2003–04 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
2003–04 season
Manager	Martin Wilkinson; (until 29 September); Colin Calderwood; (from 9 October)
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
Division Three	6th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
League Trophy	Semi Final (South)
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Smith (11); All: Martin Smith (15)

Competitions

Division Three

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
4	Huddersfield Town (O, P)	46	23	12	11	68	52	+16	81	Participated in play-offs
5	Mansfield Town	46	22	9	15	76	62	+14	75
6	Northampton Town	46	22	9	15	58	51	+7	75
7	Lincoln City	46	19	17	10	68	47	+21	74
8	Yeovil Town[lower-alpha 1]	46	23	5	18	70	57	+13	74

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

New club in the league

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	22	9	15	58	51	+7	75	13	4	6	30	23	+7	9	5	9	28	28	0

Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/northampton-town/tab/leagueTables/2004/ 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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W
Position	19	20	13	9	5	6	14	11	10	16	15	17	18	15	19	19	18	16	16	17	17	17	14	13	17	14	16	13	12	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	7	6

Source: Northampton Town F.C.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2003 (2003-08-09) 1	Northampton Town	0–1	Torquay United	Northampton
15:00 BST		Report	Fowler 62'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,675 Referee: Lee Probert

16 August 2003 (2003-08-16) 2	York City	1–0	Northampton Town	York
15:00 BST	Nogan 44'	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,870 Referee: Mike Pike

22 August 2003 (2003-08-22) 3	Northampton Town	1–0	Darlington	Northampton
19:45 BST	M. Smith 43'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,020 Referee: Steve Tanner

25 August 2003 (2003-08-25) 4	Yeovil Town	0–2	Northampton Town	Yeovil
15:00 BST		Report	Reid 5' Low 41'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 6,105 Referee: Steve Tomlin

30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) 5	Northampton Town	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST	Dudfield 76'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,933 Referee: Clive Penton

5 September 2003 (2003-09-05) 6	Cheltenham Town	4–3	Northampton Town	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Taylor 56' Forsyth 76', 90' Devaney 90'	Report	Dudfield 24', 32' M. Smith 73'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 5,002 Referee: Trevor Kettle

13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 7	Huddersfield Town	3–0	Northampton Town	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Stead 17', 35' Carss 33'	Report		Stadium: Galpharm Stadium Attendance: 8,285 Referee: Anthony Leake

16 September 2003 (2003-09-16) 8	Northampton Town	2–0	Carlisle United	Northampton
19:45 BST	M. Smith 58' Trollope 77'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,156 Referee: Grant Hegley

20 September 2003 (2003-09-20) 9	Northampton Town	0–0	Macclesfield Town	Northampton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Alan Butler

27 September 2003 (2003-09-27) 10	Oxford United	3–0	Northampton Town	Oxford
15:00 BST	Basham 1', 41' Whitehead 32'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,518 Referee: Nigel Miller

30 September 2003 (2003-09-30) 11	Lincoln City	0–0	Northampton Town	Lincoln
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,928 Referee: Brian Curson

4 October 2003 (2003-10-04) 12	Northampton Town	1–5	Hull City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Harper 70' Trollope 78'	Report	Elliott 20' Allsopp 42' Price 67' Burgess 82' Forrester 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,011 Referee: Martin Atkinson

11 October 2003 (2003-10-11) 13	Rochdale	1–1	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Townson 72'	Report	M. Smith 51'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,710 Referee: Colin Webster

17 October 2003 (2003-10-17) 14	Northampton Town	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Northampton
19:40 BST	M. Smith 9'	Report	Kell 52'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,827 Referee: Lee Cable

21 October 2003 (2003-10-21) 15	Northampton Town	0–1	Kiddermister	Northampton
19:45 BST		Report	Parrish 22'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,089 Referee: Graham Salisbury

25 October 2003 (2003-10-25) 16	Leyton Orient	1–1	Northampton Town	Leyton, London
15:00 BST	Alexander 89'	Report	Low 59'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,130 Referee: Paul Robinson

1 November 2003 (2003-11-01) 17	Southend United	0–1	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Maher 90'	Report	Trollope 60'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,085 Referee: Joe Ross

17 November 2003 (2003-11-17) 18	Northampton Town	2–1	Swansea City	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Walker 44' M. Smith 58'	Report	Britton 48'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,010 Referee: Phil Crossley

22 November 2003 (2003-11-22) 19	Bury	1–0	Northampton Town	Bury
15:00 GMT	O'Neill 72'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,683 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

29 November 2003 (2003-11-29) 20	Northampton Town	0–3	Mansfield	Northampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Christie 5' Lawrence 66' (pen.) Disley 80'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,019 Referee: Rob Styles

13 December 2003 (2003-12-13) 21	Boston United	1–1	Northampton Town	Boston
15:00 GMT	Thompson 38'	Report	Lincoln 33'	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 2,756 Referee: Mark Cowburn

19 December 2003 (2003-12-19) 22	Northampton Town	1–2	Cambridge United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Willmott 27' Asamoah 72'	Report	Guttridge 28' (pen.) Tann 88'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Howard Webb

26 December 2003 (2003-12-26) 23	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Carlisle 47' (pen.)	Report	Asamoah 75' Walker 86'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,695 Referee: Phil Prosser

28 December 2003 (2003-12-28) 24	Northampton Town	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Walker 10'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,118 Referee: Alan Kaye

10 January 2004 (2004-01-10) 25	Torquay United	3–1	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 GMT	Kuffour 12' Canoville 40' Taylor 78'	Report	Sampson 55'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,585 Referee: Paul Armstrong

17 January 2004 (2004-01-17) 26	Northampton Town	2–1	York City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Walker 20' Parkin 45' (o.g.)	Report	Bullock 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Scott Mathieson

30 January 2004 (2004-01-30) 27	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Northampton Town	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Green 8'	Report		Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 6,017 Referee: David Pugh

3 February 2004 (2004-02-03) 28	Northampton Town	2–0	Yeovil Town	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Hargreaves 58' M. Smith 70'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,363 Referee: Mike Thorpe

7 February 2004 (2004-02-07) 29	Northampton Town	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Vieira 31' M. Smith 77'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,068 Referee: Andy Penn

14 February 2004 (2004-02-14) 30	Northampton Town	3–1	Rochdale	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Hargreaves 69' Reid 80' Vieira 86'	Report	Townson 32'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,540 Referee: Ray Olivier

17 February 2004 (2004-02-17) 31	Darlington	1–2	Northampton Town	Darlington
19:45 GMT	Willmott 47' (o.g.)	Report	M. Smith 75' Richards 76'	Stadium: The Darlington Arena Attendance: 4,764 Referee: Kevin Wright

21 February 2004 (2004-02-21) 32	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Northampton Town	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Ridley 72'	Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,566 Referee: Lee Probert

28 February 2004 (2004-02-28) 33	Northampton Town	1–0	Leyton Orient	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Reid 66' Low 73'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,784 Referee: Phil Joslin

2 March 2004 (2004-03-02) 34	Kidderminster Harriers	2–1	Northampton Town	Kidderminster
19:45 GMT	Keates 29' Bennett 47'	Report	Hargreaves 56'	Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 2,699 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

6 March 2004 (2004-03-06) 35	Cambridge United	0–1	Northampton Town	Cambridge
13:00 GMT		Report	Willmott 90'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,298 Referee: Grant Hegley

13 March 2004 (2004-03-13) 36	Northampton Town	2–0	Boston United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Morison 72' Sampson 86'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,243 Referee: Andre Marriner

16 March 2004 (2004-03-16) 37	Carlisle United	1–1	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Farrell 82'	Report	Trollope 83'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,269 Referee: Grant Hegley

27 March 2004 (2004-03-27) 38	Macclesfield Town	0–4	Northampton Town	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT		Report	Richards 18', 23', 26', 39'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 2,634 Referee: Howard Webb

3 April 2004 (2004-04-03) 39	Northampton Town	2–1	Oxford United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Richards 63' Trollope 73'	Report	Basham 22'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,799 Referee: Kevin Friend

10 April 2004 (2004-04-10) 40	Hull City	2–3	Northampton Town	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Elliott 7' Dawson 69'	Report	Richards 2' Sabin 20', 31'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 18,017 Referee: Iain Williamson

12 April 2004 (2004-04-12) 41	Northampton Town	1–1	Lincoln City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Trollope 44'	Report	Yeo 84'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,160 Referee: Paul Taylor

17 April 2004 (2004-04-17) 42	Northampton Town	2–2	Southend United	Northampton
15:00 BST	M. Smith 24' (pen.) Taylor 83'	Report	Constantine 16' (pen.) Reid 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,919 Referee: Matt Messias

20 April 2004 (2004-04-20) 43	Northampton Town	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Northampton
19:45 BST		Report	Booth 53'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,873 Referee: Nigel Miller

24 April 2004 (2004-04-24) 44	Swansea City	0–2	Northampton Town	Swansea
15:00 BST			Sabin 34', 43'	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 4,985 Referee: Andy Penn

1 May 2004 (2004-05-01) 45	Northampton Town	3–2	Bury	Northampton
15:00 BST	M. Smith 41' Sabin 54' Richards 60' Asamoah 74'	Report	Cartledge 10' Nugent 45'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,179 Referee: Trevor Parkes

8 May 2004 (2004-05-08) 46	Mansfield Town	1–2	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Larkin 54'	Report	Sabin 19' Ullathorne 70'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 8,065 Referee: Mike Thorpe

Play-offs

16 May 2004 (2004-05-16) Semi Final 1st Leg	Northampton Town	0–2	Mansfield Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Westwood 90'	Report	Day 40' Mendes 67'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,960 Referee: Michael Jones

20 May 2004 (2004-05-20) Semi Final 2nd Leg	Mansfield Town	1–3 (5–4 p)	Northampton Town	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Curtis 68'	Report	Richards 36' Hargreaves 42' M. Smith 46'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 9,243 (2,600) Referee: Phil Crossley
	Penalties
	Corden Lawrence MacKenzie D'Jaffo Larkin		Reeves M. Smith Reid Sabin Willmott

FA Cup

8 November 2003 (2003-11-08) First round	Northampton Town	3–2	Plymouth Argyle	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Walker 37' Hargreaves 60' Asamoah 83'	Report	Friio 32' Stonebridge 63'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,385 Referee: Lee Cable

6 December 2003 (2003-12-06) Second round	Northampton Town	4–1	Weston-super-Mare	Northampton
15:00 GMT	M. Smith 36' (pen.) Low 64' Richards 77', 90'	Report	McKeever 36' Clark 80'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,948 Referee: Mark Cooper

3 January 2004 (2004-01-03) Third round	Northampton Town	1–1	Rotherham United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	M. Smith 63'	Report	Barker 55'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,741 Referee: Ray Olivier

13 January 2004 (2004-01-13) Third round (R)	Rotherham United	1–2	Northampton Town	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Hurst 19'	Report	Walker 36' M. Smith 54'	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 9,405 Referee: Ray Olivier

25 January 2004 (2004-01-25) Fourth round	Northampton Town	0–3	Manchester United	Northampton
16:05 GMT		Report	Silvestre 33' Hargreaves 47' (o.g.) Forlán 68'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,356 Referee: Steve Bennett

League Cup

12 August 2003 (2003-08-12) First round	Northampton Town	1–0	Norwich City	Northampton
19:45 BST	Low 8'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,476 Referee: Ray Olivier

23 September 2003 (2003-09-23) Second round	Portsmouth	5–2	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Sherwood 13', 83' Roberts 17', 60' Taylor 41'	Report	Hargreaves 77' (pen.) Dudfield 90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 11,130 Referee: David Crick

Football League Trophy

2 November 2003 (2003-11-02) 2nd round (S)	Hereford United	1–1 (3–4 p)	Northampton Town	Hereford
19:45 GMT	Brown 87'	Report	Dudfield 75'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1,517 Referee: Mick Fletcher
	Penalties
	Brown James Rose Guinan Pitman Harrhy		Reeves Walker Low M. Smith Dudfield Willmott

9 December 2003 (2003-12-09) 1/4 Final (S)	Northampton Town	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Peterborough United	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Low 52' Dudfield 100'	Report	McKenzie 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Tony Leake

20 January 2004 (2004-01-20) 1/2 Final (S)	Northampton Town	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Colchester United	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Walker 14', 51'	Report	McGleish 61', 86', 95'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,034 Referee: Phil Crossley

Appearances, goals and cards

No.	Pos	Player	Division 3			FA Cup			League Cup			LDV Vans			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
1	GK	Glyn Thompson	7	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	8	1	–	1	–
2	RB	Luke Chambers	19	5	–	–	2	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	22	7	–	3	–
3	LB	Paul Clark	6	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	2	–
4	CB	Ashley Westwood	8	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	10	1	–	–	1
5	CB	Chris Willmott	36	1	1	4	–	–	2	–	–	5	–	–	47	1	1	6	1
6	CB	Paul Reid	34	–	2	3	–	–	2	–	–	2	2	–	41	2	2	4	2
7	CM	Martin Reeves	9	5	–	2	1	–	–	1	–	2	1	–	18	8	2	1	–
8	ST	Tom Youngs	2	10	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	3	11	–	–	–
9	ST	Marc Richards	28	14	9	–	4	2	2	–	–	4	1	1	34	19	12	7	–
10	RM	Josh Low	28	5	3	3	–	1	1	–	1	4	–	1	36	5	6	6	–
11	CM	Paul Trollope	44	–	6	4	–	–	2	–	–	3	1	–	53	1	6	7	–
12	LB	Rob Ullathorne	14	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	16	1	–	4	–
13	ST	Magno Vieira	7	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	3	2	–	–
14	CB	Ian Sampson	36	2	2	5	–	–	–	1	–	4	–	–	45	3	2	10	1
16	U	Ryan Amoo	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
17	CM	Greg Lincoln	4	3	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	7	3	1	1	–
18	ST	Éric Sabin	10	2	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	11	2	5	2	1
19	ST	Martin Smith	44	1	11	5	–	3	1	–	–	4	1	1	54	2	15	4	–
20	CM	Chris Hargreaves	42	1	3	5	–	1	1	1	1	4	–	1	52	2	6	6	–
21	GK	Lee Harper	39	–	–	5	–	–	1	–	–	5	–	–	50	–	–	–	1
22	CM	David Hicks	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	GK	Luke Weaver	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	LB	Chris Carruthers	19	5	–	4	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	26	5	–	1	–
25	ST	Derek Asamoah	4	27	3	4	1	1	–	–	–	3	1	–	11	29	4	3	–
26	ST	Steve Morison	2	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	1	–	–
30	RB	Des Lyttle	24	4	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	32	4	–	3	–
40	ST	John Taylor	3	5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	3	7	1	–	–
Players no longer at the club:
12	ST	Darryn Stamp	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	CB	Chris Doig	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	1	–
12	LB	Matthew Sadler	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	8	–	–	–	–
12	CM	Nabil Abidallah	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	–
15	CM	Tom Smith	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	ST	Lawrie Dudfield	12	7	3	–	1	–	1	1	1	–	2	2	13	11	5	–	–
18	CM	Paul Harsley	5	9	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	7	12	–	3	–
22	RM	Paul Rickers	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
27	MF	Dean Cracknell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
28	ST	Richard Walker	11	1	4	4	–	2	–	–	–	3	–	2	18	1	8	–	–
29	MF	Aaran Cavill	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	CM	Oliver Burgess	3	6	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	4	7	–	2	–
31	RB	Jerry Gill	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

References

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