2015–16 Northampton Town F.C. season

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Northampton Town
2015–16 season
Chairman David Cardoza
Kelvin Thomas
(from 26 November 2015)
Manager Chris Wilder
Stadium Sixfields Stadium
League Two 1st
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
League Trophy Second round
Top goalscorer League: Marc Richards (15)
All: Marc Richards (18)
Highest home attendance 7,664 vs Luton Town
Lowest home attendance 3,642 vs Carlisle United
Average home league attendance 5,279
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season is Northampton Town's 119th season of existence and their seventh consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Players

Squad information

No. Name Position Nationality Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club caps Club goals Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Adam Smith GK England Sunderland (1992-11-23) 23 November 1992 (age 31) 50 0 Leicester City 26 June 2015 Free 2017
26 Ryan Clarke GK England Bristol (1982-04-30) 30 April 1982 (age 41) 4 0 Oxford United 2 July 2015 Free 2017
Defenders
2 Brendan Moloney RB Republic of Ireland Beaufort (1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 (age 35) 51 2 Yeovil Town 2 January 2015 Free 2018
5 Zander Diamond CB Scotland Alexandria (1985-03-13) 13 March 1985 (age 39) 79 4 Burton Albion 7 May 2014 Free 2017
6 Ryan Cresswell CB England Rotherham (1987-12-22) 22 December 1987 (age 36) 67 7 Fleetwood Town 1 September 2014 Undisclosed 2017
12 Josh Lelan RB England Derby (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 29) 13 0 Derby County 2 June 2015 Free 2016
16 David Buchanan LB Northern Ireland Rochdale (ENG) (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 37) 54 0 Preston North End 28 May 2015 Free 2018
18 Rod McDonald CB England Liverpool (1992-04-11) 11 April 1992 (age 31) 28 3 Telford United 28 July 2015 Free 2018
22 Luke Prosser CB England Enfield (1988-05-28) 28 May 1988 (age 35) 8 0 Southend United 28 January 2016 Loan 2016
Midfielders
4 Jason Taylor CM England Droylsden (1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 37) 56 2 Cheltenham Town 1 January 2015 Free 2017
7 Lawson D'Ath W England Witney (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 31) 91 13 Reading 7 August 2014 Free 2018
8 Joel Byrom CM England Oswaldtwistle (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 37) 83 5 Preston North End 8 January 2015 Free 2017
10 Nicky Adams W Wales Bolton (ENG) (1986-10-16) 16 October 1986 (age 37) 45 3 Bury 22 May 2015 Free 2018
11 Ricky Holmes W England Rochford (1987-06-19) 19 June 1987 (age 36) 53 16 Portsmouth 27 January 2015 Free 2017
15 Alfie Potter W England London (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 (age 35) 26 1 A.F.C. Wimbledon 20 May 2015 Free 2017
17 Paul Corry CM Republic of Ireland Dublin (1991-02-03) 3 February 1991 (age 33) 4 0 Sheffield Wednesday 3 August 2015 Free 2016
20 Lee Martin W England Taunton (1987-02-09) 9 February 1987 (age 37) 10 0 Millwall 15 January 2016 Loan 2016
21 John-Joe O'Toole CM Republic of Ireland Harrow (ENG) (1988-09-30) 30 September 1988 (age 35) 83 14 Bristol Rovers 30 June 2014 Free 2017
23 Danny Rose CM England Bristol (1988-02-21) 21 February 1988 (age 36) 15 1 Oxford United 1 February 2016 Free 2016
24 Shaun McWilliams CM England Northampton (1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 (age 25) 0 0 Youth 30 April 2016 N/A 2017
Forwards
9 Marc Richards CF England Wolverhampton (1982-07-08) 8 July 1982 (age 41) 139 49 Chesterfield 14 May 2014 Free 2017
14 Sam Hoskins CF England Dorchester (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 31) 41 8 Yeovil Town 1 August 2015 Free 2018
19 James Collins CF Republic of Ireland Coventry (ENG) (1990-12-01) 1 December 1990 (age 33) 21 8 Shrewsbury Town 5 January 2016 Loan 2016
27 John Marquis CF England Lewisham (1992-05-16) 16 May 1992 (age 31) 29 8 Millwall 22 February 2016 Loan 2016

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 8 May 2015, Northampton Town announced they would face Worthing and Burgess Hill Town in a pre-season friendly.[2] On 15 May 2015, Northampton Town confirmed they would kick-off pre-season against Northampton Sileby Rangers.[3] On 19 May 2015, Northampton Town announced Derby County will visit in pre-season.[4] On 12 June 2015, Northampton Town announced they will visit Sheffield.[5]

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Northampton Town (C, P) 46 29 12 5 82 46 +36 99 Promotion to Football League One
2 Oxford United (P) 46 24 14 8 84 41 +43 86
3 Bristol Rovers (P) 46 26 7 13 77 46 +31 85
4 Accrington Stanley 46 24 13 9 74 48 +26 85 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 72 46 +26 81
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 29 12 5 82 46  +36 99 15 5 3 38 19  +19 14 7 2 44 27  +17

Last updated: 9 May 2016.
Source: League Two

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 A H A H H A H A A H A H H A H A A H A H H H A A H H A A H A A H A H A H A H H A H A H A
Result W W L L D L W W D D W W L W W D W W W W W L W W W W W W W W W W D D W D W W D D D D W D W W
Position 9 4 7 10 11 16 11 8 8 10 9 8 9 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 12:32, 13 September 2015 (UTC).
Source: Northampton Town F.C.
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[6]

FA Cup

On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made, Northampton Town were drawn at away against Coventry City.[7]

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Northampton Town were drawn at home against Blackpool.[8]

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. Cobblers will host Colchester United.[9] On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Northampton were drawn away to Millwall.[10]

Appearances, goals and cards

No. Pos Player League Two FA Cup League Cup JPT Total Discipline
Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Booked Red card
1 GK Adam Smith 46 - - 4 - - - - - - - - 50 - - 2 -
2 RB Brendan Moloney 25 - 1 4 - - - - - - - - 29 - 1 3 1
4 CM Jason Taylor 8 21 1 2 1 1 1 - - 1 1 - 12 23 2 2 2
5 CB Zander Diamond 37 2 1 3 - 1 1 - - - - - 41 2 2 4 -
6 CB Ryan Cresswell 18 6 2 2 1 - 2 - - 2 - - 24 7 2 6 -
7 RM Lawson D'Ath 25 14 4 2 1 - 1 1 - 2 - - 30 16 4 3 1
8 CM Joel Byrom 33 2 2 3 - - 2 - - - - - 38 2 2 3 -
9 ST Marc Richards 28 3 15 3 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 32 5 18 2 -
10 W Nicky Adams 34 5 3 4 - - 1 - - - 1 - 39 6 3 4 -
11 W Ricky Holmes 20 8 9 2 1 2 - 1 - - - - 22 10 11 3 -
12 RB Josh Lelan 10 1 - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 11 2 - 4 1
14 ST Sam Hoskins 16 18 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 20 22 8 - -
15 W Alfie Potter 12 9 1 2 - - 1 1 - 1 - - 16 10 1 1 -
16 LB David Buchanan 46 - - 4 - - 2 - - 2 - - 54 - - 3 -
17 CM Paul Corry - 3 - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 3 - - -
18 CB Rod McDonald 21 2 3 3 - - 1 - - 1 - - 26 2 3 4 -
19 ST James Collins 17 4 8 - - - - - - - - - 17 4 8 3 -
20 W Lee Martin 9 1 - - - - - - - - - - 9 1 - 3 -
21 CM John-Joe O'Toole 36 2 12 3 - - - 1 - 1 - - 40 3 12 12 -
22 CB Luke Prosser 7 1 - - - - - - - - - - 7 1 - 1 -
23 CM Danny Rose 13 2 1 - - - - - - - - - 13 2 1 2 -
24 CM Shaun McWilliams - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
26 GK Ryan Clarke - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 4 - - - -
27 ST John Marquis 13 2 6 - - - - - - - - - 13 2 6 3 -
Players no longer at the club:
3 LB Evan Horwood - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 CM Ryan Watson 4 7 - - 1 - 1 - - 2 - 1 7 8 1 2 -
20 ST Dominic Calvert-Lewin 7 13 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 - 1 11 15 8 3 -
22 RM Chris Hackett 2 4 - - 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - 4 5 1 - -
23 RB Adam Yates 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 -
24 RB Darnell Furlong 10 - - - - - - - - 1 - - 11 - - 2 -
25 CB Shaun Brisley 9 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 10 - 1 1 -
28 CM Danny Clifton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 LB Sam Warburton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 7 May 2016
No. Nat. Player Matches Played Clean Sheet % League Two FA Cup League Cup JPT TOTAL
1 England Adam Smith 50 30% 15 0 0 0 15
26 England Ryan Clarke 4 25% 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 54 30% 15 0 1 0 16

Scores overview

Northampton Town' score given first.

      Win       Draw       Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Accrington Stanley 1 – 0 1 – 1 No
AFC Wimbledon 1 – 1 1 – 1 No
Barnet 3 – 0 0 – 2 No
Bristol Rovers 2 – 2 1 – 0 No
Cambridge United 1 – 1 1 – 2 No
Carlisle United 3 – 2 4 – 1 Yes
Crawley Town 2 – 1 2 – 1 Yes
Dagenham & Redbridge 1 – 2 2 – 1 No
Exeter City 3 – 0 0 – 0 No
Hartlepool United 2 – 1 0 – 0 No
Leyton Orient 1 – 1 4 – 0 No
Luton Town 1 – 0 4 – 3 Yes
Mansfield Town 2 – 0 1 - 1 No
Morecambe 3 – 1 4 – 2 Yes
Newport County 1 – 0 2 – 2 No
Notts County 2 – 2 2 – 1 No
Oxford United 1 – 0 1 – 0 Yes
Plymouth Argyle 0 – 2 2 – 1 No
Portsmouth 1 – 2 2 – 1 No
Stevenage 2 – 1 3 – 2 Yes
Wycombe Wanderers 1 – 0 3 – 2 Yes
Yeovil Town 2 – 0 1 - 1 No
York City 2 – 0 2 – 1 Yes

Awards

Club awards

At the end of the season, Northampton's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters, will see the players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2015–16 season.

Player of the Year Award John-Joe O'Toole
Players' Player of the Year Award Adam Smith
Academy Player of the year Award James Hammond
Goal of the Season Award Ricky Holmes (Volley vs. Leyton Orient)

Divisional awards

Date Nation Winner Award
January 2016 England Ricky Holmes Football League Two Player of the Month
November 2015 England Chris Wilder Football League Two Manager of the Month
January 2016 England Chris Wilder Football League Two Manager of the Month
February 2016 England Chris Wilder Football League Two Manager of the Month
Season England Adam Smith League Two Team of the Year
Season Republic of Ireland John-Joe O'Toole League Two Team of the Year
Season England Ricky Holmes League Two Team of the Year

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 AM Wales Nicky Adams Bury Free transfer [11]
1 July 2015 LB Northern Ireland David Buchanan Preston North End Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 CM England Danny Clifton Academy Trainee [13]
1 July 2015 CB England Josh Lelan Derby County Free transfer [14]
1 July 2015 GK England Adam Smith Leicester City Free transfer [15]
1 July 2015 RW England Alfie Potter AFC Wimbledon Free transfer [16]
1 July 2015 LB England Sam Warburton Academy Trainee [13]
2 July 2015 GK England Ryan Clarke Oxford United Free transfer [17]
28 July 2015 CB England Rod McDonald AFC Telford United Free transfer [18]
1 August 2015 CF England Sam Hoskins Yeovil Town Free transfer [19]
3 August 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Paul Corry Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [20]
1 February 2016 CM England Danny Rose Oxford United Free transfer [21]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 LW Wales Billy Bodin Bristol Rovers Released [22][lower-alpha 1]
1 July 2015 CM England Darren Carter Forest Green Rovers Released [22][lower-alpha 2]
1 July 2015 CB England Lee Collins Mansfield Town Released [22][lower-alpha 3]
1 July 2015 GK England Matt Duke Alfreton Town Released [22]
1 July 2015 CM England Lewis Hornby Free Agent Released [22]
1 July 2015 LM Republic of Ireland Ian Morris St. Patrick's Athletic Released [22]
1 July 2015 LB England Tom Newey Free Agent Released [22]
1 July 2015 CB Scotland Ross Perry Free Agent Released [22]
1 July 2015 RB England Ben Tozer Yeovil Town Released [22][lower-alpha 4]
6 August 2015 CF England Ivan Toney Newcastle United £500,000 [27][28]
8 August 2015 GK Iraq Shwan Jalal Macclesfield Town Free transfer [29]
  1. Following Bodin's release he joined Bristol Rovers.[23]
  2. Following Carter's release he joined Forest Green Rovers.[24]
  3. Following Collins' release he joined Mansfield Town.[25]
  4. Following Tozer's release he joined Yeovil Town.[26]

Total income: Increase £500,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
7 August 2015 AM England Dominic Calvert-Lewin Sheffield United 1 January 2016 [30]
20 August 2015 DM England Ryan Watson Leicester City 3 January 2016 [31]
24 August 2015 RB England Adam Yates Port Vale 26 September 2015 [32]
11 September 2015 CB England Shaun Brisley Peterborough United 9 October 2015 [33]
11 September 2015 RB England Darnell Furlong Queens Park Rangers 9 October 2015 [34]
5 January 2016 ST England James Collins Shrewbury Town 30 June 2016 [35]
15 January 2016 W England Lee Martin Millwall 30 June 2016 [36]
28 January 2016 CB England Luke Prosser Southend United 30 June 2016 [37]
22 February 2016 ST England John Marquis Millwall 30 June 2016 [38]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
14 August 2015 CM England Danny Clifton Rugby Town 12 September 2015 [39]
14 August 2015 LB England Sam Warburton Rugby Town 12 September 2015 [39]
14 January 2016 RW England Chris Hackett Barnet 30 June 2016 [40]
1 February 2016 LB England Evan Horwood Grimsby Town 30 June 2016 [41]

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