# 2009–10 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Northampton Town's 113th season in their history and the first season back in League Two after relegation the previous year. Alongside competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The team's new shirt supplier was Erreà, and the shirt sponsor was Jackson Grundy.

## Players

    As of match played 8 May 2010.
| No. | Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Chris Dunn | GK | Havering | (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 22) | 66 | 0 | Apprentice | 22 April 2006 | N/A |
| 13 | Paul Walker | GK | Cambridge (ENG) | (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | 30 August 2008 | N/A |
| 26 | Jason Steele | GK | Newton Aycliffe | (1990-08-18)18 August 1990 (aged 19) | 13 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 25 February 2010 | Loan |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Paul Rodgers | RB | Edmonton | (1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 20) | 46 | 0 | Arsenal | 31 July 2009 | Free |
| 3 | John Johnson | RB | Middlesbrough | (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 21) | 38 | 5 | Middlesbrough | 24 September 2009 | Loan |
| 5 | Craig Hinton | CB | Wolverhampton | (1977-11-26)26 November 1977 (aged 32) | 46 | 0 | Bristol Rovers | 29 May 2009 | Free |
| 6 | Dean Beckwith | CB | Southwark | (1983-09-18)18 September 1983 (aged 26) | 42 | 0 | Hereford United | 29 June 2009 | Free |
| 19 | John Curtis | U | Nuneaton | (1978-09-03)3 September 1978 (aged 31) | 21 | 0 | Wrexham | 28 July 2009 | Free |
| 23 | Peter Gilbert | LB | Newcastle upon Tyne (ENG) | (1983-07-31)31 July 1983 (aged 26) | 31 | 0 | Oldham Athletic | 13 November 2009 | Free |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Luke Guttridge | CM | Barnstaple | (1982-03-27)27 March 1982 (aged 28) | 63 | 9 | Colchester United | 4 August 2008 | Free |
| 8 | Abdul Osman | CM | Accra | (1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 23) | 73 | 4 | Gretna | 12 June 2008 | Free |
| 11 | Andy Holt | LB/LM | Stockport | (1978-04-21)21 April 1978 (aged 32) | 164 | 9 | Wrexham | 27 June 2006 | Free |
| 12 | Ryan Gilligan | CM | Swindon | (1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 23) | 178 | 22 | Watford | 12 August 2005 | Free |
| 14 | Liam Davis | LM | Wandsworth | (1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 23) | 53 | 6 | Coventry City | 6 June 2008 | Free |
| 15 | Alex Dyer | CM | Täby (SWE) | (1990-06-11)11 June 1990 (aged 19) | 42 | 3 | Apprentice | 1 July 2007 | N/A |
| 21 | Michael Jacobs | W | Rothwell | (1991-11-04)4 November 1991 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | Apprentice | 1 July 2009 | N/A |
| 30 | Kevin Thornton | RM | Drogheda | (1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 23) | 11 | 1 | Nuneaton Town | 8 January 2010 | Free |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Steve Guinan | FW | Birmingham | (1974-12-24)24 December 1974 (aged 35) | 34 | 7 | Hereford United | 26 May 2009 | Free |
| 10 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | FW | Islington | (1982-05-10)10 May 1982 (aged 27) | 95 | 39 | Millwall | 18 January 2008 | Free |
| 16 | Gary Mulligan | FW | Dublin | (1985-04-23)23 April 1985 (aged 25) | 12 | 0 | Gillingham | 8 July 2009 | Free |
| 17 | Billy Mckay | FW | Corby (ENG) | (1988-10-22)22 October 1988 (aged 21) | 43 | 8 | Leicester City | 21 July 2009 | Free |
| 18 | Joe Benjamin | FW | Woodford | (1990-10-08)8 October 1990 (aged 19) | 8 | 0 | Apprentice | 1 August 2008 | N/A |
| 22 | Courtney Herbert | FW | Northampton | (1988-10-25)25 October 1988 (aged 21) | 23 | 2 | Long Buckby | 23 September 2009 | Free |
| 24 | Seb Harris | FW | Rochester, Michigan | (1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 22) | 10 | 1 | Michigan Bucks | 3 August 2009 | Free |
| 28 | Stephen O'Flynn | FW | Mallow | (1982-04-27)27 April 1982 (aged 28) | 5 | 0 | Limerick | 5 January 2010 | Free |

## Competitions
### Coca-Cola Football League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Bury | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 69 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 68 |
| 11 | Northampton Town | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 67 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 63 |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 62 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
As of games played 8 May 2010

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 15 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | League Two | League Two | League 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 | Chris Dunn | 29 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 35 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | RB | Paul Rodgers | 24 | 7 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 28 | 7 | – | 4 | – |
| 3 | RB | John Johnson | 36 | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 38 | – | 5 | 4 | – |
| 4 | CM | Luke Guttridge | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 27 | 7 | 6 | 4 | – |
| 5 | CB | Craig Hinton | 38 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 44 | 2 | – | 4 | – |
| 6 | CB | Dean Beckwith | 37 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 41 | 1 | – | 5 | – |
| 8 | CM | Abdul Osman | 26 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 28 | 5 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 9 | ST | Steve Guinan | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | – |
| 10 | ST | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 36 | 4 | 17 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 38 | 6 | 17 | 3 | – |
| 11 | LM | Andy Holt | 31 | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 36 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | RM | Ryan Gilligan | 41 | 1 | 8 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 47 | 1 | 11 | 11 | – |
| 13 | GK | Paul Walker | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | LM | Liam Davis | 13 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 14 | 5 | 2 | – | – |
| 15 | CM | Alex Dyer | 4 | 16 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 16 | ST | Gary Mulligan | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 5 | 7 | – | 1 | – |
| 17 | ST | Billy Mckay | 29 | 11 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 30 | 13 | 8 | – | – |
| 18 | ST | Joe Benjamin | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| 19 | U | John Curtis | 18 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 2 | – | 5 | – |
| 21 | LM | Michael Jacobs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 22 | ST | Courtney Herbert | 8 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 23 | LB | Peter Gilbert | 30 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | – | – | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | ST | Seb Harris | – | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | – | – |
| 26 | GK | Jason Steele | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | ST | Stephen O'Flynn | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – |
| 30 | RM | Kevin Thornton | 4 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Out on loan: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | CB | Chris McCready | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 15 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Players who left Northampton Town: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | W | Ben Marshall | 11 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 23 | LB | Robbie Threlfall | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 25 | ST | Luke Boden | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | CB | Danny Swailes | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 26 | GK | Simon Brown | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | GK | Billy Lumley | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 40 | CB | Pat Kanyuka | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| | W | Romone Rose | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| | CB | Luke Wilkinson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

## Awards

| 2009–10 Awards | Pos. | Player |
| Player of the Year | ST | Adebayo Akinfenwa |
| Young Player of the Year | RB | John Johnson |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2009 | FW | Steve Guinan | Hereford United | Free |
| 1 July 2009 | DF | Craig Hinton | Bristol Rovers | Free |
| 1 July 2009 | DF | Dean Beckwith | Hereford United | Free |
| 8 July 2009 | FW | Gary Mulligan | Gillingham | Free |
| 21 July 2009 | FW | Billy McKay | Leicester City | Free |
| 28 July 2009 | MF | John Curtis | Wrexham | Free |
| 31 July 2009 | DF | Paul Rodgers | Arsenal | Free |
| 3 August 2009 | FW | Sebastian Harris | Michigan Bucks | Free |
| 3 August 2009 | DF | Chris McCready | Crewe Alexandra | Free |
| 11 September 2009 | GK | Simon Brown | Unattached | Free |
| 23 September 2009 | FW | Courtney Herbert | Long Buckby | Free |
| 23 October 2009 | DF | Pat Kanyuka | Unattached | Free |
| 13 November 2009 | DF | Peter Gilbert | Unattached | Free |
| 23 December 2009 | GK | Billy Lumley | Stafford Rangers | Free |
| 5 January 2010 | FW | Stephen O'Flynn | Limerick | Free |
| 8 January 2010 | MF | Kevin Thornton | Nuneaton Town | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 25 August 2009 | DF | | Danny Jackman | Gillingham | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 6 August 2009 | MF | Romone Rose | Queens Park Rangers | 6 September 2009 |
| 7 August 2009 | MF | Ben Marshall | Stoke City | 4 November 2009 |
| 21 August 2009 | DF | Robbie Threlfall | Liverpool | 21 September 2009 |
| 27 August 2009 | MF | Luke Boden | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 September 2009 |
| 24 September 2009 | DF | John Johnson | Middlesbrough | 30 June 2010 |
| 19 November 2009 | MF | Josh Walker | Middlesbrough | 3 December 2009 |
| 26 November 2009 | DF | Danny Swailes | Middlesbrough | 26 December 2009 |
| 5 January 2009 | DF | Luke Wilkinson | Portsmouth | 5 February 2010 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 9 November 2009 | MF | Joe Benjamin | Eastbourne Borough | 31 May 2010 |
| 5 January 2010 | GK | Paul Walker | Brackley Town | 5 February 2010 |
| 21 January 2010 | DF | Chris McCready | Tranmere Rovers | 31 May 2010 |