Northampton Town 1996–97 football season
The 1996–97 season was Northampton Town 's Centenary season in their history and the seventh 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
As of match played 24 May 1997. [ 1]
Competitions
League table
Source:
[ 2] Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46
20
12
14
67
44
+23
72
14
4
5
43
17
+26
6
8
9
24
27
−3
League position by match
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H H A A H H A H A H A A H H A A H A H A H A H A H H H H A H A H H A A H A H A H A A H A H Result L W D D D L L D W L L W L W W W L D W D L W D W L W W W W L L D W D L W D L L W W D W W D W Position 17 10 11 10 12 16 19 20 15 16 21 16 20 14 13 10 12 12 10 11 15 10 11 7 10 6 5 6 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 8 8 10 10 9 6 6 5 5 6 4
Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997-1998A = AwayH = HomeW = WinD = DrawL = Loss
Matches
Win Draw Loss
Play-offs
FA Cup
Coca-Cola Cup
Auto Windscreens Shield
Player
Division Three
FA Cup
League Cup
League Trophy
Play-offs
Total
Discipline
Starts
Sub
Goals
Starts
Sub
Goals
Starts
Sub
Goals
Starts
Sub
Goals
Starts
Sub
Goals
Starts
Sub
Goals
GK
Stuart Brock
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
– – – –
–
GK
Billy Turley
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 – – –
–
GK
Andy Woodman
45
–
–
1
–
–
4
–
–
3
–
–
3
–
–
56 – – 1
–
DF
Ian Clarkson
45
–
–
1
–
–
4
–
–
3
–
–
3
–
–
56 – – 8
1
DF
Lee Colkin
1
5
–
–
1
–
1
3
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
2 11 – –
–
DF
John Frain
11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
–
3
–
1
17 – 1 2
–
DF
Lee Maddison
34
1
–
1
–
–
3
1
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
40 1 – 5
–
DF
David Rennie
42
1
4
–
–
–
4
–
–
2
–
–
3
–
–
51 1 4 2
–
DF
Ian Sampson
43
–
4
1
–
–
4
–
–
3
–
–
3
–
1
54 – 5 11
–
DF
Ray Warburton
35
–
4
1
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
–
3
–
1
42 – 5 1
–
MF
Ali Gibb
6
12
1
–
–
–
3
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
9 14 1 1
–
MF
Roy Hunter
26
10
6
1
–
–
4
–
–
1
–
–
3
–
–
35 10 6 6
–
MF
Dave Martin
10
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
2
–
–
–
12 2 2 1
–
MF
Danny O'Shea
32
3
–
1
–
–
4
–
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
38 4 – 4
1
MF
Sean Parrish
37
2
8
1
–
–
3
1
–
–
–
–
3
–
1
44 3 9 11
–
MF
Dean Peer
7
14
1
–
–
–
1
1
–
1
1
–
–
3
–
9 19 1 1
1
MF
Michael Warner
1
8
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
2 9 – –
–
FW
Mark Cooper
37
4
10
1
–
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
42 4 10 7
2
FW
Claudio De Vito
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
– – – –
–
FW
John Gayle
7
2
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
1
3
–
1
12 2 3 3
–
FW
Neil Grayson
38
8
12
1
–
–
3
1
–
2
–
–
3
–
–
47 9 12 6
–
FW
Christian Lee
12
17
7
–
1
–
1
–
2
2
–
–
1
2
–
16 20 9 1
–
FW
Garry Thompson
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
– 1 – –
–
FW
Jason White
16
16
2
1
–
–
1
3
–
1
1
–
1
1
–
20 21 2 1
–
Players who left before end of season:
DF
Ryan Kirby
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
– 1 – –
–
MF
Chris Burns
6
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7 – – 1
–
W
Neil Lyne
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 – – 1
–
W
Matthew Rush 14
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
–
–
–
15 – 4 1
–
FW
Allan Smart 1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 – – –
–
FW
Phil Stant 4
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4 1 2 –
–
References
^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1997). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1997–98 . London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-7472-7738-5 ^ "England 1996–97" . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010 .
Books
Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History . London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674
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FA cups Football League cups
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