List of Northampton Town F.C. players

• Statistics correct as of 6 February 2021.

  This and the † indicate that they are a club record holder
  This indicates that they played their full career at Northampton Town.
  Italics This indicates they received international honours while not at the club.
(n/a) = Information not available
Players in bold are still playing for the club.

Name	Nat.	Position[1]	Period	League		Total		International honours	Caps	Notes
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
James Frost		Outside Forward	1900–1907	189	22	205	22
Ralph Howe		Wing Half	1901–1906	155	2	169	2
Herbert Neal		Wing Half	1901–1907	153	8	164	8
Peter Durber		Full Back	1902–1906	112	0	117	0
Bill Perkins		Goalkeeper	1903–1906	101	0	109	0
George Cooch		Goalkeeper	1905–1909	125	0	133	0
Edwin Freeman		Outside Forward	1905–1920	341	19	338	21
Dave McCartney		Centre Half	1907–1910	106	8	113	9
Fred McDiarmid		Outside Forward	1907–1911	138	18	149	19
Fred Lessons		Centre Forward	1907–1915	234	75	249	79			†[2]
Lloyd Davies		Full Back	1907–1920	311	3	329	3	Wales	16	†[3]
Albert Lewis		Inside Forward	1908–1913	164	85	179	90
Jock Manning		Wing Half	1908–1920	264	8	282	8
Fanny Walden		Outside Forward	1909–1913, 1926–1927	128	27	137	29	England	2	†[4]
Thomas Thorpe		Goalkeeper	1909–1914	254	2	270	2
Bobby Hughes		Outside Forward	1909–1915	112	23	116	23
Fred Clipston		Full Back	1910–1920	174	6	185	6
Walter Tull		Wing Half	1911–1915	105	9	108	9			†[5]
William Lockett		Centre Forward	1914–1926	185	100	205	113	England schools
Billy Pease		Outside Forward	1919–1925	278	46	299	52	England	1
Charles Smith		Goalkeeper	1919–1925	190	0	198	1
Bob Hewison		Utility	1920–1925	99	8	108	9			†[6]
William Watson		Full Back	1920–1928	326	4	352	5
Billy Williams		Wing Half	1921–1926	187	3	203	3	Wales	1
Thomas Jeffs		Full Back	1921–1927	143	0	160	0
Louis Page		Outside Forward	1922–1925	122	24	129	26	England	7
Frank Brett		Full Back	1923–1929	254	4	273	4
Ernie Cockle		Centre Forward	1924–1927	97	46	104	46
Ralph Hoten		Inside Forward	1924–1929	197	75	213	84			†[7]
Leonard Hammond		Goalkeeper	1924–1932	301	0	325	1
George Allon		Wing Half	1926–1931	185	7	192	7
Robert Maloney		Centre Half	1926–1931	183	4	194	4
Tommy Wells		Outside Forward	1926–1934	277	73	316	93
William Cave		Goalkeeper	1926–1937	93	0	104	0
Tom Smith		Inside Forward	1927–1930	112	22	121	22
Eddie Bowen		Centre Forward	1927–1931	162	114	172	120			†[8]
George O'Dell		Wing Half	1927–1932	147	10	158	10
Albert Dawes		Centre Forward	1929–1933	164	82	182	98			†[9][10]
Fred Dawes		Full Back	1929–1936	162	1	185	4
Len Riches		Wing Half	1929–1937	136	8	151	9
Frank Davies		Wing Half	1930–1933	144	7	164	13
Tommy Boyle		Inside Forward	1930–1935	142	33	151	35
Danny Tolland		Inside Forward	1933–1937	138	26	150	30
Billy Thayne		Centre Half	1935–1938	138	0	143	0
Bill Gormlie		Goalkeeper	1935–1938	133	0	143	0
Sid Russell		Full Back	1935–1938	109	0	117	0
Bobby King		Forward	1937–1939, 1947–1949	99	23	102	23
Bill Barron		Full Back	1938–1951	166	4	189	4			†[11]
Gwyn Hughes		Wing Half	1945–1956	226	15	246	19
Tom Smalley		Full Back	1945–1951	200	2	226	2	England	1
Dave Smith		Inside Forward	1946–1951	128	31	142	33
Tommy Fowler		Outside Forward	1946–1961	521	84	552	88			†[12]
Dave Bowen		Wing Half	1947–1950, 1959–1960	34	1	35	1	Wales	19	†[13]
Bill Coley		Wing Half	1947–1951	104	7	113	7
Jack English		Outside Forward	1947–1960	301	135	321	143			†[14]
Jack Ansell		Goalkeeper	1948–1952	131	0	142	0
Ben Collins		Centre Half	1948–1959	213	0	224	0
Maurice Candlin		Half Back	1949–1953	139	1	152	2
Jack Southam		Full Back	1949–1955	145	1	156	2
John Smith		Wing Half	1950–1960	186	9	195	9
Willie O'Donnell		Centre Forward	1951–1954	105	44	109	44
Fred Ramscar		Inside Forward	1951–1955	139	55	146	59
Alf Wood		Goalkeeper	1951–1955	139	0	146	0
Tom McLain		Wing Half	1952–1955	96	11	101	11
Ron Patterson		Full Back	1952–1962	300	5	317	5
Maurice Marston		Full Back	1953–1957	149	2	155	2
Ray Yeoman		Wing Half	1953–1959	169	4	176	4
Roly Mills		Wing Half	1954–1964	305	30	324	33	England youth
Ken Leek		Inside Forward	1955–1958, 1964–1965	87	31	93	33	Wales	13	†[15]
Alan Woan		Inside Forward	1956–1959	119	68	123	69
Tony Claypole		Full Back	1956–1961	116	1	125	1
Colin Gale		Centre Half	1956–1962	211	0	222	1
Derek Leck		Wing Half	1958–1966	246	45	267	49
Terry Branston		Centre Half	1960–1967	246	2	271	2
Barry Lines		Outside Forward	1960–1970	266	48	294	50
Cliff Holton		Inside Forward	1961–1962	62	50	68	54			†[16]
Mike Everitt		Full Back	1961–1967	207	15	227	17
Theo Foley		Full Back	1961–1967	204	8	220	11	Republic of Ireland	9	†[17]
John Kurila		Wing Half	1962–1963, 1964–1968	148	4	162	8
Graham Carr		Half Back	1962–1968	85	0	96	0	England youth		†[18]
Frank Large		Centre Forward	1962–1963 1966–1967 1969–1972	220	88	250	96
Don Martin		Utility	1962–1968, 1976–1978	228	70	252	82	England youth
Bryan Harvey		Goalkeeper	1963–1967	165	0	181	0
Billy Best		Utility	1963–1968, 1973–1978	243	49	271	56			†[19][20]
Jim Hall		Centre Forward	1963–1967, 1975–1978	124	35	141	39	England youth		†[21]
Joe Kiernan		Wing Half	1963–1971	308	13	352	14
Graham Moore		Inside Forward	1964–1967	53	10	59	12	Wales	21	†[22]
John Mackin		Full Back	1965–1969	101	11	112	13
John Clarke		Centre Half	1966–1975	233	1	262	1	England youth
Graham Felton		Winger	1966–1976	254	25	286	27	England youth
Ron Flowers		Midfielder	1967–1969	62	4	67	4	England	49	†[23]
John Fairbrother		Forward	1968–1971	140	56	164	62
Ray Fairfax		Full Back	1968–1971	116	2	138	2
Frank Rankmore		Centre Back	1968–1971	103	15	126	19	Wales	1
Phil Neal		Utility	1968–1974	187	28	208	30	England	50
Dixie McNeil		Forward	1969–1972	85	33	102	38
Trevor Gould		Midfielder	1970–1973	105	6	110	6	England youth		†[24]
John Buchanan		Midfielder	1970–1974, 1981–1983	183	30	209	34
Alan Starling		Goalkeeper	1971–1976	238	1	258	1
Barry Tucker		Full Back	1971–1977, 1982–1983	277	8	302	8
John Gregory		Utility	1972–1977	187	8	203	10	England	6
Paul Stratford		Forward	1972–1978	172	59	188	61			†[25]
Stuart Robertson		Centre Back	1972–1979	254	27	281	29			†[26]
Dave Carlton		Midfielder	1973–1977, 1980–1982	180	7	194	8
Derrick Christie		Winger	1973–1979	138	18	156	21
John Farrington		Winger	1974–1980	232	29	253	31
Steve Phillips		Forward	1975–1977, 1980–1982	126	38	141	43	England youth		†[27]
Andy McGowan		Midfielder	1975–1978	105	14	111	14	England youth
Steve Bryant		Midfielder	1976–1979, 1982	107	5	117	5			†[28]
George Reilly		Forward	1976–1980	127	45	144	54
Keith Williams		Midfielder	1976–1981	131	6	142	7			†[29]
Andy Poole		Goalkeeper	1978–1982	141	0	157	0			†[30]
Paul Saunders		Utility	1978–1983	125	5	141	5
Peter Denyer		Midfielder	1979–1983	148	28	170	34
Mark Heeley		Winger	1979–1983	92	5	110	6
Adam Sandy		Midfielder	1979–1983	104	6	113	8
Wakeley Gage		Centre Back	1979–1985	218	17	253	22			†[31][32][33]
Gary Saxby		Midfielder	1980–1983	96	11	114	13
Steve Massey		Forward	1982–1983	60	25	72	30			†[34]
Adrian Burrows		Centre Back	1982–1984	88	4	106	5
Peter Gleasure		Goalkeeper	1982–1991	344	0	412	0			†[35][36]
Steve Brown		Midfielder	1983–1985, 1989–1994	173	22	205	26
Russell Lewis		Centre Back	1983–1986	132	6	155	6	Wales semi-pro		†[37]
Brian Mundee		Full Back	1983–1986	100	3	118	4	England youth
Ian Benjamin		Forward	1984–1988	150	58	180	68	England youth		†[38]
Warren Donald		Midfielder	1984–1990	188	13	221	14	England schools
Richard Hill		Midfielder	1985–1987	86	46	103	52			†[39][40][41]
Trevor Morley		Forward	1985–1988	107	39	130	45	England semi-pro		†[42]
Graham Reed		Full Back	1985–1988	112	2	138	2
Phil Chard		Utility	1985–1988, 1989–1994	278	46	331	54			†[43][44]
Eddie McGoldrick		Midfielder	1986–1988	107	9	130	11	Republic of Ireland	15
Dave Gilbert		Winger	1986–1989	120	21	145	27
Russ Wilcox		Centre Back	1986–1990	138	9	162	10	England semi-pro
Keith McPherson		Centre Back	1986–1990	182	8	216	9			†[45][46]
Paul Wilson		Full Back	1987–1992	141	6	168	7
Steve Berry		Midfielder	1988–1991	102	7	123	10
Trevor Quow		Midfielder	1988–1992	88	2	100	2	England youth
Tony Adcock		Forward	1988–1989, 1991–1992	107	40	122	46			†[47]
Bobby Barnes		Forward	1989–1992	98	37	118	44	England youth
Terry Angus		Centre Back	1990–1993	116	6	138	6
Mickey Bell		Winger	1990–1994	153	10	178	12
Steve Terry		Centre Back	1990–1994	181	17	211	18			†[48]
Jason Burnham		Full Back	1991–1994	88	2	108	2
Barry Richardson		Goalkeeper	1991–1994	96	0	113	0			†[49]
Lee Colkin		Full Back	1991–1998	99	3	119	4
Darren Harmon		Midfielder	1992–1995	89	12	106	13			†[50]
Ian Sampson		Centre Back	1994–2004	390	26	449	31			†[51][52]
Neil Grayson		Forward	1994–1997	120	31	141	34			†[53]
Ray Warburton		Centre Back	1994–1998	187	12	221	16			†[54]
Andy Woodman		Goalkeeper	1995–1999	163	0	197	0
Ali Gibb		Winger	1995–2000	120	4	149	4
Dean Peer		Midfielder	1995–2000	128	5	157	7
Roy Hunter		Midfielder	1995–2002	177	17	211	20			†[55]
Sean Parrish		Midfielder	1996–2000	108	12	122	16
Ian Clarkson		Full Back	1996–2000	94	1	119	2			†[56]
James Hunt		Midfielder	1997–2002	174	8	205	10
John Frain		Full Back	1997–2003	213	4	252	8
Carlo Corazzin		Forward	1998–2000	78	30	89	32	Canada	59	†[57][58]
Dave Savage		Midfielder	1998–2001	113	18	124	18	Republic of Ireland	5
Richard Hope		Centre Back	1998–2003	134	7	153	7
Duncan Spedding		Full Back	1998–2003	123	1	143	1
Ian Hendon		Full Back	1999–2000	60	3	66	4	England under-21		†[59]
Keith Welch		Goalkeeper	1999–2002	117	0	127	0			†[60]
Jamie Forrester		Forward	2000–2003	121	45	136	50	England youth
Marco Gabbiadini		Forward	2000–2003	120	25	136	30	England B
Chris Hargreaves		Midfielder	2000–2004	151	6	176	11			†[61]
Derek Asamoah		Forward	2001–2004	112	10	130	13	Ghana	4
Paul Trollope		Midfielder	2002–2004	84	8	100	8	Wales	9
Paul Harsley		Midfielder	2002–2004	59	2	70	3			†[62]
Lee Harper		Goalkeeper	2002–2007	152	0	178	0			†[63]
Chris Willmott		Centre Back	2003–2005	80	1	100	1
Josh Low		Winger	2003–2006	102	15	122	19	Wales under-21		†[64][65]
Martin Smith		Midfielder	2003–2006	104	24	125	29	England under-21
Luke Chambers		Centre Back	2003–2007	124	1	149	1
Marc Richards		Forward	2003–2005, 2014–2018	178	54	212	63	England under-20		†[66]
Chris Doig		Centre Back	2003, 2005–2009	129	4	147	5	Scotland under-21
Scott McGleish		Forward	2004–2007, 2008–2009	120	43	144	56			†[67][68]
Mark Bunn		Goalkeeper	2004–2008	90	0	106	0			†[69]
Ian Taylor		Midfielder	2005–2007	66	8	74	8			†[70]
Andy Kirk		Forward	2005–2008	106	30	123	36	Northern Ireland	11
Jason Crowe		Full Back	2005–2009, 2010–2011	182	14	193	17	England under-20
Ryan Gilligan		Midfielder	2005–2011	181	20	206	23
Mark Hughes		Centre Back	2006–2009	93	4	106	4
Chris Dunn		Goalkeeper	2006–2011	98	0	110	0
Andy Holt		Utility	2006–2012	191	16	220	17
Danny Jackman		Full Back	2007–2009	82	9	93	9			†[71][72]
Adebayo Akinfenwa		Forward	2007–2010, 2011–2013	168	71	188	74			†[73]
Luke Guttridge		Midfielder	2008–2010, 2012–2013	100	10	112	14
Abdul Osman		Midfielder	2008–2011	104	7	118	7
Michael Jacobs		Winger	2009–2012	87	11	100	15			†[74][75]
John Johnson		Full Back	2009–2013	139	13	150	14
Ben Tozer		Utility	2010–2015	173	6	199	7
Kelvin Langmead		Centre Back	2011–2015	90	11	104	12			†[76]
Chris Hackett		Winger	2012–2016	122	11	138	12
Ivan Toney		Forward	2012–2015	53	11	60	13			†[77]
Darren Carter		Midfielder	2013–2015	60	6	65	6	England under-20		†[78]
John-Joe O'Toole		Midfielder	2014–2019	173	33	194	35	Rep of Ireland under-21		†[79][80]
Zander Diamond		Centre Back	2014–2017	113	3	125	5	Scotland B		†[81]
David Buchanan		Full Back	2015–2019	162	1	187	1	Northern Ireland under-21
Brendan Moloney		Full Back	2014–2018	104	2	115	2	Rep of Ireland under-21
Ricky Holmes		Winger	2015–2016, 2020	58	15	64	17	England C		†[82]
Nicky Adams		Winger	2015–2016, 2019–2021	90	4	107	6	Wales under-21		†[83]
Adam Smith		Goalkeeper	2015–2017	86	0	94	0			†[84]
Sam Hoskins		Winger	2015–	190	27	223	36
David Cornell		Goalkeeper	2016–2020	92	0	108	0	Wales under-21
Ash Taylor		Centre Back	2017–2019	78	6	88	7	Wales under-21		†[85]
Aaron Pierre		Centre Back	2017–2019	60	6	68	8	Grenada	10	†[86]
Charlie Goode		Centre Back	2019–2020	53	3	62	4	England C		†[87][88][89]

• Northampton Town: 1946/47 - 2013/14 at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
• Soccerbase stats (use Search for...on left menu and select 'Players' drop down)

Books

• Beesley, Mark (2005). Northampton Town: A Season in the Sun 1965–66. London: Desert Island Books. ISBN 978-1905328017.
• Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.
• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.