2008–09 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
2008–09 season
Chairman	David Cardoza
Manager	Stuart Gray
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
League One	21st (Relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Adebayo Akinfenwa (13); All: Adebayo Akinfenwa (15)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season is the 31st season in the fourth division of English football, and the 94th season as a professional club played by Northampton Town F.C., a football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
19	Hartlepool United	46	13	11	22	66	79	−13	50
20	Carlisle United	46	12	14	20	56	69	−13	50
21	Northampton Town (R)	46	12	13	21	61	65	−4	49	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	12	10	24	59	82	−23	46
23	Cheltenham Town (R)	46	9	12	25	51	91	−40	39

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2009. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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	12	13	21	61	65	−4	49	8	8	7	38	29	+9	4	5	14	23	36	−13

Last updated: May 2009.
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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L
Position	2	10	9	18	21	17	20	20	16	13	10	14	14	15	16	15	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	14	12	13	15	18	18	18	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	21

Source: Northampton Town F.C.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2008 (2008-08-09) 1	Northampton Town	4–2	Cheltenham Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Doig 42' Akinfenwa 64' (pen.), 68' (pen.) Constantine 77'	Report	Gyepes 35' (o.g.) Townsend 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,716 Referee: Graham Horwood

16 August 2008 (2008-08-16) 2	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Northampton Town	Bletchley
15:00 BST	Wilbraham 66'	Report		Stadium: Stadium:MK Attendance: 12,078 Referee: Gavin Ward

23 August 2008 (2008-08-23) 3	Northampton Town	0–0	Millwall	Northampton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,402 Referee: Darren Deadman

30 August 2008 (2008-08-30) 4	Tranmere Rovers	4–1	Northampton Town	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Savage 35' Kay 38' Curran 45' Thomas-Moore 90'	Report	Gilligan 10'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,034 Referee: Mark Heywood

13 September 2008 (2008-09-13) 5	Northampton Town	1–1	Peterborough United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Larkin 43' Crowe 90'	Report	Boyd 15'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,520 Referee: Keith Stroud

16 September 2008 (2008-09-16) 6	Stockport County	1–1	Northampton Town	Stockport
19:45 BST	McSweeney 76'	Report	Hawley 5'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,974 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

20 September 2008 (2008-09-20) 7	Huddersfield Town	3–2	Northampton Town	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Booth 34' Flynn 64', 78'	Report	Goodwin 25' (o.g.) Davis 90'	Stadium: Galpharm Stadium Attendance: 12,414 Referee: Colin Webster

27 September 2008 (2008-09-27) 8	Northampton Town	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
15:00 BST	Akinfenwa 77', 90+6'	Report	Murray 43', 90+1'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,389 Referee: Andy Hall

4 October 2008 (2008-10-04) 9	Crewe Alexandra	1–3	Northampton Town	Crewe
15:00 BST	Pope 55'	Report	Jackman 45' Akinfenwa 64' (pen.) Osman 70'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,977 Referee: Andy Haines

10 October 2008 (2008-10-10) 10	Northampton Town	1–0	Hartlepool United	Northampton
19:45 BST	Hawley 17'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,277 Referee: Graham Horwood

18 October 2008 (2008-10-18) 11	Northampton Town	3–0	Yeovil Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Jackman 17' Akinfenwa 20' Crowe 81'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,217 Referee: Kevin Wright

21 October 2008 (2008-10-21) 12	Swindon Town	2–1	Northampton Town	Swindon
19:45 BST	Paynter 48' Cox 61'	Report	Coke 90'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,653 Referee: Andy D' Urso

25 October 2008 (2008-10-25) 13	Leicester City	0–0	Northampton Town	Leicester
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 22,795 Referee: Scott Mathieson

1 November 2008 (2008-11-01) 14	Walsall	3–1	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Palmer 17' Gerrard 22' Deeney 63'	Report	Constantine 80'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,377 Referee: Graham Scott

15 November 2008 (2008-11-15) 15	Northampton Town	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Northampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Liddell 76' (pen.) Hughes 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,067 Referee: Paul Taylor

22 November 2008 (2008-11-22) 16	Hereford United	0–2	Northampton Town	Hereford
15:00 GMT		Report	Jackman 49' Gilligan 61'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,061 Referee: Oliver Langford

25 November 2008 (2008-11-25) 17	Northampton Town	2–1	Leeds United	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Davis 28' Bignall 87'	Report	Beckford 69'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,008 Referee: Chris Foy

29 November 2008 (2008-11-29) 18	Northampton Town	1–2	Colchester United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Jackman 53'	Report	Platt 23' Reid 26'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,833 Referee: Karl Evans

6 December 2008 (2008-12-06) 19	Northampton Town	1–1	Leyton Orient	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Davis 2'	Report	Melligan 42'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,039 Referee: Keith Hill

13 December 2008 (2008-12-13) 20	Scunthorpe United	4–4	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	May 13', 51' Hooper 57', 85'	Report	McGleish 24' Coke 53' Jackman 57', 85'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,976 Referee: David Webb

20 December 2008 (2008-12-20) 21	Northampton Town	1–0	Carlisle United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Crowe 63'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,673 Referee: Phil Gibbs

26 December 2008 (2008-12-26) 22	Southend United	1–0	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Stanislas 90'	Report	Osman 72'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Pat Miller

28 December 2008 (2008-12-28) 23	Northampton Town	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,557 Referee: Simon Hooper

10 January 2009 (2009-01-10) 24	Northampton Town	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Crowe 75' Akinfenwa 90'	Report	Jevons 65'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,110 Referee: James Linington

16 January 2009 (2009-01-16) 25	Hartlepool United	2–0	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
19:45 GMT	Porter 5', 56'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,814 Referee: Russell Booth

24 January 2009 (2009-01-24) 26	Northampton Town	5–1	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Clarke 2', 55', 70' Jackman 19' Davis 57'	Report	Baudet 18' Daniel 30'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,675 Referee: Steven Cook

27 January 2009 (2009-01-27) 27	Colchester United	2–1	Northampton Town	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Yeates 57' Vernon 58'	Report	Akinfenwa 18' Rodgers 45'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,973 Referee: Iain Williamson

31 January 2009 (2009-01-31) 28	Northampton Town	1–2	Leicester City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Constantine 16'		Howard 21' (pen.) Dyer 73'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,028 Referee: Mike Dean

14 February 2009 (2009-02-14) 29	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Northampton Town	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Hazell 8' Windass 60'	Report	Akinfenwa 67'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,629 Referee: Andy Haines

21 February 2009 (2009-02-21) 30	Northampton Town	0–2	Walsall	Northampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Hughes 83' Ibehre 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,528 Referee: Roger East

24 February 2009 (2009-02-24) 31	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Northampton Town	Brighton
19:45 GMT	Elphick 57' Virgo 65'	Report	Gilligan 45' Akinfenwa 65'	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 5,062 Referee: Trevor Kettle

28 February 2009 (2009-02-28) 32	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Northampton Town	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT		Report	Crowe 45'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,495 Referee: Graham Scott

7 March 2009 (2009-03-07) 33	Northampton Town	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Holt 52'	Report	Savage 32'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,546 Referee: Craig Pawson

10 March 2009 (2009-03-10) 34	Millwall	1–0	Northampton Town	Millwall, London
15:00 GMT	Alexander 35'	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 6,685 Referee: Grant Hegley

14 March 2009 (2009-03-14) 35	Peterborough United	1–0	Northampton Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Zakuani 7' Lee 33'	Report		Stadium: London Road Attendance: 8,881 Referee: Clive Oliver

21 March 2009 (2009-03-21) 36	Northampton Town	4–0	Stockport County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Akinfenwa 12' Osman 45' Guttridge 72' Vernon 79'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,814 Referee: Jarnail Singh

24 March 2009 (2009-03-24) 37	Northampton Town	3–4	Swindon Town	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Akinfenwa 3' Jackman 68' Anya 87'	Report	Cox 18', 31', 79' Paynter 40'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,025 Referee: Gavin Ward

28 March 2009 (2009-03-28) 38	Carlisle United	1–1	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Neal 37'	Report	Guttridge 41'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Andy D'Urso

31 March 2009 (2009-03-31) 39	Yeovil Town	1–0	Northampton Town	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Obika 79'	Report		Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,884 Referee: Oliver Langford

10 April 2009 (2009-04-10) 40	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Northampton Town	Bristol
19:45 BST	Kuffour 72'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Ground Attendance: 6,666 Referee: Steven Cook

10 April 2009 (2009-04-10) 41	Northampton Town	2–3	Southend United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Akinfenwa 50' Prijović 80'	Report	Christophe 38' Robinson 56' Barnard 60'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,190 Referee: Chris Sarginson

18 April 2009 (2009-04-18) 42	Leyton Orient	1–3	Northampton Town	Leyton, London
15:00 BST	Crowe 24' (o.g.)	Report	Akinfenwa 71' Prijović 73' Anya 90'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,665 Referee: Roger East

21 April 2009 (2009-04-21) 43	Northampton Town	3–3	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
19:45 BST	Crowe 38' Anya 60' Hughes 76'	Report	Trotter 45' McCann 49' (pen.) Sparrow 68'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,416 Referee: Michael Oliver

25 April 2009 (2009-04-25) 44	Northampton Town	2–1	Hereford United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Holt 29' Crowe 69'	Report	Williams 51'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,518 Referee: Steve Bratt

28 April 2009 (2009-04-28) 45	Northampton Town	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Northampton
19:45 BST		Report	Wilbraham 34'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,054 Referee: Keith Stroud

2 May 2009 (2009-05-02) 46	Leeds United	3–0	Northampton Town	Leeds
15:00 BST	Becchio 44' Beckford 59' Snodgrass 90'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,214 Referee: Andy Penn

FA Cup

7 November 2008 (2008-11-07) First round	Leeds United	1–1	Northampton Town	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Robinson 37' (pen.)	Report	McGleish 9'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 9,531 Referee: Michael Oliver

17 November 2008 (2008-11-17) First round (R)	Northampton Town	2–5	Leeds United	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Crowe 44', 90'	Report	Beckford 13', 45', 55' Hughes 28' (o.g.) Parker 41'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,960 Referee: Phil Crossley

League Cup

12 August 2008 (2008-08-12) First round	Millwall	0–1	Northampton Town	Millwall, London
19:45 BST		Report	Crowe 16'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 3,525 Referee: Clive Penton

26 August 2008 (2008-08-26) Second round	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Northampton Town	Bolton
20:00 BST	Nolan 82'	Report	Akinfenwa 22' (pen.), 28'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 7,136 Referee: Graham Laws

23 September 2008 (2008-09-23) Third round	Sunderland	2–2 (4–3 p)	Northampton Town	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Stokes 86', 90'	Report	Larkin 20' Guttridge 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 21,082 Referee: Tony Bates
	Penalties
	Chopra Murphy Stokes Reid Richardson		Hughes Akinfenwa Davis Osman Constantine

Football League Trophy

2 September 2008 (2008-09-02) First round	Northampton Town	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
19:45 BST		Report	McLeod 68'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,047 Referee: Pat Miller

Appearances, goals and cards

No.	Pos	Player	League Two			FA Cup			League Cup			JPT			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
2	RB	Jason Crowe	42	1	5	2	–	2	3	–	1	–	–	–	48	1	8	5	2
3	LB	Danny Jackman	42	1	8	2	–	–	2	1	–	1	–	–	47	2	8	3	–
4	CB	Mark Hughes	41	–	1	2	–	–	3	–	–	1	–	–	47	–	1	4	–
5	CB	Adam Watts	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	–	1	–
6	CB	Chris Doig	26	2	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	30	2	1	5	–
7	CM	Giles Coke	25	7	2	1	–	–	2	1	–	1	–	–	30	8	2	3	1
8	ST	Leon Constantine	21	11	3	2	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	26	11	3	2	–
9	ST	Colin Larkin	9	12	1	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	11	12	2	–	–
10	ST	Adebayo Akinfenwa	29	4	13	–	–	–	2	1	2	–	–	–	31	5	15	3	1
11	LM	Andy Holt	28	13	2	2	–	–	2	1	–	2	–	–	34	16	2	3	–
12	RM	Ikechi Anya	6	8	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	8	3	1	–
13	GK	Chris Dunn	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	30	–	–	1	–
14	LM	Liam Davis	21	8	4	1	1	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	24	10	4	6	–
15	CM	Abdul Osman	34	2	2	–	–	–	2	1	–	–	1	–	36	4	2	6	1
17	ST	Aleksandar Prijovic	3	7	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	7	2	–	–
18	RM	Ryan Gilligan	23	8	3	2	–	–	2	1	–	–	1	–	27	9	3	3	–
19	RB	Liam Dolman	9	5	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	11	6	–	1	–
20	CM	Alex Dyer	5	3	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	6	4	–	1	–
21	CM	Luke Guttridge	23	2	2	1	–	–	2	–	1	1	–	–	27	2	4	5	–
22	ST	Joey Benjamin	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–
23	RB	Paul Rodgers	9	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	2	–	2	1
24	RB	Greg Taylor	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
25	GK	Paul Walker	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	RB	Jared Hodgkiss	4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	–	–	–
Players no longer at the club:
1	GK	Mark Bunn	3	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	1	–
5	CB	Gábor Gyepes	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	1	–
5	CB	Andy Todd	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–
5	CB	Carl Magnay	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
12	RM	Ian Henderson	–	3	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	6	–	–	–
16	RB	Mark Little	9	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	12	–	–	1	–
16	ST	Scott Vernon	4	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	1	–	–
17	ST	Karl Hawley	11	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	2	1	–
17	ST	Billy Clarke	5	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	3	1	–
23	RB	Ritchie Jones	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	GK	Frank Fielding	12	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	–	–	–
27	ST	Scott McGleish	7	2	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	2	1	–	–
28	ST	Nicholas Bignall	1	4	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	1	–	–
29	RB	Kyle Walker	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	1	–
30	LB	Kurt Robinson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–