1963–64 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1963–64 season
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
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

Players[]

As of match played 24 April 1965.

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps^[1]	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
	GK	Swansea	(1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 23)	43	0	Arsenal	July 1960
Bryan Harvey	GK	Stepney	(1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 25)	32	0	Blackpool	October 1963	£4,000^[2]
Full Backs
Vic Cockcroft	LB	Birmingham	(1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 23)	17	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	July 1962
Mike Everitt	LB	Weeley	(1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 23)	143	9	Arsenal	February 1961	£4,000
Theo Foley (c)	RB	Dublin	(1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 27)	115	3	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
John Mackin	RB	Bellshill	(1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 20)	0	0	Apprentice	November 1963	N/A
Half Backs
Terry Branston	CH	Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 25)	148	0	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
Graham Carr	CH	Corbridge	(1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 19)	2	0	Apprentice	August 1962	N/A
Joe Kiernan	WH	Coatbridge	(1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 21)	19	0	Sunderland	July 1963
John Kurila	WH	Glasgow	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 23)	58	2	Bristol City	November 1963
Derek Leck	WH	Deal	(1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 27)	194	42	Millwall	June 1958
	WH	Northampton	(1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 20)	0	0	Apprentice	September 1963	N/A
Roly Mills	WH	Daventry	(1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 30)	305	30	Apprentice	May 1951	N/A
Inside/Outside Forwards
Billy Best	OF	Glasgow	(1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 21)	9	2	Pollok	July 1962
Billy Hails	OF	Nettlesworth	(1935-02-19)19 February 1935 (aged 29)	59	13	Peterborough United	November 1962
Barry Lines	OF	Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 21)	133	38	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Tommy Robson	OF	Gateshead	(1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 19)	23	4	Newcastle United	August 1961	N/A
	OF	Plymouth	(1945-10-12)12 October 1945 (aged 18)	0	0	Apprentice	September 1963	N/A
Brian Etheridge	IF	Northampton	(1944-03-04)4 March 1944 (aged 20)	5	0	Apprentice	July 1962	N/A
Jim Hall	IF	Northampton	(1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 19)	4	0	Apprentice	July 1963	N/A
Don Martin	IF	Corby	(1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 20)	22	7	Apprentice	July 1962	N/A
Centre Forwards
Bobby Brown	CF	Streatham	(1940-05-02)2 May 1940 (aged 23)	6	0	Watford	December 1963
Bobby Hunt	CF	Colchester	(1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 21)	11	3	Colchester United	March 1964	£15,000

Competitions[]

Division Two[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
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
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[]

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
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L
Position	6	4	3	6	7	8	6	12	9	12	13	10	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	12	12	9	11	13	13	13	12	11	8	5	9	11	12	13	10	10	9	9	8	10	11

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

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

27 August 1963 (1963-08-27) 1	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Northampton Town	showScunthorpe
19:30 BST			Large Lines	Stadium: Old Showground Attendance: 8,738

31 August 1963 (1963-08-31) 2	Sunderland	0–2	Northampton Town	showSunderland
15:00 BST			Hails Smith	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 39,201

3 September 1963 (1963-09-03) 3	Northampton Town	2–0	Scunthorpe United	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Hails Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 16,032 Referee: Bill Clements

7 September 1963 (1963-09-07) 4	Northampton Town	0–1	Derby County	showNorthampton
15:00 BST			Hutchinson	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,672

11 September 1963 (1963-09-11) 5	Norwich City	3–3	Northampton Town	showNorwich
19:30 BST			Large Leck Smith	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 19,669

13 September 1963 (1963-09-13) 6	Northampton Town	1–2	Bury	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Smith			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,886

16 September 1963 (1963-09-16) 7	Northampton Town	3–2	Norwich City	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Best Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,928

21 September 1963 (1963-09-21) 8	Manchester City	3–0	Northampton Town	showManchester
15:00 BST				Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 21,340 Referee: Arthur Holland

28 September 1963 (1963-09-28) 9	Northampton Town	4–0	Swindon Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Kane Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,177

1 October 1963 (1963-10-01) 10	Northampton Town	0–3	Leeds United	showNorthampton
19:30 BST			Lawson Weston Collins	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,079

5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) 11	Cardiff	1–0	Northampton Town	showCardiff
15:00 BST				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,178

8 October 1963 (1963-10-08) 12	Northampton Town	1–0	Huddersfield Town	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,257

12 October 1963 (1963-10-12) 13	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Northampton Town	showPlymouth
15:00 BST			Hails Kane	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 13,224

19 October 1963 (1963-10-19) 14	Northampton Town	1–2	Charlton Athletic	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,221

26 October 1963 (1963-10-26) 15	Newcastle United	2–3	Northampton Town	showNewcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Iley pen.' Taylor		Hails Kane Martin	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 25,743

2 November 1963 (1963-11-02) 16	Northampton Town	0–3	Preston North End	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,693

9 November 1963 (1963-11-09) 17	Orient	0–0	Northampton Town	showLeyton, London
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 11,532 Referee: Peter Baldwin

16 November 1963 (1963-11-16) 18	Northampton Town	2–3	Swansea Town	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Kane Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,985

23 November 1963 (1963-11-23) 19	Southampton	3–1	Northampton Town	showSouthampton
15:00 GMT	Paine Wimshurst		Martin	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 18,025

30 November 1963 (1963-11-30) 20	Northampton Town	3–2	Middlesbrough	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Leck Martin		Gibson Kaye	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,346

7 December 1963 (1963-12-07) 21	Grimsby Town	4–1	Northampton Town	showGrimsby
15:00 GMT			Hails	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,305

14 December 1963 (1963-12-14) 22	Leeds United	0–0	Northampton Town	showLeeds
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 21,208

21 December 1963 (1963-12-21) 23	Northampton Town	5–1	Sunderland	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Everitt Hails Large Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,130

26 December 1963 (1963-12-26) 24	Northampton Town	1–3	Rotherham United	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,089

28 December 1963 (1963-12-28) 25	Rotherham United	1–0	Northampton Town	showRotherham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 10,618

11 January 1964 (1964-01-11) 26	Derby County	0–0	Northampton Town	showDerby
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 10,195

18 January 1964 (1964-01-18) 27	Bury	1–1	Northampton Town	showBury
15:00 GMT			Foley	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 6,077

1 February 1964 (1964-02-01) 28	Northampton Town	2–1	Manchester City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Kane Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,330 Referee: Denis Howell

8 February 1964 (1964-02-08) 29	Swindon Town	2–3	Northampton Town	showSwindon
15:00 GMT			Kane Large Lines	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,455

15 February 1964 (1964-02-15) 30	Northampton Town	2–1	Cardiff City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Hails Kane			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,871

18 February 1964 (1964-02-18) 31	Northampton Town	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	showNorthampton
19:30 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,261

7 March 1964 (1964-03-07) 32	Northampton Town	2–2	Newcastle United	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Hunt Leck		Suddick Cummings	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,440

21 March 1964 (1964-03-21) 33	Northampton Town	1–2	Orient	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Robson			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,014

28 March 1964 (1964-03-28) 34	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Northampton Town	showCharlton, London
15:00 BST			Everitt	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 15,142

30 March 1964 (1964-03-30) 35	Portsmouth	3–0	Northampton Town	showPortsmouth
15:00 BST				Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 13,633

31 March 1964 (1964-03-31) 36	Northampton Town	2–1	Portsmouth	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Mills Foley			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,245

4 April 1964 (1964-04-04) 37	Northampton Town	2–0	Southampton	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Hunt Kurila			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,047 Referee: Ray Tinkler

7 April 1964 (1964-04-07) 38	Swansea Town	1–1	Northampton Town	showSwansea
19:30 BST			Hunt	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 11,398

10 April 1964 (1964-04-10) 39	Middlesbrough	1–0	Northampton Town	showMiddlesbrough
19:00 BST	Branston o.g.'			Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 9,220 Referee: J.E Carr

13 April 1964 (1964-04-13) 40	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Northampton Town	showHuddersfield
19:30 BST			Best	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 6,762

18 April 1964 (1964-04-18) 41	Northampton Town	1–2	Grimsby Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Robson			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,092

25 April 1964 (1964-04-25) 42	Preston North End	2–1	Northampton Town	showPreston
15:00 BST			Robson	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,933

FA Cup[]

4 January 1965 (1965-01-04) 3rd round	Sunderland	2–0	Northampton Town	showSunderland
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 40,683

League Cup[]

25 September 1963 (1963-09-25) 2nd round	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Northampton Town	showHove
19:15 BST			Mills	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 5,496 Referee: John Osborne

14 October 1963 (1963-10-14) 2nd round (R)	Northampton Town	3–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	showNorthampton
18:30 BST	Leck Reid Smith			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,569

4 November 1963 (1963-11-04) 3rd round	Colchester United	4–1	Northampton Town	showColchester
18:30 GMT			Robson	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,237

Appearances and goals[]

Pos	Player	Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos	Player	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.

[1] Football League appearances only.

[2] Cobblers mourn goalkeeper Harvey bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

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