Northampton Town signed former Mansfield Town midfielder Giles Coke for £70,000 in the summer of 2007.
Coke, who is an attacking central midfielder, is regarded as one of the most talented creative midfielders outside of the Premiership. An excellent tackler, he is two footed with an impressive long range shot and superb passing ability.
At the age of 16, Coke began his football career as a youth team player at Queens Park Rangers, where he swiftly moved into the Reserve team. However, he was not offered a professional contract at QPR, and was released. He moved to non-league Kingstonian. In the spring of 2005, Coke was spotted by Mansfield, and signed his first professional contract within weeks of being at the Nottinghamshire club. He made his debut in league football on March 19 2005, starting in a high scoring game against Bristol Rovers. Coke soon became a regular in Mansfield's starting line up, and has become known for scoring in important games. He scored the only goal of the game when the Stags knocked Southampton out of the League Cup in September 2005, and also scored in the FA Cup match against Rotherham that the Stags eventually won 4-3. He also gave a dominant display during the narrow FA Cup defeat at Newcastle. His name had been linked with several Championship and Premiership clubs, including Southampton, Reading, Norwich, Watford and Wolves. However, Coke decided to remain at Mansfield for a further year signing a new one-year deal with Mansfield in the summer of 2006. He has rejected the offer of a new deal in 2007 to make the move to Sixfields. Although born and bred in London, England, Giles has both Ghanian and English ancestry allowing him to represent either nation at international level. He signed a new contract at Sixfields in June 2009.

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