2015–16 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
2015–16 season
Chairman	David Cardoza; Kelvin Thomas; (from 26 November 2015)
Manager	Chris Wilder
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium
League Two	1st
FA Cup	Third round
Capital One Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Second round (s)
Top goalscorer	League: Marc Richards (15); All: Marc Richards (18)
Highest home attendance	7,664 vs Luton Town
Lowest home attendance	1,366 vs Colchester United
Average home league attendance	5,279
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Northampton Town's 119th season in their history and the seventh successive season in League Two. Alongside competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Players

As of match played 7 May 2016.

No.	Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Adam Smith	GK	Sunderland	(1992-11-23)23 November 1992 (aged 23)	50	0	Leicester City	26 June 2015	Free
26	Ryan Clarke	GK	Bristol	(1982-04-30)30 April 1982 (aged 34)	4	0	Oxford United	2 July 2015	Free
Defenders
2	Brendan Moloney	RB	Beaufort	(1989-01-18)18 January 1989 (aged 27)	51	2	Yeovil Town	2 January 2015	Free
5	Zander Diamond	CB	Alexandria	(1985-03-13)13 March 1985 (aged 31)	79	4	Burton Albion	7 May 2014	Free
6	Ryan Cresswell	CB	Rotherham	(1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 28)	67	7	Fleetwood Town	1 September 2014	Undisclosed
12	Josh Lelan	RB	Derby	(1994-12-21)21 December 1994 (aged 21)	13	0	Derby County	2 June 2015	Free
16	David Buchanan	LB	Rochdale (ENG)	(1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 30)	54	0	Preston North End	28 May 2015	Free
18	Rod McDonald	CB	Liverpool	(1992-04-11)11 April 1992 (aged 24)	28	3	Telford United	28 July 2015	Free
22	Luke Prosser	CB	Enfield	(1988-05-28)28 May 1988 (aged 27)	8	0	Southend United	28 January 2016	Loan
Midfielders
4	Jason Taylor	CM	Droylsden	(1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 29)	56	2	Cheltenham Town	1 January 2015	Free
7	Lawson D'Ath	W	Witney	(1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 23)	91	13	Reading	7 August 2014	Free
8	Joel Byrom	CM	Oswaldtwistle	(1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 29)	83	5	Preston North End	8 January 2015	Free
10	Nicky Adams	W	Bolton (ENG)	(1986-10-16)16 October 1986 (aged 29)	45	3	Bury	22 May 2015	Free
11	Ricky Holmes	W	Rochford	(1987-06-19)19 June 1987 (aged 28)	53	16	Portsmouth	27 January 2015	Free
15	Alfie Potter	W	London	(1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27)	26	1	A.F.C. Wimbledon	20 May 2015	Free
17	Paul Corry	CM	Dublin	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (aged 25)	4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	3 August 2015	Free
20	Lee Martin	W	Taunton	(1987-02-09)9 February 1987 (aged 29)	10	0	Millwall	15 January 2016	Loan
21	John-Joe O'Toole	CM	Harrow (ENG)	(1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 27)	83	14	Bristol Rovers	30 June 2014	Free
23	Danny Rose	CM	Bristol	(1988-02-21)21 February 1988 (aged 28)	15	1	Oxford United	1 February 2016	Free
24	Shaun McWilliams	CM	Northampton	(1998-08-14)14 August 1998 (aged 17)	0	0	Academy	30 April 2016	N/A
Forwards
9	Marc Richards (c)	CF	Wolverhampton	(1982-07-08)8 July 1982 (aged 33)	139	49	Chesterfield	14 May 2014	Free
14	Sam Hoskins	CF	Dorchester	(1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 23)	41	8	Yeovil Town	1 August 2015	Free
19	James Collins	CF	Coventry (ENG)	(1990-12-01)1 December 1990 (aged 25)	21	8	Shrewsbury Town	5 January 2016	Loan
27	John Marquis	CF	Lewisham	(1992-05-16)16 May 1992 (aged 23)	29	8	Millwall	22 February 2016	Loan

Pre-season

On 8 May 2015, Northampton Town announced they would face Worthing and Burgess Hill Town in a pre-season friendly.^[1] On 15 May 2015, Northampton Town confirmed they would kick-off pre-season against Northampton Sileby Rangers.^[2] On 19 May 2015, Northampton Town announced Derby County will visit in pre-season.^[3] On 12 June 2015, Northampton Town announced they will visit Sheffield.^[4]

5 July 2015 (2015-07-05) Friendly	Northampton Sileby Rangers	0–1	Northampton Town	Northampton
15:00 BST		Report	S.Hoskins 26'	Stadium: Fernie Fields Referee: Andy Woolmer

7 July 2015 (2015-07-07) Friendly	Worthing	2–5	Northampton Town	Worthing
19:30 BST	Pope 12' Bugil 64' (pen.)	Report	G.Ugwu 5' R.Holmes 20' S.Hoskins 36' M.Richards 55' J.Byrom 78'	Stadium: Woodside Road Attendance: 750

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	Burgess Hill Town	0–0	Northampton Town	Burgess Hill
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Leylands Park Attendance: 506

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Northampton Town	0–1	Derby County	Northampton
14:00 BST		Report	J.Russell 33'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,542 (1,226)

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Northampton Town	2–2	Birmingham City	Northampton
19:30 BST	N.Adams 45', 59'	Report	D.Gray 3' L.Novak 68'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,675 (514)

31 July 2015 (2015-07-31) Friendly	Sheffield	0–3	Northampton Town	Dronfield
19:45 BST		Report	M.Richards 61' Trialist 71' R.Holmes 81'	Stadium: Coach and Horses Ground Attendance: 155 Referee: Anthony Tankard

Competitions

Sky Bet Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Northampton Town (C, P)	46	29	12	5	82	46	+36	99	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Oxford United (P)	46	24	14	8	84	41	+43	86
3	Bristol Rovers (P)	46	26	7	13	77	46	+31	85
4	Accrington Stanley	46	24	13	9	74	48	+26	85	Qualification for League Two play-offs^[a]
5	Plymouth Argyle	46	24	9	13	72	46	+26	81	Qualification for League Two play-offs^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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	29	12	5	82	46	+36	99	15	5	3	38	19	+19	14	7	2	44	27	+17

Last updated: 9 May 2016.
Source: League Two

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	W
Position	9	4	7	10	11	16	11	8	8	10	9	8	9	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Northampton Town F.C.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[5]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Northampton Town	Horfield
15:00 BST		Report Highlights	JJ.O'Toole 49'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,712 (574) Referee: Mark Heywood

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Northampton Town	3–0	Exeter City	Northampton
15:00 BST	J.Taylor 25' R.Cresswell 38' M.Richards 89'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,313 (316) Referee: Ross Joyce

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Barnet	2–0	Northampton Town	Canons Park
19:45 BST	J.Akinde 63' (pen.), 90'	Report Highlights	J.Taylor 63'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,466 (922) Referee: Lee Swabey

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Northampton Town	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Northampton
15:00 BST	J.Lelan 90'	Report Highlights	G.Carey 39' J.Jervis 71'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,505 (710) Referee: Nick Kinseley

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Northampton Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	J.Windass 55' (pen.)	Report Highlights	M.Richards 39'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,526 (292) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6	Northampton Town	1–2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Richards 23'	Report Highlights	M.McClure 28', 39'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,032 (121) Referee: Charles Breakspear

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Northampton Town	1–0	Oxford United	Northampton
15:00 BST	S.Hoskins 23' J.Taylor 45'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,838 (931) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Morecambe	2–4	Northampton Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	T.Barkhuizen 67' J.Byrom 86' (o.g.)	Report Highlights	L.D'Ath 31' S.Hoskins 34' J.Byrom 48' D.Calvert-Lewin 69'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,778 (327) Referee: Eddie Ilderton

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Northampton Town	1–1	Leyton Orient	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Calvert-Lewin 90'	Report Highlights	D.Cox 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,061 (800) Referee: Michael Bull

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Wimbledon	1–1	Northampton Town	Kingston upon Thames
19:45 BST	A.Azeez 24'	Report Highlights	JJ.O'Toole 35'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,525 (309) Referee: Andy Haines

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	Wycombe Wanderers	2–3	Northampton Town	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	L.O'Nien 2' D.Rowe 82'	Report Highlights	M.Richards 35' L.D'Ath 47' S.Brisley 51'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,227 (597) Referee: Keith Hill

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12	Northampton Town	2–1	Hartlepool United	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Richards 4' N.Adams 21'	Report Highlights	R.Bingham 31'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,477 (204) Referee: Kevin Johnson

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13	Cambridge United	2–1	Northampton Town	Cambridge
15:00 BST	H.Dunk 39' B.Corr 50'	Report Highlights	M.Richards 59' (pen.) L.D'Ath 76'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,459 (1,299) Referee: Darren England

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14	Northampton Town	3–2	Carlisle United	Northampton
19:45 BST	D.Calvert-Lewin 45+2', 63' S.Hoskins 47'	Report Highlights	A.Gilliead 31' C.Wyke 90+2'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,642 (254) Referee: Graham Horwood

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Northampton Town	2–1	Stevenage	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Calvert-Lewin 49' A.Potter 62'	Report Highlights	S.Schumacher 24'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,492 (334) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16	Newport County	2–2	Northampton Town	Newport
15:00 GMT	S.Barrow 31' L.John-Lewis 38'	Report Highlights	S.Hoskins 10' M.Richards 30'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,424 (352) Referee: Darren Deadman

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17	Northampton Town	1–0	Mansfield Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	M.Richards 4'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,454 (892) Referee: Darren Bond

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18	Notts County	1–2	Northampton Town	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	J.Stead 52'	Report Highlights	R.McDonald 31' B.Moloney 76'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,513 (999) Referee: Andy Davies

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19	Crawley Town	1–2	Northampton Town	Crawley
19:45 GMT	S.Walton 61' (pen.)	Report Highlights	J.Byrom 6' JJ.O'Toole 20' B.Moloney 59'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,325 (381) Referee: Steve Martin

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20	Northampton Town	2–0	Yeovil Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	L.D'Ath 35' M.Richards 57'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,989 (199) Referee: James Linington

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21	Luton Town	3–4	Northampton Town	Luton
15:00 GMT	P.Benson 9', 52' D.Green 66' (pen.)	Report Highlights	JJ.O'Toole 18' L.D'Ath 30' M.Richards 42' R.Holmes 69'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,792 (1,032) Referee: Mike Jones

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Northampton Town	1–2	Portsmouth	Northampton
15:00 GMT	R.Cresswell 17'	Report Highlights	G.Evans 33' C.Chaplin 85'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,859 (938) Referee: Fred Graham

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 23	Northampton Town	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Northampton
15:00 GMT	M.Richards 63'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,269 (141) Referee: Nicholas Kinseley

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 24	Northampton Town	3–0	Barnet	Northampton
15:00 GMT	S.Hoskins 5' R.Holmes 52' M.Richards 60'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,153 (398) Referee: Ross Joyce

12 January 2016 (2016-01-12) 25	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Northampton Town	Plymouth
19:45 GMT	G.Wylde 83'	Report Highlights	J.Collins 38' M.Richards 58'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,241 (269) Referee: Keith Stroud

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 26	Dag & Red	1–2	Northampton Town	Dagenham
15:00 GMT	C.Doidge 62'	Report Highlights	JJ.O'Toole 70' R.Holmes 79'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 2,379 (892) Referee: Iain Williamson

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27	Northampton Town	3–1	Morecambe	Northampton
15:00 GMT	J.Collins 30' JJ.O'Toole 40' R.McDonald 51'	Report Highlights	P.Mullin 72'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,652 (96) Referee: Gavin Ward

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 28	Northampton Town	2–0	York City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	JJ.O'Toole 21' M.Richards 54'	Report Highlights	L.Hendrie 56'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,342 (349) Referee: Brendan Malone

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 29	Leyton Orient	0–4	Northampton Town	Leyton
15:00 GMT		Report Highlights	R.McDonald 54' R.Holmes 64' J.Collins 84', 90+1'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 6,131 (1,135) Referee: Paul Tierney

16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) 30	Oxford United	0–1	Northampton Town	Oxford
19:45 GMT		Report Highlights	M.Richards 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,559 (1,943) Referee: Keith Hill

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 31	Northampton Town	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	D.Rose 63'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,755 (809) Referee: Graham Sailsbury

23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 32	York City	1–2	Northampton Town	York
19:45 GMT	R.Penn 90+3'	Report Highlights	J.Collins 40' J.Marquis 51'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,887 (434) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33	Hartlepool United	0–0	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT		Report Highlights		Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,012 (402) Referee: Mark Haywood

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 34	Northampton Town	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Northampton
19:45 GMT	JJ.O'Toole 45'	Report Highlights	L.Taylor 62'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,124 (376) Referee: Philip Gibbs

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35	Carlisle United	1–4	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	H.Hope 47'	Report Highlights	J.Marquis 16' JJ.O'Toole 33', 59' J.Collins 74'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,892 (457) Referee: David Coote

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36	Northampton Town	1–1	Cambridge United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	J.Marquis 71'	Report Highlights	J.Spencer 90+1'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,828 (901) Referee: Rob Lewis

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 37	Stevenage	2–3	Northampton Town	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	L.Wilkinson 11', 30' F.Franks 79'	Report Highlights	J.Collins 41' JJ.O'Toole 51' R.Holmes 90+5'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 3,902 (1,362) Referee: David Webb

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 38	Northampton Town	1–0	Newport County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	J.Marquis 22'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,630 (222) Referee: Chris Sarginson

28 March 2016 (2016-03-28) 39	Mansfield Town	2–2	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	M.Green 12', 16' J.McGuire 45+5'	Report Highlights	R.Holmes 64' (pen.) J.Marquis 68'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,367 (1,667) Referee: Darren Handley

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 40	Northampton Town	2–2	Notts County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	R.Holmes 32', 76' (pen.)	Report Highlights	T.Audel 36' J.Stead 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 6,428 (438) Referee: Ben Toner

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41	Northampton Town	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
15:00 BST	N.Adams 23' S.Hoskins 49'	Report Highlights	M.Taylor 76' E.Harrison 88'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,579 (925) Referee: Tony Harrington
Note: New Ground Record Attendance for a League Game at Sixfields

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42	Exeter City	0–0	Northampton Town	Exeter
15:00 GMT		Report Highlights		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,077 *(876)** Referee: Oliver Langford

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43	Northampton Town	2–1	Crawley Town	Northampton
19:45 BST	R.Holmes 48' (pen.) JJ.O'Toole 80'	Report Highlights	G.Edwards 85' A.Bond 86'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,327 (50) Referee: Iain Williamson

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44	Yeovil Town	1–1	Northampton Town	Yeovil
15:00 GMT	H.Cornick 6'	Report Highlights	N.Adams 35'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 4,008 (754) Referee: Charles Breakspear

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45	Northampton Town	2–0	Luton Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Z.Diamond 4' J.Marquis 36'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,664 (841) Referee: Darren Bond
Note: New Ground Record Attendance for a League Game at Sixfields

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46	Portsmouth	1–2	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	K.Freeman 47' K.Naismith 48'	Report Highlights	J.Whatmough 14' (o.g.) J.Collins 81'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,746 (2,807) Referee: Mark Brown

FA Cup

On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made, Northampton Town were drawn at away against Coventry City.^[6]

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round	Coventry City	1–2	Northampton Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT	J.Murphy 10'	Report	Z.Diamond 5' M.Richards 18'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 9,124 (2,509) Referee: Darren Handley

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) Second round	Northampton Town	3–2	Northwich Victoria	Northampton
15:00 GMT	S.Hoskins 83' J.Taylor 85' D.Calvert-Lewin 87'	Report	J.Ball 44' R.Bennett 63'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,837 (359) Referee: Paul Tierney

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round	Northampton Town	2–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Northampton
15:00 GMT	R.Holmes 49', 58'	Report	R.Cresswell 13' (o.g.) N.Maynard 82'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,878 (947) Referee: Darren Drysdale

19 January 2016 (2016-01-19) Third round (r)	Milton Keynes Dons	3–0	Northampton Town	Bletchley
19:45 GMT	B.Reeves 53' (pen.) J.Murphy 61' S.Church 89' (pen.)	Report Highlights		Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 15,133 (7,040) Referee: Tony Harrington

Capital One Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Northampton Town were drawn at home against Blackpool.^[7]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Northampton Town	3–0	Blackpool	Northampton
19:45 BST	C.Hackett 20' D.Calvert-Lewin 24' S.Hoskins 29'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,549 (305) Referee: James Adcock

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Newcastle United	4–1	Northampton Town	Newcastle
19:45 BST	F.Thauvin 3' S.de Jong 8' D.Janmaat 56' M.Williamson 63'	Report Highlights	M.Richards 10' (pen.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 26,923 (989) Referee: David Coote

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. Cobblers will host Colchester United.^[8] On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Northampton were drawn away to Millwall.^[9]

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round (s)	Northampton Town	3–2	Colchester United	Northampton
19:45 BST	D.Calvert-Lewin 9' R.Watson 49' M.Richards 85'	Report Highlights	M.Bonne 32', 82'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,366 (111) Referee: Darren Deadman

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round (s)	Millwall	2–0	Northampton Town	Bermondsey
19:45 BST	A.O'Brien 71' L.Gregory 75'	Report Highlights		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 2,254 (212) Referee: Iain Williamson

Appearances, goals and cards

No.	Pos	Player	League Two			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
1	GK	Adam Smith	46	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	50	–	–	2	–
2	RB	Brendan Moloney	25	–	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	–	1	3	1
4	CM	Jason Taylor	8	21	1	2	1	1	1	–	–	1	1	–	12	23	2	2	2
5	CB	Zander Diamond	37	2	1	3	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	41	2	2	4	–
6	CB	Ryan Cresswell	18	6	2	2	1	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	24	7	2	6	–
7	RM	Lawson D'Ath	25	14	4	2	1	–	1	1	–	2	–	–	30	16	4	3	1
8	CM	Joel Byrom	33	2	2	3	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	38	2	2	3	–
9	ST	Marc Richards	28	3	15	3	1	1	1	–	1	–	1	1	32	5	18	2	–
10	W	Nicky Adams	34	5	3	4	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	39	6	3	4	–
11	W	Ricky Holmes	20	8	9	2	1	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	22	10	11	3	–
12	RB	Josh Lelan	10	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	11	2	–	4	1
14	ST	Sam Hoskins	16	18	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	–	20	22	8	–	–
15	W	Alfie Potter	12	9	1	2	–	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	16	10	1	1	–
16	LB	David Buchanan	46	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	54	–	–	3	–
17	CM	Paul Corry	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	3	–	–	–
18	CB	Rod McDonald	21	2	3	3	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	26	2	3	4	–
19	ST	James Collins	17	4	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	4	8	3	–
20	W	Lee Martin	9	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	1	–	3	–
21	CM	John-Joe O'Toole	36	2	12	3	–	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	40	3	12	12	–
22	CB	Luke Prosser	7	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	–	1	–
23	CM	Danny Rose	13	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	2	1	2	–
24	CM	Shaun McWilliams	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	GK	Ryan Clarke	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
27	ST	John Marquis	13	2	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	2	6	3	–
Players no longer at the club:
3	LB	Evan Horwood	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	CM	Ryan Watson	4	7	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	2	–	1	7	8	1	2	–
20	ST	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	7	13	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	–	1	11	15	8	3	–
22	RM	Chris Hackett	2	4	–	–	1	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	4	5	1	–	–
23	RB	Adam Yates	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	1	–
24	RB	Darnell Furlong	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	11	–	–	2	–
25	CB	Shaun Brisley	9	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	10	–	1	1	–
28	CM	Danny Clifton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	LB	Sam Warburton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 7 May 2016

No.	Player	Matches Played	Clean Sheet %	League Two	League Cup	TOTAL
1	Adam Smith	50	30%	15	0	15
26	Ryan Clarke	4	25%	0	1	1
Totals		54	30%	15	1	16

Scores overview

Northampton Town' score given first.

Win Draw Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score
Accrington Stanley	1 – 0	1 – 1
AFC Wimbledon	1 – 1	1 – 1
Barnet	3 – 0	0 – 2
Bristol Rovers	2 – 2	1 – 0
Cambridge United	1 – 1	1 – 2
Carlisle United	3 – 2	4 – 1
Crawley Town	2 – 1	2 – 1
Dagenham & Redbridge	1 – 2	2 – 1
Exeter City	3 – 0	0 – 0
Hartlepool United	2 – 1	0 – 0
Leyton Orient	1 – 1	4 – 0
Luton Town	1 – 0	4 – 3
Mansfield Town	2 – 0	2 – 2
Morecambe	3 – 1	4 – 2
Newport County	1 – 0	2 – 2
Notts County	2 – 2	2 – 1
Oxford United	1 – 0	1 – 0
Plymouth Argyle	0 – 2	2 – 1
Portsmouth	1 – 2	2 – 1
Stevenage	2 – 1	3 – 2
Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 0	3 – 2
Yeovil Town	2 – 0	1 – 1
York City	2 – 0	2 – 1

Awards

Club awards

At the end of the season, Northampton's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters, will see the players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2015–16 season.

Player of the Year Award	John-Joe O'Toole
Players' Player of the Year Award	Adam Smith
Academy Player of the Year Award	James Hammond
Goal of the Season Award	Ricky Holmes (vs. Leyton Orient)

Divisional awards

Date	Winner	Award
January 2016	Ricky Holmes	Football League Two Player of the Month
November 2015	Chris Wilder	Football League Two Manager of the Month
January 2016	Chris Wilder	Football League Two Manager of the Month
February 2016	Chris Wilder	Football League Two Manager of the Month
Season	Adam Smith	EFL Awards Football League Team of the Season
Season	Chris Wilder	EFL Awards Football League Manager of the Season
Season	Adam Smith	PFA League Two Team of the Year
Season	John-Joe O'Toole	PFA League Two Team of the Year
Season	Ricky Holmes	PFA League Two Team of the Year

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	AM	Nicky Adams	Bury	Free transfer	^[10]
1 July 2015	LB	David Buchanan	Preston North End	Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2015	CB	Josh Lelan	Derby County	Free transfer	^[12]
1 July 2015	GK	Adam Smith	Leicester City	Free transfer	^[13]
1 July 2015	RW	Alfie Potter	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	^[14]
2 July 2015	GK	Ryan Clarke	Oxford United	Free transfer	^[15]
28 July 2015	CB	Rod McDonald	AFC Telford United	Free transfer	^[16]
1 August 2015	CF	Sam Hoskins	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	^[17]
3 August 2015	CM	Paul Corry	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer	^[18]
1 February 2016	CM	Danny Rose	Oxford United	Free transfer	^[19]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	LW	Billy Bodin	Bristol Rovers	Released	^[20]^[a]
1 July 2015	CM	Darren Carter	Forest Green Rovers	Released	^[20]^[b]
1 July 2015	CB	Lee Collins	Mansfield Town	Released	^[20]^[c]
1 July 2015	GK	Matt Duke	Alfreton Town	Released	^[20]
1 July 2015	CM	Lewis Hornby	Free agent	Released	^[20]
1 July 2015	LM	Ian Morris	St. Patrick's Athletic	Released	^[20]
1 July 2015	LB	Tom Newey	Free Agent	Released	^[20]
1 July 2015	CB	Ross Perry	Free Agent	Released	^[20]
1 July 2015	RB	Ben Tozer	Yeovil Town	Released	^[20]^[d]
6 August 2015	CF	Ivan Toney	Newcastle United	£500,000	^[25]^[26]
8 August 2015	GK	Shwan Jalal	Macclesfield Town	Free transfer	^[27]

Total income: £500,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
7 August 2015	AM	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Sheffield United	1 January 2016	^[28]
20 August 2015	DM	Ryan Watson	Leicester City	3 January 2016	^[29]
24 August 2015	RB	Adam Yates	Port Vale	26 September 2015	^[30]
11 September 2015	CB	Shaun Brisley	Peterborough United	9 October 2015	^[31]
11 September 2015	RB	Darnell Furlong	Queens Park Rangers	9 October 2015	^[32]
5 January 2016	ST	James Collins	Shrewsbury Town	30 June 2016	^[33]
15 January 2016	W	Lee Martin	Millwall	30 June 2016	^[34]
28 January 2016	CB	Luke Prosser	Southend United	30 June 2016	^[35]
22 February 2016	ST	John Marquis	Millwall	30 June 2016	^[36]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
14 August 2015	CM	Danny Clifton	Rugby Town	12 September 2015	^[37]
14 August 2015	LB	Sam Warburton	Rugby Town	12 September 2015	^[37]
14 January 2016	RW	Chris Hackett	Barnet	30 June 2016	^[38]
1 February 2016	LB	Evan Horwood	Grimsby Town	30 June 2016	^[39]

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