| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Wakefield, England | ||
| Position(s) | Central Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Northampton Town (assistant manager) | ||
| 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 | 441 | (29) |
| 1995 | →Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 470 | (30) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Northampton Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2009–2011 | Northampton Town | ||
| 2012 | Corby Town | ||
| 2024–2025 | Northampton Town (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 30 January 2010 (UTC) | |||
Ian Sampson (born 14 November 1968 inWakefield) is an English formerfootballer. He played as a defender forGoole Town,Sunderland,Northampton Town andTottenham Hotspur. He is currently Assistant manager atNorthampton Town
In his playing days he was a centraldefender, beginning his professional career in1990 whenSunderland signed him from non-leagueGoole Town. He only made 21 appearances in four years however, before joining Northampton in1994 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 behindTommy Fowler. Sampson retired from the game at the end of the2003–04 season. He had a brief loan spell atTottenham in1995, featuring in their makeshift squad for theIntertoto Cup.[1] He even managed to score during Spurs' only victory in the campaign againstNK Rudar Velenje.[2]
After retiring from playing, Sampson joined theNorthampton 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 ofJohn Gorman.[3] On 2 January 2007, Northampton announced that formerSouthampton bossStuart Gray had been appointed as the new manager, with Sampson and fellow caretakerJim 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 byBurton 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 sideLiverpool 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 atGrimsby Town.[8]
Sampson become the manager atCorby 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 atCorby Town.[10]
On 16 October 2019, Sampson returned toNorthampton 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.
In December 2024, following the resignation ofJon Brady, Sampson was once again appointed caretaker manager.[12]
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