1986–87 Northampton Town F.C. season

September 2021 October 2012 Northampton Town 1986–87 Graham Carr Derek Banks County Ground Division Four 1st FA Cup Third round Littlewoods Cup First round Freight Rover Trophy First round (s) Richard Hill (29) Richard Hill (33) 11,138 vs Cardiff City 3,558 vs Torquay United 6,316 1985–86 1987–88 The 1986–87 season was Northampton Town's 90th season in their history and the tenth 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 9 May 1987.Peter Dunk Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 1987 Queen Anne Press Harpenden 978-0-356-14354-5 258 Name Position Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersPeter GleasureGKENGLuton1987 6 1 1960 10 8 y2230MillwallMarch 1983Alan HarrisGKENGNuneaton1987 6 1 1969 4 13 y00Nuneaton TownSummer 1986£15,000Joint buy with Eddie McGoldrick DefendersBobby CoyCBENGBirmingham1987 6 1 1961 11 30 y200Chester City20 August 1986David LoganLBENGMiddlesbrough1987 6 1 1963 12 5 y151Mansfield Town20 February 1987Keith McPhersonCBENGGreenwich1987 6 1 1963 9 11 y765West 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 westhamstats.info 4 November 2013Graham ReedRBENGDoncaster1987 6 1 1961 6 24 y882Frickley AthleticSummer 1985£6,000Russ WilcoxCBENGHemsworth1987 6 1 1964 3 25 y414Frickley Athletic30 June 1986£15,000Barry J. Hugman The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 2002 Queen Anne Press Harpenden 978-1-85291-648-0 438 MidfieldersPaul BunceWENGCoalville1987 6 1 1967 1 7 y21Leicester City27 March 1987Phil ChardUENGCorby1987 6 1 1960 10 16 y9521Peterborough United19 August 1985Warren DonaldCMENGHillingdon1987 6 1 1964 10 7 y959West 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 2024Dave GilbertWENGLincoln1987 6 1 1963 6 22 y5312Boston UnitedSummer 1986Richard HillCMENGHinckley1987 6 1 1963 9 20 y10352Nuneaton TownSummer 1985£10,000Aidy MannWENGNorthampton1987 6 1 1967 7 12 y966ApprenticeMay 1984N/AEddie McGoldrickWENGIslington1987 6 1 1965 4 30 y486Nuneaton TownSummer 1986£15,000Joint buy with Alan Harris ForwardsIan BenjaminFWENGNottingham1987 6 1 1961 12 11 y16168Peterborough UnitedSummer 1984Glen DonegalFWENGNorthampton1987 6 1 1969 6 20 y10ApprenticeJanuary 1987N/ATrevor Morley (c)FWENGNottingham1987 6 1 1962 3 20 y9529Nuneaton TownSummer 1985£20,000Non-League Football: Troubled Nuneaton face a fight for survival Paul Newman The Times 21 November 1986 Competitions Today League Division Four 1986–87 Football League#Fourth Division League table y Fourth Division NOR Results summary 20 2 1 56 20 10 7 6 47 33 6 April 2020 April 2020 League position by match table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/A Result D/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/D/L/D/W/W/D/W/W/L/W/L/L/W/L/W/L/W/D/D/W Position 7/4/4/1/1/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd blue1 complete Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87 April 2020 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1986 8 23 y 15:00 BST 1 2–2 Scunthorpe United S.Cammack L.Hunter Northampton Town R.Hill G.Reed Old Show Ground Scunthorpe 2,302 D 1986 8 31 y 15:00 BST 2 1–0 Northampton Town I.Benjamin Torquay United County Ground Northampton 3,558 W 1986 9 6 y 15:00 BST 3 1–2 Rochdale S.Taylor Northampton Town I.Benjamin P.Chard Spotland Stadium Rochdale 1,606 W 1986 9 14 y 12:00 BST 4 2–1 Northampton Town T.Morley P.Chard pen. Peterborough United D.Gregory County Ground Northampton 5,517 W 1986 9 17 y 19:30 BST 5 2–0 Northampton Town E.McGoldrick R.Hill Tranmere Rovers County Ground Northampton 3,873 W 1986 9 20 y 15:00 BST 6 2–1 Swansea City S.McCarthy I.Love Northampton Town P.Chard Vetch Field Swansea, Wales 6,902 L 1986 9 27 y 15:00 BST 7 2–1 Northampton Town T.Morley R.Hill Wolverhampton Wanderers A.Mutch County Ground Northampton 5,713 M James W 1986 9 30 y 19:30 BST 8 3–6 Halifax Town P.Brown R.Holden D.Longhurst Northampton Town W.Donald R.Hill pen. I.Benjamin P.Chard The Shay Halifax 1,034 Ken Lupton W 1986 10 4 y 15:00 BST 9 4–2 Northampton Town R.Hill T.Morley P.Chard Aldershot T.Langley M.Ring County Ground Northampton 4,304 Kelvin Morton W 1986 10 17 y 19:30 BST 10 2–3 Cambridge United M.Cooper D.Crown Northampton Town K.McPherson P.Chard pen.T.Morley Abbey Stadium Cambridge 6,283 W 1986 10 22 y 19:30 BST 11 4–2 Northampton Town T.Morley 29 37I.Benjamin 43R.Hill 66 Burnley L.James 64A.Hoskin 85 County Ground Northampton 5,718 W 1986 10 25 y 15:00 BST 12 3–2 Northampton Town T.Morley I.Benjamin R.Hill Hereford United S.Phillips S.Devine County Ground Northampton 5,336 David Elleray W 1986 10 27 y 19:30 BST 13 0–3 Stockport County Northampton Town R.Hill T.Morley Edgeley Park Stockport 1,729 W 1986 11 1 y 15:00 GMT 14 3–3 Hartlepool United R.Hogan pen.K.Dixon R.Wilcox o.g. Northampton Town P.Chard pen.R.Hill Victoria Park Hartlepool 1,657 D 1986 11 4 y 19:30 GMT 15 0–1 Orient Northampton Town I.Benjamin Brisbane Road Leyton 3,496 John Martin W 1986 11 8 y 15:00 GMT 16 3–1 Northampton Town I.Benjamin K.McPherson R.Hill Preston North End S.Taylor County Ground Northampton 6,537 Jim Ashworth W 1986 11 28 y 19:30 GMT 17 0–5 Crewe Alexandra Northampton Town I.Benjamin K.McPherson R.Hill Gresty Road Crewe 2,331 W 1986 12 2 y 19:30 GMT 18 4–0 Northampton Town T.Morley E.McGoldrick R.Hill Exeter City County Ground Northampton 6,639 W 1986 12 13 y 15:00 GMT 19 2–2 Northampton Town R.Wilcox I.Benjamin Wrexham J.Steel County Ground Northampton 6,070 D 1986 12 21 y 15:00 GMT 20 3–1 Northampton Town D.Gilbert pen.E.McGoldrick I.Benjamin Lincoln City G.Lund County Ground Northampton 7,063 Keren Barratt W 1986 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 21 0–4 Southend United Northampton Town R.Hill I.Benjamin W.Donald D.Gilbert 0 Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 8,541 W 1986 12 28 y 15:00 GMT 22 4–1 Northampton Town I.Benjamin D.Gilbert pen.T.Morley R.Hill Cardiff City C.Pike County Ground Northampton 11,138 Malcolm Cotton W 1987 1 1 y 15:00 GMT 23 3–2 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmft=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=47&fdfaShowAll=&frefShowAll=&fcomp1=13&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2234 Northampton Town I.Benjamin 50T.Morley 56D.Gilbert 86 pen. Colchester United T.Adcock 52 63 County Ground Northampton 8,215 D Vickers W 1987 1 3 y 15:00 GMT 24 1–1 Exeter City S.Biggins Northampton Town R.Hill St James Park Exeter 4,331 D 1987 1 24 y 15:00 GMT 25 5–0 Northampton Town P.McMenemy P.Chard E.McGoldrick R.Hill Rochdale County Ground Northampton 5,484 W 1987 1 31 y 15:00 GMT 26 0–1 Peterborough United Northampton Town I.Benjamin London Road Peterborough 7,911 W 1987 2 6 y 15:00 GMT 27 1–1 Tranmere Rovers I.Muir Northampton Town R.Hill Prenton Park Birkenhead 2,583 D 1987 2 14 y 15:00 GMT 28 0–1 Northampton Town Swansea City C.Pascoe 87 County Ground Northampton 8,288 L 1987 2 21 y 15:00 GMT 29 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers M.Holmes Northampton Town P.Chard Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton 9,991 D 1987 2 24 y 19:30 GMT 30 0–1 Torquay United Northampton Town W.Donald Plainmoor Torquay 1,780 W 1987 2 27 y 19:30 GMT 31 1–0 Northampton Town I.Benjamin Halifax Town County Ground Northampton 6,351 W 1987 3 4 y 19:30 GMT 32 1–1 Northampton Town I.Benjamin Hartlepool United R.Hogan County Ground Northampton 5,470 D 1987 3 11 y 19:30 GMT 33 1–0 Northampton Town T.Morley Scunthorpe United County Ground Northampton 5,352 W 1987 3 14 y 15:00 GMT 34 3–0 Northampton Town D.Gilbert pen. pen.R.Hill Cambridge United County Ground Northampton 6,201 W 1987 3 17 y 19:30 GMT 35 2–1 Burnley A.Hoskin 39J.Gallagher 70 Northampton Town C.Henry Turf Moor Burnley L 1987 3 21 y 15:00 GMT 36 2–1 Northampton Town P.Chard Stockport County W.Entwistle County Ground Northampton 5,466 W 1987 4 3 y 19:30 BST 37 1–0 Preston North End G.Brazil Northampton Town Deepdale Preston 16,566 L 1987 4 8 y 19:30 BST 38 3–2 Hereford United S.Phillips S.Spooner O.Kearns Northampton Town P.Chard T.Morley Edgar Street Hereford 2,758 L 1987 4 12 y 15:00 BST 39 2–0 Northampton Town D.Gilbert K.McPherson Orient County Ground Northampton 6,711 W 1987 4 17 y 19:30 BST 40 3–1 http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmft=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=47&fdfaShowAll=&frefShowAll=&fcomp1=13&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=2253 Colchester United R.Wilkins 39N.Chatterton 57 pen.R.Hedman 76 Northampton Town D.Logan 15 Layer Road Colchester 3,676 Colin Downey L 1987 4 20 y 15:00 BST 41 2–1 Northampton Town R.Hill K.McPherson Southend United R.Cadette County Ground Northampton 7,383 Joe Worrall W 1987 4 26 y 15:00 BST 42 3–1 Lincoln City J.Gilligan W.Gamble P.Chard o.g. Northampton Town E.McGoldrick Sincil Bank Lincoln 4,012 L 1987 4 29 y 19:30 BST 43 2–1 Northampton Town D.Gilbert pen.R.Hill Crewe Alexandra P.Bodak County Ground Northampton 8,890 W 1987 5 4 y 15:00 BST 44 1–1 Cardiff City E.Curtis Northampton Town I.Benjamin Ninian Park Cardiff, Wales 4,012 D 1987 5 6 y 19:30 BST 45 3–3 Aldershot I.McDonald A.King G.Johnson Northampton Town D.Gilbert I.Benjamin T.Morley Recreation Ground Aldershot 3,377 D 1987 5 9 y 15:00 BST 46 1–3 Wrexham S.Buxton Northampton Town P.Bunce T.Morley Racecourse Ground Wrexham, Wales 2,709 W FA Cup 1986–87 FA Cup 1986 11 16 y 15:00 GMT First round 3–0 Northampton Town E.McGoldrick D.Gilbert pen.I.Benjamin Peterborough United County Ground Northampton 9,114 Jim Ashworth W 1986 12 5 y 19:45 GMT Second round 4–4 Southend United R.Cadette R.McDonough Northampton Town W.Donald R.Hill I.Benjamin Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 7,412 Ray Lewis D 1986 12 16 y 19:45 GMT Second round (r) 3–2 Northampton Town I.Benjamin D.Gilbert pen. pen. Southend United G.Pennyfather R.Cadette County Ground Northampton 10,603 Ray Lewis W 1987 1 21 y 19:30 GMT Third round 2–1 https://www.11v11.com/matches/newcastle-united-v-northampton-town-21-january-1987-215743/ Newcastle United P.Goddard 3A.Thomas 68 Northampton Town R.Hill 67 St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 23,177 L Littlewoods Cup 1986–87 Football League Cup 1986 8 25 y 19:30 BST First round 1st leg 1–0 Gillingham M.Weatherly Northampton Town Priestfield Gillingham 2,948 L 1986 9 3 y 19:30 BST First round 2nd leg 2–2 Northampton Town B.Coy I.Benjamin Gillingham T.Cascarino County Ground Northampton 2,724 Howard Taylor D Freight Rover Trophy 1986–87 Associate Members' Cup Group 2 South NOR 1986 12 16 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 1–0 Gillingham H.Pritchard Northampton Town Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 2,046 L 1987 1 5 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 3–0 Northampton Town R.Hill D.Gilbert A.Mann Notts County County Ground Northampton 3,578 W 1987 1 26 y 19:30 GMT First round (s) 3–2 Fulham K.Achampong G.Barnett J.Marshall Northampton Town P.Chard I.Benjamin Craven Cottage Fulham 2,080 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 46 – – 4 – – 2 – – 3 – – 55 – – GK Alan Harris – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – DF Mark Bushell – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – DF Lee Carter – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – DF Bobby Coy 15 2 – – – – 2 – 1 1 – – 18 2 1 DF David Logan 15 – 1 – – – – – – – – – 15 – 1 DF Keith McPherson 46 – 5 4 – – 2 – – 3 – – 55 – 5 DF Graham Reed 36 1 1 4 – – 2 – – 2 – – 44 1 1 DF Russ Wilcox 34 1 1 3 – – – – – 3 – – 40 1 1 MF Paul Bunce 1 1 1 – – – – – – – – – 1 1 1 MF Phil Chard 39 1 12 3 – – 2 – – 1 – 1 45 1 13 MF Warren Donald 41 – 3 3 – 1 1 – – 2 – – 47 – 4 MF Dave Gilbert 45 – 8 3 – 3 2 – – 3 – 1 53 – 12 MF Richard Hill 45 – 29 4 – 3 2 – – 3 – 1 54 – 33 MF Aidy Mann 7 1 – 1 1 – 1 – – 1 2 1 10 4 1 MF Eddie McGoldrick 35 4 5 4 – 1 2 – – 3 – – 44 4 6 FW Ian Benjamin 46 – 18 4 – 3 2 – 1 3 – 1 55 – 23 FW Glen Donegal – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – 1 – FW Trevor Morley 37 – 16 4 – – 2 – – 2 – – 45 – 16 Players who left before end of season: DF Irvin Gernon 9 – – 3 – – – – – 1 – – 13 – – MF Keith Gorman – – – – 1 – – – – – 1 – – 2 – MF Charlie Henry 4 – 1 – – – – – – – – – 4 – 1 MF John Millar 1 – – 1 – – – – – 2 – – 4 – – MF Mark Schiavi – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – FW Paul McMenemy 4 – 2 – – – – – – – – – 4 – 2 FW Paul Sugrue – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Summer 1986 CB ENG Bobby Coy ENG Chester City Summer 1986 W ENG Dave Gilbert ENG Boston United Summer 1986 GK ENG Alan Harris ENG Nuneaton Town Joint £15,000 Summer 1986 W ENG Eddie McGoldrick ENG Nuneaton Town Joint £15,000 30 June 1986 CB ENG Russ Wilcox ENG Frickley Athletic £15,000 20 February 1987 LB ENG David Logan ENG Mansfield Town Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until November 1986 LB ENG Irvin Gernon ENG Ipswich Town January 1987 November 1986 W ENG Keith Gorman ENG Ipswich Town December 1986 January 1987 LB ENG John Millar ENG Chelsea January 1987 January 1987 FW ENG Paul McMenemy ENG West Ham United February 1987 February 1987 AM ENG Charlie Henry ENG Swindon Town March 1987 Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Summer 1986 RB ENG Paul Curtis ENG Corby Town Summer 1986 CB WAL Russell Lewis ENG Kettering Town August 1986 FW ENG Paul Sugrue ENG Newport County September 1986 AM ENG Mark Schiavi ENG Cambridge United Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until March 1987 W ENG Aidy Mann ENG Torquay United End of Season FB ENG Lee Carter ENG Gravesend & Northfleet References Books Beesley, Mark Champagne Cobblers: Northampton Town 1986-87 2011 Desert Island Books London 9781905328949 Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1986-87 Northampton Town