Northampton Town season by season

Every Northampton Town season on record, from 1901–02 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

112seasons
5,025matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1901–02	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	2	11	Three Players
1905–06	Southern League	1	0	0	1	1	2	18	Bill Perkins
1906–07	Southern League	1	0	0	1	2	4	20	Pat Tirrell Mart Watkins
1907–08	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	1	8	George Cooch Dave McCartney
1908–09	Southern League	43	25	6	12	93	52	1	Fred Lessons
1909–10	Southern League	4	1	2	1	1	1	4	Thomas Thorpe Fred Whitaker
1910–11	Southern League	3	1	1	1	6	3	2	Thomas Thorpe
1911–12	Southern League	4	2	1	1	5	3	3	Thomas Thorpe Jack Hampson
1912–13	Southern League	1	0	0	1	2	7	10	Four Players
1913–14	Southern League	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	Fred Clipston Jock Manning
1914–15	Southern League	2	1	0	1	4	2	5	Bobby Hughes
1920–21	Third Division	44	15	9	20	60	79	14	Billy Pease
1921–22	Third Division South	45	14	12	19	52	76	17	Billy Pease William Lockett (45)
1922–23	Third Division	42	17	11	14	54	44	8	Billy Pease Charles Smith
1923–24	Third Division	45	17	13	15	68	53	8	Four Players
1924–25	Third Division	43	20	6	17	51	47	9	Willie Watson
1925–26	Third Division	46	19	8	19	92	87	12	Ernie Cockle
1926–27	Third Division	45	16	6	23	62	90	18	Frank Brett Len Hammond
1927–28	Third Division	46	25	10	11	114	70	2	Tom Smith
1928–29	Third Division	45	20	14	11	99	62	3	Tom Smith (43)
1929–30	Third Division	45	23	8	14	90	62	4	Len Hammond
1930–31	Third Division	43	18	12	13	78	61	6	Albert Dawes
1931–32	Third Division	47	19	8	20	86	74	14	Len Hammond (45)
1932–33	Third Division	44	19	8	17	84	68	8	Three Players (43)
1933–34	Third Division	48	18	13	17	80	83	13	Frank Davies (47)
1934–35	Third Division	46	21	9	16	67	69	7	Richard Brown (46)
1935–36	Third Division	44	15	9	20	63	93	15	Richard Brown (44)
1936–37	Third Division	43	20	6	17	86	74	7	Billy Simpson
1937–38	Third Division	43	17	9	17	52	59	9	Bill Gormlie
1938–39	Third Division	43	15	8	20	52	62	17	Billy Thayne (46)
1945–46		6	3	1	2	17	10
1946–47	Third Division	47	17	12	18	85	80	13	Tom Smalley Dave Smith (46)
1947–48	Third Division	46	15	13	18	62	76	14	Tom Smalley
1948–49	Third Division	44	13	9	22	54	65	20	Bill Barron (42)
1949–50	Third Division	49	24	13	12	89	62	2	Jack Ansell Tom Smalley
1950–51	Third Division	48	11	16	21	60	71	21	Bert Mitchell (46)
1951–52	Third Division	47	22	5	20	95	77	8	Fred Ramscar
1952–53	Third Division	49	27	11	11	111	72	3	Five Players
1953–54	Third Division	49	21	12	16	86	57	5	Tommy Fowler Alf Wood
1954–55	Third Division	47	19	8	20	73	82	13	Tommy Fowler
1955–56	Third Division	49	22	7	20	76	75	11	Three Players
1956–57	Third Division	47	18	9	20	66	75	14	Tommy Fowler (46)
1957–58	Third Division	50	22	6	22	98	84	13	Colin Gale
1958–59	Fourth Division	48	22	9	17	88	80	8	Tommy Fowler (47)
1959–60	Fourth Division	47	22	9	16	86	70	6	Tommy Fowler Roly Mills (42)
1960–61	Fourth Division	51	27	11	13	98	71	3	Roly Mills (50)
1961–62	Third Division	50	22	11	17	92	62	8	Derek Leck
1962–63	Third Division	50	27	11	12	114	65	1	Chic Brodie Barry Lines
1963–64	Second Division	46	17	10	19	63	69	11	Terry Branston Mike Everitt (45)
1964–65	Second Division	47	23	16	8	75	57	2	Theo Foley Bryan Harvey
1965–66	First Division	45	11	13	21	57	99	21	Joe Kiernan
1966–67	Second Division	50	16	8	26	72	94	21	Barry Lines (44)
1967–68	Third Division	51	16	14	21	65	82	17	Brian Faulkes (45)
1968–69	Third Division	51	16	13	22	61	67	21	Ray Fairfax (48)
1969–70	Fourth Division	56	20	16	20	75	69	14	John Fairbrother
1970–71	Fourth Division	54	21	17	16	73	71	7	Kim Book (53)
1971–72	Fourth Division	51	13	15	23	74	86	21	Alan Starling (50)
1972–73	Fourth Division	48	10	11	27	40	77	23	Billy Baxter (43)
1973–74	Fourth Division	50	21	14	15	68	54	5	Three Players
1974–75	Fourth Division	51	17	12	22	72	78	16	Billy Best
1975–76	Fourth Division	49	29	11	9	88	45	2	Barry Tucker
1976–77	Third Division	50	14	8	28	64	81	22	John Gregory
1977–78	Fourth Division	51	20	13	18	70	79	10	John Farrington George Reilly (49)
1978–79	Fourth Division	52	17	11	24	70	84	19	John Farrington
1979–80	Fourth Division	52	18	13	21	59	74	13	Peter Denyer
1980–81	Fourth Division	49	19	13	17	69	75	10	Andy Poole
1981–82	Fourth Division	54	15	10	29	72	96	22	Andy Poole
1982–83	Fourth Division	58	18	16	24	83	95	15	Steve Massey Ian Phillips (54)
1983–84	Fourth Division	54	14	17	23	62	92	18	Peter Gleasure
1984–85	Fourth Division	56	16	10	30	63	86	23	Ray Train
1985–86	Fourth Division	54	21	11	22	89	70	8	Ian Benjamin
1986–87	Fourth Division	56	34	11	11	124	70	1	Three Players
1987–88	Third Division	54	22	20	12	82	60	6	Peter Gleasure Russ Wilcox
1988–89	Third Division	55	19	9	27	80	87	20	Peter Gleasure
1989–90	Third Division	56	15	16	25	61	80	22	Peter Gleasure Russ Wilcox
1990–91	Fourth Division	56	20	16	20	67	68	10	Steve Terry
1991–92	Fourth Division	48	13	13	22	55	71	16	Jason Burnham (46)
1992–93	Third Division	52	16	9	27	67	88	20	Barry Richardson Steve Terry
1993–94	Third Division	48	9	13	26	47	78	22	Steve Terry (45)
1994–95	Third Division	48	12	14	22	51	77	17	Ian Sampson
1995–96	Third Division	54	21	15	18	58	53	11	Ray Warburton (52)
1996–97	Third Division	57	26	12	19	79	54	4	Ian Clarkson Andy Woodman (56)
1997–98	Second Division	59	22	21	16	70	55	4	John Frain (58)
1998–99	Second Division	54	13	19	22	53	69	22	John Frain (48)
1999–00	Third Division	52	26	8	18	68	54	3	Duncan Spedding (49)
2000–01	Second Division	51	17	12	22	53	68	18	Jamie Forrester (47)
2001–02	Second Division	52	16	8	28	60	86	20	Jamie Forrester (48)
2002–03	Second Division	52	12	10	30	51	92	24	Paul Harsley (51)
2003–04	Third Division	55	27	10	18	74	67	6	Martin Smith (56)
2004–05	League Two	53	23	13	17	67	59	7	Chris Willmott (54)
2005–06	League Two	52	25	18	9	74	46	2	Lee Harper (50)
2006–07	League One	50	16	15	19	53	58	14	Andy Kirk (48)
2007–08	League One	52	19	17	16	66	61	9	Mark Bunn (52)
2008–09	League One	51	14	15	22	69	74	21	Andy Holt (50)
2009–10	League Two	50	19	13	18	67	62	11	Ryan Gilligan (48)
2010–11	League Two	53	13	21	19	75	85	16	Michael Jacobs (48)
2011–12	League Two	49	13	12	24	58	85	20	Michael Jacobs (50)
2012–13	League Two	57	27	12	18	80	72	6	Ben Tozer (56)
2013–14	League Two	49	14	14	21	45	62	21	Matt Duke
2014–15	League Two	52	20	8	24	73	72	12	Lee Collins (43)
2015–16	League Two	54	33	13	8	96	62	1	David Buchanan
2016–17	League One	54	16	13	25	73	87	16	David Buchanan (53)
2017–18	League One	53	12	15	26	48	86	22	Ash Taylor (52)
2018–19	League Two	53	16	21	16	73	72	15	David Cornell (48)
2019–20	League Two	50	23	9	18	77	57	7	Sam Hoskins (47)
2020–21	League One	54	14	13	27	53	79	22	Sam Hoskins (49)
2021–22	League Two	55	24	14	17	69	52	4	Fraser Horsfall (53)
2022–23	League Two	51	23	14	14	64	56	3	Mitch Pinnock (48)
2023–24	League One	51	17	10	24	63	80	14	Marc Leonard (49)
2024–25	League One	52	14	15	23	56	78	19	Mitch Pinnock (51)
2025–26	League One	55	15	8	32	55	84	24	Terry Taylor (49)
2026–27		4	0	1	3	0	5