1961–62 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1961–62 season
Chairman	Fred York
Manager	Dave Bowen
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	8th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Cliff Holton (36) All: Cliff Holton (39)
Highest home attendance	18,825 vs Kettering Town
Lowest home attendance	7,563 vs Bradford PA
Average home league attendance	11,250
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 season was Northampton Town's 65th season in their history and the first season in the Third Division, following promotion from the Fourth Division the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Players

As of match played 27 April 1962.

Name	Position	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Chic Brodie	GK		Duntocher	(1937-02-22)22 February 1937 (aged 25)	35	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	September 1961
Norman Coe	GK		Swansea	(1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 21)	45	0	Arsenal	July 1960
Full backs
Tony Haskins	LB		Northampton	(1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 26)	8	0	Belper Town	August 1959
Ron Patterson	LB		Gateshead	(1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 32)	317	5	Middlesbrough	Summer 1952
Arnold Woollard	LB		Pembroke	(1930-08-24)24 August 1930 (aged 31)	13	0	Bournemouth	March 1962
Theo Foley	RB		Dublin	(1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 25)	49	0	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
Half backs
Terry Branston	CH		Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 23)	66	0	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
Alec Carson	WH		Clarkston	(1942-11-12)12 November 1942 (aged 19)	8	0	Apprentice	November 1959	N/A
Barry Cooke	WH		Wolverhampton	(1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 24)	64	2	West Bromwich Albion	July 1959
Mike Everitt	WH		Weeley	(1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 21)	57	9	Arsenal	February 1961	£4,000
Derek Leck	WH		Deal	(1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 25)	128	34	Millwall	June 1958
Roly Mills	WH		Daventry	(1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 28)	280	30	Apprentice	May 1951	N/A
Inside/Outside forwards
Cecil Dixon	OF		Trowbridge	(1935-03-28)28 March 1935 (aged 27)	16	4	Newport County	August 1961
Barry Lines	OF		Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 19)	69	20	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Tommy Robson	OF		Gateshead	(1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 17)	4	1	Newcastle United	August 1961	N/A
Derek Woods	OF		Northampton	(1941-03-23)23 March 1941 (aged 21)	6	2	Apprentice	June 1959	N/A
Brian Etheridge	IF		Northampton	(1944-03-04)4 March 1944 (aged 18)	1	0	Apprentice	July 1961	N/A
Jimmy Moran	IF		Cleland	(1935-03-06)6 March 1935 (aged 27)	25	7	Norwich City	January 1961
John Reid	IF		Newmains	(1932-08-20)20 August 1932 (aged 29)	26	3	Bradford City	November 1961
Centre forwards
Bob Edwards	CF		Guildford	(1931-05-22)22 May 1931 (aged 30)	23	10	Norwich City	March 1961
Cliff Holton (c)	CF		Oxford	(1929-04-29)29 April 1929 (aged 32)	44	39	Watford	September 1961

Competitions

Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
6	Bristol City	46	23	8	15	94	72	1.306	54
7	Reading	46	22	9	15	77	66	1.167	53
8	Northampton Town	46	20	11	15	85	57	1.491	51
9	Swindon Town	46	17	15	14	78	71	1.099	49
10	Hull City	46	20	8	18	67	54	1.241	48

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
46	20	11	15	85	57	1.491	51	12	6	5	52	24	30	8	5	10	33	33	21

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

League Cup

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals
GK	Chic Brodie	32	–	3	–	–	–	50	–
GK	Norman Coe	14	–	–	–	–	–	14	–
FB	Theo Foley	46	–	2	–	1	–	49	–
FB	Tony Haskins	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
FB	Ron Patterson	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
FB	Arnold Woollard	13	–	–	–	–	–	13	–
HB	Terry Branston	45	–	3	–	1	–	49	–
HB	Alec Carson	7	–	–	–	–	–	7	–
HB	Barry Cooke	2	–	–	–	1	1	3	1
HB	Mike Everitt	37	5	3	–	1	–	41	5
HB	Derek Leck	46	2	3	–	1	–	50	2
HB	Roly Mills	35	2	3	–	1	–	39	2
OF	Cecil Dixon	15	4	–	–	1	–	16	4
OF	Barry Lines	38	14	3	1	1	–	42	15
OF	Tommy Robson	4	1	–	–	–	–	4	1
OF	Derek Woods	6	2	–	–	–	–	6	2
IF	Brian Etheridge	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
IF	Jimmy Moran	9	1	1	1	–	–	10	2
IF	John Reid	26	3	–	–	–	–	26	3
CF	Bob Edwards	10	2	1	–	–	–	11	2
CF	Cliff Holton	41	36	3	3	–	–	44	39
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Brian Caine	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
FB	Tony Claypole	22	–	2	–	1	–	25	–
OF	Tommy Fowler	5	–	–	–	–	–	5	–
OF	Ron Spelman	23	2	3	–	–	–	26	2
IF	Dennis Clapton	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
IF	Mike Wright	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
CF	Pat Terry	24	10	3	1	1	–	28	11

References

Books

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