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
	← 1962–63 →

Players[]

As of match played 27 April 1962.

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps^[1]	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Chic Brodie	GK	Duntocher	(1937-02-22)22 February 1937 (aged 25)	32	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	September 1961
	GK	Swansea	(1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 21)	42	0	Arsenal	July 1960
Full Backs
	LB	Northampton	(1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 26)	8	0	Belper Town	January 1959
	LB	Gateshead	(1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 32)	300	5	Middlesbrough	Summer 1952
	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)	46	0	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
Half Backs
Terry Branston	CH	Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 23)	62	0	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
	WH	Clarkston	(1942-11-12)12 November 1942 (aged 19)	8	0	Apprentice	November 1959	N/A
	WH	Wolverhampton	(1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 24)	58	1	West Bromwich Albion	July 1959
Mike Everitt	WH	Weeley	(1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 21)	53	9	Arsenal	February 1961	£4,000
Derek Leck	WH	Deal	(1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 25)	119	33	Millwall	June 1958
Roly Mills	WH	Daventry	(1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 28)	264	28	Apprentice	May 1951	N/A
Inside/Outside Forwards
Cecil Dixon	OF	Trowbridge	(1935-03-28)28 March 1935 (aged 27)	15	4	Newport County	August 1961
Barry Lines	OF	Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 19)	62	19	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Tommy Robson	OF	Gateshead	(1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 17)	4	1	Newcastle United	August 1961	N/A
	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)	24	6	Norwich City	January 1961
John Reid	IF	Newmains	(1932-08-20)20 August 1932 (aged 29)	26	3	Bradford City	November 1961
Centre Forwards
	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)	41	36	Watford	September 1961

Competitions[]

Division Three[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	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:^{[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	showWatford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,849

22 August 1961 (1961-08-22) 2	Bristol City	1–0	Northampton Town	showBristol
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	showKingston upon Hull
15:00 BST				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 8,027

29 August 1961 (1961-08-29) 4	Northampton Town	0–1	Bristol City	showNorthampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,832

2 September 1961 (1961-09-02) 5	Northampton Town	1–1	Port Vale	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Terry		Llewellyn	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,573

6 September 1961 (1961-09-06) 6	Crystal Palace	1–4	Northampton Town	showSelhurst, London
19:30 BST			Holton Terry	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,535

9 September 1961 (1961-09-09) 7	Northampton Town	2–2	Lincoln City	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Dixon			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,850

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

18 September 1961 (1961-09-18) 9	Northampton Town	0–3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	showNorthampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,350

23 September 1961 (1961-09-23) 10	Northampton Town	1–2	Swindon Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,263

27 September 1961 (1961-09-27) 11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–2	Northampton Town	showBournemouth
19:30 BST			Holton	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 14,112

30 September 1961 (1961-09-30) 12	Halifax Town	1–3	Northampton Town	showHalifax
15:00 BST			Leck Lines	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 5,737

3 October 1961 (1961-10-03) 13	Northampton Town	3–1	Barnsley	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Holton Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,448

7 October 1961 (1961-10-07) 14	Bradford (Park Avenue)	1–2	Northampton Town	showHalifax
15:00 BST			Holton Lines	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 10,738

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

14 October 1961 (1961-10-14) 16	Northampton Town	7–0	Grimsby Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Holton Leck Mills			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,201

17 October 1961 (1961-10-17) 17	Northampton Town	1–1	Crystal Palace	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,827

21 October 1961 (1961-10-21) 18	Shrewsbury Town	1–3	Northampton Town	showShrewsbury
15:00 BST			Holton Mills	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 6,872

28 October 1961 (1961-10-28) 19	Northampton Town	2–2	Peterborough United	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Everitt Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,324

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

18 November 1961 (1961-11-18) 21	Southend United	1–3	Northampton Town	showSouthend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT			Holton } Terry	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,974

2 December 1961 (1961-12-02) 22	Coventry City	1–0	Northampton Town	showCoventry
15:00 GMT	Dixon	Report		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 13,693

9 December 1961 (1961-12-09) 23	Northampton Town	5–0	Brentford	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Holton Lines Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,059

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

23 December 1961 (1961-12-23) 25	Northampton Town	2–0	Hull City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Lines Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,203

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

13 January 1962 (1962-01-13) 27	Port Vale	1–1	Northampton Town	showBurslem
15:00 GMT	Llewellyn		Holton	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,229

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

27 January 1962 (1962-01-27) 29	Northampton Town	1–2	Notts County	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,813

3 February 1962 (1962-02-03) 30	Northampton Town	1–2	Torquay United	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,910

10 February 1962 (1962-02-10) 31	Swindon Town	2–2	Northampton Town	showSwindon
15:00 GMT			Everitt Holton	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,985

17 February 1962 (1962-02-17) 32	Northampton Town	3–1	Halifax Town	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Holton Lines Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,900

24 February 1962 (1962-02-24) 33	Northampton Town	2–0	Bradford (Park Avenue)	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Holton Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,563 Referee: Reg Leafe

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

10 March 1962 (1962-03-10) 35	Northampton Town	3–1	Shrewsbury Town	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Dixon Lines o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,173

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

20 March 1962 (1962-03-20) 37	Northampton Town	2–2	Portsmouth	showNorthampton
19:30 GMT	Dixon Everitt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,622

24 March 1962 (1962-03-24) 38	Northampton Town	1–0	Reading	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,473

31 March 1962 (1962-03-31) 39	Newport County	0–0	Northampton Town	showNewport
15:00 BST				Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 2,568

7 April 1962 (1962-04-07) 40	Northampton Town	3–1	Southend United	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Everitt Holton Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,657

11 April 1962 (1962-04-11) 41	Reading	2–0	Northampton Town	showReading
19:30 BST				Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 5,586

14 April 1962 (1962-04-14) 42	Notts County	1–4	Northampton Town	showNottingham
15:00 BST			Holton	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,974

21 April 1962 (1962-04-21) 43	Northampton Town	4–1	Coventry City	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Holton Lines	Report	Dwight	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,388

23 April 1962 (1962-04-23) 44	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Northampton Town	showWhite City, London
15:00 BST				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,953

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

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

FA Cup[]

4 November 1961 (1961-11-04) 1st round	Northampton Town	2–0	Millwall	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Lines Terry			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,844

25 November 1961 (1961-11-25) 2nd round	Northampton Town	3–0	Kettering Town	showNorthampton
19:30 GMT	Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,825

6 January 1962 (1962-01-06) 3rd round	Port Vale	3–1	Northampton Town	showBurslem
15:00 GMT			Moran	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 19,442

League Cup[]

13 September 1961 (1961-09-13) 1st round	Luton Town	2–1	Northampton Town	showLuton
19:30 BST				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		14	–	–	–	–	–	14	–
FB	Theo Foley	46	–	2	–	1	–	49	–
FB		2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
FB		13	–	–	–	–	–	13	–
HB	Terry Branston	45	–	3	–	1	–	49	–
HB		7	–	–	–	–	–	7	–
HB		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		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		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		22	–	2	–	1	–	25	–
OF	Tommy Fowler	5	–	–	–	–	–	5	–
OF		23	2	3	–	–	–	26	2
IF	Dennis Clapton	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
IF		1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
CF	Pat Terry	24	10	3	1	1	–	28	11

References[]

^ Football League appearances only.

Books

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

[1] Football League appearances only.

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