1998–99 Northampton Town F.C. season

April 2022 Northampton Town 1998–99 Ian Atkins Barry Stonhill Sixfields Stadium Division Two 22nd FA Cup Second round League Cup Third round League Trophy Second round Carlo Corazzin (16) Carlo Corazzin (17) 7,557 vs Manchester City 4,710 vs Wrexham 6,068 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 season was Northampton Town's 102nd season in their history and the second successive season in the Second Division. Alongside competing in Division Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. Players match played 8 May 1999.Glenda Rollin Jack Rollin Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999–2000 1999 Headline Publishing Group London 978-0-7472-7627-2 260 Name Position Nat. Place of birth Date of birth (age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersSteve FrancisGKENGBillericay1999 5 8 1964 5 29 y30Huddersfield Town25 January 1999FreeBilly TurleyGKENGWolverhampton1999 5 8 1973 7 15 y340Evesham United10 July 1995Free DefendersIan ClarksonRBENGSolihull1999 5 8 1970 12 4 y1162Stoke City2 August 1996FreeTony DobsonCBENGCoventry1999 5 8 1969 2 5 y120Gillingham11 September 1998£25,000John FrainLBENGBirmingham1999 5 8 1968 10 8 y972Birmingham CitySummer 1997FreeIan HendonRBENGIlford1999 5 8 1971 12 5 y70Notts County25 March 1999£25,000Colin HillCBNIRUxbridge (ENG)1999 5 8 1963 11 12 y710Trelleborgs FF19 November 1997£30,000Richard HopeCBENGStockton-on-Tees1999 5 8 1978 6 22 y200Darlington18 December 1998UndisclosedLee HoweyCBENGSunderland1999 5 8 1969 4 1 y266Burnley19 February 1999£50,000Garry HughesRBENGBirmingham1999 5 8 1979 11 19 y10Apprentice7 July 1998N/AIan SampsonCBENGWakefield1999 5 8 1968 11 14 y24119Sunderland5 August 1994£30,000 MidfieldersAli GibbRMENGSalisbury1999 5 8 1976 2 17 y1413Norwich City5 February 1996£30,000James HuntCMENGDerby1999 5 8 1976 12 17 y712Notts County1 August 1997FreeRoy HunterCMENGSaltburn-by-the-Sea1999 5 8 1973 10 29 y14413West Bromwich Albion2 August 1995FreeSean ParrishLMWALWrexham1999 5 8 1972 3 14 y9510Doncaster Rovers2 August 1996£35,000Dean PeerCMENGWordsley1999 5 8 1969 8 8 y1456Walsall22 August 1995FreeDamian MatthewLMENGIslington1999 5 8 1970 9 23 y20Burnley1 June 1998FreeDave SavageRMIREDublin1999 5 8 1973 7 30 y305Millwall7 October 1998£80,000Duncan SpeddingLMENGCamberley1999 5 8 1977 9 7 y291Southampton14 July 1998FreeMichael WarnerCMENGHarrogate1999 5 8 1974 1 17 y370Tamworth31 May 1995Free ForwardsCarlo CorazzinFWCANNew Westminster1999 5 8 1971 12 25 y4717Plymouth Argyle26 June 1998BosmanSteve HowardFWENGDurham1999 5 8 1976 5 10 y120Hartlepool United22 February 1999£120,000Christian LeeFWENGAylesbury1999 5 8 1976 10 8 y7410Doncaster Rovers13 July 1995FreeDavid SealFWAUSPenrith, NSW1999 5 8 1972 1 26 y5314Bristol City12 September 1997£90,000Paul WilkinsonFWENGLouth1999 5 8 1964 10 30 y201Millwall1 July 1998FreeKevin WilsonFWNIRBanbury (ENG)1999 5 8 1961 4 18 y181Walsall28 July 1997Free Competitions Football League Division Two 1998–99 Football League#Second Division League table y Second Division NOR Results summary 4 12 7 26 31 6 6 11 17 26 14 April 2020 April 2020 League position by match table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H Result L/D/D/L/D/L/W/D/L/D/L/W/D/L/D/W/D/L/L/D/W/W/L/D/L/L/L/D/L/W/L/L/L/D/W/L/L/W/D/W/D/W/D/D/D/D Position 19/18/22/22/21/22/19/20/20/19/22/19/19/19/21/19/19/21/21/21/19/18/18/17/18/20/20/20/21/21/21/22/22/22/22/22/24/21/22/21/21/20/20/20/20/22 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd blue1 red1 complete Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999-2000 April 2020 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1998 8 8 y 15:00 BST 1 1–3 Northampton Town C.Corazzin 11 Stoke City G.Kavanagh 7 pen.P.Thorne 63D.Crowe 83 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,661 Andy D'Urso L 1998 8 15 y 15:00 BST 2 0–0 Walsall Northampton Town Bescot Stadium Walsall 4,360 Tony Leake D 1998 8 22 y 15:00 BST 3 1–1 Northampton Town R.Warburton 90 Notts County S.Torpey 70 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,141 Mark Halsey D 1998 8 29 y 15:00 BST 4 1–0 Wrexham P.Ward 52 Northampton Town Racecourse Ground Wrexham, Wales 3,534 Matt Messias L 1998 8 31 y 19:45 BST 5 0–0 Northampton Town Lincoln City Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,964 Paul Danson D 1998 9 5 y 15:00 BST 6 2–1 Blackpool P.Clarkson 71P.Thompson 82 Northampton Town C.Corazzin 16 pen. Bloomfield Road Blackpool 4,017 Mike Dean L 1998 9 8 y 19:45 BST 7 2–3 Gillingham P.Smith 2 56 Northampton Town R.Hunter 17C.Corazzin 54D.Spedding 81 Priestfield Gillingham 4,897 Rob Styles W 1998 9 12 y 15:00 BST 8 1–1 Northampton Town C.Freestone 56 Oldham Athletic L.Duxbury 45 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,210 Paul Rejer D 1998 9 19 y 15:00 BST 9 2–1 Millwall N.Harris 49T.Cahill 61 Northampton Town I.Sampson 31 The Den Millwall, London 5,997 Anthony Bates L 1998 9 26 y 15:00 BST 10 2–2 Northampton Town D.Peer 30C.Corazzin 64 Manchester City P.Dickov 54S.Goater 88 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 7,557 Clive Wilkes D 1998 10 3 y 15:00 BST 11 1–0 Wigan Athletic T.Dobson 67 o.g. Northampton Town Springfield Park Wigan 4,396 Terry Heilbron L 1998 10 10 y 15:00 BST 12 3–1 Northampton Town C.Heggs 30C.Corazzin 44 pen.J.Hunt 52 Bristol Rovers M.Meaker 21 0 68T.Challis 0 90 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,023 Bill Jordan W 1998 10 17 y 15:00 BST 13 1–1 Bournemouth M.Stein 26 Northampton Town D.Hodgson 49 Dean Court Bournemouth 6,362 Alan Butler D 1998 10 20 y 19:45 BST 14 1–0 Luton Town G.Alexander 20 Northampton Town Kenilworth Road Luton 6,087 M.Fletcher L 1998 10 24 y 15:00 BST 15 1–1 Northampton Town J.Hunt 90 Preston North End C.Hill 7 o.g.J.Harris 0 82 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,085 T Jones D 1998 10 31 y 15:00 GMT 16 0–1 Macclesfield Town M.McDonald 0 88 Northampton Town C.Corazzin 18 Moss Rose Macclesfield 3,201 Alan Wiley W 1998 11 7 y 15:00 GMT 17 1–1 Northampton Town C.Corazzin 2 pen. Wycombe Wanderers N.Mohan 38 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,248 Steve Bennett D 1998 11 10 y 19:45 GMT 18 1–0 Colchester United D.Greene 88 Northampton Town Layer Road Colchester 3,597 Roger Furnandiz L 1998 11 21 y 15:00 GMT 19 0–1 Northampton Town Reading G.Brebner 61 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,970 Mike Dean L 1998 11 28 y 15:00 GMT 20 1–1 York City R.Cresswell 71 Northampton Town C.Corazzin 61 Bootham Crescent York 2,656 Graham Frankland D 1998 12 12 y 15:00 GMT 21 1–0 Northampton Town L.Howey 71 Chesterfield Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,282 David Crick W 1998 12 19 y 15:00 GMT 22 0–2 Burnley Northampton Town P.Wilkinson 71C.Corazzin 81 Turf Moor Burnley 8,783 Andy Hall W 1998 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 23 3–1 Notts County K.Grant 1F.Tierney 6I.Richardson 44 Northampton Town L.Howey 72 Meadow Lane Nottingham 6,131 Ray Olivier L 1998 12 28 y 15:00 GMT 24 1–1 Northampton Town C.Freestone 68 Fulham G.Horsfield 49 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 7,315 Mark Cowburn D 1999 1 9 y 15:00 GMT 25 3–1 Stoke City R.Wallace 56P.Thorne 74K.Lightbourne 84 Northampton Town L.Howey 90 Britannia Stadium Stoke-on-Trent 11,180 David Pugh L 1999 1 23 y 15:00 GMT 26 1–0 Lincoln City S.Holmes 35 Northampton Town Sincil Bank Lincoln 4,608 Kenneth Leach L 1999 1 30 y 15:00 GMT 27 2–0 Fulham B.Hayles 18P.Albert 70 Northampton Town Craven Cottage Fulham, London 11,641 Mark Halsey L 1999 2 6 y 15:00 GMT 28 0–0 Northampton Town Blackpool Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,592 Guy Stretton D 1999 2 13 y 15:00 GMT 29 0–1 Northampton Town Gillingham P.Smith 49 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,981 Chris Foy L 1999 2 20 y 15:00 GMT 30 0–1 Oldham Athletic Northampton Town C.Corazzin 10 pen. Boundary Park Oldham 4,752 Graham Laws W 1999 2 23 y 19:45 GMT 31 0–1 Northampton Town Walsall D.Mavrak 65 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,631 William Burns L Fixture was previously postponed on 16 January 1999 due to a waterlogged pitch.1998/99 Division 2 https://ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com/1998992.html 28 January 2024 ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com 28 January 2024 1999 2 27 y 15:00 GMT 32 1–2 Northampton Town C.Corazzin 80 Milllwall S.Nethercott 59S.Reid 0 82R.Sadlier 87 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,490 Mick Pierce L 1999 3 2 y 19:45 GMT 33 0–2 Northampton Town S.Howard 0 21 Wrexham J.Whitley 78R.Gibson 83 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 4,710 Scott Mathieson L 1999 3 6 y 15:00 GMT 34 0–0 Manchester City K.Horlock 0 30 Northampton Town Maine Road Manchester 27,999 Matt Messias D 1999 3 13 y 15:00 GMT 35 1–2 Wycombe Wanderers S.Brown 0 62A.Baird 15 Northampton Town S.Parrish 15C.Corazzin 84J.Frain 0 90 Adams Park High Wycombe 4,861 Anthony Bates W 1999 3 20 y 15:00 GMT 36 0–2 Northampton Town Macclesfield Town S.Wood 62N.Sorvel 84 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,790 Lee Cable L 1999 3 27 y 15:00 GMT 37 3–0 Preston North End S.Basham 36 63J.Macken 70 Northampton Town Deepdale Preston 10,686 M.Brandwood L 1999 4 2 y 19:45 BST 38 2–1 Northampton Town C.Lee 33C.Corazzin 37 Bournemouth S.Robinson 17 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,858 Terry Heilbron W 1999 4 5 y 15:00 BST 39 1–1 Bristol Rovers G.Penrice 64 Northampton Town C.Corazzin 6I.Hendon 0 58 Memorial Ground Bristol 6,580 David Crick D 1999 4 10 y 15:00 BST 40 1–0 Northampton Town C.Corazzin 34 Luton Town Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,856 T.Jones W 1999 4 13 y 19:45 BST 41 2–2 Northampton Town L.Howey 39J.Wilson 51 York City M.Lloyd-Williams 19S.Jordan 55 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,220 Eddie Lomas D 1999 4 17 y 15:00 BST 42 0–1 Reading Northampton Town D.Savage 89 Madejski Stadium Reading 10,132 Ray Olivier W 1999 4 24 y 15:00 BST 43 3–3 Northampton Town D.Savage 18C.Corazzin 41 pen.L.Howey 63 Colchester United P.Buckle 3W.Aspinall 47 pen.K.Duguid 71 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 6,146 Graham Frankland D 1999 4 29 y 19:45 BST 44 3–3 Northampton Town D.Savage 7 71M.O'Neill 58 o.g. Wigan Athletic S.Haworth 9P.Rogers 0 37S.Barlow 47 pen.P.McGibbon 78 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 5,404 Bill Jordan D 1999 5 3 y 15:00 BST 45 0–0 Chesterfield Northampton Town Saltergate Chesterfield 5,110 D Laws D 1999 5 8 y 15:00 BST 46 2–2 Northampton Town D.Savage 7L.Howey 80 Burnley P.Cook 69 pen.A.Cooke 88 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 7,435 Andrew Butler D FA Cup 1998–99 FA Cup 1998 11 14 y 15:00 GMT First round 2–1 Northampton Town D.Seal 0 2P.Thomson 55 o.g.I.Sampson 56 Lancaster City P.Thomson 30 Sixfields Stadium Northampton Andy D'Urso W 1998 12 5 y 15:00 GMT Second round 2–0 Yeovil Town S.Thompson 14W.Patmore 82 Northampton Town Huish Park Yeovil P.Richards L League Cup 1998–99 Football League Cup 1998 8 11 y 19:45 BST First round 1st leg 2–1 Northampton Town C.Heggs 39C.Freestone 53 Brighton & Hove Albion S.Storer 47 Sixfields Stadium Northampton John Kirkby W 1998 8 19 y 19:45 BST First round 2nd leg 1–1 yes Brighton & Hove Albion R.Barker 48 Northampton Town C.Heggs 97 Priestfield Gillingham Paul Taylor D 1998 9 15 y 19:45 BST Second round 1st leg 2–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/northampton-town-v-west-ham-united-15-september-1998-33472/ Northampton Town C.Freestone 77 85 West Ham United Sixfields Stadium Northampton 7,254 Paul Alcock W 1998 9 22 y 19:45 BST Second round 2nd leg 1–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/west-ham-united-v-northampton-town-22-september-1998-33498/ West Ham United F.Lampard 90 Northampton Town Boleyn Ground Upton Park, London 25,435 Dermot Gallagher L 1998 10 27 y 19:45 GMT Third round 1–3 https://www.11v11.com/matches/northampton-town-v-tottenham-hotspur-27-october-1998-33517/ Northampton Town S.Parrish 30 Tottenham Hotspur C.Armstrong 39 83S.Campbell 47 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 7,422 Graham Poll L League Trophy 1998–99 Football League Trophy 1998 12 16 y 19:45 GMT Second round (s) 3–2 Cambridge United R.Walker 18T.Benjamin 57M.Butler 60 Northampton Town C.Corazzin 11C.Freestone 56 Abbey Stadium Cambridge 2,391 Steve Baines L Appearances, goals and cards Pos Position Player Division Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total Discipline Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals GK Steve Francis 3 – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – GK Billy Turley 25 – – 2 – – – – – 1 – – 28 – – – – DF Ian Clarkson 3 2 – – – – 1 1 – – – – 4 3 – 1 – DF Tony Dobson 8 3 – – – – – 1 – – – – 8 4 – – – DF John Frain 40 1 – 2 – – 4 – – 1 – – 47 1 – 5 1 DF Ian Hendon 7 – – – – – – – – – – – 7 – – 1 1 DF Colin Hill 22 5 – 2 – – 5 – – – 1 – 29 6 – 2 1 DF Richard Hope 17 2 – – – – – – – 1 – – 18 2 – 3 – DF Lee Howey 25 – 6 – – – – – – 1 – – 26 – 6 6 – DF Garry Hughes – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – 1 – – – DF Ian Sampson 41 – 1 2 – 1 3 – – 1 – – 47 – 2 5 – MF Ali Gibb 30 11 – 2 – – 5 – – – – – 37 11 – 3 – MF James Hunt 24 10 2 1 1 – 2 2 – – 1 – 27 14 2 6 – MF Roy Hunter 15 3 1 1 – – 2 – – – – – 18 3 1 4 – MF Damian Matthew 1 – – – – – 1 – – – – – 2 – – – – MF Sean Parrish 33 – 1 1 – – 3 – 1 – – – 37 – 2 6 – MF Dean Peer 21 5 1 – – – 3 – – 1 – – 25 5 1 4 – MF Dave Savage 18 9 5 2 – – – – – 1 – – 21 9 5 2 – MF Duncan Spedding 15 9 1 – – – 2 2 – 1 – – 18 11 1 1 – MF Michael Warner 5 5 – – 1 – – 2 – 1 – – 6 8 – 1 – FW Carlo Corazzin 36 3 16 2 – – 4 1 – 1 – 1 43 4 17 2 – FW Steve Howard 12 – – – – – – – – – – – 12 – – 3 1 FW Christian Lee 9 10 1 1 – – – – – – – – 10 10 1 4 – FW David Seal 5 1 – 1 – – – – – – – – 6 1 – 1 1 FW Paul Wilkinson 12 3 1 2 – – 2 1 – – – – 16 4 1 1 – FW Kevin Wilson 8 – 1 – – – – – – – – – 8 – 1 – – Players who left before end of season: GK Andy Woodman 18 – – – – – 5 – – – – – 23 – – – – DF Charlie Bishop 4 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 6 – – 2 – DF Doug Hodgson 7 1 1 1 – – 1 – – – – – 9 1 1 2 – DF Ray Warburton 13 – 1 – – – 4 – – – – – 17 – 1 3 – DF Chris Wilder 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – DF Tony Witter 1 3 – – – – – 1 – – – – 1 4 – 1 – MF Jason Dozzell – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FW Andy Clarke 2 2 – – – – – – – – – – 2 2 – – – FW Chris Freestone 17 14 2 – 2 – 4 – 3 1 – 1 22 16 6 5 – FW Carl Heggs 8 5 1 – – – 2 1 2 – – – 10 6 3 4 – References 1998-99 Northampton Town Northampton Town