Northampton Town F. C.
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| Full name | Northampton Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Cobblers |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Ground | Sixfields Stadium |
| Capacity | 7,798 |
| Chairman | Kelvin Thomas |
| Manager | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
| League | League One |
| 2016–17 | League One, 16th of 24 |
| Website | Club website |
Northampton Town Football Club /nɔːrˈθæmptən ˈtaʊn/ is a professional association football club based in the town of Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. The team play in League One, the third tier of English football. They hold the record for the shortest time taken to be promoted from the bottom tier to the top tier and relegated back down to the bottom again, in the space of nine years.
Northampton were formed in 1897, after meetings between the town’s schoolteachers and local solicitor A.J. Darnell. They play their home games at the 7,798 capacity all-seater Sixfields Stadium, having moved in 1994 from the County Ground which they shared with the owners, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. The club’s main traditional rivals are Peterborough United, a rivalry which has endured since the 1960s. Other rivals include Oxford United, Milton Keynes Dons, Rushden & Diamonds and Cambridge United. The club's colours have traditionally been claret and white. The club nickname is "The Cobblers", a reference to the town's historical shoe-making industry.
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