2	1	1	–	–	3	–	–	2	1	–	40	3	1
MF	Phil Chard	41	–	7	1	–	–	4	–	1	3	–	–	49	–	8
MF	Warren Donald	32	–	3	1	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	37	–	3
MF	Stewart Hamill	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	4	–	2
MF	Richard Hill	41	–	17	1	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	2	49	–	19
MF	Aidy Mann	25	7	2	–	–	–	3	–	–	1	1	–	29	8	2
MF	Mark Schiavi	31	–	5	–	–	–	1	1	–	3	–	1	35	1	6
FW	Ian Benjamin	46	–	22	1	–	–	4	–	1	3	–	3	54	–	26
FW	Trevor Morley	43	–	13	1	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	51	–	13
FW	Paul Sugrue	2	6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	7	2
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Ian Dawes	3	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	–
DF	Brian Mundee	31	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	1	–	–	37	–	–
DF	Gavin Nebbeling	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	12	–	–
MF	Steve Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
MF	Phil Cavener	13	4	4	1	–	–	4	–	1	–	–	–	18	4	5
MF	Ged Nohilly	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

References

^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986/87, p.252.
^ Football League appearances only.
^ "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Keith McPherson". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

Books

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

[1] Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986/87, p.252.

[2] Football League appearances only.

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

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