1990–91 Northampton Town F.C. season

December 2025 April 2022 Northampton Town 1990–91 Theo Foley Dick Underwood County Ground Division Four 10th FA Cup Second round Rumbelows Cup Second round Leyland DAF Cup First round (s) Bobby Barnes (13) Bobby Barnes (16) 5,549 vs Peterborough United 2,544 vs Lincoln City 3,710 1989–90 1991–92 The 1990–91 season was Northampton Town's 94th season in their history and the first season back in the Fourth Division after relegation the previous year. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup. Players match played 11 May 1991.Jack Rollin Rothmans Football Yearbook 1991–92 1991 Queen Anne Press London 978-0356191980 Name Position Nat. Place of birth Date of birth (age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersPeter GleasureGKENGLuton1991 5 11 1960 10 8 y4110MillwallMarch 1983 DefendersTerry AngusCBENGCoventry1991 5 11 1966 1 14 y482VS RugbyJuly 1990Irvin GernonLBENGBirmingham1991 5 11 1962 12 30 y272ReadingOctober 1989£25,000David JohnsonLBENGNorthampton1991 5 11 1967 3 10 y350Irthlingborough DiamondsJuly 1989FreeSteve TerryCBENGClapton1991 5 11 1962 6 14 y738Hull CityMarch 1990£70,000Wayne WilliamsRBENGTelford1991 5 11 1963 11 17 y681Shrewsbury Town12 January 1988Paul WilsonLBENGBradford1991 5 11 1968 8 2 y1486Norwich CityFebruary 1988£30,000Darren WoodCBENGDerby1991 5 11 1968 10 2 y31ReadingJuly 1990Part Exchange MidfieldersMicky BellWENGNewcastle upon Tyne1991 5 11 1971 11 15 y370ApprenticeApril 1990N/AStuart BeavonCMENGWolverhampton1991 5 11 1958 11 30 y5013ReadingJuly 1990Part ExchangeSteve BerryCMENGLiverpool1991 5 11 1963 4 4 y12310Aldershot27 October 1988£45,000Steve BrownCMENGNorthampton1991 5 11 1966 7 6 y897Irthlingborough Diamonds21 July 1989FreePhil ChardUENGCorby1991 5 11 1960 10 16 y22440Wolverhampton WanderersOctober 1989Trevor QuowCMENGPeterborough1991 5 11 1970 9 28 y672Gillingham12 January 1989David ScopeWENGNewcastle upon Tyne1991 5 11 1967 5 10 y170Blyth SpartansSeptember 1989Aidey ThorpeLWENGChesterfield1991 5 11 1963 11 25 y474WalsallMarch 1990£50,000 ForwardsTony AdcockFWENGBethnal Green1991 5 11 1963 3 27 y10437Bradford CityJanuary 1991£75,000Bobby BarnesFWENGKingston upon Thames1991 5 11 1962 12 17 y9736Bournemouth13 October 1989£70,000Greg CampbellFWENGPortsmouth1991 5 11 1965 7 13 y315Plymouth ArgyleSeptember 1990Kevin WilkinFWENGCambridge1991 5 11 1967 10 1 y124Cambridge CityJuly 1990 Competitions Barclays League Division Four 1990–91 Football League#Fourth Division League table y Fourth Division NOR Results summary 14 5 4 34 21 4 8 11 23 37 8 March 2022 March 2022 League position by match table b Round Ground A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A Result W/W/W/D/D/L/W/L/D/W/W/D/L/W/W/W/W/L/D/D/D/W/W/W/L/L/W/W/D/L/D/D/L/W/D/W/L/W/L/L/L/D/L/L/L/L Position 5/2/2/2/2/4/3/5/7/4/2/4/5/3/2/2/1/1/1/3/4/3/2/1/1/3/1/2/2/2/2/2/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/6/7/7/7/8/9/10 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd green1 blue1 complete 11v11.com March 2022 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1990 8 25 y 15:00 BST 1 1–2 Hereford United Northampton Town K.Wilkin B.Barnes Edgar Street Hereford 3,187 W 1990 9 1 y 15:00 BST 2 1–3 Maidstone United Northampton Town P.Wilson D.Wood A.Thorpe Watling Street Dartford 2,049 W 1990 9 8 y 15:00 BST 3 1–0 Northampton Town B.Barnes 54 Blackpool County Ground Northampton 4,544 W 1990 9 14 y 19:30 BST 4 3–3 Aldershot Northampton Town K.Wilkin B.Barnes S.Beavon Recreation Ground Aldershot 2,741 D 1990 9 18 y 19:30 BST 5 1–1 Scarborough Northampton Town B.Barnes pen. Athletic Ground Scarborough 1,525 D 1990 9 22 y 15:00 BST 6 1–2 Northampton Town B.Barnes Peterborough United County Ground Northampton 5,549 L 1990 9 29 y 15:00 BST 7 1–0 Northampton Town D.Collins Halifax Town County Ground Northampton 2,977 W 1990 10 2 y 19:30 BST 8 3–0 Burnley Northampton Town Turf Moor Burnley 6,273 L 1990 10 6 y 15:00 BST 9 0–0 Chesterfield Northampton Town Saltergate Chesterfield 3,826 D 1990 10 13 y 15:00 BST 10 1–0 Northampton Town P.Chard Stockport County County Ground Northampton 3,927 W 1990 10 19 y 19:30 BST 11 5–0 Northampton Town B.Barnes S.Terry G.Campbell P.Chard Walsall County Ground Northampton 4,055 W 1990 10 23 y 19:30 BST 12 1–1 Darlington Northampton Town B.Barnes Feethams Darlington 4,882 D 1990 10 23 y 15:00 BST 13 3–1 Lincoln City Northampton Town S.Terry Sincil Bank Lincoln 3,352 L 1990 11 3 y 15:00 GMT 14 3–2 Northampton Town P.Wilson S.Beavon Hartlepool United County Ground Northampton 3,342 W 1990 11 9 y 19:30 GMT 15 1–0 Northampton Town B.Barnes Wrexham County Ground Northampton 3,855 W 1990 11 24 y 15:00 GMT 16 0–1 York City Northampton Town B.Barnes Bootham Crescent York 2,202 W 1990 12 1 y 15:00 GMT 17 3–2 Northampton Town P.Chard S.Beavon Rochdale County Ground Northampton 3,809 W 1990 12 15 y 15:00 GMT 18 4–1 Carlisle United Northampton Town G.Campbell Brunton Park Carlisle 2,872 L 1990 12 21 y 19:30 GMT 19 0–0 Northampton Town Cardiff City County Ground Northampton 3,033 D 1990 12 29 y 15:00 GMT 20 0–0 Gillingham Northampton Town Priestfield Gillingham 4,969 D 1991 1 1 y 15:00 GMT 21 0–0 Northampton Town Doncaster Rovers County Ground Northampton 5,270 D 1991 1 12 y 15:00 GMT 22 2–0 Northampton Town T.Adcock B.Barnes Maidstone United County Ground Northampton 3,710 W 1991 1 19 y 15:00 GMT 23 3–0 Northampton Town P.Chard S.Beavon pen.T.Angus Hereford United County Ground Northampton 3,577 W 1991 1 26 y 15:00 GMT 24 2–1 Northampton Town T.Adcock S.Beavon pen. Aldershot County Ground Northampton 3,800 W 1991 2 1 y 19:30 GMT 25 0–2 Northampton Town Scarborough County Ground Northampton 4,058 L 1991 2 5 y 19:30 GMT 26 1–0 Peterborough United Northampton Town London Road Peterborough 5,952 L 1991 2 15 y 19:30 GMT 27 2–1 Northampton Town T.Angus B.Barnes York City County Ground Northampton 2,685 W 1991 2 23 y 15:00 GMT 28 0–2 Wrexham Northampton Town S.Terry B.Barnes Racecourse Ground Wrexham, Wales 1,790 W 1991 3 2 y 15:00 GMT 29 1–1 Rochdale Northampton Town S.Beavon pen. Spotland Rochdale 1,890 D 1991 3 5 y 19:30 GMT 30 3–0 Scunthorpe United Northampton Town Glanford Park Scunthorpe 2,852 L Fixture was previously postponed on 26 December 1990 due to a waterlogged pitch.1990/91 Division 4 https://ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com/196061.html 28 January 2024 ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com 28 January 2024 1991 3 9 y 15:00 GMT 31 1–1 Northampton Town G.Campbell Carlisle United County Ground Northampton 3,216 D 1991 3 12 y 19:30 GMT 32 0–0 Northampton Town Burnley County Ground Northampton 3,710 D 1991 3 15 y 19:30 GMT 33 2–1 Halifax Town Northampton Town S.Brown The Shay Halifax 1,347 L 1991 3 23 y 15:00 GMT 34 2–0 Northampton Town P.Chard S.Beavon pen. Chesterfield County Ground Northampton 3,379 W 1991 3 26 y 19:30 GMT 35 0–0 Torquay United Northampton Town Plainmoor Torquay 2,745 D 1991 3 30 y 15:00 GMT 36 2–1 Northampton Town S.Terry S.Beavon pen. Scunthorpe United County Ground Northampton 3,728 W 1991 4 1 y 15:00 BST 37 1–0 Cardiff City Northampton Town Ninian Park Cardiff, Wales 4,805 L 1991 4 6 y 15:00 BST 38 2–1 Northampton Town S.Berry P.Chard Gillingham County Ground Northampton 2,993 W 1991 4 9 y 19:30 BST 39 2–0 Stockport County Northampton Town Edgeley Park Stockport 3,707 L 1991 4 13 y 15:00 BST 40 2–1 Doncaster Rovers Northampton Town S.Beavon Belle Vue Doncaster 2,939 L 1991 4 16 y 15:00 BST 41 1–4 Northampton Town T.Adcock Torquay United County Ground Northampton 2,678 L 1991 4 20 y 15:00 BST 42 3–3 Walsall Northampton Town B.Barnes S.Beavon S.Terry Bescot Stadium Walsall 3,345 D 1991 4 27 y 15:00 BST 43 0–3 Northampton Town Darlington County Ground Northampton 4,884 L 1991 4 30 y 19:30 BST 44 1–1 Northampton Town S.Berry Lincoln City County Ground Northampton 2,544 D 1991 5 7 y 19:30 BST 45 2–1 Blackpool Northampton Town S.Terry Bloomfield Road Blackpool 7,298 L 1991 5 11 y 15:00 BST 46 3–1 Hartlepool United Northampton Town S.Brown Victoria Park Hartlepool 6,957 L FA Cup 1990–91 FA Cup 1990 11 17 y 14:00 GMT First round 0–4 Littlehampton Town Northampton Town S.Beavon B.Barnes G.Campbell The Sportsfield Littlehampton 3,800 W 1990 12 8 y 15:00 GMT Second round 0–0 Barnet Northampton Town Underhill Chipping Barnet, London 5,022 D 1990 12 12 y 19:45 GMT Second round (r) 0–1 Northampton Town Barnet County Ground Northampton 5,387 L Rumbelows Cup 1990–91 Football League Cup 1990 8 29 y 19:30 BST First round 1st leg 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Northampton Town K.Wilkin Goldstone Ground Hove 3,834 W 1990 9 4 y 19:30 BST First round 2nd leg 1–1 Northampton Town S.Brown Brighton & Hove Albion County Ground Northampton 4,760 D 1990 9 25 y 19:30 BST Second round 1st leg 0–1 Northampton Town Sheffield United County Ground Northampton 6,910 L 1990 10 10 y 19:30 BST Second round 2nd leg 2–1 Sheffield United Northampton Town B.Barnes Bramall Lane Sheffield 8,679 L Leyland DAF Cup 1990–91 Associate Members' Cup 1990 11 7 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 1–1 Stoke City Northampton Town S.Beavon Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent 4,339 D 1990 11 27 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 1–2 Northampton Town S.Beavon Mansfield Town County Ground Northampton 2,186 L 1991 2 19 y 19:30 GMT First round (s) 2–0 Torquay United Northampton Town Plainmoor Torquay 2,112 L Appearances and goals Pos Position Player Division Four FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals GK Peter Gleasure 16 – – 3 – – 4 – – – – – 23 – – DF Terry Angus 42 – 2 – 1 – 3 – – 2 – – 47 1 2 DF Irvin Gernon 8 – – 1 – – – – – – – – 9 – – DF David Johnson 8 17 – 2 – – – – – – 1 – 10 18 – DF Steve Terry 46 – 6 3 – – 4 – – 3 – – 56 – 6 DF Wayne Williams 10 4 – 1 – – 4 – – 2 – – 17 4 – DF Paul Wilson 44 – 3 3 – – 4 – – 3 – – 54 – 3 DF Darren Wood 2 – 1 – – – 1 – – – – – 3 – 1 MF Stuart Beavon 41 – 10 3 – 1 4 – – 2 – 2 50 – 13 MF Micky Bell 22 6 – – – – 1 1 – 1 – – 24 7 – MF Steve Berry 20 7 2 – 1 – 3 – – 1 1 – 24 9 2 MF Steve Brown 37 3 2 3 – – 4 – 1 3 – – 47 3 3 MF Phil Chard 43 – 7 3 – – 4 – – 3 – – 53 – 7 MF Trevor Quow 12 1 – – – – – – – 1 – – 13 1 – MF David Scope 3 4 – – 2 – – – – – – – 3 6 – MF Aidey Thorpe 12 15 1 2 – – – 2 – 3 – – 17 17 1 FW Tony Adcock 20 1 3 – – – – – – – – – 20 1 3 FW Bobby Barnes 42 1 13 3 – 2 4 – 1 2 – 1 45 1 16 FW Greg Campbell 20 5 4 3 – 1 – 1 – 2 – – 25 6 5 FW Kevin Wilkin 7 2 2 – – – 3 – 2 – – – 10 2 4 Players who left before end of season: GK Marlon Beresford 13 – – – – – – – – 2 – – 15 – – GK Kevin Hitchcock 17 – – – – – – – – 1 – – 18 – – DF Greg Fee 1 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 3 – – DF Pat Scully 15 – – – – – 1 – – 1 – – 16 – – MF Bradley Sandeman – 5 – – – – – 2 – 1 1 – 1 8 – FW Darren Collins 3 5 1 1 1 – 1 1 – – 2 – 5 9 1 FW Gareth Evans 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1990-91 Northampton Town Northampton Town