Ian Sampson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 November 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Wakefield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Central Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Goole Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Sunderland | 21 | (1) |
| 1994 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1994–2004 | Northampton Town | 384 | (26) |
| 1995 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 409 | (27) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–07 | Northampton Town (joint caretaker) | ||
| 2009–11 | Northampton Town | ||
| 2012 | Corby Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:10, 30 January 2010 (UTC). |
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Ian Sampson (born 14 November 1968 in Wakefield) is an English former footballer. He played as a defender for Goole Town, Sunderland, Northampton Town and Tottenham Hotspur. Following his retirement Sampson rejoined Northampton initially working in the youth setup before going to manage the club from 2009 until 2011.
In his playing days he was a central defender, beginning his professional career in 1990 when Sunderland signed him from non-league Goole Town. He only made 21 appearances in four years however, before joining Northampton in 1994 after a successful loan spell. He played for the Cobblers for 10 years, making 449 appearances, placing him second in the list of appearance makers behind Tommy Fowler. Sampson retired from the game at the end of the 2003–04 season. He had a brief loan spell at Tottenham in 1995, featuring in their makeshift squad for the Intertoto Cup. He even managed to score during Spurs' only victory in the campaign against NK Rudar Velenje.
After retiring from playing, Sampson joined the Northampton youth team set-up as coach before being promoted to first-team coach in 2006. He was appointed as joint caretaker manager on 20 December 2006, following the resignation of John Gorman. On 2 January 2007, Northampton announced that former Southampton boss Stuart Gray had been appointed as the new manager, with Sampson and fellow caretaker Jim Barron staying on as first team coaches.
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