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Where is Northampton from? Football club from Northampton, Inglaterra. Home stadium: Sixfields Stadium. Honors: 3 official titles, crest & history on DataFútbol.
Northampton (EFL League Two)
Where is Northampton from? It is a football club based in the city of Northampton (Inglaterra). Home matches are played at Sixfields Stadium.
General Information & Facts
- Founded: 1897
- Nickname: The Cobblers
- Stadium: Sixfields Stadium - Capacity: 7798 spectators
Historical Records
- All-time top scorer: Jack English (143 goles)
- Most appearances: Tommy Fowler (552 partidos)
- Biggest win: 10-0 a Walsall (Diciembre 1928)
Honours & Official Titles
- 1x Third Division / League One (Tercera División)
- 2x Fourth Division / League Two (Cuarta División)
Historical Timeline
Year - 1897 (Foundation and Origins of Colours): Formally founded on 6 March 1897 in Northampton, East Midlands, at a meeting held at the Princess Royal Inn on the initiative of the solicitor A.J. ‘Pat’ Darnell and a group of local schoolteachers. The aim was to provide the town with a professional football club. After overcoming objections from the local rugby club regarding the use of the simplified name ‘Northampton’, they adopted the official name of Northampton Town F.C. Their first kit consisted of shirts split down the middle in chocolate brown and blue, replaced in 1899 by the traditional claret and white kit (the town’s official colours), which cemented their nickname, ‘The Cobblers’, in reference to the town’s historic shoemaking industry.
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Year - 1960 (The Nine-Year Rise and Fall): Under the management of Dave Bowen, the club embarked on one of the most unusual journeys in English professional football, climbing from the Fourth Division to the First Division (the top flight) and returning to the Fourth Division in the space of just nine years (1960–1969), achieving a series of memorable successive promotions and spending a single season in the top flight (1965–66).
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Year - 1970 (George Best and the FA Cup): On 7 February 1970, in the fifth round of the FA Cup at the County Ground, the club played a historic match against Manchester United. Although the match ended in an 8–2 defeat, it went down in FA Cup history because the Northern Irishman George Best scored six goals, setting an all-time record for the competition in the post-war era.
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Year - 1997 (The Centenary at Wembley and the Move): After moving in 1994 to their new home at Sixfields Stadium (bringing to a close a period of almost a century at the County Ground), the club celebrated its centenary in 1997 by winning the Third Division (League Two) play-off final. On 24 May 1997, in front of more than 32,000 supporters at Wembley Stadium, they beat Swansea City 1–0 with a last-gasp free-kick from John Frain in the 93rd minute.
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