# 2007–08 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was Northampton Town's 111th season in their history and the second successive season in League One. Alongside competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

## Players

    As of match played 3 May 2008.
| No. | Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Mark Bunn | GK | Kettering | (1984-11-16)16 November 1984 (aged 23) | 101 | 0 | Apprentice | 21 August 2001 | N/A |
| 13 | Chris Dunn | GK | Havering | (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | 22 April 2006 | N/A |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Jason Crowe | RB | Sidcup | (1978-09-30)30 September 1978 (aged 29) | 145 | 9 | Grimsby Town | 29 May 2005 | Free |
| 3 | Danny Jackman | LB/LM | Worcester | (1983-01-03)3 January 1983 (aged 25) | 44 | 1 | Gillingham | 24 May 2007 | Free |
| 4 | Mark Hughes | CB | Kirkby | (1986-12-09)9 December 1986 (aged 21) | 59 | 3 | Everton | 31 January 2007 | Undisclosed |
| 5 | Gábor Gyepes | CB | Budapest | (1981-06-26)26 June 1981 (aged 26) | 13 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 February 2008 | Free |
| 6 | Chris Doig | CB | Dumfries | (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 27) | 115 | 4 | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2005 | Free |
| 15 | Brett Johnson | CB/LB | Hammersmith | (1985-08-15)15 August 1985 (aged 22) | 32 | 0 | Aldershot Town | 30 June 2005 | Nominal |
| 16 | Danny May | RB | Watford | (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | Apprentice | 6 October 2006 | N/A |
| 19 | Liam Dolman | CB | Northampton | (1987-09-26)26 September 1987 (aged 20) | 37 | 1 | Apprentice | 1 July 2005 | N/A |
| 21 | Daniel Jones | LB/LM | Rowley Regis | (1986-12-23)23 December 1986 (aged 21) | 39 | 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 August 2007 | Loan |
| 24 | Greg Taylor | RB | Bedford | (1990-01-15)15 January 1990 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | 1 July 2007 | N/A |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 7 | Giles Coke | CM | Westminster | (1986-06-03)3 June 1986 (aged 21) | 20 | 5 | Mansfield Town | 2 July 2007 | Tribunal |
| 11 | Andy Holt | LB/LM | Stockport | (1978-04-21)21 April 1978 (aged 30) | 81 | 4 | Wrexham | 27 June 2006 | Free |
| 12 | Ian Henderson | RM | Stockport | (1985-01-24)24 January 1985 (aged 23) | 26 | 0 | Norwich City | 28 June 2007 | Free |
| 14 | Joe Burnell | CM | Bristol | (1980-10-10)10 October 1980 (aged 27) | 67 | 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 June 2006 | Free |
| 18 | Ryan Gilligan | CM | Swindon | (1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 21) | 94 | 8 | Watford | 12 August 2005 | Free |
| 20 | Alex Dyer | CM | Täby (SWE) | (1990-06-11)11 June 1990 (aged 17) | 9 | 1 | Apprentice | 1 July 2007 | N/A |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Colin Larkin | FW | Dundalk | (1982-04-27)27 April 1982 (aged 26) | 40 | 3 | Chesterfield | 28 June 2007 | Free |
| 10 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | FW | Islington | (1982-05-10)10 May 1982 (aged 25) | 15 | 7 | Millwall | 18 January 2008 | Free |
| 23 | Poul Hübertz | FW | Roskilde | (1976-09-21)21 September 1976 (aged 31) | 47 | 13 | Millwall | 8 August 2007 | Free |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 69 |
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 67 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 66 |
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 66 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 65 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: May 2008. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 9 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | League One | League One | League One | 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 | Mark Bunn | 45 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 52 | – | – | 6 | – |
| 2 | RB | Jason Crowe | 44 | – | 4 | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 49 | 1 | 4 | 8 | – |
| 3 | LB | Danny Jackman | 34 | 5 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 39 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 4 | CB | Mark Hughes | 34 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 41 | 1 | 1 | 8 | – |
| 5 | CB | Gábor Gyepes | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 6 | CB | Chris Doig | 15 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 19 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| 7 | CM | Giles Coke | 11 | 9 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | – |
| 9 | ST | Colin Larkin | 14 | 19 | 2 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 19 | 21 | 3 | – | – |
| 10 | ST | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 13 | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 2 | 7 | 2 | – |
| 11 | LM | Andy Holt | 29 | 7 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 12 | RM | Ian Henderson | 9 | 14 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 14 | – | 3 | – |
| 13 | GK | Chris Dunn | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | CM | Joe Burnell | 26 | 7 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 8 | – | 2 | – |
| 15 | CB | Brett Johnson | 10 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 8 | – | 1 | – |
| 16 | RB | Danny May | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 18 | CM | Ryan Gilligan | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 32 | 11 | 4 | 11 | – |
| 19 | CB | Liam Dolman | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 20 | CM | Alex Dyer | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| 21 | LB | Daniel Jones | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 30 | 9 | 3 | 9 | – |
| 23 | ST | Poul Hübertz | 33 | 7 | 13 | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 40 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 24 | RB | Greg Taylor | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | CB | Guy Branston | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 8 | ST | Andy Kirk | 25 | – | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 28 | 2 | 11 | 3 | – |
| 10 | W | Sam Aiston | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 17 | CM | Bradley Johnson | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 2 | 5 | 4 | – |
| 17 | W | Jonny Hayes | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | – | – | – |
| 22 | RB | Mark Little | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | – | 3 | – |
| 22 | CM | Alex Russell | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 12 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| 25 | ST | Dean Bowditch | 7 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 7 | 3 | 2 | – | – |