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1987–88 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town 1987–88 football season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ96364608 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1987–88 season was Northampton Town's 91st season in their history and the first season back in the Third Division after an eleven year absence, following promotion the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Associate Members' Cup.

Players

As of match played 2 May 1988.

Competitions

Barclays League Division Three

League table

Results summary

League position by match

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Cup

Littlewoods Cup

Sherpa Vans Trophy

Appearances and goals

Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

Transfers out

References

Books

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

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “1987–88 Northampton Town F.C. season” as northampton Town 1987–88 football season. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Northampton, Town and season.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 1988, 1997—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Northampton, Town and season providing the first useful test.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q96364608. The first chronological checks are 1987, 1988 and 1997.

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This entry incorporates text from “1987–88 Northampton Town F.C. season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.