This page details Northampton Town Football Club records.

Honours League English 2nd Tier Runners-up: 1964–65 English 3rd Tier Champions: 1962–63 Runners-up: 1927–28, 1949–50 English 4th Tier Champions: 1986–87, 2015–16 Runners-up: 1975–76, 2005–06 Promoted: 1960–61, 1999–2000, 2022–23 Promoted as Play-off Winners: 1996–97, 2019–20 Southern Football League Champions: 1908–09 Runners-up: 1910–11

Cups Charity Shield Runners-up: 1909 FA Cup: Best: Round 5 1969–70 Football League Cup: Best: Quarter-final 1964–65, 1966–67 Football League Trophy: Best: Area Semi-final 1996–97, 2003–04

Team records Record win: 11-1 v Southend United (H), Southern League 1909/10

Record defeat: 0-11 v Southampton (A), Southern League, 1901/02

Most points gained in a season: 99 (1986/87, Football League Fourth Division), (2015/16, Football League Two)

Fewest points gained in a season: 19 (1906/07, Southern League)

Most goals scored in a season: 109: 1952-53 (Football League Third Division South) and 1962-63 (Football League Third Division)

Appearances Most appearances All-time most appearances (Does not include wartime appearances)

Current players in bold. #Nat.NamePeriodLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherIncludes Third Division South Cup, English Football League play-offs, Charity Shield and Football League TrophyTotal1Tommy Fowler 1946–1961 521 31 0 0 5522Sam Hoskins 2015– 416 17 14 23 4703Ian Sampson 1994–2004 390 19 17 23 4494Peter Gleasure 1982–1991 344 25 25 18 4125Edwin Freeman 1905–1920 341 22 0 1 3646Willie Watson 1920–1929 326 26 0 0 352Joe Kiernan 1963–1972 308 19 25 0 3528Phil Chard 1985–1988, 1989–1994 278 19 18 16 3319Lloyd Davies 1907–1920 311 18 0 1 33010Len Hammond 1924–1932 301 25 0 0 32611Roly Mills 1954–1963 305 13 6 0 32412Jack English 1947–1959 302 20 0 0 32213Ron Patterson 1952–1961 300 17 0 0 31714Tommy Wells 1926–1934 277 25 0 3 30515Barry Tucker 1971–1977, 1982–1983 277 12 13 0 30216Billy Pease 1919–1925 278 21 0 0 29917Barry Lines 1960–1969 266 10 18 0 29418Graham Felton 1966–1975 254 19 13 0 28619Jock Manning 1908–1920 264 18 0 1 28320William Lockett 1914–1926 262 20 0 0 282 Most appearances – 552 by Tommy Fowler (1946–1961) Most league appearances – 521 by Tommy Fowler (1946–1961) Most appearances in the first tier (Premier League and predecessors) – 42 by Joe Kiernan Most appearances in the second tier (Championship and predecessors) – 111 by Terry Branston Most appearances in the third tier (League One and predecessors) – 138 by Peter Gleasure Most appearances in the fourth tier (League Two and predecessors) – 521 by Tommy Fowler Most FA Cup appearances – 31 by Tommy Fowler Most League Cup appearances – 25 by Joe Kiernan and Peter Gleasure Most appearances in a single season – 58 by John Frain (45 in FL, 3 PO, 5 FAC, 2 FLC, 3 AWS – 1997–98)

Youngest and oldest appearances Longest Spell at club – 15 years by Tommy Fowler (1946–1961) Youngest first-team player – 15 years 336 days by Josh Tomlinson (v Brighton & Hove Albion U23's, 3 November 2021) Oldest first-team player – 43 years 42 days by Lloyd Davies (v Exeter City, 3 April 1920)

Goalscorers Top goalscorers Top 20 all-time top goalscorers (Does not include wartime appearances.) Current players in bold. #Nat.NamePeriodLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalAppsGoal Ratio1Jack English 1947–1959 135 8 0 0 143 322 0.442Ted Bowen 1927–1931 114 6 0 0 120 172 0.693William Lockett 1914–1926 100 9 0 0 109 282 0.394Sam Hoskins 2015– 94 4 2 4 104 470 0.225Frank Large 1962–19631966–19671969–1972 88 5 3 0 96 250 0.386Albert Dawes 1929–1933 82 12 0 0 94 175 0.547Albert Lewis 1908–1913 85 5 0 0 90 179 0.508Tommy Fowler 1946–1961 84 4 0 0 88 552 0.159Ralph Hoten 1924–1930 75 9 0 0 84 213 0.39Tommy Wells 1926–1934 73 10 0 1 84 305 0.2811Don Martin 69 1 11 0 81 252 0.3212Fred Lessons 1907–1915 75 4 0 0 79 249 0.3113Adebayo Akinfenwa 2007–2010, 2011–2013 71 0 2 1 74 188 0.3914Harry King 1911–1914 68 2 0 0 70 105 0.6615Alan Woan 1956–1959 68 1 0 0 69 123 0.56Ian Benjamin 1984–1987 59 3 2 5 69 180 0.3817Marc Richards 2003–2005, 2014–2018 54 5 1 3 63 210 0.3018John Fairbrother 1968–1971 56 4 2 0 62 164 0.3719Paul Stratford 1972–1978 59 1 1 0 61 188 0.3220Fred Ramscar 1951–1955 55 4 0 0 59 146 0.40

Most goals – 143 by Jack English Most league goals – 135 by Jack English Most goals in the first tier (Premier League and predecessors) – 9 by Bobby Brown Most goals in the second tier (Championship and predecessors) – 33 by Don Martin Most goals in the third tier (League One and predecessors) – 50 by Cliff Holton Most goals in the fourth tier (League Two and predecessors) – 135 by Jack English Most FA Cup goals – 12 by Albert Dawes Most League Cup goals – 11 by Don Martin

Top goalscorers in individual matches and seasons Most goals scored in a single season – 39 by Cliff Holton (1961–62) Most goals scored in a season in the first tier (Premier League and predecessors) – 9 by Bobby Brown (1965–66) Most goals scored in a season in the second tier (Championship and predecessors) – 13 by Bobby Brown, Don Martin, Tommy Robson (1964–65) and Don Martin (1966–67) Most goals scored in a season in the third tier (League One and predecessors) – 36 by Cliff Holton (1961–62) Most goals scored in a season in the fourth tier (League Two and predecessors) – 32 by Alan Woan (1958–59) Most goals scored in one game – 5 by Ralph Hoten (v Crystal Palace, 27 October 1928) and Albert Dawes (v Lloyds Bank, 26 November 1932) Most goals scored on debut – 3 by Billy Clarke (v Crewe Alexandra, 24 January 2009)

Other goalscoring records Most consecutive games scored in – by – Most consecutive league games scored in 9 by Cliff Holton (3 October 1961 – 18 November 1961) Most hat-tricks (or better) – 7 by Albert Dawes and Albert Lewis Most penalties scored – by Youngest goalscorer – 16 years 321 days by Josh Tomlinson (v Arsenal U21s, 18 October 2022) Oldest goalscorer – 39 years 195 days by Tommy Crilly (v Reading, 30 January 1935) Youngest to score hat-trick – 19 Years 3 days by Paul Stratford (v Workington, 1 October 1974) Oldest to score hat-trick – 34 Years 347 days by Tommy Fowler (v Gillingham, 27 December 1958) Quickest goal – Quickest hat-trick – 4 minutes by Neil Grayson (v Hartlepool United, 25 January 1997)

Player records

Most Clean Sheets in a season: Lee Harper and Mark Bunn, 25 (23 in league), 2005–06

Most Capped Player: Lloyd Davies - 12 caps for Wales

Home Attendances Only competitive first-team matches are considered. Highest attendance at the County Ground:24,523 v Fulham, First Division, 23 April 1966 Highest attendance at Sixfields Stadium:8,029 v Luton Town, EFL League One, 25 October 2025

Transfers Transfer Fee Paid: £165,000 to Oldham Athletic for Josh Low on 30 July 2003 Transfer Fee Received: £1,000,000 (+ add ons) from Brentford for Charlie Goode on 19 August 2020

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