1984–85 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town 1984–85 Tony Barton(until April)Graham Carr(from April 14) Neville Ronson(until April)Derek Banks(from April) County Ground Division Four 23rd (re-elected) FA Cup Second round Milk Cup First round Freight Rover Trophy First round Ian Benjamin (18) Ian Benjamin (19) 4,815 vs VS Rugby 942 vs Chester City 1,826 1983–84 1985–86 The 1984–85 season was Northampton Town's 88th season in their history and the eighth 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 6 May 1985.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985/86, p.252. Name Position Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersPeter GleasureGKENGLuton1985 5 6 1960 10 8 y1160MillwallMarch 1983 DefendersMichael BarnesCBENGReading1985 5 6 1963 9 17 y251ReadingAugust 1984Mark BushellFBENGNorthampton1985 5 6 1968 6 5 y10ApprenticeApril 1985N/AWakeley GageCBENGNorthampton1985 5 6 1958 5 5 y25322Desborough TownOctober 1979£8,000Focus on Wakeley Gage, Chester City v. Burnley matchday programme, 5/10/85, p. 13Russell LewisCBWALBlaengwynfi1985 5 6 1956 9 15 y1046Swindon TownSummer 1983Brian MundeeLBENGHammersmith1985 5 6 1964 1 12 y814AFC BournemouthSummer 1983Geoff ScottCBENGBirmingham1985 5 6 1956 10 31 y220MiddlesbroughSeptember 1984Paul ShirtliffFBENGHoyland1985 5 6 1962 11 3 y290Sheffield WednesdaySummer 1984 MidfieldersPaul BancroftCMENGDerby1985 5 6 1964 9 10 y170Derby CountyJuly 1984FreeNeil BroughWENGDaventry1985 5 6 1965 12 22 y130ApprenticeDecember 1983N/ASteve BrownCMENGNorthampton1985 5 6 1966 7 6 y153ApprenticeMay 1983N/APhil CavenerWENGTynemouth1985 5 6 1961 6 2 y327FK KarlskronaAugust 1984Warren DonaldCMENGHillingdon1985 5 6 1964 10 7 y112West Ham UnitedMarch 1985LoanAustin HayesWIREHammersmith (ENG)1985 5 6 1958 7 15 y7814MillwallAugust 1983Aidy MannWENGNorthampton1985 5 6 1967 7 12 y453ApprenticeMay 1984N/AKeith ThompsonWENGBirmingham1985 5 6 1965 4 24 y101Coventry CityMarch 1985LoanRay Train (c)DMENGBedworth1985 5 6 1951 2 10 y543Oxford UnitedMarch 1984 ForwardsFrankie BelfonFWENGWellingborough1985 5 6 1965 2 18 y9317ApprenticeApril 1982N/AIan BenjaminFWENGNottingham1985 5 6 1961 12 11 y5219Peterborough UnitedSummer 1984 Competitions Canon League Division Four 1984–85 Football League#Fourth Division League table y Fourth Division NOR Results summary 10 1 12 32 32 4 4 15 21 42 30 January 2024 January 2024 League position by match table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/H/A/H/A Result L/L/L/L/D/L/L/W/L/L/W/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/D/L/L/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/L/L/D/W/L/W/W/W/W/D/W/W Position 24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/22/21/21/22/22/21/18/21/19/21/23/19/20/18/18/20/23/23/23/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/22/22/23 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #eee5de complete Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985-86 March 2024 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1984 8 25 y 15:00 BST 1 5–0 Exeter City o.g.R.McDonough R.Pratt J.Sims Northampton Town St James Park Exeter 3,166 Les Burden L 1984 9 1 y 15:00 BST 2 1–3 Northampton Town A.Hayes pen. Chesterfield County Ground Northampton 2,554 L 1984 9 8 y 15:00 BST 3 4–0 https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/memory-match-northampton-1984 Darlington C.Airey 5 64J.Hannah 14D.McLean 55 pen. Northampton Town Feethams Darlington 1,110 L 1984 9 15 y 15:00 BST 4 0–1 Northampton Town Halifax Town County Ground Northampton 1,437 L 1984 9 18 y 19:30 BST 5 0–0 Northampton Town Rochdale County Ground Northampton 1,653 Danny Vickers D 1984 9 22 y 15:00 BST 6 1–0 Chester City O.Brown Northampton Town Sealand Road Chester 1,845 L 1984 9 29 y 15:00 BST 7 1–3 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmft=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=45&fdfaShowAll=&frefShowAll=&fcomp1=13&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2107 Northampton Town A.Hayes 24B.Mundee 0 64 Colchester United N.Parkinson 70T.Adcock 74K.Bowen 78 County Ground Northampton 1,595 John Martin L 1984 10 1 y 15:00 BST 8 0–3 Port Vale Northampton Town F.Belfon P.Cavener A.Hayes Vale Park Burslem 3,235 Allan Banks W 1984 10 6 y 15:00 BST 9 0–2 Northampton Town Scunthorpe United County Ground Northampton 1,813 L 1984 10 13 y 15:00 BST 10 2–1 Southend United Northampton Town F.Belfon Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 2,265 L 1984 10 16 y 19:30 BST 11 0–3 Wrexham Northampton Town I.Benjamin W.Gage Racecourse Ground Wrexham, Wales 1,748 W 1984 10 20 y 15:00 BST 12 4–0 Northampton Town I.Benjamin W.Gage Aldershot County Ground Northampton 1,864 John Hough W 1984 10 27 y 15:00 BST 13 2–1 Blackpool Northampton Town A.Mann Bloomfield Road Blackpool 3,577 L 1984 11 3 y 15:00 GMT 14 0–1 Northampton Town Bury County Ground Northampton 2,240 L 1984 11 6 y 19:30 GMT 15 3–2 Crewe Alexandra Northampton Town F.Belfon I.Benjamin Gresty Road Crewe 2,154 L 1984 11 10 y 15:00 GMT 16 4–0 Northampton Town I.Benjamin W.Gage A.Hayes pen. Swindon Town County Ground Northampton 2,274 W 1984 11 23 y 19:30 GMT 17 1–2 Tranmere Rovers Northampton Town F.Belfon I.Benjamin Prenton Park Birkenhead 1,899 W 1984 12 1 y 15:00 GMT 18 0–3 Northampton Town Hereford United County Ground Northampton 2,523 L 1984 12 15 y 15:00 GMT 19 0–0 Hartlepool United Northampton Town Victoria Park Hartlepool 2,207 D 1984 12 22 y 15:00 GMT 20 2–0 Mansfield Town D.Caldwell Northampton Town Field Mill Mansfield 2,207 L 1984 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 21 0–3 Northampton Town Peterborough United County Ground Northampton 4,350 L 1984 12 29 y 15:00 GMT 22 3–1 Northampton Town P.Cavener pen. Torquay United County Ground Northampton 1,496 W 1985 1 1 y 15:00 GMT 23 4–2 Stockport County Northampton Town I.Benjamin R.Lewis Edgeley Park Stockport 1,726 L 1985 1 5 y 15:00 GMT 24 5–2 Northampton Town I.Benjamin P.Cavener pen. Exeter City J.McNichol T.Morgan County Ground Northampton 1,475 W 1985 1 12 y 15:00 GMT 25 2–1 Chesterfield Northampton Town P.Cavener pen. Saltergate Chesterfield 3,759 L 1985 2 1 y 19:30 GMT 26 4–1 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmft=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=45&fdfaShowAll=&frefShowAll=&fcomp1=13&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2130 Colchester United R.Hedman 63T.Adcock 70K.Day 72N.Parkinson 83 pen. Northampton Town B.Mundee 85 Layer Road Colchester 2,314 Tony Ward L 1985 2 16 y 15:00 GMT 27 3–0 Rochdale D.Thompson 40B.Diamond 56 86 Northampton Town Spotland Rochdale 1,228 Neville Ashley L 1985 2 23 y 15:15 GMT 28 3–1 Bury Northampton Town M.Barnes Spotland Bury 2,938 L 1985 2 26 y 19:30 GMT 29 1–0 Halifax Town Northampton Town The Shay Halifax 1,009 L Fixture was previously postponed on January 25, 1985.1984/85 Division 4 https://ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com/1984851.html 30 January 2024 ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com 30 January 2024 1985 3 2 y 15:00 GMT 30 0–1 Northampton Town Blackpool County Ground Northampton 1,860 L 1985 3 5 y 19:30 GMT 31 0–4 Northampton Town Wrexham County Ground Northampton 1,223 Darryl Reeves L 1985 3 9 y 15:00 GMT 32 0–0 Aldershot Northampton Town Recreation Ground Aldershot 1,955 D 1985 3 17 y 15:00 GMT 33 1–2 Northampton Town F.Belfon Southend United County Ground Northampton 1,702 L 1985 3 19 y 19:30 GMT 34 0–2 Northampton Town Chester City S.Rimmer R.Greenough County Ground Northampton 942 Allan Gunn L Fixture was previously postponed on February 9, 1985. 1985 3 22 y 19:30 GMT 35 2–1 Scunthorpe United Northampton Town I.Benjamin Old Show Ground Scunthorpe 2,024 L 1985 3 30 y 15:00 GMT 36 1–3 Northampton Town I.Benjamin Crewe Alexandra County Ground Northampton 1,264 L 1985 4 2 y 19:30 BST 37 0–0 Peterborough United Northampton Town London Road Peterborough 2,482 D 1985 4 9 y 19:30 BST 38 4–0 Northampton Town I.Benjamin S.Brown W.Donald A.Mann Stockport County County Ground Northampton 1,426 Danny Vickers W 1985 4 13 y 15:00 BST 39 2–0 Swindon Town Northampton Town County Ground Swindon 3,642 L 1985 4 15 y 15:00 BST 40 2–0 Northampton Town W.Donald B.Mundee Hartlepool United County Ground Northampton 1,181 W 1985 4 17 y 19:30 BST 41 1–0 Northampton Town W.Gage Port Vale County Ground Northampton 1,311 W 1985 4 20 y 15:00 BST 42 2–0 Northampton Town I.Benjamin S.Brown Tranmere Rovers County Ground Northampton 1,581 W 1985 4 23 y 19:30 BST 43 2–1 Northampton Town I.Benjamin K.Thompson Darlington County Ground Northampton 1,838 W 1985 4 27 y 15:00 BST 44 1–1 Hereford United Northampton Town S.Brown Edgar Street Hereford 3,266 D 1985 4 30 y 19:30 BST 45 1–0 Northampton Town R.Train Mansfield Town County Ground Northampton 2,350 W 1985 5 6 y 15:00 BST 46 0–2 Torquay United Northampton Town I.Benjamin R.Lewis Plainmoor Torquay 1,181 W FA Cup 1984–85 FA Cup 1984 11 17 y 15:00 GMT First round 2–2 Northampton Town R.Train T.Lee VS Rugby County Ground Northampton 4,815 D 1984 11 21 y 19:30 GMT First round (r) 0–1 VS Rugby Northampton Town W.Gage Butlin Road Rugby 3,961 W 1984 12 8 y 15:00 GMT Second round 2–2 Brentford Northampton Town R.Train T.Lee Griffin Park Brentford, London 4,449 D 1984 12 17 y 19:30 GMT Second round (r) 0–2 Northampton Town Brentford County Ground Northampton 3,610 L Fixture was previously abandoned on December 11, 1984 due to snow. Milk Cup 1984–85 Football League Cup 1984 8 27 y 15:00 BST First round 1st leg 1–0 Crystal Palace Northampton Town Selhurst Park Selhurst, London 3,752 Ian Borrett L 1984 9 4 y 19:30 BST First round 2nd leg 0–0 Northampton Town Crystal Palace County Ground Northampton 2,979 D Freight Rover Trophy 1984–85 Associate Members' Cup 1985 1 29 y 19:30 GMT First round 1st leg 1–1 Port Vale O.Williams Northampton Town I.Benjamin Vale Park Burslem 1,386 D 1985 2 5 y 19:30 GMT First round 2nd leg 1–2 yes Northampton Town F.Belfon Port Vale R.Earle County Ground Northampton 1,407 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 43 – – 4 – – 2 – – 2 – – 51 – – DF Michael Barnes 19 – 1 4 – – 2 – – – – – 25 – 1 DF Mark Bushell 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – DF Wakeley Gage 42 1 4 2 1 1 2 – – 2 – – 48 3 5 DF Russell Lewis 43 1 2 4 – – 1 – – 2 – – 50 1 2 DF Brian Mundee 32 1 2 3 – – 2 – – 2 – – 39 1 2 DF Geoff Scott 16 1 – 2 1 – – – – 2 – – 20 2 – DF Paul Shirtliff 27 2 – – – – 1 – – – – – 28 2 – MF Paul Bancroft 15 1 – – – – 1 – – – – – 16 1 – MF Neil Brough 3 4 – – – – – – – 1 – – 4 4 – MF Steve Brown 14 – 3 – – – – – – – – – 14 – 3 MF Phil Cavener 28 – 7 1 – – 2 – – 1 – – 32 – 7 MF Warren Donald 11 – 2 – – – – – – – – – 11 – 2 MF Austin Hayes 20 – 5 4 – – 2 – – – 1 – 26 1 5 MF Aidy Mann 36 2 2 4 – – – – – 1 – – 41 2 2 MF Keith Thompson 10 – 1 – – – – – – – – – 10 – 1 MF Ray Train 46 – 1 4 – 2 2 – – 2 – – 54 – 3 FW Frankie Belfon 26 5 5 4 – – 1 – – 2 – 1 33 5 6 FW Ian Benjamin 42 2 18 4 – – 2 – – 2 – 1 50 2 19 Players who left before end of season: GK Kevin Poole 3 – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – MF Mark Hutchinson 1 1 – – – – – – – 1 – – 2 1 – FW Trevor Lee 24 – – 4 – 2 2 – – 2 – – 32 – 2 FW Mick Perry 4 – – – – – – – – – – – 4 – – References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1984-85 Northampton Town