# 2013–14 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Northampton Town's 117th season in their history and the fifth 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 3 May 2014.
| 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 36) | 65 | 0 | Bradford City | 24 June 2011 | Free |
| 13 | Dean Snedker | GK | Northampton | (1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2011 | N/A |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Leon McSweeney | RB | Cork | (1983-02-19)19 February 1983 (aged 31) | 18 | 0 | Carlisle United | 30 January 2014 | Free |
| 3 | Joe Widdowson | LB | Forest Gate | (1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 25) | 75 | 0 | Rochdale | 5 July 2012 | Free |
| 5 | Kelvin Langmead | CB | Coventry | (1985-03-23)23 March 1985 (aged 29) | 95 | 12 | Peterborough United | 6 January 2012 | Free |
| 6 | Lee Collins | CB | Telford | (1988-09-28)28 September 1988 (aged 25) | 43 | 1 | Barnsley | 8 February 2013 | Free |
| 12 | Ben Tozer | U | Plymouth | (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 24) | 171 | 7 | Newcastle United | 23 June 2011 | Free |
| 23 | Zander Diamond | CB | Alexandria | (1985-03-12)12 March 1985 (aged 29) | 14 | 1 | Burton Albion | 21 February 2014 | Loan |
| 25 | Evan Horwood | LB | Billingham | (1986-03-10)10 March 1986 (aged 28) | 8 | 0 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 March 2014 | Loan |
| 27 | Mathias Kouo-Doumbé | CB | Drancy | (1979-10-28)28 October 1979 (aged 34) | 33 | 1 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 September 2013 | Free |
| 29 | Gregor Robertson | LB | Edinburgh | (1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 30) | 15 | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | 4 February 2014 | Free |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Darren Carter | CM | Solihull | (1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 30) | 38 | 5 | Cheltenham Town | 1 August 2013 | Free |
| 8 | Ian Morris | CM | Dublin | (1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 27) | 36 | 3 | Torquay United | 26 June 2013 | Free |
| 11 | Chris Hackett | W | Oxford | (1983-03-01)1 March 1983 (aged 31) | 89 | 8 | Millwall | 3 July 2012 | Free |
| 17 | Gary Deegan | CM | Dublin | (1987-09-28)28 September 1987 (aged 26) | 30 | 1 | Hibernian | 25 July 2013 | Free |
| 18 | Alan Connell | AM | Enfield | (1983-02-05)5 February 1983 (aged 31) | 16 | 0 | Bradford City | 30 January 2014 | Free |
| 22 | Lewis Hornby | CM | Northampton | (1995-04-25)25 April 1995 (aged 19) | 29 | 0 | Academy | 10 December 2011 | N/A |
| 25 | Claudio Dias | W | Milton Keynes | (1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2012 | N/A |
| 26 | Matthew Harriott | CM | Luton | (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 21) | 6 | 0 | Sheffield United | 30 August 2013 | Free |
| 29 | David Moyo | W | Bulawayo | (1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 19) | 13 | 0 | Academy | 25 October 2012 | N/A |
| 34 | Ricky Ravenhill | DM | Doncaster | (1981-01-16)16 January 1981 (aged 33) | 27 | 0 | Bradford City | 30 January 2014 | Free |
| 35 | Brennan Dickenson | LM | Ferndown | (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 21) | 12 | 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 June 2013 | Loan |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Emile Sinclair | FW | Leeds | (1987-12-29)29 December 1987 (aged 26) | 19 | 2 | Crawley Town | 31 January 2014 | Undisclosed |
| 9 | John Marquis | FW | Lewisham | (1992-05-16)16 May 1992 (aged 21) | 14 | 2 | Millwall | 11 February 2014 | Loan |
| 14 | Alex Nicholls | FW | Stourbridge | (1987-12-09)9 December 1987 (aged 26) | 19 | 8 | Walsall | 1 June 2012 | Free |
| 16 | JJ Hooper | FW | Greenwich | (1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Newcastle United | 24 July 2013 | Free |
| 27 | Ivan Toney | FW | Northampton | (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 18) | 16 | 3 | Academy | 13 November 2012 | N/A |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 19 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 53 | |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 53 | |
| 21 | Northampton Town | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 53 | |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 50 | |
| 23 | Bristol Rovers (R) | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 50 | Relegation to the Conference Premier |
* ↑ On 28 April AFC Wimbledon have been deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 17 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 |

#### 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 | Matt Duke | 46 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 50 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 2 | RB | Leon McSweeney | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| 3 | LB | Joe Widdowson | 24 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| 4 | CM | Darren Carter | 37 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 38 | – | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | CB | Kelvin Langmead | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 6 | CB | Lee Collins | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 24 | 1 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 7 | ST | Emile Sinclair | 15 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | - | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 4 | 2 | – | – |
| 8 | LM | Ian Morris | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 9 | ST | John Marquis | 12 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | – |
| 11 | RM | Chris Hackett | 35 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 38 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 12 | U | Ben Tozer | 21 | 8 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 23 | 9 | – | 3 | – |
| 13 | GK | Dean Snedker | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | ST | Alex Nicholls | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | CM | Lewis Hornby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | ST | JJ Hooper | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | – |
| 17 | CM | Gary Deegan | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 25 | 5 | 1 | 9 | – |
| 18 | AM | Alan Connell | 11 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 5 | – | 1 | – |
| 20 | ST | David Moyo | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| 22 | CM | Claudio Dias | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | CB | Zander Diamond | 14 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 24 | ST | Ivan Toney | 3 | 10 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 25 | LB | Evan Horwood | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| 26 | CM | Matthew Harriott | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| 27 | CB | Mathias Kouo-Doumbé | 30 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 29 | LB | Gregor Robertson | 14 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| 30 | CB | Kashif Siddiqi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | CM | Ricky Ravenhill | 25 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | – | – | 5 | 1 |
| 35 | LM | Brennan Dickenson | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | RB | Kevin Amankwaah | 21 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 24 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 7 | ST | Ishmel Demontagnac | 2 | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 9 | – | – | – |
| 9 | ST | Clive Platt | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| 10 | ST | Cristian López | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 10 | ST | Roy O'Donovan | 10 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | CB | Paul Reid | 16 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | – | 5 | – |
| 19 | RM | Danny Emerton | 11 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 23 | ST | Matt Heath | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 23 | LB | Sean McGinty | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | ST | Jacob Blyth | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 11 | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| 25 | W | Antonio German | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 29 | W | Stuart Dallas | 10 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 29 | ST | Hallam Hope | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 32 | CM | Kane Ferdinand | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 32 | W | Matty Blair | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 33 | ST | Luke Norris | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – |
| 39 | ST | Izale McLeod | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | – |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

Players transferred in :
| Position | Player | Previous club | Fee | Date |
| GK | Matt Duke | Bradford City | Free transfer | 24 June 2013 |
| MF | Ian Morris | Torquay United | Free transfer | 26 June 2013 |
| MF | Darren Carter | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer | 1 August 2013 |
| FW | JJ Hooper | Newcastle United | Free transfer | 24 July 2013 |
| MF | Gary Deegan | Hibernian | Free transfer | 25 July 2013 |
| DF | Kevin Amankwaah | Exeter City | Free transfer | 29 July 2013 |
| DF | Matt Heath | Colchester United | Free transfer | 1 August 2013 |
| MF | Danny Emerton | Hull City | Free transfer | 1 August 2013 |
| MF | Matty Harriott | Sheffield United | Free transfer | 30 August 2013 |
| GK | Ben McNamara | Nuneaton Town | Free transfer | 7 September 2013 |
| DF | Kashif Siddiqi | Ventura County Fusion | Free transfer | 10 September 2013 |
| DF | Mathias Kouo-Doumbé | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer | 19 September 2013 |
| DF | Paul Reid | Scunthorpe United | Free transfer | 27 September 2013 |
| FW | Alan Connell | Bradford City | Free transfer | 30 January 2014 |
| MF | Ricky Ravenhill | Bradford City | Free transfer | 30 January 2014 |
| DF | Leon McSweeney | Carlisle United | Free transfer | 30 January 2014 |
| DF | Gregor Robertson | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer | 4 February 2014 |

### Loans in

Players loaned in :
| Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires |
| FW | Jacob Blyth | Leicester City | 9 August 2013 | 3 October 2013 |
| MF | Stuart Dallas | Brentford | 5 October 2013 | 1 January 2014 |
| FW | Luke Norris | Brentford | 18 October 2013 | 4 January 2014 |
| MF | Kane Ferdinand | Peterborough United | 31 October 2013 | 28 November 2013 |
| FW | Jacob Blyth | Leicester City | 6 November 2013 | 15 December 2013 |
| MF | Ricky Ravenhill | Bradford City | 6 November 2013 | 4 January 2014 |
| FW | Izale McLeod | Milton Keynes Dons | 28 November 2013 | 4 January 2014 |

### Loans out

Players loaned out :
| Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires |
| FW | David Moyo | Corby Town | 23 August 2013 | 22 September 2013 |
| MF | Claudio Dias | Corby Town | 30 August 2013 | 29 September 2013 |
| GK | Dean Snedker | Carshalton Athletic | 6 September 2013 | 7 December 2013 |
| FW | David Moyo | Stamford | 4 October 2013 | 4 January 2014 |
| MF | Matty Harriott | Hayes and Yeading United | 15 November 2013 | 14 January 2014 |
| FW | JJ Hooper | Alfreton Town | 28 November 2013 | 27 December 2013 |
| DF | Ben Tozer | Colchester United | 28 November 2013 | 4 January 2014 |
| GK | Dean Snedker | Banbury United | 9 December 2013 | 5 January 2014 |
| MF | Claudio Dias | Banbury United | 13 December 2013 | 12 January 2014 |

### Transfers out

Players transferred out :
| Position | Player | Next club | Fee | Date |
| FW | Adebayo Akinfenwa | Gillingham | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2013 |
| DF | John Johnson | Bengaluru FC | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2013 |
| FW | Louis Moult | Nuneaton Town | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2013 |
| FW | Jake Robinson | Whitehawk | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2013 |
| FW | Lewis Wilson | Kettering Town | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2013 |
| MF | Paul Turnbull | Macclesfield Town | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2013 |
| DF | Seth Nana Twumasi | Yeovil Town | Free transfer (Released) | 21 May 2013 |
| DF | Clarke Carlisle | Retired | N/A | 23 May 2013 |
| MF | Luke Guttridge | Luton Town | Free transfer (Released) | 26 June 2013 |
| MF | Ben Harding | Torquay United | Free transfer (Released) | 26 June 2013 |
| MF | David Artell | Wrexham | Free transfer (Released) | 31 August 2013 |
| FW | Clive Platt | Bury | Free transfer (Released) | 10 January 2014 |
| DF | Kevin Amankwaah | Salisbury City | Free transfer (Released) | 23 January 2014 |
| DF | Paul Reid | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) | 28 January 2014 |
| MF | Ishmel Demontagnac | Free agent | Free transfer (Released) | 31 January 2014 |
| FW | Roy O'Donovan | Brunei DPMM FC | Free transfer (Released) | 14 February 2014 |