1908–09 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1908–09 season
Manager	Herbert Chapman
Stadium	County Ground
Southern League	1st
FA Cup	First round
Charity Shield	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Albert Lewis (30); All: Albert Lewis (31)
	← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–09 season was Northampton Town's 12th season in their history and the eighth successive season in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and FA Charity Shield.

Players

As of match played 28 April 1909.

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
William Bailiff	GK	Ruabon	(1882-03-19)19 March 1882 (aged 27)	2	0	Druids	November 1907
George Cooch	GK	Wellingborough	N/A	119	0	Kettering Town	Summer 1905
Robert Haywood	GK	Eltham	(1887-09-16)16 September 1887 (aged 21)	1	0	N/A	Summer 1908	N/A
Full backs
Bob Bonthron	RB	Burntisland	(1880-01-01)1 January 1880 (aged 29)	34	0	Birmingham City	Summer 1908
Richard Britton	RB	Isle of Wight	(1887-08-07)7 August 1887 (aged 21)	24	0	Portsmouth	Summer 1907
Lloyd Davies	LB	Cefn Mawr	(1877-02-23)23 February 1877 (aged 32)	67	2	Stoke	November 1907
Half backs
Fred Dunkley	CH	Northampton	(1874-01-01)1 January 1874 (aged 35)	82	2	Earls Barton	Summer 1906
William Hickleton	CH	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1884-01-01)1 January 1884 (aged 25)	36	2	Portsmouth	Summer 1907
Jock Manning	WH	Burntisland	N/A	40	2	Blackburn Rovers	Summer 1908
Dave McCartney (c)	WH	Cronberry	(1875-12-26)26 December 1875 (aged 33)	77	8	Chelsea	Summer 1907
Jack Rawlings	WH	N/A	N/A	3	0	N/A	Summer 1907	N/A
Inside/Outside forwards
George Badenoch	OF	Kelton	(1882-04-09)9 April 1882 (aged 27)	49	4	Tottenham Hotspur	Summer 1907
Herbert Chapman	OF	Kiveton Park	(1878-01-19)19 January 1878 (aged 31)	80	39	Tottenham Hotspur	Summer 1907
Edwin Freeman	OF	Northampton	(1886-06-05)5 June 1886 (aged 22)	74	14	Regent Templars	Summer 1905
Frank McDiarmid	IF	Dundee	(1881-05-11)11 May 1881 (aged 27)	77	17	Tottenham Hotspur	Summer 1907
Harry Sharman	IF	London	N/A	2	0	Battersea Park	Summer 1906
Albert Lewis	IF	Wolverhampton	(1884-01-01)1 January 1884 (aged 25)	42	31	Coventry City	Summer 1908
Frank Kilsby	IF	Fenny Stratford	N/A	6	3	Preston North End	Summer 1907
Robert Walker	IF	Northallerton	(1884-01-01)1 January 1884 (aged 25)	41	13	New Brompton	Summer 1908
Centre forwards
Fred Lessons	CF	Heaton Norris	(1883-08-30)30 August 1883 (aged 25)	77	32	Nottingham Forest	Summer 1907

Competitions

Southern League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Northampton Town	40	25	5	10	90	45	2.000	55
2	Swindon Town	40	22	5	13	96	55	1.745	49
3	Southampton	40	19	10	11	67	58	1.155	48
4	Portsmouth	40	18	10	12	68	60	1.133	46
5	Bristol Rovers	40	17	9	14	60	63	0.952	43

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

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
40	25	5	10	90	45	+45	80	15	3	2	55	14	+41	10	2	8	35	31	+4

Last updated: 26 April 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

2 September 1908 (1908-09-02) 1	New Brompton	0–2	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00			F.Lessons E.Freeman	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 3,000

5 September 1908 (1908-09-05) 2	Northampton Town	3–1	Coventry City	Northampton
15:00	A.Lewis Walker F.McDiarmid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,000

10 September 1908 (1908-09-10) 3	Northampton Town	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
15:00				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,000

12 September 1908 (1908-09-12) 4	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00				Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 1,200

19 September 1908 (1908-09-19) 5	Northampton Town	7–0	Watford	Northampton
15:00	R.Walker F.Lessons W.Hickleton J.Manning G.Badenoch			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,000

26 September 1908 (1908-09-26) 6	Norwich City	1–0	Northampton Town	Norwich
15:00				Stadium: The Nest Attendance: 6,095

3 October 1908 (1908-10-03) 7	Northampton Town	3–2	Reading	Northampton
15:00	A.Lewis F.Lessons			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,000

10 October 1908 (1908-10-10) 8	Southampton	2–3	Northampton Town	Southampton
15:00			A.Lewis F.Lessons	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 6,000

17 October 1908 (1908-10-17) 9	Northampton Town	5–0	Leyton	Northampton
15:00	A.Lewis F.Lessons R.Walker			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,000

24 October 1908 (1908-10-24) 10	West Ham United	2–1	Northampton Town	Upton Park, London
15:00			A.Lewis	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 9,000

31 October 1908 (1908-10-31) 11	Northampton Town	2–1	Brighton	Northampton
15:00	R.Walker E.Freeman			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,000

7 November 1908 (1908-11-07) 12	Crystal Palace	2–3	Northampton Town	Crystal Palace, London
15:00			F.Lessons F.McDiarmid	Stadium: Crystal Palace Park Attendance: 1,200

14 November 1908 (1908-11-14) 13	Northampton Town	4–2	Brentford	Northampton
15:00	A.Lewis F.Lessons R.Walker			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,000

21 November 1908 (1908-11-21) 14	Luton Town	3–1	Northampton Town	Luton
15:00			F.McDiarmid	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,000

28 November 1908 (1908-11-28) 15	Northampton Town	1–1	Swindon Town	Northampton
15:00	R.Walker 86'	Report	Tout pen.'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: T Robinson

5 December 1908 (1908-12-05) 16	Portsmouth	3–4	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
15:00			F.Lessons R.Walker F.McDiarmid	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 8,000

12 December 1908 (1908-12-12) 17	Northampton Town	1–0	Exeter City	Northampton
15:00	A.Lewis			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,000

19 December 1908 (1908-12-19) 18	Plymouth Argyle	0–2	Northampton Town	Plymouth
15:00			A.Lewis F.Lessons	Stadium: Home Park

26 December 1908 (1908-12-26) 19	Northampton Town	2–1	Southend United	Northampton
15:00	F.Dunkley			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,000

28 December 1908 (1908-12-28) 20	Northampton Town	7–0	New Brompton	Northampton
15:00	A.Lewis F.McDiarmid F.Lessons			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,000

2 January 1909 (1909-01-02) 21	Coventry City	1–4	Northampton Town	Coventry
15:00			F.Lessons A.Lewis R.Walker	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 6,000

9 January 1909 (1909-01-09) 22	Northampton Town	3–0	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00	R.Walker F.Lessons A.Lewis			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,000

23 January 1909 (1909-01-23) 23	Watford	4–1	Northampton Town	Watford
15:00			F.Lessons	Stadium: Cassio Road Attendance: 4,000

30 January 1909 (1909-01-30) 24	Northampton Town	1–2	Norwich City	Northampton
15:00	A.Lewis			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,000

6 February 1909 (1909-02-06) 25	Reading	1–2	Northampton Town	Reading
15:00			R.Walker A.Lewis	Stadium: Elm Park

13 February 1909 (1909-02-13) 26	Northampton Town	1–1	Southampton	Northampton
15:00	A.Lewis			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,000

20 February 1909 (1909-02-20) 27	Leyton	0–1	Northampton Town	Leyton, London
15:00			F.Lessons	Stadium: Wingate-Leyton Stadium Attendance: 6,000

27 February 1909 (1909-02-27) 28	Northampton Town	6–0	West Ham United	Northampton
15:00	F.McDiarmid J.Manning F.Lessons E.Freeman A.Lewis L.Davies			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,000

6 March 1909 (1909-03-06) 29	Brighton	2–4	Northampton Town	Hove
15:00			A.Lewis F.Lessons	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 4,000

13 March 1909 (1909-03-13) 30	Northampton Town	1–0	Crystal Palace	Northampton
15:00	R.Walker			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,000

20 March 1909 (1909-03-20) 31	Brentford	3–1	Northampton Town	Brentford, London
15:00			A.Lewis	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 7,000

27 March 1909 (1909-03-27) 32	Northampton Town	3–0	Luton Town	Northampton
15:00	F.McDiarmid F.Lessons			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,000

3 April 1909 (1909-04-03) 33	Swindon Town	1–0	Northampton Town	Swindon
15:00	J.Lavery 70'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,000 Referee: E.Childs

9 April 1909 (1909-04-09) 34	Millwall	0–2	Northampton Town	Isle of Dogs, London
15:00			A.Lewis E.Freeman	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,000

10 April 1909 (1909-04-10) 35	Northampton Town	0–1	Portsmouth	Northampton
15:00				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,000

12 April 1909 (1909-04-12) 36	Southend United	2–2	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00			A.Lewis pen.'	Stadium: Kursaal Attendance: 7,000

13 April 1909 (1909-04-13) 37	Northampton Town	3–1	Millwall	Northampton
15:00	E.Freeman F.McDiarmid F.Lessons			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,000

17 April 1909 (1909-04-17) 38	Exeter City	2–1	Northampton Town	Exeter
15:00			E.Freeman	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 8,000

19 April 1909 (1909-04-19) 39	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Northampton Town	Park Royal, London
15:00			E.Freeman	Stadium: Park Royal Stadium Attendance: 3,000

24 April 1909 (1909-04-24) 40	Northampton Town	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Northampton
15:00	R.Walker D.McCartney			Stadium: County Ground

FA Cup

16 January 1909 (1909-01-16) First round	Northampton Town	1–1	Derby County	Northampton
15:00	F.McDiarmid			Stadium: County Ground

20 January 1909 (1909-01-20) First round (r)	Derby County	4–2	Northampton Town	Derby
15:00			D.McCartney A.Lewis	Stadium: Baseball Ground

Charity Shield

28 April 1909 (1909-04-28) Charity Shield	Newcastle United	2–0	Northampton Town	Fulham, London
17:00	J.Allan J.Rutherford			Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 7,000

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Southern League		FA Cup		Charity Shield		Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals
GK	William Bailiff	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
GK	George Cooch	37	–	2	–	1	–	40	–
GK	Robert Haywood	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
FB	Bob Bonthron	31	–	2	–	1	–	34	–
FB	Richard Britton	13	–	–	–	–	–	13	–
FB	Lloyd Davies	39	1	2	–	1	–	42	1
HB	Fred Dunkley	29	1	1	–	1	–	31	1
HB	William Hickleton	15	1	1	–	–	–	16	1
HB	Jock Manning	37	2	2	–	1	–	40	2
HB	Dave McCartney	34	2	2	1	1	–	37	3
HB	Jack Rawlings	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
OF	George Badenoch	13	1	–	–	–	–	13	1
OF	Herbert Chapman	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
OF	Edwin Freeman	28	7	2	–	1	–	31	7
OF	Frank McDiarmid	39	9	2	1	1	–	42	10
OF	Harry Sharman	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
IF	Albert Lewis	39	30	2	1	1	–	42	31
IF	Frank Kilsby	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
IF	Robert Walker	38	13	2	–	1	–	41	13
CF	Fred Lessons	40	23	2	–	1	–	43	23

References

Books

Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
40	25	5	10	90	45	+45	80	15	3	2	55	14	+41	10	2	8	35	31	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
40	25	5	10	90	45	+45	80	15	3	2	55	14	+41	10	2	8	35	31	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
40	25	5	10	90	45	+45	80	15	3	2	55	14	+41	10	2	8	35	31	+4