# 2001–02 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was Northampton Town's 105th season in their history and the second successive season in the Second Division. Alongside competing in Division Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

## Players

    As of match played 20 April 2002.
| No. | Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Keith Welch | GK | Bolton | (1968-10-03)3 October 1968 (aged 33) | 127 | 0 | Bristol City | 21 June 1999 | Free |
| 15 | Adam Sollitt | GK | Sheffield | (1977-06-22)22 June 1977 (aged 24) | 20 | 0 | Kettering Town | 25 July 2000 | £30,000 |
| 24 | Mark Bunn | GK | Kettering | (1984-11-16)16 November 1984 (aged 17) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | 21 August 2001 | N/A |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Gerard Lavin | RB | Corby | (1974-02-05)5 February 1974 (aged 28) | 3 | 0 | Bristol City | 29 May 2001 | Free |
| 3 | Duncan Spedding | LB | Camberley | (1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 24) | 130 | 1 | Southampton | 14 July 1998 | Free |
| 4 | Ian Sampson | CB | Wakefield | (1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 33) | 363 | 28 | Sunderland | 5 August 1994 | £30,000 |
| 6 | John Frain | LB | Birmingham | (1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (aged 33) | 228 | 7 | Birmingham City | Summer 1997 | Free |
| 16 | Daryl Burgess | FB | Birmingham | (1971-01-24)24 January 1971 (aged 31) | 40 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 27 June 2001 | Free |
| 17 | Richard Hope | CB | Stockton-on-Tees | (1978-06-22)22 June 1978 (aged 23) | 125 | 6 | Darlington | 18 December 1998 | Undisclosed |
| 22 | Paul Dempsey | LB | The Wirral | (1981-12-03)3 December 1981 (aged 20) | 29 | 0 | Sheffield United | 22 March 2001 | Undisclosed |
| 27 | Chris Marsh | RB | Dudley | (1970-01-14)14 January 1970 (aged 32) | 28 | 0 | Wycombe Wanderers | 6 September 2001 | £10,000 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 7 | Paul McGregor | RW | Liverpool | (1974-12-17)17 December 1974 (aged 27) | 45 | 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 June 2001 | Free |
| 8 | James Hunt | CM | Derby | (1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 25) | 205 | 10 | Notts County | 1 August 1997 | Free |
| 11 | Roy Hunter | CM | Saltburn-by-the-Sea | (1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 28) | 211 | 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 August 1995 | Free |
| 14 | John Hodge | W | Ormskirk | (1969-04-01)1 April 1969 (aged 33) | 65 | 2 | Gillingham | 6 March 2000 | £25,000 |
| 20 | Chris Hargreaves | CM | Cleethorpes | (1972-05-12)12 May 1972 (aged 29) | 77 | 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 June 2000 | Free |
| 23 | Chris Carruthers | LM | Kettering | (1983-08-19)19 August 1983 (aged 18) | 17 | 1 | Apprentice | 1 August 2000 | N/A |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Sam Parkin | FW | Roehampton | (1981-03-14)14 March 1981 (aged 21) | 46 | 5 | Chelsea | 3 July 2001 | Loan |
| 10 | Marco Gabbiadini | FW | Nottingham | (1968-01-20)20 January 1968 (aged 34) | 89 | 16 | Darlington | 27 June 2000 | Free |
| 18 | Jamie Forrester | FW | Bradford | (1974-11-01)1 November 1974 (aged 27) | 136 | 50 | FC Utrecht | 27 June 2000 | £150,000 |
| 19 | Derek Asamoah | FW | Accra | (1981-05-01)1 May 1981 (aged 20) | 44 | 3 | Slough Town | 25 July 2001 | Free |
| 33 | Steve Morison | FW | Enfield | (1983-08-29)29 August 1983 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | 27 August 2001 | N/A |

## Competitions
### Nationwide Football League Division Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 18 | Chesterfield | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 52 | |
| 19 | Notts County | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 59 | 71 | −12 | 50 | |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 54 | 79 | −25 | 49 | |
| 21 | Bournemouth (R) | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 44 | Relegation to Football League Third Division |
| 22 | Bury (R) | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 44 | Relegation to Football League Third Division |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 March 2022. Source: 11v11.com

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | Division Two | Division Two | Division 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 | Keith Welch | 38 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 42 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | RB | Gerard Lavin | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 3 | LB | John Frain | 25 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 30 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| 4 | CB | Ian Sampson | 24 | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 3 | – | 8 | – |
| 6 | LB | Duncan Spedding | 22 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 27 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | RM | Paul McGregor | 37 | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – |
| 8 | CM | James Hunt | 38 | – | 4 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 44 | – | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 9 | ST | Sam Parkin | 31 | 9 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | – |
| 10 | ST | Marco Gabbiadini | 30 | 5 | 7 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 34 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 11 | CM | Roy Hunter | 38 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 42 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | RM | John Hodge | 4 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 15 | GK | Adam Sollitt | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 16 | RB | Daryl Burgess | 36 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 40 | – | 1 | 8 | – |
| 17 | CB | Richard Hope | 35 | 7 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 41 | 7 | 6 | 5 | – |
| 18 | ST | Jamie Forrester | 40 | 3 | 17 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 45 | 3 | 18 | 4 | – |
| 19 | ST | Derek Asamoah | 3 | 36 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | 41 | 3 | – | – |
| 20 | CM | Chris Hargreaves | 38 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 42 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Richie Lopes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | LB | Paul Dempsey | 13 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 15 | 8 | – | 2 | – |
| 23 | LM | Chris Carruthers | 6 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 6 | 7 | 1 | – | – |
| 24 | ST | Danny Lowe | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | GK | Mark Bunn | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | CM | Aaran Cavill | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 27 | CB | Chris Marsh | 26 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 28 | – | – | 4 | – |
| 28 | MF | Chris Thompson | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 29 | CM | Michael Laws | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | DF | Bobby White | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | ST | Ryan Nash | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | ST | Steve Morison | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | LM | Robert Wolleaston | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | – | – | – |
| 5 | CB | Ian Evatt | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | – |