1966–67 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1966–67 season
Chairman	Ted Buller
Manager	Dave Bowen
Stadium	County Ground
Division Two	21st
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Don Martin (13); All: Don Martin (18)
Highest home attendance	20,100 vs Coventry City
Lowest home attendance	5,631 vs Rotherham United
Average home league attendance	11,977
	← 1965–66 →

Players[]

As of match played 13 May 1967.

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 19)	0	0	Apprentice	July 1965	N/A
Bryan Harvey	GK	Stepney	(1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 28)	126	0	Blackpool	October 1963	£4,000^[2]
Full Backs
Vic Cockcroft	LB	Birmingham	(1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 26)	47	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	July 1962
Theo Foley	RB	Dublin	(1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 30)	204	8	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
John Mackin	RB	Bellshill	(1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 23)	45	5	Apprentice	November 1963	N/A
Clive Walker	LB	Watford	(1945-10-24)24 October 1945 (aged 21)	22	0	Leicester City	October 1966
Half Backs
Terry Branston (c)	CH	Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 28)	246	2	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
	CH	Northampton	(1945-10-23)23 October 1945 (aged 21)	2	0	Apprentice	July 1965	N/A
Graham Carr	HB	Corbridge	(1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 22)	48	0	Apprentice	August 1962	N/A
Joe Kiernan	WH	Coatbridge	(1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 24)	128	7	Sunderland	July 1963
John Kurila	WH	Glasgow	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 26)	116	4	Bristol City	November 1963
	WH	Northampton	(1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 23)	0	0	Apprentice	September 1963	N/A
Inside/Outside Forwards
Billy Best	OF	Glasgow	(1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 24)	32	9	Pollok	July 1962
Barry Lines	OF	Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 24)	220	45	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Harry Walden	OF	Walgrave	(1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 26)	76	3	Luton Town	June 1964
	IF	Reading	(1944-02-08)8 February 1944 (aged 23)	8	3	Swindon Town	February 1967	£5,000 P/E^[3]
Don Martin	IF	Corby	(1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 23)	109	40	Apprentice	July 1962	N/A
Graham Moore (c)	IF	Hengoed	(1941-03-07)7 March 1941 (aged 26)	53	10	Manchester United	December 1965	£15,000
Centre Forwards
Jim Hall	CF	Northampton	(1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 22)	38	5	Apprentice	July 1963	N/A
Frank Large	CF	Leeds	(1940-01-26)26 January 1940 (aged 27)	68	38	Oldham Athletic	December 1966	£10,000

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
18	Rotherham United	42	10	5	6	39	28	3	5	13	22	42	0.871	36
19	Charlton Athletic	42	11	4	6	34	16	2	5	14	15	37	0.925	35
20	Cardiff City	42	9	7	5	43	28	3	2	16	18	59	0.701	33	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1967–68 First round^[a]
21	Northampton Town	42	8	6	7	28	33	4	0	17	19	51	0.560	30	Relegated
22	Bury	42	9	3	9	31	30	2	3	16	18	53	0.590	28	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Cardiff City qualified for European Cup Winners' Cup First round as Welsh Cup winners. They remained in the 2nd division.

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	12	6	24	47	84	0.56	30	8	6	7	28	33	22	4	0	17	19	51	8

Last updated: 14 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	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	15	11	9	11	19	21	16	13	15	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

21 August 1966 (1966-08-21) 1	Preston North End	2–1	Northampton Town	showPreston
15:00 BST			Best	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,192

28 August 1966 (1966-08-28) 2	Northampton Town	3–1	Rotherham United	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Best Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,955

30 August 1966 (1966-08-30) 3	Northampton Town	0–0	Bury	showNorthampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,025

1 September 1966 (1966-09-01) 4	Millwall	1–0	Northampton Town	showMillwall, London
15:15 BST			Best	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,121 Referee: Geoff Roper

6 September 1966 (1966-09-06) 5	Northampton Town	1–2	Norwich City	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,767 Referee: Bill Handley

10 September 1966 (1966-09-10) 6	Northampton Town	0–2	Derby County	showNorthampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,975 Referee: Tommy Dawes

17 September 1966 (1966-09-17) 7	Northampton Town	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Lines Walden			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,802 Referee: John Osborne

20 September 1966 (1966-09-20) 8	Bury	1–2	Northampton Town	showBury
19:30 BST			Best Mackin	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 8,580

23 September 1966 (1966-09-23) 9	Hull City	6–1	Northampton Town	showKingston upon Hull
19:30 BST			Lines 2'	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 29,122

1 October 1966 (1966-10-01) 10	Northampton Town	2–4	Portsmouth	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Kiernan Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,364 Referee: George McCabe

8 October 1966 (1966-10-08) 11	Crystal Palace	5–1	Northampton Town	showSelhurst, London
15:00 BST			Martin	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,507

15 October 1966 (1966-10-15) 12	Northampton Town	0–1	Huddersfield Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST			Leighton	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,355

29 October 1966 (1966-10-29) 13	Northampton Town	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 16,761

5 November 1966 (1966-11-05) 14	Ipswich Town	6–1	Northampton Town	showIpswich
15:00 GMT			Best	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 12,820

12 November 1966 (1966-11-12) 15	Northampton Town	2–1	Bristol City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Jones Kurila			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,004

19 November 1966 (1966-11-19) 16	Carlisle United	2–0	Northampton Town	showCarlisle
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 11,946

26 November 1966 (1966-11-26) 17	Northampton Town	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Martin Moore			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,470

3 December 1966 (1966-12-03) 18	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Northampton Town	showBolton
15:00 GMT			Mackin Martin	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 10,352

14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) 19	Cardiff City	4–2	Northampton Town	showCardiff
19:30 GMT			Mackin Martin	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,954

17 December 1966 (1966-12-17) 20	Northampton Town	1–5	Preston North End	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,050

26 December 1966 (1966-12-26) 21	Birmingham City	3–0	Northampton Town	showBirmingham
15:00 GMT	Vincent Vowden			Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 24,302 Referee: Arthur Dimond

27 December 1966 (1966-12-27) 22	Northampton Town	2–1	Birmingham City	showNorthampton
19:30 GMT	Large Martin		Bridges	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,433 Referee: John Homewood

31 December 1966 (1966-12-31) 23	Rotherham United	1–2	Northampton Town	showRotherham
15:00 GMT			Large Martin	Stadium: Attendance: 9,497

7 January 1967 (1967-01-07) 24	Northampton Town	1–2	Millwall	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Kiernan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,343

14 January 1967 (1967-01-14) 25	Derby County	4–3	Northampton Town	showDerby
15:00 GMT	Hodgson Durban Hector Waller		Kiernan Large Martin	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 14,533

17 January 1967 (1967-01-17) 26	Northampton Town	1–1	Charlton Athletic	showNorthampton
19:30 GMT	Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,578

21 January 1967 (1967-01-21) 27	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Northampton Town	showPlymouth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 12,830

4 February 1967 (1967-02-04) 28	Northampton Town	2–2	Hull City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Best Moore			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,396

11 February 1967 (1967-02-11) 29	Portsmouth	3–2	Northampton Town	showPortsmouth
15:00 GMT			Moore	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,979

25 February 1967 (1967-02-25) 30	Northampton Town	1–0	Crystal Palace	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,081

4 March 1967 (1967-03-04) 31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Northampton Town	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 25,672

11 March 1967 (1967-03-11) 32	Northampton Town	0–0	Coventry City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 20,100

18 March 1967 (1967-03-18) 33	Northampton Town	2–0	Cardiff City	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,787

25 March 1967 (1967-03-25) 34	Huddersfield Town	0–2	Northampton Town	showHuddersfield
15:00 BST			Large	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 18,214

28 March 1967 (1967-03-28) 35	Coventry City	2–0	Northampton Town	showCoventry
19:30 BST	Gould Machin			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 38,566

1 April 1967 (1967-04-01) 36	Northampton Town	1–1	Ipswich Town	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Hall			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,129

7 April 1967 (1967-04-07) 37	Bristol City	1–0	Northampton Town	showBristol
15:00 BST				Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 23,750

15 April 1967 (1967-04-15) 38	Northampton Town	3–3	Carlisle United	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Large Walden Mackin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,752

22 April 1967 (1967-04-22) 39	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Northampton Town	showBlackburn
15:00 BST			Walker	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 9,883

29 April 1967 (1967-04-29) 40	Northampton Town	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	showNorthampton
15:00 BST	Large Martin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,387

6 May 1967 (1967-05-06) 41	Charlton Athletic	3–0	Northampton Town	showCharlton, London
15:00 BST				Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 15,098

13 May 1967 (1967-05-13) 42	Norwich City	1–0	Northampton Town	showNorwich
15:00 BST				Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 13,544

FA Cup[]

25 November 1966 (1966-11-25) 3rd round	Northampton Town	1–3	West Bromwich Albion	showNorthampton
15:00 GMT	Foley			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 16,899

League Cup[]

14 September 1966 (1966-09-14) 2nd round	Northampton Town	2–2	Peterborough United	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Best B.Brown			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,778

26 September 1966 (1966-09-26) 2nd round (R)	Peterborough United	0–2	Northampton Town	showPeterborough
19:30 BST			Best Martin	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 9,484 Referee: Dick Windle

5 October 1966 (1966-10-05) 3rd round	Northampton Town	1–1	Rotherham United	showNorthampton
19:30 BST	Hall Mackin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,631

26 October 1966 (1966-10-26) 4th round	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Northampton Town	showHove
19:30 GMT			Best	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 17,235

1 November 1966 (1966-11-01) 4th round (R)	Northampton Town	8–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	showNorthampton
19:30 GMT	Best Martin Moore o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,889

7 December 1966 (1966-12-07) 5th round	Northampton Town	1–3	West Bromwich Albion	showNorthampton
19:30 GMT	Hall			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,706

Appearances and goals[]

Pos	Player	Division Two			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Bryan Harvey	25	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	28	–	–
FB	Vic Cockcroft	6	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	7	–	–
FB	Theo Foley	16	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	–
FB		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
FB	John Mackin	34	2	4	1	–	–	3	–	1	38	2	5
FB	Gerry Perryman	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
FB	Clive Walker	22	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	25	–	–
HB	Terry Branston	35	1	–	1	–	–	5	–	–	41	1	–
HB	Graham Carr	11	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	14	–	–
HB		2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–
HB	Joe Kiernan	25	1	3	1	–	–	6	–	–	32	1	3
HB	John Kurila	37	–	1	1	–	–	3	–	–	41	–	1
HB		–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–
OF	Billy Best	15	–	6	1	–	–	6	–	4	22	–	10
OF		13	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	15	–	–
OF	Barry Lines	38	–	2	–	–	–	6	–	–	44	–	2
OF	Harry Walden	18	–	2	–	–	–	3	–	–	21	–	2
IF		8	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	3
IF	Don Martin	31	–	13	1	–	–	6	–	5	38	–	18
IF	Graham Moore	32	–	3	–	–	–	4	1	2	36	1	5
IF		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
CF	Jim Hall	13	–	1	–	–	–	2	–	2	15	–	3
CF	Frank Large	21	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	–	8
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Bill Brown	17	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	21	–	–
FB	Mike Everitt	13	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	17	–	–
IF	Bobby Jones	17	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	18	–	1
CF	Bobby Brown	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	4	–	1
CF	George Hudson	7	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	9	–	–

References[]

^ Football League appearances only.
^ Cobblers mourn goalkeeper Harvey bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "Player Profile - Dennis Brown". www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

Books

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

[table_note_res_UCWC10.54688770163194-4] Cardiff City qualified for European Cup Winners' Cup First round as Welsh Cup winners. They remained in the 2nd division.

[1] Football League appearances only.

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

[3] "Player Profile - Dennis Brown". www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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