1963–64 Northampton Town F.C. season
1963–64 season | |
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Chairman | Fred York |
Manager | Dave Bowen |
Stadium | County Ground |
Division Two | 11th |
FA Cup | Third round |
League Cup | Third round |
Top goalscorer | League: Frank Large (12) All: Frank Large (12) |
Highest home attendance | 18,177 vs Swindon Town |
Lowest home attendance | 8,047 vs Southampton |
Average home league attendance | 15,366 |
Players[]
- As of match played 24 April 1965.
Name | Position | Nationality | Place of birth | Date of birth | Apps[1] | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | ||
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
GK | Swansea | 6 December 1940 (aged 23) | 43 | 0 | Arsenal | July 1960 | |||||
Bryan Harvey | GK | Stepney | 26 August 1938 (aged 25) | 32 | 0 | Blackpool | October 1963 | £4,000[2] | |||
Full Backs | |||||||||||
Vic Cockcroft | LB | Birmingham | 25 February 1941 (aged 23) | 17 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | July 1962 | ||||
Mike Everitt | LB | Weeley | 16 January 1941 (aged 23) | 143 | 9 | Arsenal | February 1961 | £4,000 | |||
Theo Foley (c) | RB | Dublin | 2 April 1937 (aged 27) | 115 | 3 | Exeter City | May 1961 | £1,000 | |||
John Mackin | RB | Bellshill | 18 November 1943 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | November 1963 | N/A | |||
Half Backs | |||||||||||
Terry Branston | CH | Rugby | 25 July 1938 (aged 25) | 148 | 0 | Apprentice | October 1958 | N/A | |||
Graham Carr | CH | Corbridge | 25 October 1944 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Apprentice | August 1962 | N/A | |||
Joe Kiernan | WH | Coatbridge | 22 October 1942 (aged 21) | 19 | 0 | Sunderland | July 1963 | ||||
John Kurila | WH | Glasgow | 10 April 1941 (aged 23) | 58 | 2 | Bristol City | November 1963 | ||||
Derek Leck | WH | Deal | 8 February 1937 (aged 27) | 194 | 42 | Millwall | June 1958 | ||||
WH | Northampton | 2 January 1944 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | September 1963 | N/A | ||||
Roly Mills | WH | Daventry | 22 June 1933 (aged 30) | 305 | 30 | Apprentice | May 1951 | N/A | |||
Inside/Outside Forwards | |||||||||||
Billy Best | OF | Glasgow | 7 September 1942 (aged 21) | 9 | 2 | Pollok | July 1962 | ||||
Billy Hails | OF | Nettlesworth | 19 February 1935 (aged 29) | 59 | 13 | Peterborough United | November 1962 | ||||
Barry Lines | OF | Bletchley | 16 May 1942 (aged 21) | 133 | 38 | Bletchley Town | September 1960 | ||||
Tommy Robson | OF | Gateshead | 31 July 1944 (aged 19) | 23 | 4 | Newcastle United | August 1961 | N/A | |||
OF | Plymouth | 12 October 1945 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | September 1963 | N/A | ||||
Brian Etheridge | IF | Northampton | 4 March 1944 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1962 | N/A | |||
Jim Hall | IF | Northampton | 21 March 1945 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1963 | N/A | |||
Don Martin | IF | Corby | 15 February 1944 (aged 20) | 22 | 7 | Apprentice | July 1962 | N/A | |||
Centre Forwards | |||||||||||
Bobby Brown | CF | Streatham | 2 May 1940 (aged 23) | 6 | 0 | Watford | December 1963 | ||||
Bobby Hunt | CF | Colchester | 1 October 1942 (aged 21) | 11 | 3 | Colchester United | March 1964 | £15,000 |
Competitions[]
Division Two[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts |
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9 | Portsmouth | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 1.129 | 43 |
10 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 1.288 | 41 |
11 | Northampton Town | 42 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 0.967 | 41 |
12 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 0.891 | 40 |
13 | Derby County | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 40 | 0.836 | 39 |
Source:[citation needed]
Results summary[]
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 60 | 0.967 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 19 |
Last updated: 3 May 2020.
Source:[citation needed]
League position by match[]
Matches[]
Win Draw Loss
27 August 1963 1 | Scunthorpe United | 1–2 | Northampton Town | showScunthorpe |
31 August 1963 2 | Sunderland | 0–2 | Northampton Town | showSunderland |
3 September 1963 3 | Northampton Town | 2–0 | Scunthorpe United | showNorthampton |
7 September 1963 4 | Northampton Town | 0–1 | Derby County | showNorthampton |
11 September 1963 5 | Norwich City | 3–3 | Northampton Town | showNorwich |
13 September 1963 6 | Northampton Town | 1–2 | Bury | showNorthampton |
16 September 1963 7 | Northampton Town | 3–2 | Norwich City | showNorthampton |
21 September 1963 8 | Manchester City | 3–0 | Northampton Town | showManchester |
28 September 1963 9 | Northampton Town | 4–0 | Swindon Town | showNorthampton |
1 October 1963 10 | Northampton Town | 0–3 | Leeds United | showNorthampton |
5 October 1963 11 | Cardiff | 1–0 | Northampton Town | showCardiff |
8 October 1963 12 | Northampton Town | 1–0 | Huddersfield Town | showNorthampton |
12 October 1963 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 0–3 | Northampton Town | showPlymouth |
19 October 1963 14 | Northampton Town | 1–2 | Charlton Athletic | showNorthampton |
26 October 1963 15 | Newcastle United | 2–3 | Northampton Town | showNewcastle upon Tyne |
2 November 1963 16 | Northampton Town | 0–3 | Preston North End | showNorthampton |
9 November 1963 17 | Orient | 0–0 | Northampton Town | showLeyton, London |
16 November 1963 18 | Northampton Town | 2–3 | Swansea Town | showNorthampton |
23 November 1963 19 | Southampton | 3–1 | Northampton Town | showSouthampton |
30 November 1963 20 | Northampton Town | 3–2 | Middlesbrough | showNorthampton |
7 December 1963 21 | Grimsby Town | 4–1 | Northampton Town | showGrimsby |
14 December 1963 22 | Leeds United | 0–0 | Northampton Town | showLeeds |
21 December 1963 23 | Northampton Town | 5–1 | Sunderland | showNorthampton |
26 December 1963 24 | Northampton Town | 1–3 | Rotherham United | showNorthampton |
28 December 1963 25 | Rotherham United | 1–0 | Northampton Town | showRotherham |
11 January 1964 26 | Derby County | 0–0 | Northampton Town | showDerby |
18 January 1964 27 | Bury | 1–1 | Northampton Town | showBury |
1 February 1964 28 | Northampton Town | 2–1 | Manchester City | showNorthampton |
8 February 1964 29 | Swindon Town | 2–3 | Northampton Town | showSwindon |
15 February 1964 30 | Northampton Town | 2–1 | Cardiff City | showNorthampton |
18 February 1964 31 | Northampton Town | 0–0 | Plymouth Argyle | showNorthampton |
7 March 1964 32 | Northampton Town | 2–2 | Newcastle United | showNorthampton |
21 March 1964 33 | Northampton Town | 1–2 | Orient | showNorthampton |
28 March 1964 34 | Charlton Athletic | 1–1 | Northampton Town | showCharlton, London |
30 March 1964 35 | Portsmouth | 3–0 | Northampton Town | showPortsmouth |
31 March 1964 36 | Northampton Town | 2–1 | Portsmouth | showNorthampton |
4 April 1964 37 | Northampton Town | 2–0 | Southampton | showNorthampton |
7 April 1964 38 | Swansea Town | 1–1 | Northampton Town | showSwansea |
10 April 1964 39 | Middlesbrough | 1–0 | Northampton Town | showMiddlesbrough |
13 April 1964 40 | Huddersfield Town | 0–1 | Northampton Town | showHuddersfield |
18 April 1964 41 | Northampton Town | 1–2 | Grimsby Town | showNorthampton |
25 April 1964 42 | Preston North End | 2–1 | Northampton Town | showPreston |
FA Cup[]
4 January 1965 3rd round | Sunderland | 2–0 | Northampton Town | showSunderland |
League Cup[]
25 September 1963 2nd round | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Northampton Town | showHove |
14 October 1963 2nd round (R) | Northampton Town | 3–2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | showNorthampton |
4 November 1963 3rd round | Colchester United | 4–1 | Northampton Town | showColchester |
Appearances and goals[]
Pos | Player | Division Two | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||||||||||
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Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | ||||||||||||
GK | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||||||||||
GK | Bryan Harvey | 32 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 33 | – | ||||||||||
FB | Vic Cockcroft | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 10 | – | ||||||||||
FB | Mike Everitt | 42 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 45 | 2 | ||||||||||
FB | Theo Foley | 26 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 27 | 2 | ||||||||||
FB | John Mackin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
HB | Terry Branston | 41 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 45 | – | ||||||||||
HB | Graham Carr | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||||||||
HB | Joe Kiernan | 19 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 21 | – | ||||||||||
HB | John Kurila | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 1 | ||||||||||
HB | Derek Leck | 33 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 37 | 4 | ||||||||||
HB | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
HB | Roly Mills | 22 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 25 | 2 | ||||||||||
OF | Billy Best | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
OF | Billy Hails | 33 | 8 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 37 | 8 | ||||||||||
OF | Barry Lines | 25 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 27 | 3 | ||||||||||
OF | Tommy Robson | 17 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | ||||||||||
OF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
IF | Brian Etheridge | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | ||||||||||
IF | Jim Hall | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | ||||||||||
IF | Don Martin | 20 | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | 21 | 7 | ||||||||||
CF | Bobby Brown | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | – | ||||||||||
CF | Bobby Hunt | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||
Players who left before end of season: | |||||||||||||||||||
GK | Chic Brodie | 9 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 12 | – | ||||||||||
FB | Bryn Jones | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | ||||||||||
FB | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | |||||||||||
IF | Peter Kane | 18 | 8 | – | – | 2 | – | 20 | 8 | ||||||||||
IF | John Reid | 18 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||||
IF | Ray Smith | 9 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||
CF | Frank Large | 27 | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 29 | 12 | ||||||||||
CF | Bert Llewellyn | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
References[]
- ^ Football League appearances only.
- ^ Cobblers mourn goalkeeper Harvey bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
Books
- Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.
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