1990–91 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1990–91 season
Chairman	Dick Underwood
Manager	Theo Foley
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	10th
FA Cup	Second round
Rumbelows Cup	Second round
Leyland DAF Cup	First round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Barnes (13) All: Bobby Barnes (16)
Highest home attendance	5,549 vs Peterborough United
Lowest home attendance	2,544 vs Lincoln City
Average home league attendance	3,710
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 season was Northampton Town's 94th season in their history and the first season back in the Fourth Division after relegation the previous year. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup.

Players

As of match played 11 May 1991.^[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 30)	411	0	Millwall	March 1983
Defenders
Terry Angus	CB		Coventry	(1966-01-14)14 January 1966 (aged 25)	48	2	VS Rugby	July 1990
Irvin Gernon	LB		Birmingham	(1962-12-30)30 December 1962 (aged 28)	27	2	Reading	October 1989	£25,000
David Johnson	LB		Northampton	(1967-03-10)10 March 1967 (aged 24)	35	0	Irthlingborough Diamonds	July 1989	Free
Steve Terry	CB		Clapton	(1962-06-14)14 June 1962 (aged 28)	73	8	Hull City	March 1990	£70,000
Wayne Williams	RB		Telford	(1963-11-17)17 November 1963 (aged 27)	68	1	Shrewsbury Town	12 January 1988
Paul Wilson	LB		Bradford	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 22)	148	6	Norwich City	February 1988	£30,000
Darren Wood	CB		Derby	(1968-10-02)2 October 1968 (aged 22)	3	1	Reading	July 1990	Part Exchange
Midfielders
Micky Bell	W		Newcastle upon Tyne	(1971-11-15)15 November 1971 (aged 19)	37	0	Apprentice	April 1990	N/A
Stuart Beavon	CM		Wolverhampton	(1958-11-30)30 November 1958 (aged 32)	50	13	Reading	July 1990	Part Exchange
Steve Berry	CM		Liverpool	(1963-04-04)4 April 1963 (aged 28)	123	10	Aldershot	27 October 1988	£45,000
Steve Brown	CM		Northampton	(1966-07-06)6 July 1966 (aged 24)	89	7	Irthlingborough Diamonds	21 July 1989	Free
Phil Chard	U		Corby	(1960-10-16)16 October 1960 (aged 30)	224	40	Wolverhampton Wanderers	October 1989
Trevor Quow	CM		Peterborough	(1970-09-28)28 September 1970 (aged 20)	67	2	Gillingham	12 January 1989
David Scope	W		Newcastle upon Tyne	(1967-05-10)10 May 1967 (aged 24)	17	0	Blyth Spartans	September 1989
Aidey Thorpe	LW		Chesterfield	(1963-11-25)25 November 1963 (aged 27)	47	4	Walsall	March 1990	£50,000
Forwards
Tony Adcock	FW		Bethnal Green	(1963-03-27)27 March 1963 (aged 28)	104	37	Bradford City	January 1991	£75,000
Bobby Barnes	FW		Kingston upon Thames	(1962-12-17)17 December 1962 (aged 28)	97	36	Bournemouth	13 October 1989	£70,000
Greg Campbell	FW		Portsmouth	(1965-07-13)13 July 1965 (aged 25)	31	5	Plymouth Argyle	September 1990
Kevin Wilkin	FW		Cambridge	(1967-10-01)1 October 1967 (aged 23)	12	4	Cambridge City	July 1990

Competitions

Barclays League Division Four

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
8	Scunthorpe United	46	20	11	15	71	62	+9	71	Participated in play-offs
9	Scarborough	46	19	12	15	59	56	+3	69
10	Northampton	46	18	13	15	57	58	−1	67
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	14	15	56	46	+10	65
12	Rochdale	46	15	17	14	50	53	−3	62

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	13	15	57	58	−1	67	14	5	4	34	21	+13	4	8	11	23	37	−14

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

Rumbelows Cup

Leyland DAF Cup

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	16	–	–	3	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	23	–	–
DF	Terry Angus	42	–	2	–	1	–	3	–	–	2	–	–	47	1	2
DF	Irvin Gernon	8	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–
DF	David Johnson	8	17	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	10	18	–
DF	Steve Terry	46	–	6	3	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	56	–	6
DF	Wayne Williams	10	4	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	17	4	–
DF	Paul Wilson	44	–	3	3	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	54	–	3
DF	Darren Wood	2	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	1
MF	Stuart Beavon	41	–	10	3	–	1	4	–	–	2	–	2	50	–	13
MF	Micky Bell	22	6	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	24	7	–
MF	Steve Berry	20	7	2	–	1	–	3	–	–	1	1	–	24	9	2
MF	Steve Brown	37	3	2	3	–	–	4	–	1	3	–	–	47	3	3
MF	Phil Chard	43	–	7	3	–	–	4	–	–	3	–	–	53	–	7
MF	Trevor Quow	12	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	13	1	–
MF	David Scope	3	4	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	–
MF	Aidey Thorpe	12	15	1	2	–	–	–	2	–	3	–	–	17	17	1
FW	Tony Adcock	20	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	1	3
FW	Bobby Barnes	42	1	13	3	–	2	4	–	1	2	–	1	45	1	16
FW	Greg Campbell	20	5	4	3	–	1	–	1	–	2	–	–	25	6	5
FW	Kevin Wilkin	7	2	2	–	–	–	3	–	2	–	–	–	10	2	4
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Marlon Beresford	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	15	–	–
GK	Kevin Hitchcock	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	18	–	–
DF	Greg Fee	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
DF	Pat Scully	15	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	16	–	–
MF	Bradley Sandeman	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	1	–	1	8	–
FW	Darren Collins	3	5	1	1	1	–	1	1	–	–	2	–	5	9	1
FW	Gareth Evans	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–

References

Books

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