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	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Last updated: 8 May 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position	14	10	7	10	16	9	12	5	4	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	4	3	6	4	5	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

21 August 1962 (1962-08-21) 1	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Northampton Town	Bristol
19:15 BST			C.Holton B.Lines	Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 11,649

25 August 1962 (1962-08-25) 2	Swindon Town	2–3	Northampton Town	Swindon
BST	C.Jackson 10' A.D'Arcy 72'	Report	C.Holton 67' R.Sanders 77' A.Ashworth 82'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,174 Referee: Ken Aston

28 August 1962 (1962-08-28) 3	Northampton Town	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
19:30 BST	A.Ashworth			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,661 Referee: Dick Windle

1 September 1962 (1962-09-01) 4	Northampton Town	2–3	Peterborough United	Northampton
BST	C.Holton J.Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 16,064

8 September 1962 (1962-09-08) 5	Barnsley	1–1	Northampton Town	Barnsley
BST			A.Ashworth	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 7,674

11 September 1962 (1962-09-11) 6	Northampton Town	8–0	Wrexham	Northampton
BST	A.Ashworth C.Holton J.Reid B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,555

15 September 1962 (1962-09-15) 7	Colchester United	2–2	Northampton Town	Colchester
BST	B.Hunt 34' P.Wright 69'		A.Ashworth 26', 51'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,413 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw

17 September 1962 (1962-09-17) 8	Northampton Town	7–1	Halifax Town	Northampton
BST	A.Ashworth C.Holton B.Lines D.Leck			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,975

22 September 1962 (1962-09-22) 9	Northampton Town	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
BST	A.Ashworth			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,469

24 September 1962 (1962-09-24) 10	Halifax Town	1–3	Northampton Town	Halifax
BST			C.Holton B.Lines	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 4,202

29 September 1962 (1962-09-29) 11	Hull City	2–0	Northampton Town	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 9,536

2 October 1962 (1962-10-02) 12	Northampton Town	3–1	Crystal Palace	Northampton
BST	C.Holton D.Leck G.Evans			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,204

6 October 1962 (1962-10-06) 13	Northampton Town	2–2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Northampton
BST	C.Holton B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,199

10 October 1962 (1962-10-10) 14	Crystal Palace	1–2	Northampton Town	Selhurst, London
BST			A.Ashworth B.Lines	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,319

13 October 1962 (1962-10-13) 15	Coventry City	1–1	Northampton Town	Coventry
BST	T.Bly		A.Ashworth	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,163

20 October 1962 (1962-10-20) 16	Northampton Town	3–1	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Northampton
BST	A.Ashworth J.Reid Williamson o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,634

24 October 1962 (1962-10-24) 17	Wrexham	1–4	Northampton Town	Wrexham, Wales
19:15 BST			A.Ashworth C.Holton	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 18,841

27 October 1962 (1962-10-27) 18	Watford	4–2	Northampton Town	Watford
15:00 BST			B.Lines R.Sanders A.Ashworth	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,015

10 November 1962 (1962-11-10) 19	Reading	2–1	Northampton Town	Reading
GMT			A.Ashworth	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 7,402

17 November 1962 (1962-11-17) 20	Northampton Town	0–0	Port Vale	Northampton
GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,718

1 December 1962 (1962-12-01) 21	Northampton Town	1–1	Millwall	Northampton
GMT	B.Hails			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,198

8 December 1962 (1962-12-08) 22	Southend United	5–1	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
GMT			A.Ashworth	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,203

15 December 1962 (1962-12-15) 23	Carlisle United	1–2	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT			A.Ashworth J.Reid	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,933

26 December 1962 (1962-12-26) 24	Notts County	2–1	Northampton Town	Nottingham
GMT			B.Lines	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,614

9 February 1963 (1963-02-09) 25	Queens Park Rangers	1–3	Northampton Town	White City, London
15:00 GMT			A.Ashworth B.Lines	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,238

23 February 1963 (1963-02-23) 26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–0	Northampton Town	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,230

2 March 1963 (1963-03-02) 27	Northampton Town	0–0	Coventry City	Northampton
GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 18,717

9 March 1963 (1963-03-09) 28	Bradford (Park Avenue)	2–3	Northampton Town	Bradford
GMT			F.Large B.Lines	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 6,551

12 March 1963 (1963-03-12) 29	Northampton Town	3–1	Colchester United	Northampton
GMT	F.Large 4', 43', 78'		M.King 15'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,981

16 March 1963 (1963-03-16) 30	Northampton Town	1–0	Watford	Northampton
GMT	M.Everitt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,230

23 March 1963 (1963-03-23) 31	Bristol City	3–1	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT			J.Reid	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 9,642

26 March 1963 (1963-03-26) 32	Northampton Town	1–1	Swindon Town	Northampton
GMT	B.Hails 38'	Report	J.Smith 14'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 16,812 Referee: G M Hartley
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on December 22, 1962.^[1]

30 March 1963 (1963-03-30) 33	Northampton Town	5–0	Reading	Northampton
GMT	A.Ashworth F.Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,845

2 April 1963 (1963-04-02) 34	Northampton Town	2–2	Notts County	Northampton
BST	A.Ashworth B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,606
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on December 29, 1962.^[1]

6 April 1963 (1963-04-06) 35	Port Vale	3–1	Northampton Town	Burslem
BST			B.Lines	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,781

8 April 1963 (1963-04-08) 36	Northampton Town	5–1	Bristol City	Northampton
BST	F.Large R.Mills R.Smith			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,366

12 April 1963 (1963-04-12) 37	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–5	Northampton Town	Hove
15:00 BST			B.Hails F.Large D.Leck R.Jennings o.g.'	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 16,354

13 April 1963 (1963-04-13) 38	Northampton Town	5–1	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
BST	F.Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,350

16 April 1963 (1963-04-16) 39	Northampton Town	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
BST	J.Kurila F.Large R.Jennings o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 17,520

20 April 1963 (1963-04-20) 40	Millwall	1–3	Northampton Town	Millwall, London
15:15 BST			B.Hails J.Reid	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,992

23 April 1963 (1963-04-23) 41	Northampton Town	4–2	Barnsley	Northampton
BST	F.Large J.Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,939

27 April 1963 (1963-04-27) 42	Northampton Town	5–3	Southend United	Northampton
BST	F.Large J.Reid R.Smith			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,498

1 May 1963 (1963-05-01) 43	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
BST			B.Hails J.Reid	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 6,052

9 May 1963 (1963-05-09) 44	Northampton Town	2–0	Carlisle United	Northampton
BST	F.Large			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,094

11 May 1963 (1963-05-11) 45	Peterborough United	0–4	Northampton Town	Peterborough
15:15 BST			B.Hails D.Leck R.Smith J.Rayner o.g.'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 17,518

24 May 1963 (1963-05-24) 46	Northampton Town	3–0	Hull City	Northampton
BST	A.Ashworth T.Foley J.Reid			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,110

FA Cup

3 November 1962 (1962-11-03) First round	Torquay United	2–1	Northampton Town	Torquay
GMT			M.Everitt	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 11,844

League Cup

26 September 1962 (1962-09-26) Second round	Northampton Town	2–0	Colchester United	Northampton
19:30 BST	A.Ashworth C.Holton			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,771

16 October 1962 (1962-10-16) Third round	Northampton Town	1–1	Preston North End	Northampton
BST	B.Lines			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,418

29 October 1962 (1962-10-29) Third round (r)	Preston North End	2–1	Northampton Town	Preston
19:30 GMT			J.Reid	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 7,040

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos	Player	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

^ ^a ^b "1962/63 Division 4". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

Books

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

[postponed_games-1] "1962/63 Division 4". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

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