2001–02 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
2001–02 season
Manager	Kevin Wilson; Kevan Broadhurst
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
Division Two	20th
FA Cup	Second round
Worthington Cup	Second round
LDV Vans Trophy	Second round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Forrester (17); All: Jamie Forrester (18)
Highest home attendance	6,723 vs Cambridge United
Lowest home attendance	2,142 vs Barnet

Players

As of match played 20 April 2002.

No.	Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Keith Welch	GK	Bolton	(1968-10-03)3 October 1968 (aged 33)	127	0	Bristol City	21 June 1999	Free
15	Adam Sollitt	GK	Sheffield	(1977-06-22)22 June 1977 (aged 24)	20	0	Kettering Town	25 July 2000	£30,000
24	Mark Bunn	GK	Kettering	(1984-11-16)16 November 1984 (aged 17)	0	0	Apprentice	21 August 2001	N/A
Defenders
2	Gerard Lavin	RB	Corby	(1974-02-05)5 February 1974 (aged 28)	3	0	Bristol City	29 May 2001	Free
3	Duncan Spedding	LB	Camberley	(1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 24)	130	1	Southampton	14 July 1998	Free
4	Ian Sampson	CB	Wakefield	(1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 33)	363	28	Sunderland	5 August 1994	£30,000
6	John Frain	LB	Birmingham	(1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (aged 33)	228	7	Birmingham City	Summer 1997	Free
16	Daryl Burgess	FB	Birmingham	(1971-01-24)24 January 1971 (aged 31)	40	1	West Bromwich Albion	27 June 2001	Free
17	Richard Hope	CB	Stockton-on-Tees	(1978-06-22)22 June 1978 (aged 23)	125	6	Darlington	18 December 1998	Undisclosed
22	Paul Dempsey	LB	The Wirral	(1981-12-03)3 December 1981 (aged 20)	29	0	Sheffield United	22 March 2001	Undisclosed
27	Chris Marsh	RB	Dudley	(1970-01-14)14 January 1970 (aged 32)	28	0	Wycombe Wanderers	6 September 2001	£10,000[1]
Midfielders
7	Paul McGregor	RW	Liverpool	(1974-12-17)17 December 1974 (aged 27)	45	5	Plymouth Argyle	8 June 2001	Free
8	James Hunt	CM	Derby	(1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 25)	205	10	Notts County	1 August 1997	Free
11	Roy Hunter	CM	Saltburn-by-the-Sea	(1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 28)	211	20	West Bromwich Albion	2 August 1995	Free
14	John Hodge	W	Ormskirk	(1969-04-01)1 April 1969 (aged 33)	65	2	Gillingham	6 March 2000	£25,000
20	Chris Hargreaves	CM	Cleethorpes	(1972-05-12)12 May 1972 (aged 29)	77	3	Plymouth Argyle	27 June 2000	Free
23	Chris Carruthers	LM	Kettering	(1983-08-19)19 August 1983 (aged 18)	17	1	Apprentice	1 August 2000	N/A
Forwards
9	Sam Parkin	FW	Roehampton	(1981-03-14)14 March 1981 (aged 21)	46	5	Chelsea	3 July 2001	Loan
10	Marco Gabbiadini	FW	Nottingham	(1968-01-20)20 January 1968 (aged 34)	89	16	Darlington	27 June 2000	Free
18	Jamie Forrester	FW	Bradford	(1974-11-01)1 November 1974 (aged 27)	136	50	FC Utrecht	27 June 2000	£150,000
19	Derek Asamoah	FW	Accra	(1981-05-01)1 May 1981 (aged 20)	44	3	Slough Town	25 July 2001	Free
33	Steve Morison	FW	Enfield	(1983-08-29)29 August 1983 (aged 18)	1	0	Apprentice	27 August 2001	N/A

Competitions

Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
18	Chesterfield	46	13	13	20	53	65	−12	52
19	Notts County	46	13	11	22	59	71	−12	50
20	Northampton Town	46	14	7	25	54	79	−25	49
21	AFC Bournemouth (R)	46	10	14	22	56	71	−15	44	Relegated
22	Bury (R)	46	11	11	24	43	75	−32	44	Relegated

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(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	14	7	25	54	79	−25	49	9	4	10	30	33	−3	5	3	15	24	46	−22

Last updated: 22 March 2022.
Source: 11v11.com

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D
Position	24	24	24	24	18	23	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	22	21	22	23	24	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	23	22	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	19	20

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

11 August 2001 (2001-08-11) 1	Northampton Town	0–3	Bristol City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Hunt 34'	Report	Thorpe 6', 22' (pen.), 28'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,528 Referee: Paul Alcock

18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) 2	Stoke City	2–0	Northampton Town	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Cooke 52' Thorne 54'	Report		Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 12,845 Referee: Mark Cowburn

25 August 2001 (2001-08-25) 3	Northampton Town	0–2	Notts County	Northampton
15:00 BST		Report	Baraclough 3' Stallard 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,648 Referee: David Crick

28 August 2001 (2001-08-28) 4	Oldham Athletic	4–2	Northampton Town	Oldham
19:45 BST	Balmer 6' Rickers 35' Duxbury 63' Tipton 78'	Report	Hope 53', 90'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,941 Referee: Frazer Stretton

31 August 2001 (2001-08-31) 5	Northampton Town	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
15:00 BST	Gabbiadini 74' Asamoah 90'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,408 Referee: Roger Furnandiz

8 September 2001 (2001-09-08) 6	Colchester United	3–1	Northampton Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Rapley 7' McGleish 8' (pen.) Hope 42' (o.g.) Gregory 55'	Report	Hargreaves 78'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,705 Referee: Paul Rejer

15 September 2001 (2001-09-15) 7	Northampton Town	0–2	Chesterfield	Northampton
15:00 BST	Gabbiadini 18'	Report	Beckett 15' Breckin 79'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,535 Referee: Mike Jones

18 September 2001 (2001-09-18) 8	Cardiff City	2–0	Northampton Town	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Kavanagh 28' Brayson 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,232 Referee: Trevor Parkes

22 September 2001 (2001-09-22) 9	Port Vale	0–1	Northampton Town	Burslem
15:00 BST		Report	Hunter 73'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,419 Referee: Alan Kaye

25 September 2001 (2001-09-25) 10	Northampton Town	1–3	Blackpool	Northampton
19:45 BST	Burgess 83'	Report	Ormerod 31', 45' Fenton 79'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Phil Prosser

28 September 2001 (2001-09-28) 11	Northampton Town	1–1	Swindon Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Hunter 66'	Report	Grazioli 48'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: George Cain Referee: 5,104

7 October 2001 (2001-10-07) 12	Peterborough United	2–0	Northampton Town	Peterborough
12:00 BST	Bullard 45' (pen.) Clarke 54'	Report		Stadium: London Road Attendance: 8,101 Referee: Barry Knight

13 October 2001 (2001-10-13) 13	Northampton Town	4–1	Tranmere Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST	Forrester 9', 72' Hope 45' McGregor 48'	Report	Flynn 45'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,636 Referee: Lee Cable

20 October 2001 (2001-10-20) 14	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Northampton Town	White City, London
15:00 BST		Report	Hunt 11'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,444 Referee: Mick Fletcher

23 October 2001 (2001-10-23) 15	Northampton Town	0–3	Huddersfield Town	Northampton
19:45 BST		Report	Booth 30', 45', 70'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,926 Referee: Mike Ryan

27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) 16	Cambridge United	3–3	Northampton Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Kitson 18' One 29', 42'	Report	Gabbiadini 38' Forrester 71' (pen.), 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,682 Referee: Bill Jordan

3 November 2001 (2001-11-03) 17	Northampton Town	0–2	Reading	Northampton
19:45 GMT		Report	Cureton 52' Butler 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,162 Referee: Paul Rejer

11 November 2001 (2001-11-11) 18	Bury	2–1	Northampton Town	Bury, Greater Manchester
15:00 GMT	Kenny 70' Lawson 77' Swailes 82'	Report	Hope 11' Hargreaves 33'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,539 Referee: Trevor Parkes

20 November 2001 (2001-11-20) 19	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Northampton Town	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT	Rammell 20', 85'	Report	Gabbiadini 39'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,817 Referee: Grant Hegley

24 November 2001 (2001-11-24) 20	Northampton Town	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Northampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Dinning 28' Haworth 57'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,267 Referee: Clive Penton

1 December 2001 (2001-12-01) 21	Wrexham	3–2	Northampton Town	Wrexham
15:00 GMT	Carey 43' Chalk 56' (pen.) Ferguson 86'	Report	Forrester 14' McGregor 51' Hunt 78'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Howard Webb

15 December 2001 (2001-12-15) 22	Northampton Town	1–0	AFC Bournemouth	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Forrester 81'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,909 Referee: Ray Olivier

21 December 2001 (2001-12-21) 23	Brentford	3–0	Northampton Town	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Evans 76' (pen.) Burgess 80' Owusu 88'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 5,142 Referee: Keith Hill

26 December 2001 (2001-12-26) 24	Northampton Town	2–3	Colchester United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hope 36' Forrester 80'	Report	Sampson 45' (o.g.) Barrett 50', 66'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,740 Referee: Tony Bates

29 December 2001 (2001-12-29) 25	Northampton Town	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Welch 45'	Report	Eyres 80'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,760 Referee: Joe Ross

13 January 2002 (2002-01-13) 26	Northampton Town	1–1	Stoke City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Parkin 82'	Report	Goodfellow 36'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,636 Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 January 2002 (2002-01-19) 27	Bristol City	1–3	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Thorpe 62'	Report	Forrester 36' (pen.), 37' Hunt 69'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 11,733 Referee: Lee Cable

22 January 2002 (2002-01-22) 28	Northampton Town	1–0	Brentford	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Gabbiadini 83' Asamoah 86'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,184 Referee: Phil Joslin

29 January 2002 (2002-01-29) 29	Notts County	0–3	Northampton Town	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Fenton 68'	Report	Gabbiadini 12' Forrester 64' (pen.), 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,182 Referee: Mark Cowburn

2 February 2002 (2002-02-02) 30	Swindon Town	2–1	Northampton Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Gabbiadini 5' (o.g.) Davis 60' Invincibile 64'	Report	Forrester 81'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,585 Referee: Mark Cooper

9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) 31	Northampton Town	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hunter 11' Asamoah 78' Parkin 88'	Report	Connolly 12' (pen.), 21'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,424 Referee: Rob Harris

12 February 2002 (2002-02-12) 32	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Northampton Town	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT	Price 65' Allison 87'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 7,739 Referee: Trevor Parkes

19 February 2002 (2002-02-19) 33	Northampton Town	2–1	Peterborough United	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Parkin 17' Forrester 38'	Report	Bullard 2'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,064 Referee: Barry Knight

23 February 2002 (2002-02-23) 34	Chesterfield	2–2	Northampton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Ebdon 13' Burt 53'	Report	Hope 3' Forrester 22'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 4,186 Referee: Roy Pearson

26 February 2002 (2002-02-26) 35	Northampton Town	1–0	Port Vale	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Forrester 19'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,155 Referee: Scott Mathieson

2 March 2002 (2002-03-02) 36	Northampton Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Gabbiadini 35'	Report	Maxwell 32' Campbell 37'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,495 Referee: Steve Bennett

5 March 2002 (2002-03-05) 37	Blackpool	1–2	Northampton Town	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Fenton 59'	Report	Gabbiadini 8', 54'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,924 Referee: Howard Webb

9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) 38	AFC Bournemouth	5–1	Northampton Town	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Feeney 33', 74' Tindall 55' Holmes 65' Purches 90'	Report	Spedding 39' McGregor 45'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 6,322 Referee: Phil Richards

12 March 2002 (2002-03-12) 39	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Northampton Town	Brighton
19:45 GMT	Zamora 37' Morgan 59'	Report		Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6,363 Referee: David Crick

16 March 2002 (2002-03-16) 40	Northampton Town	4–1	Wrexham	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hunt 42' Hunter 77' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Parkin 82'	Report	Trundle 21' Sharp 37' Bennett 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,029 Referee: Rob Styles

23 March 2002 (2002-03-23) 41	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Northampton Town	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Knight 27', 33'	Report		Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 10,783 Referee: Ray Olivier

29 March 2002 (2002-03-29) 42	Northampton Town	1–0	Bury	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hunt 58'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,522 Referee: Matt Messias

1 April 2002 (2002-04-01) 43	Reading	0–0	Northampton Town	Reading
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,495 Referee: Bill Jordan

6 April 2002 (2002-04-06) 44	Northampton Town	4–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Northampton
15:00 BST	Hargreaves 52', 65' Forrester 77' Carruthers 84'	Report	Holligan 17'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,851 Referee: Steve Tomlin

13 April 2002 (2002-04-13) 45	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Northampton Town	Wigan
15:00 BST	De Vos 7' Ellington 45' Green 69'	Report		Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 5,938 Referee: Mark Cooper

20 April 2002 (2002-04-20) 46	Northampton Town	2–2	Cambridge United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Forrester 23' (pen.) Hodge 90'	Report	Youngs 4', 71'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,723 Referee: Andy D'Urso

FA Cup

17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) First round	Torquay United	1–2	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 GMT	Hill 82'	Report	Gabbiadini 28', 35'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,241 Referee: John Brandwood

9 December 2001 (2001-12-09) Second round	Canvey Island	1–0	Northampton Town	Canvey Island
12:00 GMT	Gregory 48'	Report		Stadium: Park Lane Attendance: 3,232 Referee: Paul Taylor

Worthington Cup

21 August 2001 (2001-08-21) First round	Northampton Town	2–1 (a.e.t)	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
19:45 BST	Forrester 90' McGregor 110'	Report	Evatt 16' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,638 Referee: Steve Baines

11 September 2001 (2001-09-11) Second round	Middlesbrough	3–1	Northampton Town	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Murphy 54' Németh 62' Wilson 82'	Report	Parkin 79'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Phil Richards

LDV Vans Trophy

16 October 2001 (2001-10-16) First round	Northampton Town	2–0	Oxford United	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Hunt 34' McGregor 45'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,640 Referee: Brian Curson

30 October 2001 (2001-10-30) Second round	Northampton Town	0–1	Barnet	Northampton
19:45 GMT		Report	Flynn 57'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,142 Referee: Rob Harris

Appearances, goals and cards

No.	Pos	Player	Division Two			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
1	GK	Keith Welch	38	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	42	–	–	1	2
2	RB	Gerard Lavin	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	2	–
3	LB	John Frain	25	2	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	30	2	–	1	–
4	CB	Ian Sampson	24	3	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	3	–	8	–
6	LB	Duncan Spedding	22	1	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	27	1	–	7	1
7	RM	Paul McGregor	37	2	3	–	2	–	1	1	1	2	–	1	40	5	5	1	–
8	CM	James Hunt	38	–	4	2	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	1	44	–	5	9	2
9	ST	Sam Parkin	31	9	4	–	2	–	2	–	1	2	–	–	35	11	5	3	–
10	ST	Marco Gabbiadini	30	5	7	2	–	2	1	–	–	1	1	–	34	6	9	9	2
11	CM	Roy Hunter	38	2	4	2	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	42	2	4	3	1
14	RM	John Hodge	4	15	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	4	17	1	1	–
15	GK	Adam Sollitt	8	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	10	2	–	–	–
16	RB	Daryl Burgess	36	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	40	–	1	8	–
17	CB	Richard Hope	35	7	6	2	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	41	7	6	5	–
18	ST	Jamie Forrester	40	3	17	2	–	–	2	–	1	1	–	–	45	3	18	4	–
19	ST	Derek Asamoah	3	36	3	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	3	41	3	–	–
20	CM	Chris Hargreaves	38	1	3	1	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	42	1	3	6	1
21	MF	Richie Lopes	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	LB	Paul Dempsey	13	7	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	15	8	–	2	–
23	LM	Chris Carruthers	6	7	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	6	7	1	–	–
24	ST	Danny Lowe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
25	GK	Mark Bunn	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	CM	Aaran Cavill	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
27	CB	Chris Marsh	26	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	28	–	–	4	–
28	MF	Chris Thompson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
29	CM	Michael Laws	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	DF	Bobby White	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
31	ST	Ryan Nash	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
33	ST	Steve Morison	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
Players no longer at the club:
12	LM	Robert Wolleaston	2	5	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	6	–	–	–
5	CB	Ian Evatt	10	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	12	1	–	1	–

References

"Marsh to join Cobblers". BBC Sport. 5 September 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
"England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

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[1] "Marsh to join Cobblers". BBC Sport. 5 September 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2008.

[rsssf-2] "England 2001–02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.