# 1999–2000 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was Northampton Town's 103rd season in their history and the first season back in the Third Division after relegation the previous year. 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 2000.
| No. | Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Keith Welch | GK | Bolton | (1968-10-03)3 October 1968 (aged 31) | 42 | 0 | Bristol City | 21 June 1999 | Free |
| 13 | Alex O'Reilly | GK | Epping (ENG) | (1979-09-05)5 September 1979 (aged 20) | 9 | 0 | West Ham United | 1 July 1999 | Loan |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | John Frain | LB | Birmingham | (1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (aged 31) | 167 | 5 | Birmingham City | Summer 1997 | Free |
| 4 | Ian Sampson | CB | Wakefield | (1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 31) | 289 | 25 | Sunderland | 5 August 1994 | £30,000 |
| 5 | Lee Howey | CB | Sunderland | (1969-04-01)1 April 1969 (aged 31) | 50 | 6 | Burnley | 19 February 1999 | £50,000 |
| 12 | Ian Hendon | RB | Ilford | (1971-12-05)5 December 1971 (aged 28) | 55 | 3 | Notts County | 25 March 1999 | £25,000 |
| 16 | Garry Hughes | RB | Birmingham | (1979-11-19)19 November 1979 (aged 20) | 4 | 0 | Apprentice | 7 July 1998 | N/A |
| 17 | Richard Hope | CB | Stockton-on-Tees | (1978-06-22)22 June 1978 (aged 21) | 40 | 0 | Darlington | 18 December 1998 | Undisclosed |
| 21 | Richard Green | CB | Wolverhampton | (1967-11-22)22 November 1967 (aged 32) | 22 | 2 | Walsall | 7 January 2000 | Free |
| 23 | Tony Dobson | CB | Coventry | (1969-02-05)5 February 1969 (aged 31) | 13 | 0 | Gillingham | 11 September 1998 | £25,000 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | Sean Parrish | LM | Wrexham | (1972-03-14)14 March 1972 (aged 28) | 122 | 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 August 1996 | £35,000 |
| 7 | Dave Savage | RM | Dublin | (1973-07-30)30 July 1973 (aged 26) | 78 | 10 | Millwall | 7 October 1998 | £80,000 |
| 8 | James Hunt | CM | Derby | (1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 23) | 113 | 4 | Notts County | 7 August 1997 | Free |
| 11 | Roy Hunter | CM | Saltburn-by-the-Sea | (1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 26) | 163 | 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 August 1995 | Free |
| 14 | John Hodge | W | Ormskirk | (1969-04-01)1 April 1969 (aged 31) | 8 | 0 | Gillingham | 6 March 2000 | £25,000 |
| 20 | Duncan Spedding | LM | Camberley | (1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 22) | 78 | 1 | Southampton | 14 July 1998 | Free |
| 28 | Ryan Thompson | W | Lambeth | (1982-06-24)24 June 1982 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | 1 July 1999 | N/A |
| 29 | James Gould | W | Kettering | (1982-01-15)15 January 1982 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | 13 July 1999 | N/A |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Steve Howard | FW | Durham | (1976-05-10)10 May 1976 (aged 23) | 57 | 10 | Hartlepool United | 22 February 1999 | £120,000 |
| 10 | Carlo Corazzin | FW | New Westminster | (1971-12-25)25 December 1971 (aged 28) | 89 | 32 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 June 1998 | Bosman |
| 18 | Jamie Forrester | FW | Bradford | (1974-11-01)1 November 1974 (aged 25) | 10 | 6 | FC Utrecht | 21 March 2000 | Loan |
| 19 | Andy Morrow | FW | Bangor | (1980-10-05)5 October 1980 (aged 19) | 5 | 0 | Apprentice | 16 December 1998 | N/A |
| 22 | Kevin Wilson | FW | Banbury (ENG) | (1961-04-18)18 April 1961 (aged 39) | 29 | 2 | Walsall | 28 July 1997 | Free |
| 26 | Simon Sturridge | FW | Birmingham | (1969-12-09)9 December 1969 (aged 30) | 19 | 1 | Stoke City | 2 August 1999 | Free |

## Competitions
### Nationwide Football League Division Three
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Swansea City (C, P) | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 85 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 2 | Rotherham United (P) | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 84 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 3 | Northampton Town (P) | 46 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 82 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 4 | Darlington | 46 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 79 | Qualification for the Third Division play-offs |
| 5 | Peterborough United (O, P) | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 78 | Qualification for the Third Division play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### League position by match

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 20 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | Division Three | Division Three | Division Three | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Keith Welch | 39 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 42 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 3 | LB | John Frain | 40 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | – | 2 | 5 | – |
| 4 | CB | Ian Sampson | 45 | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | – | 6 | 6 | – |
| 5 | CB | Lee Howey | 20 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 24 | – | – | 4 | – |
| 6 | CM | Sean Parrish | 21 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | – |
| 7 | RM | Dave Savage | 43 | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 48 | – | 5 | 2 | – |
| 8 | CM | James Hunt | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 38 | 4 | 1 | 6 | – |
| 9 | ST | Steve Howard | 32 | 9 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 35 | 10 | 10 | 9 | – |
| 10 | ST | Carlo Corazzin | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 29 | 13 | 15 | – | – |
| 11 | CM | Roy Hunter | 15 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 12 | RB | Ian Hendon | 44 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 48 | – | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | RM | John Hodge | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 15 | GK | Alex O'Reilly | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | RB | Garry Hughes | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 17 | CB | Richard Hope | 14 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 17 | 3 | – | 2 | – |
| 18 | ST | Jamie Forrester | 9 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | 6 | – | – |
| 19 | ST | Andy Morrow | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 20 | LM | Duncan Spedding | 44 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 49 | – | – | 3 | – |
| 21 | CB | Richard Green | 21 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 22 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 22 | ST | Kevin Wilson | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 23 | CB | Tony Dobson | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 26 | ST | Simon Sturridge | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 28 | MF | Ryan Thompson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| 29 | LM | James Gould | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Players who left before season end: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | RB | Ian Clarkson | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| 14 | CM | Ali Gibb | 6 | 7 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 9 | 8 | – | – | – |
| 18 | ST | Tony Battersby | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| 18 | ST | Darren Byfield | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 18 | ST | Daryl Clare | 9 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 18 | ST | Dean Crowe | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| 21 | MF | Damian Matthew | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 25 | ST | Paul Wilkinson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | MF | Dean Peer | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 30 | MF | Mark Dickson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| – | MF | Richard Butcher | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | ST | Steve McGavin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 21 June 1999 | GK | Keith Welch | Bristol City | Free transfer |
| 27 July 1999 | CF | Simon Sturridge | Stoke City | Free transfer |
| 10 January 2000 | CB | Richard Green | Walsall | Free Transfer |
| 6 March 2000 | RM | John Hodge | Gillingham | £25,000 |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 14 June 1999 | GK | Billy Turley | Rushden & Diamonds | £120,000 |
| 2 August 1999 | CF | Christian Lee | Gillingham | £35,000 |
| 25 September 1999 | LM | Damian Matthew | N/A | Retired |
| 1 October 1999 | CF | Steve McGavin | Colchester United | Free |
| 6 November 1999 | RB | Ian Clarkson | Kidderminster | Free |
| 25 January 2000 | CM | Dean Peer | Shrewsbury Town | Free |
| 17 February 2000 | CM | Ali Gibb | Stockport County | £50,000 |
| 23 March 2000 | CM | Richard Butcher | Rushden & Diamonds | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 1 July 1999 | GK | | Alex O'Reilly | West Ham United | 30 June 2000 | |
| 20 March 2000 | CF | | Jamie Forrester | FC Utrecht | 30 June 2000 | |