1975–76 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1975–76 season
Chairman	Neville Ronson
Manager	Bill Dodgin Jr.
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	2nd
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Jim Hall (21); All: Jim Hall (22)
Highest home attendance	9,548 vs Reading
Lowest home attendance	3,675 vs Bradford City

Players

As of match played 23 April 1976.[1]

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps[2]	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Jeff Parton	GK	Swansea	(1953-02-24)24 February 1953 (aged 23)	2	0	Burnley	Summer 1975
Alan Starling	GK	Dagenham	(1951-04-02)2 April 1951 (aged 25)	212	1	Luton Town	June 1971
Defenders
Dave Carlton	CB	Stepney	(1952-11-24)24 November 1952 (aged 23)	98	6	Fulham	October 1973
John Gregory	U	Scunthorpe	(1954-05-11)11 May 1954 (aged 21)	141	4	Apprentice	Summer 1972	N/A
Stuart Robertson	CB	Nottingham	(1946-12-16)16 December 1946 (aged 29)	137	14	Doncaster Rovers	Summer 1972
Barry Tucker	FB	Swansea	(1952-08-28)28 August 1952 (aged 23)	148	2	Apprentice	August 1970	N/A
Midfielders
Billy Best (c)	U	Glasgow	(1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 33)	176	40	Southend United	Summer 1973
Derrick Christie	W	Bletchley	(1957-03-15)15 March 1957 (aged 19)	19	1	Apprentice	Summer 1975	N/A
John Farrington	W	Lynemouth	(1947-06-19)19 June 1947 (aged 28)	72	7	Cardiff City	Summer 1974
Graham Felton	W	Cambridge	(1949-03-01)1 March 1949 (aged 27)	256	25	Apprentice	September 1966	N/A
Don Martin	U	Corby	(1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 32)	165	59	Blackburn Rovers	November 1975
Andy McGowan	CM	Corby	(1956-07-17)17 July 1956 (aged 19)	42	5	Apprentice	June 1975	N/A
Steve Phillips	CM	Edmonton	(1954-08-04)4 August 1954 (aged 21)	34	6	Birmingham City	October 1975	£5,000[3]
Forwards
Jim Hall	FW	Northampton	(1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 31)	98	28	Peterborough United	Summer 1975
Paul Stratford	FW	Northampton	(1955-09-04)4 September 1955 (aged 20)	128	47	Apprentice	Summer 1972	N/A

Competitions

Division Four

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Lincoln City	46	32	10	4	111	39	2.846	74	Division Champions, promoted
2	Northampton Town	46	29	10	7	87	40	2.175	68	Promoted
3	Reading	46	24	12	10	70	51	1.373	60
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	24	10	12	89	55	1.618	58
5	Huddersfield Town	46	21	14	11	56	41	1.366	56

Source:

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
46	29	10	7	87	40	2.175	68	18	5	0	62	20	41	11	5	7	25	20	27

Last updated: 9 April 2020.
Source:

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W
Position	13	5	15	8	3	4	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

16 August 1975 (1975-08-16) 1	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Northampton Town	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Gray		Tucker	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 3,595

22 August 1975 (1975-08-22) 2	Stockport County	1–3	Northampton Town	Stockport
19:30 BST	Lawther		Hall Farrington	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,032

30 August 1975 (1975-08-30) 3	Barnsley	3–1	Northampton Town	Barnsley
15:00 BST	M.Butler Peachey		Hall	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3,525 Referee: Don Shaw

5 September 1975 (1975-09-05) 4	Northampton Town	4–2	Bradford City	Northampton
19:30 BST	Christie Gregory Robertson McGowan		Cooke Ingram	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,675 Referee: Colin Gardner

13 September 1975 (1975-09-13) 5	Darlington	0–1	Northampton Town	Darlington
15:00 BST			Gregory	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3,788

19 September 1975 (1975-09-19) 6	Northampton Town	0–0	Swansea City	Northampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,428

23 September 1975 (1975-09-23) 7	Northampton Town	2–1	Workington	Northampton
19:30 BST	Stratford Best		Murray	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,677

27 September 1975 (1975-09-27) 8	Torquay United	0–1	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 BST			Best	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 1,919

3 October 1975 (1975-10-03) 9	Northampton Town	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
19:30 BST	Hall Stratford		Chappell	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,155

10 October 1975 (1975-10-10) 10	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Northampton Town	Birkenhead
19:30 BST	James Moore		Davids	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 4,808

18 October 1975 (1975-10-18) 11	Northampton Town	1–0	Lincoln City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Stratford			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,566

21 October 1975 (1975-10-21) 12	Northampton Town	3–1	Brentford	Northampton
19:30 BST	Farrington Best		Scales	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,225

25 October 1975 (1975-10-25) 13	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST			Stratford	Stadium: Old Showground Attendance: 1,965

1 November 1975 (1975-11-01) 14	Northampton Town	3–0	Watford	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hall Felton Phillips			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,656

3 November 1975 (1975-11-03) 15	Rochdale	0–2	Northampton Town	Rochdale
19:30 GMT			Robertson Stratford	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,995

8 November 1975 (1975-11-08) 16	Cambridge United	0–1	Northampton Town	Cambridge
15:00 GMT			Hall Stratford	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,560

15 November 1975 (1975-11-15) 17	Northampton Town	1–0	Southport	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Farrington			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,089 Referee: Eddie Hughes

29 November 1975 (1975-11-29) 18	Bournemouth	0–0	Northampton Town	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 5,890

6 December 1975 (1975-12-06) 19	Northampton Town	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hall McGowan		Bowles	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,705

13 December 1975 (1975-12-13) 20	Exeter City	0–0	Northampton Town	Exeter
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,394

20 December 1975 (1975-12-20) 21	Northampton Town	3–1	Exeter City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hall Phillips		Beer	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,212

26 December 1975 (1975-12-26) 22	Hartlepool United	3–0	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT	McMahon D.Smith			Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,070

27 December 1975 (1975-12-27) 23	Northampton Town	3–0	Newport County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Phillips Robertson Hall			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,448

3 January 1976 (1976-01-03) 24	Reading	1–0	Northampton Town	Reading
15:00 GMT	Barker			Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 10,139

10 January 1976 (1976-01-10) 25	Northampton Town	5–0	Barnsley	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Carlton Robertson Hall Best			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,132

16 January 1976 (1976-01-16) 26	Swansea City	1–1	Northampton Town	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Bray		Mayes	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 3,656

24 January 1976 (1976-01-24) 27	Northampton Town	3–2	Darlington	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Robertson Hall		Holbrook Webb	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,135

31 January 1976 (1976-01-31) 28	Brentford	2–1	Northampton Town	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Johnson pen.' Cross		Hall	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,110

7 February 1976 (1976-02-07) 29	Northampton Town	1–1	Rochdale	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Stratford		Whelan	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,393

14 February 1976 (1976-02-14) 30	Northampton Town	4–2	Cambridge United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Smith o.g.' Mayes Robertson		Simmons Spriggs	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,969

21 February 1976 (1976-02-21) 31	Southport	0–1	Northampton Town	Southport
15:00 GMT			Farrington	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 1,332

25 February 1976 (1976-02-25) 32	Workington	1–0	Northampton Town	Workington
19:30 GMT	Murray			Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 1,135

27 February 1976 (1976-02-27) 33	Northampton Town	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
19:30 GMT	Mayes Martin pen.'		O'Connor	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,804

6 March 1976 (1976-03-06) 34	Watford	0–1	Northampton Town	Watford
15:00 GMT			Hall	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,389

9 March 1976 (1976-03-09) 35	Doncaster Rovers	0–4	Northampton Town	Doncaster
19:30 GMT			Stratford McGowan	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 8,737

12 March 1976 (1976-03-12) 36	Northampton Town	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Phillips		Mitchell	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,047

17 March 1976 (1976-03-17) 37	Lincoln City	3–1	Northampton Town	Lincoln
19:30 GMT	Fleming Krzywicki Smith		Stratford	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 13,880

20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 38	Northampton Town	6–0	Bournemouth	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hall Best Stratford			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,780

27 March 1976 (1976-03-27) 39	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Northampton Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT			Best	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2,865

3 April 1976 (1976-04-03) 40	Northampton Town	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Phillips		Belfitt	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,218

6 April 1976 (1976-04-06) 41	Northampton Town	2–2	Torquay United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Phillips Gregory		Chatterley Kruse	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,263

20 April 1976 (1976-04-20) 42	Bradford City	1–2	Northampton Town	Bradford
15:00 BST	Cooke		Hall	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,175

15 April 1976 (1976-04-15) 43	Northampton Town	4–1	Reading	Northampton
19:30 BST	McGowan Stratford Martin		Hiron	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,548

17 April 1976 (1976-04-17) 44	Northampton Town	5–2	Hartlepool United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Starling pen.' Martin pen.' Robertson		Moore Johnson pen.'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,555

20 April 1976 (1976-04-20) 45	Newport County	1–1	Northampton Town	Newport
19:30 BST	Jones		Martin pen.'	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 1,728

23 April 1976 (1976-04-23) 46	Northampton Town	4–0	Stockport County	Northampton
15:00 BST	Stratford Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,680 Referee: John Homewood

FA Cup

22 November 1975 (1975-11-22) 1st round	Brentford	2–0	Northampton Town	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Sweetzer			Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,640

League Cup

19 August 1975 (1975-08-19) 1st round 1st leg	Watford	2–0	Northampton Town	Watford
18:30 BST	Downes Greenhalgh			Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 3,368

27 August 1975 (1975-08-27) 1st round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	1–1	Watford	Northampton
18:30 BST	Hall		Goodeve	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,255

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Four			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Jeff Parton	3	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	5	–	–
GK	Alan Starling	43	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	44	–	1
DF	Dave Carlton	30	4	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	32	4	1
DF	John Gregory	45	–	3	1	–	–	2	–	–	48	–	3
DF	Stuart Robertson	44	–	7	1	–	–	2	–	–	47	–	7
DF	Barry Tucker	46	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	49	–	1
MF	Billy Best	44	–	8	1	–	–	2	–	–	47	–	8
MF	Derrick Christie	12	7	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	15	7	1
MF	John Farrington	36	2	4	1	–	–	2	–	–	39	2	4
MF	Graham Felton	8	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	9	2	1
MF	Andy McGowan	38	4	5	1	–	–	–	–	–	39	–	5
MF	Don Martin	28	1	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	1	7
MF	Steve Phillips	34	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	34	–	6
FW	Jim Hall	43	–	21	1	–	–	2	–	1	46	–	22
FW	Paul Stratford	30	–	16	–	–	–	2	–	–	32	–	16
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Gary Anderson	3	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	5	–	–
DF	Neil Davids	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–
FW	Gary Mabee	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	–
FW	Alan Mayes	10	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	4

References

Rothmans Football Yearbook 1976/77, p.270.
Football League appearances only.
Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

Books

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

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[1] Rothmans Football Yearbook 1976/77, p.270.

[2] Football League appearances only.

[3] Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.