1966–67 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1966–67 season
Chairman	Ted Buller
Manager	Dave Bowen
Stadium	County Ground
Division Two	21st
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Don Martin (13) All: Don Martin (18)
Highest home attendance	20,100 vs Coventry City
Lowest home attendance	5,631 vs Rotherham United
Average home league attendance	11,977
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 season was Northampton Town's 70th season in their history and the first season back in the Second Division, following relegation from the First Division the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Players

As of match played 13 May 1967.

Name	Position	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Roger Barron	GK		Northampton	(1947-06-30)30 June 1947 (aged 19)	0	0	Apprentice	July 1965	N/A
Bryan Harvey	GK		Stepney	(1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 28)	137	0	Blackpool	October 1963	£4,000[1]
Full backs
Vic Cockcroft	LB		Birmingham	(1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 26)	54	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	July 1962
Theo Foley	RB		Dublin	(1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 30)	220	8	Exeter City	May 1961	£1,000
John Mackin	RB		Bellshill	(1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 23)	49	5	Apprentice	November 1963	N/A
Clive Walker	LB		Watford	(1945-10-24)24 October 1945 (aged 21)	25	0	Leicester City	October 1966
Half backs
Terry Branston (c)	CH		Rugby	(1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 28)	271	2	Apprentice	October 1958	N/A
John Clarke	CH		Northampton	(1945-10-23)23 October 1945 (aged 21)	3	0	Apprentice	July 1965	N/A
Graham Carr	HB		Corbridge	(1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 22)	54	0	Apprentice	August 1962	N/A
Joe Kiernan	WH		Coatbridge	(1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 24)	145	7	Sunderland	July 1963
John Kurila	WH		Glasgow	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 26)	125	4	Bristol City	November 1963
John Linnell	WH		Northampton	(1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 23)	1	0	Apprentice	September 1963	N/A
Inside/Outside forwards
Billy Best	OF		Glasgow	(1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 24)	39	13	Pollok	July 1962
Graham Felton	OF		Cambridge	(1949-03-01)1 March 1949 (aged 18)	15	0	Cambridge United	August 1966
Barry Lines	OF		Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 24)	242	47	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Harry Walden	OF		Walgrave	(1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 26)	85	3	Luton Town	June 1964
Dennis Brown	IF		Reading	(1944-02-08)8 February 1944 (aged 23)	8	3	Swindon Town	February 1967	£5,000 P/E[2]
Don Martin	IF		Corby	(1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 23)	120	48	Apprentice	July 1962	N/A
Graham Moore (c)	IF		Hengoed	(1941-03-07)7 March 1941 (aged 26)	59	12	Manchester United	December 1965	£15,000
Ray Price	IF		Northampton	(1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 18)	1	0	Apprentice	July 1966	N/A
Centre forwards
Jim Hall	CF		Northampton	(1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 22)	43	7	Apprentice	July 1963	N/A
Frank Large	CF		Leeds	(1940-01-26)26 January 1940 (aged 27)	70	38	Oldham Athletic	December 1966	£10,000

Competitions

Division Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
9	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	14	14	64	58	1.103	42
10	Birmingham City	42	16	8	18	70	66	1.061	40
11	Norwich City	42	13	14	15	49	55	0.891	40
12	Hull City	42	16	7	19	77	72	1.069	39
13	Preston North End	42	16	7	19	65	67	0.970	39

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	12	6	24	47	84	0.56	30	8	6	7	28	33	22	4	0	17	19	51	8

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

League Cup

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Two			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
		Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
GK	Bryan Harvey	25	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	28	–	–
FB	Vic Cockcroft	6	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	7	–	–
FB	Theo Foley	16	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	–
FB	Gerry Jordon	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
FB	John Mackin	34	2	4	1	–	–	3	–	1	38	2	5
FB	Gerry Perryman	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
FB	Clive Walker	22	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	25	–	–
HB	Terry Branston	35	1	–	1	–	–	5	–	–	41	1	–
HB	Graham Carr	11	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	14	–	–
HB	John Clarke	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–
HB	Joe Kiernan	25	1	3	1	–	–	6	–	–	32	1	3
HB	John Kurila	37	–	1	1	–	–	3	–	–	41	–	1
HB	John Linnell	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–
OF	Billy Best	15	–	6	1	–	–	6	–	4	22	–	10
OF	Graham Felton	13	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	15	–	–
OF	Barry Lines	38	–	2	–	–	–	6	–	–	44	–	2
OF	Harry Walden	18	–	2	–	–	–	3	–	–	21	–	2
IF	Dennis Brown	8	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	3
IF	Don Martin	31	–	13	1	–	–	6	–	5	38	–	18
IF	Graham Moore	32	–	3	–	–	–	4	1	2	36	1	5
IF	Ray Price	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
CF	Jim Hall	13	–	1	–	–	–	2	–	2	15	–	3
CF	Frank Large	21	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	–	8
Players who left before end of season:
GK	Bill Brown	17	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	21	–	–
FB	Mike Everitt	13	–	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	17	–	–
IF	Bobby Jones	17	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	18	–	1
CF	Bobby Brown	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	4	–	1
CF	George Hudson	7	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	9	–	–

References

Books

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