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Northampton Town
1964–65 season
ChairmanFred York
ManagerDave Bowen
StadiumCounty Ground
Division Two2nd
FA CupThird round
League CupQuarter Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Don Martin
Bobby Brown
Tommy Robson (13)
All: Don Martin (16)
Highest home attendance20,660 vs Plymouth Argyle
Lowest home attendance9,586 vs Bury
Average home league attendance15,393

Players

As of match played 24 April 1965.
Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth Apps[1] Goals Signed from Date signed Fee
Goalkeepers
Norman Coe GK Wales Swansea (1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 24) 43 0 Arsenal July 1960
Bryan Harvey GK England Stepney (1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 26) 74 0 Blackpool October 1963 £4,000[2]
Full Backs
Vic Cockcroft LB England Birmingham (1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 24) 23 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers July 1962
Mike Everitt LB England Weeley (1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 24) 162 14 Arsenal February 1961 £4,000
Theo Foley (c) RB Republic of Ireland Dublin (1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 28) 157 6 Exeter City May 1961 £1,000
John Mackin RB Scotland Bellshill (1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 21) 0 0 Apprentice November 1963 N/A
Half Backs
Terry Branston CH England Rugby (1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 26) 182 2 Apprentice October 1958 N/A
Graham Carr CH England Corbridge (1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 20) 10 0 Apprentice August 1962 N/A
Joe Kiernan WH Scotland Coatbridge (1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 22) 60 2 Sunderland July 1963
John Kurila WH Scotland Glasgow (1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 24) 59 2 Bristol City November 1963
Derek Leck WH England Deal (1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 28) 236 45 Millwall June 1958
John Linnell WH England Northampton (1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 21) 0 0 Apprentice September 1963 N/A
Inside/Outside Forwards
Billy Best OF Scotland Glasgow (1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 22) 13 2 Pollok July 1962
Barry Lines OF England Bletchley (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 22) 142 38 Bletchley Town September 1960
Tommy Robson OF England Gateshead (1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 20) 58 17 Newcastle United August 1961 N/A
Harry Walden OF England Walgrave (1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 24) 39 1 Luton Town June 1964
Ronnie Walton OF England Plymouth (1945-10-12)12 October 1945 (aged 19) 1 0 Apprentice September 1963 N/A
Brian Etheridge IF England Northampton (1944-03-04)4 March 1944 (aged 21) 17 1 Apprentice July 1962 N/A
Jim Hall IF England Northampton (1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 20) 10 1 Apprentice July 1963 N/A
Ken Leek IF Wales Ynysybwl (1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 29) 83 30 Birmingham City December 1964
Don Martin IF England Corby (1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 21) 52 20 Apprentice July 1962 N/A
Centre Forwards
Bobby Brown CF England Streatham (1940-05-02)2 May 1940 (aged 24) 26 13 Watford December 1963
Bobby Hunt CF England Colchester (1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 22) 27 7 Colchester United March 1964 £15,000
Charlie Livesey CF England West Ham (1938-02-06)6 February 1938 (aged 27) 25 3 Brighton & Hove Albion August 1964

Competitions

Division Two

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
4 Southampton 42 17 14 11 83 63 1.317 48
5 Ipswich Town 42 15 17 10 74 67 1.104 47
6 Norwich City 42 20 7 15 61 57 1.070 47
7 Crystal Palace 42 16 13 13 55 51 1.078 45
8 Huddersfield Town 42 17 10 15 53 51 1.039 44
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

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 20 16 6 66 50 1.32 56 14 7 0 37 16 35 6 9 6 29 34 21

Last updated: 12 April 2020.
Source: [citation needed]

League position by match

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 August 1964 (1964-08-24) 1 Middlesbrough 1–0 Northampton Town Middlesbrough
19:30 BST Horsfield Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 27,122
Referee: Jim Carr
29 August 1964 (1964-08-29) 2 Manchester City 0–2 Northampton Town Manchester
15:00 BST Foley
Hunt 		Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 20,935
Referee: Syd Stoakes
1 September 1964 (1964-09-01) 3 Northampton Town 1–1 Middlesbrough Northampton
19:30 BST Martin Horsfield Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 17,028
Referee: Geoff Davis
5 September 1964 (1964-09-05) 4 Southampton 2–0 Northampton Town Southampton
15:00 BST Wimshurst
Sydenham 		Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 13,989
Referee: Ray Aldous
8 September 1964 (1964-09-08) 5 Northampton Town 1–0 Newcastle United Northampton
19:30 BST Etheridge Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 15,977
11 September 1964 (1964-09-11) 6 Northampton Town 3–2 Huddersfield Town Northampton
15:00 BST Livesey
Robson 		Massie
O'Grady 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 12,984
15 September 1964 (1964-09-15) 7 Ipswich Town 0–0 Northampton Town Ipswich
19:30 BST Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 13,989
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw
19 September 1964 (1964-09-19) 8 Coventry City 0–1 Northampton Town Coventry
15:00 BST Robson Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 30,113
Referee: George McCabe
26 September 1964 (1964-09-26) 9 Northampton Town 1–0 Cardiff City Northampton
15:00 BST Everitt Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 12,328
29 September 1964 (1964-09-29) 10 Northampton Town 3–2 Ipswich Town Northampton
19:30 BST Hunt Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 14,886
3 October 1964 (1964-10-03) 11 Preston North End 2–2 Northampton Town Preston
15:00 BST Robson
Walden 		Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,953
7 October 1964 (1964-10-07) 12 Portsmouth 3–3 Northampton Town Portsmouth
19:30 BST Branston
Livesey
Robson 		Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 13,552
10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) 13 Northampton Town 1–0 Charlton Athletic Northampton
15:00 BST Robson Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 13,552
17 October 1964 (1964-10-17) 14 Orient 2–2 Northampton Town Leyton, London
15:00 BST Hall
Martin 		Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,390
24 October 1964 (1964-10-24) 15 Northampton Town 2–0 Bury Northampton
15:00 BST Foley
Martin 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,324
31 October 1964 (1964-10-31) 16 Crystal Palace 1–2 Northampton Town Croydon, London
15:00 GMT Livesey
Robson 		Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 21,331
7 November 1964 (1964-11-07) 17 Northampton Town 0–0 Norwich City Northampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,273
14 November 1964 (1964-11-14) 18 Rotherham United 1–1 Northampton Town Rotherham
15:00 GMT Leck Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 11,273
21 November 1964 (1964-11-21) 19 Northampton Town 2–1 Swansea Town Northampton
15:00 GMT Martin
Robson 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 13,427
28 November 1964 (1964-11-28) 20 Derby County 2–2 Northampton Town Derby
15:00 GMT Durban
Buxton 		Brown
Martin 		Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 17,367
5 December 1964 (1964-12-05) 21 Northampton Town 2–1 Swindon Town Northampton
15:00 GMT Brown
Walden 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 9,586
12 December 1964 (1964-12-12) 22 Newcastle United 5–0 Northampton Town Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT McGarry
Hockey
o.g.'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 40,376
19 December 1964 (1964-12-19) 23 Northampton Town 2–0 Manchester City Northampton
15:00 GMT Everitt
Leck 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 12,665
Referee: Maurice Fussey
26 December 1964 (1964-12-26) 24 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Northampton Town Bolton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 24,487
2 January 1965 (1965-01-02) 25 Northampton Town 2–2 Southampton Northampton
15:00 GMT Branston
Leek 		Chivers
o.g.'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 15,245
16 January 1965 (1965-01-16) 26 Huddersfield Town 2–0 Northampton Town Huddersfield
15:00 GMT Balderstone
Massie 		Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 7,359
23 January 1965 (1965-01-23) 27 Northampton Town 1–1 Coventry City Northampton
15:00 GMT Leek Clements Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 18,741
6 February 1965 (1965-02-06) 28 Cardiff City 0–2 Northampton Town Cardiff
15:00 GMT Brown Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,427
13 February 1965 (1965-02-13) 29 Northampton Town 2–1 Preston North End Northampton
15:00 GMT Brown
Robson 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 14,010
20 February 1965 (1965-02-20) 30 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Northampton Town Charlton, London
15:00 GMT Robson Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 8,958
27 February 1965 (1965-02-27) 31 Northampton Town 2–0 Orient Northampton
15:00 GMT Leek
Robson 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 13,517
27 February 1965 (1965-02-27) 32 Northampton Town 4–0 Bolton Wanderers Northampton
15:00 GMT Foley
Leck
Martin 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 15,515
13 March 1965 (1965-03-13) 33 Northampton Town 1–1 Crystal Palace Northampton
15:00 GMT Brown Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 17,350
20 March 1965 (1965-03-20) 34 Norwich City 1–1 Northampton Town Norwich
15:00 GMT Robson Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,199
23 March 1965 (1965-03-23) 35 Swindon Town 4–2 Northampton Town Swindon
19:30 BST Brown Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 17,886
27 March 1965 (1965-03-27) 36 Northampton Town 1–0 Rotherham United Northampton
15:00 BST Brown Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 19,488
3 April 1965 (1965-04-03) 37 Swansea Town 1–2 Northampton Town Swansea
15:00 BST Brown
Martin 		Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 10,516
10 April 1965 (1965-04-10) 38 Northampton Town 2–2 Derby County Northampton
15:00 BST Brown
Martin 		Durban Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 17,917
17 April 1965 (1965-04-17) 39 Bury 1–4 Northampton Town Bury
15:00 BST Brown
Kiernan
Martin 		Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 6,800
19 April 1965 (1965-04-19) 40 Plymouth Argyle 5–2 Northampton Town Plymouth
15:00 BST Kiernan
Martin
Leck Red card		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 10,547
20 April 1965 (1965-04-20) 41 Northampton Town 3–1 Plymouth Argyle Northampton
19:30 BST Brown
Martin
o.g.'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 19,718
24 April 1965 (1965-04-24) 42 Northampton Town 1–1 Portsmouth Northampton
15:00 BST o.g.' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 20,660

FA Cup

Main article: 1964–65 FA Cup
9 January 1965 (1965-01-09) 3rd round Chelsea 4–1 Northampton Town Fulham, London
15:00 GMT Bridges
Tambling
o.g.'		 Foley Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 44,335
Referee: Tommy Dawes

League Cup

Main article: 1964–65 Football League Cup
23 September 1964 (1964-09-23) 2nd round Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 0–2 Northampton Town Bournemouth
18:30 BST Hunt
Livesey 		Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 8,807
20 October 1964 (1964-10-20) 3rd round Northampton Town 2–1 Portsmouth Northampton
18:30 BST Livesey
Martin 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,380
4 November 1964 (1964-11-04) 4th round Northampton Town 4–1 Chesterfield Northampton
18:30 GMT Foley
Hunt
Martin
Everitt Red card		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,695
25 November 1964 (1964-11-25) Quarter Final Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Northampton Town Plymouth
18:30 GMT Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 21,698

Appearances and goals

Pos Player Division Two FA Cup League Cup Total
Starts Goals Starts Goals Starts Goals Starts Goals
GK Norman Coe – – – – – – – –
GK Bryan Harvey 42 – 1 – 4 – 47 –
FB Vic Cockcroft 6 – 1 – 1 – 8 –
FB Mike Everitt 39 2 1 – 3 – 43 2
FB Theo Foley 42 3 1 1 4 1 47 5
FB John Mackin – – – – – – – –
HB Terry Branston 34 2 1 – 4 – 39 2
HB Graham Carr 8 – – – – – 8 –
HB Joe Kiernan 41 2 1 – 4 – 46 2
HB John Kurila 1 – – – 1 – 2 –
HB Derek Leck 42 3 1 – 3 – 46 3
HB John Linnell – – – – – – – –
OF Billy Best 4 – – – – – 4 –
OF Barry Lines 9 – – – 1 – 10 –
OF Tommy Robson 36 13 1 – 3 – 40 13
OF Harry Walden 39 1 1 – 4 – 44 1
OF Ronnie Walton 1 – – – – – 1 –
IF Brian Etheridge 9 1 – – 1 – 10 1
IF Jim Hall 6 1 – – 2 – 8 1
IF Ken Leek 12 3 1 – – – 13 3
IF Don Martin 30 13 – – 2 3 32 16
CF Bobby Brown 20 13 – – 1 – 21 13
CF Charlie Livesey 25 3 1 – 4 2 30 5
CF Bobby Hunt 16 4 – – 2 2 18 6

References

  1. ^ Football League appearances only.
  2. ^ Cobblers mourn goalkeeper Harvey bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

Books

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