# 1975–76 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1975–76 season was Northampton Town's 79th season in their history and the seventh successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 23 April 1976.
| Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| Jeff Parton | GK | Swansea | (1953-02-24)24 February 1953 (aged 23) | 5 | 0 | Burnley | Summer 1975 | |
| Alan Starling | GK | Dagenham | (1951-04-02)2 April 1951 (aged 25) | 229 | 1 | Luton Town | June 1971 | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| Dave Carlton | U | Stepney | (1952-11-24)24 November 1952 (aged 23) | 105 | 6 | Fulham | October 1973 | |
| John Gregory | U | Scunthorpe | (1954-05-11)11 May 1954 (aged 21) | 153 | 5 | Apprentice | Summer 1972 | N/A |
| Stuart Robertson | CB | Nottingham | (1946-12-16)16 December 1946 (aged 29) | 149 | 16 | Doncaster Rovers | Summer 1972 | |
| Barry Tucker | FB | Swansea | (1952-08-28)28 August 1952 (aged 23) | 161 | 2 | Apprentice | August 1970 | N/A |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| Billy Best (c) | U | Glasgow | (1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 33) | 189 | 41 | Southend United | Summer 1973 | |
| Derrick Christie | W | Bletchley | (1957-03-15)15 March 1957 (aged 19) | 41 | 1 | Apprentice | January 1974 | N/A |
| John Farrington | W | Lynemouth | (1947-06-19)19 June 1947 (aged 28) | 77 | 7 | Cardiff City | Summer 1974 | |
| Graham Felton | W | Cambridge | (1949-03-01)1 March 1949 (aged 27) | 286 | 27 | Apprentice | September 1966 | N/A |
| Don Martin | U | Corby | (1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 32) | 181 | 68 | Blackburn Rovers | November 1975 | |
| Andy McGowan | CM | Corby | (1956-07-17)17 July 1956 (aged 19) | 43 | 4 | Apprentice | June 1975 | N/A |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| Jim Hall | FW | Northampton | (1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 31) | 110 | 32 | Peterborough United | January 1975 | |
| Steve Phillips | FW | Edmonton | (1954-08-04)4 August 1954 (aged 21) | 34 | 7 | Birmingham City | October 1975 | £5,000 |
| Paul Stratford | FW | Northampton | (1955-09-04)4 September 1955 (aged 20) | 140 | 48 | Apprentice | Summer 1972 | N/A |

## Competitions
### Division Four
#### League table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 46 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 111 | 39 | 2.846 | 74 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 46 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 87 | 40 | 2.175 | 68 | Promoted |
| 3 | Reading | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 70 | 51 | 1.373 | 60 | Promoted |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 89 | 55 | 1.618 | 58 | Promoted |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 56 | 41 | 1.366 | 56 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 46 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 87 | 40 | 2.175 | 68 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 20 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 27 |
Last updated: 9 April 2020. 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 | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 13 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances and goals

| Pos | Player | Division Four | Division Four | Division Four | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals |
| GK | Jeff Parton | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| GK | Alan Starling | 43 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 44 | – | 1 |
| DF | Dave Carlton | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 32 | 4 | 1 |
| DF | John Gregory | 45 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 48 | – | 3 |
| DF | Stuart Robertson | 44 | – | 7 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 47 | – | 7 |
| DF | Barry Tucker | 46 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 49 | – | 1 |
| MF | Billy Best | 44 | – | 8 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 47 | – | 8 |
| MF | Derrick Christie | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| MF | John Farrington | 36 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 39 | 2 | 4 |
| MF | Graham Felton | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| MF | Andy McGowan | 38 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 39 | 4 | 4 |
| MF | Don Martin | 28 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 1 | 7 |
| FW | Jim Hall | 43 | – | 21 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 46 | – | 22 |
| FW | Steve Phillips | 34 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | – | 7 |
| FW | Paul Stratford | 30 | – | 16 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 32 | – | 16 |
| Players who left before end of season: ||||||||||||||
| DF | Gary Anderson | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| DF | Neil Davids | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – |
| FW | Gary Mabee | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| FW | Alan Mayes | 10 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 4 |