List of Northampton Town F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Northampton Town Football Club in English football. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1899, to the end of the last completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitions, together with the top scorers and the average attendances for each season. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

Northampton Town were founded in 1897, joining the Northants league for 2 seasons before taking their place in the Midland League, and joined The Football League for the 1920–21 season.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup[1]	League Cup[2]	League Trophy	Other		Top League goalscorer(s)[3][4]		Average Attendance[5]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Competition	Result	Name	Goals
1897–98	NL	14	7	1	6	33	35	15	4th	DNE					Albert Dunkley Maurice Jones	6
1898–99	NL	16	13	2	1	49	17	28	1st	2QR					Everard Lawrence	18
1899–00	ML	24	16	2	6	66	36	34	3rd	1QR					F. Warner	14
1900–01	ML	26	13	10	7	65	43	33	3rd	1QR					F. Warner	14
1901–02	SL	30	11	5	14	53	64	27	11th	R1					Tim Coleman	14	2,928
1902–03	SL	30	12	6	12	39	48	30	8th	1QR					Len Benbow	22	1,812
1903–04	SL	34	10	7	17	36	60	27	15th	3QR					Len Benbow	10	2,550
1904–05	SL	34	12	8	14	43	54	32	12th	5QR					Herbert Chapman	8
1905–06	SL	34	8	5	21	32	79	21	18th	R1					John Platt	6
1906–07	SL	38	5	9	24	29	88	19	20th	R1					Mart Watkins	11
1907–08	SL	38	15	11	12	50	41	41	8th	R1					John Platt	11
1908–09	SL	40	25	5	10	90	45	55	1st	R1			Charity Shield	RU	Albert Lewis	30
1909–10	SL	42	22	4	16	90	44	48	4th	R2					Albert Lewis	26
1910–11	SL	38	18	12	8	54	27	48	2nd	R2					Albert Lewis	13
1911–12	SL	38	22	7	9	82	41	51	3rd	R3					Harry King Fred Lessons	19
1912–13	SL	38	12	12	14	61	48	36	10th	R1					Harry King	27
1913–14	SL	38	14	19	5	50	37	47	3rd	R1					Harry King	22
1914–15	SL	38	19	5	14	56	51	43	5th	R1					Bobby Hughes	13
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
1919–20	SL	42	12	9	21	64	103	33	19th	6QR					George Whitworth	23
1920–21	Div 3 Sth	42	15	8	19	59	75	38	14th	R1					George Whitworth	28	7,125
1921–22	Div 3 Sth	42	13	11	18	47	71	37	17th	R2					William Lockett	16	6,725
1922–23	Div 3 Sth	42	17	11	14	54	44	45	8th	5QR					William Lockett	14	8,250
1923–24	Div 3 Sth	42	17	11	14	64	47	45	8th	R1					William Lockett	18	9,425
1924–25	Div 3 Sth	42	20	6	16	51	44	46	9th	R1					Louis Page	14	7,400
1925–26	Div 3 Sth	42	17	7	18	82	80	41	12th	R3					Ernie Cockle	27	6,978
1926–27	Div 3 Sth	42	15	5	22	59	87	35	18th	R2					Ernie Cockle	15	6,053
1927–28	Div 3 Sth	42	23	9	10	102	64	55	2nd	R3					Harry Loasby	18	10,095
1928–29	Div 3 Sth	42	20	12	10	96	57	52	3rd	R3					Edward Bowen	34	10,131
1929–30	Div 3 Sth	42	21	8	13	82	58	50	4th	R3					Edward Bowen	26	8,833
1930–31	Div 3 Sth	42	18	12	12	77	59	48	6th	R1					Edward Bowen	27	7,846
1931–32	Div 3 Sth	42	16	7	19	69	69	39	14th	R4					Albert Dawes	13	6,535
1932–33	Div 3 Sth	42	18	8	16	76	66	44	8th	R2					Albert Dawes	32	6,056
1933–34	Div 3 Sth	42	14	12	16	71	78	40	13th	R5					George Henson	17	6,271
1934–35	Div 3 Sth	42	19	8	15	65	67	46	7th	R3					Tommy Bell	13	6,420
1935–36	Div 3 Sth	42	15	8	19	62	90	38	15th	R1					Tommy Bell	16	7,050
1936–37	Div 3 Sth	42	20	6	16	85	68	46	7th	R1					Ralph Allen	27	9,960
1937–38	Div 3 Sth	42	17	9	16	51	57	43	9th	R1					Ralph Allen	14	7,416
1938–39	Div 3 Sth	42	15	8	19	51	58	38	17th	R1					Jimmy McCartney Fred Tilson	7	8,001
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
1945–46	n/a^[D]									R3	n/a
1946–47	Div 3 Sth	42	15	10	17	72	75	40	13th	R3					Archie Garrett	26	7,951
1947–48	Div 3 Sth	42	14	11	17	58	72	39	14th	R2					James Briscoe	11	8,571
1948–49	Div 3 Sth	42	12	9	21	51	62	33	20th	R2					Archie Garrett	8	9,211
1949–50	Div 3 Sth	42	20	11	11	72	50	51	2nd	R5					Adam McCulloch	15	12,677
1950–51	Div 3 Sth	46	10	16	20	55	67	36	21st	R4					Adam McCulloch	13	10,308
1951–52	Div 3 Sth	46	22	5	19	93	74	49	8th	R1					Fred Ramscar	23	12,095
1952–53	Div 3 Sth	46	26	10	10	109	70	62	3rd	R2					Willie O'Donnell	27	12,031
1953–54	Div 3 Sth	46	20	11	15	82	55	51	5th	R2					Jack English	31	10,289
1954–55	Div 3 Sth	46	19	8	19	73	81	46	13th	R1					Bernard Jones	15	7,852
1955–56	Div 3 Sth	46	20	7	19	67	71	47	11th	R3					Bill Draper	15	11,319
1956–57	Div 3 Sth	46	18	9	19	66	73	45	14th	R1					Syd Asher	11	8,158
1957–58	Div 3 Sth	46	19	6	21	87	79	44	13th	R4					Barry Hawkings Alan Woan	20	8,127
1958–59	Div 4	46	21	9	16	85	78	51	8th	R2					Alan Woan	32	8,090
1959–60	Div 4	46	22	9	15	8	63	53	6th	R1					Mike Deakin	20	8,306
1960–61	Div 4	46	25	10	11	90	62	60	3rd	R3	R2				Laurie Brown	22	10,682
1961–62	Div 3	46	20	11	15	85	57	51	8th	R3	R1				Cliff Holton	36	13,420
1962–63	Div 3	46	26	10	10	109	60	62	1st	R1	R3				Alec Ashworth	25	12,680
1963–64	Div 2	42	16	9	17	58	60	41	11th	R3	R3				Frank Large	12	15,366
1964–65	Div 2	42	20	16	6	66	50	56	2nd	R3	QF				Don Martin Bobby Brown Tommy Robson	13	15,393
1965–66	Div 1	42	10	13	19	55	92	33	21st	R3	R3				Bobby Brown	9	18,584
1966–67	Div 2	42	12	6	24	47	84	30	21st	R3	QF				Don Martin	13	11,977
1967–68	Div 3	46	14	13	19	58	72	41	17th	R1	R3				Don Martin	12	8,937
1968–69	Div 3	46	14	12	20	54	61	40	21st	R3	R1				John Fairbrother	13	6,790
1969–70	Div 4	46	16	12	18	64	55	44	14th	R5	R1				John Fairbrother	23	5,594
1970–71	Div 4	46	19	13	14	63	59	51	7th	R1	R3				John Fairbrother	15	6,602
1971–72	Div 4	46	12	13	21	66	79	37	21st	R2	R1				Frank Large	19	4,486
1972–73	Div 4	46	10	11	25	40	73	31	23rd	R1	R1				Phil Neal	9	2,835
1973–74	Div 4	46	20	13	13	63	48	53	5th	R2	R1				Paul Stratford	15	5,424
1974–75	Div 4	46	15	11	20	67	73	41	16th	R2	R2				Paul Stratford	15	4,179
1975–76	Div 4	46	29	10	7	87	40	68	2nd	R1	R1				Jim Hall	21	6,416
1976–77	Div 3	46	13	8	25	60	75	34	22nd	R1	R2				Paul Stratford	12	5,750
1977–78	Div 4	46	17	13	16	63	68	47	10th	R2	R2				George Reilly	21	3,517
1978–79	Div 4	46	15	9	22	64	76	39	19th	R1	R3				George Reilly	19	2,829
1979–80	Div 4	46	16	12	18	51	66	44	13th	R1	R3				Keith Bowen	11	3,024
1980–81	Div 4	46	18	13	15	65	67	49	10th	R1	R1				Steve Phillips	19	2,305
1981–82[6]	Div 4	46	11	9	26	57	84	42	22nd	R2	R3				Steve Phillips	10	2,308
1982–83	Div 4	46	14	12	20	65	75	54	15th	R3	R2				Steve Massey	20	2,594
1983–84	Div 4	46	13	14	19	53	78	53	18th	R2	R1	R1			Terry Austin	10	2,343
1984–85	Div 4	46	14	5	27	53	74	47	23rd	R2	R1	R1			Ian Benjamin	18	1,826
1985–86	Div 4	46	18	10	18	79	58	64	8th	R1	R2	SQF			Ian Benjamin	22	2,384
1986–87	Div 4	46	30	9	7	103	53	99	1st	R3	R1	R1			Richard Hill	29	6,316
1987–88	Div 3	46	18	19	9	70	51	73	6th	R2	R2	Grp			Tony Adcock Paul Culpin Trevor Morley	10	5,514
1988–89	Div 3	46	16	6	24	66	76	54	20th	R1	R2	SQF			Tony Adcock	17	3,919
1989–90	Div 3	46	11	14	21	51	68	47	22nd	R4	R1	R1			Bobby Barnes	18	3,190
1990–91	Div 4	46	18	13	15	57	58	67	10th	R2	R2	R1			Bobby Barnes	13	2,800
1991–92	Div 4	42	11	13	18	46	57	46	16th	R1	R1	R1			Tony Adcock	7	2,789
1992–93[7]	Div 3	42	11	8	23	48	74	41	20th	R3	R1	SQF			Steve Brown	9	3,139
1993–94	Div 3	42	9	11	22	44	66	38	22nd[8]	R1	R1	R2			Ian Gilzean	10	3,454
1994–95	Div 3	42	10	14	18	45	67	44	17th	R1	R1	R2			Neil Grayson	8	5,086
1995–96	Div 3	46	18	13	15	51	44	67	11th	R2	R1	SQF			Jason White	16	4,831
1996–97	Div 3	46	20	12	14	67	44	72	4th	R1	R2	SSF	Play-offs	W	Neil Grayson	12	4,823
1997–98	Div 2	46	18	17	11	52	37	71	4th	R3	R1	SQF	Play-offs	RU	David Seal	12	6,389
1998–99	Div 2	46	10	18	18	43	57	48	22nd	R2	R3	R2			Carlo Corazzin	16	6,071
1999–00	Div 3	46	25	7	14	63	45	82	3rd	R1	R1	R2			Carlo Corazzin	14	5,459
2000–01	Div 2	46	15	12	19	46	59	57	18th	R2	R1	R1			Jamie Forrester	17	5,654
2001–02	Div 2	46	14	7	25	54	79	49	20th	R2	R2	R2			Jamie Forrester	17	5,253
2002–03	Div 2	46	10	9	27	40	79	39	24th	R2	R1	R2			Marco Gabbiadini	12	5,211
2003–04	Div 3	46	22	9	15	58	51	75	6th	R4	R2	SSF	Play-offs	SF	Martin Smith	11	5,306
2004–05[9]	Lge 2	46	20	12	14	62	51	72	7th	R3	R2	SQF	Play-offs	SF	Scott McGleish	13	5,927
2005–06	Lge 2	46	22	17	7	63	37	83	2nd	R3	R2	R2			Scott McGleish	17	5,935
2006–07	Lge 1	46	15	14	17	48	51	59	14th	R2	R1	R1			Scott McGleish	12	5,573
2007–08	Lge 1	46	17	15	14	60	55	66	9th	R2	R2	R1			Poul Hubertz	13	5,409
2008–09	Lge 1	46	12	13	21	61	65	49	21st	R1	R3	R1			Adebayo Akinfenwa	13	5,200
2009–10	Lge 2	46	18	13	15	62	53	67	11th	R2	R1	SQF			Adebayo Akinfenwa	17	4,427
2010–11	Lge 2	46	11	19	16	63	71	52	16th	R2	R4	R1			Leon McKenzie	10	4,605
2011–12	Lge 2	46	12	12	22	56	79	48	20th	R1	R2	R1			Adebayo Akinfenwa	18	4,809
2012–13	Lge 2	46	21	10	15	64	55	73	6th	R1	R2	SQF	Play-offs	RU	Adebayo Akinfenwa	16	4,785
2013–14	Lge 2	46	13	14	19	42	57	53	21st	R2	R1	R1			Darren Carter	5	4,548
2014–15	Lge 2	46	18	7	21	67	62	61	12th	R1	R2	SQF			Marc Richards	18	4,599
2015–16	Lge 2	46	29	12	5	82	46	99	1st	R3	R2	R2			Marc Richards	15	5,279
2016–17	Lge 1	46	14	11	21	60	73	53	16th	R2	R3	Grp			John-Joe O'Toole Marc Richards	10	6,245
2017–18	Lge 1	46	12	11	23	44	77	47	22nd	R1	R1	R2			Chris Long	9	5,830
2018–19	Lge 2	46	14	19	13	64	63	61	15th	R1	R1	SQF			Andy Williams	12	5,100
2019–20	Lge 2	37[10]	17	7	13	54	40	1.57	7th	R4	R1	R2	Play-offs	W	Sam Hoskins Andy Williams	8	5,101

Key

Key to league record: P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Key to divisions: Div 1 = Football League First Division Div 2 = Football League Second Division Div 3 = Football League Third Division Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division L1 = Football League One L2 = Football League Two SL = Southern League ML = Midland League NL = Northamptonshire League

Key to rounds: DNE = Did not enter PR = Preliminary round 1QR = First Qualifying Round 2QR = Second Qualifying Round 3QR = Third Qualifying Round 4QR = Fourth Qualifying Round 5QR = Fifth Qualifying Round 6QR = Sixth Qualifying Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4

R5 = Round 5 Grp = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals SQF = Southern Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals SSF = Southern Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Champions

Runners-up

Play-offs

Promoted

Relegated

Top scorers shown in bold are Northampton Town who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Footnotes and references

1. Northampton Town Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
2. The League Cup was founded in 1960.
3. English League leading goalscorers 1889-2007 RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
4. Goals in The Football League only are counted.
5. League matches only.
6. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
7. The 22 top English clubs break away from The Football League to form the FA Premier League as the new top tier of the English football pyramid.
8. Northampton weren't relegated due Kidderminster not having the ground regulations to be promoted into the Football League
9. The three divisions in the Football League are re-named: Division One becomes The Championship, Division Two becomes League One and Division Three becomes League Two.
10. The 2019–20 season was ended early with nine fixtures left to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a weighed points-per-game basis

External links

• Northampton Town Football Club History Database.