1987–88 Northampton Town F.C. season

April 2022 Northampton Town 1987–88 Graham Carr Derek Banks County Ground Division Three 6th FA Cup Second round Littlewoods Cup Second round Sherpa Vans Trophy Preliminary round Tony AdcockPaul CulpinTrevor Morley (10) Trevor Morley (16) 7,934 vs Brighton & Hove Albion 3,076 vs Brentford 5,514 1986–87 1988–89 The 1987–88 season was Northampton Town's 91st season in their history and the first season back in the Third Division after an eleven year absence, following promotion the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup. Players match played 2 May 1988.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 GleasureGKENGLuton1988 5 1 1960 10 8 y2770MillwallMarch 1983Alan HarrisGKENGNuneaton1988 5 1 1969 4 13 y00Nuneaton TownSummer 1986£15,000Joint buy with Eddie McGoldrick DefendersDavid LoganLBENGMiddlesbrough1988 5 1 1963 12 5 y461Mansfield TownFebruary 1987Keith McPhersonCBENGGreenwich1988 5 1 1963 9 11 y1166West 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 2013Graham ReedRBENGDoncaster1988 5 1 1961 6 24 y1272Frickley AthleticSummer 1985£6,000Bradley SandemanRBENGNorthampton1988 5 1 1970 2 24 y20ApprenticeJanuary 1988N/ATrevor SlackCBENGPeterborough1988 5 1 1962 9 26 y131Grimsby Town10 February 1988Nominal FeeRuss WilcoxCBENGHemsworth1988 5 1 1964 3 25 y958Frickley 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 438Paul WilsonLBENGBradford1988 5 1 1968 8 2 y151Norwich City11 April 1988£30,000 MidfieldersWarren DonaldCMENGHillingdon1988 5 1 1964 10 7 y14111West 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 GilbertWENGLincoln1988 5 1 1963 6 22 y10219Boston UnitedSummer 1986Eddie McGoldrickWENGIslington1988 5 1 1965 4 30 y1018Nuneaton TownSummer 1986£15,000Joint buy with Alan HarrisMartin Singleton (c)CMENGBanbury1988 5 1 1963 8 2 y313West Bromwich Albion7 November 1987£57,500 ForwardsTony AdcockFWENGBethnal Green1988 5 1 1963 3 27 y1810Manchester City25 January 1988£85,000 P/EPaul CulpinFWENGKirby Muxloe1988 5 1 1962 2 8 y2410Coventry City10 October 1987£50,000Glen DonegalFWENGNorthampton1988 5 1 1969 6 20 y132ApprenticeJanuary 1987N/ADavid LonghurstFWENGNorthampton1988 5 1 1965 1 15 y419Halifax Town3 July 1987£40,000 Competitions Barclays League Division Three 1987–88 Football League#Third Division League table y Third Division NOR Results summary 12 8 3 36 18 6 11 6 34 33 7 April 2020 April 2020 League position by match table b Round Ground A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A Result W/L/D/W/W/L/D/W/W/D/W/D/W/L/W/D/D/D/W/L/L/D/D/D/D/L/W/W/L/D/W/D/W/D/W/W/D/D/D/W/W/W/L/D/D/L Position 1/15/12/11/2/8/8/6/1/3/1/1/1/5/3/3/3/4/3/4/6/6/8/8/8/8/7/6/6/6/5/6/6/6/6/5/5/5/5/5/5/4/6/5/5/6 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 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 1987 8 15 y 15:00 BST 1 0–5 Chester City Northampton Town T.Morley P.Chard R.Wilcox D.Longhurst D.Gilbert Sealand Road Chester 3,453 W 1987 8 29 y 15:00 BST 2 1–0 Walsall P.Jones Northampton Town Spotland Stadium Walsall 5,993 L 1987 8 31 y 15:00 BST 3 1–1 Northampton Town T.Morley Brighton & Hove Albion G.Armstrong County Ground Northampton 7,934 Keith Miller D 1987 9 5 y 15:00 BST 4 0–2 Doncaster Rovers Northampton Town T.Morley D.Longhurst Belle Vue Doncaster 1,869 W 1987 9 9 y 19:30 BST 5 2–1 Northampton Town D.Gilbert D.Longhurst Brentford R.Cooke pen. County Ground Northampton 5,748 W 1987 9 12 y 15:00 BST 6 0–1 Northampton Town Notts County G.Lund County Ground Northampton 6,023 Jim Borrett L 1987 9 15 y 19:30 BST 7 0–0 Preston North End Northampton Town Deepdale Preston 5,179 D 1987 9 19 y 15:00 BST 8 0–2 Bristol Rovers Northampton Town T.Morley P.Chard Twerton Park Bath 3,668 W 1987 9 26 y 15:00 BST 9 1–0 Northampton Town P.Chard Port Vale County Ground Northampton 5,072 Colin Downey W 1987 9 29 y 15:00 BST 10 1–1 Southend United D.Hall Northampton Town T.Morley Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 3,506 D 1987 10 3 y 15:00 BST 11 3–0 Northampton Town P.Chard P.Bunce Bristol City County Ground Northampton 6,234 Kelvin Morton W 1987 10 11 y 15:00 BST 12 2–2 Rotherham United C.Airey T.Grealish Northampton Town P.Culpin T.Morley Millmoor Rotherham 5,173 D 1987 10 17 y 15:00 BST 13 4–0 Northampton Town T.Morley P.Culpin I.Benjamin Chesterfield County Ground Northampton 5,073 W 1987 10 20 y 19:30 BST 14 3–1 Mansfield S.Charles pen.D.Hodges S.Coleman Northampton Town P.Culpin Field Mill Mansfield 3,646 L 1987 10 24 y 19:30 BST 15 2–1 Northampton Town D.Gilbert pen.P.Culpin Grimsby Town P.Turner County Ground Northampton 5,388 Kevin Cooper W 1987 10 31 y 15:00 GMT 16 4–4 Aldershot T.Langley G.Johnson I.McDonald S.Berry Northampton Town P.Culpin P.Roberts o.g.T.Morley D.Longhurst Recreation Ground Aldershot 3,358 D 1987 11 4 y 19:30 GMT 17 0–0 Northampton Town York City County Ground Northampton 4,950 Danny Vickers D 1987 11 7 y 15:00 GMT 18 0–0 Fulham Northampton Town Craven Cottage Fulham 6,733 D 1987 11 21 y 15:00 GMT 19 2–1 Northampton Town T.Morley R.Wilcox Gillingham S.Lovell County Ground Northampton 5,151 Stephen Lodge W 1987 11 28 y 15:00 GMT 20 3–1 Blackpool T.Cunningham K.Walwyn S.Morgan Northampton Town D.Longhurst Bloomfield Road Blackpool 3,593 L 1987 12 12 y 15:00 GMT 21 0–2 Northampton Town Sunderland P.Lemon M.Gabbiadini County Ground Northampton 7,279 David Axcell L 1987 12 19 y 15:00 GMT 22 2–2 Wigan Athletic D.Thompson A.Pilling Northampton Town W.Donald M.Singleton Springfield Park Wigan 2,692 D 1987 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 23 1–1 Port Vale G.Hamson pen. Northampton Town M.Singleton Vale Park Burslem 4,446 D 1987 12 28 y 15:00 GMT 24 0–0 Northampton Town Bury County Ground Northampton 6,067 Dennis Hedges D 1988 1 1 y 15:00 GMT 25 2–2 Northampton Town P.Chard G.Donegal Walsall P.Jones N.Cross County Ground Northampton 6,034 David Elleray D 1988 1 2 y 15:00 GMT 26 3–1 Notts County G.Lund A.Thorpe Northampton Town T.Morley K.McPherson 0 Meadow Lane Nottingham 8,153 D 1988 1 9 y 15:00 GMT 27 0–1 Brentford Northampton Town P.Chard Griffin Park Brentford 6,025 W 1988 1 16 y 15:00 GMT 28 2–1 Northampton Town D.Gilbert W.Donald Bristol Rovers I.Alexander County Ground Northampton 4,473 W 1988 1 27 y 19:30 GMT 29 0–1 Northampton Town Preston North End N.Jemson County Ground Northampton 5,052 L 1988 1 30 y 15:00 GMT 30 1–1 Northampton Town T.Adcock Wigan Athletic A.Pilling County Ground Northampton 4,825 D 1988 2 6 y 15:00 GMT 31 1–0 Northampton Town T.Adcock Doncaster Rovers County Ground Northampton 4,381 W 1988 2 13 y 15:00 GMT 32 0–0 Bury Northampton Town Gigg Lane Bury 2,172 D 1988 2 20 y 15:00 GMT 33 2–0 Northampton Town T.Adcock T.Slack Chester City County Ground Northampton 4,285 W 1988 2 27 y 15:00 GMT 34 2–2 Bristol City A.Walsh G.Reed o.g. Northampton Town T.Adcock P.Chard Ashton Gate Bristol 8,578 D 1988 3 2 y 19:30 GMT 35 4–0 Northampton Town E.McGoldrick D.Longhurst R.Wilcox T.Adcock Southend United County Ground Northampton 4,249 W 1988 3 5 y 15:00 GMT 36 0–2 Chesterfield Northampton Town E.McGoldrick D.Gilbert Saltergate Chesterfield 2,400 W 1988 3 11 y 19:30 GMT 37 0–0 Northampton Town Rotherham United County Ground Northampton 5,432 D 1988 3 19 y 19:30 GMT 38 1–1 Northampton Town T.Adcock Aldershot S.Berry County Ground Northampton 4,322 D 1988 3 26 y 15:00 GMT 39 2–2 Grimsby Town S.Cunnington N.Robinson Northampton Town M.Singleton P.Culpin Blundell Park Cleethorpes 3,406 D 1988 4 2 y 15:00 BST 40 3–2 Northampton Town T.Adcock J.Stannard o.g.P.Culpin Fulham J.Skinner G.Barnett County Ground Northampton 6,211 W 1988 4 4 y 15:00 BST 41 1–2 Gillingham S.Lovell Northampton Town P.Culpin T.Adcock Priestfield Gillingham 4,131 W 1988 4 10 y 15:00 BST 42 2–0 Northampton Town R.Wilcox T.Kenworthy o.g. Mansfield Town County Ground Northampton 6,917 W 1988 4 15 y 19:30 BST 43 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion A.Owers S.Gatting G.Nelson Northampton Town Goldstone Ground Hove 14,455 L 1988 4 23 y 19:30 BST 44 2–2 York City G.Howlett Northampton Town P.Culpin P.Wilson Bootham Crescent York 2,048 D 1988 4 30 y 15:00 BST 45 3–3 Northampton Town D.Longhurst D.Gilbert T.Adcock Blackpool K.Walwyn C.Methven S.Morgan County Ground Northampton 5,730 D 1988 5 2 y 15:00 BST 46 3–1 Sunderland J.MacPhail pen.G.Armstrong 48E.Gates 75 Northampton Town T.Adcock 37 Roker Park Sunderland 29,454 James McAulay L FA Cup 1987–88 FA Cup 1987 11 14 y 15:00 GMT First round 2–1 Northampton Town T.Morley P.Chard Newport County D.Holtham County Ground Northampton 4,581 Terry Holbrook W 1987 12 5 y 15:00 GMT Second round 1–2 Northampton Town T.Morley Brighton & Hove Albion K.Bremner G.Nelson County Ground Northampton 6,444 Vic Callow L Littlewoods Cup 1987–88 Football League Cup 1987 8 17 y 19:30 BST First round 1st leg 0–1 Port Vale 00 Northampton Town D.Longhurst P.Chard 0S.Senior 0 Vale Park Burslem 3,398 W 1987 9 2 y 19:30 BST First round 2nd leg 4–0 Northampton Town K.McPherson T.Morley Port Vale County Ground Northampton 4,748 Terry Holbrook W 1987 9 22 y 19:30 BST Second round 1st leg 1–1 Ipswich Town R.Zondervan Northampton Town D.Gilbert Portman Road Ipswich 5,645 D 1987 10 7 y 19:30 BST Second round 2nd leg 2–4 yes Northampton Town T.Morley G.Donegal Ipswich Town G.Harbey M.d'Avray D.Lowe County Ground Northampton 8,316 Howard King L Sherpa Vans Trophy 1987–88 Associate Members' Cup Group 1 South NOR 1987 10 13 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 1–0 Notts County C.Withe Northampton Town Meadow Lane Nottingham 2,351 L 1987 10 28 y 19:30 GMT Prelim round (s) 1–0 Northampton Town D.Longhurst Brentford County Ground Northampton 3,076 W 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 – – 2 – – 4 – – 2 – – 54 – – GK Alan Harris – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – DF Lee Carter – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – DF David Logan 24 2 – – 1 – 3 – – 1 – – 28 3 – DF Keith McPherson 32 – – 2 – – 4 – 1 2 – – 40 – 1 DF Graham Reed 27 4 – 2 – – 4 – – 2 – – 35 4 – DF Bradley Sandeman – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – DF Trevor Slack 13 – 1 – – – – – – – – – 13 – 1 DF Russ Wilcox 46 – 4 2 – – 4 – – 2 – – 54 – 4 DF Paul Wilson 15 – 1 – – – – – – – – – 15 – 1 MF Warren Donald 39 1 2 2 – – 2 – – 2 – – 45 1 2 MF Dave Gilbert 41 – 6 2 – – 4 – 1 2 – – 49 – 7 MF Eddie McGoldrick 40 6 2 1 1 – 3 – – 2 – – 46 7 2 MF Martin Singleton 28 1 3 2 – – – – – – – – 30 1 3 FW Tony Adcock 18 – 10 – – – – – – – – – 18 – 10 FW Paul Culpin 18 2 10 1 1 – – – – 2 – – 21 3 10 FW Glen Donegal 2 8 1 – – – – 1 1 – – – 2 9 2 FW David Longhurst 33 2 7 2 – – 3 – 1 1 – 1 39 2 9 Players who left before end of season: DF Chris O'Donnell 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – DF Steve Senior 1 3 – – – – 2 – – – – – 3 3 – DF Chris Scott – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – 1 – DF Brett Williams 3 1 – – – – – – – – – – 3 1 – MF Paul Bunce 5 5 1 – – – 1 1 – – – – 6 6 1 MF Phil Chard 33 1 8 2 – 1 3 – – 1 – – 39 1 9 MF Aidy Mann 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – FW Ian Benjamin 13 1 1 – – – 4 – – 1 – – 18 1 1 FW Trevor Morley 27 – 10 2 – 2 4 – 4 2 – – 35 – 16 Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee June 1987 RB ENG Steve Senior ENG York City July 1987 CB ENG Chris Scott ENG Blyth Spartans 3 July 1987 FW ENG David Longhurst ENG Halifax Town £40,000 10 October 1987 FW ENG Paul Culpin ENG Coventry City £50,000 7 November 1987 CM ENG Martin Singleton ENG West Bromwich Albion £57,500 25 January 1988 FW ENG Tony Adcock ENG Manchester City £85,000 P/E 10 February 1988 CB ENG Trevor Slack ENG Grimsby Town Nominal Fee 11 April 1988 LB ENG Paul Wilson ENG Norwich City £15,000 Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until January 1988 LB ENG Brett Williams ENG Nottingham Forest January 1988 January 1987 RB ENG Chris O'Donnell ENG Ipswich Town February 1987 February 1988 LB ENG Paul Wilson ENG Norwich City 11 April 1988 Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Summer 1987 CB ENG Bobby Coy Free agent Released Summer 1987 CM ENG Richard Hill ENG Watford £265,000 October 1987 FW ENG Ian Benjamin ENG Cambridge United £25,000 October 1987 RB ENG Steve Senior ENG Wigan Athletic November 1987 W ENG Aidy Mann WAL Newport County 25 January 1988 FW ENG Trevor Morley ENG Manchester City £175,000 P/E March 1988 U ENG Phil Chard ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers £45,000 March 1988 CB ENG Chris Scott ENG Lincoln City References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1987-88 Northampton Town Northampton Town Northampton Town