Northampton Town

1985–86 season
Chairman	Derek Banks
Manager	Graham Carr
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	8th
FA Cup	First round
Milk Cup	Second round
Freight Rover Trophy	Quarter-final (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Benjamin (22) All: Ian Benjamin (26)
Highest home attendance	4,449 vs Swindon Town
Lowest home attendance	1,167 vs Torquay United
Average home league attendance	2,384
←  1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 season was Northampton Town's 89th season in their history and the ninth 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 3 May 1986. ^[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 25)	168	0	Millwall	March 1983
Tim Garner	GK		Hitchin	(1961-03-30)30 March 1961 (aged 25)	2	0	Kidderminster Harriers	Summer 1985
Defenders
Mark Bushell	FB		Northampton	(1968-06-05)5 June 1968 (aged 17)	1	0	Apprentice	Summer 1985	N/A
Paul Curtis	RB		London	(1963-07-01)1 July 1963 (aged 22)	32	1	Charlton Athletic	Summer 1985	Free
Paul Friar	LB		Glasgow	(1963-06-06)6 June 1963 (aged 22)	16	0	Charlton Athletic	6 March 1986	Loan
Russell Lewis	CB		Blaengwynfi	(1956-09-15)15 September 1956 (aged 29)	155	6	Swindon Town	Summer 1983
Keith McPherson	CB		Greenwich	(1963-09-11)11 September 1963 (aged 22)	21	0	West Ham United	23 January 1986	£10,000 [2]
Graham Reed	RB		Doncaster	(1961-06-24)24 June 1961 (aged 24)	43	1	Frickley Athletic	Summer 1985	£6,000
Midfielders
Phil Chard	U		Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 25)	49	8	Peterborough United	19 August 1985
Warren Donald	CM		Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 21)	48	5	West Ham United	4 October 1985	£11,000 [3]
Stewart Hamill	W		Glasgow	(1960-01-22)22 January 1960 (aged 26)	4	2	Nuneaton Town	April 1986
Richard Hill	CM		Hinckley	(1963-09-20)20 September 1963 (aged 22)	49	19	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1985	£10,000
Aidy Mann	W		Northampton	(1967-07-12)12 July 1967 (aged 18)	82	5	Apprentice	May 1984	N/A
Mark Schiavi	W		London	(1964-05-01)1 May 1964 (aged 22)	39	6	Bournemouth	Summer 1985	Free
Forwards
Ian Benjamin	FW		Nottingham	(1961-12-11)11 December 1961 (aged 24)	106	45	Peterborough United	Summer 1984
Trevor Morley ( c)	FW		Nottingham	(1962-03-20)20 March 1962 (aged 24)	51	13	Nuneaton Town	Summer 1985	£20,000
Paul Sugrue	FW		Coventry	(1960-11-06)6 November 1960 (aged 25)	9	2	Portsmouth	March 1986

Competitions

Canon League Division Four

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Colchester United	46	19	13	14	88	63	+25	70
7	Hartlepool United	46	20	10	16	68	67	+1	70
8	Northampton Town	46	18	10	18	79	58	+21	64
9	Southend United	46	18	10	18	69	67	+2	64
10	Hereford United	46	18	10	18	74	73	+1	64

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	10	18	79	58	+21	64	9	7	7	44	29	+15	9	3	11	35	29	+6

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

Milk Cup

Freight Rover Trophy

Group 2

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Northampton Town	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
Colchester United	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
Southend United	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	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	44	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	52	–	–
GK	Tim Garner	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
DF	Mark Bushell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DF	Paul Curtis	27	–	1	1	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	32	–	1
DF	Paul Friar	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	16	–	–
DF	Russell Lewis	43	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	51	–	–
DF	Keith McPherson	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	21	–	–
DF	Graham Reed	34	2	1	1	–	–	3	–	–	2	1	–	40	3	1
MF	Phil Chard	41	–	7	1	–	–	4	–	1	3	–	–	49	–	8
MF	Warren Donald	32	–	3	1	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	37	–	3
MF	Stewart Hamill	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	4	–	2
MF	Richard Hill	41	–	17	1	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	2	49	–	19
MF	Aidy Mann	25	7	2	–	–	–	3	–	–	1	1	–	29	8	2
MF	Mark Schiavi	31	–	5	–	–	–	1	1	–	3	–	1	35	1	6
FW	Ian Benjamin	46	–	22	1	–	–	4	–	1	3	–	3	54	–	26
FW	Trevor Morley	43	–	13	1	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	51	–	13
FW	Paul Sugrue	2	6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	7	2
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Ian Dawes	3	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	–
DF	Brian Mundee	31	–	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	1	–	–	37	–	–
DF	Gavin Nebbeling	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	12	–	–
MF	Steve Brown	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
MF	Phil Cavener	13	4	4	1	–	–	4	–	1	–	–	–	18	4	5
MF	Ged Nohilly	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

References

Books

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