1960–61 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1960–61 season
Chairman	Walter Penn
Manager	Dave Bowen
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	3rd
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Laurie Brown (22); All: Laurie Brown (25)
Highest home attendance	21,000 vs Peterborough United
Lowest home attendance	6,835 vs Workington
Average home league attendance	10,682
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 season was Northampton Town's 64th season in their history and the third successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, and the newly introduced Football League Cup.

Players

As of match played 29 April 1961.

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Tony Brewer	GK	Edmonton	(1932-05-20)20 May 1932 (aged 28)	90	0	Millwall	August 1958
Norman Coe	GK	Swansea	(1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 20)	31	0	Arsenal	July 1960
Full backs
Tony Claypole	RB	Weldon	(1937-02-13)13 February 1937 (aged 24)	100	1	Apprentice	August 1956	N/A
Ralph Phillips	RB	Hetton-le-Hole	(1933-08-09)9 August 1933 (aged 27)	89	1	Middlesbrough	November 1958
Tony Haskins	LB	Northampton	(1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 25)	7	0	Belper Town	August 1959
Ron Patterson (c)	LB	Gateshead	(1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 31)	315	5	Middlesbrough	Summer 1952
Half backs
Terry Branston	CH	Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 22)	17	0	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
Colin Gale	CH	Pontypridd	(1932-08-31)31 August 1932 (aged 28)	222	1	Cardiff City	March 1956	£1,500^[1]
Alec Carson	WH	Clarkston	(1942-11-12)12 November 1942 (aged 18)	1	0	Apprentice	November 1959	N/A
Barry Cooke	WH	Wolverhampton	(1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 23)	61	1	West Bromwich Albion	July 1959
Mike Everitt	WH	Weeley	(1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 20)	16	4	Arsenal	February 1961	£4,000
Roly Mills	WH	Daventry	(1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 27)	241	28	Apprentice	May 1951	N/A
Inside/Outside forwards
Tommy Fowler	OF	Prescot	(1924-12-16)16 December 1924 (aged 36)	547	88	Everton	March 1945
Barry Lines	OF	Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 18)	27	5	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Ron Spelman	OF	Blofield	(1938-05-22)22 May 1938 (aged 22)	12	1	Norwich City	November 1960
Ken Tucker	OF	Merthyr Tydfil	(1935-07-15)15 July 1935 (aged 25)	13	3	Shrewsbury Town	January 1960
Derek Woods	OF	Northampton	(1941-03-23)23 March 1941 (aged 20)	0	0	Apprentice	June 1959	N/A
Davie Laird	IF	Rutherglen	(1936-02-11)11 February 1936 (aged 25)	14	1	St Mirren	August 1960
Derek Leck	IF	Deal	(1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 24)	78	34	Millwall	June 1958
Jimmy Moran	IF	Cleland	(1935-03-06)6 March 1935 (aged 26)	15	5	Norwich City	January 1961
Mike Wright	IF	Newmarket	(1942-01-16)16 January 1942 (aged 19)	27	7	Newmarket Town	January 1960
Centre forwards
Laurie Brown	CF	Shildon	(1937-08-22)22 August 1937 (aged 23)	38	25	Bishop Auckland	October 1960
Bob Edwards	CF	Guildford	(1931-05-22)22 May 1931 (aged 29)	13	8	Norwich City	March 1961

Competitions

Division Four

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Peterborough United^[a]	46	28	10	8	134	65	2.062	66	Division Champions, promoted
2	Crystal Palace	46	29	6	11	110	69	1.594	64	Promoted
3	Northampton Town	46	25	10	11	90	62	1.452	60
4	Bradford (Park Avenue)	46	26	8	12	84	74	1.135	60
5	York City	46	21	9	16	80	60	1.333	51

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ New club in the league; elected from Midland League

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	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L
Position	3	13	11	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

20 August 1960 (1960-08-20) 1	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Northampton Town	Oldham
BST			M.Deakin	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 8,929

24 August 1960 (1960-08-24) 2	Workington	3–0	Northampton Town	Workington
19:00 BST				Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 3,439

27 August 1960 (1960-08-27) 3	Northampton Town	2–1	Aldershot	Northampton
BST	M.Deakin D.Leck			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,092

29 August 1960 (1960-08-29) 4	Northampton Town	3–2	Workington	Northampton
18:15 BST	D.Leck M.Wright			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,835

3 September 1960 (1960-09-03) 5	Northampton Town	4–2	Stockport County	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Deakin M.Wright			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,661

7 September 1960 (1960-09-07) 6	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Northampton Town	Crewe
BST			M.Deakin D.Leck	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 8,499

10 September 1960 (1960-09-10) 7	Bradford (Park Avenue)	1–3	Northampton Town	Bradford
BST			M.Deakin R.Mills M.Wright	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 7,616

13 September 1960 (1960-09-13) 8	Northampton Town	4–1	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton
17:45 BST	M.Deakin T.Fowler D.Leck o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,034

17 September 1960 (1960-09-17) 9	Northampton Town	3–1	Gillingham	Northampton
15:00 BST	B.Oláh M.Wright			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,575

19 September 1960 (1960-09-19) 10	Northampton Town	3–2	Chester City	Northampton
17:30 BST	T.Fowler B.Oláh D.Leck			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,320

24 September 1960 (1960-09-24) 11	Barrow	1–0	Northampton Town	Barrow
BST				Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5,583

1 October 1960 (1960-10-01) 12	Northampton Town	2–2	Millwall	Northampton
BST	L.Brown D.Leck			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,558

3 October 1960 (1960-10-03) 13	Accrington Stanley	3–2	Northampton Town	Accrington
GMT			L.Brown D.Leck	Stadium: Peel Park Attendance: 4,603

8 October 1960 (1960-10-08) 14	Peterborough United	3–3	Northampton Town	Peterborough
15:15 GMT			M.Deakin T.Fowler D.Leck	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 22,959

15 October 1960 (1960-10-15) 15	Northampton Town	3–1	Southport	Northampton
GMT	B.Oláh K.Tucker			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,014

22 October 1960 (1960-10-22) 16	Darlington	1–1	Northampton Town	Darlington
GMT			L.Brown	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 8,858

29 October 1960 (1960-10-29) 17	Northampton Town	1–2	Crystal Palace	Northampton
GMT	K.Tucker			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,943

12 November 1960 (1960-11-12) 18	Northampton Town	3–3	Hartlepool United	Northampton
GMT	L.Brown			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,484

19 November 1960 (1960-11-19) 19	Wrexham	2–2	Northampton Town	Wrexham, Wales
15:15 GMT			L.Brown	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6,328

3 December 1960 (1960-12-03) 20	Rochdale	1–1	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:15 GMT			B.Lines	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,173

10 December 1960 (1960-12-10) 21	Northampton Town	1–0	Mansfield Town	Northampton
GMT	D.Laird			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,129

17 December 1960 (1960-12-17) 22	Northampton Town	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Northampton
GMT	R.Spelman			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,710

26 December 1960 (1960-12-26) 23	York City	0–1	Northampton Town	York
GMT			o.g.'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 7,391

27 December 1960 (1960-12-27) 24	Northampton Town	3–1	York City	Northampton
GMT	L.Brown B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,384

31 December 1960 (1960-12-31) 25	Aldershot	2–2	Northampton Town	Aldershot
GMT			L.Brown M.Deakin	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,117

21 January 1961 (1961-01-21) 26	Northampton Town	0–1	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Northampton
GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,749

28 January 1961 (1961-01-28) 27	Doncaster Rovers	0–2	Northampton Town	Doncaster
GMT			L.Brown M.Deakin	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 3,028

11 February 1961 (1961-02-11) 28	Northampton Town	3–0	Barrow	Northampton
GMT	L.Brown J.Moran			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,255

18 February 1961 (1961-02-18) 29	Millwall	3–1	Northampton Town	Doncaster
15:15 GMT			B.Cooke C.Gale	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 11,707

25 February 1961 (1961-02-25) 30	Northampton Town	0–3	Peterborough United	Northampton
GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 21,000

4 March 1961 (1961-03-04) 31	Southport	2–0	Northampton Town	Southport
GMT				Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 4,693

8 March 1961 (1961-03-08) 32	Chester City	0–2	Northampton Town	Chester
19:30 GMT			M.Everitt D.Leck	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5,455

11 March 1961 (1961-03-11) 33	Northampton Town	1–1	Darlington	Northampton
GMT	L.Brown			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,124

18 March 1961 (1961-03-18) 34	Crystal Palace	2–3	Northampton Town	Selhurst, London
GMT			B.Edwards D.Leck	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 20,668

21 March 1961 (1961-03-21) 35	Northampton Town	0–0	Carlisle United	Northampton
GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,593

25 March 1961 (1961-03-25) 36	Northampton Town	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
GMT	B.Edwards D.Leck			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,604

1 April 1961 (1961-04-01) 37	Hartlepool United	4–2	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
BST			B.Edwards	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,460

3 April 1961 (1961-04-03) 38	Exeter City	1–3	Northampton Town	Exeter
15:00 BST			B.Edwards M.Everitt J.Moran	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,903

4 April 1961 (1961-04-04) 39	Northampton Town	3–1	Exeter City	Northampton
19:15 GMT	L.Brown			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,402

8 April 1961 (1961-04-08) 40	Northampton Town	3–0	Wrexham	Northampton
15:00 GMT	L.Brown M.Everitt B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,507

12 April 1961 (1961-04-12) 41	Gillingham	0–1	Northampton Town	Gillingham
18:00 BST			B.Lines	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 4,831
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on February 4, 1961.^[2]

15 April 1961 (1961-04-15) 42	Carlisle United	2–1	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST			R.Mills	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,985

17 April 1961 (1961-04-17) 43	Stockport County	1–1	Northampton Town	Stockport
19:30 BST			B.Edwards	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,307
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on January 14, 1961.^[2]

22 April 1961 (1961-04-22) 44	Northampton Town	5–1	Rochdale	Northampton
GMT	L.Brown J.Moran			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,535

25 April 1961 (1961-04-25) 45	Northampton Town	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Northampton
GMT	L.Brown B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,167

29 April 1961 (1961-04-29) 46	Mansfield Town	4–2	Northampton Town	Mansfield
15:00 BST			B.Edwards M.Everitt	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,872

FA Cup

5 November 1960 (1960-11-05) First round	Northampton Town	2–1	Hastings United	Northampton
GMT	L.Brown Wilson			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,141

26 November 1960 (1960-11-26) Second round	Romford	1–5	Northampton Town	Romford, London
14:15 GMT			L.Brown D.Leck	Stadium: Brooklands Stadium Attendance: 11,073

7 January 1961 (1961-01-07) Third round	Luton Town	4–0	Northampton Town	Luton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 26,220

League Cup

18 October 1960 (1960-10-18) First round	Northampton Town	1–1	Wrexham	Northampton
GMT			B.Cooke	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,029

25 October 1960 (1960-10-25) First round (r)	Wrexham	2–0	Northampton Town	Wrexham, Wales
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 7,518

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Four		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals
GK	Tony Brewer	18	–	1	–	1	–	20	–
GK	Norman Coe	28	–	2	–	1	–	31	–
FB	Tony Claypole	42	–	3	–	2	–	47	–
FB	Tony Haskins	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FB	Ron Patterson	8	–	–	–	–	–	8	–
FB	Ralph Phillips	42	–	3	–	2	–	47	–
HB	Terry Branston	17	–	–	–	–	–	17	–
HB	Alec Carson	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
HB	Barry Cooke	31	1	2	–	1	–	34	1
HB	Mike Everitt	16	4	–	–	–	–	16	4
HB	Colin Gale	39	–	3	–	2	–	44	–
HB	Roly Mills	45	2	3	–	2	1	50	3
OF	Tommy Fowler	19	3	–	–	–	–	19	3
OF	Barry Lines	24	5	2	–	1	–	27	5
OF	Ron Spelman	11	1	1	–	–	–	12	1
OF	Ken Tucker	7	3	2	–	1	–	10	3
OF	Derek Woods	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
IF	Davie Laird	12	1	1	–	1	–	14	1
IF	Derek Leck	29	13	3	3	1	–	33	16
IF	Jimmy Moran	15	5	–	–	–	–	15	5
IF	Wilson	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	1
IF	Mike Wright	23	6	–	–	2	–	25	6
CF	Laurie Brown	33	22	3	3	2	–	38	25
CF	Bob Edwards	13	8	–	–	–	–	13	8
Players who left before end of season:
OF	Béla Oláh	14	3	1	–	–	–	15	3
CF	Mike Deakin	19	11	1	–	2	–	22	11

References

^ "Arsenal Crash Out Of The FA Cup At Northampton On This Day, 4th January 1958". Arsenal On This Day. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1960/61 Division 4". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

Books

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

[table_note_PET0.58479703943468-2] New club in the league; elected from Midland League

[Arsenal_FC_Cup-1] "Arsenal Crash Out Of The FA Cup At Northampton On This Day, 4th January 1958". Arsenal On This Day. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[postponed_games-3] "1960/61 Division 4". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

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