1985–86 Northampton Town F.C. season

April 2022 Northampton Town 1985–86 Graham Carr Derek Banks County Ground Division Four 8th FA Cup First round Milk Cup Second round Freight Rover Trophy Quarter-final (s) Ian Benjamin (22) Ian Benjamin (26) 4,449 vs Swindon Town 1,167 vs Torquay United 2,384 1984–85 1986–87 The 1985–86 season was Northampton Town's 89th season in their history and the ninth 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 3 May 1986.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986/87, p.252. Name Position Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersPeter GleasureGKENGLuton1986 6 1 1960 10 8 y1680MillwallMarch 1983Tim GarnerGKENGHitchin1986 6 1 1961 3 30 y20Kidderminster HarriersSummer 1985 DefendersMark BushellFBENGNorthampton1986 6 1 1968 6 5 y10ApprenticeSummer 1985N/APaul CurtisRBENGLondon1986 6 1 1963 7 1 y321Charlton AthleticSummer 1985FreePaul FriarLBSCOGlasgow1986 6 1 1963 6 6 y160Charlton Athletic6 March 1986LoanRussell LewisCBWALBlaengwynfi1986 6 1 1956 9 15 y1556Swindon TownSummer 1983Keith McPhersonCBENGGreenwich1986 6 1 1963 9 11 y210West Ham United23 January 1986£10,000http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=458&united=Keith_McPherson Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Keith McPherson www.westhamstats.info 4 November 2013Graham ReedRBENGDoncaster1986 6 1 1961 6 24 y431Frickley AthleticSummer 1985£6,000 MidfieldersPhil ChardUENGCorby1986 6 1 1960 10 16 y498Peterborough United19 August 1985Warren DonaldCMENGHillingdon1986 6 1 1964 10 7 y485West Ham United4 October 1985£11,000http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=196&united=Warren_Donald Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Warren Donald www.westhamstats.info 24 January 2024Stewart HamillWSCOGlasgow1986 6 1 1960 1 22 y42Nuneaton TownApril 1986Richard HillCMENGHinckley1986 6 1 1963 9 20 y4919Nuneaton TownSummer 1985£10,000Aidy MannWENGNorthampton1986 6 1 1967 7 12 y825ApprenticeMay 1984N/AMark SchiaviWENGLondon1986 6 1 1964 5 1 y396BournemouthSummer 1985Free ForwardsIan BenjaminFWENGNottingham1986 6 1 1961 12 11 y10645Peterborough UnitedSummer 1984Trevor Morley (c)FWENGNottingham1986 6 1 1962 3 20 y5113Nuneaton TownSummer 1985£20,000Paul SugrueFWENGCoventry1986 6 1 1960 11 6 y92PortsmouthMarch 1986 Competitions Canon League Division Four 1985–86 Football League#Fourth Division League table y Fourth Division NOR Results summary 9 7 7 44 29 9 3 11 35 29 30 March 2020 August 2019 League position by match table b Round Ground A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/H/A Result L/W/W/L/W/L/L/W/L/L/L/W/D/D/W/D/D/L/W/W/W/D/D/L/W/W/L/W/L/W/L/L/W/D/L/W/W/D/W/D/L/L/L/L/W/D Position 15/13/10/12/6/11/14/10/12/13/16/13/14/13/12/13/13/15/14/11/9/9/10/14/13/10/11/9/9/8/8/10/8/9/9/8/8/7/6/7/7/8/8/10/9/8 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st blue1 complete Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87 March 2020 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1985 8 17 y 15:00 BST 1 3–2 Burnley K.Hird W.Biggins B.Mundee o.g. Northampton Town T.Morley G.Reed Turf Moor Burnley 4,214 L 1985 8 26 y 15:00 BST 2 1–2 Exeter City T.Kellow Northampton Town T.Morley I.Benjamin St James Park Exeter 2,392 Rodger Gifford W 1985 8 31 y 15:00 BST 3 1–0 Northampton Town P.Cavener pen. Mansfield Town County Ground Northampton 2,739 W 1985 9 6 y 15:00 BST 4 3–2 Swindon Town P.Coyne pen. pen. Northampton Town R.Hill P.Cavener pen. County Ground Swindon 4,102 L 1985 9 10 y 19:30 BST 5 6–0 Northampton Town I.Benjamin R.Hill T.Morley Preston North End County Ground Northampton 2,171 W 1985 9 14 y 15:00 BST 6 0–1 Northampton Town Crewe Alexandra G.Blissett County Ground Northampton 2,654 L 1985 9 18 y 19:30 BST 7 2–1 Hartlepool United B.Honour N.Walker Northampton Town R.Hill Victoria Park Hartlepool 2,200 L 1985 9 21 y 15:00 BST 8 3–1 Northampton Town I.Benjamin R.Hill T.Morley Stockport County T.Sword County Ground Northampton 1,954 W 1985 9 28 y 15:00 BST 9 3–2 Rochdale P.Heaton R.Moore D.Grant Northampton Town R.Hill I.Benjamin Spotland Stadium Rochdale 1,954 George Courtney L 1985 10 1 y 19:30 BST 10 1–2 Northampton Town R.Hill Wrexham J.Steel S.Charles County Ground Northampton 2,234 L 1985 10 5 y 15:00 BST 11 1–3 Northampton Town P.Chard Hereford United I.Wells O.Kearns M.Carter County Ground Northampton 1,998 L 1985 10 12 y 15:00 BST 12 0–5 Peterborough United Northampton Town P.Chard A.Mann P.Cavener I.Benjamin London Road Peterborough 3,901 W 1985 10 19 y 15:00 BST 13 1–1 Torquay United D.Dawkins Northampton Town P.Chard Plainmoor Torquay 1,186 D 1985 10 22 y 19:30 BST 14 2–2 Northampton Town T.Morley I.Benjamin Chester City M.Graham D.Murray County Ground Northampton 2,323 D 1985 10 26 y 15:00 BST 15 0–2 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=sdate&order=asc&fsea=46&fcomp1=13&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2170 Colchester United Northampton Town P.Chard 2A.Mann 23 Layer Road Colchester 2,872 M James W 1985 11 2 y 15:00 GMT 16 2–2 Northampton Town I.Benjamin P.Cavener pen. Scunthorpe United M.Brolly S.Lister County Ground Northampton 2,343 D 1985 11 5 y 19:30 GMT 17 2–2 Northampton Town W.Donald I.Benjamin Tranmere Rovers F.Worthington pen.B.Rodaway County Ground Northampton 2,005 Danny Vickers D 1985 11 9 y 15:00 GMT 18 1–0 Aldershot A.Massey pen. Northampton Town Recreation Ground Aldershot 1,556 L 1985 11 23 y 15:00 GMT 19 4–0 Northampton Town P.Chard pen.I.Benjamin T.Morley M.Schiavi Halifax Town County Ground Northampton 1,514 W 1985 11 30 y 15:00 GMT 20 2–5 Cambridge United D.Crown S.Fallon Northampton Town I.Benjamin pen.M.Schiavi T.Morley Abbey Stadium Cambridge 2,235 W 1985 12 6 y 19:30 GMT 21 0–4 Southend United Northampton Town M.Schiavi P.Curtis I.Benjamin Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 2,527 W 1985 12 14 y 15:00 GMT 22 2–2 Northampton Town T.Morley P.Chard Port Vale County Ground Northampton 3,259 D 1985 12 21 y 15:00 GMT 23 1–1 Preston North End P.Sproson R.Earle Northampton Town R.Hill Deepdale Preston 2,570 D 1986 1 11 y 15:00 GMT 24 1–0 Mansfield Town M.Kearney pen. Northampton Town R.Hill 0 Field Mill Mansfield 3,836 L 1986 1 18 y 15:00 GMT 25 2–0 Northampton Town T.Morley R.Hill Burnley County Ground Northampton 3,095 W 1986 1 25 y 15:00 GMT 26 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Northampton Town T.Morley Gresty Road Crewe 1,856 W 1986 2 1 y 15:00 GMT 27 0–1 Northampton Town Swindon Town C.Henry County Ground Northampton 4,449 L 1986 2 5 y 19:30 GMT 28 2–3 Chester City I.Richardson pen.P.Chard o.g. Northampton Town R.Hill M.Schiavi T.Morley Sealand Road Chester 3,332 W 1986 2 21 y 19:30 GMT 29 1–0 Stockport County S.Cammack Northampton Town Edgeley Park Stockport 2,011 L 1986 3 1 y 15:00 GMT 30 1–0 Northampton Town I.Benjamin Rochdale County Ground Northampton 2,146 W 1986 3 4 y 19:30 GMT 31 1–0 Wrexham J.Steel Northampton Town Racecourse Ground Wrexham, Wales 1,433 L 1986 3 8 y 15:00 GMT 32 3–0 Hereford United P.Maddy M.Carter Northampton Town Edgar Street Hereford 2,478 L 1986 3 11 y 19:30 GMT 33 3–0 Northampton Town I.Benjamin R.Hill Hartlepool United County Ground Northampton 1,815 W 1986 3 15 y 15:00 GMT 34 2–2 Northampton Town T.Morley R.Hill Peterborough United T.Slack E.Kelly County Ground Northampton 3,332 D 1986 3 18 y 19:30 GMT 35 1–0 Scunthorpe United J.Broddle Northampton Town P.Chard 0 Old Showground Scunthorpe 1,355 L 1986 3 22 y 15:00 GMT 36 1–0 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=sdate&order=asc&fsea=46&fcomp1=13&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2191 Northampton Town W.Donald 13 Colchester United County Ground Northampton 2,035 P Tyldesley W 1986 3 29 y 15:00 GMT 37 0–1 Orient Northampton Town I.Benjamin Brisbane Road Leyton, London 2,920 W 1986 3 31 y 15:00 BST 38 0–0 Northampton Town Southend United County Ground Northampton 3,527 D 1986 4 4 y 15:00 BST 39 1–3 Tranmere Rovers M.Hilditch Northampton Town S.Hamill I.Benjamin P.Sugrue Prenton Park Birkenhead 1,103 W 1986 4 8 y 19:30 BST 40 2–2 Northampton Town W.Donald R.Hill Exeter City M.Ling P.Friar o.g. County Ground Northampton 2,213 D 1986 4 12 y 15:00 BST 41 2–3 Northampton Town P.Sugrue P.Chard Aldershot G.JohnsonB.Barnes County Ground Northampton 2,049 L 1986 4 15 y 19:30 BST 42 2–3 Northampton Town T.Morley R.Hill Orient C.Jones A.Comfort C.Foster County Ground Northampton 1,731 L 1986 4 18 y 15:00 BST 43 2–0 Halifax Town D.Longhurst Northampton Town The Shay Halifax 1,105 L 1986 4 26 y 15:00 BST 44 0–2 Northampton Town Cambridge United D.Crown B.Mundee County Ground Northampton 2,100 L 1986 4 29 y 19:30 BST 45 5–1 Northampton Town R.Hill pen.M.Schiavi P.Compton o.g Torquay United M.Walsh County Ground Northampton 1,167 W 1986 5 3 y 15:00 BST 46 0–0 Port Vale Northampton Town Vale Park Burslem 3,873 D FA Cup 1985–86 FA Cup 1985 11 16 y 15:00 GMT First round 3–0 Gillingham B.Mundee o.g.D.Mehmet T.Cochrane Northampton Town Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 3,991 Dennis Hedges L Milk Cup 1985–86 Football League Cup 1985 8 21 y 19:30 BST First round 1st leg 0–0 Peterborough United Northampton Town London Road Peterborough 3,117 John Moules D 1985 9 2 y 19:30 BST First round 2nd leg 2–0 Northampton Town P.Cavener pen.P.Chard Peterborough United County Ground Northampton 2,464 W 1985 9 25 y 19:30 BST Second round 1st leg 2–1 Oxford United P.Rhoades-Brown R.Houghton Northampton Town I.Benjamin Manor Ground Oxford 5,644 L 1985 10 7 y 19:30 BST Second round 2nd leg 0–2 Northampton Town Oxford United J.Aldridge County Ground Northampton 5,076 L Freight Rover Trophy 1985–86 Associate Members' Cup Group 2 South NOR 1986 1 21 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 2–1 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmft=True&pg=match&pd=1022&order=asc&sort=sdate&fsea=46&fdfaShowAll=&frefShowAll=&fcomp1=6&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2184 Northampton Town M.Schiavi 4I.Benjamin 82 Colchester United T.Baker 36 County Ground Northampton 1,958 Gerald Ashby W 1986 3 13 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 1–3 Southend United F.Lampard Sr. Northampton Town R.Hill I.Benjamin Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 683 W 1986 3 27 y 19:30 GMT Quarter-final (s) 3–2 Bristol City G.Riley B.Hutchinson S.Neville Northampton Town S.Hamlil R.Hill Ashton Gate Bristol 3,038 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 44 – – 1 – – 4 – – 3 – – 52 – – GK Tim Garner 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – DF Mark Bushell – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – DF Paul Curtis 27 – 1 1 – – 4 – – – – – 32 – 1 DF Paul Friar 14 – – – – – – – – 2 – – 16 – – DF Russell Lewis 43 – – 1 – – 4 – – 3 – – 51 – – DF Keith McPherson 20 – – – – – – – – 1 – – 21 – – DF Graham Reed 34 2 1 1 – – 3 – – 2 1 – 40 3 1 MF Phil Chard 41 – 7 1 – – 4 – 1 3 – – 49 – 8 MF Warren Donald 32 – 3 1 – – 1 – – 3 – – 37 – 3 MF Stewart Hamill 3 – 1 – – – – – – 1 – 1 4 – 2 MF Richard Hill 41 – 17 1 – – 4 – – 3 – 2 49 – 19 MF Aidy Mann 25 7 2 – – – 3 – – 1 1 – 29 8 2 MF Mark Schiavi 31 – 5 – – – 1 1 – 3 – 1 35 1 6 FW Ian Benjamin 46 – 22 1 – – 4 – 1 3 – 3 54 – 26 FW Trevor Morley 43 – 13 1 – – 4 – – 3 – – 51 – 13 FW Paul Sugrue 2 6 2 – – – – – – – 1 – 2 7 2 Players who left before end of season: DF Ian Dawes 3 2 – – – – 1 – – – – – 4 2 – DF Brian Mundee 31 – – 1 – – 4 – – 1 – – 37 – – DF Gavin Nebbeling 11 – – – – – – – – 1 – – 12 – – MF Steve Brown – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – MF Phil Cavener 13 4 4 1 – – 4 – 1 – – – 18 4 5 MF Ged Nohilly – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1985-86 Northampton Town