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The 1999–2000 season was Northampton Town's 103rd season in their history and the first season back in the Third Division after relegation the previous year. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Players

As of match played 7 May 2000.

No.	Name	Position	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Keith Welch	GK		Bolton	(1968-10-03)3 October 1968 (aged 31)	42	0	Bristol City	21 June 1999	Free
13	Alex O'Reilly	GK		Epping (ENG)	(1979-09-05)5 September 1979 (aged 20)	9	0	West Ham United	1 July 1999	Loan
Defenders
3	John Frain	LB		Birmingham	(1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (aged 31)	167	5	Birmingham City	Summer 1997	Free
4	Ian Sampson	CB		Wakefield	(1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 31)	289	25	Sunderland	5 August 1994	£30,000
5	Lee Howey	CB		Sunderland	(1969-04-01)1 April 1969 (aged 31)	50	6	Burnley	19 February 1999	£50,000
12	Ian Hendon	RB		Ilford	(1971-12-05)5 December 1971 (aged 28)	55	3	Notts County	25 March 1999	£25,000
16	Garry Hughes	RB		Birmingham	(1979-11-19)19 November 1979 (aged 20)	4	0	Apprentice	7 July 1998	N/A
17	Richard Hope	CB		Stockton-on-Tees	(1978-06-22)22 June 1978 (aged 21)	40	0	Darlington	18 December 1998	Undisclosed
21	Richard Green	CB		Wolverhampton	(1967-11-22)22 November 1967 (aged 32)	22	2	Walsall	7 January 2000	Free
23	Tony Dobson	CB		Coventry	(1969-02-05)5 February 1969 (aged 31)	13	0	Gillingham	11 September 1998	£25,000
Midfielders
6	Sean Parrish	LM		Wrexham	(1972-03-14)14 March 1972 (aged 28)	122	16	Doncaster Rovers	2 August 1996	£35,000
7	Dave Savage	RM		Dublin	(1973-07-30)30 July 1973 (aged 26)	78	10	Millwall	7 October 1998	£80,000
8	James Hunt	CM		Derby	(1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 23)	113	4	Notts County	7 August 1997	Free
11	Roy Hunter	CM		Saltburn-by-the-Sea	(1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 26)	163	16	West Bromwich Albion	2 August 1995	Free
14	John Hodge	W		Ormskirk	(1969-04-01)1 April 1969 (aged 31)	8	0	Gillingham	6 March 2000	£25,000
20	Duncan Spedding	LM		Camberley	(1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 22)	78	1	Southampton	14 July 1998	Free
28	Ryan Thompson	W		Lambeth	(1982-06-24)24 June 1982 (aged 17)	1	0	Apprentice	1 July 1999	N/A
29	James Gould	W		Kettering	(1982-01-15)15 January 1982 (aged 18)	1	0	Apprentice	13 July 1999	N/A
Forwards
9	Steve Howard	FW		Durham	(1976-05-10)10 May 1976 (aged 23)	57	10	Hartlepool United	22 February 1999	£120,000
10	Carlo Corazzin	FW		New Westminster	(1971-12-25)25 December 1971 (aged 28)	89	32	Plymouth Argyle	26 June 1998	Bosman
18	Jamie Forrester	FW		Bradford	(1974-11-01)1 November 1974 (aged 25)	10	6	FC Utrecht	21 March 2000	Loan
19	Andy Morrow	FW		Bangor	(1980-10-05)5 October 1980 (aged 19)	5	0	Apprentice	16 December 1998	N/A
22	Kevin Wilson	FW		Banbury (ENG)	(1961-04-18)18 April 1961 (aged 39)	29	2	Walsall	28 July 1997	Free
26	Simon Sturridge	FW		Birmingham	(1969-12-09)9 December 1969 (aged 30)	19	1	Stoke City	2 August 1999	Free

Competitions

Nationwide Football League Division Three

League table

Results summary

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 August 1999 (1999-08-07) 1	Macclesfield Town	1–0	Northampton Town	Macclesfield
15:00 BST	R.Ingram  41' R.Barker 57'			Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 2,694 Referee: T Jones

14 August 1999 (1999-08-14) 2	Northampton Town	0–1	Peterborough United	Northampton
15:00 BST			S.Davies 66'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,253 Referee: George Cain

18 August 1999 (1999-08-18) 3	Chester City	0–2	Northampton Town	Chester
19:45 BST			I.Hendon 61' (pen.) D.Byfield 66'	Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 1,904 Referee: Mike Pike

27 August 1999 (1999-08-27) 4	Northampton Town	1–0	Lincoln City	Northampton
19:45 BST	S.Howard 5'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,104 Referee: Graham Barber

30 August 1999 (1999-08-30) 5	York City	0–1	Northampton Town	York
15:00 BST			C.Fairclough 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,597

11 September 1999 (1999-09-11) 7	Northampton Town	2–1	Hartlepool United	Northampton
15:00 BST	S.Howard 61', 71'		T.Miller 24'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,724 Referee: Scott Mathieson

18 September 1999 (1999-09-18) 8	Barnet	2–1	Northampton Town	High Barnet, London
15:00 BST	K.Charlery 22', 36'		C.Corazzin 38'	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 3,638 Referee: Mike Jones

25 September 1999 (1999-09-25) 9	Rotherham United	3–0	Northampton Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	S.Thompson 14', 80' (pen.) L.Fortune-West 52'			Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3,625 Referee: Alan Kaye

2 October 1999 (1999-10-02) 10	Northampton Town	0–1	Rochdale	Northampton
15:00 BST			C.Platt 41'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,860 Referee: Steve Tomlin

9 October 1999 (1999-10-09) 11	Northampton Town	3–0	Torquay United	Northampton
15:00 BST	J.Frain 34' T.Battersby 82' I.Sampson 86'		B.Healy  17' R.Herrera  75' L.Russell  75'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Michael Ryan

16 October 1999 (1999-10-16) 12	Hull City	0–1	Northampton Town	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST			S.Sturridge 57'	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 6,467 Referee: Matt Messias

23 October 1999 (1999-10-23) 14	Northampton Town	0–1	Rotherham United	Northampton
15:00 BST			P.Warne 80'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,753 Referee: Graham Laws

2 November 1999 (1999-11-02) 15	Northampton Town	2–1	Swansea City	Northampton
19:45 GMT	C.Corazzin 36' I.Sampson 73'		R.Appleby 75'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,495 Referee: Alan Wiley

12 November 1999 (1999-11-12) 17	Northampton Town	3–2	Cheltenham Town	Northampton
19:45 GMT	D.Savage 26' C.Corazzin 45' D.Clare 87'		H.McAuley 11' N.Grayson 83'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,837 Referee: M Fletcher

23 November 1999 (1999-11-23) 18	Exeter City	1–2	Northampton Town	Exeter
19:45 GMT	J.Rees 7' (pen.)		C.Corazzin 40' I.Hendon 78'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,096 Referee: David Pugh

27 November 1999 (1999-11-27) 19	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	Northampton Town	Brighton
15:00 GMT	W.Aspinall 31'		C.Corazzin 8' (pen.) D.Clare 53' S.Parrish 55'	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 5,935 Referee: Barry Knight

4 December 1999 (1999-12-04) 20	Northampton Town	2–0	Macclesfield Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	R.Hunter 12' C.Corazzin 54'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,355 Referee: Andy D'Urso

11 December 1999 (1999-12-11) 21	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	L.Steele 3'			Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 2,339 Referee: SJ Baines

17 December 1999 (1999-12-17) 22	Northampton Town	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Northampton
19:45 GMT	C.Corazzin 64'		P.McGregor 37'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,039 Referee: Graham Poll

26 December 1999 (1999-12-26) 23	Southend United	2–2	Northampton Town	Southend
15:00 GMT	M.Carruthers 51' N.Tolson 81'		J.Frain 61' I.Sampson 78'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,449 Referee: Keith Hill

28 December 1999 (1999-12-28) 24	Northampton Town	0–3	Darlington	Northampton
15:00 GMT			M.Gabbiadini 18', 53' J.Hjorth 38'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,823 Referee: Mike Jones

3 January 2000 (2000-01-03) 25	Halifax Town	2–2	Northampton Town	Halifax
15:00 GMT	J.Paterson 7' (pen.) J.Cullen 90'		D.Peer 10' S.Parrish 87'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 3,001 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

8 January 2000 (2000-01-08) 26	Northampton Town	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	R.Green 8' K.Wilson 23' D.Clare 58'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,927 Referee: Paul Danson

15 January 2000 (2000-01-15) 27	Peterborough United	1–0	Northampton Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	J.Lee 72'			Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 9,104 Referee: David Elleray

22 January 2000 (2000-01-22) 28	Northampton Town	3–1	Chester City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	S.Howard 31' I.Sampson 53' C.Corazzin 57'		A.Pickering 2'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,332 Referee: Ray Olivier

29 January 2000 (2000-01-29) 29	Lincoln City	2–2	Northampton Town	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	T.Henry 25' T.Battersby 45'		R.Hunter 44' C.Corazzin 64'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,717 Referee: Jeff Winter

5 February 2000 (2000-02-05) 30	Northampton Town	3–0	York City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	I.Sampson 43' S.Howard 56' S.Parrish 66'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,958 Referee: Rob Styles

19 February 2000 (2000-02-19) 31	Northampton Town	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
15:00 GMT	I.Sampson 6'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,974 Referee: AB Wilkie

26 February 2000 (2000-02-26) 32	Northampton Town	1–0	Barnet	Northampton
15:00 GMT	S.Howard 50'		W.Hackett  31'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,862 Referee: Mike Pike

4 March 2000 (2000-03-04) 33	Hartlepool United	2–1	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT	P.Stephenson 6' G.Lee 29'		C.Corazzin 33'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,878 Referee: Paul Robinson

7 March 2000 (2000-03-07) 34	Northampton Town	2–1	Leyton Orient	Northampton
19:45 GMT	S.Howard 68' R.Hunter 73'		I.Christie 70'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,121 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

10 March 2000 (2000-03-10) 35	Swansea City	4–1	Northampton Town	Swansea, Wales
19:45 GMT	S.Watkin 18' J.Coates 56' M.Thomas 85' T.Bird 90'		C.Corazzin 76' I.Hendon  78'	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 7,430 Referee: David Crick

18 March 2000 (2000-03-18) 36	Northampton Town	2–1	Exeter City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	R.Green 25' C.Corazzin 36'		D.Rowbotham 57'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,989 Referee: Phil Richards

21 March 2000 (2000-03-21) 37	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Northampton Town	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	M.Duff 43' J.Victory 87'		D.Savage 77'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,515 Referee: Peter Jones

25 March 2000 (2000-03-25) 38	Northampton Town	2–0	Southend United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	D.Savage 27' J.Forrester 71'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,426 Referee: Bill Jordon

1 April 2000 (2000-04-01) 39	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Northampton Town	Plymouth
15:00 BST	P.McGregor 23' J.Rowbotham 71'		C.Corazzin 11'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 5,448 Referee: Paul Danson

8 April 2000 (2000-04-08) 40	Northampton Town	3–4	Halifax Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Savage 14' J.Forrester 23', 45'		R.Painter 2' P.Stoneman 31' C.Middleton 51' S.Kerrigan 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,207 Referee: Trevor Parkes

11 April 2000 (2000-04-11) 41	Carlisle United	0–1	Northampton Town	Carlisle
19:45 BST			J.Forrester 30'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,855 Referee: Anthony Leake
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on February 12, 2000.

15 April 2000 (2000-04-15) 42	Darlington	0–1	Northampton Town	Darlington
15:00 BST			S.Howard 5'	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 5,833 Referee: Roger Furnandiz

21 April 2000 (2000-04-21) 43	Northampton Town	1–0	Hull City	Northampton
19:45 BST	J.Forrester 5'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,758 Referee: Mike Dean

24 April 2000 (2000-04-24) 44	Rochdale	0–3	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST			S.Howard 2' J.Hunt 40' C.Corazzin 83'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,891 Referee: Michael Ryan

21 April 2000 (2000-04-21) 45	Northampton Town	1–0	Mansfield Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Savage 42'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,901 Referee: Steve Bennett

6 May 2000 (2000-05-06) 46	Torquay United	1–2	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 BST	T.Bedeau 17'		J.Forrester 26' S.Howard 40'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 5,010 Referee: M J Brandwood

FA Cup

23 October 1999 (1999-10-23) First round	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	S.Kerrigan 24' P.Wilding 70'		I.Hendon 43'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 2,584 Referee: M Fletcher

Worthington Cup

10 August 1999 (1999-08-10) First round 1st Leg	Northampton Town	1–2	Fulham	Northampton
19:45 BST	C.Corazzin 66' (pen.)	Report	S.Davis 60' G.Horsfield 85'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,415 Referee: Chris Foy

24 August 1999 (1999-08-24) First round 2nd Leg	Fulham	3–1	Northampton Town	Fulham, London
19:45 BST	G.Horsfield 6', 43', 44'	Report	D.Byfield 30'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 5,515 Referee: K A Leach

Auto Windscreens Shield

7 December 1999 (1999-12-07) First round (s)	Northampton Town	1–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
19:45 GMT	S.Parrish 69'			Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,431 Referee: Paul Taylor

Appearances, goals and cards

No.	Pos	Player	Division Three			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total			Discipline
			Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
1	GK	Keith Welch	39	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	42	–	–	1	–
3	LB	John Frain	40	–	2	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	42	–	2	5	–
4	CB	Ian Sampson	45	–	6	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	48	–	6	6	–
5	CB	Lee Howey	20	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	24	–	–	4	–
6	CM	Sean Parrish	21	4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	1	23	4	3	4	–
7	RM	Dave Savage	43	–	5	1	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	48	–	5	2	–
8	CM	James Hunt	33	4	1	1	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	38	4	1	6	–
9	ST	Steve Howard	32	9	10	–	1	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	35	10	10	9	–
10	ST	Carlo Corazzin	27	12	14	1	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	29	13	15	–	–
11	CM	Roy Hunter	15	2	3	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	17	2	3	1	–
12	RB	Ian Hendon	44	–	2	1	–	1	2	–	–	1	–	–	48	–	3	4	1
14	RM	John Hodge	5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	3	–	–	–
15	GK	Alex O'Reilly	7	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	9	–	–	–	–
16	RB	Garry Hughes	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	–	–	–
17	CB	Richard Hope	14	3	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	17	3	–	2	–
18	ST	Jamie Forrester	9	1	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	1	6	–	–
19	ST	Andy Morrow	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	3	–	–	–
20	LM	Duncan Spedding	44	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	49	–	–	3	–
21	CB	Richard Green	21	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	22	–	2	–	–
22	ST	Kevin Wilson	4	4	1	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	5	6	1	1	–
23	CB	Tony Dobson	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–
26	ST	Simon Sturridge	10	8	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	8	1	1	–
28	MF	Ryan Thompson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	–
29	LM	James Gould	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–
Players who left before season end:
2	RB	Ian Clarkson	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	2	–
14	CM	Ali Gibb	6	7	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	9	8	–	–	–
18	ST	Tony Battersby	–	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	–	–
18	ST	Darren Byfield	6	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	7	–	2	–	–
18	ST	Daryl Clare	9	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	9	1	3	1	–
18	ST	Dean Crowe	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	–	1	–
21	MF	Damian Matthew	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
25	ST	Paul Wilkinson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	MF	Dean Peer	6	3	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	8	3	1	1	–
30	MF	Mark Dickson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–
–	MF	Richard Butcher	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	ST	Steve McGavin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 June 1999	GK		Keith Welch	Bristol City	Free transfer
27 July 1999	CF		Simon Sturridge	Stoke City	Free transfer
10 January 2000	CB		Richard Green	Walsall	Free Transfer
6 March 2000	RM		John Hodge	Gillingham	£25,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
14 June 1999	GK		Billy Turley	Rushden & Diamonds	£120,000
2 August 1999	CF		Christian Lee	Gillingham	£35,000
25 September 1999	LM		Damian Matthew	N/A	Retired
1 October 1999	CF		Steve McGavin	Colchester United	Free
6 November 1999	RB		Ian Clarkson	Kidderminster	Free
25 January 2000	CM		Dean Peer	Shrewsbury Town	Free
17 February 2000	CM		Ali Gibb	Stockport County	£50,000
23 March 2000	CM		Richard Butcher	Rushden & Diamonds	Free

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 July 1999	GK		Alex O'Reilly	West Ham United	30 June 2000
20 March 2000	CF		Jamie Forrester	FC Utrecht	30 June 2000

References

1. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2000). Rothmans Football Yearbook 2000–2001. London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-7472-7232-8.
2. "England 1999–00". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
3. "1999/00 Division 3". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

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