The 2009–10 season was Northampton Town's 113th season in their history and the first season back in League Two after relegation the previous year. Alongside competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The team's new shirt supplier was Erreà, and the shirt sponsor was Jackson Grundy.

As of match played 8 May 2010.

No.	Name	Position	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Chris Dunn	GK		Havering	(1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 22)	66	0	Apprentice	22 April 2006	N/A
13	Paul Walker	GK		Cambridge (ENG)	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 18)	0	0	Apprentice	30 August 2008	N/A
26	Jason Steele	GK		Newton Aycliffe	(1990-08-18)18 August 1990 (aged 19)	13	0	Middlesbrough	25 February 2010	Loan
Defenders
2	Paul Rodgers	RB		Edmonton	(1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 20)	46	0	Arsenal	31 July 2009	Free
3	John Johnson	RB		Middlesbrough	(1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 21)	38	5	Middlesbrough	24 September 2009	Loan
5	Craig Hinton	CB		Wolverhampton	(1977-11-26)26 November 1977 (aged 32)	46	0	Bristol Rovers	29 May 2009	Free
6	Dean Beckwith	CB		Southwark	(1983-09-18)18 September 1983 (aged 26)	42	0	Hereford United	29 June 2009	Free
19	John Curtis	U		Nuneaton	(1978-09-03)3 September 1978 (aged 31)	21	0	Wrexham	28 July 2009	Free
23	Peter Gilbert	LB		Newcastle upon Tyne (ENG)	(1983-07-31)31 July 1983 (aged 26)	31	0	Oldham Athletic	13 November 2009	Free
Midfielders
4	Luke Guttridge	CM		Barnstaple	(1982-03-27)27 March 1982 (aged 28)	63	9	Colchester United	4 August 2008	Free
8	Abdul Osman	CM		Accra	(1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 23)	73	4	Gretna	12 June 2008	Free
11	Andy Holt	LB/LM		Stockport	(1978-04-21)21 April 1978 (aged 32)	164	9	Wrexham	27 June 2006	Free
12	Ryan Gilligan	CM		Swindon	(1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 23)	178	22	Watford	12 August 2005	Free
14	Liam Davis	LM		Wandsworth	(1986-11-23)23 November 1986 (aged 23)	53	6	Coventry City	6 June 2008	Free
15	Alex Dyer	CM		Täby (SWE)	(1990-06-11)11 June 1990 (aged 19)	42	3	Apprentice	1 July 2007	N/A
21	Michael Jacobs	W		Rothwell	(1991-11-04)4 November 1991 (aged 18)	2	0	Apprentice	1 July 2009	N/A
30	Kevin Thornton	RM		Drogheda	(1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 23)	11	1	Nuneaton Town	8 January 2010	Free
Forwards
9	Steve Guinan	FW		Birmingham	(1974-12-24)24 December 1974 (aged 35)	34	7	Hereford United	26 May 2009	Free
10	Adebayo Akinfenwa	FW		Islington	(1982-05-10)10 May 1982 (aged 27)	95	39	Millwall	18 January 2008	Free
16	Gary Mulligan	FW		Dublin	(1985-04-23)23 April 1985 (aged 25)	12	0	Gillingham	8 July 2009	Free
17	Billy Mckay	FW		Corby (ENG)	(1988-10-22)22 October 1988 (aged 21)	43	8	Leicester City	21 July 2009	Free
18	Joe Benjamin	FW		Woodford	(1990-10-08)8 October 1990 (aged 19)	8	0	Apprentice	1 August 2008	N/A
22	Courtney Herbert	FW		Northampton	(1988-10-25)25 October 1988 (aged 21)	23	2	Long Buckby	23 September 2009	Free
24	Seb Harris	FW		Rochester, Michigan	(1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 22)	10	1	Michigan Bucks	3 August 2009	Free
28	Stephen O'Flynn	FW		Mallow	(1982-04-27)27 April 1982 (aged 28)	5	0	Limerick	5 January 2010	Free

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Bury	46	19	12	15	54	59	−5	69
10	Port Vale	46	17	17	12	61	50	+11	68
11	Northampton Town	46	18	13	15	62	53	+9	67
12	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	12	17	55	54	+1	63
13	Burton Albion	46	17	11	18	71	71	0	62

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	13	15	62	53	+9	67	9	9	5	29	21	+8	9	4	10	33	32	+1

As of games played 8 May 2010

  Win   Draw   Loss

No.	Pos	Player	League Two			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	Chris Dunn	29	–	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	35	–	–	–	–
2	RB	Paul Rodgers	24	7	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	28	7	–	4	–
3	RB	John Johnson	36	–	5	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	38	–	5	4	–
4	CM	Luke Guttridge	24	7	4	2	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	27	7	6	4	–
5	CB	Craig Hinton	38	2	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	44	2	–	4	–
6	CB	Dean Beckwith	37	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	41	1	–	5	–
8	CM	Abdul Osman	26	4	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	28	5	2	5	–
9	ST	Steve Guinan	19	9	4	2	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	3	24	10	7	3	–
10	ST	Adebayo Akinfenwa	36	4	17	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	38	6	17	3	–
11	LM	Andy Holt	31	–	3	2	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	36	–	3	1	1
12	RM	Ryan Gilligan	41	1	8	2	–	1	1	–	–	3	–	2	47	1	11	11	–
13	GK	Paul Walker	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	LM	Liam Davis	13	4	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	14	5	2	–	–
15	CM	Alex Dyer	4	16	2	–	1	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	5	18	2	1	–
16	ST	Gary Mulligan	2	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	5	7	–	1	–
17	ST	Billy Mckay	29	11	8	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	30	13	8	–	–
18	ST	Joe Benjamin	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	2	2	–	1	–
19	U	John Curtis	18	1	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	19	2	–	5	–
21	LM	Michael Jacobs	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	1	–	–	–
22	ST	Courtney Herbert	8	14	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	8	15	2	1	–
23	LB	Peter Gilbert	30	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	31	–	–	4	1
24	ST	Seb Harris	–	9	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	1	–	–
26	GK	Jason Steele	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–
28	ST	Stephen O'Flynn	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–
30	RM	Kevin Thornton	4	7	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	7	1	2	1
Out on loan:
20	CB	Chris McCready	13	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	1	–	15	3	–	1	1
Players who left Northampton Town:
7	W	Ben Marshall	11	4	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	14	2	2	2	–
23	LB	Robbie Threlfall	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2	3	–	–	–
25	ST	Luke Boden	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	–	–	–	–
25	CB	Danny Swailes	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	2	–
26	GK	Simon Brown	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
27	GK	Billy Lumley	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
40	CB	Pat Kanyuka	3	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	–	–	–	–
	W	Romone Rose	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–
	CB	Luke Wilkinson	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

2009–10 Awards	Pos.	Player
Player of the Year	ST	Adebayo Akinfenwa
Young Player of the Year	RB	John Johnson

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2009	FW		Steve Guinan	Hereford United	Free	[1]
1 July 2009	DF		Craig Hinton	Bristol Rovers	Free	[2]
1 July 2009	DF		Dean Beckwith	Hereford United	Free	[3]
8 July 2009	FW		Gary Mulligan	Gillingham	Free	[4]
21 July 2009	FW		Billy McKay	Leicester City	Free	[5]
28 July 2009	MF		John Curtis	Wrexham	Free	[6]
31 July 2009	DF		Paul Rodgers	Arsenal	Free	[7]
3 August 2009	FW		Sebastian Harris	Michigan Bucks	Free	[8]
3 August 2009	DF		Chris McCready	Crewe Alexandra	Free	[9]
11 September 2009	GK		Simon Brown	Unattached	Free	[10]
23 September 2009	FW		Courtney Herbert	Long Buckby	Free	[11]
23 October 2009	DF		Pat Kanyuka	Unattached	Free	[12]
13 November 2009	DF		Peter Gilbert	Unattached	Free	[13]
23 December 2009	GK		Billy Lumley	Stafford Rangers	Free	[14]
5 January 2010	FW		Stephen O'Flynn	Limerick	Free	[15]
8 January 2010	MF		Kevin Thornton	Nuneaton Town	Free	[16]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
25 August 2009	DF		Danny Jackman	Gillingham	Undisclosed	[17]

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
6 August 2009	MF		Romone Rose	Queens Park Rangers	6 September 2009	[18]
7 August 2009	MF		Ben Marshall	Stoke City	4 November 2009	[19]
21 August 2009	DF		Robbie Threlfall	Liverpool	21 September 2009	[20]
27 August 2009	MF		Luke Boden	Sheffield Wednesday	27 September 2009	[21]
24 September 2009	DF		John Johnson	Middlesbrough	30 June 2010	[22]
19 November 2009	MF		Josh Walker	Middlesbrough	3 December 2009	[23]
26 November 2009	DF		Danny Swailes	Middlesbrough	26 December 2009	[24]
5 January 2009	DF		Luke Wilkinson	Portsmouth	5 February 2010	[25]

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
9 November 2009	MF		Joe Benjamin	Eastbourne Borough	31 May 2010	[26]
5 January 2010	GK		Paul Walker	Brackley Town	5 February 2010
21 January 2010	DF		Chris McCready	Tranmere Rovers	31 May 2010	[27]

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