# 2012–13 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Northampton Town's 116th season in their history and the fourth 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 18 May 2013.
| No. | Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 13 | Dean Snedker | GK | Northampton | (1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 18) | 3 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2011 | N/A |
| 21 | Lee Nicholls | GK | Huyton | (1992-10-05)5 October 1992 (aged 20) | 51 | 0 | Wigan Athletic | 6 August 2012 | Loan |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | John Johnson | RB | Middlesbrough | (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 24) | 151 | 14 | Middlesbrough | 23 July 2010 | Free |
| 3 | Joe Widdowson | LB | Forest Gate | (1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 24) | 47 | 0 | Rochdale | 5 July 2012 | Free |
| 5 | Kelvin Langmead | CB | Coventry | (1985-03-23)23 March 1985 (aged 28) | 92 | 12 | Peterborough United | 6 January 2012 | Free |
| 6 | Lee Collins | CB | Telford | (1988-09-28)28 September 1988 (aged 24) | 18 | 0 | Barnsley | 8 February 2013 | Free |
| 12 | Ben Tozer | U | Plymouth | (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 23) | 139 | 7 | Newcastle United | 23 June 2011 | Free |
| 15 | Nathan Cameron | CB | Birmingham | (1991-11-21)21 November 1991 (aged 21) | 6 | 0 | Coventry City | 26 March 2013 | Loan |
| 18 | David Artell | CB | Rotherham | (1980-11-22)22 November 1980 (aged 32) | 13 | 4 | Port Vale | 13 August 2012 | Free |
| 30 | Clarke Carlisle | CB | Preston | (1979-10-14)14 October 1979 (aged 33) | 47 | 4 | York City | 4 January 2013 | Free |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Luke Guttridge | CM | Barnstaple | (1982-03-27)27 March 1982 (aged 31) | 112 | 14 | Aldershot Town | 27 January 2012 | Free |
| 7 | Ishmel Demontagnac | W | Newham | (1988-06-15)15 June 1988 (aged 24) | 33 | 2 | Notts County | 27 June 2012 | Free |
| 8 | Ben Harding | CM | Carshalton | (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 28) | 60 | 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 31 January 2012 | Free |
| 11 | Chris Hackett | W | Oxford | (1983-03-01)1 March 1983 (aged 30) | 49 | 6 | Millwall | 3 July 2012 | Free |
| 16 | Lewis Wilson | AM | Milton Keynes | (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 20) | 10 | 1 | Newport Pagnell Town | 31 January 2012 | Free |
| 22 | Lewis Hornby | CM | Northampton | (1995-04-25)25 April 1995 (aged 18) | 29 | 0 | Academy | 10 December 2011 | N/A |
| 24 | Paul Turnbull | CM | Handforth | (1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 24) | 19 | 1 | Stockport County | 29 June 2011 | Free |
| 25 | Claudio Dias | W | Milton Keynes | (1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2012 | N/A |
| 29 | David Moyo | W | Bulawayo | (1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 18) | 6 | 0 | Academy | 25 October 2012 | N/A |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Clive Platt | FW | Wolverhampton | (1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (aged 35) | 41 | 7 | Coventry City | 25 May 2012 | Free |
| 10 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | FW | Islington | (1982-05-10)10 May 1982 (aged 31) | 188 | 74 | Gillingham | 25 May 2011 | Free |
| 14 | Alex Nicholls | FW | Stourbridge | (1987-12-09)9 December 1987 (aged 25) | 19 | 8 | Walsall | 1 June 2012 | Free |
| 17 | Jake Robinson | FW | Brighton | (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 26) | 61 | 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 June 2011 | Free |
| 19 | Louis Moult | FW | Stoke-on-Trent | (1992-05-14)14 May 1992 (aged 21) | 17 | 2 | Stoke City | 17 August 2012 | Free |
| 27 | Ivan Toney | FW | Northampton | (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | Academy | 13 November 2012 | N/A |
| 28 | Roy O'Donovan | FW | Cork | (1985-08-10)10 August 1985 (aged 27) | 19 | 6 | Coventry City | 31 January 2013 | Free |

## Competitions
### npower Football League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Burton Albion | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 65 | +6 | 76 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 75 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 73 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Bradford City (O, P) | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 69 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 67 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 June 2013. 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 | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Play-offs
### 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 | Play-offs | Play-offs | Play-offs | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 2 | RB | John Johnson | 16 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 19 | 5 | – | 3 | – |
| 3 | LB | Joe Widdowson | 39 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 46 | 1 | – | 14 | – |
| 4 | CM | Luke Guttridge | 20 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 8 | – |
| 5 | CB | Kelvin Langmead | 39 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 46 | 1 | 8 | 3 | – |
| 6 | CB | Lee Collins | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 16 | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| 7 | LM | Ishmel Demontagnac | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 23 | 10 | 2 | 10 | – |
| 8 | CM | Ben Harding | 35 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 41 | – | 2 | 3 | – |
| 9 | ST | Clive Platt | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 30 | 11 | 7 | 5 | – |
| 10 | ST | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 30 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 35 | 16 | 17 | 6 | – |
| 11 | RM | Chris Hackett | 39 | 2 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | 46 | 3 | 6 | 7 | – |
| 12 | U | Ben Tozer | 45 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 55 | 1 | – | 5 | – |
| 13 | GK | Dean Snedker | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 14 | ST | Alex Nicholls | 15 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 1 | 8 | 2 | – |
| 15 | CB | Nathan Cameron | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 16 | AM | Lewis Wilson | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | – |
| 17 | ST | Jake Robinson | 13 | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | – |
| 18 | CB | David Artell | 10 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 4 | 2 | – |
| 19 | ST | Louis Moult | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 10 | 2 | – | 1 |
| 21 | GK | Lee Nicholls | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 51 | – | – | 3 | – |
| 22 | CM | Lewis Hornby | 19 | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 20 | 9 | – | 3 | – |
| 24 | CM | Paul Turnbull | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 25 | W | Claudio Dias | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 27 | ST | Ivan Toney | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 28 | ST | Roy O'Donovan | 15 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | – |
| 29 | W | David Moyo | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – |
| 30 | CB | Clarke Carlisle | 26 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 29 | – | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Players who left before season end: |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Shane Higgs | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | CB | Anthony Charles | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | W | Henoc Mukendi | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 23 | RB | Danny East | 12 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | CM | Emmanuel Oyeleke | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 27 | W | Kemar Roofe | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 28 | CM | Emyr Huws | 9 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | – |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2012 | CF | Clive Platt | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2012 | CF | Alex Nicholls | Walsall | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2012 | LM | Ishmel Demontagnac | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2012 | RM | Chris Hackett | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 5 July 2012 | LB | Joe Widdowson | Rochdale | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2012 | CB | David Artell | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 17 August 2012 | CF | Louis Moult | Stoke City | Free transfer |
| 4 January 2013 | CB | Clarke Carlisle | York City | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2013 | CF | Roy O'Donovan | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 8 February 2013 | CB | Lee Collins | Barnsley | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 26 June 2012 | LM | Michael Jacobs | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2012 | CM | Michael Built | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2012 | CM | Ryan Gilligan | Östersunds FK | Released |
| 30 June 2012 | RB | Jason Crowe | Corby Town | Released |
| 30 June 2012 | GK | Freddy Hall | Toronto FC | Released |
| 30 June 2012 | LB | Andy Holt | Corby Town | Released |
| 30 June 2012 | CM | Nathaniel Wedderburn | Corby Town | Released |
| 30 June 2012 | RM | Lewis Young | Yeovil Town | Released |
| 30 June 2012 | CF | Tadhg Purcell | Unattached | Released |
| 2 July 2012 | GK | Neal Kitson | Unattached | Released |
| 4 July 2012 | RM | Arron Davies | Exeter City | Released |
| 5 July 2012 | CB | Byron Webster | Yeovil Town | Released |
| 20 November 2012 | GK | Shane Higgs | Unattached | Released |
| 17 January 2013 | CB | Anthony Charles | Plymouth Argyle | Released |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 6 August 2012 | GK | Lee Nicholls | Wigan Athletic | 30 June 2013 |
| 8 August 2012 | CF | Henoc Mukendi | Liverpool | 1 January 2013 |
| 29 August 2012 | RB | Danny East | Hull City | 1 January 2013 |
| 27 September 2012 | W | Kemar Roofe | West Bromwich Albion | 27 October 2012 |
| 10 October 2012 | CM | Emyr Huws | Manchester City | 5 January 2013 |
| 19 November 2012 | CB | Clarke Carlisle | York City | 19 January 2013 |
| 22 November 2012 | RB | Chris Smith | Swindon Town | 1 January 2013 |
| 28 January 2013 | CM | Emmanuel Oyeleke | Brentford | 28 February 2013 |
| 26 March 2013 | CB | Nathan Cameron | Coventry City | 30 June 2013 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 8 September 2012 | CF | | Jake Robinson | Luton Town | 8 October 2012 | |
| 21 September 2012 | CF | | Paul Turnbull | Stockport County | 21 December 2012 | |