1965–66 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1965–66 season
Chairman	Ted Buller
Manager	Dave Bowen
Stadium	County Ground
Division One	21st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Brown (9); All: Bobby Brown (10)
Highest home attendance	24,523 vs Fulham
Lowest home attendance	14,504 vs Blackpool
Average home league attendance	18,634
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Players[]

As of match played 30 April 1966.

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps^[1]	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
	GK	Northampton	(1947-06-30)30 June 1947 (aged 18)	0	0	Apprentice	July 1965	N/A
	GK	Swansea	(1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 25)	58	0	Arsenal	July 1960
Bryan Harvey	GK	Stepney	(1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 27)	101	0	Blackpool	October 1963	£4,000^[2]
Full Backs
Vic Cockcroft	LB	Birmingham	(1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 25)	41	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	July 1962
Mike Everitt	LB	Weeley	(1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 25)	194	15	Arsenal	February 1961	£4,000
Theo Foley (c)	RB	Dublin	(1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 29)	188	8	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
John Mackin	RB	Bellshill	(1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 22)	9	1	Apprentice	November 1963	N/A
Half Backs
Terry Branston	CH	Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 27)	210	2	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
	CH	Northampton	(1945-10-23)23 October 1945 (aged 20)	0	0	Apprentice	July 1965	N/A
Graham Carr	HB	Corbridge	(1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 21)	37	0	Apprentice	August 1962	N/A
Joe Kiernan	WH	Coatbridge	(1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 23)	102	4	Sunderland	July 1963
John Kurila	WH	Glasgow	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 25)	79	3	Bristol City	November 1963
	WH	Northampton	(1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 22)	0	0	Apprentice	September 1963	N/A
Inside/Outside Forwards
Billy Best	OF	Glasgow	(1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 23)	17	3	Pollok	July 1962
Joe Broadfoot	OF	Lewisham	(1940-03-04)4 March 1940 (aged 26)	17	1	Ipswich Town	October 1965	£27,000
Barry Lines	OF	Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 23)	182	43	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Harry Walden	OF	Walgrave	(1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 25)	58	1	Luton Town	June 1964
Jim Hall	IF	Northampton	(1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 21)	25	4	Apprentice	July 1963	N/A
Don Martin	IF	Corby	(1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 22)	78	27	Apprentice	July 1962	N/A
Graham Moore	IF	Hengoed	(1941-03-07)7 March 1941 (aged 25)	21	7	Manchester United	December 1965	£15,000
Centre Forwards
Bobby Brown	CF	Streatham	(1940-05-02)2 May 1940 (aged 25)	47	22	Watford	December 1963
George Hudson	CF	Manchester	(1937-03-14)14 March 1937 (aged 29)	11	6	Coventry City	March 1966
Bobby Hunt	CF	Colchester	(1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 23)	40	10	Colchester United	March 1964	£15,000

Competitions[]

Division One[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Nottingham Forest	42	11	3	7	31	26	3	5	13	25	46	0.778	36
19	Sunderland	42	13	2	6	36	28	1	6	14	15	44	0.708	36
20	Fulham	42	9	4	8	34	37	5	3	13	33	48	0.788	35
21	Northampton Town	42	8	6	7	31	32	2	7	12	24	60	0.598	33	Relegated
22	Blackburn Rovers	42	6	1	14	30	36	2	3	16	27	52	0.648	20	Relegated

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	10	13	19	55	92	0.598	33	8	6	7	31	32	22	2	7	12	24	60	11

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	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L
Position	18	17	17	17	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	21

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

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

21 August 1965 (1965-08-21) 1	Everton	5–2	Northampton Town	showLiverpool
15:00 BST	Young 20' Pickering 65', 81' Temple 71', 88'	Report	Brown 22' Hunt 77'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 48,489 Referee: Jim Carr

25 August 1965 (1965-08-25) 2	Northampton Town	1–1	Arsenal	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Brown 57'	Report	Baldwin 19'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,352 Referee: Kevin Howley

28 August 1965 (1965-08-28) 3	Northampton Town	1–1	Manchester United	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Hunt 83'	Report	Connelly 10'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 21,245 Referee: D.Brady

4 September 1965 (1965-09-04) 4	Newcastle United	2–0	Northampton Town	showNewcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Suddick 47' Cummings 61'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 28,051 Referee: A.Starling

7 September 1965 (1965-09-07) 5	Burnley	4–1	Northampton Town	showBurnley
19:30 BST	Foley o.g.' Irvine	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 14,792 Referee: Ernest Crawford

10 September 1965 (1965-09-10) 6	Northampton Town	3–4	West Bromwich Albion	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Lines Robson	Report	Hope Astle	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,528 Referee: Jack Bullough

15 September 1965 (1965-09-15) 7	Northampton Town	1–2	Burnley	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Robson	Report	Irvine Elder	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 19,336 Referee: Bill Holian

18 September 1965 (1965-09-18) 8	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Northampton Town	showNottingham
15:00 BST		Report	Cockcroft	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,669 Referee: David Laing

25 September 1965 (1965-09-25) 9	Northampton Town	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	showNorthampton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 16,299 Referee: Geoff Roper

28 September 1965 (1965-09-28) 10	Arsenal	1–1	Northampton Town	showHighbury, London
19:45 BST	Radford	Report	Hall	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 33,240 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw

2 October 1965 (1965-10-02) 11	Leicester City	1–1	Northampton Town	showLeicester
15:00 BST	Goodfellow	Report	Foley	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 27,484 Referee: Ken Dagnall

9 October 1965 (1965-10-09) 12	Northampton Town	0–1	Sheffield United	showNorthampton
15:00 BST		Report	Mallender 10'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Ken Burns

16 October 1965 (1965-10-16) 13	Leeds United	6–1	Northampton Town	showLeeds
15:00 BST	Storrie Bremner 20' Charlton 44' Peacock 45' Lorimer 67', 83'	Report	Best 14'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 33,748 Referee: Ray Tinkler

23 October 1965 (1965-10-23) 14	Northampton Town	2–1	West Ham United	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Foley 28' (pen.) Leek 80'	Report	Brown 49'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,367 Referee: Donald Payne

30 October 1965 (1965-10-30) 15	Sunderland	3–0	Northampton Town	showSunderland
15:00 GMT	Martin 33' Mulhall 37' Gauden 76'	Report		Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 32,216 Referee: Les Hamer

6 November 1965 (1965-11-06) 16	Northampton Town	2–1	Aston Villa	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Hall 9', 10'	Report	Park 59'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,836 Referee: Ken Stokes

13 November 1965 (1965-11-13) 17	Liverpool	5–0	Northampton Town	showLiverpool
15:00 GMT	St John 6' Stevenson 17' (pen.) Hunt 32' Callaghan 63' Thompson 65'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,904 Referee: Peter Rhodes

20 November 1965 (1965-11-20) 18	Northampton Town	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Mackay Saul	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,611 Referee: Ray Aldous

27 November 1965 (1965-11-27) 19	Fulham	1–4	Northampton Town	showFulham, London
15:00 GMT	Haynes	Report	Brown Hunt	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 11,389 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw

4 December 1965 (1965-12-04) 20	Northampton Town	2–1	Blackpool	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Broadfoot Lines	Report	Ball pen.'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,504 Referee: Harry New

11 December 1965 (1965-12-11) 21	Blackburn Rovers	6–1	Northampton Town	showBlackburn
15:00 GMT	Jones England Ferguson Harrison pen.'	Report	Lines	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,685 Referee: Roy Egan

27 December 1965 (1965-12-27) 22	Northampton Town	2–3	Chelsea	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Brown 59' Moore 79'	Report	Tambling 68', 78' Graham 84'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 23,325 Referee: Dennis Corbett

28 December 1965 (1965-12-28) 23	Chelsea	1–0	Northampton Town	showFulham, London
19:30 GMT	Bridges 80'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 17,635 Referee: Leo Callaghan

1 January 1966 (1966-01-01) 24	Sheffield United	2–2	Northampton Town	showSheffield
15:00 GMT	Jones	Report	Lines Martin	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 16,143 Referee: Walter Crossley

8 January 1966 (1966-01-08) 25	Northampton Town	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Brown Kiernan	Report	Sharples	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,820 Referee: Alan Weller

15 January 1966 (1966-01-15) 26	West Ham United	1–1	Northampton Town	showUpton Park, London
15:00 GMT	Hurst	Report	Brown	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 20,745 Referee: Peter Walters

29 January 1966 (1966-01-29) 27	Northampton Town	0–2	Everton	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT		Report	Temple 4' Scott 43'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 16,309 Referee: Keith Styles

5 February 1966 (1966-02-05) 28	Manchester United	6–2	Northampton Town	showManchester
15:00 GMT	Law 6', 46' Connelly 10' Charlton 27', 41', 84'	Report	Moore 22' Martin 75'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 35,273 Referee: Harold Hackney

12 February 1966 (1966-02-12) 29	Stoke City	6–2	Northampton Town	showStoke-on-Trent
15:15 GMT	Ritchie pen.' Vernon Dobing	Report	Brown Moore	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 16,522 Referee: Ken Stokes

19 February 1966 (1966-02-19) 30	Northampton Town	3–1	Newcastle United	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Martin 15', 54' Moore 33'	Report	Iley 90'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,541 Referee: Geoff Davis

26 February 1966 (1966-02-26) 31	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Northampton Town	showWest Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Clark	Report	Martin	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 18,923 Referee: Les Faulkner

5 March 1966 (1966-03-05) 32	Northampton Town	2–1	Leeds United	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Hudson Lines	Report	O'Grady	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 21,548 Referee: Tommy Dawes

12 March 1966 (1966-03-12) 33	Northampton Town	3–3	Nottingham Forest	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Martin 19' Moore 49' Kurila 90'	Report	Baker 7', 86' Storey-Moore 61'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,670 Referee: H.Richards

19 March 1966 (1966-03-19) 34	Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	Northampton Town	showSheffield
15:00 GMT	Ford Fantham	Report	Hudson	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 16,283 Referee: E.Norman

26 March 1966 (1966-03-26) 35	Northampton Town	2–2	Leicester City	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Hudson Moore	Report	Sinclair Stringfellow	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 21,564 Referee: Reg Paine

2 April 1966 (1966-04-02) 36	Aston Villa	1–2	Northampton Town	showBirmingham
15:00 BST	Hamilton	Report	Mackin Moore	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 10,438 Referee: George McCabe

9 April 1966 (1966-04-09) 37	Northampton Town	0–0	Liverpool	showNorthampton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 20,029 Referee: Peter Walters

12 April 1966 (1966-04-12) 38	Northampton Town	1–0	Stoke City	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Martin	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 20,680 Referee: D.Wells

16 April 1966 (1966-04-16) 39	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Northampton Town	showTottenham, London
15:00 BST	Greaves 78' (pen.)	Report	Hudson 34'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 29,749 Referee: Keith Walker

23 April 1966 (1966-04-23) 40	Northampton Town	2–4	Fulham	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Hudson Kiernan	Report	Robson Earle	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 24,523 Referee: Jack Taylor

25 April 1966 (1966-04-25) 41	Northampton Town	2–1	Sunderland	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Everitt 70' Hudson 71'	Report	Martin 28'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,921 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw

30 April 1966 (1966-04-30) 42	Blackpool	3–0	Northampton Town	showBlackpool
15:00 BST	Lea 51' Moir 70' Ball 87' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 15,295 Referee: Ernie Crawford

FA Cup[]

22 January 1966 (1966-01-22) 3rd round	Northampton Town	1–2	Nottingham Forest	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Brown			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,873 Referee: Kevin Howley

League Cup[]

21 September 1965 (1965-09-21) 2nd round	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Northampton Town	showBlackburn
19:30 BST			Everitt	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 8,814 Referee: Dick Windle

13 October 1965 (1965-10-13) 3rd round	Fulham	5–0	Northampton Town	showFulham, London
19:30 BST				Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 7,835 Referee: Bill Clements

Appearances and goals[]

Pos	Player	Division One			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK		15	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	16	–	–
GK	Bryan Harvey	27	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	29	–	–
FB	Vic Cockcroft	17	1	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	18	1	1
FB	Mike Everitt	31	1	1	1	–	–	2	–	1	34	1	2
FB	Theo Foley	31	–	2	1	–	–	2	–	–	34	–	2
FB	John Mackin	7	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	2	1
HB	Terry Branston	27	1	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	29	1	–
HB	Graham Carr	27	–	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	30	–	–
HB		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
HB	Joe Kiernan	42	–	2	1	–	–	2	–	–	45	–	2
HB	John Kurila	20	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	21	–	1
HB		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
OF	Billy Best	4	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	1
OF	Joe Broadfoot	17	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	18	–	1
OF	Barry Lines	40	–	5	1	–	–	1	–	–	42	–	5
OF	Harry Walden	19	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	20	–	–
IF	Jim Hall	14	1	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	15	1	3
IF	Don Martin	26	–	7	–	–	–	1	–	–	27	–	7
IF	Graham Moore	21	–	7	1	–	–	–	–	–	22	–	7
CF	Bobby Brown	21	–	9	1	–	1	2	–	–	24	–	10
CF	George Hudson	11	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	6
CF	Bobby Hunt	13	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	3
Players who left before end of season:
WH	Derek Leck	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–
OF	Brian Etheridge	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–
OF	Tommy Robson	15	1	3	–	–	–	2	–	–	17	1	3
OF		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
IF	Ken Leek	4	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	–	1
CF	Charlie Livesey	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	1

References[]

^ Football League appearances only.
^ Cobblers mourn goalkeeper Harvey bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

Books

Beesley, Mark (2005). Northampton Town: A Season in the Sun 1965-66. London: Desert Island Books. ISBN 978-1905328017.
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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