1990–91 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1990–91 season
Chairman	Dick Underwood
Manager	Theo Foley
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	10th
FA Cup	Second round
Rumbelows Cup	Second round
Leyland DAF Cup	First round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Barnes (13); All: Bobby Barnes (16)
Highest home attendance	5,549 vs Peterborough United
Lowest home attendance	2,544 vs Lincoln City
Average home league attendance	3,710
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 season was Northampton Town's 94th season in their history and the first season back in the Fourth Division after relegation the previous year. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup.

Players

As of match played 11 May 1991.^[1]

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Peter Gleasure	GK	Luton	(1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 30)	411	0	Millwall	March 1983
Defenders
Terry Angus	CB	Coventry	(1966-01-14)14 January 1966 (aged 25)	48	2	VS Rugby	July 1990
Irvin Gernon	LB	Birmingham	(1962-12-30)30 December 1962 (aged 28)	27	2	Reading	October 1989	£25,000
David Johnson	LB	Northampton	(1967-03-10)10 March 1967 (aged 24)	35	0	Irthlingborough Diamonds	July 1989	Free
Steve Terry	CB	Clapton	(1962-06-14)14 June 1962 (aged 28)	73	8	Hull City	March 1990	£70,000
Wayne Williams	RB	Telford	(1963-11-17)17 November 1963 (aged 27)	68	1	Shrewsbury Town	12 January 1988
Paul Wilson	LB	Bradford	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 22)	148	6	Norwich City	February 1988	£30,000
Darren Wood	CB	Derby	(1968-10-02)2 October 1968 (aged 22)	3	1	Reading	July 1990	Part Exchange
Midfielders
Micky Bell	W	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1971-11-15)15 November 1971 (aged 19)	37	0	Apprentice	April 1990	N/A
Stuart Beavon	CM	Wolverhampton	(1958-11-30)30 November 1958 (aged 32)	50	13	Reading	July 1990	Part Exchange
Steve Berry	CM	Liverpool	(1963-04-04)4 April 1963 (aged 28)	123	10	Aldershot	27 October 1988	£45,000
Steve Brown	CM	Northampton	(1966-07-06)6 July 1966 (aged 24)	89	7	Irthlingborough Diamonds	21 July 1989	Free
Phil Chard	U	Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 30)	224	40	Wolverhampton Wanderers	October 1989
Trevor Quow	CM	Peterborough	(1970-09-28)28 September 1970 (aged 20)	67	2	Gillingham	12 January 1989
David Scope	W	Newcastle upon Tyne	(1967-05-10)10 May 1967 (aged 24)	17	0	Blyth Spartans	September 1989
Aidey Thorpe	LW	Chesterfield	(1963-11-25)25 November 1963 (aged 27)	47	4	Walsall	March 1990	£50,000
Forwards
Tony Adcock	FW	Bethnal Green	(1963-03-27)27 March 1963 (aged 28)	104	37	Bradford City	January 1991	£75,000
Bobby Barnes	FW	Kingston upon Thames	(1962-12-17)17 December 1962 (aged 28)	97	36	Bournemouth	13 October 1989	£70,000
Greg Campbell	FW	Portsmouth	(1965-07-13)13 July 1965 (aged 25)	31	5	Plymouth Argyle	September 1990
Kevin Wilkin	FW	Cambridge	(1967-10-01)1 October 1967 (aged 23)	12	4	Cambridge City	July 1990

Competitions

Barclays League Division Four

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
8	Scunthorpe United	46	20	11	15	71	62	+9	71	Participated in play-offs
9	Scarborough	46	19	12	15	59	56	+3	69
10	Northampton	46	18	13	15	57	58	−1	67
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	14	15	56	46	+10	65
12	Rochdale	46	15	17	14	50	53	−3	62

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	18	13	15	57	58	−1	67	14	5	4	34	21	+13	4	8	11	23	37	−14

Last updated: 8 March 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	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
Position	5	2	2	2	2	4	3	5	7	4	2	4	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	3	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	7	7	7	8	9	10

Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

25 August 1990 (1990-08-25) 1	Hereford United	1–2	Northampton Town	Hereford
15:00 BST			K.Wilkin B.Barnes	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,187

1 September 1990 (1990-09-01) 2	Maidstone United	1–3	Northampton Town	Dartford
15:00 BST			P.Wilson D.Wood A.Thorpe	Stadium: Watling Street Attendance: 2,049

8 September 1990 (1990-09-08) 3	Northampton Town	1–0	Blackpool	Northampton
15:00 BST	B.Barnes 54'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,544

14 September 1990 (1990-09-14) 4	Aldershot	3–3	Northampton Town	Aldershot
19:30 BST			K.Wilkin B.Barnes S.Beavon	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 2,741

18 September 1990 (1990-09-18) 5	Scarborough	1–1	Northampton Town	Scarborough
19:30 BST			B.Barnes pen.'	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,525

22 September 1990 (1990-09-22) 6	Northampton Town	1–2	Peterborough United	Northampton
15:00 BST	B.Barnes			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,549

29 September 1990 (1990-09-29) 7	Northampton Town	1–0	Halifax Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Collins			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,977

2 October 1990 (1990-10-02) 8	Burnley	3–0	Northampton Town	Burnley
19:30 BST				Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 6,273

6 October 1990 (1990-10-06) 9	Chesterfield	0–0	Northampton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,826

13 October 1990 (1990-10-13) 10	Northampton Town	1–0	Stockport County	Northampton
15:00 BST	P.Chard			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,927

19 October 1990 (1990-10-19) 11	Northampton Town	5–0	Walsall	Northampton
19:30 BST	B.Barnes S.Terry G.Campbell P.Chard			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,055

23 October 1990 (1990-10-23) 12	Darlington	1–1	Northampton Town	Darlington
19:30 BST			B.Barnes	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 4,882

23 October 1990 (1990-10-23) 13	Lincoln City	3–1	Northampton Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST			S.Terry	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,352

3 November 1990 (1990-11-03) 14	Northampton Town	3–2	Hartlepool United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	P.Wilson S.Beavon			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,342

9 November 1990 (1990-11-09) 15	Northampton Town	1–0	Wrexham	Northampton
19:30 GMT	B.Barnes			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,855

24 November 1990 (1990-11-24) 16	York City	0–1	Northampton Town	York
15:00 GMT			B.Barnes	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,202

1 December 1990 (1990-12-01) 17	Northampton Town	3–2	Rochdale	Northampton
15:00 GMT	P.Chard S.Beavon			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,809

15 December 1990 (1990-12-15) 18	Carlisle United	4–1	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT			G.Campbell	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,872

21 December 1990 (1990-12-21) 19	Northampton Town	0–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
19:30 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,033

29 December 1990 (1990-12-29) 20	Gillingham	0–0	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 4,969

1 January 1991 (1991-01-01) 21	Northampton Town	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,270

12 January 1991 (1991-01-12) 22	Northampton Town	2–0	Maidstone United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	T.Adcock B.Barnes			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,710

19 January 1991 (1991-01-19) 23	Northampton Town	3–0	Hereford United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	P.Chard S.Beavon pen.' T.Angus			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,577

26 January 1991 (1991-01-26) 24	Northampton Town	2–1	Aldershot	Northampton
15:00 GMT	T.Adcock S.Beavon pen.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,800

1 February 1991 (1991-02-01) 25	Northampton Town	0–2	Scarborough	Northampton
19:30 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,058

5 February 1991 (1991-02-05) 26	Peterborough United	1–0	Northampton Town	Peterborough
19:30 GMT				Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,952

15 February 1991 (1991-02-15) 27	Northampton Town	2–1	York City	Northampton
19:30 GMT	T.Angus B.Barnes			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,685

23 February 1991 (1991-02-23) 28	Wrexham	0–2	Northampton Town	Wrexham, Wales
15:00 GMT			S.Terry B.Barnes	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 1,790

2 March 1991 (1991-03-02) 29	Rochdale	1–1	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT			S.Beavon pen.'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,890

5 March 1991 (1991-03-05) 30	Scunthorpe United	3–0	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,852
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on December 26, 1990 due to a waterlogged pitch.^[2]

9 March 1991 (1991-03-09) 31	Northampton Town	1–1	Carlisle United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	G.Campbell			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,216

12 March 1991 (1991-03-12) 32	Northampton Town	0–0	Burnley	Northampton
19:30 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,710

15 March 1991 (1991-03-15) 33	Halifax Town	2–1	Northampton Town	Halifax
19:30 GMT			S.Brown	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,347

23 March 1991 (1991-03-23) 34	Northampton Town	2–0	Chesterfield	Northampton
15:00 GMT	P.Chard S.Beavon pen.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,379

26 March 1991 (1991-03-26) 35	Torquay United	0–0	Northampton Town	Torquay
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,745

30 March 1991 (1991-03-30) 36	Northampton Town	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	S.Terry S.Beavon pen.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,728

1 April 1991 (1991-04-01) 37	Cardiff City	1–0	Northampton Town	Cardiff, Wales
15:00 BST				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,805

6 April 1991 (1991-04-06) 38	Northampton Town	2–1	Gillingham	Northampton
15:00 BST	S.Berry P.Chard			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,993

9 April 1991 (1991-04-09) 39	Stockport County	2–0	Northampton Town	Stockport
19:30 BST				Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,707

13 April 1991 (1991-04-13) 40	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Northampton Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST			S.Beavon	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,939

16 April 1991 (1991-04-16) 41	Northampton Town	1–4	Torquay United	Northampton
15:00 BST	T.Adcock			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,678

20 April 1991 (1991-04-20) 42	Walsall	3–3	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 BST			B.Barnes S.Beavon S.Terry	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,345

27 April 1991 (1991-04-27) 43	Northampton Town	0–3	Darlington	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,884

30 April 1991 (1991-04-30) 44	Northampton Town	1–1	Lincoln City	Northampton
19:30 BST	S.Berry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,544

7 May 1991 (1991-05-07) 45	Blackpool	2–1	Northampton Town	Blackpool
19:30 BST			S.Terry	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,298

11 May 1991 (1991-05-11) 46	Hartlepool United	3–1	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
15:00 BST			S.Brown	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,957

FA Cup

17 November 1990 (1990-11-17) First round	Littlehampton Town	0–4	Northampton Town	Littlehampton
14:00 GMT			S.Beavon B.Barnes G.Campbell	Stadium: The Sportsfield Attendance: 3,800

8 December 1990 (1990-12-08) Second round	Barnet	0–0	Northampton Town	Chipping Barnet, London
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Underhill Attendance: 5,022

12 December 1990 (1990-12-12) Second round (r)	Northampton Town	0–1	Barnet	Northampton
19:45 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,387

Rumbelows Cup

29 August 1990 (1990-08-29) First round 1st leg	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Northampton Town	Hove
19:30 BST			K.Wilkin	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 3,834

4 September 1990 (1990-09-04) First round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
19:30 BST	S.Brown			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,760

25 September 1990 (1990-09-25) Second round 1st leg	Northampton Town	0–1	Sheffield United	Northampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,910

10 October 1990 (1990-10-10) Second round 2nd leg	Sheffield United	2–1	Northampton Town	Sheffield
19:30 BST			B.Barnes	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 8,679

Leyland DAF Cup

7 November 1990 (1990-11-07) Prelim round (s)	Stoke City	1–1	Northampton Town	Stoke-on-Trent
19:30 GMT			S.Beavon	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 4,339

27 November 1990 (1990-11-27) Prelim round (s)	Northampton Town	1–2	Mansfield Town	Northampton
19:30 GMT	S.Beavon			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,186

19 February 1991 (1991-02-19) First round (s)	Torquay United	2–0	Northampton Town	Torquay
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,112

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Four			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Peter Gleasure	16	–	–	3	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	23	–	–
DF	Terry Angus	42	–	2	–	1	–	3	–	–	2	–	–	47	1	2
DF	Irvin Gernon	8	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–
DF	David Johnson	8	17	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	10	18	–
DF	Steve Terry	46	–	6	3	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	56	–	6
DF	Wayne Williams	10	4	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	17	4	–
DF	Paul Wilson	44	–	3	3	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	54	–	3
DF	Darren Wood	2	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	1
MF	Stuart Beavon	41	–	10	3	–	1	4	–	–	2	–	2	50	–	13
MF	Micky Bell	22	6	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	24	7	–
MF	Steve Berry	20	7	2	–	1	–	3	–	–	1	1	–	24	9	2
MF	Steve Brown	37	3	2	3	–	–	4	–	1	3	–	–	47	3	3
MF	Phil Chard	43	–	7	3	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	53	–	7
MF	Trevor Quow	12	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	13	1	–
MF	David Scope	3	4	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	–
MF	Aidey Thorpe	12	15	1	2	–	–	–	2	–	3	–	–	17	17	1
FW	Tony Adcock	20	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	1	3
FW	Bobby Barnes	42	1	13	3	–	2	4	–	1	2	–	1	45	1	16
FW	Greg Campbell	20	5	4	3	–	1	–	1	–	2	–	–	25	6	5
FW	Kevin Wilkin	7	2	2	–	–	–	3	–	2	–	–	–	10	2	4
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Marlon Beresford	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	15	–	–
GK	Kevin Hitchcock	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	18	–	–
DF	Greg Fee	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
DF	Pat Scully	15	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	16	–	–
MF	Bradley Sandeman	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	1	–	1	8	–
FW	Darren Collins	3	5	1	1	1	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	5	9	1
FW	Gareth Evans	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–

References

^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1991). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1991–92. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0356191980.
^ "1990/91 Division 4". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

Books

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

[Rothmans1991-92-1] Rollin, Jack, ed. (1991). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1991–92. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0356191980.

[postponed_games-2] "1990/91 Division 4". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

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