List of Northampton Town F.C. records and statistics
Introduction 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 CupOtherTotalTommy Fowler  1946–1961  521  31  0  0  '''552'''Ian Sampson  1994–2004  390  19  17  23  '''449'''Peter Gleasure  1982–1991  344  25  25  18  '''412''''''Sam Hoskins''' 2015–  323  17  11  16  '''367'''Edwin Freeman  1905–1920  341  22  0  1  '''364'''Willie Watson  1920–1929  326  26  0  0  '''352'''Joe Kiernan  1963–1972  308  19  25  0  '''352'''Phil Chard   1985–1988, 1989–1994  278  19  18  16  '''331'''Lloyd Davies  1907–1920  311  18  0  1  '''330'''Len Hammond  1924–1932  301  25  0  0  '''326'''Roly Mills  1954–1963  305  13  6  0  '''324'''Jack English  1947–1959  302  20  0  0  '''322'''Ron Patterson  1952–1961  300  17  0  0  '''317'''Tommy Wells  1926–1934  277  25  0  3  '''305'''Barry Tucker  1971–1977, 1982–1983  277  12  13  0  '''302'''Billy Pease  1919–1925  278  21  0  0  '''299'''Barry Lines  1960–1969  266  10  18  0  '''294'''Graham Felton  1966–1975  254  19  13  0  '''286'''Jock Manning  1908–1920  264  18  0  1  '''283'''William 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 RatioJack English  1947–1959  135  8  0  0  '''143'''  ''322''  ''0.44''Ted Bowen  1927–1931  114  6  0  0  '''120'''  ''172''  ''0.69''William Lockett  1914–1926  100  9  0  0  '''109'''  ''282''  ''0.39''Frank Large  1962–19631966–19671969–1972  88  5  3  0  '''96'''  ''250''  ''0.38''Albert Dawes  1929–1933  82  12  0  0  '''94'''  ''175''  ''0.54''Albert Lewis  1908–1913  85  5  0  0  '''90'''  ''179''  ''0.50'''''Sam Hoskins''' 2015–  80  4  2  3  '''89'''  ''367''  ''0.24''Tommy Fowler  1946–1961  84  4  0  0  '''88'''  ''552''  ''0.15''Ralph Hoten  1924–1930  75  9  0  0  '''84'''  ''213''  ''0.39''Tommy Wells  1926–1934  73  10  0  1  '''84'''  ''305''  ''0.28''Don Martin    69  1  11  0  '''81'''  ''252''  ''0.32''Fred Lessons  1907–1915  75  4  0  0  '''79'''  ''249''  ''0.31''Adebayo Akinfenwa  2007–2010, 2011–2013  71  0  2  1  '''74'''  ''188''  ''0.39''Harry King  1911–1914  68  2  0  0  '''70'''  ''105''  ''0.66''Alan Woan  1956–1959  68  1  0  0  '''69'''  ''123''  ''0.56''Ian Benjamin  1984–1987  59  3  2  5  '''69'''  ''180''  ''0.38''Marc Richards  2003–2005, 2014–2018  54  5  1  3  '''63'''  ''210''  ''0.30''John Fairbrother  1968–1971  56  4  2  0  '''62'''  ''164''  ''0.37''Paul Stratford  1972–1978  59  1  1  0  '''61'''  ''188''  ''0.32''Fred 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''':7,798 v Manchester United, EFL Cup, 21 September 20167,798 v Derby County, FA Cup, 24 January 2020
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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