1988–89 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1988–89 season
Chairman	Derek Banks; (until February); Dick Underwood; (from February)
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	20th
FA Cup	First round
Littlewoods Cup	Second round
Sherpa Vans Trophy	Quarter-final (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Adcock (17); All: Tony Adcock (20)
Highest home attendance	6,907 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lowest home attendance	2,821 vs Mansfield Town
Average home league attendance	3,918

The 1988–89 season was Northampton Town's 92nd season in their history and the second 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 13 May 1989.^[1]

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Peter Gleasure	GK	Luton	(1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 28)	332	0	Millwall	March 1983
Gerald Sylvester	GK			0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1988	N/A
Defenders
Mick Bodley	CB	Hayes	(1967-09-14)14 September 1967 (aged 21)	22	0	Chelsea	12 January 1989
Paul Flexney	CB	Glasgow	(1965-01-18)18 January 1965 (aged 24)	18	0	Clyde	22 August 1988
Keith McPherson	CB	Greenwich	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 25)	163	8	West Ham United	23 January 1986	£10,000^[2]
Russ Wilcox	CB	Hemsworth	(1964-03-25)25 March 1964 (aged 25)	106	9	Frickley Athletic	30 June 1986	£15,000^[3]
Wayne Williams	RB	Telford	(1963-11-17)17 November 1963 (aged 25)	32	1	Shrewsbury Town	12 January 1988
Paul Wilson	LB	Bradford	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 20)	60	2	Norwich City	February 1988	£30,000
Midfielders
Steve Berry	CM	Liverpool	(1963-04-04)4 April 1963 (aged 26)	39	3	Aldershot	27 October 1988	£45,000
Warren Donald	CM	Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 24)	187	12	West Ham United	4 October 1985	£11,000^[4]
Trevor Quow	CM	Peterborough	(1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 28)	18	1	Gillingham	12 January 1989
Bradley Sandeman	RM	Northampton	(1970-02-24)24 February 1970 (aged 19)	28	1	Apprentice	January 1988	N/A
Martin Singleton (c)	CM	Banbury	(1963-08-02)2 August 1963 (aged 25)	46	5	West Bromwich Albion	7 November 1987	£57,500
Forwards
Tony Adcock	FW	Bethnal Green	(1963-03-27)27 March 1963 (aged 26)	73	30	Manchester City	January 1988	£85,000 P/E
Darren Collins	FW	Winchester	(1967-05-24)24 May 1967 (aged 21)	9	0	Petersfield United	January 1989
Paul Culpin	FW	Kirby Muxloe	(1962-02-08)8 February 1962 (aged 27)	71	26	Coventry City	October 1987	£50,000
Glen Donegal	FW	Northampton	(1969-06-20)20 June 1969 (aged 19)	25	4	Apprentice	January 1987	N/A

Competitions

Barclays League Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
18	Reading	46	15	11	20	68	72	−4	56
19	Blackpool	46	14	13	19	56	59	−3	55
20	Northampton Town	46	16	6	24	66	76	−10	54
21	Southend United	46	13	15	18	56	75	−19	54	Relegated
22	Chesterfield	46	14	7	25	51	86	−35	49	Relegated

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	16	6	24	66	76	−10	54	11	2	10	41	34	+7	5	4	14	25	42	−17

Last updated: 7 April 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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	L
Position	13	7	3	1	4	8	5	6	8	15	17	17	18	17	17	18	19	18	20	20	20	21	16	19	20	20	21	20	18	17	14	16	17	16	15	16	16	17	17	17	19	19	17	16	16	20

Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988-89
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

27 August 1988 (1988-08-27) 1	Mansfield Town	1–1	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 BST			G.Donegal	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,042

3 September 1988 (1988-09-03) 2	Northampton Town	1–0	Brentford	Northampton
15:00 BST	P.Wilson			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,488 Referee: John Kirkby

10 September 1988 (1988-09-10) 3	Notts County	0–1	Northampton Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST			P.Culpin	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,340

17 September 1988 (1988-09-17) 4	Northampton Town	3–0	Chesterfield	Northampton
15:00 BST	T.Adcock			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Graham Poll

20 September 1988 (1988-09-20) 5	Sheffield United	4–0	Northampton Town	Sheffield
19:45 BST	T.Agana B.Deane I.Bryson			Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 11,904

24 September 1988 (1988-09-24) 6	Northampton Town	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST	T.Adcock			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,886

1 October 1988 (1988-10-01) 7	Northampton Town	6–0	Aldershot	Northampton
15:00 BST	P.Culpin D.Gilbert T.Adcock			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,477

4 October 1988 (1988-10-04) 8	Blackpool	3–1	Northampton Town	Blackpool
19:45 BST			D.Gilbert	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,034

8 October 1988 (1988-10-08) 9	Northampton Town	1–3	Huddersfield Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Singleton		J.Bent C.Hutchings C.Maskell pen.'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,975

15 October 1988 (1988-10-15) 10	Swansea City	1–0	Northampton Town	Swansea, Wales
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 4,583

22 October 1988 (1988-10-22) 11	Northampton Town	1–3	Bristol City	Northampton
15:00 BST	E.McGoldrick			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,668

25 October 1988 (1988-10-25) 12	Fulham	3–2	Northampton Town	Fulham, London
19:45 GMT			B.Sandeman T.Adcock	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 4,644

29 October 1988 (1988-10-29) 13	Northampton Town	1–3	Reading	Northampton
15:00 GMT	E.McGoldrick			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,355

5 November 1988 (1988-11-05) 14	Wigan Athletic	1–3	Northampton Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT			S.Berry T.Adcock P.Culpin	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 2,472 Referee: Alan Seville

8 November 1988 (1988-11-08) 15	Northampton Town	1–3	Port Vale	Northampton
19:30 GMT	P.Culpin		D.Beckford R.Earle R.Futcher	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,796 Referee: Jim Borritt

12 November 1988 (1988-11-12) 16	Cardiff City	1–0	Northampton Town	Cardiff, Wales
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,342

26 November 1988 (1988-11-26) 17	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Northampton Town	Bolton
15:00 GMT	I.Stevens N.Brookman		P.Culpin	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 4,446

4 December 1988 (1988-12-04) 18	Northampton Town	3–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Northampton
12:00 GMT	W.Williams D.Thomas T.Adcock			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,907 Referee: Joe Timmons

18 December 1988 (1988-12-18) 19	Northampton Town	1–2	Gillingham	Northampton
14:00 GMT	D.Gilbert			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,829 Referee: Roger Pawley

26 December 1988 (1988-12-26) 20	Southend United	2–1	Northampton Town	Bolton
15:00 GMT			T.Adcock	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 5,034

31 December 1988 (1988-12-31) 21	Chester City	2–1	Northampton Town	Chester
15:00 GMT			P.Culpin	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5,034

2 January 1989 (1989-01-02) 22	Northampton Town	1–0	Preston North End	Northampton
15:00 GMT	D.Thomas			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,219

7 January 1989 (1989-01-07) 23	Northampton Town	2–0	Bury	Northampton
15:00 GMT	P.Culpin B.Sandeman			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,463 Referee: Keith Cooper

14 January 1989 (1989-01-14) 24	Brentford	2–0	Northampton Town	Brentford, London
15:00 GMT	R.Cadette R.Stanislaus			Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,043

21 January 1989 (1989-01-21) 25	Northampton Town	1–3	Notts County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	T.Adcock			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,704

28 January 1989 (1989-01-28) 26	Chesterfield	1–1	Northampton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT			A.Craig D.Thomas	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,920

4 February 1989 (1989-02-04) 27	Aldershot	5–1	Northampton Town	Aldershot
15:00 GMT			S.Wignall o.g.'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 2,244

11 February 1989 (1989-02-11) 28	Northampton Town	4–2	Blackpool	Northampton
15:00 GMT	D.Gilbert pen.' T.Adcock S.Berry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,303

18 February 1989 (1989-02-18) 29	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Northampton Town	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	C.Maskell pen.'		D.Gilbert 45' (pen.) P.Culpin 82'	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 5,802

25 February 1989 (1989-02-25) 30	Northampton Town	1–0	Swansea City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	D.Thomas			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,900

28 February 1989 (1989-02-28) 31	Northampton Town	2–1	Fulham	Northampton
19:45 GMT	D.Gilbert D.Thomas			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,948

4 March 1989 (1989-03-04) 32	Bristol City	3–1	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT			A.Walsh o.g.'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 7,197

11 March 1989 (1989-03-11) 33	Northampton Town	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Northampton
15:00 GMT	T.Adcock			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,443

15 March 1989 (1989-03-15) 34	Reading	1–1	Northampton Town	Reading
19:45 GMT			K.McPherson	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 3,746

18 March 1989 (1989-03-18) 35	Northampton Town	2–1	Mansfield Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	D.Thomas W.Donald			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,821

25 March 1989 (1989-03-25) 36	Preston North End	3–2	Northampton Town	Preston
15:00 GMT			D.Thomas T.Adcock	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 9,138

27 March 1989 (1989-03-27) 37	Northampton Town	2–2	Southend United	Northampton
19:45 BST	T.Adcock P.Culpin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,707 Referee: Ron Bridges

1 April 1989 (1989-04-01) 38	Gillingham	1–0	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 3,447 Referee: Vic Callow

4 April 1989 (1989-04-04) 39	Bury	0–1	Northampton Town	Bury
19:45 BST			T.Quow	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,965

8 April 1989 (1989-04-08) 40	Northampton Town	0–2	Chester City	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,845

15 April 1989 (1989-04-15) 41	Northampton Town	1–2	Sheffield United	Northampton
15:00 BST	K.McPherson		S.Thompson B.Deane	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,030 Referee: Peter Jones

22 April 1989 (1989-04-22) 42	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00 BST			T.Adcock	Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 5,568

29 April 1989 (1989-04-29) 43	Northampton Town	3–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Thomas S.Berry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,194 Referee: John Kirkby

1 May 1989 (1989-05-01) 44	Port Vale	1–2	Northampton Town	Burslem
15:00 BST	R.Futcher		P.Culpin D.Thomas	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,568

6 May 1989 (1989-05-06) 45	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Northampton Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST			R.Wilcox G.Donegal	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,259

13 May 1989 (1989-05-13) 46	Northampton Town	2–3	Bolton Wanderers	Northampton
15:00 BST	T.Adcock P.Culpin		J.Thomas S.Storer	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,655 Referee: Jim Rushton

FA Cup

19 November 1988 (1988-11-19) First round	Swansea City	3–1	Northampton Town	Swansea, Wales
15:00 GMT			S.Berry	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 4,581

Littlewoods Cup

30 August 1988 (1988-08-30) First round 1st leg	Colchester United	0–0	Northampton Town	Colchester
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,678 Referee: Phil Don

6 September 1988 (1988-09-06) First round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	5–0	Colchester United	Northampton
19:30 BST	M.Singleton 9' P.Culpin 27' T.Adcock 43', 81' D.Gilbert 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,953 Referee: David Hutchinson

27 September 1988 (1988-09-27) Second round 1st leg	Northampton Town	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Northampton
19:30 BST	P.Culpin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,290 Referee: Gerald Ashby

11 October 1988 (1988-10-11) Second round 2nd leg	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Northampton Town	Charlton, London
19:30 BST			P.Wilson	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 2,782

Sherpa Vans Trophy

22 November 1988 (1988-11-22) Prelim round (s)	Northampton Town	1–1	Cambridge United	Northampton
19:30 GMT	E.McGoldrick			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,806

21 December 1988 (1988-12-21) Prelim round (s)	Peterborough United	0–2	Northampton Town	Peterborough
19:30 GMT			T.Adcock P.Culpin	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 1,754

17 January 1989 (1989-01-17) First round (s)	Northampton Town	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Southend United	Northampton
19:30 GMT	S.Berry S.Westley o.g.' W.Donald			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,539 Referee: Paul Danson

21 February 1989 (1989-02-21) Quarter-final (s)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Northampton Town	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT			o.g.'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 16,815

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	Peter Gleasure	46	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	4	–	–	55	–	–
DF	Mick Bodley	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	22	–	–
DF	Keith McPherson	41	–	2	1	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	47	–	2
DF	Bradley Sandeman	8	14	2	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	12	14	2
DF	Russ Wilcox	11	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	1
DF	Wayne Williams	26	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	29	–	1
DF	Paul Wilson	33	6	1	1	–	–	2	–	1	2	1	–	38	7	2
MF	Steve Berry	34	–	3	1	–	1	–	–	–	4	–	1	39	–	5
MF	Warren Donald	37	–	1	–	1	–	4	–	–	4	–	–	45	1	1
MF	Trevor Quow	17	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	1	1
MF	Martin Singleton	11	–	1	–	–	–	4	–	1	–	–	–	15	–	2
FW	Tony Adcock	46	–	17	1	–	–	4	–	2	4	–	1	–	–	20
FW	Darren Collins	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	4	5	–
FW	Paul Culpin	33	6	13	1	–	–	3	–	2	4	–	1	41	6	16
FW	Glen Donegal	4	5	2	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	5	7	2
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Graham Reed	8	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–
DF	Ian Johnson	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	2	–
DF	Trevor Slack	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
MF	Doug Anderson	4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	1	–
MF	Andy Blair	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–
MF	Gary Cobb	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
MF	Albert Craig	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1
MF	Jason Garwood	5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	–
MF	Dave Gilbert	34	–	7	1	–	–	4	–	1	4	–	–	43	–	8
MF	Eddie McGoldrick	22	–	2	1	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	1	29	–	3
FW	David Longhurst	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–
FW	Andy Preece	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–

References

^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1989). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–90. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-356-17910-0.
^ "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Keith McPherson". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2002). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 438. ISBN 978-1-85291-648-0.
^ "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Warren Donald". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

Books

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

[Rothmans1989-90-1] Rollin, Jack, ed. (1989). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–90. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-356-17910-0.

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

[Hugman2002-03-3] Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2002). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 438. ISBN 978-1-85291-648-0.

[4] "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Warren Donald". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

1988–89 season
Chairman	Derek Banks (until February) Dick Underwood (from February)
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	20th
FA Cup	First round
Littlewoods Cup	Second round
Sherpa Vans Trophy	Quarter-final (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Adcock (17) All: Tony Adcock (20)
Highest home attendance	6,907 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lowest home attendance	2,821 vs Mansfield Town
Average home league attendance	3,918