1987–88 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1987–88 season
Chairman	Derek Banks
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	6th
FA Cup	Second round
Littlewoods Cup	Second round
Sherpa Vans Trophy	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Adcock; Paul Culpin; Trevor Morley (10); All: Trevor Morley (16)
Highest home attendance	7,934 vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Lowest home attendance	3,076 vs Brentford
Average home league attendance	5,514

Players

As of match played 2 May 1988.[1]

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps[2]	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Peter Gleasure	GK	Luton	(1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 27)	225	0	Millwall	Summer 1982
Alan Harris	GK	Nuneaton	(1969-04-13)13 April 1969 (aged 19)	0	0	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1986	£15,000[3]
Defenders
David Logan	LB	Middlesbrough	(1963-12-05)5 December 1963 (aged 24)	41	1	Mansfield Town	February 1987
Keith McPherson	CB	Greenwich	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 24)	98	5	West Ham United	23 January 1986	£10,000[4]
Graham Reed	RB	Doncaster	(1961-06-24)24 June 1961 (aged 26)	104	2	Frickley Athletic	Summer 1985	£6,000
Bradley Sandeman	RB	Northampton	(1970-02-24)24 February 1970 (aged 18)	2	0	Apprentice	January 1988	N/A
Trevor Slack	CB	Peterborough	(1962-09-26)26 September 1962 (aged 25)	13	1	Grimsby Town	10 February 1988	Nominal Fee
Russ Wilcox	CB	Hemsworth	(1964-03-25)25 March 1964 (aged 24)	81	5	Frickley Athletic	30 June 1986	£15,000[5]
Paul Wilson	LB	Bradford	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 19)	15	1	Norwich City	11 April 1988	£30,000
Midfielders
Warren Donald	CM	Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 23)	124	10	West Ham United	4 October 1985	Undisclosed
Dave Gilbert	W	Lincoln	(1963-06-22)22 June 1963 (aged 24)	86	14	Boston United	Summer 1986
Eddie McGoldrick	W	Islington	(1965-04-30)30 April 1965 (aged 23)	85	7	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1986	£15,000[6]
Martin Singleton (c)	CM	Banbury	(1963-08-02)2 August 1963 (aged 24)	29	3	West Bromwich Albion	7 November 1987	£57,500
Forwards
Tony Adcock	FW	Bethnal Green	(1963-03-27)27 March 1963 (aged 25)	18	10	Manchester City	25 January 1988	£85,000 P/E
Paul Culpin	FW	Kirby Muxloe	(1962-02-08)8 February 1962 (aged 26)	20	10	Coventry City	10 October 1987	£50,000
Glen Donegal	FW	Northampton	(1969-06-20)20 June 1969 (aged 18)	11	1	Apprentice	January 1987	N/A
David Longhurst	FW	Northampton	(1965-01-15)15 January 1965 (aged 23)	37	7	Halifax Town	3 July 1987	£40,000

Competitions

Division Three

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Sunderland (C, P)	46	27	12	7	92	48	+44	93	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Brighton & Hove Albion (P)	46	23	15	8	69	47	+22	84	Promotion to the Second Division
3	Walsall (O, P)	46	23	13	10	68	50	+18	82	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
4	Notts County	46	23	12	11	82	49	+33	81
5	Bristol City	46	21	12	13	77	62	+15	75
6	Northampton Town	46	18	19	9	70	51	+19	73
7	Wigan Athletic	46	20	12	14	70	61	+9	72
8	Bristol Rovers	46	18	12	16	68	56	+12	66
9	Fulham	46	19	9	18	69	60	+9	66
10	Blackpool	46	17	14	15	71	62	+9	65
11	Port Vale	46	18	11	17	58	56	+2	65
12	Brentford	46	16	14	16	53	59	−6	62
13	Gillingham	46	14	17	15	77	61	+16	59
14	Bury	46	15	14	17	58	57	+1	59
15	Chester City	46	14	16	16	51	62	−11	58
16	Preston North End	46	15	13	18	48	59	−11	58
17	Southend United	46	14	13	19	65	83	−18	55
18	Chesterfield	46	15	10	21	41	70	−29	55
19	Mansfield Town	46	14	12	20	48	59	−11	54
20	Aldershot	46	15	8	23	64	74	−10	53
21	Rotherham United (R)	46	12	16	18	50	66	−16	52	Qualification for the Fourth Division play-offs
22	Grimsby Town (R)	46	12	14	20	48	58	−10	50	Relegation to the Fourth Division
23	York City (R)	46	8	9	29	48	91	−43	33
24	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	8	9	29	40	84	−44	33

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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	19	9	70	51	+19	73	12	8	3	36	18	+18	6	11	6	34	33	+1

Last updated: 7 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	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

Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

15 August 1987 (1987-08-15) 1	Chester City	0–5	Northampton Town	Chester
15:00 BST			Morley Chard Wilcox Longhurst Gilbert	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3,453

29 August 1987 (1987-08-29) 2	Walsall	1–0	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 BST	Jones			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,993

31 August 1987 (1987-08-31) 3	Northampton Town	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
15:00 BST	Morley		Armstrong	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,934 Referee: Keith Miller

5 September 1987 (1987-09-05) 4	Doncaster Rovers	0–2	Northampton Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST			Morley Longhurst	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 1,869

9 September 1987 (1987-09-09) 5	Northampton Town	2–1	Brentford	Northampton
19:30 BST	Gilbert Longhurst		Cooke pen.'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,748

12 September 1987 (1987-09-12) 6	Northampton Town	0–1	Notts County	Northampton
15:00 BST			Lund	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Jim Borrett

15 September 1987 (1987-09-15) 7	Preston North End	0–0	Northampton Town	Preston
19:30 BST				Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 5,179

19 September 1987 (1987-09-19) 8	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Northampton Town	Bath
15:00 BST			Morley Chard	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 3,668

26 September 1987 (1987-09-26) 9	Northampton Town	1–0	Port Vale	Northampton
15:00 BST	Chard			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,072 Referee: Colin Downey

29 September 1987 (1987-09-29) 10	Southend United	1–1	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Hall		Morley	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,506

3 October 1987 (1987-10-03) 11	Northampton Town	3–0	Bristol City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Chard Bunce			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,234 Referee: Kelvin Morton

11 October 1987 (1987-10-11) 12	Rotherham United	2–2	Northampton Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Airey Grealish		Culpin Morley	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 5,173

17 October 1987 (1987-10-17) 13	Northampton Town	4–0	Chesterfield	Northampton
15:00 BST	Morley Culpin Benjamin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,073

20 October 1987 (1987-10-20) 14	Mansfield	3–1	Northampton Town	Mansfield
19:30 BST	Charles pen.' Hodges Coleman		Culpin	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,646

24 October 1987 (1987-10-24) 15	Northampton Town	2–1	Grimsby Town	Northampton
19:30 BST	Gilbert pen.' Culpin		Turner	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,388 Referee: Kevin Cooper

31 October 1987 (1987-10-31) 16	Aldershot	4–4	Northampton Town	Aldershot
15:00 GMT	Langley Johnson McDonald Berry		Culpin Roberts o.g.' Morley Longhurst	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 3,358

4 November 1987 (1987-11-04) 17	Northampton Town	0–0	York City	Northampton
19:30 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,950 Referee: Danny Vickers

7 November 1987 (1987-11-07) 18	Fulham	0–0	Northampton Town	Fulham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 6,733

21 November 1987 (1987-11-21) 19	Northampton Town	2–1	Gillingham	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Morley Wilcox		Lovell	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,151 Referee: Stephen Lodge

28 November 1987 (1987-11-28) 20	Blackpool	3–1	Northampton Town	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Cunningham Walwyn Morgan		Longhurst	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,593

12 December 1987 (1987-12-12) 21	Northampton Town	0–2	Sunderland	Northampton
15:00 GMT			Lemon Gabbiadini	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,279 Referee: David Axcell

19 December 1987 (1987-12-19) 22	Wigan Athletic	2–2	Northampton Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Thompson Pilling		Donald Singleton	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 2,692

26 December 1987 (1987-12-26) 23	Port Vale	1–1	Northampton Town	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Hamson pen.'		Singleton	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,446

28 December 1987 (1987-12-28) 24	Northampton Town	0–0	Bury	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,067 Referee: Dennis Hedges

1 January 1988 (1988-01-01) 25	Northampton Town	2–2	Walsall	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Chard Donegal		Jones Cross	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,034 Referee: David Elleray

2 January 1988 (1988-01-02) 26	Notts County	3–1	Northampton Town	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Lund Thorpe		Morley Keith McPherson	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 8,153

9 January 1988 (1988-01-09) 27	Brentford	0–1	Northampton Town	Brentford
15:00 GMT			Chard	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,025

16 January 1988 (1988-01-16) 28	Northampton Town	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Gilbert Donald		Alexander	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,473

27 January 1988 (1988-01-27) 29	Northampton Town	0–1	Preston North End	Northampton
19:30 GMT			Jemson	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,052

30 January 1988 (1988-01-30) 30	Northampton Town	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Adcock		Pilling	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,825

6 February 1988 (1988-02-06) 31	Northampton Town	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Adcock			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,381

13 February 1988 (1988-02-13) 32	Bury	0–0	Northampton Town	Bury
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,172

20 February 1988 (1988-02-20) 33	Northampton Town	2–0	Chester City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Adcock Slack			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,285

27 February 1988 (1988-02-27) 34	Bristol City	2–2	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Walsh Reed o.g.'		Adcock Chard	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 8,578

2 March 1988 (1988-03-02) 35	Northampton Town	4–0	Southend United	Northampton
19:30 GMT	McGoldrick Longhurst Wilcox Adcock			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,249

5 March 1988 (1988-03-05) 36	Chesterfield	0–2	Northampton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT			McGoldrick Gilbert	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 2,400

11 March 1988 (1988-03-11) 37	Northampton Town	0–0	Rotherham United	Northampton
19:30 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,432

19 March 1988 (1988-03-19) 38	Northampton Town	1–1	Aldershot	Northampton
19:30 GMT	Adcock		Berry	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,322

26 March 1988 (1988-03-26) 39	Grimsby Town	2–2	Northampton Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Cunnington Robinson		Singleton Culpin	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,406

2 April 1988 (1988-04-02) 40	Northampton Town	3–2	Fulham	Northampton
15:00 BST	Adcock Stannard o.g.' Culpin		Skinner Barnett	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,211

4 April 1988 (1988-04-04) 41	Gillingham	1–2	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Lovell		Culpin Adcock	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 4,131

10 April 1988 (1988-04-10) 42	Northampton Town	2–0	Mansfield Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Wilcox Kenworthy o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,917

15 April 1988 (1988-04-15) 43	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	Northampton Town	Hove
19:30 BST	Owers Gatting Nelson			Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 14,455

23 April 1988 (1988-04-23) 44	York City	2–2	Northampton Town	York
19:30 BST	Howlett		Culpin Wilson	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,048

30 April 1988 (1988-04-30) 45	Northampton Town	3–3	Blackpool	Northampton
15:00 BST	Longhurst Gilbert Adcock		Walwyn Methven Morgan	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,730

2 May 1988 (1988-05-02) 46	Sunderland	3–1	Northampton Town	Sunderland
15:00 BST	MacPhail pen.' Armstrong 48' Gates 75'		Adcock 37'	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 29,454 Referee: James McAulay

FA Cup

14 November 1987 (1987-11-14) 1st round	Northampton Town	2–1	Newport County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Morley Chard		Holtham	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,581 Referee: Terry Holbrook

5 December 1987 (1987-12-05) 2nd round	Northampton Town	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Morley		Bremner Nelson	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,444 Referee: Vic Callow

Littlewoods Cup

17 August 1987 (1987-08-17) 1st round 1st leg	Port Vale	0–1	Northampton Town	Burslem
19:30 BST			Longhurst Chard Senior	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,398

2 September 1987 (1987-09-02) 1st round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	4–0	Port Vale	Northampton
19:30 BST	McPherson Morley			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,748 Referee: Terry Holbrook

22 September 1987 (1987-09-22) 2nd round 1st leg	Ipswich Town	1–1	Northampton Town	Ipswich
19:30 BST	Zondervan		Gilbert	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 5,645

7 October 1987 (1987-10-07) 2nd round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	2–4 (a.e.t)	Ipswich Town	Northampton
19:30 BST	Morley Donegal		Harbey d'Avray Lowe	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,316 Referee: Howard King

Sherpa Vans Trophy

Group 1
Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brentford	2	1	1	3	3	3
Notts County	2	1	1	3	3	3
Northampton Town	2	1	1	1	1	3

Source:

13 October 1987 (1987-10-13) Prelim round (s)	Notts County	1–0	Northampton Town	Nottingham
19:30 GMT	Withe			Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 2,351

28 October 1987 (1987-10-28) Prelim round (s)	Northampton Town	1–0	Brentford	Northampton
19:30 GMT	Longhurst			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,076

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three			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	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	Name	From	Fee
June 1987	RB	Steve Senior	York City
July 1987	CB	Chris Scott	Blyth Spartans
3 July 1987	FW	David Longhurst	Halifax Town	£40,000
10 October 1987	FW	Paul Culpin	Coventry City	£50,000
7 November 1987	CM	Martin Singleton	West Bromwich Albion	£57,500
25 January 1988	FW	Tony Adcock	Manchester City	£85,000 P/E
10 February 1988	CB	Trevor Slack	Grimsby Town	Nominal Fee
11 April 1988	LB	Paul Wilson	Norwich City	£15,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until
January 1988	LB	Brett Williams	Nottingham Forest	January 1988
January 1987	RB	Chris O'Donnell	Ipswich Town	February 1987
February 1988	LB	Paul Wilson	Norwich City	11 April 1988

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee
Summer 1987	CB	Bobby Coy	Free Agent	Released
Summer 1987	CM	Richard Hill	Watford	£265,000
October 1987	FW	Ian Benjamin	Cambridge United	£25,000
October 1987	RB	Steve Senior	Wigan Athletic
November 1987	W	Aidy Mann	Newport County
25 January 1988	FW	Trevor Morley	Manchester City	£175,000 P/E
March 1988	U	Phil Chard	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£45,000
March 1988	CB	Chris Scott	Lincoln City

References

Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
Football League appearances only.
Joint buy with Eddie McGoldrick
"Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Keith McPherson". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2002). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 438. ISBN 978-1-85291-648-0.
Joint buy with Alan Harris

Books

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

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[Rothmans1988-89-1] Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

[2] Football League appearances only.

[3] Joint buy with Eddie McGoldrick

[4] "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - Keith McPherson". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

[Hugman2002-03-5] Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2002). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 438. ISBN 978-1-85291-648-0.

[6] Joint buy with Alan Harris