Northampton Town

1993–94 season
Chairman	Barry Ward
Manager	Phil Chard (until September) John Barnwell
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	22nd
FA Cup	First round
Coca-Cola Cup	First round
Autoglass Trophy	Second round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Gilzean (10) All: Martin Aldridge (11)
Highest home attendance	6,432 vs Chester City
Lowest home attendance	1,062 vs Hereford United
Average home league attendance	3,454
←  1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 season was Northampton Town's 97th season in their history and the fourth 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 7 May 1994. ^[1]

Name	Position	Nat.	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Barry Richardson	GK		Wallsend	(1969-08-05)5 August 1969 (aged 24)	113	0	Stockport County	September 1991	Free
Steve Sherwood	GK		Selby	(1953-12-10)10 December 1953 (aged 40)	20	0	Shrewsbury Town	August 1993	Free
Defenders
Jason Burnham	LB		Mansfield	(1973-05-08)8 May 1973 (aged 20)	108	2	Apprentice	July 1991	N/A
Lee Colkin	LB		Nuneaton	(1974-07-15)15 July 1974 (aged 19)	53	2	Apprentice	31 August 1992	N/A
Terry Fleming	RB/ CM		Marston Green	(1973-01-05)5 January 1973 (aged 21)	35	1	Coventry City	August 1993	Free
Bernie Gallacher	LB		Johnstone	(1967-03-22)22 March 1967 (aged 27)	5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	January 1994	Free
Steve Terry ( c)	CB		Clapton	(1962-06-14)14 June 1962 (aged 31)	211	18	Hull City	March 1990	£70,000
Ray Warburton	CB		Rotherham	(1967-10-07)7 October 1967 (aged 26)	17	1	York City	4 February 1994	£35,000
Midfielders
Micky Bell	W		Newcastle-upon-Tyne	(1971-11-15)15 November 1971 (aged 22)	164	11	Apprentice	April 1990	N/A
Phil Chard	U		Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 33)	331	54	Wolverhampton Wanderers	October 1989	Free
John Cornwell	CM		Bethnal Green	(1964-10-13)13 October 1964 (aged 29)	13	1	Southend United	February 1994	Loan
Efon Elad	W		Hillingdon	(1970-09-05)5 September 1970 (aged 23)	10	0	SC Fortuna Köln	January 1994	Free
Paul Fitzpatrick	CM/ CB		Liverpool	(1965-10-05)5 October 1965 (aged 28)	2	1	Hamilton Academical	February 1994	Free
Darren Harmon	CM		Northampton	(1973-01-30)30 January 1973 (aged 21)	67	8	Shrewsbury Town	24 October 1992	Free
Gary Harrison	MF		Northampton	(1975-03-12)12 March 1975 (aged 19)	2	0	Apprentice	December 1993	N/A
Les Phillips	CM		Lambeth	(1963-01-07)7 January 1963 (aged 31)	32	0	Oxford United	July 1993	Free
Forwards
Martin Aldridge	FW		Northampton	(1974-12-06)6 December 1974 (aged 19)	48	13	Apprentice	27 August 1993	N/A
Ian Gilzean	FW		Enfield (ENG)	(1969-12-10)10 December 1969 (aged 24)	39	10	Dundee	August 1993	Free
Warren Patmore	FW		London	(1971-08-14)14 August 1971 (aged 22)	17	2	Millwall	December 1993	Free
Kevin Wilkin	FW		Cambridge	(1967-10-01)1 October 1967 (aged 26)	87	13	Cambridge City	August 1990	Free

Competitions

Endsleigh League Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
18	Lincoln City	42	12	11	19	52	63	−11	47
19	Wigan Athletic	42	11	12	19	51	70	−19	45
20	Hereford United	42	12	6	24	60	79	−19	42
21	Darlington	42	10	11	21	42	64	−22	41
22	Northampton Town	42	9	11	22	44	66	−22	38

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	9	11	22	44	66	−22	38	6	7	8	25	23	+2	3	4	14	19	43	−24

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

Coca-Cola Cup

Autoglass Trophy

Group 3

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Hereford United	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Qualified for next round
Northampton Town	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Walsall	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
		Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Barry Richardson	27	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	29	–	–
GK	Steve Sherwood	15	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	19	1	–
DF	Jason Burnham	15	2	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	18	3	–
DF	Lee Colkin	17	3	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	18	3	1
DF	Terry Fleming	26	5	1	–	1	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	28	7	1
DF	Bernie Gallacher	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–
DF	Steve Terry	39	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	45	–	1
DF	Ray Warburton	17	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	1
MF	Micky Bell	37	1	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	43	1	–
MF	Phil Chard	25	3	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	30	3	1
MF	John Cornwell	13	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	1
MF	Efon Elad	8	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	–
MF	Paul Fitzpatrick	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1
MF	Darren Harmon	28	3	7	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	31	4	7
MF	Gary Harrison	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
MF	Les Phillips	26	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	32	–	–
FW	Martin Aldridge	23	5	8	1	–	1	–	1	–	3	–	2	27	6	11
FW	Ian Gilzean	29	4	10	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	35	4	10
FW	Warren Patmore	11	6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	6	2
FW	Kevin Wilkin	24	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	–	5
Players who left before end of season:
DF	Ken Gillard	13	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	18	1	–
DF	Chris Hyslop	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–
DF	Mark Parsons	19	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	24	–	–
DF	Richard Preston	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
DF	Ian Sampson	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–
DF	Scott Stackman	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
DF	Darren Wood	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
MF	Steve Brown	24	–	4	–	–	–	2	–	–	3	–	–	29	–	4
FW	Sean Francis	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–

References

Books

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