# 1983–84 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1983–84 season was Northampton Town's 87th 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, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 12 May 1984.
| Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| Peter Gleasure | GK | Luton | (1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 23) | 65 | 0 | Millwall | March 1983 | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| Adrian Burrows | CB | Sutton-in-Ashfield | (1959-01-16)16 January 1959 (aged 25) | 106 | 5 | Mansfield Town | August 1982 | |
| Martyn Forster | FB | Kettering | (1963-02-01)1 February 1963 (aged 21) | 49 | 0 | Kettering Town | August 1983 | |
| Wakeley Gage | CB | Northampton | (1958-05-05)5 May 1958 (aged 26) | 202 | 17 | Desborough Town | October 1979 | £8,000 |
| Russell Lewis | CB | Blaengwynfi | (1956-09-15)15 September 1956 (aged 27) | 53 | 4 | Swindon Town | Summer 1983 | |
| Brian Mundee | LB | Hammersmith | (1964-01-12)12 January 1964 (aged 20) | 41 | 2 | AFC Bournemouth | Summer 1983 | |
| Barry Tucker | FB | Swansea | (1952-08-28)28 August 1952 (aged 31) | 302 | 8 | Brentford | October 1982 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| Neil Brough | W | Daventry | (1965-12-22)22 December 1965 (aged 18) | 5 | 0 | Apprentice | December 1983 | N/A |
| Steve Brown | CM | Northampton | (1966-07-06)6 July 1966 (aged 17) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | May 1984 | N/A |
| Austin Hayes | W | Hammersmith (ENG) | (1958-07-15)15 July 1958 (aged 25) | 51 | 9 | Millwall | August 1983 | |
| Billy Jeffrey (c) | CM | Helensburgh | (1951-02-10)10 February 1951 (aged 33) | 62 | 7 | Blackpool | March 1983 | |
| Aidy Mann | W | Northampton | (1967-07-12)12 July 1967 (aged 16) | 2 | 0 | Apprentice | May 1984 | N/A |
| Eui Martinez | W | Chelmsford | (1967-07-12)12 July 1967 (aged 16) | 12 | 2 | Newport County | February 1984 | Loan |
| Maurice Muir | W | London | (1963-03-19)19 March 1963 (aged 21) | 37 | 1 | Apprentice | April 1980 | N/A |
| Tommy O'Neill | CM | Kirkintilloch | (1958-02-02)2 February 1958 (aged 26) | 51 | 7 | Cambridge United | June 1983 | Free |
| Ray Train | DM | Bedworth | (1951-02-10)10 February 1951 (aged 33) | 0 | 0 | Oxford United | March 1984 | Loan |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| Terry Austin | FW | London | (1954-02-01)1 February 1954 (aged 30) | 51 | 13 | Doncaster Rovers | August 1983 | |
| Frankie Belfon | FW | Wellingborough | (1965-02-18)18 February 1965 (aged 19) | 55 | 11 | Apprentice | April 1982 | N/A |
| Dave Syrett | FW | Salisbury | (1956-01-20)20 January 1956 (aged 28) | 52 | 17 | Peterborough United | June 1982 | |

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

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 59 | |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 58 | |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 53 | 78 | −25 | 53 | |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 66 | 70 | −4 | 52 | |
| 20 | Wrexham | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 59 | 74 | −15 | 48 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 First round |
* ↑ Wrexham lost this year’s Welsh Cup final to Shrewsbury Town, but as the latter are an English side, Wrexham went on to represent Wales in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 February 2024. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### 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 | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals |
| GK | Peter Gleasure | 46 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 54 | – | – |
| DF | Adrian Burrows | 45 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 53 | – | – |
| DF | Martyn Forster | 41 | 1 | – | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 48 | 1 | – |
| DF | Wakeley Gage | 40 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 48 | – | 8 |
| DF | Russell Lewis | 45 | – | 4 | 5 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| DF | Brian Mundee | 33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 38 | 3 | 2 |
| DF | Barry Tucker | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Neil Brough | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – |
| MF | Steve Brown | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| MF | Austin Hayes | 40 | 3 | 9 | 5 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 48 | 3 | 9 |
| MF | Billy Jeffrey | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 52 | 1 | 5 |
| MF | Aidy Mann | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| MF | Eui Martinez | 12 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 2 |
| MF | Maurice Muir | 5 | 10 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 15 | 1 |
| MF | Tommy O'Neill | 43 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 51 | – | 7 |
| MF | Ray Train | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| FW | Terry Austin | 42 | 1 | 10 | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 49 | 2 | 13 |
| FW | Frankie Belfon | 35 | 5 | 9 | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 42 | 5 | 9 |
| FW | Dave Syrett | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Players who left before end of season: |||||||||||||||||
| GK | Mark Kendall | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| DF | Ian Phillips | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |