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List of Northampton Town F.C. seasons

For details of the current season, see 2024–25 Northampton Town F.C. season.

This is a list of seasons played by Northampton Town Football Club in English football. It covers the period from the club's inaugural season in 1899, to the end of the last completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitions, together with the top scorers and the average attendances for each season. Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season and unofficial Second World War leagues are not included.

Northampton Town were founded in 1897, joining the Northamptonshire League and then the Midland League for two seasons before taking their place in the Southern League, and finally joined The Football League for the 1920–21 season.

Seasons

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Season League FA
Cup[1] 		League
Cup[2] 		League
Trophy 		Other Most appearances Top goalscorer(s)[3] Avg.
Att[4]
Division Lvl P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Res Overall A[5] Overall G
1897–98 NL 14 7 1 6 33 35 15 4th DNE Three Players[6] 14   Albert Dunkley
  Maurice Jones		 6 n/a
1898–99 NL 16 13 2 1 49 17 28 1st 2QR Six Players[7] 18   Everard Lawrence 20
1899–1900 ML 24 16 2 6 66 36 34 3rd 1QR Northants Senior Cup RU   Jack Hendry 25   F. Warner 14
1900–01 ML 26 13 10 7 65 43 33 3rd 1QR Three Players[8] 27 14
1901–02 SL 30 11 5 14 53 64 27 11th R1 Northants Senior Cup RU Three Players[9] 37   Tim Coleman 17 2,928
1902–03 SL 30 12 6 12 39 48 30 8th 1QR RU Five Players[10] 30   Len Benbow 22 1,812
1903–04 SL 34 10 7 17 36 60 27 15th 3QR   Bill Perkins 35 10 2,550
1904–05 SL 34 12 8 14 43 54 32 12th 5QR Northants Senior Cup W 37   Herbert Chapman 10 n/a
1905–06 SL 34 8 5 21 32 79 21 18th R1 37   Harry Springthorpe 7
1906–07 SL 38 5 9 24 29 88 19 20th R1   Pat Tirrell
  Mart Watkins		 40   Mart Watkins 12
1907–08 SL 38 15 11 12 50 41 41 8th R1   George Cooch
  Dave McCartney		 40   Jack Platt 14
1908–09 SL 40 25 5 10 90 45 55 1st R1 FA Charity Shield RU   Fred Lessons 43   Albert Lewis 31
1909–10 SL 42 22 4 16 90 44 48 4th R2   Thomas Thorpe
  Fred Whitaker		 46 26
1910–11 SL 38 18 12 8 54 27 48 2nd R2   Thomas Thorpe 41 14
1911–12 SL 38 22 7 9 82 41 51 3rd R3   Thomas Thorpe
  Jack Hampson		 42   Harry King 21
1912–13 SL 38 12 12 14 61 48 36 10th R1 Four Players[11] 39 27
1913–14 SL 38 14 19 5 50 37 47 3rd R1   Fred Clipston
  Jock Manning		 39 22
1914–15 SL 38 19 5 14 56 51 43 5th R1   Bobby Hughes 40   Bobby Hughes
  William Lockett		 13
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
1919–20 SL 42 12 9 21 64 103 33 19th 6QR   Frank Grendon 44   George Whitworth 24 n/a
1920–21 Div 3 3 42 15 8 19 59 75 38 14th R1   Billy Pease 45 31[12] 7,125
1921–22 Div 3 S 42 13 11 18 47 71 37 17th R2   Billy Pease
  William Lockett		 45   William Lockett 21 6,725
1922–23 Div 3 S 42 17 11 14 54 44 45 8th 5QR   Billy Pease
  Charles Smith		 43 14 8,250
1923–24 Div 3 S 42 17 11 14 64 47 45 8th R1 Four Players[13] 47   William Lockett
  Ernest Myers		 20 9,425
1924–25 Div 3 S 42 20 6 16 51 44 46 9th R1   Willie Watson 43   Louis Page 14 7,400
1925–26 Div 3 S 42 17 7 18 82 80 41 12th R3   Ernie Cockle 46   Les Robinson 29 6,978
1926–27 Div 3 S 42 15 5 22 59 87 35 18th R2   Frank Brett
  Len Hammond		 45   Ernie Cockle 15 6,053
1927–28 Div 3 S 42 23 9 10 102 64 55 2nd R3   Tom Smith 46   Harry Loasby 21 10,095
1928–29 Div 3 S 42 20 12 10 96 57 52 3rd R3 43   Ted Bowen 34 10,131
1929–30 Div 3 S 42 21 8 13 82 58 50 4th R3   Len Hammond 45 28 8,833
1930–31 Div 3 S 42 18 12 12 77 59 48 6th R1   Albert Dawes 43 28 7,846
1931–32 Div 3 S 42 16 7 19 69 69 39 14th R4   Len Hammond 45   Albert Dawes 18 6,535
1932–33 Div 3 S 42 18 8 16 76 66 44 8th R2 Three Players[14] 43 37[15] 6,056
1933–34 Div 3 S 42 14 12 16 71 78 40 13th R5 Football League
Third Division
South Cup		 R3   Frank Davies 47   George Henson 20 6,271
1934–35 Div 3 S 42 19 8 15 65 67 46 7th R3 R3   Richard Brown 46   Richard Brown 14 6,420
1935–36 Div 3 S 42 15 8 19 62 90 38 15th R1 SF 44   Tommy Bell 16 7,050
1936–37 Div 3 S 42 20 6 16 85 68 46 7th R1 R1   Billy Simpson 44   Ralph Allen 27 9,960
1937–38 Div 3 S 42 17 9 16 51 57 43 9th R1 R1   Bill Gormlie 44 14 7,416
1938–39 Div 3 S 42 15 8 19 51 58 38 17th R1 R2   Billy Thayne 46   Fred Tilson 8 8,001
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
1945–46 n/a[D] R3 n/a Grp n/a
1946–47 Div 3 S 3 42 15 10 17 72 75 40 13th R3   Tom Smalley
  Dave Smith		 46   Archie Garrett 32 7,951
1947–48 Div 3 S 42 14 11 17 58 72 39 14th R2   Tom Smalley 46   James Briscoe 12 8,571
1948–49 Div 3 S 42 12 9 21 51 62 33 20th R2   Bill Barron 42 Four Players[16] 8 9,211
1949–50 Div 3 S 42 20 11 11 72 50 51 2nd R5   Jack Ansell
  Tom Smalley		 49   Bert Mitchell 20 12,677
1950–51 Div 3 S 46 10 16 20 55 67 36 21st R4   Bert Mitchell 46   Adam McCulloch 13 10,308
1951–52 Div 3 S 46 22 5 19 93 74 49 8th R1   Fred Ramscar 47   Fred Ramscar 24 12,095
1952–53 Div 3 S 46 26 10 10 109 70 62 3rd R2 Five Players[17] 49   Willie O'Donnell 27 12,031
1953–54 Div 3 S 46 20 11 15 82 55 51 5th R2   Tommy Fowler
  Alf Wood		 49   Jack English 31[18] 10,289
1954–55 Div 3 S 46 19 8 19 73 81 46 13th R1   Tommy Fowler 47   Bernard Jones 15 7,852
1955–56 Div 3 S 46 20 7 19 67 71 47 11th R3 Three Players[19] 49   Jack English 19 11,319
1956–57 Div 3 S 46 18 9 19 66 73 45 14th R1   Tommy Fowler 46   Syd Asher 11 8,158
1957–58 Div 3 S 46 19 6 21 87 79 44 13th R4   Colin Gale 50   Barry Hawkings 22 8,127
1958–59 Div 4 4 46 21 9 16 85 78 51 8th R2   Tommy Fowler 47   Alan Woan 32 8,090
1959–60 Div 4 46 22 9 15 85 63 53 6th R1   Tommy Fowler
  Roly Mills		 42   Mike Deakin 20 8,306
1960–61 ↑ Div 4 ↑ 46 25 10 11 90 62 60 3rd R3 R2   Roly Mills 50   Laurie Brown 25 10,682
1961–62 Div 3 3 46 20 11 15 85 57 51 8th R3 R1 Northants Senior Cup RU   Derek Leck 50   Cliff Holton 39[20] 13,420
1962–63 ↑ Div 3 ↑ 46 26 10 10 109 60 62 1st R1 R3 RU   Chic Brodie
  Barry Lines		 50   Alec Ashworth 26 12,680
1963–64 Div 2 2 42 16 9 17 58 60 41 11th R3 R3 RU   Terry Branston
  Mike Everitt		 45   Frank Large 12 15,366
1964–65 ↑ Div 2 ↑ 42 20 16 6 66 50 56 2nd R3 QF W[21]   Theo Foley
  Bryan Harvey		 47   Don Martin 16 15,393
1965–66 ↓ Div 1 ↓ 1 42 10 13 19 55 92 33 21st R3 R3   Joe Kiernan 45   Bobby Brown 10 18,584
1966–67 ↓ Div 2 ↓ 2 42 12 6 24 47 84 30 21st R3 QF Northants Senior Cup W   Barry Lines 44   Don Martin 18 11,977
1967–68 Div 3 3 46 14 13 19 58 72 41 17th R1 R3   Brian Faulkes 45 13 8,937
1968–69 ↓ Div 3 ↓ 46 14 12 20 54 61 40 21st R3 R1 Northants Senior Cup RU   Ray Fairfax 48   John Fairbrother 14 6,790
1969–70 Div 4 4 46 16 12 18 64 55 44 14th R5 R1 RU   John Fairbrother 56 25 5,594
1970–71 Div 4 46 19 13 14 63 59 51 7th R1 R3 W[22]   Kim Book 53 18 6,602
1971–72 Div 4 46 12 13 21 66 79 37 21st R2 R1 W   Alan Starling 50   Frank Large 22 4,486
1972–73 Div 4 46 10 11 25 40 73 31 23rd R1 R1 W   Billy Baxter 43   Phil Neal 9 2,835
1973–74 Div 4 46 20 13 13 63 48 53 5th R2 R1 Three Players[23] 50   John Buchanan
  Paul Stratford		 15 5,424
1974–75 Div 4 46 15 11 20 67 73 41 16th R2 R2   Billy Best 51   Paul Stratford 16 4,179
1975–76 ↑ Div 4 ↑ 46 29 10 7 87 40 68 2nd R1 R1 Northants Senior Cup W   Barry Tucker 49   Jim Hall 22 6,416
1976–77 ↓ Div 3 ↓ 3 46 13 8 25 60 75 34 22nd R1 R2   John Gregory 50   Paul Stratford 13 5,750
1977–78 Div 4 4 46 17 13 16 63 68 47 10th R2 R2   John Farrington
  George Reilly		 49   George Reilly 22 3,517
1978–79 Div 4 46 15 9 22 64 76 39 19th R1 R3   John Farrington 52 23 2,829
1979–80 Div 4 46 16 12 18 51 66 44 13th R1 R3   Peter Denyer 52   Keith Bowen 12 3,024
1980–81 Div 4 46 18 13 15 65 67 49 10th R1 R1   Andy Poole 49   Steve Phillips 22 2,305
1981–82[24] Div 4 46 11 9 26 57 84 42 22nd R2 R3 54 12 2,308
1982–83 Div 4 46 14 12 20 65 75 54 15th R3 R2 Grp   Steve Massey
  Ian Phillips		 54   Steve Massey 25 2,594
1983–84 Div 4 46 13 14 19 53 78 53 18th R2 R1 R1   Peter Gleasure 54   Terry Austin 13 2,343
1984–85 Div 4 46 14 5 27 53 74 47 23rd R2 R1 R1   Ray Train 54   Ian Benjamin 19 1,826
1985–86 Div 4 46 18 10 18 79 58 64 8th R1 R2 AQF   Ian Benjamin 54 26 2,384
1986–87 ↑ Div 4 ↑ 46 30 9 7 103 53 99 1st R3 R1 R1 Three Players[25] 54   Richard Hill 33[26] 6,316
1987–88 Div 3 3 46 18 19 9 70 51 73 6th R2 R2 Grp   Peter Gleasure
  Russ Wilcox		 54   Trevor Morley 16 5,514
1988–89 Div 3 46 16 6 24 66 76 54 20th R1 R2 AQF   Peter Gleasure 55   Tony Adcock 20 3,919
1989–90 ↓ Div 3 ↓ 46 11 14 21 51 68 47 22nd R4 R1 R1   Peter Gleasure
  Russ Wilcox		 56   Bobby Barnes 20 3,190
1990–91 Div 4 4 46 18 13 15 57 58 67 10th R2 R2 R1   Steve Terry 56 16 3,710
1991–92 Div 4 42 11 13 18 46 57 46 16th R1 R1 R1   Jason Burnham 46   Tony Adcock 9 2,789
1992–93[27] Div 3 42 11 8 23 48 74 41 20th R3 R1 AQF   Barry Richardson
  Steve Terry		 52   Steve Brown 12 3,139
1993–94 Div 3[28] 42 9 11 22 44 66 38 22nd R1 R1 R2   Steve Terry 45   Martin Aldridge 11 3,454
1994–95 Div 3 42 10 14 18 45 67 44 17th R1 R1 R2   Ian Sampson 48   Neil Grayson 10 5,085
1995–96 Div 3 46 18 13 15 51 44 67 11th R2 R1 AQF   Ray Warburton 52   Jason White 16 4,878
1996–97 ↑ Div 3 ↑ 46 20 12 14 67 44 72 4th R1 R2 ASF League play-offs W   Ian Clarkson
  Andy Woodman		 56   Neil Grayson 12 4,825
1997–98 Div 2 3 46 18 17 11 52 37 71 4th R3 R1 AQF League play-offs RU   John Frain 58   David Seal 14 6,389
1998–99 ↓ Div 2 ↓ 46 10 18 18 43 57 48 22nd R2 R3 R2 48   Carlo Corazzin 17 6,068
1999–2000 ↑ Div 3 ↑ 4 46 25 7 14 63 45 82 3rd R1 R1 R2   Duncan Spedding 49 15 5,459
2000–01 Div 2 3 46 15 12 19 46 59 57 18th R2 R1 R1   Jamie Forrester 47   Jamie Forrester 19 5,654
2001–02 Div 2 46 14 7 25 54 79 49 20th R2 R2 R2 48 18 5,253
2002–03 ↓ Div 2 ↓ 46 10 9 27 40 79 39 24th R2 R1 R2   Paul Harsley 51   Marco Gabbiadini 14 5,211
2003–04 Div 3 4 46 22 9 15 58 51 75 6th R4 R2 ASF League play-offs SF   Martin Smith 56   Martin Smith 15 5,306
2004–05[29] Lge 2 46 20 12 14 62 51 72 7th R3 R2 AQF League play-offs SF   Chris Willmott 54   Scott McGleish 17 5,927
2005–06 ↑ Lge 2 ↑ 46 22 17 7 63 37 83 2nd R3 R2 R2   Lee Harper 50 24 5,935
2006–07 Lge 1 3 46 15 14 17 48 51 59 14th R2 R1 R1   Andy Kirk 48 13 5,573
2007–08 Lge 1 46 17 15 14 60 55 66 9th R2 R2 R1   Mark Bunn 52   Poul Hübertz 13 5,409
2008–09 ↓ Lge 1 ↓ 46 12 13 21 61 65 49 21st R1 R3 R1   Andy Holt 50   Adebayo Akinfenwa 15 5,200
2009–10 Lge 2 4 46 18 13 15 62 53 67 11th R2 R1 AQF   Ryan Gilligan 48 17 4,427
2010–11 Lge 2 46 11 19 16 63 71 52 16th R2 R4 R1   Michael Jacobs 48   Leon McKenzie 10 4,605
2011–12 Lge 2 46 12 12 22 56 79 48 20th R1 R2 R1 50   Adebayo Akinfenwa 18 4,809
2012–13 Lge 2 46 21 10 15 64 55 73 6th R1 R2 AQF League play-offs RU   Ben Tozer 56 17 4,785
2013–14 Lge 2 46 13 14 19 42 57 53 21st R2 R1 R1   Matt Duke 50   Darren Carter
  Luke Norris		 5 4,548
2014–15 Lge 2 46 18 7 21 67 62 61 12th R1 R2 AQF   Lee Collins 43   Marc Richards 18 4,599
2015–16 ↑ Lge 2 ↑ 46 29 12 5 82 46 99 1st R3 R2 R2   David Buchanan 54 18 5,279
2016–17 Lge 1 3 46 14 11 21 60 73 53 16th R2 R3 Grp 53 13 6,245
2017–18 ↓ Lge 1 ↓ 46 12 11 23 44 77 47 22nd R1 R1 R2   Ash Taylor 52   Chris Long 9 5,830
2018–19 Lge 2 4 46 14 19 13 64 63 61 15th R1 R1 R3   David Cornell 48   Andy Williams 12 5,100
2019–20[30] ↑ Lge 2 ↑ 37 17 7 13 54 40 1.57 7th R4 R1 R2 League play-offs W   Sam Hoskins 47   Sam Hoskins 12 5,101
2020–21 ↓ Lge 1 ↓ 3 46 11 12 23 41 67 45 22nd R1 R2 R3 49   Ryan Watson 9 n/a[31]
2021–22 Lge 2 4 46 23 11 12 60 38 80 4th R1 R2 Grp League play-offs SF   Fraser Horsfall 53   Sam Hoskins 13 5,366
2022–23 ↑ Lge 2 ↑ 46 23 14 9 62 42 83 3rd R1 R1 Grp   Mitch Pinnock 48 22 5,920
2023–24 Lge 1 3 46 17 9 20 57 66 60 14th R1 R1 Grp   Marc Leonard 49 15 6,841
2024–25 Lge 1 R1 R1

Key

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Champions Runners-up Play-offs Promoted Relegated Semi-finals

Top scorers shown in bold are Northampton Town who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Footnotes and references

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  1. ^ Northampton Town Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  2. ^ The League Cup was founded in 1960.
  3. ^ English League leading goalscorers 1889-2007 RSSSF. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  4. ^ League matches only.
  5. ^ Includes substitute appearances. Bold indicates "ever-present". With equal number of appearances, starts take priority.
  6. ^   Albert Dunkley
      Maurice Jones
      F. Warner
  7. ^   Byles
      Albert Dunkley
      Everard Lawrence
      G.Sargent
      F.Warner
      Roger Warner
  8. ^   Ralph Howe
      Richard Murrell
      William Pell
  9. ^   Tim Coleman
      Jack Farrell
      James Frost
  10. ^   Len Benbow
      Fred Cooke
      Bert Dainty
      Peter Durber
      James Frost
  11. ^   Harry King
      Lloyd Davies
      Eric Tompkins
      Thomas Thorpe
  12. ^ 28 League goals.
  13. ^   Louis Page
      Billy Pease
      Charles Smith
      Billy Williams
  14. ^   Albert Dawes
      John Dowsey
      Tommy Wells
  15. ^ 32 League goals
  16. ^   Tommy Fowler
      Archie Garrett
      Dave Smith
      Bill Smith
  17. ^   Tommy Fowler
      Willie O'Donnell
      Ron Patterson
      Jack Southam
      Alf Wood
  18. ^ 31 League goals
  19. ^   Tommy Fowler
      Peter Pickering
      Ray Yeoman
  20. ^ 36 League goals
  21. ^ Joint winners with Peterborough United.
  22. ^ Joint winners with Peterborough United.
  23. ^   John Gregory
      Phil Neal
      Alan Starling
  24. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  25. ^   Peter Gleasure
      Keith McPherson
      Ian Benjamin
  26. ^ 29 League goals
  27. ^ The 22 top English clubs break away from The Football League to form the FA Premier League as the new top tier of the English football pyramid.
  28. ^ Northampton avoided relegation due Kidderminster not having the ground regulations to be promoted into the Football League
  29. ^ The three divisions in the Football League are re-named: Division One becomes The Championship, Division Two becomes League One and Division Three becomes League Two.
  30. ^ The 2019–20 season was ended early with nine fixtures left to play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, On 15 May 2020, the clubs voted to end the season with immediate effect with the final table being determined on a weighed points-per-game basis
  31. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, only a few games were played in front of a reduced crowd, the rest were played behind closed doors.
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