1964–65 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1964–65 season
Chairman	Fred York
Manager	Dave Bowen
Stadium	County Ground
Division Two	2nd
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Quarter Final
Top goalscorer	League: Don Martin; Bobby Brown; Tommy Robson (13); All: Don Martin (16)
Highest home attendance	20,660 vs Plymouth Argyle
Lowest home attendance	9,586 vs Bury
Average home league attendance	15,393
	← 1963–64 1965–66 →

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 24)	43	0	Arsenal	July 1960
Bryan Harvey	GK	Stepney	(1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 26)	74	0	Blackpool	October 1963	£4,000^[2]
Full Backs
Vic Cockcroft	LB	Birmingham	(1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 24)	23	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	July 1962
Mike Everitt	LB	Weeley	(1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 24)	162	14	Arsenal	February 1961	£4,000
Theo Foley (c)	RB	Dublin	(1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 28)	157	6	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
John Mackin	RB	Bellshill	(1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 21)	0	0	Apprentice	November 1963	N/A
Half Backs
Terry Branston	CH	Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 26)	182	2	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
Graham Carr	CH	Corbridge	(1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 20)	10	0	Apprentice	August 1962	N/A
Joe Kiernan	WH	Coatbridge	(1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 22)	60	2	Sunderland	July 1963
John Kurila	WH	Glasgow	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 24)	59	2	Bristol City	November 1963
Derek Leck	WH	Deal	(1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 28)	236	45	Millwall	June 1958
	WH	Northampton	(1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 21)	0	0	Apprentice	September 1963	N/A
Inside/Outside Forwards
Billy Best	OF	Glasgow	(1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 22)	13	2	Pollok	July 1962
Barry Lines	OF	Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 22)	142	38	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Tommy Robson	OF	Gateshead	(1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 20)	58	17	Newcastle United	August 1961	N/A
Harry Walden	OF	Walgrave	(1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 24)	39	1	Luton Town	June 1964
	OF	Plymouth	(1945-10-12)12 October 1945 (aged 19)	1	0	Apprentice	September 1963	N/A
Brian Etheridge	IF	Northampton	(1944-03-04)4 March 1944 (aged 21)	17	1	Apprentice	July 1962	N/A
Jim Hall	IF	Northampton	(1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 20)	10	1	Apprentice	July 1963	N/A
Ken Leek	IF	Ynysybwl	(1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 29)	83	30	Birmingham City	December 1964
Don Martin	IF	Corby	(1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 21)	52	20	Apprentice	July 1962	N/A
Centre Forwards
Bobby Brown	CF	Streatham	(1940-05-02)2 May 1940 (aged 24)	26	13	Watford	December 1963
Bobby Hunt	CF	Colchester	(1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 22)	27	7	Colchester United	March 1964	£15,000
Charlie Livesey	CF	West Ham	(1938-02-06)6 February 1938 (aged 27)	25	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	August 1964

Competitions[]

Division Two[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Newcastle United	42	16	4	1	50	16	8	5	8	31	29	1.800	57	Division Champions, promoted
2	Northampton Town	42	14	7	0	37	16	6	9	6	29	34	1.320	56	Promoted
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	6	2	46	17	7	4	10	34	41	1.379	50
4	Southampton	42	12	6	3	49	25	5	8	8	34	38	1.317	48
5	Ipswich Town	42	11	7	3	48	30	4	10	7	26	37	1.104	47

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	20	16	6	66	50	1.32	56	14	7	0	37	16	35	6	9	6	29	34	21

Last updated: 12 April 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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D
Position	20	12	11	17	12	9	8	8	7	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

24 August 1964 (1964-08-24) 1	Middlesbrough	1–0	Northampton Town	showMiddlesbrough
19:30 BST	Horsfield			Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 27,122 Referee: Jim Carr

29 August 1964 (1964-08-29) 2	Manchester City	0–2	Northampton Town	showManchester
15:00 BST			Foley Hunt	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 20,935 Referee: Syd Stoakes

1 September 1964 (1964-09-01) 3	Northampton Town	1–1	Middlesbrough	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Martin		Horsfield	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,028 Referee: Geoff Davis

5 September 1964 (1964-09-05) 4	Southampton	2–0	Northampton Town	showSouthampton
15:00 BST	Wimshurst Sydenham			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 13,989 Referee: Ray Aldous

8 September 1964 (1964-09-08) 5	Northampton Town	1–0	Newcastle United	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Etheridge			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,977

11 September 1964 (1964-09-11) 6	Northampton Town	3–2	Huddersfield Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Livesey Robson		Massie O'Grady	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,984

15 September 1964 (1964-09-15) 7	Ipswich Town	0–0	Northampton Town	showIpswich
19:30 BST				Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 13,989 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw

19 September 1964 (1964-09-19) 8	Coventry City	0–1	Northampton Town	showCoventry
15:00 BST			Robson	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 30,113 Referee: George McCabe

26 September 1964 (1964-09-26) 9	Northampton Town	1–0	Cardiff City	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Everitt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,328

29 September 1964 (1964-09-29) 10	Northampton Town	3–2	Ipswich Town	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Hunt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,886

3 October 1964 (1964-10-03) 11	Preston North End	2–2	Northampton Town	showPreston
15:00 BST			Robson Walden	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,953

7 October 1964 (1964-10-07) 12	Portsmouth	3–3	Northampton Town	showPortsmouth
19:30 BST			Branston Livesey Robson	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 13,552

10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) 13	Northampton Town	1–0	Charlton Athletic	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Robson			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,552

17 October 1964 (1964-10-17) 14	Orient	2–2	Northampton Town	showLeyton, London
15:00 BST			Hall Martin	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,390

24 October 1964 (1964-10-24) 15	Northampton Town	2–0	Bury	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Foley Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,324

31 October 1964 (1964-10-31) 16	Crystal Palace	1–2	Northampton Town	showCroydon, London
15:00 GMT			Livesey Robson	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 21,331

7 November 1964 (1964-11-07) 17	Northampton Town	0–0	Norwich City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,273

14 November 1964 (1964-11-14) 18	Rotherham United	1–1	Northampton Town	showRotherham
15:00 GMT			Leck	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 11,273

21 November 1964 (1964-11-21) 19	Northampton Town	2–1	Swansea Town	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Martin Robson			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,427

28 November 1964 (1964-11-28) 20	Derby County	2–2	Northampton Town	showDerby
15:00 GMT	Durban Buxton		Brown Martin	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,367

5 December 1964 (1964-12-05) 21	Northampton Town	2–1	Swindon Town	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Brown Walden			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,586

12 December 1964 (1964-12-12) 22	Newcastle United	5–0	Northampton Town	showNewcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	McGarry Hockey o.g.'			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 40,376

19 December 1964 (1964-12-19) 23	Northampton Town	2–0	Manchester City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Everitt Leck			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,665 Referee: Maurice Fussey

26 December 1964 (1964-12-26) 24	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Northampton Town	showBolton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 24,487

2 January 1965 (1965-01-02) 25	Northampton Town	2–2	Southampton	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Branston Leek		Chivers o.g.'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,245

16 January 1965 (1965-01-16) 26	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Northampton Town	showHuddersfield
15:00 GMT	Balderstone Massie			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 7,359

23 January 1965 (1965-01-23) 27	Northampton Town	1–1	Coventry City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Leek		Clements	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,741

6 February 1965 (1965-02-06) 28	Cardiff City	0–2	Northampton Town	showCardiff
15:00 GMT			Brown	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,427

13 February 1965 (1965-02-13) 29	Northampton Town	2–1	Preston North End	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Brown Robson			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,010

20 February 1965 (1965-02-20) 30	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Northampton Town	showCharlton, London
15:00 GMT			Robson	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 8,958

27 February 1965 (1965-02-27) 31	Northampton Town	2–0	Orient	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Leek Robson			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,517

27 February 1965 (1965-02-27) 32	Northampton Town	4–0	Bolton Wanderers	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Foley Leck Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,515

13 March 1965 (1965-03-13) 33	Northampton Town	1–1	Crystal Palace	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Brown			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,350

20 March 1965 (1965-03-20) 34	Norwich City	1–1	Northampton Town	showNorwich
15:00 GMT			Robson	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,199

23 March 1965 (1965-03-23) 35	Swindon Town	4–2	Northampton Town	showSwindon
19:30 BST			Brown	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,886

27 March 1965 (1965-03-27) 36	Northampton Town	1–0	Rotherham United	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Brown			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 19,488

3 April 1965 (1965-04-03) 37	Swansea Town	1–2	Northampton Town	showSwansea
15:00 BST			Brown Martin	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 10,516

10 April 1965 (1965-04-10) 38	Northampton Town	2–2	Derby County	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Brown Martin		Durban	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,917

17 April 1965 (1965-04-17) 39	Bury	1–4	Northampton Town	showBury
15:00 BST			Brown Kiernan Martin	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 6,800

19 April 1965 (1965-04-19) 40	Plymouth Argyle	5–2	Northampton Town	showPlymouth
15:00 BST			Kiernan Martin Leck	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,547

20 April 1965 (1965-04-20) 41	Northampton Town	3–1	Plymouth Argyle	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Brown Martin o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 19,718

24 April 1965 (1965-04-24) 42	Northampton Town	1–1	Portsmouth	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 20,660

FA Cup[]

9 January 1965 (1965-01-09) 3rd round	Chelsea	4–1	Northampton Town	showFulham, London
15:00 GMT	Bridges Tambling o.g.'		Foley	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 44,335 Referee: Tommy Dawes

League Cup[]

23 September 1964 (1964-09-23) 2nd round	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0–2	Northampton Town	showBournemouth
18:30 BST			Hunt Livesey	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 8,807

20 October 1964 (1964-10-20) 3rd round	Northampton Town	2–1	Portsmouth	showNorthampton
18:30 BST	Livesey Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,380

4 November 1964 (1964-11-04) 4th round	Northampton Town	4–1	Chesterfield	showNorthampton
18:30 GMT	Foley Hunt Martin Everitt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,695

25 November 1964 (1964-11-25) Quarter Final	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Northampton Town	showPlymouth
18:30 GMT				Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 21,698

Appearances and goals[]

Pos	Player	Division Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals
GK		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
GK	Bryan Harvey	42	–	1	–	4	–	47	–
FB	Vic Cockcroft	6	–	1	–	1	–	8	–
FB	Mike Everitt	39	2	1	–	3	–	43	2
FB	Theo Foley	42	3	1	1	4	1	47	5
FB	John Mackin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
HB	Terry Branston	34	2	1	–	4	–	39	2
HB	Graham Carr	8	–	–	–	–	–	8	–
HB	Joe Kiernan	41	2	1	–	4	–	46	2
HB	John Kurila	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–
HB	Derek Leck	42	3	1	–	3	–	46	3
HB		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
OF	Billy Best	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	–
OF	Barry Lines	9	–	–	–	1	–	10	–
OF	Tommy Robson	36	13	1	–	3	–	40	13
OF	Harry Walden	39	1	1	–	4	–	44	1
OF		1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
IF	Brian Etheridge	9	1	–	–	1	–	10	1
IF	Jim Hall	6	1	–	–	2	–	8	1
IF	Ken Leek	12	3	1	–	–	–	13	3
IF	Don Martin	30	13	–	–	2	3	32	16
CF	Bobby Brown	20	13	–	–	1	–	21	13
CF	Charlie Livesey	25	3	1	–	4	2	30	5
CF	Bobby Hunt	16	4	–	–	2	2	18	6

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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