# 2000–01 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 2000–01 season was Northampton Town's 104th season in their history and the first season back in the Second Division after promotion the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

## Players

    As of match played 5 May 2001.
| 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 32) | 84 | 0 | Bristol City | 21 June 1999 | Free |
| 15 | Adam Sollitt | GK | Sheffield | (1977-06-22)22 June 1977 (aged 23) | 12 | 0 | Kettering Town | 25 July 2000 | £30,000 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | John Frain | LB | Birmingham | (1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (aged 32) | 196 | 7 | Birmingham City | Summer 1997 | Free |
| 4 | Ian Sampson | CB | Wakefield | (1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 32) | 334 | 28 | Sunderland | 5 August 1994 | £30,000 |
| 6 | Duncan Spedding | LB | Camberley | (1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 23) | 106 | 1 | Southampton | 14 July 1998 | Free |
| 16 | Garry Hughes | RB | Birmingham | (1979-11-19)19 November 1979 (aged 21) | 25 | 1 | Apprentice | 7 July 1998 | N/A |
| 17 | Richard Hope | CB | Stockton-on-Tees | (1978-06-22)22 June 1978 (aged 22) | 88 | 6 | Darlington | 18 December 1998 | Undisclosed |
| 21 | Richard Green | CB | Wolverhampton | (1967-11-22)22 November 1967 (aged 33) | 65 | 2 | Walsall | 7 January 2000 | Free |
| 27 | Paul Dempsey | LB | The Wirral | (1981-12-03)3 December 1981 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | Sheffield United | 22 March 2001 | Undisclosed |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 8 | James Hunt | CM | Derby | (1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 24) | 160 | 8 | Notts County | 1 August 1997 | Free |
| 11 | Roy Hunter | CM | Saltburn-by-the-Sea | (1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 27) | 167 | 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 August 1995 | Free |
| 14 | John Hodge | W | Ormskirk | (1969-04-01)1 April 1969 (aged 32) | 29 | 1 | Gillingham | 6 March 2000 | £25,000 |
| 20 | Chris Hargreaves | CM | Cleethorpes | (1972-05-12)12 May 1972 (aged 28) | 35 | 0 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 June 2000 | Free |
| 23 | James Gould | W | Kettering | (1982-01-15)15 January 1982 (aged 19) | 3 | 1 | Apprentice | 13 July 1999 | N/A |
| 24 | Ryan Thompson | W | Lambeth | (1982-06-24)24 June 1982 (aged 18) | 3 | 0 | Apprentice | 1 July 1999 | N/A |
| 30 | Chris Carruthers | LM | Kettering | (1983-08-19)19 August 1983 (aged 17) | 3 | 0 | Apprentice | 1 August 2000 | N/A |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 10 | Marco Gabbiadini | FW | Nottingham | (1968-01-20)20 January 1968 (aged 33) | 49 | 7 | Darlington | 27 June 2000 | Free |
| 18 | Jamie Forrester | FW | Bradford | (1974-11-01)1 November 1974 (aged 26) | 57 | 25 | FC Utrecht | 27 June 2000 | £150,000 |
| 19 | Andy Morrow | FW | Bangor | (1980-10-05)5 October 1980 (aged 20) | 10 | 0 | Apprentice | 16 December 1998 | N/A |
| 22 | Kevin Wilson | FW | Banbury (ENG) | (1961-04-18)18 April 1961 (aged 40) | 35 | 2 | Walsall | 28 July 1997 | Free |

## Competitions
### Nationwide Football League Division Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Bury | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 58 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 57 |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 57 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 61 | 77 | −16 | 53 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 52 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 18 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | Division Two | Division Two | Division Two | 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 | 40 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | MF | Jim Whitley | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | 3 | – |
| 3 | LB | John Frain | 27 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | – | 2 | 3 | – |
| 4 | CB | Ian Sampson | 41 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 45 | – | 3 | 12 | – |
| 5 | CB | Lee Howey | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 6 | LB | Duncan Spedding | 17 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 20 | 4 | – | 6 | – |
| 7 | RM | Dave Savage | 37 | 6 | 8 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 40 | 7 | 8 | 4 | – |
| 8 | CM | James Hunt | 41 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | – | 2 | 9 | – |
| 10 | ST | Marco Gabbiadini | 34 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 38 | 11 | 7 | 8 | – |
| 11 | CM | Roy Hunter | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – |
| 14 | RM | John Hodge | 24 | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 15 | GK | Adam Sollitt | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | RB | Garry Hughes | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 16 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| 17 | CB | Richard Hope | 30 | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 34 | 3 | – | 3 | – |
| 18 | ST | Jamie Forrester | 42 | 1 | 17 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 1 | 19 | – | – |
| 19 | ST | Andy Morrow | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 20 | CM | Chris Hargreaves | 29 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 33 | 2 | – | 7 | – |
| 21 | CB | Richard Green | 34 | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 39 | 4 | – | 4 | – |
| 22 | ST | Kevin Wilson | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| 23 | LM | James Gould | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 24 | MF | Ryan Thompson | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| 25 | MF | Michael Laws | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | ST | Ryan Nash | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | LB | Paul Dempsey | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| 28 | MF | Richie Lopes | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 29 | ST | Danny Lowe | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| 30 | LM | Chris Carruthers | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 32 | MF | Neil Champelovier | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | RB | Ian Hendon | 9 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2 | RB | Mark Maley | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 2 | RB | Liam Chilvers | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | ST | Steve Howard | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | – |
| 12 | ST | Daryl Clare | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 12 | DF | Richard Dryden | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 12 | DF | Lee Canoville | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | CB | Barry Ferguson | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 27 | DF | Lee Crooks | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | LB | Kevin Nicholson | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | – |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 27 June 2000 | FW | Jamie Forrester | FC Utrecht | £150,000 |
| 27 June 2000 | FW | Marco Gabbiadini | Darlington | Free transfer |
| 27 June 2000 | CM | Chris Hargreaves | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2000 | GK | Adam Sollitt | Kettering Town | £30,000 |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | Loaned from | On loan until | Ref. |
| 29 December 2000 | CB | | Barry Ferguson | Coventry City | 29 January 2001 | |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 12 October 2000 | RB | Ian Hendon | Sheffield Wednesday | £55,000 |
| 9 March 2001 | LB | Kevin Nicholson | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 22 March 2001 | FW | Steve Howard | Luton Town | £50,000 |