Northampton Town

1984–85 season
Chairman	Neville Ronson (until April) Derek Banks (from April)
Manager	Tony Barton (until April) Graham Carr (from April 14)
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	23rd (re-elected)
FA Cup	Second round
Milk Cup	First round
Freight Rover Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Benjamin (18) All: Ian Benjamin (19)
Highest home attendance	4,815 vs VS Rugby
Lowest home attendance	942 vs Chester City
Average home league attendance	1,826
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 season was Northampton Town's 88th season in their history and the eighth successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup.

As of match played 6 May 1985.^[1]

Name	Position	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Peter Gleasure	GK		Luton	(1960-10-08)8 October 1960 (aged 24)	116	0	Millwall	March 1983
Defenders
Michael Barnes	CB		Reading	(1963-09-17)17 September 1963 (aged 21)	25	1	Reading	August 1984
Mark Bushell	FB		Northampton	(1968-06-05)5 June 1968 (aged 16)	1	0	Apprentice	April 1985	N/A
Wakeley Gage	CB		Northampton	(1958-05-05)5 May 1958 (aged 27)	253	22	Desborough Town	October 1979	£8,000[2]
Russell Lewis	CB		Blaengwynfi	(1956-09-15)15 September 1956 (aged 28)	104	6	Swindon Town	Summer 1983
Brian Mundee	LB		Hammersmith	(1964-01-12)12 January 1964 (aged 21)	81	4	AFC Bournemouth	Summer 1983
Geoff Scott	CB		Birmingham	(1956-10-31)31 October 1956 (aged 28)	22	0	Middlesbrough	September 1984
Paul Shirtliff	FB		Hoyland	(1962-11-03)3 November 1962 (aged 22)	29	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Summer 1984
Midfielders
Paul Bancroft	CM		Derby	(1964-09-10)10 September 1964 (aged 20)	17	0	Derby County	July 1984	Free
Neil Brough	W		Daventry	(1965-12-22)22 December 1965 (aged 19)	13	0	Apprentice	December 1983	N/A
Steve Brown	CM		Northampton	(1966-07-06)6 July 1966 (aged 18)	15	3	Apprentice	May 1983	N/A
Phil Cavener	W		Tynemouth	(1961-06-02)2 June 1961 (aged 23)	32	7	FK Karlskrona	August 1984
Warren Donald	CM		Hillingdon	(1964-10-07)7 October 1964 (aged 20)	11	2	West Ham United	March 1985	Loan
Austin Hayes	W		Hammersmith (ENG)	(1958-07-15)15 July 1958 (aged 26)	78	14	Millwall	August 1983
Aidy Mann	W		Northampton	(1967-07-12)12 July 1967 (aged 17)	45	3	Apprentice	May 1984	N/A
Keith Thompson	W		Birmingham	(1965-04-24)24 April 1965 (aged 20)	10	1	Coventry City	March 1985	Loan
Ray Train (c)	DM		Bedworth	(1951-02-10)10 February 1951 (aged 34)	54	3	Oxford United	March 1984
Forwards
Frankie Belfon	FW		Wellingborough	(1965-02-18)18 February 1965 (aged 20)	93	17	Apprentice	April 1982	N/A
Ian Benjamin	FW		Nottingham	(1961-12-11)11 December 1961 (aged 23)	52	19	Peterborough United	Summer 1984

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
20	Southend United	46	13	11	22	58	83	−25	50
21	Halifax Town	46	15	5	26	42	69	−27	50	Re-elected
22	Stockport County	46	13	8	25	58	79	−21	47
23	Northampton Town	46	14	5	27	53	74	−21	47
24	Torquay United	46	9	14	23	38	63	−25	41

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	14	5	27	53	74	−21	47	10	1	12	32	32	0	4	4	15	21	42	−21

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pos	Player	Division Four			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
		Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Peter Gleasure	43	–	–	4	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	51	–	–
DF	Michael Barnes	19	–	1	4	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	25	–	1
DF	Mark Bushell	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
DF	Wakeley Gage	42	1	4	2	1	1	2	–	–	2	–	–	48	3	5
DF	Russell Lewis	43	1	2	4	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	50	1	2
DF	Brian Mundee	32	1	2	3	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	39	1	2
DF	Geoff Scott	16	1	–	2	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	20	2	–
DF	Paul Shirtliff	27	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	28	2	–
MF	Paul Bancroft	15	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	16	1	–
MF	Neil Brough	3	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	4	4	–
MF	Steve Brown	14	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	3
MF	Phil Cavener	28	–	7	1	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	32	–	7
MF	Warren Donald	11	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	2
MF	Austin Hayes	20	–	5	4	–	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	26	1	5
MF	Aidy Mann	36	2	2	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	41	2	2
MF	Keith Thompson	10	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	1
MF	Ray Train	46	–	1	4	–	2	2	–	–	2	–	–	54	–	3
FW	Frankie Belfon	26	5	5	4	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	1	33	5	6
FW	Ian Benjamin	42	2	18	4	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	1	50	2	19
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Kevin Poole	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
MF	Mark Hutchinson	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	–
FW	Trevor Lee	24	–	–	4	–	2	2	–	–	2	–	–	32	–	2
FW	Mick Perry	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–

Books

• Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.