The Rise and Fall of Northampton Town: From the bottom to the top, and back to the bottom again

The Rise and Fall of Northampton Town: From the bottom to the top, and back to the bottom again

The last 27 months for Northampton Town have been unpredictable to sum it up in one word. They were rescued from a relegation dog fight, taken to a playoff final, and now find themselves falling ever further in the endless pit that is 92nd place in the Football League.

When Aidy Boothroyd took the reigns on the 30th November 2011 the club lay 21st in League Two, or 89th in the Football League pyramid. After a period of dipping and peaking Aidy steered the club to a 20th place finish, just four points above the relegation zone.

The summer of 2012 was the first real chance for Aidy to mould the squad to his liking, and with the respect and reputation he carries, a chance to possibly attract players that bigger clubs could easily sign.

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It's not the first time in their history Northampton Town has risen and fallen in rapid time. They hold the record for going from the fourth to the first divisions and back down again in the shortest time, 9 seasons.

They were promoted out of division 4 to division 3 as runners up in 1960/61, and made it into the Division 1 by 1964/65. But they spent only one season in the top flight before starting the long drop back, eventually being relegated back to Division 4 by finishing fourth bottom of Division 3 in 1968/69.

The 60's was certainly a decade of highs and lows for Northampton.

remember two games against northampton. i think it was the opening game of the season, about 2005 at a guess, when they visited us at the bank. they lead 2-0 at half time before we came back to win in the second half. also visited sixfields on my birthday, again, a guess at 2005. when a late simon yeo goal got us a point. no atmosphere in a very lego looking stadium.

lol after researching both games were neither the opening game or on my birthday but were infact both in 2004 in april and november

7,000 was their attendance when we went away. cant imagine they get those gates anymore