1982–83 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1982–83 season
Chairman	Neville Ronson
Manager	Clive Walker
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	15th
FA Cup	Third round
Milk Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Steve Massey (20) All: Steve Massey (25)
Highest home attendance	14,529 vs Aston Villa
Lowest home attendance	1,706 vs Aldershot
Average home league attendance	2,594
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season was Northampton Town's 86th season in their history and the sixth successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Players

As of match played 14 May 1983.^[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 22)	11	0	Millwall	March 1983
Mark Kendall	GK		Nuneaton	(1961-12-10)10 December 1961 (aged 21)	15	0	Aston Villa	Summer 1982
Defenders
David Beavon	FB		Nottingham	(1961-12-08)8 December 1961 (aged 21)	2	0	Tsuen Wan	March 1983
Adrian Burrows	CB		Sutton-in-Ashfield	(1959-01-16)16 January 1959 (aged 24)	53	5	Mansfield Town	August 1982
Wakeley Gage	CB		Northampton	(1958-05-05)5 May 1958 (aged 25)	154	9	Desborough Town	October 1979	£8,000[2]
Ian Phillips (c)	LB		Cumnock	(1959-04-23)23 April 1959 (aged 24)	54	1	Peterborough United	August 1982
Paul Saunders	U		Watford	(1959-12-17)17 December 1959 (aged 23)	141	5	Watford	July 1978
Barry Tucker	FB		Swansea	(1952-08-28)28 August 1952 (aged 30)	273	7	Brentford	October 1982
Midfielders
John Buchanan	CM		Dingwall	(1951-09-19)19 September 1951 (aged 31)	209	34	Cardiff City	September 1981
Peter Coffill	CM		Romford	(1957-02-14)14 February 1957 (aged 26)	84	5	Torquay United	July 1981	£5,000[3]
Peter Denyer	W		Chiddingfold	(1957-11-26)26 November 1957 (aged 25)	170	34	Portsmouth	July 1979	P/E
Mark Heeley	W		Peterborough	(1959-09-08)8 September 1959 (aged 23)	110	6	Arsenal	March 1980	£33,000
Billy Jeffrey	CM		Helensburgh	(1951-02-10)10 February 1951 (aged 32)	9	2	Blackpool	March 1983
Maurice Muir	W		London	(1963-03-19)19 March 1963 (aged 20)	16	0	Apprentice	April 1980	N/A
Adam Sandy	U		Peterborough	(1958-09-22)22 September 1958 (aged 24)	113	8	Wolverton Town	February 1980
Gary Saxby	U		Clipstone	(1959-12-11)11 December 1959 (aged 23)	114	14	Mansfield Town	August 1980
Forwards
Frankie Belfon	FW		Wellingborough	(1965-02-18)18 February 1965 (aged 18)	8	2	Apprentice	April 1982	N/A
Steve Massey	FW		Manchester	(1958-03-28)28 March 1958 (aged 25)	72	30	Peterborough United	February 1982
Dave Syrett	FW		Salisbury	(1956-01-20)20 January 1956 (aged 27)	45	16	Peterborough United	June 1982

Competitions

Division Four

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Chester City	46	15	11	20	55	60	−5	56
14	Bristol City	46	13	17	16	59	70	−11	56
15	Northampton Town	46	14	12	20	65	75	−10	54
16	Stockport County	46	14	12	20	60	79	−19	54
17	Darlington	46	13	13	20	61	71	−10	52

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	14	12	20	65	75	−10	54	10	8	5	43	29	+14	4	4	15	22	46	−24

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

Milk Cup

Football League Trophy

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	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–
GK	Mark Kendall	11	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	15	–	–
DF	David Beavon	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
DF	Adrian Burrows	43	–	4	5	–	1	3	–	–	1	1	–	52	1	5
DF	Wakeley Gage	40	–	3	5	–	–	3	–	–	2	–	–	50	–	3
DF	Ian Phillips	42	–	1	5	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	54	–	1
DF	Paul Saunders	34	–	2	1	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	42	–	2
DF	Barry Tucker	37	–	4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	38	–	4
MF	John Buchanan	32	3	2	5	–	–	3	–	–	2	1	–	42	3	2
MF	Peter Coffill	30	3	1	4	1	2	1	2	–	1	–	–	36	6	3
MF	Peter Denyer	25	9	5	4	–	1	4	–	–	1	1	1	34	10	7
MF	Mark Heeley	20	2	–	3	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	30	2	–
MF	Billy Jeffrey	9	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	2
MF	Maurice Muir	10	1	–	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	2	–
MF	Adam Sandy	5	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	2
MF	Gary Saxby	26	2	3	5	–	1	3	–	1	3	–	–	37	2	5
FW	Frankie Belfon	2	4	1	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	3
FW	Steve Massey	42	–	20	5	–	1	4	–	3	3	–	1	54	–	25
FW	Dave Syrett	37	1	12	1	–	–	3	–	2	3	–	2	44	1	16
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Neil Freeman	22	–	–	5	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	30	–	–
GK	Richard Key	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
DF	Paul Brady	11	1	1	4	–	–	3	–	–	3	–	–	21	1	1
MF	Martin Patching	6	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	1
FW	David Buchanan	3	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	–
FW	Steve Perrin	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	6	1	–

References

Books

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