1994–95 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1994–95 season
Chairman	Barry Ward
Manager	John Barnwell; (until 29 December); Peter Morris; (caretaker); Ian Atkins; (from 10 January)
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
Division Three	17th
FA Cup	First round
Coca-Cola Cup	First round
Auto Windscreens Shield	Second round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Neil Grayson (8); All: Neil Grayson (10)
Highest home attendance	7,461 vs Barnet
Lowest home attendance	2,466 vs Hartlepool United
Average home league attendance	5,085
	← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 season was Northampton Town's 98th season in their history and the fifth successive season in the Third Division. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Players

As of match played 6 May 1995.^[1]

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Mark Ovendale	GK	Leicester	(1973-11-22)22 November 1973 (aged 21)	8	0	Wisbech Town	August 1994	Free
Andy Woodman	GK	Camberwell	(1971-08-11)11 August 1971 (aged 23)	10	0	Exeter City	10 March 1995	Free
Defenders
Lee Colkin	LB	Nuneaton	(1974-07-15)15 July 1974 (aged 20)	74	3	Apprentice	31 August 1992	N/A
Robbie Curtis	CB	Mansfield	(1972-05-21)21 May 1972 (aged 22)	17	0	Boston United	June 1994	Free
Scott Daniels	CB	South Benfleet	(1969-11-22)22 November 1969 (aged 25)	8	0	Exeter City	30 January 1995	Free
Darren Hughes	LB	Prescot	(1965-10-06)6 October 1965 (aged 29)	13	0	Port Vale	January 1995	Free
Dave Norton	RB	Cannock	(1965-03-03)3 March 1965 (aged 30)	42	0	Hull City	15 August 1994	£25,000
Jason Pascoe	RB	Jarrow	(1970-02-15)15 February 1970 (aged 25)	19	0	Clipstone Welfare	June 1994	Free
Ian Sampson	CB	Wakefield	(1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 26)	56	2	Sunderland	5 August 1994	£30,000
Richard Skelly	LB	Norwich	(1972-03-24)24 March 1972 (aged 23)	5	0	Cambridge United	June 1994	Free
Ray Warburton (c)	CB	Rotherham	(1967-10-07)7 October 1967 (aged 27)	62	5	York City	4 February 1994	£35,000
Midfielders
Chris Burns	RM	Manchester	(1967-11-09)9 November 1967 (aged 27)	17	2	Swansea City	13 January 1995	Free
Ray Byrne	CM	Newry	(1972-07-04)4 July 1972 (aged 22)	3	0	Nottingham Forest	August 1994	Free
Ollie Cahill	LM	Clonmel	(1975-09-29)29 September 1975 (aged 19)	11	1	Clonmel Town	27 September 1994	Free
Darren Harmon	CM	Northampton	(1973-01-30)30 January 1973 (aged 22)	106	13	Shrewsbury Town	24 October 1992	Free
Gary Harrison	MF	Northampton	(1975-03-12)12 March 1975 (aged 20)	7	0	Apprentice	December 1993	N/A
Danny O'Shea	CM	Newington	(1963-03-26)26 March 1963 (aged 32)	7	1	Cambridge United	23 March 1995	Free
Mark Turner	CM	Bebington	(1972-10-04)4 October 1972 (aged 22)	4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 July 1994	Free
Gareth Williams	RM	Cowes	(1967-03-12)12 March 1967 (aged 28)	19	0	AFC Bournemouth	27 September 1994	Free
Forwards
Martin Aldridge	FW	Northampton	(1974-12-06)6 December 1974 (aged 20)	79	22	Apprentice	27 August 1993	N/A
Ian Brown	FW	Ipswich	(1965-09-11)11 September 1965 (aged 29)	23	4	Bristol City	December 1994	Free
Neil Grayson	FW	York	(1964-11-01)1 November 1964 (aged 30)	44	10	Boston United	19 June 1994	Free
Garry Thompson	FW	Kings Heath	(1959-10-07)7 October 1959 (aged 35)	15	4	Cardiff City	10 February 1995	Free
Dean Trott	FW	Barnsley	(1967-05-13)13 May 1967 (aged 27)	26	4	Boston United	1 August 1994	Free

Competitions

Endsleigh League Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Rochdale	42	12	14	16	44	67	−23	50
16	Hereford United	42	12	13	17	45	62	−17	49
17	Northampton Town	42	10	14	18	45	67	−22	44
18	Hartlepool United	42	11	10	21	43	69	−26	43
19	Gillingham	42	10	11	21	46	64	−18	41

Source: ^[2]

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
42	10	14	18	45	67	−22	44	8	5	8	25	29	−4	2	9	10	20	38	−18

Last updated: 26 April 2020.
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
Ground	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	W
Position	17	17	19	21	22	21	21	20	19	20	20	21	17	16	18	18	20	21	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	21	20	18	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	18	20	19	17

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

20 August 1994 (1994-08-20) 1	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Northampton Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST	G.Jones			Stadium: Belle Vue (Doncaster) Attendance: 2,154

27 August 1994 (1994-08-27) 2	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	R.Bradley		D.Trott	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,499

30 August 1994 (1994-08-30) 3	Torquay United	2–1	Northampton Town	Torquay
19:30 BST	C.Okorie		I.Sampson	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3,619

3 September 1994 (1994-09-03) 4	Walsall	1–1	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 BST	K.Lightbourne		D.Trott	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,249

10 September 1994 (1994-09-10) 5	Northampton Town	1–2	Rochdale	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Trott 38'		S.Reid 62' D.Thompson 66'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,887

13 September 1994 (1994-09-13) 6	Northampton Town	1–1	Hartlepool United	Northampton
19:30 BST	M.Aldridge		S.Halliday	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,446

17 September 1994 (1994-09-17) 7	Mansfield Town	1–1	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 BST	P.Holland		M.Aldridge	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,557

24 September 1994 (1994-09-24) 8	Northampton Town	2–1	Carlisle United	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Aldridge M.Bell		D.Reeves	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,508

1 October 1994 (1994-10-01) 9	Lincoln City	2–2	Northampton Town	Lincoln
15:00 BST	G.Brown D.Puttnam		D.Harmon R.Warburton	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,248

8 October 1994 (1994-10-08) 10	Exeter	0–0	Northampton Town	Exeter
15:00 BST				Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,015

11 October 1994 (1994-10-11) 11	Northampton Town	0–1	Mansfield Town	Northampton
19:30 BST			S.Wilkinson	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,993

15 October 1994 (1994-10-15) 12	Northampton Town	1–1	Barnet	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Aldridge		D.Freedman	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,461

22 October 1994 (1994-10-22) 13	Northampton Town	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Northampton
15:00 BST	N.Grayson			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,379

29 October 1994 (1994-10-29) 14	Scarborough	0–0	Northampton Town	Scarborough
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,468

5 November 1994 (1994-11-05) 15	Northampton Town	0–1	Fulham	Northampton
15:00 GMT			M.Adams	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,366

19 November 1994 (1994-11-19) 16	Preston North End	2–0	Northampton Town	Preston
15:00 GMT	P.Raynor D.Moyes			Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 7,043

26 November 1994 (1994-11-26) 17	Northampton Town	1–3	Hereford United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	O.Cahill		G.Pick A.Reece pen.' S.White	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,148

10 December 1994 (1994-12-10) 18	Northampton Town	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,463

16 December 1994 (1994-12-16) 19	Northampton Town	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
19:30 GMT			A.Knill	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,841

26 December 1994 (1994-12-26) 20	Colchester United	0–1	Northampton Town	Colchester
12:00 GMT		Report	D.Harmon 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,064 Referee: Paul Alcock

27 December 1994 (1994-12-27) 21	Northampton Town	2–3	Chesterfield	Northampton
15:00 GMT	I.Brown D.Harmon pen.'		D.Moss L.Madden	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,329

31 December 1994 (1994-12-31) 22	Darlington	4–1	Northampton Town	Darlington
15:00 GMT	I.Banks S.Gaughan S.Shaw B.Slaven		N.Grayson	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2,247

7 January 1995 (1995-01-07) 23	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Northampton Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	I.Kilford N.Rimmer		L.Colkin	Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 1,911

14 January 1995 (1995-01-14) 24	Northampton Town	2–0	Gillingham	Northampton
15:00 GMT	D.Harmon pen.' D.Trott			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,529

28 January 1995 (1995-01-28) 25	Northampton Town	0–3	Scarborough	Northampton
15:00 GMT			G.Swann D.D'Auria S.Norris	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,737

4 February 1995 (1995-02-04) 26	Hereford United	2–1	Northampton Town	Hereford
15:00 GMT	K.Lloyd S.White		N.Grayson	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,443

11 February 1995 (1995-02-11) 27	Northampton Town	2–1	Preston North End	Northampton
15:00 GMT	C.Burns N.Smith		A.Smart	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,197

14 February 1995 (1995-02-14) 28	Fulham	4–4	Northampton Town	Fulham, London
19:45 GMT	R.Hamill S.Morgan M.Adams pen.'		M.Aldridge I.Brown N.Grayson	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 3,423
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on January 21, 1995 due to a waterlogged pitch.^[3]

18 February 1995 (1995-02-18) 29	Gillingham	3–1	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	A.Ramage R.Green A.Foster		G.Thompson	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 4,072

25 February 1995 (1995-02-25) 30	Northampton Town	3–1	Lincoln City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	G.Brown o.g.' N.Grayson M.Aldridge		C.Greenall	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,821

4 March 1995 (1995-03-04) 31	Carlisle United	2–1	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	D.Walling		D.Martin	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,744

7 March 1995 (1995-03-07) 32	Northampton Town	0–5	Bury	Northampton
19:45 GMT			T.Kelly D.Pugh P.Stant	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,208
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on January 1, 1996.^[3]

11 March 1995 (1995-03-11) 33	Rochdale	0–0	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,894

18 March 1995 (1995-03-18) 34	Northampton Town	2–0	Torquay United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	N.Grayson I.Brown			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,957

25 March 1995 (1995-03-25) 35	Northampton Town	2–2	Walsall	Northampton
15:00 GMT	N.Grayson R.Warburton		K.Lightbourne K.Wilson	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,282

1 April 1995 (1995-04-01) 36	Hartlepool United	1–1	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	K.Houchen		G.Thompson	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,113

8 April 1995 (1995-04-08) 37	Northampton Town	2–1	Darlington	Northampton
15:00 BST	G.Thompson N.Grayson		R.Painter	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,496

15 April 1995 (1995-04-15) 38	Chesterfield	3–0	Northampton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	A.Morris P.Robinson			Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 4,884

17 April 1995 (1995-04-17) 39	Northampton Town	1–1	Colchester United	Northampton
15:00 BST	I.Brown 8'	Report	S.Whitton 66'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,011 Referee: Uriah Rennie

22 April 1995 (1995-04-22) 40	Bury	5–0	Northampton Town	Bury
15:00 BST	D.Pugh J.Paskin T.Rigby N.Daws			Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,921

29 April 1995 (1995-04-29) 41	Barnet	2–3	Northampton Town	Chipping Barnet
15:00 BST	D.Freedman A.Inglethorpe		C.Burns G.Thompson R.Warburton	Stadium: Underhill Attendance: 2,796

6 May 1995 (1995-05-06) 42	Northampton Town	2–1	Exeter City	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.O'Shea I.Sampson		J.Minett pen.'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,734

FA Cup

12 November 1994 (1994-11-12) First round	Peterborough	4–0	Northampton Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	L.Williams L.Henry K.Charlery			Stadium: London Road Attendance: 8,739

Coca-Cola Cup

16 August 1994 (1994-08-16) First round 1st leg	AFC Bournemouth	2–0	Northampton Town	Bournemouth
19:45 BST	S.Cotterill K.Russell			Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 2,587

6 September 1994 (1994-09-06) First round 2nd leg	Northampton Town	0–1	AFC Bournemouth	Northampton
19:30 BST			S.Cotterill	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,249

Auto Windscreens Shield

Group 7
Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Northampton Town	2	2	0	6	2	+4	6	Qualified for next round
Cambridge United	2	1	1	3	3	0	3	Qualified for next round
Barnet	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 October 1994 (1994-10-18) Group 7 (s)	Cambridge United	1–3	Northampton Town	Cambridge
19:45 BST			R.Warburton N.Grayson M.Aldridge	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,497

1 November 1994 (1994-11-01) Group 7 (s)	Northampton Town	3–1	Barnet	Northampton
19:30 GMT	D.Harmon N.Grayson M.Aldridge			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,618

29 November 1994 (1994-11-29) Second round (s)	Northampton Town	0–1	Swansea City	Northampton
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,706

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	Mark Ovendale	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	8	–	–
GK	Andy Woodman	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–
DF	Lee Colkin	28	5	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	31	5	1
DF	Robbie Curtis	13	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	1	1	–	16	1	–
DF	Scott Daniels	5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	3	–
DF	Darren Hughes	12	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	1	–
DF	Dave Norton	36	2	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	40	2	–
DF	Jason Pascoe	11	4	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	15	4	–
DF	Ian Sampson	42	–	2	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	48	–	2
DF	Richard Skelly	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	5	–	–
DF	Ray Warburton	39	–	3	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	1	45	–	4
MF	Chris Burns	16	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	1	2
MF	Ray Byrne	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
MF	Ollie Cahill	5	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	6	5	1
MF	Darren Harmon	26	7	4	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	1	32	7	5
MF	Gary Harrison	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	5	1	–
MF	Danny O'Shea	7	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	1
MF	Mark Turner	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	2	–
MF	Gareth Williams	13	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	17	2	–
FW	Martin Aldridge	18	9	7	–	1	–	1	–	–	2	–	2	21	10	9
FW	Ian Brown	23	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	–	4
FW	Neil Grayson	34	4	8	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	2	40	4	10
FW	Garry Thompson	15	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	4
FW	Dean Trott	20	2	4	1	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	24	2	4
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Billy Stewart	26	1	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	30	1	–
DF	Ben Sedgemore	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
MF	Micky Bell	12	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	13	1	1
MF	Dave Martin	7	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	1
MF	Phil Robinson	14	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	18	–	–
MF	Nicky Smith	6	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	1
FW	Andy Flounders	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
FW	Brett McNamara	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	–
FW	Warren Patmore	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	–

References

Books

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

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