1962–63 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1962–63 season
Chairman	Fred York
Manager	Dave Bowen
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	1st
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Alec Ashworth (25) All: Alec Ashworth (26)
Highest home attendance	18,717 vs Coventry City
Lowest home attendance	7,771 vs Colchester United
Average home league attendance	12,680
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 season was Northampton Town's 66th season in their history and the second successive season in the Third Division. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Players

As of match played 24 May 1963.

Name	Position	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Chic Brodie	GK		Duntocher	(1937-02-22)22 February 1937 (aged 26)	85	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	September 1961
Norman Coe	GK		Swansea	(1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 22)	45	0	Arsenal	July 1960
Vic Rouse	GK		Swansea	(1936-03-16)16 March 1936 (aged 27)	0	0	Crystal Palace	April 1963	£1,000
Full backs
Vic Cockcroft	LB		Birmingham	(1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 22)	10	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	July 1962
Mike Everitt	LB		Weeley	(1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 22)	87	11	Arsenal	February 1961	£4,000
Arnold Woollard	LB		Pembroke	(1930-08-24)24 August 1930 (aged 32)	31	0	Bournemouth	March 1962
Theo Foley	RB		Dublin	(1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 26)	95	1	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
Half backs
Terry Branston	CH		Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 24)	115	0	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
Graham Carr	CH		Corbridge	(1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 18)	1	0	Apprentice	August 1962	N/A
John Kurila	WH		Glasgow	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 22)	43	1	Celtic	August 1962
Derek Leck	WH		Deal	(1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 26)	174	39	Millwall	June 1958
Roly Mills	WH		Daventry	(1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 29)	299	31	Apprentice	May 1951	N/A
Inside/Outside forwards
Billy Best	OF		Glasgow	(1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 20)	0	0	Pollok	July 1962
Billy Hails	OF		Nettlesworth	(1935-02-19)19 February 1935 (aged 28)	26	5	Peterborough United	November 1962
Barry Lines	OF		Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 21)	119	37	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Tommy Robson	OF		Gateshead	(1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 18)	5	1	Newcastle United	August 1961	N/A
Brian Etheridge	IF		Northampton	(1944-03-04)4 March 1944 (aged 19)	4	0	Apprentice	July 1961	N/A
John Reid	IF		Newmains	(1932-08-20)20 August 1932 (aged 30)	70	15	Bradford City	November 1961
Don Martin	IF		Corby	(1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 19)	2	0	Apprentice	July 1962	N/A
Ray Smith	IF		Kingston upon Hull	(1934-09-13)13 September 1934 (aged 28)	14	4	Peterborough United	October 1962
Centre forwards
Alec Ashworth (c)	CF		Southport	(1939-10-01)1 October 1939 (aged 23)	34	26	Luton Town	July 1962
Frank Large	CF		Leeds	(1940-01-26)26 January 1940 (aged 23)	20	18	Queens Park Rangers	March 1963
Bert Llewellyn	CF		Golborne	(1939-02-05)5 February 1939 (aged 24)	1	0	Port Vale	February 1963	£7,000

Competitions

Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Northampton Town	46	26	10	10	109	60	1.817	62	Division Champions, promoted
2	Swindon Town	46	22	14	10	87	56	1.554	58	Promoted
3	Port Vale	46	23	8	15	72	58	1.241	54
4	Coventry City	46	18	17	11	83	69	1.203	53
5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	18	16	12	63	46	1.370	52

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
46	26	10	10	109	60	1.817	62	16	6	1	64	19	38	10	4	9	45	41	24

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

League Cup

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals
GK	Chic Brodie	46	–	1	–	3	–	50	–
GK	Norman Coe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
GK	Vic Rouse	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FB	Vic Cockcroft	8	–	1	–	1	–	10	–
FB	Mike Everitt	28	1	1	1	1	–	30	2
FB	Theo Foley	43	1	–	–	3	–	46	1
FB	Arnold Woollard	15	–	1	–	2	–	18	–
HB	Terry Branston	45	–	1	–	3	–	49	–
HB	Graham Carr	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
HB	John Kurila	40	1	1	–	2	–	43	1
HB	Derek Leck	42	5	1	–	3	–	46	5
HB	Roly Mills	19	1	–	–	–	–	19	1
OF	Billy Best	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
OF	Billy Hails	26	5	–	–	–	–	26	5
OF	Barry Lines	46	16	1	–	3	1	50	17
OF	Tommy Robson	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
IF	Brian Etheridge	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
IF	Don Martin	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
IF	John Reid	41	11	1	–	2	1	44	12
IF	Ray Smith	14	4	–	–	–	–	14	4
CF	Alec Ashworth	30	25	1	–	3	1	34	26
CF	Frank Large	20	18	–	–	–	–	20	18
CF	Bert Llewellyn	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
Players who left before end of season:
OF	Roy Sanders	15	2	1	–	3	–	19	2
CF	Cliff Holton	21	14	–	–	3	1	24	15

References

Books

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