1996–97 Northampton Town F.C. season

April 2022 Northampton Town 1996–97 Ian Atkins Barry Ward Sixfields Stadium Division Three 4th Play-offs Winners FA Cup First round League Cup Second round League Trophy Semi-final Neil Grayson (12) Neil Grayson (12) 7,342 vs Watford 3,519 vs Hull City 4,825 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 season was Northampton Town's Centenary season in their history and the seventh 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 match played 24 May 1997.Glenda Rollin Jack Rollin Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997–98 1997 Headline Publishing Group London 978-0-7472-7738-5 260 Name Position Nat. Place of birth Date of birth (age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersStuart BrockGKENGWest Bromwich1997 5 24 1976 9 26 y00Aston Villa27 March 1997FreeBilly TurleyGKENGWolverhampton1997 5 24 1973 7 15 y30Evesham United10 July 1995FreeAndy WoodmanGKENGCamberwell1997 5 24 1971 8 11 y1180Exeter City10 March 1995Free DefendersIan ClarksonRBENGSolihull1997 5 24 1970 12 4 y560Stoke City2 August 1996FreeLee ColkinLBENGNuneaton1997 5 24 1974 7 15 y1174Apprentice31 August 1992N/AJohn FrainLBENGBirmingham1997 5 24 1968 10 8 y171Birmingham City24 January 1997LoanLee MaddisonLBENGBristol1997 5 24 1972 10 5 y660Bristol Rovers22 September 1995£25,000David RennieCBSCOEdinburgh1997 5 24 1964 8 29 y434Coventry City5 August 1996FreeIan SampsonCBENGWakefield1997 5 24 1968 11 14 y14713Sunderland5 August 1994£30,000Ray Warburton (c)CBENGRotherham1997 5 24 1967 10 7 y15614York City4 February 1994£35,000 MidfieldersAli GibbRMENGSalisbury1997 5 24 1976 2 17 y482Norwich City5 February 1996£30,000Roy HunterCMENGSaltburn-by-the-Sea1997 5 24 1973 10 29 y857West Bromwich Albion2 August 1995FreeDave MartinCMENGEast Ham1997 5 24 1963 4 25 y142Leyton Orient11 October 1996FreeDanny O'SheaCMENGNewington1997 5 24 1963 3 26 y870Cambridge United23 March 1995FreeSean ParrishLMWALWrexham1997 5 24 1972 3 14 y479Doncaster Rovers2 August 1996£35,000Dean PeerCMENGWordsley1997 5 24 1969 8 8 y783Walsall22 August 1995FreeMichael WarnerCMENGHarrogate1997 5 24 1974 1 17 y110Tamworth31 May 1995Free ForwardsMark CooperFWENGWatford1997 5 24 1967 4 5 y4610Barnet2 August 1996FreeJohn GayleFWENGBromsgrove1997 5 24 1964 7 30 y143Stoke City10 February 1997£25,000Neil GraysonFWENGYork1997 5 24 1964 11 1 y14134Boston United19 June 1994FreeGarry ThompsonFWENGKings Heath1997 5 24 1959 10 7 y526Cardiff City10 February 1995FreeChristian LeeFWENGAylesbury1997 5 24 1976 10 8 y459Doncaster Rovers13 July 1995FreeJason WhiteFWENGMeriden1997 5 24 1971 10 19 y9218Scarborough15 June 1995£35,000 Competitions Football League Division Three 1996–97 Football League#Third Division League table y Third Division NOR Results summary 14 4 5 43 17 6 8 9 24 27 26 April 2020 April 2020 League position by match table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H Result L/W/D/D/D/L/L/D/W/L/L/W/L/W/W/W/L/D/W/D/L/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/W/L/L/D/W/D/L/W/D/L/L/W/W/D/W/W/D/W Position 17/10/11/10/12/16/19/20/15/16/21/16/20/14/13/10/12/12/10/11/15/10/11/7/10/6/5/6/5/6/7/8/8/9/10/8/8/10/10/9/6/6/5/5/6/4 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd blue1 complete Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997-1998 April 2020 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1996 8 17 y 15:00 BST 1 2–1 Wigan Athletic K.Sharp 0 50G.Lancashire 56W.Biggins 73 Northampton Town M.Cooper 28D.O'Shea 0 40D.Peer 0 50 Springfield Park Wigan 2,499 L 1996 8 24 y 15:00 BST 2 3–0 Northampton Town D.Rennie 36R.Hunter 53M.Cooper 85 Mansfield Town M.Sale 0 81 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,162 Carl Finch W 1996 8 27 y 19:45 BST 3 1–1 Northampton Town D.Rennie 85 Torquay United R.Jack 4 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,128 D 1996 8 31 y 15:00 BST 4 1–1 Scarborough G.Bennett 76 Northampton Town C.Lee 85 Athletic Ground Scarborough 2,520 D 1996 9 7 y 15:00 BST 5 1–1 Barnet S.Devine 55 Northampton Town C.Lee 6 Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet 2,982 D 1996 9 10 y 19:45 BST 6 0–1 Northampton Town Leyton Orient D.Chapman 90 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 3,994 L 1996 9 14 y 15:00 BST 7 1–2 Northampton Town I.Sampson 63 Cambridge United M.Hyde 32T.Richards 58 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,584 L 1996 9 21 y 15:00 BST 8 2–2 Cardiff City T.Philliskirk 18C.Middleton 83 Northampton Town M.Cooper 87R.Hunter 89 pen. Ninian Park Cardiff, Wales 4,124 D 1996 9 28 y 15:00 BST 9 3–0 Northampton Town R.Hunter 27 pen.C.Lee 30A.Gibb 54 Brighton & Hove Albion Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,402 W 1996 10 1 y 19:30 BST 10 2–1 Chester City D.Flitcroft 55K.Noteman 79 Northampton Town N.Grayson 72 Deva Stadium Chester 1,791 L 1996 10 5 y 15:00 BST 11 0–1 Northampton Town Fulham M.Conroy 54 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,171 L 1996 10 12 y 15:00 BST 12 0–1 Exeter City Northampton Town C.Lee 29 St James Park Exeter 3,002 W 1996 10 16 y 19:30 BST 13 2–1 Scunthorpe United D.D'Auria 80C.Hope 90 Northampton Town I.Sampson 16 Glanford Park Scunthorpe 2,079 L 1996 10 19 y 15:00 BST 14 2–1 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=sdate&order=asc&fsea=57&fcomp1=12&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2757 Northampton Town S.Parrish 45N.Grayson 55 Colchester United C.Fry 41 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,119 Steve Baines W 1996 10 26 y 15:00 BST 15 3–1 Northampton Town N.Grayson 52R.Warburton 61S.Parrish 90 Darlington G.Naylor 15D.Roberts 0 41 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,123 W 1996 10 29 y 19:30 GMT 16 0–2 Hartlepool United Northampton Town N.Grayson 1S.Parrish 22 Victoria Park Hartlepool 1,254 W 1996 11 2 y 15:00 GMT 17 1–0 Swansea City S.Torpey 67 Northampton Town Vetch Field Swansea, Wales 3,335 L 1996 11 9 y 15:00 GMT 18 1–1 Northampton Town S.Parrish 52 Carlisle United P.Conway 59S.Hayward 0 80 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,682 D 1996 11 19 y 19:30 GMT 19 1–2 Doncaster Rovers J.Schofield 54 Northampton Town R.Warburton 1M.Rush 61 Belle Vue Doncaster 1,030 W 1996 11 23 y 15:00 GMT 20 2–2 Northampton Town R.Hunter 2J.White 69 Rochdale A.Farrell 66 68 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 3,836 D 1996 11 30 y 15:00 GMT 21 3–1 Darlington S.Shaw 46D.Roberts 73 77 Northampton Town M.Cooper 39 Feethams Darlington 1,030 L 1996 12 3 y 19:45 GMT 22 2–1 Northampton Town P.Stant 7 23 pen. Hull City D.Darby 57 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 3,519 W 1996 12 14 y 15:00 GMT 23 1–1 Lincoln City G.Ainsworth 67 Northampton Town D.Rennie 33 Sincil Bank Lincoln 2,702 D 1996 12 20 y 19:45 GMT 24 1–0 Northampton Town N.Grayson 77 Hereford United Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,238 W 1996 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 25 2–1 Leyton Orient J.Channing 6A.Inglethorpe 79 Northampton Town N.Grayson 22 Brisbane Road Leyton, London 4,492 L 1996 12 28 y 15:00 GMT 26 2–0 Northampton Town I.Sampson 40M.Cooper 81 Barnet Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,060 W 1997 1 1 y 15:00 GMT 27 4–0 Northampton Town R.Warburton 16L.Jarman 42 o.g.M.Cooper 54N.Grayson 69 Cardiff City J.Eckhardt 0 47 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,416 W 1997 1 18 y 15:00 GMT 28 5–1 Northampton Town M.Rush 21M.Cooper 24R.Warburton 45I.Sampson 48N.Grayson 82 Chester City K.Noteman 28 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,434 W 1997 1 25 y 15:00 GMT 29 3–0 Northampton Town N.Grayson 44 45 48 Hartlepool United Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,093 W 1997 2 1 y 15:00 GMT 30 2–1 Carlisle United P.Conway 47 60 Northampton Town I.Clarkson 0 59C.Lee 77 Brunton Park Carlisle 5,271 L 1997 2 8 y 15:00 GMT 31 1–2 Northampton Town C.Lee 59 Swansea City P.Brayson 23D.Penney 85 pen. Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,178 L 1997 2 15 y 15:00 GMT 32 1–1 Rochdale J.Deary 44 Northampton Town M.Rush 9 Spotland Stadium Rochdale 1,988 D 1997 2 22 y 15:00 GMT 33 2–0 Northampton Town M.Cooper 12N.Grayson 41 Doncaster Rovers Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,577 W 1997 3 1 y 15:00 GMT 34 1–1 Hull City D.Darby 24 Northampton Town R.Dewhurst 74 o.g. Boothferry Park Kingston upon Hull 3,495 D 1997 3 4 y 19:45 GMT 35 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion R.Reinelt 23J.Peake 81 Northampton Town D.Peer 89 Goldstone Ground Hove 4,943 L 1997 3 8 y 15:00 GMT 36 1–2 Hereford United J.Williams 0 54A.Foster 90 Northampton Town S.Parrish 9C.Lee 13 Edgar Street Hereford 8,043 W 1997 3 15 y 15:00 GMT 37 1–1 Northampton Town R.Hunter 90 pen. Lincoln City S.Holmes 65 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,266 D 1997 3 22 y 15:00 GMT 38 1–0 Mansfield Town S.Eustace 83 Northampton Town Field Mill Mansfield 2,596 L 1997 3 29 y 15:00 GMT 39 0–1 Northampton Town Wigan Athletic D.Lowe 90 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,914 L 1997 3 31 y 15:00 BST 40 1–2 Torquay United R.Jack 28 Northampton Town S.Parrish 17I.Sampson 19 Plainmoor Torquay 2,336 W 1997 4 5 y 15:00 BST 41 1–0 Northampton Town R.Hunter 54 pen. Scarborough Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,854 W 1997 4 8 y 19:45 BST 42 0–0 Cambridge United Northampton Town Abbey Stadium Cambridge 4,412 D 1997 4 12 y 15:00 BST 43 0–1 Fulham Northampton Town J.White 7 Craven Cottage Fulham, London 11,419 W 1997 4 19 y 15:00 BST 44 4–1 Northampton Town S.Parrish 44M.Cooper 47 53J.Gayle 71 Exeter City D.Rowbotham 90 pen. Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,400 W 1997 4 26 y 15:00 BST 45 0–0 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=sdate&order=asc&fsea=57&fcomp1=12&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2796 Colchester United Northampton Town Layer Road Colchester 5,956 Paul Rejer D 1997 5 3 y 15:00 BST 46 1–0 Northampton Town S.Parrish 74 Scunthorpe United Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,828 W Play-offs 1997 5 11 y 12:00 BST Semi-final 1st Leg 0–1 Cardiff City Northampton Town M.Cooper 0 70S.Parrish 77 Ninian Park Cardiff, Wales 11,369 John Kirkby W 1997 5 14 y 19:45 BST Semi-final 2nd Leg 3–2 4–2 Northampton Town I.Sampson 23R.Warburton 68J.Gayle 77 Cardiff City J.Eckhardt 0 25J.Fowler 36S.Haworth 90 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 7,302 Uriah Rennie W 1997 5 24 y 15:00 BST Final 1–0 Northampton Town J.Frain 90 Swansea City Wembley Stadium London 46,804 Terry Heilbron W FA Cup 1996–97 FA Cup 1996 11 17 y 13:00 GMT First round 0–1 Northampton Town D.Rowbotham 32 Watford D.Bazeley 71 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 7,342 L League Cup 1996–97 Football League Cup 1996 8 20 y 19:30 BST First round 1st leg 1–0 Cardiff City C.Dale 54 Northampton Town Ninian Park Cardiff 2,294 L 1996 9 3 y 19:45 BST First round 2nd leg 2–0 Northampton Town M.Cooper 0 21C.Lee 62 78 Cardiff City Sixfields Stadium Northampton 3,567 W 1996 9 18 y 19:45 BST Second round 1st leg 1–0 Stoke City N.Worthington 50 Northampton Town Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent 6,093 L 1996 9 24 y 19:45 BST Second round 2nd leg 1–2 yes Northampton Town J.Gayle o.g. Stoke City M.Sheron 100 108 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,088 L League Trophy 1996–97 Football League Trophy 1997 2 4 y 19:45 GMT Second round 1–0 Northampton Town M.Rush Luton Town Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,201 W 1997 2 11 y 19:45 GMT Quarter-final 1–2 Plymouth Argyle Northampton Town D.Martin J.Gayle Home Park Plymouth 1,499 W 1997 2 18 y 19:45 GMT Semi-final 2–1 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=sdate&order=asc&fsea=57&fcomp1=6&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2781 Colchester United J.Vaughan 0 22D.Greene 66P.Buckle 75 Northampton Town D.Martin 67 Layer Road Colchester 3,975 Neale Barry L Appearances, goals and cards Pos Position Player Division Three FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Play-offs Total Discipline Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals GK Stuart Brock – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – GK Billy Turley 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – GK Andy Woodman 45 – – 1 – – 4 – – 3 – – 3 – – 56 – – 1 – DF Ian Clarkson 45 – – 1 – – 4 – – 3 – – 3 – – 56 – – 8 1 DF Lee Colkin 1 5 – – 1 – 1 3 – – 2 – – – – 2 11 – – – DF John Frain 11 – – – – – – – – 3 – – 3 – 1 17 – 1 2 – DF Lee Maddison 34 1 – 1 – – 3 1 – 2 – – – – – 40 1 – 5 – DF David Rennie 42 1 4 – – – 4 – – 2 – – 3 – – 51 1 4 2 – DF Ian Sampson 43 – 4 1 – – 4 – – 3 – – 3 – 1 54 – 5 11 – DF Ray Warburton 35 – 4 1 – – – – – 3 – – 3 – 1 42 – 5 1 – MF Ali Gibb 6 12 1 – – – 3 1 – – – – – 1 – 9 14 1 1 – MF Roy Hunter 26 10 6 1 – – 4 – – 1 – – 3 – – 35 10 6 6 – MF Dave Martin 10 2 – – – – – – – 2 – 2 – – – 12 2 2 1 – MF Danny O'Shea 32 3 – 1 – – 4 – – 1 1 – – – – 38 4 – 4 1 MF Sean Parrish 37 2 8 1 – – 3 1 – – – – 3 – 1 44 3 9 11 – MF Dean Peer 7 14 1 – – – 1 1 – 1 1 – – 3 – 9 19 1 1 1 MF Michael Warner 1 8 – – 1 – – – – 1 – – – – – 2 9 – – – FW Mark Cooper 37 4 10 1 – – 3 – – – – – 1 – – 42 4 10 7 2 FW Claudio De Vito – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FW John Gayle 7 2 1 – – – – – – 2 – 1 3 – 1 12 2 3 3 – FW Neil Grayson 38 8 12 1 – – 3 1 – 2 – – 3 – – 47 9 12 6 – FW Christian Lee 12 17 7 – 1 – 1 – 2 2 – – 1 2 – 16 20 9 1 – FW Garry Thompson – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – FW Jason White 16 16 2 1 – – 1 3 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 20 21 2 1 – Players who left before end of season: DF Ryan Kirby – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – MF Chris Burns 6 – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – 7 – – 1 – W Neil Lyne 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – 1 – W Matthew Rush 14 – 3 – – – – – – 1 – 1 – – – 15 – 4 1 – FW Allan Smart 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – FW Phil Stant 4 1 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 1 2 – – References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1996-97 Northampton Town Northampton Town