NORTHAMPTON TOWN

("The Cobblers")

Year formed1897
Turned professional1901
Limited company1901
Previous names

None

Ground

Sixfields Stadium, Upton Way, Northampton NN5 5QA

(for pictures of the ground click here)

 

previous names:
Sixfields Stadium: 1994 to June 2018

PTS Academy Stadium: June 2018 - June 2020

Sixfields Stadium: July 2020 to date

Pitch measurements116 x 72 yards (106 x 66 metres)
Ground capacity7,798
Previous grounds

County Ground, Northampton: 1897 - 14 October 1994

Sixfields Stadium: 15 October 1994 to date

Record attendance at present ground

7,798 v Manchester United, EFL Cup 3rd round, 21 September 2016

(lost 1-3)

Record League Cup attendance at

present ground

7,798 v Manchester United, EFL Cup 3rd round, 21 September 2016 

(lost 1-3)

Lowest League Cup attendance at present ground

2,012 v Wycombe Wanderers, Carabao Cup 1st round, 13 August 2024

(lost 0-2)

League career

Northants League: 1898 - 1899

Midland League: 1899 - 1901

Southern League Division One: 1901 - 1920

Division Three: 1920 - 1921

Division Three (South): 1921 - 1958

Division Four: 1958 - 1961

Division Three: 1961 - 1963

Division Two: 1963 - 1965

Division One: 1965 - 1966

Division Two: 1966 - 1967

Division Three: 1967 - 1969

Division Four: 1969 - 1976

Division Three: 1976 - 1977

Division Four: 1977 - 1987

Division Three: 1987 - 1990

Division Four/Three: 1990 - 1997

Division Two: 1997 - 1999

Division Three: 1999 - 2000

Division Two: 2000 - 2003

Division Three/League Two: 2003 - 2006

League One: 2006 - 2009

League Two: 2009 - 2016

League One: 2016 - 2018

League Two: 2018 - 2020

League One: 2020 - 2021

League Two: 2021 - 2023

League One: 2023 - .

First Football League game

28th August 1920 v Grimsby Town, Division Three (lost 0-2)

  
Honours 
European

None

Domestic - League

Division Two runners-up: 1964-65

Division Three champions: 1962-63

Division Three (South) runners-up: 1927-28, 1949-50

Division Four / League Two champions: 1986-87, 2015-16

Division Four/League Two runners-up: 1975-76, 2005-06

Southern League Division One champions: 1908-09

Southern League Division One runners-up: 1910-11

Domestic - Cup

Charity Shield runners-up: 1909-10

Best League position21st, Division One, 1965-66
Lowest League position22nd, Division Three, 1993-94
Furthest in FA Cup5th round, 1933-34, 1949-50, 1969-70
Furthest in League CupQuarter-final, 1964-65, 1966-67
  
Most League points 
2 for a win68, Division Four, 1975-76
3 for a win99, Division Four / League Two, 1986-87, 2015-16
Fewest League points 
2 for a win30, Division Two, 1966-67
3 for a win38, Division Three, 1993-94
Most League goals scored

109, Division Three (South), 1952-53

109, Division Three, 1962-63

Most League goals conceded

92, Division One, 1965-66

Fewest League goals scored

40, Division Four, 1972-73

40, Division Two, 2002-03

Fewest League goals conceded

37, Division Two, 1997-98

37, League Two, 2005-06

Most wins in a League season30, Division Four, 1986-87
Fewest wins in a League season9, Division Three, 1993-94
Most draws in a League season

19, Division Three, 1987-88

19, League Two, 2010-11, 2018-19

Fewest draws in a League season

5, Division Three (South), 1926-27, 1951-52

5, Division Four, 1984-85

Most losses in a League season

27, Division Four, 1984-85

27, Division Two, 2002-03

Fewest losses in a League season5, League Two, 2015-16
Record League win10-0 v Walsall, Division Three (South), 5 November 1927
Record Cup win10-0 v Sutton Town, FA Cup preliminary round, 7 December 1907
Record League Cup win8-0 v Brighton & Hove Albion, League Cup 4th round replay, 1 November 1966
Record defeat

0-11 v Southampton, Southern League, 28 December 1901

Record League Cup defeat

0-5 v Fulham, League Cup 3rd round, 13 October 1965

0-5 v Ipswich Town, League Cup 2nd round, 30 August 1977

0-5 v Leyton Orient, Rumbelows Cup 1st round 1st leg, 20 August 1991

  
Highest number of League goals scored 
in a season36, Cliff Holton, Division Three, 1961-62
in total135, Jack English, 1947-60
  
Most League goals scored in one match5, Ralph Hoten v Crystal Palace, Division Three (South), 27th October 1928
Top League Cup goalscorer11, Don Martin, 1964-67 and 1976-78
Most League appearances521, Tommy Fowler, 1946-61
Most capped player12, Edwin Lloyd-Davies for Wales
Youngest League playerAdrian Mann, 16 years 297 days v Bury, 5th May 1984
Highest transfer fee received£470,000 for Mark Bunn to Blackburn Rovers, September 2008
Highest transfer fee paid£165,000 for Josh Low from Oldham Athletic, July 2003