1992–93 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1992–93 season
Chairman	Barry Ward
Manager	Phil Chard
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	20th
FA Cup	Third round
Coca-Cola Cup	First round
Autoglass Trophy	Quarter-final (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Steve Brown (9); All: Steve Brown (12)
Highest home attendance	7,504 vs Wrexham
Lowest home attendance	1,591 vs Barnet

The 1992–93 season was Northampton Town's 96th season in their history. It was the third successive season in the fourth tier, in the newly renamed Third Division after the introduction of the breakaway FA Premier League. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Players

As of match played 8 May 1993.^[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 23)	84	0	Stockport County	September 1991	Free
Defenders
Craig Adams	CB	Northampton	(1974-02-15)15 February 1974 (aged 19)	1	0	Apprentice	August 1992	N/A
Terry Angus	CB	Coventry	(1966-01-14)14 January 1966 (aged 27)	138	6	VS Rugby	July 1990
Jason Burnham	LB	Mansfield	(1973-05-08)8 May 1973 (aged 20)	87	2	Apprentice	July 1991	N/A
Lee Colkin	LB	Nuneaton	(1974-07-15)15 July 1974 (aged 18)	32	1	Apprentice	31 August 1992	N/A
Paul Curtis	RB	London	(1963-07-01)1 July 1963 (aged 29)	62	2	Corby Town	August 1992
Ken Gillard	LB	Dublin	(1972-04-30)30 April 1972 (aged 21)	9	0	Luton Town	March 1993
Mark Parsons	RB	Luton	(1975-02-24)24 February 1975 (aged 18)	36	0	Apprentice	February 1992	N/A
Richard Preston	RB	Basildon	(1976-04-07)7 April 1976 (aged 17)	0	0	Apprentice	August 1992	N/A
Scott Stackman	CB	Arizona	(1975-11-16)16 November 1975 (aged 17)	0	0	Apprentice	August 1992	N/A
Steve Terry (c)	CB	Clapton	(1962-06-14)14 June 1962 (aged 30)	166	17	Hull City	March 1990	£70,000
Midfielders
Stuart Beavon	CM	Wolverhampton	(1958-11-30)30 November 1958 (aged 34)	119	18	Reading	July 1990	Part Exchange
Micky Bell	W	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	(1971-11-15)15 November 1971 (aged 21)	120	11	Apprentice	April 1990	N/A
Steve Brown	CM	Northampton	(1966-07-06)6 July 1966 (aged 26)	176	22	Irthlingborough Diamonds	21 July 1989	Free
Phil Chard	U	Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 32)	298	53	Wolverhampton Wanderers	October 1989	Free
Darren Harmon	CM	Northampton	(1973-01-30)30 January 1973 (aged 20)	32	1	Shrewsbury Town	24 October 1992	Free
Forwards
Martin Aldridge	FW	Northampton	(1974-12-06)6 December 1974 (aged 18)	15	2	Apprentice	April 1992	N/A
Riccardo Bulzis	FW	Bedford	(1974-11-22)22 November 1974 (aged 18)	4	0	Apprentice	April 1992	N/A
Pat Gavin	FW	Hammersmith	(1967-06-05)5 June 1967 (aged 25)	14	4	Barnet	February 1993	Free
Kevin Wilkin	FW	Cambridge	(1967-10-01)1 October 1967 (aged 25)	63	8	Cambridge City	August 1990	Free
Stuart Young	FW	Kingston upon Hull	(1967-10-01)1 October 1967 (aged 25)	8	2	Hull City	February 1993	N/C

Competitions

Division Three

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
18	Carlisle United	42	11	11	20	51	65	−14	44
19	Torquay United	42	12	7	23	45	67	−22	43
20	Northampton Town	42	11	8	23	48	74	−26	41
21	Gillingham	42	9	13	20	48	64	−16	40
22	Halifax Town	42	9	9	24	45	68	−23	36	Relegated to Conference

Source: ^[2]

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	11	8	23	48	74	−26	41	6	5	10	19	28	−9	5	3	13	29	46	−17

Last updated: 26 April 2022.
Source:

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W
Position	6	11	17	18	12	18	19	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	20	22	22	20	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	20

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

15 August 1992 (1992-08-15) 1	Gillingham	2–3	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST			S.Brown M.Scott P.Chard	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 3,869

28 August 1992 (1992-08-28) 2	Crewe Alexandra	3–2	Northampton Town	Crewe
15:00 BST			S.Brown S.Terry	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,608

1 September 1992 (1992-09-01) 3	Cardiff City	2–1	Northampton Town	Cardiff
19:30 BST	P.Ramsey pen.' C.Dale		S.Brown	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,494

6 September 1992 (1992-09-06) 4	Northampton Town	1–1	Hereford United	Northampton
15:00 BST	S.Beavon pen.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,668

12 September 1992 (1992-09-12) 5	Northampton Town	1–0	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
15:00 BST	K.Wilkin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,961

15 September 1992 (1992-09-15) 6	Barnet	3–0	Northampton Town	Barnet
19:45 BST				Stadium: Underhill Attendance: 2,885

19 September 1992 (1992-09-19) 7	Torquay United	1–0	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 BST				Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,393

26 September 1992 (1992-09-26) 8	Northampton Town	2–5	Halifax Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	K.Wilkin S.Brown			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,021

3 October 1992 (1992-10-03) 9	Northampton Town	0–2	Lincoln City	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,929

10 October 1992 (1992-10-10) 10	Scarborough	4–2	Northampton Town	Scarborough
15:00 BST			S.Terry M.Aldridge	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,539

13 October 1992 (1992-10-13) 11	Northampton Town	0–1	Chesterfield	Northampton
19:45 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,922

17 October 1992 (1992-10-17) 12	Northampton Town	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,138

24 October 1992 (1992-10-24) 13	Wrexham	0–1	Northampton Town	Wrexham
15:00 BST			M.Bell I.McParland	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,095

31 October 1992 (1992-10-31) 14	Northampton Town	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,730

3 November 1992 (1992-11-03) 15	Northampton Town	1–2	Darlington	Northampton
19:45 GMT	K.Wilkin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,991

21 November 1992 (1992-11-21) 16	Northampton Town	4–3	York City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	T.Angus P.Curtis S.Terry P.Chard		W.Hall I.Blackstone	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,812

28 November 1992 (1992-11-28) 17	Carlisle United	2–0	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,607

12 December 1992 (1992-12-12) 18	Bury	3–3	Northampton Town	Bury
15:00 GMT			I.McParland S.Terry M.Bell	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,954

26 December 1992 (1992-12-26) 19	Northampton Town	1–0	Colchester United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	I.McParland 23'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,962 Referee: Kelvin Morton

28 December 1992 (1992-12-28) 20	Walsall	2–0	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,080

8 January 1993 (1993-01-08) 21	Northampton Town	1–1	Barnet	Northampton
19:45 GMT	K.Wilkin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,253

16 January 1993 (1993-01-16) 22	Halifax Town	2–2	Northampton Town	Halifax
15:00 GMT			D.Harmon I.McParland	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,323

23 January 1993 (1993-01-23) 23	Northampton Town	0–1	Torquay United	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,082

26 January 1993 (1993-01-26) 24	Northampton Town	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton
19:45 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,510

30 January 1993 (1993-01-30) 25	Chesterfield	1–3	Northampton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT			P.Chard S.Terry M.Scott	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,031

6 February 1993 (1993-02-06) 26	Northampton Town	2–2	Gillingham	Northampton
15:00 GMT	S.Brown M.Bell		P.Baker P.Ritchie	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,812

13 February 1993 (1993-02-13) 27	Hereford United	3–2	Northampton Town	Hereford
15:00 GMT			S.Young P.Chard	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,358

19 February 1993 (1993-02-19) 28	Northampton Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Northampton
19:30 GMT	S.Brown pen.'		P.Stant C.Pike	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,522

27 February 1993 (1993-02-27) 29	Northampton Town	1–3	Scarborough	Northampton
15:00 GMT	M.Bell			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,455

6 March 1993 (1993-03-06) 30	Lincoln City	2–0	Northampton Town	Lincoln
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,328

9 March 1993 (1993-03-09) 31	Rochdale	0–3	Northampton Town	Rochdale
19:45 GMT			P.Chard 7' S.Brown 15' S.Young 21'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,446

20 March 1993 (1993-03-20) 32	Darlington	3–1	Northampton Town	Darlington
15:00 GMT			M.Bell	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2,106

23 March 1993 (1993-03-23) 33	Northampton Town	2–0	Carlisle United	Northampton
19:45 GMT	P.Gavin T.Angus			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,561

26 March 1993 (1993-03-26) 34	York City	2–1	Northampton Town	York
15:00 GMT	T.Canham I.Blackstone		P.Gavin	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,334

30 March 1993 (1993-03-30) 35	Scunthorpe United	5–0	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST				Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,307

2 April 1993 (1993-04-02) 36	Northampton Town	1–0	Rochdale	Northampton
15:00 BST	S.Brown 67'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,037

6 April 1993 (1993-04-06) 37	Northampton Town	1–0	Bury	Northampton
19:45 BST	W.Hawke			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,878

12 April 1993 (1993-04-12) 38	Northampton Town	0–0	Walsall	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,177

20 April 1993 (1993-04-20) 39	Colchester United	2–0	Northampton Town	Colchester
19:45 BST	S.Ball 62' (pen.) P.Abrahams 90'	Report	S.Brown 83'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,519 Referee: Roger Wiseman

24 April 1993 (1993-04-24) 40	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Northampton Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST			S.Brown M.Aldridge	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,111

27 April 1993 (1993-04-27) 41	Northampton Town	0–2	Wrexham	Northampton
19:45 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,504

8 May 1993 (1993-05-08) 42	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	T.Lynch 24' C.Griffiths 29'	Report	P.Chard 51' P.Gavin 72', 84'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 7,278 (2,000+)

FA Cup

14 November 1992 (1992-11-14) First round	Northampton Town	3–1	Fulham	Northampton
15:00 GMT	S.Terry S.Brown K.Wilkin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,823

6 December 1992 (1992-12-06) Second round	Bath City	2–2	Northampton Town	Bath
15:00 GMT			S.Brown P.Chard	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 3,626

15 December 1992 (1992-12-15) Second round (R)	Northampton Town	3–0	Bath City	Northampton
19:45 GMT	M.Bell K.Wilkin I.McPharland			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,106

12 January 1993 (1993-01-12) Third round	Northampton Town	0–1	Rotherham United	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,256

Coca-Cola Cup

18 August 1992 (1992-08-18) First round 1st leg	Gillingham	2–1	Northampton Town	Gillingham
19:45 BST	D.Crown S.Lovell		o.g.'	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 2,245

9 September 1992 (1992-09-09) First round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	0–2	Gillingham	Northampton
19:45 BST			D.Crown T.Aylott	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,390

Autoglass Trophy

Group 1
Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Northampton Town	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6	Qualified for next round
Barnet	2	1	1	5	4	+1	3	Qualified for next round
Colchester United	2	0	2	3	6	−3	0

Source:

1 December 1992 (1992-12-01) Group 1 (S)	Colchester United	1–2	Northampton Town	Colchester
19:45 GMT	M.Grainger 27' (pen.)	Report	S.Beavon 45' (pen.) S.Brown 63'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,454 Referee: David Axcell

9 December 1992 (1992-12-09) Group 1 (S)	Northampton Town	2–1	Barnet	Northampton
19:45 GMT	M.Scott I.McPharland			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,591

18 January 1993 (1993-01-18) Second round (S)	Northampton Town	4–0	Hereford United	Northampton
19:45 GMT	M.Bell M.Scott I.McPharland			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,962

2 February 1993 (1993-02-02) Quarter Final (S)	Port Vale	4–2	Northampton Town	Burslem
19:45 GMT			M.Scott P.Chard	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,834

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	42	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	–	52	–	–
DF	Craig Adams	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DF	Terry Angus	36	1	2	4	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	–	46	1	2
DF	Jason Burnham	28	3	–	4	–	–	1	1	–	4	–	–	37	4	–
DF	Lee Colkin	12	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	13	1	–
DF	Paul Curtis	22	–	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	30	–	1
DF	Ken Gillard	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–
DF	Mark Parsons	19	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	22	1	–
DF	Richard Preston	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DF	Scott Stackman	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DF	Steve Terry	42	–	5	4	–	1	2	–	–	4	–	–	52	–	6
MF	Stuart Beavon	21	3	1	3	–	–	2	–	–	3	1	1	29	4	2
MF	Micky Bell	34	5	5	4	–	1	2	–	–	3	1	1	43	6	7
MF	Steve Brown	38	–	9	4	–	2	2	–	–	3	–	1	47	–	12
MF	Phil Chard	29	5	6	2	1	1	1	1	–	1	–	1	33	7	8
MF	Darren Harmon	22	3	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	29	3	1
FW	Pat Gavin	13	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	1	4
FW	Martin Aldridge	7	2	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	7	3	2
FW	Riccardo Bulzis	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FW	Kevin Wilkin	34	7	4	4	–	2	2	–	–	3	1	–	43	8	6
FW	Stuart Young	7	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	2
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Matthew Fox	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
MF	James Benton	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	3	4	–
MF	Paul Lamb	2	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	–
MF	Sean Parker	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FW	Warren Hawke	7	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	1
FW	Ian McParland	11	–	3	3	–	1	–	–	–	3	–	3	17	–	7
FW	Morrys Scott	10	7	2	–	1	–	2	–	–	2	1	3	14	9	5
FW	Paul Tisdale	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–

References

↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0747278955.
↑ "England 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

Books

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

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[Rothmans1993-94-1] Rollin, Jack, ed. (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0747278955.

[rsssf-2] "England 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

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