1983–84 Northampton Town F.C. season

September 2024 Northampton Town 1983–84 Clive Walker Neville Ronson County Ground Division Four 18th FA Cup Second round League Cup First round Associate Members' Cup First round Terry Austin (10) Terry Austin (13) 6,464 vs Peterborough United 1,109 vs Hartlepool United 2,343 1982–83 1984–85 The 1983–84 season was Northampton Town's 87th season in their history and the seventh successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup. Players match played 12 May 1984.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984/85, p.252. Name Position Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersPeter GleasureGKENGLuton1984 5 12 1960 10 8 y650MillwallMarch 1983 DefendersAdrian BurrowsCBENGSutton-in-Ashfield1984 5 12 1959 1 16 y1065Mansfield TownAugust 1982Martyn ForsterFBENGKettering1984 5 12 1963 2 1 y490Kettering TownAugust 1983Wakeley GageCBENGNorthampton1984 5 12 1958 5 5 y20217Desborough TownOctober 1979£8,000Focus on Wakeley Gage, Chester City v. Burnley matchday programme, 5/10/85, p. 13Russell LewisCBWALBlaengwynfi1984 5 12 1956 9 15 y534Swindon TownSummer 1983Brian MundeeLBENGHammersmith1984 5 12 1964 1 12 y412AFC BournemouthSummer 1983Barry TuckerFBWALSwansea1984 5 12 1952 8 28 y3028BrentfordOctober 1982 MidfieldersNeil BroughWENGDaventry1984 5 12 1965 12 22 y50ApprenticeDecember 1983N/ASteve BrownCMENGNorthampton1984 5 12 1966 7 6 y10ApprenticeMay 1984N/AAustin HayesWIREHammersmith (ENG)1984 5 12 1958 7 15 y519MillwallAugust 1983Billy Jeffrey (c)CMSCOHelensburgh1984 5 12 1951 2 10 y627BlackpoolMarch 1983Aidy MannWENGNorthampton1984 5 12 1967 7 12 y20ApprenticeMay 1984N/AEui MartinezWENGChelmsford1984 5 12 1967 7 12 y122Newport CountyFebruary 1984LoanMaurice MuirWENGLondon1984 5 12 1963 3 19 y371ApprenticeApril 1980N/ATommy O'NeillCMSCOKirkintilloch1984 5 12 1958 2 2 y517Cambridge UnitedJune 1983FreeRay TrainDMENGBedworth1984 5 12 1951 2 10 y00Oxford UnitedMarch 1984Loan ForwardsTerry AustinFWENGLondon1984 5 12 1954 2 1 y5113Doncaster RoversAugust 1983Frankie BelfonFWENGWellingborough1984 5 12 1965 2 18 y5511ApprenticeApril 1982N/ADave SyrettFWENGSalisbury1984 5 12 1956 1 20 y5217Peterborough UnitedJune 1982 Competitions Canon League Division Four 1983–84 Football League#Fourth Division League table y Fourth Division NOR Results summary 10 8 5 32 32 3 6 14 21 46 8 February 2024 February 2024 League position by match table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A Result D/W/D/W/D/D/D/D/D/D/W/L/L/L/W/D/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/W/L/L/D/L/L/W/L/L/D/L/L/L/W/L/D/D/L/L/L/D/W/L Position 14/6/4/2/7/8/8/9/10/12/7/11/14/16/14/13/11/10/9/10/9/10/8/6/6/10/11/12/14/10/10/14/14/15/15/16/15/15/16/15/16/17/17/18/18/18 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd blue1 #eee5de complete 11v11.com February 2024 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1983 8 27 y 15:00 BST 1 1–1 Chester City M. Williams Northampton Town F.Belfon Sealand Road Chester 1,707 D 1983 9 3 y 15:00 BST 2 2–0 Northampton Town T.O'Neill T.Austin Darlington County Ground Northampton 2,009 W 1983 9 6 y 19:30 BST 3 0–0 Northampton Town Tranmere Rovers County Ground Northampton 2,326 D 1983 9 10 y 15:00 BST 4 2–3 Blackpool Northampton Town W.Gage F.Belfon T.Austin Bloomfield Road Blackpool 3,216 W 1983 9 18 y 15:00 BST 5 0–0 Northampton Town Stockport County County Ground Northampton 3,189 D 1983 9 24 y 15:00 BST 6 1–1 Rochdale Johnson 82N.Hamilton Northampton Town T.O'Neill Spotland Rochdale 1,402 George Tyson D 1983 9 27 y 19:30 BST 7 2–2 Halifax Town Northampton Town B.Jeffrey D.Syrett The Shay Halifax 1,519 D 1983 10 1 y 15:00 BST 8 1–1 Northampton Town F.Belfon Chesterfield County Ground Northampton 2,733 D 1983 10 9 y 15:00 BST 9 1–1 Northampton Town W.Gage T.Austin Reading County Ground Northampton 3,825 D 1983 10 15 y 15:00 BST 10 2–2 http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmft=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=44&fdfaShowAll=&frefShowAll=&fcomp1=13&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2054 Colchester United S.Houston 16M.Cook 78 Northampton Town T.Austin 11T.O'Neill 81 Layer Road Colchester 1,964 David Letts D 1983 10 18 y 19:30 BST 11 2–1 Northampton Town A.Hayes B.Tucker Torquay United County Ground Northampton 2,573 W 1983 10 22 y 15:00 BST 12 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Northampton Town B.Jeffrey W.Gage Gresty Road Crewe 2,107 L 1983 10 29 y 15:00 GMT 13 1–2 Northampton Town F.Belfon York City K.Walwyn County Ground Northampton 2,956 L 1983 11 1 y 19:30 GMT 14 1–0 Aldershot Northampton Town Recreation Ground Aldershot 1,711 L 1983 11 5 y 15:00 GMT 15 2–0 http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19840115 Northampton Town T.Austin 29 44 Swindon Town County Ground Northampton 2,354 Trevor A Jones W 1983 11 12 y 15:00 GMT 16 0–0 Hereford United Northampton Town Edgar Street Hereford 3,007 D 1983 11 28 y 15:00 GMT 17 0–1 Wrexham Northampton Town T.Austin Racecourse Ground Wrexham, Wales 1,234 W 1983 12 3 y 15:00 GMT 18 1–0 Northampton Town F.Belfon Bristol City County Ground Northampton 2,823 W 1983 12 18 y 15:00 GMT 19 2–1 Northampton Town T.Austin R.Lewis Mansfield Town T.Lowery County Ground Northampton 2,628 W 1983 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 20 1–0 Doncaster Rovers Northampton Town Belle Vue Doncaster 3,827 L 1983 12 27 y 15:00 GMT 21 2–1 Northampton Town B.Jeffrey A.Hayes Peterborough United County Ground Northampton 6,464 W 1983 12 31 y 15:00 GMT 22 2–0 Hartlepool United Northampton Town Victoria Park Hartlepool 1,706 L 1984 1 2 y 19:30 GMT 23 1–0 Northampton Town T.O'Neill Bury County Ground Northampton 2,525 W 1984 1 14 y 15:00 GMT 24 2–1 Northampton Town R.Lewis F.Belfon Chester City T.Phillips County Ground Northampton 2,198 W 1984 1 20 y 19:30 GMT 25 1–0 Stockport County Northampton Town Edgeley Park Stockport 1,846 L 1984 2 4 y 15:00 GMT 26 2–1 Chesterfield Northampton Town A.Hayes Saltergate Chesterfield 3,250 L 1984 2 11 y 15:00 GMT 27 1–1 Northampton Town A.Hayes 49 Rochdale S. Thompson 57 County Ground Northampton 2,022 Alan Crickmore D 1984 2 14 y 19:30 GMT 28 1–4 Northampton Town F.Belfon Aldershot County Ground Northampton 1,573 L 1984 2 18 y 15:00 GMT 29 3–0 York City K.Walwyn B.Pollard pen.J.Byrne Northampton Town Bootham Crescent York 3,941 Neil Midgley L 1984 2 25 y 15:00 GMT 30 2–0 Northampton Town W.Gage A.Hayes Crewe Alexandra County Ground Northampton 1,696 W 1984 2 28 y 19:30 GMT 31 5–3 Darlington Northampton Town A.Hayes E.Martinez Feethams Darlington 1,278 L 1984 3 3 y 19:30 GMT 32 2–1 Torquay United Northampton Town E.Martinez Plainmoor Torquay 2,042 L 1984 3 6 y 19:30 GMT 33 0–0 Swindon Town Northampton Town County Ground Swindon 2,798 Darryl Reeves D 1984 3 10 y 15:00 GMT 34 0–3 Northampton Town Hereford United County Ground Northampton 1,592 L 1984 3 17 y 15:00 GMT 35 3–0 Reading Northampton Town Elm Park Reading 3,695 L 1984 3 20 y 19:30 GMT 36 1–5 Northampton Town T.O'Neill Blackpool County Ground Northampton 1,337 L 1984 3 24 y 15:00 GMT 37 3–1 http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmft=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=44&fdfaShowAll=&frefShowAll=&fcomp1=13&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2085 Northampton Town T.Austin 2W.Gage 59F.Belfon 64 Colchester United I.Phillips 14 County Ground Northampton 1,499 Neville Ashley W 1984 3 30 y 19:30 BST 38 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Northampton Town Prenton Park Birkenhead 1,829 L 1984 4 7 y 15:00 BST 39 1–1 Northampton Town A.Hayes Halifax Town County Ground Northampton 1,356 D 1984 4 10 y 19:30 BST 40 1–1 Northampton Town A.Hayes Hartlepool United County Ground Northampton 1,109 D 1984 4 14 y 15:00 BST 41 4–1 Bristol City Northampton Town T.O'Neill pen. Ashton Gate Bristol 6,655 L 1984 4 21 y 15:00 BST 42 1–4 Northampton Town R.Lewis Doncaster Rovers County Ground Northampton 1,912 L 1984 4 24 y 19:30 BST 43 6–0 Peterborough United Northampton Town London Road Peterborough 3,481 L 1984 4 28 y 15:00 BST 44 3–3 Northampton Town F.Belfon W.Gage T.Austin Wrexham County Ground Northampton 1,189 D 1984 5 5 y 15:15 BST 45 1–2 Bury Northampton Town B.Mundee R.Lewis Gigg Lane Bury 1,096 W 1984 5 12 y 15:00 BST 46 3–1 Mansfield Town D.Caldwell C.Calderwood Northampton Town B.Jeffrey Field Mill Mansfield 2,143 L FA Cup 1983–84 FA Cup 1983 11 19 y 15:00 GMT First round 1–1 Northampton Town W.Gage Waterlooville County Ground Northampton 2,627 D 1983 11 23 y 19:30 GMT First round (r) 1–1 Waterlooville Northampton Town T.Austin Jubilee Park Waterlooville 3,500 D 1983 11 29 y 19:30 GMT First round (r2) 2–0 Northampton Town T.O'Neill B.Mundee Waterlooville County Ground Northampton 3,534 W 1983 12 10 y 19:30 GMT Second round 1–1 Northampton Town T.Austin Telford United County Ground Northampton 3,903 D 1983 12 14 y 19:30 GMT Second round (r) 3–2 Telford United Northampton Town B.Jeffrey M.Muir Bucks Head Telford 3,320 L League Cup 1983–84 Football League Cup 1983 8 29 y 15:00 BST First round 1st leg 3–0 Millwall Northampton Town The Old Den New Cross, London 4,158 Allan Gunn L 1983 9 13 y 19:30 BST First round 2nd leg 1–2 Northampton Town W.Gage Millwall County Ground Northampton 2,313 L Associate Members' Cup 1983–84 Associate Members' Cup 1984 2 21 y 19:30 GMT First round (s) 3–1 Walsall Northampton Town T.Austin Fellows Park Walsall 3,190 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 46 – – 5 – – 2 – – 1 – – 54 – – DF Adrian Burrows 45 – – 5 – – 2 – – 1 – – 53 – – DF Martyn Forster 41 1 – 5 – – 1 – – 1 – – 48 1 – DF Wakeley Gage 40 – 6 5 – 1 2 – 1 1 – – 48 – 8 DF Russell Lewis 45 – 4 5 – – 2 – – 1 – – – – – DF Brian Mundee 33 3 1 4 – 1 – – – 1 – – 38 3 2 DF Barry Tucker 25 1 1 1 – – 2 – – – – – 28 1 1 MF Neil Brough 3 2 – – – – – – – – – – 3 2 – MF Steve Brown – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – MF Austin Hayes 40 3 9 5 – – 2 – – 1 – – 48 3 9 MF Billy Jeffrey 44 1 4 5 – 1 2 – – 1 – – 52 1 5 MF Aidy Mann 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – MF Eui Martinez 12 – 2 – – – – – – – – – 12 – 2 MF Maurice Muir 5 10 – 1 4 1 – 1 – – – – 6 15 1 MF Tommy O'Neill 43 – 6 5 – 1 2 – – 1 – – 51 – 7 MF Ray Train – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FW Terry Austin 42 1 10 5 – 2 1 1 – 1 – 1 49 2 13 FW Frankie Belfon 35 5 9 4 – – 2 – – 1 – – 42 5 9 FW Dave Syrett 5 1 1 – – – 1 – – – – – 6 1 1 Players who left before end of season: GK Mark Kendall – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – DF Ian Phillips – – – – – – 1 – – – – – 1 – – References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1983-84 Northampton Town September 2024 Category:1983–84 in English men's football leagues