# 2011–12 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Northampton Town's 115th season in their history and the third 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 5 May 2012.
| No. | Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Shane Higgs | GK | Oxford | (1977-05-13)13 May 1977 (aged 34) | 3 | 0 | Leeds United | 22 December 2011 | Free |
| 13 | Neal Kitson | GK | New York City | (1986-01-06)6 January 1986 (aged 26) | 8 | 0 | Rochester Rhinos | 31 January 2012 | Free |
| 26 | Freddy Hall | GK | St. George's | (1985-03-03)3 March 1985 (aged 27) | 3 | 0 | Bermuda Hogges | 7 July 2011 | Free |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Anthony Charles | CB | Isleworth | (1981-03-11)11 March 1981 (aged 31) | 9 | 0 | Aldershot Town | 13 March 2012 | Free |
| 4 | Jason Crowe | RB | Sidcup | (1978-09-30)30 September 1978 (aged 33) | 205 | 17 | Leyton Orient | 12 November 2011 | Free |
| 5 | Ben Tozer | U | Plymouth | (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 22) | 83 | 7 | Newcastle United | 23 June 2011 | Free |
| 6 | Byron Webster | CB | Leeds | (1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 25) | 24 | 0 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 May 2011 | Free |
| 14 | John Johnson | RB | Middlesbrough | (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 23) | 127 | 14 | Middlesbrough | 23 July 2010 | Free |
| 25 | Clarke Carlisle | CB | Preston | (1979-10-14)14 October 1979 (aged 32) | 18 | 1 | Burnley | 31 January 2012 | Loan |
| 28 | Kelvin Langmead | CB | Coventry | (1985-03-23)23 March 1985 (aged 27) | 45 | 4 | Peterborough United | 6 January 2012 | Free |
| 29 | Blair Adams | LB | South Shields | (1991-09-08)8 September 1991 (aged 20) | 22 | 0 | Sunderland | 2 January 2012 | Loan |
| 33 | Seth Nana Twumasi | RB | Accra (GHA) | (1992-05-15)15 May 1992 (aged 19) | 17 | 0 | Peterborough United | 31 May 2011 | Free |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 2 | Lewis Young | W | Stevenage | (1989-09-27)27 September 1989 (aged 22) | 33 | 0 | Burton Albion | 7 July 2011 | Free |
| 7 | Arron Davies | RM | Cardiff | (1984-06-22)22 June 1984 (aged 27) | 19 | 4 | Peterborough United | 30 June 2011 | Free |
| 11 | Andy Holt | LB/LM | Stockport | (1978-04-21)21 April 1978 (aged 34) | 220 | 17 | Wrexham | 27 June 2006 | Free |
| 12 | Nat Wedderburn | CM | Wolverhampton | (1991-06-30)30 June 1991 (aged 20) | 40 | 0 | Stoke City | 14 June 2010 | Free |
| 15 | Paul Turnbull | CM | Handforth | (1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 23) | 18 | 1 | Stockport County | 29 June 2011 | Free |
| 17 | Michael Jacobs | W | Rothwell | (1991-11-04)4 November 1991 (aged 20) | 100 | 15 | Apprentice | 1 July 2009 | N/A |
| 20 | Ryan Gilligan | CM | Swindon | (1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 25) | 206 | 23 | Watford | 12 August 2005 | Free |
| 22 | Luke Guttridge | CM | Barnstaple | (1982-03-27)27 March 1982 (aged 30) | 82 | 12 | Aldershot Town | 27 January 2012 | Free |
| 24 | Toni Silva | W | Bissau (GUI) | (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 18) | 15 | 1 | Liverpool | 14 February 2012 | Free |
| 27 | Ben Harding | CM | Carshalton | (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 27) | 19 | 0 | Wycombe Wanderers | 31 January 2012 | Free |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 8 | Jake Robinson | FW | Brighton | (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 25) | 34 | 0 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 June 2011 | Free |
| 9 | Brett Williams | FW | Southampton | (1987-12-01)1 December 1987 (aged 24) | 18 | 3 | Reading | 8 February 2012 | Loan |
| 10 | Adebayo Akinfenwa | FW | Islington | (1982-05-10)10 May 1982 (aged 29) | 137 | 57 | Gillingham | 25 May 2011 | Free |
| 23 | Lewis Wilson | FW | Milton Keynes | (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 19) | 3 | 1 | Newport Pagnell Town | 31 January 2012 | Free |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 18 | Bradford City | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 50 |
| 19 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 50 |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 56 | 79 | −23 | 48 |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 46 |
| 22 | Barnet | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 52 | 79 | −27 | 46 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2012. Source: Northampton Town F.C.

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | D |
| Position | 15 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 |

#### 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 | Shane Higgs | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | RM | Lewis Young | 20 | 9 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 23 | 10 | – | 4 | – |
| 3 | LB | Anthony Charles | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | – | 1 | – |
| 4 | RB | Jason Crowe | 11 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 5 | U | Ben Tozer | 42 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 46 | 3 | 4 | 6 | – |
| 6 | CB | Byron Webster | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 11 | 5 | – | 1 | – |
| 7 | RM | Arron Davies | 15 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – |
| 8 | ST | Jake Robinson | 15 | 17 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 17 | – | 1 | – |
| 9 | ST | Brett Williams | 8 | 10 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 10 | ST | Adebayo Akinfenwa | 33 | 6 | 18 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 36 | 6 | 18 | 7 | – |
| 11 | U | Andy Holt | 5 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
| 12 | CM | Nathaniel Wedderburn | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 13 | GK | Neal Kitson | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | RB | John Johnson | 43 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 46 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | CM | Paul Turnbull | 9 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 16 | RB | Seth Nana Twumasi | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 17 | W | Michael Jacobs | 45 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 48 | 2 | 7 | 5 | – |
| 20 | RM | Ryan Gilligan | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 22 | CM | Luke Guttridge | 19 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | 3 | 3 | – |
| 23 | ST | Lewis Wilson | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 24 | W | Toni Silva | 12 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| 25 | CB | Clarke Carlisle | 18 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | 1 | 5 | – |
| 26 | GK | Freddy Hall | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 27 | CM | Ben Harding | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 28 | CB | Kelvin Langmead | 39 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 42 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | LB | Blair Adams | 21 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| 30 | GK | Dean Snedker | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | CM | Lewis Hornby | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players who left before season end: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | ST | Tadhg Purcell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | CM | Michael Built | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players who left before season end: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Sam Walker | 21 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 25 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | LB | Ashley Corker | 9 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 11 | 8 | – | 4 | – |
| 4 | CM | Kevin Thornton | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| 4 | CM | George Baldock | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| 9 | ST | Saido Berahino | 14 | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | 6 | 1 | – |
| 13 | GK | Paul Walker | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | CM | Greg Kaziboni | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 4 | CM | Nick McKoy | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 6 | 6 | – | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | ST | Lumbardh Salihu | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 25 | ST | Akwasi Asante | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 25 | CB | Ashley Westwood | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 27 | ST | Bas Savage | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 1 | – |
| 29 | LB | Chris Arthur | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| 31 | CM | Derek Niven | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 32 | GK | Chris Weale | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | GK | Matt Duke | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 17 May 2011 | DF | Byron Webster | Doncaster Rovers | Free Transfer | |
| 25 May 2011 | FW | Adebayo Akinfenwa | Gillingham | Free Transfer | |
| 31 May 2011 | DF | Seth Nana Twumasi | Peterborough United | Free Transfer | |
| 8 June 2011 | FW | Jake Robinson | Shrewsbury Town | Free Transfer | |
| 23 June 2011 | DF | Ben Tozer | Newcastle United | Free Transfer | |
| 29 June 2011 | MF | Paul Turnbull | Stockport County | Free Transfer | |
| 30 June 2011 | MF | Arron Davies | Peterborough United | Free Transfer | |
| 7 July 2011 | GK | Freddy Hall | Free Agent | Free Transfer | |
| 7 July 2011 | MF | Nick McKoy | Free Agent | Free Transfer | |
| 7 July 2011 | MF | Lewis Young | Free Agent | Free Transfer | |
| 11 July 2011 | DF | Ashley Corker | Free Agent | Free Transfer | |
| 28 July 2011 | MF | Marin Pozgain | | Free Transfer | |
| 28 July 2011 | FW | Lumbardh Salihu | | Free Transfer | |
| 4 August 2011 | DF | Ashley Westwood | Free Agent | Non Contract | |
| 4 August 2011 | FW | Bas Savage | Free Agent | Non Contract | |
| 31 January 2012 | DF | Ben Harding | Wycombe Wanderers | Free Transfer | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 May 2011 | FW | Guillem Bauza | Exeter City | Free (Rejected Contract) | |
| 5 July 2011 | GK | Chris Dunn | Coventry City | Tribunal | |
| 12 July 2011 | FW | Billy McKay | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free | |
| 31 August 2011 | FW | Shaun Harrad | Bury | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 11 July 2011 | GK | Sam Walker | Chelsea | 31 May 2012 | |
| 9 August 2011 | DF | Kelvin Langmead | Peterborough United | 9 September 2011 | |
| 13 September 2011 | FW | Marlon Jackson | Bristol City | 19 November 2011 | |
| 20 October 2011 | FW | Saido Berahino | West Bromwich Albion | 2 February 2012 | |
| 31 January 2012 | DF | Clarke Carlisle | Burnley | 31 May 2012 | |
| 14 February 2012 | MF | Toni Silva | Liverpool | 13 March 2012 | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 18 August 2011 | MF | Ryan Gilligan | Newport County | January 2012 | |
| 23 February 2012 | FW | Tadhg Purcell | Cork City | 30 June 2012 | |
| 27 March 2012 | MF | Michael Built | Bedford Town | May 2012 | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 30 June 2011 | DF | Dean Beckwith | Luton Town | 1 July 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | MF | Liam Davis | Oxford United | 4 August 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | DF | Marcus Hall | Unattached | Unattached | |
| 30 June 2011 | FW | Seb Harris | Nuneaton Town | 1 July 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | FW | Courtney Herbert | Corby Town | 1 July 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | FW | Alex Konstantinou | Belper Town | Belper Town | |
| 30 June 2011 | MF | Francis Laurent | Lincoln City | 1 July 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | FW | Leon McKenzie | Kettering Town | Kettering Town | |
| 30 June 2011 | MF | Abdul Osman | Kerkyra | Kerkyra | |
| 30 June 2011 | DF | Paul Rodgers | Newport County | 1 August 2011 | |
| 1 September 2011 | MF | Kevin Thornton | Nuneaton Town | | |