1989–90 Northampton Town F.C. season

April 2022 Northampton Town 1989–90 Graham Carr Dick Underwood County Ground Division Three 22nd FA Cup Fourth round Littlewoods Cup First round Leyland DAF Cup First round (s) Bobby Barnes (18) Bobby Barnes (20) 14,529 vs Coventry City 1,665 vs Maidstone United 3,190 1988–89 1990–91 The 1989–90 season was Northampton Town's 93rd season in their history and the third successive season in the Third Division. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup. Players match played 5 May 1990.Jack Rollin Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 1990 Queen Anne Press London 978-0-356-17911-7 258 Name Position Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersPeter GleasureGKENGLuton1990 5 5 1960 10 8 y3880MillwallMarch 1983 DefendersIrvin GernonLBENGBirmingham1990 5 5 1962 12 30 y182ReadingOctober 1989£25,000David JohnsonLBENGNorthampton1990 5 5 1967 3 10 y70Irthlingborough DiamondsJuly 1989FreeKeith McPhersonCBENGGreenwich1990 5 5 1963 9 11 y2169West 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 2013Steve TerryCBENGClapton1990 5 5 1962 6 14 y172Hull CityMarch 1990£70,000Russ Wilcox (c)CBENGHemsworth1990 5 5 1964 3 25 y16210Frickley Athletic30 June 1986£15,000Barry J. Hugman The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 2002 Queen Anne Press Harpenden 978-1-85291-648-0 438Wayne WilliamsRBENGTelford1990 5 5 1963 11 17 y501Shrewsbury Town12 January 1988Paul WilsonLBENGBradford1990 5 5 1968 8 2 y943Norwich CityFebruary 1988£30,000 MidfieldersMicky BellWENGNewcastle upon Tyne1990 5 5 1971 11 15 y60ApprenticeApril 1990N/ASteve BerryCMENGLiverpool1990 5 5 1963 4 4 y903Aldershot27 October 1988£45,000Steve BrownLMENGNorthampton1990 5 5 1966 7 6 y394Irthlingborough Diamonds21 July 1989FreePhil ChardUENGCorby1990 5 5 1960 10 16 y17133Wolverhampton WanderersOctober 1989Warren DonaldCMENGHillingdon1990 5 5 1964 10 7 y22014West 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 2024Trevor QuowCMENGPeterborough1990 5 5 1960 9 28 y532Gillingham12 January 1989Bradley SandemanRMENGNorthampton1990 5 5 1970 2 24 y643ApprenticeJanuary 1988N/ADavid ScopeWENGNewcastle upon Tyne1990 5 5 1967 5 10 y80Blyth SpartansSeptember 1989Martin SingletonCMENGBanbury1990 5 5 1963 8 2 y605West Bromwich Albion7 November 1987£57,500Aidey ThorpeLWENGChesterfield1990 5 5 1963 11 25 y133WalsallMarch 1990£50,000 ForwardsBobby BarnesFWENGKingston upon Thames1990 5 5 1962 12 17 y4520Bournemouth13 October 1989£70,000Darren CollinsFWENGWinchester1990 5 5 1967 5 24 y5310Petersfield UnitedJanuary 1989Carl LeaburnFWENGLewisham1990 5 5 1969 3 30 y90Charlton Athletic22 March 1990Loan Competitions Barclays League Division Three 1989–90 Football League#Third Division League table y Third Division NOR Results summary 7 7 9 27 31 4 7 12 24 37 11v11.com 7 May 2020 May 2020 League position by match table b Round Ground A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A Result L/D/W/D/W/L/W/L/L/L/W/L/D/D/L/D/L/W/W/D/W/W/D/L/D/L/L/L/D/D/D/D/L/L/L/L/D/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/D/L Position 19/17/10/14/11/14/11/13/14/17/15/16/16/15/17/18/21/15/13/13/13/11/10/19/19/20/20/22/22/21/22/21/22/23/23/23/23/23/23/23/23/23/23/22/22/22 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd blue1 red1 complete 11v11.com April 2020 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1989 8 19 y 15:00 BST 1 1–0 Walsall Northampton Town Bescot Stadium Walsall 5,020 L 1989 8 26 y 15:00 BST 2 1–1 Swansea City Northampton Town D.Collins Vetch Field Swansea, Wales 3,637 D 1989 9 2 y 15:00 BST 3 2–0 Northampton Town D.Thomas T.Adcock pen. Bristol City County Ground Northampton 4,088 W 1989 9 9 y 15:00 BST 4 0–0 Wigan Athletic Northampton Town Springfield Park Wigan 2,289 John Watson D 1989 9 16 y 15:00 BST 5 2–1 Northampton Town D.Collins T.Adcock pen. Shrewsbury Town County Ground Northampton 3,084 David Elleray W 1989 9 23 y 15:00 BST 6 2–1 Crewe Alexandra Northampton Town D.Collins Gresty Road Crewe 2,289 L 1989 9 26 y 19:30 BST 7 2–3 Cardiff City Northampton Town T.Quow T.Adcock D.Thomas Ninian Park Cardiff, Wales 2,801 W 1989 9 30 y 15:00 BST 8 0–1 Northampton Town Bury County Ground Northampton 3,486 L 1989 10 7 y 15:00 BST 9 1–2 Northampton Town D.Collins Preston North End County Ground Northampton 3,039 L 1989 10 14 y 15:00 BST 10 4–0 Birmingham City N.Gleghorn D.Bailey pen. Northampton Town St Andrew's Birmingham 8,731 Paul Harrison L 1989 10 17 y 19:30 BST 11 4–2 Northampton Town W.Donald R.Wilcox B.Barnes D.Collins Blackpool County Ground Northampton 3,098 W 1989 10 21 y 15:00 BST 12 4–2 Bristol Rovers Northampton Town S.Brown B.Barnes pen. Twerton Park Bath 4,920 L 1989 10 28 y 15:00 BST 13 0–0 Northampton Town Notts County County Ground Northampton 3,734 D 1989 10 21 y 19:30 GMT 14 1–1 Fulham Northampton Town B.Barnes pen. Craven Cottage Fulham, London 3,518 D 1989 11 4 y 15:00 GMT 15 1–2 Northampton Town B.Barnes pen. Rotherham United County Ground Northampton 3,598 L 1989 11 11 y 15:00 GMT 16 2–2 Huddersfield Town M.Smith G.Mitchell Northampton Town I.Gernon B.Barnes Leeds Road Huddersfield 4,973 Gerald Ashby D 1989 11 25 y 15:00 GMT 17 0–2 Northampton Town Brentford E.May D.Holdsworth County Ground Northampton 3,165 L 1989 12 2 y 15:00 GMT 18 0–3 Bolton Wanderers Northampton Town B.Barnes W.Donald Burnden Park Bolton 5,501 W 1989 12 17 y 15:00 GMT 19 2–1 Northampton Town B.Barnes D.Collins Reading County Ground Northampton 3,025 W 1989 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 20 1–1 Leyton Orient Northampton Town B.Barnes Brisbane Road Leyton, London 4,784 D 1989 12 30 y 15:00 GMT 21 1–2 Mansfield Town Northampton Town S.Berry B.Barnes Field Mill Mansfield 3,210 W 1990 1 1 y 15:00 GMT 22 1–0 Northampton Town S.Berry Chester City County Ground Northampton 3,823 Roger Pawley W 1990 1 13 y 15:00 GMT 23 1–1 Northampton Town B.Barnes Swansea City County Ground Northampton 3,944 D 1990 2 17 y 15:00 GMT 24 0–2 Northampton Town D.Thomas 0 Bolton Wanderers County Ground Northampton 3,432 L 1990 2 20 y 19:30 GMT 25 1–1 Northampton Town D.Collins Walsall County Ground Northampton 2,617 D 1990 2 25 y 15:00 GMT 26 3–2 Brentford G.Blissett D.Holdsworth Northampton Town D.Thomas D.Collins Griffin Park Brentford, London 6,391 L 1990 3 3 y 15:00 GMT 27 0–4 Northampton Town Tranmere Rovers County Ground Northampton 3,147 L 1990 3 6 y 19:30 GMT 28 1–0 Bury Northampton Town Gigg Lane Bury 2,327 L 1990 3 10 y 15:00 GMT 29 1–1 Northampton Town B.Barnes pen. Cardiff City County Ground Northampton 2,574 D 1990 3 13 y 19:30 GMT 30 1–1 Northampton Town P.Chard Wigan Athletic County Ground Northampton 2,172 Jim Rushton D 1990 3 17 y 15:00 GMT 31 0–0 Preston North End Northampton Town Deepdale Preston 5,686 D 1990 3 20 y 19:30 GMT 32 2–2 Northampton Town S.Terry R.Wilcox Birmingham City D.Peer N.Gleghorn County Ground Northampton 4,346 Peter Jones D 1990 3 24 y 15:00 GMT 33 1–0 Blackpool Northampton Town Bloomfield Road Blackpool 5,686 L 1990 3 27 y 19:30 BST 34 3–1 Bristol City Northampton Town B.Barnes Ashton Gate Bristol 3,296 L 1990 3 31 y 15:00 BST 35 1–2 Northampton Town A.Thorpe W.Donald 0 Bristol Rovers County Ground Northampton 3,774 L 1990 4 3 y 19:30 BST 36 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Northampton Town Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 2,314 L 1990 4 7 y 15:00 BST 37 2–2 Northampton Town B.Sandeman A.Thorpe Fulham County Ground Northampton 2,882 D 1990 4 10 y 19:30 BST 38 3–2 Notts County Northampton Town S.Terry B.Barnes Meadow Lane Nottingham 5,396 L 1990 4 14 y 15:00 BST 39 0–1 Chester City Northampton Town B.Barnes pen. Sealand Road Chester 2,242 W 1990 4 16 y 15:00 BST 40 0–1 Northampton Town Leyton Orient County Ground Northampton 3,215 L 1990 4 21 y 15:00 BST 41 3–2 Reading Northampton Town B.Barnes pen.K.McPherson Elm Park Reading 3,140 L 1990 4 24 y 19:30 BST 42 1–2 Northampton Town R.Wilcox Mansfield Town County Ground Northampton 2,119 L 1990 4 28 y 15:00 BST 43 1–0 Northampton Town B.Barnes Huddersfield Town County Ground Northampton 2,388 Michael Pierce W 1990 4 30 y 19:30 BST 44 3–1 Northampton Town B.Barnes pen.P.Chard A.Thorpe Crewe Alexandra County Ground Northampton 2,622 W 1990 5 2 y 19:30 BST 45 0–0 Tranmere Rovers Northampton Town Prenton Park Birkenhead 5,363 Paul Vanes D 1990 5 5 y 15:00 BST 46 2–0 Rotherham United Northampton Town Millmoor Rotherham 3,420 L FA Cup 1989–90 FA Cup 1989 11 18 y 15:00 GMT First round 0–1 Kettering Town Northampton Town D.Thomas 69 Rockingham Road Kettering 6,100 Ray Lewis W 1989 12 9 y 15:00 GMT Second round 0–0 Northampton Town Aylesbury United County Ground Northampton 6,098 Allan Gunn D 1990 12 13 y 19:30 GMT Second round (r) 0–1 Aylesbury United Northampton Town B.Barnes Buckingham Road Aylesbury 4,895 W 1990 1 6 y 15:00 GMT Third round 1–0 Northampton Town S.Berry 43 Coventry City County Ground Northampton 14,529 W 1990 1 27 y 15:00 GMT Fourth round 3–0 Rochdale Northampton Town Spotland Stadium Rochdale 9,048 L Littlewoods Cup 1989–90 Football League Cup 1989 8 22 y 19:30 BST First round 1st leg 1–1 Mansfield Town Northampton Town T.Adcock Field Mill Mansfield 3,095 D 1989 9 5 y 19:30 BST First round 2nd leg 0–2 Northampton Town Mansfield Town County Ground Northampton 3,963 L Leyland DAF Cup 1989–90 Associate Members' Cup South Group 7 NOR Qualified for next round 1989 11 7 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 0–3 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=sdate&order=asc&fsea=50&fcomp1=6&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2392 Colchester United Northampton Town B.Barnes 26P.Chard 76D.Collins 88 Layer Road Colchester 1,780 Danny Vickers W 1989 11 28 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 2–4 Northampton Town R.Wilcox I.Gernon Maidstone United County Ground Northampton 1,665 L 1990 1 17 y 19:30 GMT First round (s) 2–1 Southend United Northampton Town D.Collins Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 1,346 L Appearances and goals Pos Position Player Division Three 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 – – 3 – – 56 – – DF Irvin Gernon 12 – 1 3 – – – – – 3 – 1 18 – 2 DF David Johnson 6 1 – – – – – – – – – – 6 1 – DF Keith McPherson 43 – 1 5 – – 2 – – 3 – – 53 – 1 DF Steve Terry 17 – 2 – – – – – – – – – 17 – 2 DF Russ Wilcox 46 – 3 5 – – 2 – – 3 – 1 56 – 4 DF Wayne Williams 14 1 – – – – 1 1 – 1 – – 16 2 – DF Paul Wilson 26 1 – 3 – – 2 – – 1 1 – 32 2 – MF Micky Bell 5 1 – – – – – – – – – – 5 1 – MF Steve Berry 41 – 2 5 – 1 2 – – 3 – – 51 – 3 MF Steve Brown 15 6 1 3 – – – – – – – – 18 6 1 MF Phil Chard 29 – 2 5 – – – – – 2 – 1 36 – 3 MF Warren Donald 20 7 2 2 1 – 2 – – 1 – – 25 8 2 MF Trevor Quow 25 5 1 3 – – 2 – – – – – 30 5 1 MF Bradley Sandeman 20 9 1 2 – – 1 1 – 3 – – 26 10 1 MF David Scope 2 5 – – – – – – – 1 – – 3 5 – MF Martin Singleton 6 4 – – 2 – – – – 2 – – 8 6 – MF Aidey Thorpe 13 – 3 – – – – – – – – – 13 – 3 FW Bobby Barnes 37 – 18 5 – 1 – – – 3 – 1 45 – 20 FW Darren Collins 33 2 8 4 – – 1 1 – 1 2 2 39 5 10 FW Carl Leaburn 9 – – – – – – – – – – – 9 – – Players who left before end of season: MF Dean Thomas 31 – 3 5 – 1 2 – – 3 – – 41 – 4 FW Tony Adcock 8 – 3 – – – 2 – 1 – – – 10 – 4 FW Paul Culpin 1 3 – – – – 1 1 – – – – 2 4 – FW Glen Donegal 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – FW Terry McPhillips – 1 – – 1 – – – – – 1 – – 3 – References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1989-90 Northampton Town Northampton Town