1993–94 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1993–94 season
Chairman	Barry Ward
Manager	Phil Chard; (until September); John Barnwell
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	22nd
FA Cup	First round
Coca-Cola Cup	First round
Autoglass Trophy	Second round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Gilzean (10); All: Martin Aldridge (11)
Highest home attendance	6,432 vs Chester City
Lowest home attendance	1,062 vs Hereford United
Average home league attendance	3,454
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 season was Northampton Town's 97th season in their history and the fourth 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 7 May 1994.^[1]

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Barry Richardson	GK	Wallsend	(1969-08-05)5 August 1969 (aged 24)	113	0	Stockport County	September 1991	Free
Steve Sherwood	GK	Selby	(1953-12-10)10 December 1953 (aged 40)	20	0	Shrewsbury Town	August 1993	Free
Defenders
Jason Burnham	LB	Mansfield	(1973-05-08)8 May 1973 (aged 20)	108	2	Apprentice	July 1991	N/A
Lee Colkin	LB	Nuneaton	(1974-07-15)15 July 1974 (aged 19)	53	2	Apprentice	31 August 1992	N/A
Terry Fleming	RB/CM	Marston Green	(1973-01-05)5 January 1973 (aged 21)	35	1	Coventry City	August 1993	Free
Bernie Gallacher	LB	Johnstone	(1967-03-22)22 March 1967 (aged 27)	5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	January 1994	Free
Steve Terry (c)	CB	Clapton	(1962-06-14)14 June 1962 (aged 31)	211	18	Hull City	March 1990	£70,000
Ray Warburton	CB	Rotherham	(1967-10-07)7 October 1967 (aged 26)	17	1	York City	4 February 1994	£35,000
Midfielders
Micky Bell	W	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	(1971-11-15)15 November 1971 (aged 22)	164	11	Apprentice	April 1990	N/A
Phil Chard	U	Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 33)	331	54	Wolverhampton Wanderers	October 1989	Free
John Cornwell	CM	Bethnal Green	(1964-10-13)13 October 1964 (aged 29)	13	1	Southend United	February 1994	Loan
Efon Elad	W	Hillingdon	(1970-09-05)5 September 1970 (aged 23)	10	0	SC Fortuna Köln	January 1994	Free
Paul Fitzpatrick	CM/CB	Liverpool	(1965-10-05)5 October 1965 (aged 28)	2	1	Hamilton Academical	February 1994	Free
Darren Harmon	CM	Northampton	(1973-01-30)30 January 1973 (aged 21)	67	8	Shrewsbury Town	24 October 1992	Free
Gary Harrison	MF	Northampton	(1975-03-12)12 March 1975 (aged 19)	2	0	Apprentice	December 1993	N/A
Les Phillips	CM	Lambeth	(1963-01-07)7 January 1963 (aged 31)	32	0	Oxford United	July 1993	Free
Forwards
Martin Aldridge	FW	Northampton	(1974-12-06)6 December 1974 (aged 19)	48	13	Apprentice	27 August 1993	N/A
Ian Gilzean	FW	Enfield (ENG)	(1969-12-10)10 December 1969 (aged 24)	39	10	Dundee	August 1993	Free
Warren Patmore	FW	London	(1971-08-14)14 August 1971 (aged 22)	17	2	Millwall	December 1993	Free
Kevin Wilkin	FW	Cambridge	(1967-10-01)1 October 1967 (aged 26)	87	13	Cambridge City	August 1990	Free

Competitions

Endsleigh League Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
18	Lincoln City	42	12	11	19	52	63	−11	47
19	Wigan Athletic	42	11	12	19	51	70	−19	45
20	Hereford United	42	12	6	24	60	79	−19	42
21	Darlington	42	10	11	21	42	64	−22	41
22	Northampton Town	42	9	11	22	44	66	−22	38

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
42	9	11	22	44	66	−22	38	6	7	8	25	23	+2	3	4	14	19	43	−24

Last updated: 26 April 2022.
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
Ground	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L
Position	14	19	20	22	22	22	22	21	21	19	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	19	21	21	21	21	22

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

14 August 1993 (1993-08-14) 1	Bury	0–0	Northampton Town	Bury
15:00 BST				Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,540

28 August 1993 (1993-08-28) 2	Colchester United	3–2	Northampton Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	M.Grainger 34' (pen.) T.English 41' M.Kinsella 71'	Report	S.Brown 5' I.Gilzean 35'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,874 Referee: Mike Bailey

31 August 1993 (1993-08-31) 3	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Northampton Town	Crewe
19:30 BST	A.Ward T.Naylor D.Rowbotham		I.Gilzean	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,002

4 September 1993 (1993-09-04) 4	Northampton Town	0–1	Walsall	Northampton
15:00 BST			R.McDonald	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,278

11 September 1993 (1993-09-11) 5	Hereford United	1–1	Northampton Town	Hereford
15:00 BST	M.Nicholson		I.Gilzean	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,260

18 September 1993 (1993-09-18) 6	Northampton Town	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Northampton
15:00 BST			P.Gavin P.Skipper	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,281

25 September 1993 (1993-09-25) 7	Lincoln City	4–3	Northampton Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	D.West G.Jones D.Johnson D.Puttnam		M.Aldridge S.Brown D.Harmon	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,705

2 October 1993 (1993-10-02) 8	Northampton Town	1–0	Darlington	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Aldridge			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,268

9 October 1993 (1993-10-09) 9	Northampton Town	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Aldridge		S.Guppy	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,414

12 October 1993 (1993-10-12) 10	Northampton Town	5–1	Mansfield Town	Northampton
19:30 BST	I.Gilzean D.Harmon S.Terry S.Brown		P.McLoughlin	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,842

16 October 1993 (1993-10-16) 11	Scunthorpe United	7–0	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	M.Carmichael M.Elliott I.Thompstone A.Toman M.Smith			Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,814

23 October 1993 (1993-10-23) 12	Northampton Town	1–1	Carlisle United	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Aldridge		D.Edmondson	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,886

30 October 1993 (1993-10-30) 13	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Northampton Town	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	D.Roche		I.Gilzean	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,227

2 November 1993 (1993-11-02) 14	Torquay United	2–0	Northampton Town	Torquay
19:30 GMT		A.Foster D.O'Riordan		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,704

6 November 1993 (1993-11-06) 15	Northampton Town	0–3	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT			D.Spink T.Lynch	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,639

20 November 1993 (1993-11-20) 16	Chester City	1–0	Northampton Town	Chester
15:00 GMT	D.Pugh			Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 2,650

27 November 1993 (1993-11-27) 17	Northampton Town	2–2	Chesterfield	Northampton
15:00 GMT	I.Gilzean M.Aldridge		S.Norris A.Morris	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,866

11 December 1993 (1993-12-11) 18	Mansfield Town	1–0	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	P.Holland			Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,391

18 December 1993 (1993-12-18) 19	Northampton Town	0–1	Bury	Northampton
15:00 GMT			T.Rigby	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,369

27 December 1993 (1993-12-27) 20	Gillingham	1–0	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	S.Terry o.g.'			Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 4,573

1 January 1994 (1994-01-01) 21	Rochdale	6–2	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	D.Lancaster 9', 40', 74' S.Whitehall 44' M.Stuart 82' J.Taylor 83'		I.Gilzean 66' D.Harmon 78'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,453

3 January 1994 (1994-01-03) 22	Northampton Town	2–2	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton
15:00 GMT	I.Gilzean L.Colkin		T.Naylor S.Smith	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,404

8 January 1994 (1994-01-08) 23	Scarborough	2–1	Northampton Town	Scarborough
15:00 GMT	A.Toman C.Whitington		I.Gilzean	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,703

22 January 1994 (1994-01-22) 24	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Northampton Town	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	S.Guppy			Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 6,737

29 January 1994 (1994-01-29) 25	Northampton Town	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,900

5 February 1994 (1994-02-05) 26	Carlisle United	0–1	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT			P.Chard	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,535

12 February 1994 (1994-02-12) 27	Northampton Town	3–2	Scarborough	Northampton
15:00 GMT	D.Harmon P.Fitzpatrick I.Gilzean		S.Murray C.Whitington	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,974

19 February 1993 (1993-02-19) 28	Northampton Town	1–1	Colchester United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	K.Wilkin 19'	Report	R.McDonough 24' C.Hyslop 7'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,185 Referee: Terry Lunt

26 February 1994 (1994-02-26) 29	Walsall	1–3	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 GMT	K.Lightbourne		D.Harmon K.Wilkin W.Patmore	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,553

5 March 1994 (1994-03-05) 30	Northampton Town	0–1	Hereford United	Northampton
15:00 GMT			C.Pike	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,394

8 March 1994 (1994-03-08) 31	Northampton Town	4–0	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
19:30 GMT	D.Harmon T.Fleming pen.' M.Aldridge K.Wilkin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,192
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on January 15, 1994 due to a waterlogged pitch.^[2]

12 March 1994 (1994-03-12) 32	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Northampton Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	M.Wright		J.Cornwell	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 1,855

15 March 1994 (1994-03-15) 33	Northampton Town	2–0	Preston North End	Northampton
19:30 GMT	A.Fensome o.g.' M.Aldridge			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,845
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on December 29, 1993 due to an unfit pitch and fear of more rain.^[2]

19 March 1994 (1994-03-19) 34	Northampton Town	0–0	Lincoln City	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,868

26 March 1994 (1994-03-26) 35	Darlington	0–1	Northampton Town	Darlington
15:00 GMT			R.Warburton	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3,226

2 April 1994 (1994-04-02) 36	Northampton Town	1–2	Gillingham	Northampton
15:00 BST	W.Patmore		R.Carpenter N.Forster	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,628

4 April 1994 (1994-04-04) 37	Preston North End	1–1	Northampton Town	Preston
15:00 BST	G.Ainsworth		D.Harmon	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 7,517

9 April 1994 (1994-04-09) 38	Northampton Town	1–2	Rochdale	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Aldridge 64'		M.Stuart 43' J.Bowden 74'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,330

16 April 1994 (1994-04-16) 39	Northampton Town	0–1	Torquay United	Northampton
15:00 BST			D.Darby	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,519

23 April 1994 (1994-04-23) 40	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	W.Clarke R.Woods		K.Wilkin	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 6,512

30 April 1994 (1994-04-30) 41	Northampton Town	1–0	Chester City	Northampton
15:00 BST	K.Wilkin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,432

7 May 1994 (1994-05-07) 42	Chesterfield	4–0	Northampton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	J.Hewitt K.Davies T.Curtis			Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 5,285

FA Cup

13 November 1993 (1993-11-13) First round	Northampton Town	1–2	Bromsgrove Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	M.Aldridge			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,382

Coca-Cola Cup

18 August 1993 (1993-08-18) First round 1st leg	Reading	3–0	Northampton Town	Reading
19:45 BST	J.Quinn S.Lovell P.Parkinson			Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 3,283

7 September 1993 (1993-09-07) First round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	0–2	Reading	Northampton
19:30 BST			K.Dillon A.Gray	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,631

Autoglass Trophy

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

19 October 1993 (1993-10-19) Group 3 (s)	Walsall	0–0	Northampton Town	Walsall
19:45 BST				Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,897

9 November 1993 (1993-11-09) Group 3 (s)	Northampton Town	1–1	Hereford United	Northampton
19:30 GMT	M.Aldridge			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,062

1 December 1993 (1993-12-01) Second round (s)	Reading	4–1	Northampton Town	Reading
19:45 GMT			M.Aldridge	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 1,811

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	Barry Richardson	27	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	29	–	–
GK	Steve Sherwood	15	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	19	1	–
DF	Jason Burnham	15	2	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	18	3	–
DF	Lee Colkin	17	3	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	18	3	1
DF	Terry Fleming	26	5	1	–	1	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	28	7	1
DF	Bernie Gallacher	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–
DF	Steve Terry	39	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	45	–	1
DF	Ray Warburton	17	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	1
MF	Micky Bell	37	1	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	43	1	–
MF	Phil Chard	25	3	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	30	3	1
MF	John Cornwell	13	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	1
MF	Efon Elad	8	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	–
MF	Paul Fitzpatrick	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1
MF	Darren Harmon	28	3	7	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	31	4	7
MF	Gary Harrison	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
MF	Les Phillips	26	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	32	–	–
FW	Martin Aldridge	23	5	8	1	–	1	–	1	–	3	–	2	27	6	11
FW	Ian Gilzean	29	4	10	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	35	4	10
FW	Warren Patmore	11	6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	6	2
FW	Kevin Wilkin	24	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	–	5
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Ken Gillard	13	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	18	1	–
DF	Chris Hyslop	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–
DF	Mark Parsons	19	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	24	–	–
DF	Richard Preston	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
DF	Ian Sampson	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–
DF	Scott Stackman	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
DF	Darren Wood	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
MF	Steve Brown	24	–	4	–	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	29	–	4
FW	Sean Francis	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–

References

^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1994). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1994–95. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0747278573.
^ ^a ^b "1993/94 Division 4". 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.

[Rothmans1994-95-1] Rollin, Jack, ed. (1994). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1994–95. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0747278573.

[postponed_games-2] "1993/94 Division 4". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

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1993–94 Northampton Town F.C. season

Players

Competitions

Endsleigh League Division Three

League table

Results summary

League position by match

Matches

FA Cup

Coca-Cola Cup

Autoglass Trophy

Appearances and goals

References

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