1998–99 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1998–99 season
Chairman	Barry Stonhill
Manager	Ian Atkins
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
Division Two	22nd
FA Cup	Second round
Worthington Cup	Third round
Auto Windscreens Shield	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Carlo Corazzin (16) All: Carlo Corazzin (17)
Highest home attendance	7,557 vs Manchester City
Lowest home attendance	4,710 vs Wrexham

Players

As of match played 8 May 1999.[1]

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps[2]	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Steve Francis	GK		Billericay	29 May 1964 (aged 34)	3	0	Huddersfield Town	25 January 1999	Free
Billy Turley	GK		Wolverhampton	15 July 1973 (aged 25)	28	0	Evesham United	10 July 1995	Free
Defenders
Ian Clarkson	RB		Solihull	4 December 1970 (aged 28)	95	1	Stoke City	2 August 1996	Free
Tony Dobson	CB		Coventry	5 February 1969 (aged 30)	11	0	Gillingham	11 September 1998	£25,000
John Frain	LB		Birmingham	8 October 1968 (aged 30)	97	2	Birmingham City	Summer 1997	Free
Ian Hendon	RB		Ilford	5 December 1971 (aged 27)	7	0	Notts County	25 March 1999	£25,000
Colin Hill	CB		Uxbridge (ENG)	12 November 1963 (aged 35)	54	0	Trelleborgs FF	19 November 1997	£30,000
Richard Hope	CB		Stockton-on-Tees	22 June 1978 (aged 20)	19	0	Darlington	18 December 1998	Undisclosed
Lee Howey	CB		Sunderland	1 April 1969 (aged 30)	25	6	Burnley	19 February 1999	£50,000
Garry Hughes	RB		Birmingham	19 November 1979 (aged 19)	0	0	Apprentice	7 July 1998	N/A
Ian Sampson	CB		Wakefield	14 November 1968 (aged 30)	206	14	Sunderland	5 August 1994	£30,000
Midfielders
Ali Gibb	RM		Salisbury	17 February 1976 (aged 23)	116	4	Norwich City	5 February 1996	£30,000
James Hunt	CM		Derby	17 December 1976 (aged 22)	55	2	Notts County	1 August 1997	Free
Roy Hunter	CM		Saltburn-by-the-Sea	29 October 1973 (aged 25)	116	10	West Bromwich Albion	2 August 1995	Free
Sean Parrish	LM		Wrexham	14 March 1972 (aged 27)	84	10	Doncaster Rovers	2 August 1996	£35,000
Dean Peer	CM		Wordsley	8 August 1969 (aged 29)	119	5	Walsall	22 August 1995	Free
Damian Matthew	LM		Islington	23 September 1970 (aged 28)	1	0	Burnley	1 June 1998	Free
Dave Savage	RM		Dublin	30 July 1973 (aged 25)	27	5	Millwall	7 October 1998	£80,000
Duncan Spedding	LM		Camberley	7 September 1977 (aged 21)	24	1	Southampton	14 July 1998	Free
Michael Warner	CM		Harrogate	17 January 1974 (aged 25)	30	0	Tamworth	31 May 1995	Free
Forwards
Carlo Corazzin	FW		New Westminster	25 December 1971 (aged 27)	39	16	Plymouth Argyle	26 June 1998	Bosman
Steve Howard	FW		Durham	10 May 1976 (aged 22)	12	0	Hartlepool United	22 February 1999	£120,000
Christian Lee	FW		Aylesbury	8 October 1976 (aged 22)	57	8	Doncaster Rovers	13 July 1995	Free
David Seal	FW		Penrith, NSW	26 January 1972 (aged 27)	43	12	Bristol City	12 September 1997	£90,000
Paul Wilkinson	FW		Louth	30 October 1964 (aged 34)	15	1	Millwall	1 July 1998	Free
Kevin Wilson	FW		Banbury (ENG)	18 April 1961 (aged 38)	17	1	Walsall	28 July 1997	Free

Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GS	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Oldham Athletic	46	8	4	11	26	31	6	5	12	22	35	48	51
21	York City	46	6	8	9	28	33	7	3	13	28	47	56	50	Relegated
22	Northampton Town	46	4	12	7	26	31	6	6	11	17	26	43	48
23	Lincoln City	46	9	4	10	27	27	4	3	16	15	47	42	46
24	Macclesfield Town	46	7	4	12	24	30	4	6	13	19	33	43	43

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

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	10	18	18	43	57	−14	48	4	12	7	26	31	−5	6	6	11	17	26	−9

Last updated: 14 April 2020.
Source:

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	D
Position	19	18	22	22	21	22	19	20	20	19	22	19	19	19	21	19	19	21	21	21	19	18	18	17	18	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	24	21	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	22

Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999-2000
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 August 1998 1	Northampton Town	1–3	Stoke City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Corazzin  11'		Kavanagh  7' (pen.) Thorne  63' Crowe  83'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,661 Referee: Andy D'Urso

15 August 1998 2	Walsall	0–0	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 BST				Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,360 Referee: Tony Leake

22 August 1998 3	Northampton Town	1–1	Notts County	Northampton
15:00 BST	Warburton  90'		Torpey  70'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,141 Referee: Mark Halsey

29 August 1998 4	Wrexham	1–0	Northampton Town	Wrexham
15:00 BST	Ward  52'			Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,534 Referee: Matt Messias

31 August 1998 5	Northampton Town	0–0	Lincoln City	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,964 Referee: Paul Danson

5 September 1998 6	Blackpool	2–1	Northampton Town	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Clarkson  71' Thompson  82'		Corazzin  16' (pen.)	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Mike Dean

8 September 1998 7	Gillingham	2–3	Northampton Town	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Smith  2', 56'		Hunter  17' Corazzin  54' Spedding  81'	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 4,897 Referee: Rob Styles

12 September 1998 8	Northampton Town	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Northampton
15:00 BST	Freestone  56'		Duxbury  45'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,210 Referee: Paul Rejer

19 September 1998 9	Millwall	2–1	Northampton Town	Millwall, London
15:00 BST	Harris  49' Cahill  61'		Sampson  31'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 5,997 Referee: Anthony Bates

26 September 1998 10	Northampton Town	2–2	Manchester City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Peer  30' Corazzin  64'		Dickov  54' Goater  88'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,557 Referee: Clive Wilkes

3 October 1998 11	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Northampton Town	Wigan
15:00 BST	Dobson  67' (o.g.)			Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 4,396 Referee: Terry Heilbron

10 October 1998 12	Northampton Town	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST	Heggs  30' Corazzin  44' (pen.) Hunt  52'		Meaker  21'  68' Challis  90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Bill Jordan

17 October 1998 13	Bournemouth	1–1	Northampton Town	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Stein  26'		Hodgson  49'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 6,362 Referee: Alan Butler

20 October 1998 14	Luton Town	1–0	Northampton Town	Luton
19:45 BST	Alexander  20'			Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 6,087 Referee: M.Fletcher

24 October 1998 15	Northampton Town	1–1	Preston North End	Northampton
15:00 BST	Hunt  90'		Hill  7' (o.g.) Harris  82'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,085 Referee: T Jones

31 October 1998 16	Macclesfield Town	0–1	Northampton Town	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	McDonald  88'		Corazzin  18'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 3,201 Referee: Alan Wiley

7 November 1998 17	Northampton Town	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Corazzin  2' (pen.)		Mohan  38'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,248 Referee: Steve Bennett

10 November 1998 18	Colchester United	1–0	Northampton Town	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Greene  88'			Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,597 Referee: Roger Furnandiz

21 November 1998 19	Northampton Town	0–1	Reading	Northampton
15:00 GMT			Brebner  61'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,970 Referee: Mike Dean

28 November 1998 20	York City	1–1	Northampton Town	York
15:00 GMT	Cresswell  71'		Corazzin  61'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,656 Referee: Graham Frankland

12 December 1998 21	Northampton Town	1–0	Chesterfield	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Howey  71'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,282 Referee: David Crick

19 December 1998 22	Burnley	0–2	Northampton Town	Burnley
15:00 GMT			Wilkinson  71' Corazzin  81'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 8,783 Referee: Andy Hall

26 December 1998 23	Notts County	3–1	Northampton Town	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Grant  1' Tierney  6' Richardson  44'		Howey  72'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,131 Referee: Ray Olivier

28 December 1998 24	Northampton Town	1–1	Fulham	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Freestone  68'		Horsfield  49'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,315 Referee: Mark Cowburn

9 January 1999 25	Stoke City	3–1	Northampton Town	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Ray Wallace  56' Peter Thorne  74' Kyle Lightbourne  84'		Howey  90'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 11,180 Referee: David Pugh

23 January 1999 26	Lincoln City	1–0	Northampton Town	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Holmes  35'			Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4,608 Referee: Kenneth Leach

30 January 1999 27	Fulham	2–0	Northampton Town	Fulham, London
15:00 GMT	Hayles  18' Albert  70'			Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 11,641 Referee: Mark Halsey

6 February 1999 28	Northampton Town	0–0	Blackpool	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,592 Referee: Guy Stretton

13 February 1999 29	Northampton Town	0–1	Gillingham	Northampton
15:00 GMT			Smith  49'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,981 Referee: Chris Foy

20 February 1999 30	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Northampton Town	Oldham
15:00 GMT			Corazzin  10' (pen.)	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,752 Referee: Graham Laws

23 February 1999 31	Northampton Town	0–1	Walsall	Northampton
19:45 GMT			Mavrak  65'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,631 Referee: William Burns

27 February 1999 32	Northampton Town	1–2	Milllwall	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Corazzin  80'		Nethercott  59' Reid  82' Sadlier  87'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,490 Referee: Mick Pierce

2 March 1999 33	Northampton Town	0–2	Wrexham	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Howard  21'		Whitley  78' Gibson  83'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,710 Referee: Scott Mathieson

6 March 1999 34	Manchester City	0–0	Northampton Town	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Horlock  30'			Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 27,999 Referee: Matt Messias

13 March 1999 35	Wycombe Wanderers	1–2	Northampton Town	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Brown  62' Baird  15'		Parrish  15' Corazzin  84' Frain  90'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,861 Referee: Anthony Bates

20 March 1999 36	Northampton Town	0–2	Macclesfield Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT			Wood  62' Sorvel  84'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,790 Referee: Lee Cable

27 March 1999 37	Preston North End	3–0	Northampton Town	Preston
15:00 GMT	Basham  36', 63' Macken  70'			Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,686 Referee: M.Brandwood

2 April 1999 38	Northampton Town	2–1	Bournemouth	Northampton
15:00 BST	Lee  33' Corazzin  37'		Robinson  17'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,858 Referee: Terry Heilbron

5 April 1999 39	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00 BST	Penrice  64'		Corazzin  6' Hendon  58'	Stadium: Memorial Ground Attendance: 6,580 Referee: David Crick

10 April 1999 40	Northampton Town	1–0	Luton Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Corazzin  34'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,856 Referee: T.Jones

13 April 1999 41	Northampton Town	2–2	York City	Northampton
19:45 BST	Howey  39' Wilson  51'		Lloyd-Williams  19' Jordan  55'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,220 Referee: Eddie Lomas

17 April 1999 42	Reading	0–1	Northampton Town	Reading
15:00 BST			Savage  89'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Ray Olivier

24 April 1999 43	Northampton Town	3–3	Colchester United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Savage  18' Corazzin  41' (pen.) Howey  63'		Buckle  3' Aspinall  47' (pen.) Duguid  71'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,146 Referee: Graham Frankland

29 April 1999 44	Northampton Town	3–3	Wigan Athletic	Northampton
19:45 BST	Savage  7', 71' O'Neill  58' (o.g.)		Haworth  9' Rogers  37' Barlow  47' (pen.) McGibbon  78'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,404 Referee: Bill Jordan

3 May 1999 45	Chesterfield	0–0	Northampton Town	Chesterfield
15:00 BST				Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 5,110 Referee: D Laws

8 May 1999 46	Northampton Town	2–2	Burnley	Northampton
15:00 BST	Savage  7' Howey  80'		Cook  69' (pen.) Cooke  88'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,435 Referee: Andrew Butler

FA Cup

14 November 1998 1st round	Northampton Town	2–1	Lancaster City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Seal  2' Thomson  55' (o.g.) Sampson  56'		Thomson  30'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Referee: Andy D'Urso

5 December 1998 2nd round	Yeovil Town	2–0	Northampton Town	Yeovil
15:00 GMT	Thompson  14' Patmore  82'			Stadium: Huish Park Referee: P.Richards

League Cup

11 August 1998 1st round 1st leg	Northampton Town	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
19:45 BST	Heggs  39' Freestone  53'		Storer  47'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Referee: John Kirkby

19 August 1998 1st round 2nd leg	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1 (a.e.t)	Northampton Town	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Barker  48'		Heggs  97'	Stadium: Priestfield Referee: Paul Taylor

15 September 1998 2nd round 1st leg	Northampton Town	2–0	West Ham United	Northampton
19:45 BST	Freestone  77' (85)	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,254 Referee: Paul Alcock

22 September 1998 2nd round 2nd leg	West Ham United	1–0	Northampton Town	Upton Park, London
19:45 BST	Lampard  90'	Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 25,435 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

27 October 1998 3rd round	Northampton Town	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Northampton
19:45 GMT	Parrish  30'	Report	Armstrong  39' (83) Campbell  47'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,422 Referee: Graham Poll

Auto Windscreens Shield

16 December 1998 2nd round (S)	Cambridge United	3–2	Northampton Town	Cambridge
19:30 GMT	Walker  18' Benjamin  57' Butler  60'		Corazzin  11' Freestone  56'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,391 Referee: Steve Baines

Appearances, goals and cards

Pos	Player	Division Two			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total			Discipline
		Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Steve Francis	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
GK	Billy Turley	25	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	28	–	–	–	–
DF	Ian Clarkson	3	2	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	4	3	–	1	–
DF	Tony Dobson	8	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	8	4	–	–	–
DF	John Frain	40	1	–	2	–	–	4	–	–	1	–	–	47	1	–	5	1
DF	Ian Hendon	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	1	1
DF	Colin Hill	22	5	–	2	–	–	5	–	–	–	1	–	29	6	–	2	1
DF	Richard Hope	17	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	18	2	–	3	–
DF	Lee Howey	25	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	26	–	6	6	–
DF	Garry Hughes	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
DF	Ian Sampson	41	–	1	2	–	1	3	–	–	1	–	–	47	–	2	5	–
MF	Ali Gibb	30	11	–	2	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	37	11	–	3	–
MF	James Hunt	24	10	2	1	1	–	2	2	–	–	1	–	27	14	2	6	–
MF	Roy Hunter	15	3	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	18	3	1	4	–
MF	Damian Matthew	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
MF	Sean Parrish	33	–	1	1	–	–	3	–	1	–	–	–	37	–	2	6	–
MF	Dean Peer	21	5	1	–	–	–	3	–	–	1	–	–	25	5	1	4	–
MF	Dave Savage	18	9	5	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	21	9	5	2	–
MF	Duncan Spedding	15	9	1	–	–	–	2	2	–	1	–	–	18	11	1	1	–
MF	Michael Warner	5	5	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	6	8	–	1	–
FW	Carlo Corazzin	36	3	16	2	–	–	4	1	–	1	–	1	43	4	17	2	–
FW	Steve Howard	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	3	1
FW	Christian Lee	9	10	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	10	1	4	–
FW	David Seal	5	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	–	1	1
FW	Paul Wilkinson	12	3	1	2	–	–	2	1	–	–	–	–	16	4	1	1	–
FW	Kevin Wilson	8	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	1	–	–
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Andy Woodman	18	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	23	–	–	–	–
DF	Charlie Bishop	4	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	2	–
DF	Doug Hodgson	7	1	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	9	1	1	2	–
DF	Ray Warburton	13	–	1	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	1	3	–
DF	Chris Wilder	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
DF	Tony Witter	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	4	–	1	–
MF	Jason Dozzell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FW	Andy Clarke	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	–	–	–
FW	Chris Freestone	17	14	2	–	2	–	4	–	3	1	–	1	22	16	6	5	–
FW	Carl Heggs	8	5	1	–	–	–	2	1	2	–	–	–	10	6	3	4	–

References

1. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1999). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999–2000. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-7472-7627-2.
2. Football League appearances only.