1986–87 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1986–87 season
Chairman	Derek Banks
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	1st
FA Cup	Third round
Littlewoods Cup	First round
Freight Rover Trophy	First round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Richard Hill (29) All: Richard Hill (33)
Highest home attendance	11,138 vs Cardiff City
Lowest home attendance	3,558 vs Torquay United
Average home league attendance	6,316
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 season was Northampton Town's 90th season in their history and the tenth successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup.

Players

As of match played 9 May 1987.^[1]

Name	Position	Nat.	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 26)	223	0	Millwall	March 1983
Alan Harris	GK		Nuneaton	(1969-04-13)13 April 1969 (aged 18)	0	0	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1986	£15,000[2]
Defenders
Bobby Coy	CB		Birmingham	(1961-11-30)30 November 1961 (aged 25)	20	0	Chester City	20 August 1986
David Logan	LB		Middlesbrough	(1963-12-05)5 December 1963 (aged 23)	15	1	Mansfield Town	20 February 1987
Keith McPherson	CB		Greenwich	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 23)	76	5	West Ham United	23 January 1986	£10,000[3]
Graham Reed	RB		Doncaster	(1961-06-24)24 June 1961 (aged 25)	88	2	Frickley Athletic	Summer 1985	£6,000
Russ Wilcox	CB		Hemsworth	(1964-03-25)25 March 1964 (aged 23)	41	4	Frickley Athletic	30 June 1986	£15,000[4]
Midfielders
Paul Bunce	W		Coalville	(1967-01-07)7 January 1967 (aged 20)	2	1	Leicester City	27 March 1987
Phil Chard	U		Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 26)	95	21	Peterborough United	19 August 1985
Warren Donald	CM		Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 22)	95	9	West Ham United	4 October 1985	£11,000[5]
Dave Gilbert	W		Lincoln	(1963-06-22)22 June 1963 (aged 23)	53	12	Boston United	Summer 1986
Richard Hill	CM		Hinckley	(1963-09-20)20 September 1963 (aged 23)	103	52	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1985	£10,000
Aidy Mann	W		Northampton	(1967-07-12)12 July 1967 (aged 19)	96	6	Apprentice	May 1984	N/A
Eddie McGoldrick	W		Islington	(1965-04-30)30 April 1965 (aged 22)	48	6	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1986	£15,000[6]
Forwards
Ian Benjamin	FW		Nottingham	(1961-12-11)11 December 1961 (aged 25)	161	68	Peterborough United	Summer 1984
Glen Donegal	FW		Northampton	(1969-06-20)20 June 1969 (aged 17)	1	0	Apprentice	January 1987	N/A
Trevor Morley (c)	FW		Nottingham	(1962-03-20)20 March 1962 (aged 25)	95	29	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1985	£20,000[7]

Competitions

Today League Division Four

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Northampton Town	46	30	9	7	103	53	+50	99	Division Champions, promoted
2	Preston North End	46	26	12	8	72	47	+25	90	Promoted
3	Southend United	46	25	5	16	68	55	+13	80
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	24	7	15	69	50	+19	79	Participated in play-offs
5	Colchester United	46	21	7	18	64	56	+8	70

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	30	9	7	103	53	+50	99	20	2	1	56	20	+36	10	7	6	47	33	+14

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

Littlewoods Cup

Freight Rover Trophy

Group 2

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gillingham	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6
Northampton Town	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
Notts County	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Four			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
		Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Peter Gleasure	46	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	55	–	–
GK	Alan Harris	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DF	Mark Bushell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DF	Lee Carter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DF	Bobby Coy	15	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	1	–	–	18	2	1
DF	David Logan	15	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	1
DF	Keith McPherson	46	–	5	4	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	55	–	5
DF	Graham Reed	36	1	1	4	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	44	1	1
DF	Russ Wilcox	34	1	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	40	1	1
MF	Paul Bunce	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1
MF	Phil Chard	39	1	12	3	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	1	45	1	13
MF	Warren Donald	41	–	3	3	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	47	–	4
MF	Dave Gilbert	45	–	8	3	–	3	2	–	–	3	–	1	53	–	12
MF	Richard Hill	45	–	29	4	–	3	2	–	–	3	–	1	54	–	33
MF	Aidy Mann	7	1	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	1	2	1	10	4	1
MF	Eddie McGoldrick	35	4	5	4	–	1	2	–	–	3	–	–	44	4	6
FW	Ian Benjamin	46	–	18	4	–	3	2	–	1	3	–	1	55	–	23
FW	Glen Donegal	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–
FW	Trevor Morley	37	–	16	4	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	45	–	16
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Irvin Gernon	9	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	13	–	–
MF	Keith Gorman	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–
MF	Charlie Henry	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	1
MF	John Millar	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	–
MF	Mark Schiavi	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
FW	Paul McMenemy	4	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	2
FW	Paul Sugrue	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
Summer 1986	CB		Bobby Coy	Chester City
Summer 1986	W		Dave Gilbert	Boston United
Summer 1986	GK		Alan Harris	Nuneaton Town	Joint £15,000
Summer 1986	W		Eddie McGoldrick	Nuneaton Town	Joint £15,000
30 June 1986	CB		Russ Wilcox	Frickley Athletic	£15,000
20 February 1987	LB		David Logan	Mansfield Town

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until
November 1986	LB		Irvin Gernon	Ipswich Town	January 1987
November 1986	W		Keith Gorman	Ipswich Town	December 1986
January 1987	LB		John Millar	Chelsea	January 1987
January 1987	FW		Paul McMenemy	West Ham United	February 1987
February 1987	AM		Charlie Henry	Swindon Town	March 1987

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
Summer 1986	RB		Paul Curtis	Corby Town
Summer 1986	CB		Russell Lewis	Kettering Town
August 1986	FW		Paul Sugrue	Newport County
September 1986	AM		Mark Schiavi	Cambridge United

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until
March 1987	W		Aidy Mann	Torquay United	End of Season
	FB		Lee Carter	Gravesend & Northfleet

References

Books

• Beesley, Mark (2011). Champagne Cobblers: Northampton Town 1986-87. London: Desert Island Books. ISBN 9781905328949.
• Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.