1966–67 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1966–67 season
ChairmanTed Buller
ManagerDave Bowen
StadiumCounty Ground
Division Two21st
FA CupFirst round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Don Martin (13)
All: Don Martin (18)
Highest home attendance20,100 vs Coventry City
Lowest home attendance5,631 vs Rotherham United
Average home league attendance11,977

Players

As of match played 13 May 1967.
Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth Apps[1] Goals Signed from Date signed Fee
Goalkeepers
Bryan HarveyGKStepney (1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 28)1260BlackpoolOctober 1963£4,000[2]
Full Backs
Vic CockcroftLBBirmingham (1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 26)471Wolverhampton WanderersJuly 1962
Theo FoleyRBDublin (1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 30)2048Exeter CityMay 1961£1,000
John MackinRBBellshill (1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 23)455ApprenticeNovember 1963N/A
Clive WalkerLBWatford (1945-10-24)24 October 1945 (aged 21)220Leicester CityOctober 1966
Half Backs
Terry Branston (c)CHRugby (1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 28)2462ApprenticeOctober 1958N/A
John ClarkeCHNorthampton (1945-10-23)23 October 1945 (aged 21)20ApprenticeJuly 1965N/A
Graham CarrHBCorbridge (1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 22)480ApprenticeAugust 1962N/A
Joe KiernanWHCoatbridge (1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 24)1287SunderlandJuly 1963
John KurilaWHGlasgow (1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 26)1164Bristol CityNovember 1963
John LinnellWHNorthampton (1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 23)00ApprenticeSeptember 1963N/A
Inside/Outside Forwards
Billy BestOFGlasgow (1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 24)329PollokJuly 1962
Barry LinesOFBletchley (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 24)22045Bletchley TownSeptember 1960
Harry WaldenOFWalgrave (1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 26)763Luton TownJune 1964
Dennis BrownIFReading (1944-02-08)8 February 1944 (aged 23)83Swindon TownFebruary 1967£5,000 P/E[3]
Don MartinIFCorby (1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 23)10940ApprenticeJuly 1962N/A
Graham Moore (c)IFHengoed (1941-03-07)7 March 1941 (aged 26)5310Manchester UnitedDecember 1965£15,000
Centre Forwards
Jim HallCFNorthampton (1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 22)385ApprenticeJuly 1963N/A
Frank LargeCFLeeds (1940-01-26)26 January 1940 (aged 27)6838Oldham AthleticDecember 1966£10,000

Competitions

League table

Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1]
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
Source:
Notes:
  1. Cardiff City qualified for European Cup Winners' Cup First round as Welsh Cup winners. They remained in the 2nd division.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
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:

League position by match

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAHHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAA
ResultLWDLLLWWLLLLLLWLWWLLLWWLLDLDLWLDWWLDLDLWLL
Position15119111921161315192020212121212121222222222222222222222222222221212121212121212121
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 Preston
15:00 BST Best Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12,192
28 August 1966 (1966-08-28) 2 Northampton Town 3–1 Rotherham United Northampton
15:00 BST Best
Martin
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 13,955
30 August 1966 (1966-08-30) 3 Northampton Town 0–0 Bury Northampton
19:30 BST Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 10,025
1 September 1966 (1966-09-01) 4 Millwall 1–0 Northampton Town Millwall, 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 Northampton
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 Northampton
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 Northampton
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 Bury
19:30 BST Best
Mackin
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 8,580
23 September 1966 (1966-09-23) 9 Hull City 6–1 Northampton Town Kingston 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 Northampton
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 Selhurst, London
15:00 BST Martin Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,507
15 October 1966 (1966-10-15) 12 Northampton Town 0–1 Huddersfield Town Northampton
15:00 BST Leighton Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 13,355
29 October 1966 (1966-10-29) 13 Northampton Town 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Northampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 16,761
5 November 1966 (1966-11-05) 14 Ipswich Town 6–1 Northampton Town Ipswich
15:00 GMT Best Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 12,820
12 November 1966 (1966-11-12) 15 Northampton Town 2–1 Bristol City Northampton
15:00 GMT Jones
Kurila
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 10,004
19 November 1966 (1966-11-19) 16 Carlisle United 2–0 Northampton Town Carlisle
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 11,946
26 November 1966 (1966-11-26) 17 Northampton Town 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Northampton
15:00 GMT Martin
Moore
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 9,470
3 December 1966 (1966-12-03) 18 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Northampton Town Bolton
15:00 GMT Mackin
Martin
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 10,352
14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) 19 Cardiff City 4–2 Northampton Town Cardiff
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 Northampton
15:00 GMT Martin Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 10,050
26 December 1966 (1966-12-26) 21 Birmingham City 3–0 Northampton Town Birmingham
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 Northampton
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 Rotherham
15:00 GMT Large
Martin
Stadium: Millloor
Attendance: 9,497
7 January 1967 (1967-01-07) 24 Northampton Town 1–2 Millwall Northampton
15:00 GMT Kiernan Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,343
14 January 1967 (1967-01-14) 25 Derby County 4–3 Northampton Town Derby
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 Northampton
19:30 GMT Martin Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,578
21 January 1967 (1967-01-21) 27 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Northampton Town Plymouth
15:00 GMT Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 12,830
4 February 1967 (1967-02-04) 28 Northampton Town 2–2 Hull City Northampton
15:00 GMT Best
Moore
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 12,396
11 February 1967 (1967-02-11) 29 Portsmouth 3–2 Northampton Town Portsmouth
15:00 GMT D.Brown
Moore
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,979
25 February 1967 (1967-02-25) 30 Northampton Town 1–0 Crystal Palace Northampton
15:00 GMT D.Brown Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 13,081
4 March 1967 (1967-03-04) 31 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Northampton Town Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 25,672
11 March 1967 (1967-03-11) 32 Northampton Town 0–0 Coventry City Northampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 20,100
18 March 1967 (1967-03-18) 33 Northampton Town 2–0 Cardiff City Northampton
15:00 GMT D.Brown
Large
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,787
25 March 1967 (1967-03-25) 34 Huddersfield Town 0–2 Northampton Town Huddersfield
15:00 BST Large Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 18,214
28 March 1967 (1967-03-28) 35 Coventry City 2–0 Northampton Town Coventry
19:30 BST Gould
Machin
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 38,566
1 April 1967 (1967-04-01) 36 Northampton Town 1–1 Ipswich Town Northampton
15:00 BST Hall Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 13,129
7 April 1967 (1967-04-07) 37 Bristol City 1–0 Northampton Town Bristol
15:00 BST Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 23,750
15 April 1967 (1967-04-15) 38 Northampton Town 3–3 Carlisle United Northampton
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 Blackburn
15:00 BST Walker Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 9,883
29 April 1967 (1967-04-29) 40 Northampton Town 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Northampton
15:00 BST Large
Martin
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 9,387
6 May 1967 (1967-05-06) 41 Charlton Athletic 3–0 Northampton Town Charlton, London
15:00 BST Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,098
13 May 1967 (1967-05-13) 42 Norwich City 1–0 Northampton Town Norwich
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 Northampton
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 Northampton
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 Peterborough
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 Northampton
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 Hove
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 Northampton
19:30 GMT Best
Martin
Moore
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Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,889
7 December 1966 (1966-12-07) 5th round Northampton Town 1–3 West Bromwich Albion Northampton
19:30 GMT Hall Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 14,706

Appearances and goals

Pos Player Division Two FA Cup League Cup Total
Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals
GKBryan Harvey 253 28
FBVic Cockcroft 61 7
FBTheo Foley 161 17
FBGerry Jordon 1 1
FBJohn Mackin 3424131 3825
FBGerry Perryman 1 1
FBClive Walker 223 25
HBTerry Branston 35115 411
HBGraham Carr 113 14
HBJohn Clarke 21 3
HBJoe Kiernan 251316 3213
HBJohn Kurila 37113 411
HBJohn Linnell 1 1
OFBilly Best 156164 2210
OFGraham Felton 1311 15
OFBarry Lines 3826 442
OFHarry Walden 1823 212
IFDennis Brown 83 83
IFDon Martin 3113165 3818
IFGraham Moore 323412 3615
IFRay Price 1 1
CFJim Hall 13122 153
CFFrank Large 218 218
Players who left before end of season:
GKBill Brown 1713 21
FBMike Everitt 1313 17
IFBobby Jones 1711 181
CFBobby Brown 311 41
CFGeorge Hudson 72 9

References

  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.

Books

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