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	Nat.	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

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

League Cup

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Four		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		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

Books

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