17 Facts About Northampton Town

1. Northampton Town once had a horse-drawn tramway which opened in 1881.

2. Northampton Town is the terminus of an arm of the Grand Union Canal.

3. Northampton Town is near junctions 15, 15a and 16 of the M1 motorway which connects Northampton with London at its most southern point and Leeds at its most northern.

4. Northampton Town is home to Collingtree Park Golf Club, who hosted the British Masters in 1995.

5. Northampton Town is home to Premiership rugby union team Northampton Saints, who play at Franklin's Gardens in the St James area.

6. Northampton Town has many snooker clubs including Rileys Pool, Snooker and Poker Club, as well as ten-pin bowling alleys and late night casinos such as Aspers Casino and Gala Casino as well as a Beacon Bingo.

7. Northampton Town was expected to be impacted by the declaration in early 2018 that Northamptonshire County Council was technically insolvent and would need to implement very significant budget cuts for two years.

8. Northampton Town is formally in the East Midlands region but is referred to in Government planning as being part of the South Midlands "growth area".

9. Northampton Town existed as an ancient borough in the medieval period before being one of the 178 boroughs to be reformed under the Municipal Corporations Act in 1835, with a democratically elected council replacing the Tory corporation before it.

10. Northampton Town is included in the East Midlands constituency for elections to the European Parliament, electing five MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

11. Northampton Town was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan district which covered areas outside the former borough boundaries but inside the designated New Town.

12. Northampton Town was originally controlled by officials acting for the King who collected taxes and upheld the law.

13. Northampton Town moved to the county ground in 1897, sharing it with Northamptonshire County Cricket Club from 1905.

14. Northampton Town finished 16th, meaning that they would continue to play third tier football.

15. Northampton Town signed high-profile players such as Clive Platt, Alex Nicholls, Chris Hackett and Joe Widdowson and made Sixfields a fortress in the opening months of the campaign.

16. Northampton Town was replaced by former Southampton boss Stuart Gray on 2 January 2007.

17. Northampton Town were promoted three times in the five years 1960 to 1965.