1961–62 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1961–62 season
Chairman	Fred York
Manager	Dave Bowen
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	8th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Cliff Holton (36) All: Cliff Holton (39)
Highest home attendance	18,825 vs Kettering Town
Lowest home attendance	7,563 vs Bradford PA
Average home league attendance	11,250

Players

As of match played 27 April 1962.

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps[1]	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Chic Brodie	GK		Duntocher	22 February 1937 (aged 25)	32	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	September 1961
Norman Coe	GK		Swansea	6 December 1940 (aged 21)	42	0	Arsenal	July 1960
Full Backs
Anthony Haskins	LB		Northampton	26 July 1935 (aged 26)	8	0	Belper Town	January 1959
Ron Patterson	LB		Gateshead	30 October 1929 (aged 32)	300	5	Middlesbrough	Summer 1952
Arnold Woollard	LB		Pembroke	24 August 1930 (aged 31)	13	0	Bournemouth	March 1962
Theo Foley	RB		Dublin	2 April 1937 (aged 25)	46	0	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
Half Backs
Terry Branston	CH		Rugby	25 July 1938 (aged 23)	62	0	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
Alec Carson	WH		Clarkston	12 November 1942 (aged 19)	8	0	Apprentice	November 1959	N/A
Barry Cooke	WH		Wolverhampton	12 January 1938 (aged 24)	58	1	West Bromwich Albion	July 1959
Mike Everitt	WH		Weeley	16 January 1941 (aged 21)	53	9	Arsenal	February 1961	£4,000
Derek Leck	WH		Deal	8 February 1937 (aged 25)	119	33	Millwall	June 1958
Roly Mills	WH		Daventry	22 June 1933 (aged 28)	264	28	Apprentice	May 1951	N/A
Inside/Outside Forwards
Cecil Dixon	OF		Trowbridge	28 March 1935 (aged 27)	15	4	Newport County	August 1961
Barry Lines	OF		Bletchley	16 May 1942 (aged 19)	62	19	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Tommy Robson	OF		Gateshead	31 July 1944 (aged 17)	4	1	Newcastle United	August 1961	N/A
Derek Woods	OF		Northampton	23 March 1941 (aged 21)	6	2	Apprentice	June 1959	N/A
Brian Etheridge	IF		Northampton	4 March 1944 (aged 18)	1	0	Apprentice	July 1961	N/A
Jimmy Moran	IF		Cleland	6 March 1935 (aged 27)	24	6	Norwich City	January 1961
John Reid	IF		Newmains	20 August 1932 (aged 29)	26	3	Bradford City	November 1961
Centre Forwards
Bob Edwards	CF		Guildford	22 May 1931 (aged 30)	23	10	Norwich City	March 1961
Cliff Holton (c)	CF		Oxford	29 April 1929 (aged 32)	41	36	Watford	September 1961

Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
6	Bristol City	46	15	3	5	56	27	8	5	10	38	45	1.306	54
7	Reading	46	14	5	4	46	24	8	4	11	31	42	1.167	53
8	Northampton Town	46	12	6	5	52	24	8	5	10	33	33	1.491	51
9	Swindon Town	46	11	8	4	48	26	6	7	10	30	45	1.099	49
10	Hull City	46	15	2	6	43	20	5	6	12	24	34	1.241	48

Source:

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
46	20	11	15	85	57	1.491	51	12	6	5	52	24	30	8	5	10	33	33	21

Last updated: 5 December 2020.
Source:

League position by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L
Position	12	19	21	23	23	18	18	14	17	18	19	19	17	14	16	12	11	9	11	8	6	9	8	8	5	7	8	9	9	10	10	7	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	8

Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 August 1961 1	Watford	0–0	Northampton Town	Watford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,849

22 August 1961 2	Bristol City	1–0	Northampton Town	Bristol
19:30 BST				Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 14,415 Referee: Harry New

26 August 1961 3	Hull City	1–0	Northampton Town	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 8,027

29 August 1961 4	Northampton Town	0–1	Bristol City	Northampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,832

2 September 1961 5	Northampton Town	1–1	Port Vale	Northampton
15:00 BST	Terry		Llewellyn	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,573

6 September 1961 6	Crystal Palace	1–4	Northampton Town	Selhurst, London
19:30 BST			Holton Terry	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,535

9 September 1961 7	Northampton Town	2–2	Lincoln City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Dixon			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,850

16 September 1961 8	Torquay United	1–2	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 BST			Holton Terry	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 5,707

18 September 1961 9	Northampton Town	0–3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Northampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,350

23 September 1961 10	Northampton Town	1–2	Swindon Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,263

27 September 1961 11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–2	Northampton Town	Bournemouth
19:30 BST			Holton	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 14,112

30 September 1961 12	Halifax Town	1–3	Northampton Town	Halifax
15:00 BST			Leck Lines	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 5,737

3 October 1961 13	Northampton Town	3–1	Barnsley	Northampton
19:30 BST	Holton Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,448

7 October 1961 14	Bradford (Park Avenue)	1–2	Northampton Town	Halifax
15:00 BST			Holton Lines	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 10,738

11 October 1961 15	Barnsley	3–2	Northampton Town	Barnsley
19:30 BST			Holton	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,738

14 October 1961 16	Northampton Town	7–0	Grimsby Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	Holton Leck Spelman Edwards Mills			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,201

17 October 1961 17	Northampton Town	1–1	Crystal Palace	Northampton
19:30 BST	Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,827

21 October 1961 18	Shrewsbury Town	1–3	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST			Holton Edwards Mills	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 6,872

28 October 1961 19	Northampton Town	2–2	Peterborough United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Everitt Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,324

11 November 1961 20	Northampton Town	5–0	Newport County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Holton Lines Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,845

18 November 1961 21	Southend United	1–3	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT			Holton } Spelman Terry	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,974

2 December 1961 22	Coventry City	1–0	Northampton Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Dixon	Report		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 13,693

9 December 1961 23	Northampton Town	5–0	Brentford	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Holton Lines Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,059

16 December 1961 24	Northampton Town	2–0	Watford	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,509

23 December 1961 25	Northampton Town	2–0	Hull City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Lines Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,203

26 December 1961 26	Portsmouth	4–1	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT			Lines	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,428

13 January 1962 27	Port Vale	1–1	Northampton Town	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Llewellyn		Holton	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,229

20 January 1962 28	Lincoln City	0–0	Northampton Town	Lincoln
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 5,720

27 January 1962 29	Northampton Town	1–2	Notts County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,813

3 February 1962 30	Northampton Town	1–2	Torquay United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,910

10 February 1962 31	Swindon Town	2–2	Northampton Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT			Everitt Holton	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,985

17 February 1962 32	Northampton Town	3–1	Halifax Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Holton Lines Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,900

24 February 1962 33	Northampton Town	2–0	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Holton Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,563 Referee: Reg Leafe

3 March 1962 34	Grimsby	3–2	Northampton Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT			Holton	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 9,318

10 March 1962 35	Northampton Town	3–1	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Dixon Lines  o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,173

17 March 1962 36	Peterborough United	0–2	Northampton Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT			Everitt Robson	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 17,009

20 March 1962 37	Northampton Town	2–2	Portsmouth	Northampton
19:30 GMT	Dixon Everitt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,622

24 March 1962 38	Northampton Town	1–0	Reading	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,473

31 March 1962 39	Newport County	0–0	Northampton Town	Newport
15:00 BST				Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 2,568

7 April 1962 40	Northampton Town	3–1	Southend United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Everitt Holton Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,657

11 April 1962 41	Reading	2–0	Northampton Town	Reading
19:30 BST				Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 5,586

14 April 1962 42	Notts County	1–4	Northampton Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST			Holton Woods	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,974

21 April 1962 43	Northampton Town	4–1	Coventry City	Northampton
15:00 BST	Holton Lines Woods	Report	Dwight	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,388

23 April 1962 44	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Northampton Town	White City, London
15:00 BST				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,953

24 April 1962 45	Northampton Town	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
19:30 BST	Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,533

27 April 1962 46	Brentford	3–0	Northampton Town	Brentford, London
19:30 BST	Francis Brooks Summers			Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,715

FA Cup

4 November 1961 1st round	Northampton Town	2–0	Millwall	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Lines Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,844

25 November 1961 2nd round	Northampton Town	3–0	Kettering Town	Northampton
19:30 GMT	Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,825

6 January 1962 3rd round	Port Vale	3–1	Northampton Town	Burslem
15:00 GMT			Moran	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 19,442

League Cup

13 September 1961 1st round	Luton Town	2–1	Northampton Town	Luton
19:30 BST			Cooke	Stadium: Kenilworth Road

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals
GK	Chic Brodie	32	–	3	–	–	–	50	–
GK	Norman Coe	14	–	–	–	–	–	14	–
FB	Theo Foley	46	–	2	–	1	–	49	–
FB	Ron Patterson	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
FB	Arnold Woollard	13	–	–	–	–	–	13	–
HB	Terry Branston	45	–	3	–	1	–	49	–
HB	Alec Carson	7	–	–	–	–	–	7	–
HB	Barry Cooke	2	–	–	–	1	1	3	1
HB	Mike Everitt	37	5	3	–	1	–	41	5
HB	Derek Leck	46	2	3	–	1	–	50	2
HB	Roly Mills	35	2	3	–	1	–	39	2
OF	Cecil Dixon	15	4	–	–	1	–	16	4
OF	Barry Lines	38	14	3	1	1	–	42	15
OF	Tommy Robson	4	1	–	–	–	–	4	1
OF	Derek Woods	6	2	–	–	–	–	6	2
IF	Brian Etheridge	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
IF	Jimmy Moran	9	1	1	1	–	–	10	2
IF	John Reid	26	3	–	–	–	–	26	3
CF	Bob Edwards	10	2	1	–	–	–	11	2
CF	Cliff Holton	41	36	3	3	–	–	44	39
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Brian Caine	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
FB	Tony Claypole	22	–	2	–	1	–	25	–
OF	Tommy Fowler	5	–	–	–	–	–	5	–
OF	Ron Spelman	23	2	3	–	–	–	26	2
IF	Dennis Clapton	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
IF	Mike Wright	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
CF	Pat Terry	24	10	3	1	1	–	28	11

References

1. Football League appearances only.

Books

• Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.