As the build-up for the Northamptonshire’s Premier local derby gets underway this week, here are a few facts and trivia to impress your friends and family and get you excited, educated and energised for Saturday’s game.                                                                 

In the FA CUP:

KETTERING TOWN V NORTHAMPTON TOWN

Season            V         Comp              F-A     Att:     Poppies Scorers

1901-02           H         FAC5Q           2-2       3000    Garfield, Platt

                        A         FAC5QR         0-2       5000

1904-05           H         FAC4Q           0-2       5000

1961-62           A         FAC2              0-3     18825   

1989-90           H         FAC1              0-1       6100

TRIVIA

Northampton Town were the 22^nd different club the Poppies faced out of the 191 total

Dean Thomas scored against the Poppies in 1989, he went on to manage the Poppies.

Graham Carr the Northampton Town manager in 1989, went on to manage the Poppies.

Steve Berry who played in the 1989 game, also went on to manage the Poppies.

Of the Cobblers 1989 side that won 1-0 at Rockingham Road, Peter Gleasure, Phil Chard, Irvin Gernon, Steve Berry, Bradley Sandeman, Darren Collins, Bobby Barnes and Trevor Quow all went on to play for Kettering.

TV coverage of this game can be found on our YouTube channel.

This will be the 52^nd time the Poppies have played in the FA Cup 1^st round.

The last time the Poppies played at home at the 1^st round stage was 2008-09 v Lincoln City, a 1-1 draw.

The last time the Poppies played in the 1^st round was away at Sutton United in 2011-12, a 0-1 loss.

This is the Poppies 127^th season in the FA Cup

STATISTICS – SINCE 1979-80

Highest home win                            2-1         v Dartford                                         1988-89

Highest away win                             2-0         v Wycombe Wanderers                    1991-92 (replay)

Highest home defeat                        0-7         v Swindon Town                              1983-84

Highest away defeat                         0-3         v Walsall & Kidderminster H          1982-83 & 1993-94

Highest home attendance                 6100      v Northampton Town                       1989-90

Lowest home attendance                  2611      v Wrexham                                       1999-2000 (replay)

Highest away attendance                 5877      v Reading                                         1979-80

Lowest away attendance                  1532      v Sutton United                                2011-12

THE LAST TIME WE MET

KETTERING TOWN 0-1 NORTHAMPTON TOWN

At Rockingham Road

November 18^th, 1989

Att: 6100

POPPIES                               COBBLERS  

1. Shoemake                           1. Gleasure

2. Nightingale                         2. Chard

3. Collins                                3. Gernon

4. Richardson                          4. Thomas.1

5. Slack                                   5. Wilcox       

6. Brown R                              6. McPherson

7. Keast                                   7. Berry

8. Wright A                             8. Sandeman

9. Horwood                             9. Collins

10. Cooke                                10. Barnes

11. Genovese                          11. Quow

12. Moss                                  12. Brown

14. Edwards                            14. Wilson

Manager                                Manager

Peter Morris                            Graham Carr