page_title: Darren Carter
section_title: Northampton Town
hierarchical_section_title: Darren Carter / Club career / Northampton Town
caption_attribution_description: English: Darren Carter.
context_page_description: Darren Anthony Carter is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder for National League club Solihull Moors. He has played in the Premier League and Football League for Birmingham City, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, Preston North End, Millwall, Cheltenham Town and Northampton Town.
  A former England under-19 and under-20 international, Carter began his career with Birmingham City, and came to prominence at the age of 18 when his penalty in the 2002 First Division play-off final clinched the club's promotion to the Premier League. He was loaned to Sunderland in winter 2004, before he was sold to West Bromwich Albion for £1.5 million in July 2005. In August 2007, he joined Preston North End for a fee of up to £1.25 million. Loaned to Millwall in the 2010–11 season, he later had to spend the 2011–12 season without a club after tearing a groin muscle during a trial match. He returned to action in the 2012–13 campaign with Cheltenham Town, and then spent two seasons with Northampton Town. He spent the next two seasons with Forest Green Rovers of the National League before joining Solihull Moors in 2017.
context_section_description: Carter signed a two-year contract with Northampton Town in July 2013. The club were still in League Two, having lost the play-off final to Bradford City. In his competitive debut for Northampton, at York City in the opening match of the campaign, he was sent off for a second bookable offence with 18 minutes to play, and his team lost 1–0 thanks to a last-minute goal. After two seasons at the club, and failing to hold down a first team place in 2014–15, Carter was released by manager Chris Wilder.
caption: Carter playing for Northampton Town in 2013
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