1988–89 Northampton Town F.C. season

April 2022 Northampton Town 1988–89 Graham Carr Derek Banks(until February)Dick Underwood(from February) County Ground Division Three 20th FA Cup First round Littlewoods Cup Second round Sherpa Vans Trophy Quarter-final (s) Tony Adcock (17) Tony Adcock (20) 6,907 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers 2,821 vs Mansfield Town 3,918 1987–88 1989–90 The 1988–89 season was Northampton Town's 92nd season in their history and the second 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 13 May 1989.Jack Rollin Rothmans Football Yearbook 1989–90 1989 Queen Anne Press London 978-0-356-17910-0 258 Name Position Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersPeter GleasureGKENGLuton1989 5 13 1960 10 8 y3320MillwallMarch 1983Gerald SylvesterGKENG00ApprenticeSummer 1988N/A DefendersMick BodleyCBENGHayes1989 5 13 1967 9 14 y220Chelsea12 January 1989Paul FlexneyCBSCOGlasgow1989 5 13 1965 1 18 y180Clyde22 August 1988Keith McPhersonCBENGGreenwich1989 5 13 1963 9 11 y1638West 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 2013Russ WilcoxCBENGHemsworth1989 5 13 1964 3 25 y1069Frickley 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 WilliamsRBENGTelford1989 5 13 1963 11 17 y321Shrewsbury Town12 January 1988Paul WilsonLBENGBradford1989 5 13 1968 8 2 y602Norwich CityFebruary 1988£30,000 MidfieldersSteve BerryCMENGLiverpool1989 5 13 1963 4 4 y393Aldershot27 October 1988£45,000Warren DonaldCMENGHillingdon1989 5 13 1964 10 7 y18712West 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 QuowCMENGPeterborough1989 5 13 1960 9 28 y181Gillingham12 January 1989Bradley SandemanRMENGNorthampton1989 5 13 1970 2 24 y281ApprenticeJanuary 1988N/AMartin Singleton (c)CMENGBanbury1989 5 13 1963 8 2 y465West Bromwich Albion7 November 1987£57,500 ForwardsTony AdcockFWENGBethnal Green1989 5 13 1963 3 27 y7330Manchester CityJanuary 1988£85,000 P/EDarren CollinsFWENGWinchester1989 5 13 1967 5 24 y90Petersfield UnitedJanuary 1989Paul CulpinFWENGKirby Muxloe1989 5 13 1962 2 8 y7126Coventry CityOctober 1987£50,000Glen DonegalFWENGNorthampton1989 5 13 1969 6 20 y254ApprenticeJanuary 1987N/A Competitions Barclays League Division Three 1988–89 Football League#Third Division League table y Third Division NOR Results summary 11 2 10 41 34 5 4 14 25 42 7 April 2020 April 2020 League position by match table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H Result D/W/W/W/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/L/D/L/W/W/W/W/L/D/D/W/L/D/L/W/L/L/D/W/D/L/L Position 13/7/3/1/4/8/5/6/8/15/17/17/18/17/17/18/19/18/20/20/20/21/16/19/20/20/21/20/18/17/14/16/17/16/15/16/16/17/17/17/19/19/17/16/16/20 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd blue1 red1 complete Rothmans Football Yearbook 1988-89 April 2020 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1988 8 27 y 15:00 BST 1 1–1 Mansfield Town Northampton Town G.Donegal Field Mill Mansfield 4,042 D 1988 9 3 y 15:00 BST 2 1–0 Northampton Town P.Wilson Brentford County Ground Northampton 4,488 John Kirkby W 1988 9 10 y 15:00 BST 3 0–1 Notts County Northampton Town P.Culpin Meadow Lane Nottingham 6,340 W 1988 9 17 y 15:00 BST 4 3–0 Northampton Town T.Adcock Chesterfield County Ground Northampton 4,520 Graham Poll W 1988 9 20 y 19:45 BST 5 4–0 Sheffield United T.Agana B.Deane I.Bryson Northampton Town Bramall Lane Sheffield 11,904 L 1988 9 24 y 15:00 BST 6 1–2 Northampton Town T.Adcock Bristol Rovers County Ground Northampton 3,886 L 1988 10 1 y 15:00 BST 7 6–0 Northampton Town P.Culpin D.Gilbert T.Adcock Aldershot County Ground Northampton 3,477 W 1988 10 4 y 19:45 BST 8 3–1 Blackpool Northampton Town D.Gilbert Bloomfield Road Blackpool 3,034 L 1988 10 8 y 15:00 BST 9 1–3 Northampton Town M.Singleton Huddersfield Town J.Bent C.Hutchings C.Maskell pen. County Ground Northampton 3,975 L 1988 10 15 y 15:00 BST 10 1–0 Swansea City Northampton Town Vetch Field Swansea, Wales 4,583 L 1988 10 22 y 15:00 BST 11 1–3 Northampton Town E.McGoldrick Bristol City County Ground Northampton 3,668 L 1988 10 25 y 19:45 GMT 12 3–2 Fulham Northampton Town B.Sandeman T.Adcock Craven Cottage Fulham, London 4,644 L 1988 10 29 y 15:00 GMT 13 1–3 Northampton Town E.McGoldrick Reading County Ground Northampton 4,355 L 1988 11 5 y 15:00 GMT 14 1–3 Wigan Athletic Northampton Town S.Berry T.Adcock P.Culpin Springfield Park Wigan 2,472 Alan Seville W 1988 11 8 y 19:30 GMT 15 1–3 Northampton Town P.Culpin Port Vale D.Beckford R.Earle R.Futcher County Ground Northampton 3,796 Jim Borritt L 1988 11 12 y 15:00 GMT 16 1–0 Cardiff City Northampton Town Ninian Park Cardiff, Wales 3,342 L 1988 11 26 y 15:00 GMT 17 2–1 Bolton Wanderers I.Stevens N.Brookman Northampton Town P.Culpin Burnden Park Bolton 4,446 L 1988 12 4 y 12:00 GMT 18 3–1 Northampton Town W.Williams D.Thomas T.Adcock Wolverhampton Wanderers County Ground Northampton 6,907 Joe Timmons W 1988 12 18 y 14:00 GMT 19 1–2 Northampton Town D.Gilbert Gillingham County Ground Northampton 3,829 Roger Pawley L 1988 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 20 2–1 Southend United Northampton Town T.Adcock Burnden Park Bolton 5,034 L 1988 12 31 y 15:00 GMT 21 2–1 Chester City Northampton Town P.Culpin Sealand Road Chester 5,034 L 1989 1 2 y 15:00 GMT 22 1–0 Northampton Town D.Thomas Preston North End County Ground Northampton 4,219 W 1989 1 7 y 15:00 GMT 23 2–0 Northampton Town P.Culpin B.Sandeman Bury County Ground Northampton 3,463 Keith Cooper W 1989 1 14 y 15:00 GMT 24 2–0 Brentford R.Cadette R.Stanislaus Northampton Town Griffin Park Brentford, London 6,043 L 1989 1 21 y 15:00 GMT 25 1–3 Northampton Town T.Adcock Notts County County Ground Northampton 3,704 L 1989 1 28 y 15:00 GMT 26 1–1 Chesterfield Northampton Town A.Craig D.Thomas 0 Saltergate Chesterfield 3,920 D 1989 2 4 y 15:00 GMT 27 5–1 Aldershot Northampton Town S.Wignall o.g. Recreation Ground Aldershot 2,244 L 1989 2 11 y 15:00 GMT 28 4–2 Northampton Town D.Gilbert pen.T.Adcock S.Berry Blackpool County Ground Northampton 3,303 W 1989 2 18 y 15:00 GMT 29 1–2 Huddersfield Town C.Maskell pen. Northampton Town D.Gilbert 45 pen.P.Culpin 82 Leeds Road Huddersfield 5,802 W 1989 2 25 y 15:00 GMT 30 1–0 Northampton Town D.Thomas Swansea City County Ground Northampton 3,900 W 1989 2 28 y 19:45 GMT 31 2–1 Northampton Town D.Gilbert D.Thomas Fulham County Ground Northampton 3,948 W 1989 3 4 y 15:00 GMT 32 3–1 Bristol City Northampton Town A.Walsh o.g. Ashton Gate Bristol 7,197 L 1989 3 11 y 15:00 GMT 33 1–1 Northampton Town T.Adcock Wigan Athletic County Ground Northampton 3,443 D 1989 3 15 y 19:45 GMT 34 1–1 Reading Northampton Town K.McPherson Elm Park Reading 3,746 D 1989 3 18 y 15:00 GMT 35 2–1 Northampton Town D.Thomas W.Donald Mansfield Town County Ground Northampton 2,821 W 1989 3 25 y 15:00 GMT 36 3–2 Preston North End Northampton Town D.Thomas T.Adcock Deepdale Preston 9,138 L 1989 3 27 y 19:45 BST 37 2–2 Northampton Town T.Adcock P.Culpin Southend United County Ground Northampton 3,707 Ron Bridges D 1989 4 1 y 15:00 BST 38 1–0 Gillingham Northampton Town Priestfield Gillingham 3,447 Vic Callow L 1989 4 4 y 19:45 BST 39 0–1 Bury Northampton Town T.Quow Gigg Lane Bury 1,965 W 1989 4 8 y 15:00 BST 40 0–2 Northampton Town Chester City County Ground Northampton 2,845 L 1989 4 15 y 15:00 BST 41 1–2 Northampton Town K.McPherson Sheffield United S.Thompson B.Deane County Ground Northampton 5,030 Peter Jones L 1989 4 22 y 15:00 BST 42 1–1 Bristol Rovers Northampton Town T.Adcock Eastville Stadium Bristol 5,568 D 1989 4 29 y 15:00 BST 43 3–0 Northampton Town D.Thomas S.Berry Cardiff City County Ground Northampton 3,194 John Kirkby W 1989 5 1 y 15:00 BST 44 1–2 Port Vale R.Futcher Northampton Town P.Culpin D.Thomas Vale Park Burslem 5,568 D 1989 5 6 y 15:00 BST 45 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Northampton Town R.Wilcox G.Donegal Molineux Wolverhampton 15,259 L 1989 5 13 y 15:00 BST 46 2–3 Northampton Town T.Adcock P.Culpin Bolton Wanderers J.Thomas S.Storer County Ground Northampton 3,655 Jim Rushton L FA Cup 1988–89 FA Cup 1988 11 19 y 15:00 GMT First round 3–1 Swansea City Northampton Town S.Berry Vetch Field Swansea, Wales 4,581 L Littlewoods Cup 1988–89 Football League Cup 1988 8 30 y 19:30 BST First round 1st leg 0–0 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmft=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=49&fdfaShowAll=&frefShowAll=&fcomp1=7&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2318 Colchester United Northampton Town Layer Road Colchester 1,678 Phil Don D 1988 9 6 y 19:30 BST First round 2nd leg 5–0 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmft=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=49&fdfaShowAll=&frefShowAll=&fcomp1=7&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2320 Northampton Town M.Singleton 9P.Culpin 27T.Adcock 43 81D.Gilbert 68 pen. Colchester United County Ground Northampton 3,953 David Hutchinson W 1988 9 27 y 19:30 BST Second round 1st leg 1–1 Northampton Town P.Culpin Charlton Athletic County Ground Northampton 5,290 Gerald Ashby D 1988 10 11 y 19:30 BST Second round 2nd leg 2–1 Charlton Athletic Northampton Town P.Wilson The Valley Charlton, London 2,782 L Sherpa Vans Trophy 1988–89 Associate Members' Cup 1988 11 22 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 1–1 Northampton Town E.McGoldrick Cambridge United County Ground Northampton 1,806 D 1988 12 21 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 0–2 Peterborough United Northampton Town T.Adcock P.Culpin London Road Peterborough 1,754 W 1989 1 17 y 19:30 GMT First round (s) 2–1 yes Northampton Town S.Berry S.Westley o.g.W.Donald 0 Southend United County Ground Northampton 2,539 Paul Danson W 1989 2 21 y 19:30 GMT Quarter-final (s) 3–1 yes Wolverhampton Wanderers Northampton Town o.g. Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton 16,815 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 – – 1 – – 4 – – 4 – – 55 – – DF Mick Bodley 20 – – – – – – – – 2 – – 22 – – DF Keith McPherson 41 – 2 1 – – 1 – – 4 – – 47 – 2 DF Bradley Sandeman 8 14 2 1 – – 1 – – 2 – – 12 14 2 DF Russ Wilcox 11 – 1 – – – – – – – – – 11 – 1 DF Wayne Williams 26 – 1 – – – – – – 3 – – 29 – 1 DF Paul Wilson 33 6 1 1 – – 2 – 1 2 1 – 38 7 2 MF Steve Berry 34 – 3 1 – 1 – – – 4 – 1 39 – 5 MF Warren Donald 37 – 1 – 1 – 4 – – 4 – – 45 1 1 MF Trevor Quow 17 1 1 – – – – – – – – – 17 1 1 MF Martin Singleton 11 – 1 – – – 4 – 1 – – – 15 – 2 FW Tony Adcock 46 – 17 1 – – 4 – 2 4 – 1 – – 20 FW Darren Collins 4 4 – – – – – – – – 1 – 4 5 – FW Paul Culpin 33 6 13 1 – – 3 – 2 4 – 1 41 6 16 FW Glen Donegal 4 5 2 – 1 – 1 – – – 1 – 5 7 2 Players who left before end of season: DF Graham Reed 8 – – – – – 3 – – – – – 11 – – DF Ian Johnson 1 2 – – – – – – – 1 – – 2 2 – DF Trevor Slack – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – 1 – MF Doug Anderson 4 1 – – – – – – – 1 – – 5 1 – MF Andy Blair 1 2 – – – – – – – – – – 1 2 – MF Gary Cobb 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – MF Albert Craig 2 – 1 – – – – – – – – – 2 – 1 MF Jason Garwood 5 1 – – – – – – – – – – 5 1 – MF Dave Gilbert 34 – 7 1 – – 4 – 1 4 – – 43 – 8 MF Eddie McGoldrick 22 – 2 1 – – 4 – – 2 – 1 29 – 3 FW David Longhurst 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – 1 1 – FW Andy Preece – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1988-89 Northampton Town Northampton Town