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
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 season was Northampton Town's 65th season in their history and the first season in the Third Division, following promotion from the Fourth Division the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Players

As of match played 27 April 1962.

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Chic Brodie	GK	Duntocher	(1937-02-22)22 February 1937 (aged 25)	35	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	September 1961
Norman Coe	GK	Swansea	(1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 21)	45	0	Arsenal	July 1960
Full backs
Tony Haskins	LB	Northampton	(1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 26)	8	0	Belper Town	August 1959
Ron Patterson	LB	Gateshead	(1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 32)	317	5	Middlesbrough	Summer 1952
Arnold Woollard	LB	Pembroke	(1930-08-24)24 August 1930 (aged 31)	13	0	Bournemouth	March 1962
Theo Foley	RB	Dublin	(1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 25)	49	0	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
Half backs
Terry Branston	CH	Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 23)	66	0	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
Alec Carson	WH	Clarkston	(1942-11-12)12 November 1942 (aged 19)	8	0	Apprentice	November 1959	N/A
Barry Cooke	WH	Wolverhampton	(1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 24)	64	2	West Bromwich Albion	July 1959
Mike Everitt	WH	Weeley	(1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 21)	57	9	Arsenal	February 1961	£4,000
Derek Leck	WH	Deal	(1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 25)	128	34	Millwall	June 1958
Roly Mills	WH	Daventry	(1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 28)	280	30	Apprentice	May 1951	N/A
Inside/Outside forwards
Cecil Dixon	OF	Trowbridge	(1935-03-28)28 March 1935 (aged 27)	16	4	Newport County	August 1961
Barry Lines	OF	Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 19)	69	20	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Tommy Robson	OF	Gateshead	(1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 17)	4	1	Newcastle United	August 1961	N/A
Derek Woods	OF	Northampton	(1941-03-23)23 March 1941 (aged 21)	6	2	Apprentice	June 1959	N/A
Brian Etheridge	IF	Northampton	(1944-03-04)4 March 1944 (aged 18)	1	0	Apprentice	July 1961	N/A
Jimmy Moran	IF	Cleland	(1935-03-06)6 March 1935 (aged 27)	25	7	Norwich City	January 1961
John Reid	IF	Newmains	(1932-08-20)20 August 1932 (aged 29)	26	3	Bradford City	November 1961
Centre forwards
Bob Edwards	CF	Guildford	(1931-05-22)22 May 1931 (aged 30)	23	10	Norwich City	March 1961
Cliff Holton (c)	CF	Oxford	(1929-04-29)29 April 1929 (aged 32)	44	39	Watford	September 1961

Competitions

Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
6	Bristol City	46	23	8	15	94	72	1.306	54
7	Reading	46	22	9	15	77	66	1.167	53
8	Northampton Town	46	20	11	15	85	57	1.491	51
9	Swindon Town	46	17	15	14	78	71	1.099	49
10	Hull City	46	20	8	18	67	54	1.241	48

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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 (1961-08-19) 1	Watford	0–0	Northampton Town	Watford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,849

22 August 1961 (1961-08-22) 2	Bristol City	1–0	Northampton Town	Bristol
19:30 BST				Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 14,415 Referee: Harry New

26 August 1961 (1961-08-26) 3	Hull City	1–0	Northampton Town	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 8,027

29 August 1961 (1961-08-29) 4	Northampton Town	0–1	Bristol City	Northampton
BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,832

2 September 1961 (1961-09-02) 5	Northampton Town	1–1	Port Vale	Northampton
BST	P.Terry		B.Llewellyn	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,573

6 September 1961 (1961-09-06) 6	Crystal Palace	1–4	Northampton Town	Selhurst, London
BST			C.Holton P.Terry	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,535

9 September 1961 (1961-09-09) 7	Northampton Town	2–2	Lincoln City	Northampton
BST	C.Dixon			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,850

16 September 1961 (1961-09-16) 8	Torquay United	1–2	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 BST			C.Holton P.Terry	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 5,707

18 September 1961 (1961-09-18) 9	Northampton Town	0–3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Northampton
19:15 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,350

23 September 1961 (1961-09-23) 10	Northampton Town	1–2	Swindon Town	Northampton
15:00 BST	C.Holton 90'	Report	R.Hunt 46' E.Hunt 79'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,263 Referee: N Hough

27 September 1961 (1961-09-27) 11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–2	Northampton Town	Bournemouth
19:15 BST			C.Holton	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 14,112

30 September 1961 (1961-09-30) 12	Halifax Town	1–3	Northampton Town	Halifax
BST			D.Leck B.Lines	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 5,737

3 October 1961 (1961-10-03) 13	Northampton Town	3–1	Barnsley	Northampton
BST	C.Holton P.Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,448

7 October 1961 (1961-10-07) 14	Bradford (Park Avenue)	1–2	Northampton Town	Halifax
BST			C.Holton B.Lines T.Foley	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 10,738

11 October 1961 (1961-10-11) 15	Barnsley	3–2	Northampton Town	Barnsley
BST			C.Holton	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,738

14 October 1961 (1961-10-14) 16	Northampton Town	7–0	Grimsby Town	Northampton
BST	C.Holton D.Leck R.Spelman B.Edwards R.Mills			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,201

17 October 1961 (1961-10-17) 17	Northampton Town	1–1	Crystal Palace	Northampton
BST	C.Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,827

21 October 1961 (1961-10-21) 18	Shrewsbury Town	1–3	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
BST			C.Holton B.Edwards R.Mills	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 6,872

28 October 1961 (1961-10-28) 19	Northampton Town	2–2	Peterborough United	Northampton
BST	M.Everitt C.Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,324

11 November 1961 (1961-11-11) 20	Northampton Town	5–0	Newport County	Northampton
GMT	C.Holton B.Lines J.Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,845

18 November 1961 (1961-11-18) 21	Southend United	1–3	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
GMT			C.Holton } R.Spelman P.Terry	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,974

2 December 1961 (1961-12-02) 22	Coventry City	1–0	Northampton Town	Coventry
GMT	M.Dixon	Report		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 13,693

9 December 1961 (1961-12-09) 23	Northampton Town	5–0	Brentford	Northampton
GMT	C.Holton B.Lines P.Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,059

16 December 1961 (1961-12-16) 24	Northampton Town	2–0	Watford	Northampton
GMT	P.Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,509

23 December 1961 (1961-12-23) 25	Northampton Town	2–0	Hull City	Northampton
GMT	B.Lines P.Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,203

26 December 1961 (1961-12-26) 26	Portsmouth	4–1	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT			B.Lines	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,428

13 January 1962 (1962-01-13) 27	Port Vale	1–1	Northampton Town	Burslem
GMT	B.Llewellyn		C.Holton	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,229

20 January 1962 (1962-01-20) 28	Lincoln City	0–0	Northampton Town	Lincoln
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 5,720

27 January 1962 (1962-01-27) 29	Northampton Town	1–2	Notts County	Northampton
GMT	B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,813

3 February 1962 (1962-02-03) 30	Northampton Town	1–2	Torquay United	Northampton
GMT	B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,910

10 February 1962 (1962-02-10) 31	Swindon Town	2–2	Northampton Town	Swindon
15:00 GMT	J.Smith 65' B.Atkins 77'	Report	C.Holton 30' M.Everitt 80'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,985 Referee: J R Osborne

17 February 1962 (1962-02-17) 32	Northampton Town	3–1	Halifax Town	Northampton
GMT	C.Holton B.Lines J.Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,900

24 February 1962 (1962-02-24) 33	Northampton Town	2–0	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Northampton
GMT	C.Holton J.Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,563 Referee: Reg Leafe

3 March 1962 (1962-03-03) 34	Grimsby	3–2	Northampton Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT			C.Holton	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 9,318

10 March 1962 (1962-03-10) 35	Northampton Town	3–1	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
GMT	C.Dixon B.Lines o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,173

17 March 1962 (1962-03-17) 36	Peterborough United	0–2	Northampton Town	Peterborough
15:00 GMT			M.Everitt T.Robson	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 17,009

20 March 1962 (1962-03-20) 37	Northampton Town	2–2	Portsmouth	Northampton
GMT	C.Dixon M.Everitt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,622

24 March 1962 (1962-03-24) 38	Northampton Town	1–0	Reading	Northampton
GMT	C.Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,473

31 March 1962 (1962-03-31) 39	Newport County	0–0	Northampton Town	Newport, Wales
BST				Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 2,568

7 April 1962 (1962-04-07) 40	Northampton Town	3–1	Southend United	Northampton
BST	M.Everitt C.Holton B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,657

11 April 1962 (1962-04-11) 41	Reading	2–0	Northampton Town	Reading
BST				Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 5,586

14 April 1962 (1962-04-14) 42	Notts County	1–4	Northampton Town	Nottingham
BST			C.Holton D.Woods	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,974

21 April 1962 (1962-04-21) 43	Northampton Town	4–1	Coventry City	Northampton
BST	C.Holton B.Lines D.Woods	Report	R.Dwight	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,388

23 April 1962 (1962-04-23) 44	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Northampton Town	White City, London
15:15 BST				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,953

24 April 1962 (1962-04-24) 45	Northampton Town	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
19:30 BST	C.Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,533

27 April 1962 (1962-04-27) 46	Brentford	3–0	Northampton Town	Brentford, London
19:30 BST	G.Francis J.Brooks G.Summers			Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,715

FA Cup

4 November 1961 (1961-11-04) First round	Northampton Town	2–0	Millwall	Northampton
GMT	B.Lines P.Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,844

25 November 1961 (1961-11-25) Second round	Northampton Town	3–0	Kettering Town	Northampton
GMT	C.Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,825

6 January 1962 (1962-01-06) Third round	Port Vale	3–1	Northampton Town	Burslem
GMT			J.Moran	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 19,442

League Cup

13 September 1961 (1961-09-13) First round	Luton Town	2–1	Northampton Town	Luton
19:00 BST			B.Cooke	Stadium: Kenilworth Road

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos	Player	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	Tony Haskins	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
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

Books

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