# 2014–15 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Northampton Town's 118th season in their history and the sixth successive season in League Two. Alongside competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

## Players

    As of match played 2 May 2015.
| No. | Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Matt Duke | GK | Sheffield | (1977-06-16)16 June 1977 (aged 37) | 92 | 0 | Bradford City | 24 June 2013 | Free |
| 42 | Shwan Jalal | GK | Baghdad | (1983-08-14)14 August 1983 (aged 31) | 4 | 0 | Bury | 24 February 2015 | Free |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Brendan Moloney | RB | Beaufort | (1989-01-18)18 January 1989 (aged 26) | 22 | 1 | Yeovil Town | 2 January 2015 | Free |
| 3 | Evan Horwood | LB | Billingham | (1986-03-10)10 March 1986 (aged 29) | 34 | 0 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 July 2014 | Free |
| 6 | Lee Collins | CB | Telford | (1988-09-28)28 September 1988 (aged 26) | 86 | 1 | Barnsley | 8 February 2013 | Free |
| 12 | Ben Tozer | U | Plymouth | (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 25) | 199 | 7 | Newcastle United | 21 September 2010 | Free |
| 16 | Zander Diamond | CB | Alexandria | (1985-03-13)13 March 1985 (aged 30) | 37 | 2 | Burton Albion | 7 May 2014 | Free |
| 17 | Ross Perry | CB | Falkirk | (1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Raith Rovers | 13 March 2015 | Free |
| 33 | Tom Newey | LB | Sheffield | (1982-10-31)31 October 1982 (aged 32) | 10 | 0 | Oxford United | 27 January 2015 | Free |
| 36 | Ryan Cresswell | CB | Rotherham | (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 27) | 36 | 5 | Fleetwood Town | 1 September 2014 | £150,000 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Darren Carter | CM | Solihull | (1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 31) | 65 | 6 | Cheltenham Town | 9 July 2013 | Free |
| 8 | Ian Morris | LM | Dublin | (1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 28) | 39 | 3 | Torquay United | 26 June 2013 | Free |
| 10 | John-Joe O'Toole | CM | Harrow (ENG) | (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 26) | 40 | 2 | Bristol Rovers | 30 June 2014 | Free |
| 11 | Chris Hackett | RM | Oxford | (1983-03-01)1 March 1983 (aged 32) | 129 | 11 | Millwall | 3 July 2012 | Free |
| 15 | Lewis Hornby | CM | Northampton | (1995-04-25)25 April 1995 (aged 20) | 29 | 0 | Academy | 10 December 2011 | N/A |
| 19 | Lawson D'Ath | RM | Witney | (1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 22) | 45 | 9 | Reading | 7 August 2014 | Free |
| 21 | Jason Taylor | CM | Droylsden | (1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 28) | 21 | 0 | Cheltenham Town | 1 January 2015 | Free |
| 23 | Kaid Mohamed | LM | Ely | (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 30) | 28 | 5 | Port Vale | 12 June 2014 | Loan |
| 25 | Joel Byrom | CM | Oswaldtwistle | (1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 28) | 43 | 3 | Preston North End | 8 January 2015 | Free |
| 26 | Ricky Holmes | LM | Rochford | (1987-06-19)19 June 1987 (aged 27) | 21 | 5 | Portsmouth | 27 January 2015 | Free |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Billy Bodin | CF/LW | Swindon (ENG) | (1992-03-24)24 March 1992 (aged 23) | 4 | 0 | Torquay United | 29 January 2015 | Free |
| 9 | Marc Richards | CF | Wolverhampton | (1982-07-08)8 July 1982 (aged 32) | 102 | 31 | Chesterfield | 14 May 2014 | Free |
| 14 | James Gray | CF | Yarm (ENG) | (1992-06-26)26 June 1992 (aged 22) | 8 | 3 | Accrington Stanley | 6 March 2015 | Loan |
| 22 | Diego De Girolamo | CF | Chesterfield (ENG) | (1995-10-05)5 October 1995 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | Sheffield United | 19 March 2015 | Loan |
| 24 | Ivan Toney | CF | Northampton | (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 19) | 60 | 13 | Academy | 1 July 2012 | N/A |

## Competitions
### Sky Bet Football League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Exeter City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 61 | 65 | −4 | 64 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 63 |
| 12 | Northampton Town | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 61 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 61 |
| 14 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 59 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 May 2015. Source: League Two

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

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.

### 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 | Matt Duke | 29 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 32 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2 | RB | Brendan Maloney | 22 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | 1 | 4 | – |
| 3 | LB | Evan Horwood | 23 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 24 | 3 | – | 4 | – |
| 4 | CM | Darren Carter | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 6 | CB | Lee Collins | 36 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 42 | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| 7 | FW | Billy Bodin | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| 8 | LM | Ian Morris | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 9 | ST | Marc Richards | 26 | 5 | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 28 | 8 | 18 | 1 | – |
| 10 | CAM | John-Joe O'Toole | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 28 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | RM | Chris Hackett | 20 | 18 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 12 | U | Ben Tozer | 15 | 7 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 20 | 8 | – | 4 | – |
| 14 | ST | James Gray | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | – |
| 15 | CM | Lewis Hornby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | CB | Zander Diamond | 18 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 17 | CB | Ross Perry | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | RM | Lawson D'Ath | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 11 | 9 | 3 | – |
| 21 | CM | Jason Taylor | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | – | 8 | – |
| 22 | ST | Diego De Girolamo | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 23 | LM | Kaid Mohamed | 17 | 6 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | – | – |
| 24 | ST | Ivan Toney | 22 | 16 | 8 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 25 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 25 | CM | Joel Byrom | 37 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 40 | 3 | 3 | 12 | – |
| 26 | W | Ricky Holmes | 21 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | 5 | 4 | – |
| 33 | LB | Tom Newey | 5 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | – | 2 | – |
| 36 | CB | Ryan Cresswell | 31 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 35 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| 42 | GK | Shwan Jalal | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | RB | Daniel Alfei | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 12 | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| 5 | CB | Kelvin Langmead | 4 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 5 | – | – | – |
| 7 | ST | Emile Sinclair | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 9 | 1 | – | – |
| 13 | GK | Dean Snedker | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | ST | Alex Nicholls | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| 17 | LB | Gregor Robertson | 21 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | CM | Ricky Ravenhill | 8 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 11 | 4 | – | 2 | – |
| 20 | ST | David Moyo | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – |
| 21 | GK | Jordan Archer | 13 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 22 | RB | Connor Roberts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | CM | Ryan Watson | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 30 | LB | Enda Stevens | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – |
| 30 | CAM | Ollie Banks | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 32 | CM | Stewart Murdoch | 8 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 1 | – | – |

## Transfers
### In

Players transferred in :
| Position | Player | Previous club | Fee | Date |
| DF | Zander Diamond | Burton Albion | Free | 7 May 2014 |
| FW | Marc Richards | Chesterfield | Free | 14 May 2014 |
| MF | John-Joe O'Toole | Bristol Rovers | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| DF | Evan Horwood | Tranmere Rovers | Free | 2 July 2014 |
| MF | Lawson D'Ath | Reading | Free | 7 August 2014 |
| DF | Ryan Cresswell | Fleetwood Town | £150,000 | 31 August 2014 |
| MF | Jason Taylor | Cheltenham Town | Free | 7 January 2015 |
| MF | Joel Byrom | Preston North End | Free | 8 January 2015 |
| DF | Tom Newey | Oxford United | Free | 27 January 2015 |
| MF | Ricky Holmes | Portsmouth | Free | 27 January 2015 |
| FW | Billy Bodin | Torquay United | Free | 29 January 2015 |
| DF | Brendan Moloney | Yeovil Town | Free | 2 February 2015 |
| GK | Shwan Jalal | Bury | Free | 24 February 2015 |

### Out

Players transferred out :
| Position | Player | Next club | Fee | Date |
| FW | Alan Connell | Grimsby Town | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2014 |
| MF | Gary Deegan | Southend United | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2014 |
| MF | Claudio Dias | Corby Town | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2014 |
| MF | Matthew Harriott | Welling United | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2014 |
| FW | JJ Hooper | Havant & Waterlooville | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2014 |
| DF | Mathias Kouo-Doumbé | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2014 |
| GK | Ben McNamara | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2014 |
| MF | Leon McSweeney | Nuneaton Town | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2014 |
| DF | Joe Widdowson | Bury | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2014 |
| MF | Ricky Ravenhill | Mansfield Town | Free transfer (Released) | 7 January 2015 |
| FW | David Moyo | Brackley Town | Free transfer (Released) | 12 January 2015 |
| FW | Emile Sinclair | York City | Free transfer (Released) | 19 January 2015 |

### Loans in

Players loaned in :
| Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires |
| MF | Kaid Mohamed | Port Vale | 12 June 2014 | 3 May 2015 |
| DF | Daniel Alfei | Swansea City | 2 July 2014 | 2 January 2015 |
| GK | Jordan Archer | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 August 2014 | 2 January 2015 |
| MF | Joel Byrom | Preston North End | 21 August 2014 | 4 January 2015 |
| MF | Ryan Watson | Leicester City | 1 September 2014 | 2 January 2015 |
| DF | Enda Stevens | Aston Villa | 10 October 2014 | 7 November 2014 |
| DF | Tom Newey | Oxford United | 30 October 2014 | 2 January 2015 |
| MF | Stewart Murdoch | Fleetwood Town | 30 October 2014 | 2 January 2015 |
| MF | Ollie Banks | Chesterfield | 27 November 2014 | 23 December 2014 |
| MF | Jason Taylor | Cheltenham Town | 2 January 2015 | 7 January 2015 |
| MF | Ricky Holmes | Portsmouth | 2 January 2015 | 27 January 2015 |
| DF | Brendan Moloney | Yeovil Town | 2 January 2015 | 2 February 2015 |
| FW | James Gray | Accrington Stanley | 6 March 2015 | 3 May 2015 |
| MF | Diego De Girolamo | Sheffield United | 19 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 |

### Loans out

Players loaned out :
| Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires |
| GK | Dean Snedker | Brackley Town | 6 August 2014 | 15 September 2014 |
| FW | Alex Nicholls | Exeter City | 1 September 2014 | 4 October 2014 |
| MF | John-Joe O'Toole | Southend United | 27 November 2014 | 24 January 2015 |
| FW | Alex Nicholls | Exeter City | 27 November 2014 | 7 January 2015 |