Ian Sampson

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Ian Sampson
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-11-14) 14 November 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Wakefield, England
Position(s) Central Defender
Youth career
1989–1990 Goole Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1994 Sunderland 21 (1)
1994 → Northampton Town (loan) 8 (0)
1994–2004 Northampton Town 441 (29)
1995 → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 3 (1)
Total473(31)
Managerial career
2006–07 Northampton Town (joint caretaker)
2009–11 Northampton Town
2012 Corby Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

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.

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Playing career

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. [1] He even managed to score during Spurs' only victory in the campaign against NK Rudar Velenje. [2]

Managerial career

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. [3] 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.

Following the sacking of Stuart Gray on 8 September 2009, Sampson was appointed as caretaker manager for the second time and on 5 October 2009 he was named Northampton manager until the end of the season. [4]

Sampson won the League Two Manager of the Month award in January 2010, after Northampton won three and drew two of their five games. This was the first time a Northampton Manager had won the award since 2006. [5]

Sampson was sacked by Northampton Town on 2 March 2011 following a run of 7 games without a win, ending in a 3–2 defeat by Burton Albion, leaving the Cobblers in 16th place in League Two. Sampson had received mixed reaction from the stands, with some supporters wanting a change, however he was one of the club's most popular managers and, notably, his team beat the Premier League side Liverpool at Anfield, on penalties, in the League Cup in September 2010. [6] Northampton also beat Crewe 6–2 at Sixfields with debutant Shaun Harrad scoring. [7]

On 9 March 2011 he confirmed he had applied for the vacant managerial post at Grimsby Town. [8]

Sampson become the manager at Corby Town. [9] one day after the club was taken over by businessman Kevin Ingram. However, after five straight defeat at the start of the 2012–13 season Sampson resigned as manager at Corby Town. [10]

On 16 October 2019, Sampson returned to Northampton Town as the new Academy Manager, officially returning to the club he previously managed. [11]

On 10 February 2021, Sampson became caretaker assistant manager along with Marc Richards after the sacking of Keith Curle.

Honours

Northampton Town

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Shaw, Phil (26 June 1995) No picnic for English clubs by the sea The Independent Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Season 1995–1996". topspurs.com. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  3. ↑ John Gorman resigns ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2006.
  4. ↑ Cobblers appoint Sampson as boss BBC Sport. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  5. ↑ "Homepage". www.football-league.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2010.[ title missing ]
  6. ↑ "Liverpool 2 Northampton 2". BBC Sport. 22 September 2010.
  7. ↑ www.ntfc.co.uk http://www.ntfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10425~2306137,00.html . Retrieved 2 March 2011.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
  8. ↑ http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/grimsbytownnews/Sampson-confirms-application/article-3305934-detail/article.html [ dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Sampson appointed new Corby boss". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "Corby Town FC Manager Ian Sampson Quits". Non League Bets. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Ian Sampson Appointed the Club's New Academy Manager".
  12. ↑ Fox, Norman (25 May 1997). "Football: Swansea run over by Frain". The Independent. Independent Digital News & Media. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Manager of the Month". LMA. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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