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

Players

As of match played 30 April 1966.

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps[1]	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Norman Coe	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
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
John Clarke	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
John Linnell	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	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	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

Source:

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:

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

Everton v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Arsenal

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

Northampton Town v Manchester United

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

Newcastle United v Northampton Town

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

Burnley v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v West Bromwich Albion

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

Northampton Town v Burnley

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

Nottingham Forest v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Sheffield Wednesday

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

Arsenal v Northampton Town

28 August 1965 (1965-08-28) 10	Arsenal	1–1	Northampton Town	Highbury, London
19:30 BST	Radford	Report	Hall	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 33,240

Leicester City v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Sheffield United

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

Leeds United v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v West Ham United

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

Sunderland v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Aston Villa

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

Liverpool v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Tottenham Hotspur

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

Fulham v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Blackpool

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

Blackburn Rovers v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Chelsea

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

Chelsea v Northampton Town

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

Sheffield United v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Blackburn Rovers

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

West Ham United v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Everton

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

Manchester United v Northampton Town

5 February 1966 (1966-02-05) 28	Manchester United	6–2	Northampton Town	Manchester
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

Stoke City v Northampton Town

12 February 1966 (1966-02-12) 29	Stoke City	6–2	Northampton Town	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Ritchie  pen.' Vernon Dobing	Report	Brown Moore	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 16,522

Northampton Town v Newcastle United

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

West Bromwich Albion v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Leeds United

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

Northampton Town v Nottingham Forest

12 March 1966 (1966-03-12) 33	Northampton Town	3–3	Nottingham Forest	Northampton
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

Sheffield Wednesday v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Leicester City

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

Aston Villa v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Liverpool

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

Northampton Town v Stoke City

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

Tottenham Hotspur v Northampton Town

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

Northampton Town v Fulham

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

Northampton Town v Sunderland

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

Blackpool v Northampton Town

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

FA Cup

Main article: 1965–66 FA Cup

Northampton Town v Nottingham Forest

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

League Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Football League Cup

Blackburn Rovers v Northampton Town

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

Fulham v Northampton Town

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

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division One			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
		Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Norman Coe	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	John Clarke	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
HB	Joe Kiernan	42	–	2	1	–	–	2	–	–	45	–	2
HB	John Kurila	20	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	21	–	1
HB	John Linnell	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	Ronnie Walton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
IF	Ken Leek	4	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	5	–	1
CF	Charlie Livesey	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	1

References

1. Football League appearances only.

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.