# 1961–62 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1961–62 season was Northampton Town's 65th season in their history and the first season in the Third Division, following promotion from the Fourth Division the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 27 April 1962.
| 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 25) | 35 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | September 1961 | |
| Norman Coe | GK | Swansea | (1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 21) | 45 | 0 | Arsenal | July 1960 | |
| Full backs ||||||||||
| Tony Haskins | LB | Northampton | (1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 26) | 8 | 0 | Belper Town | August 1959 | |
| Ron Patterson | LB | Gateshead | (1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 32) | 317 | 5 | Middlesbrough | Summer 1952 | |
| Arnold Woollard | LB | Pembroke | (1930-08-24)24 August 1930 (aged 31) | 13 | 0 | Bournemouth | March 1962 | |
| Theo Foley | RB | Dublin | (1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 25) | 49 | 0 | Exeter City | May 1961 | £1,000 |
| Half backs ||||||||||
| Terry Branston | CH | Rugby | (1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 23) | 66 | 0 | Apprentice | October 1958 | N/A |
| Alec Carson | WH | Clarkston | (1942-11-12)12 November 1942 (aged 19) | 8 | 0 | Apprentice | November 1959 | N/A |
| Barry Cooke | WH | Wolverhampton | (1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 24) | 64 | 2 | West Bromwich Albion | July 1959 | |
| Mike Everitt | WH | Weeley | (1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 21) | 57 | 9 | Arsenal | February 1961 | £4,000 |
| Derek Leck | WH | Deal | (1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 25) | 128 | 34 | Millwall | June 1958 | |
| Roly Mills | WH | Daventry | (1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 28) | 280 | 30 | Apprentice | May 1951 | N/A |
| Inside/Outside forwards ||||||||||
| Cecil Dixon | OF | Trowbridge | (1935-03-28)28 March 1935 (aged 27) | 16 | 4 | Newport County | August 1961 | |
| Barry Lines | OF | Bletchley | (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 19) | 69 | 20 | Bletchley Town | September 1960 | |
| Tommy Robson | OF | Gateshead | (1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 17) | 4 | 1 | Newcastle United | August 1961 | N/A |
| Derek Woods | OF | Northampton | (1941-03-23)23 March 1941 (aged 21) | 6 | 2 | Apprentice | June 1959 | N/A |
| Brian Etheridge | IF | Northampton | (1944-03-04)4 March 1944 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1961 | N/A |
| Jimmy Moran | IF | Cleland | (1935-03-06)6 March 1935 (aged 27) | 25 | 7 | Norwich City | January 1961 | |
| John Reid | IF | Newmains | (1932-08-20)20 August 1932 (aged 29) | 26 | 3 | Bradford City | November 1961 | |
| Centre forwards ||||||||||
| Bob Edwards | CF | Guildford | (1931-05-22)22 May 1931 (aged 30) | 23 | 10 | Norwich City | March 1961 | |
| Cliff Holton (c) | CF | Oxford | (1929-04-29)29 April 1929 (aged 32) | 44 | 39 | Watford | September 1961 | |

## Competitions
### Division Three
#### League table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 6 | Bristol City | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 94 | 72 | 1.306 | 54 |
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 66 | 1.167 | 53 |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 85 | 57 | 1.491 | 51 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 78 | 71 | 1.099 | 49 |
| 10 | Hull City | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 54 | 1.241 | 48 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 85 | 57 | 1.491 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 21 |
Last updated: 5 December 2020. Source:

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 12 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances and goals

| Pos | Player | Division Three | Division Three | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos | Player | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals |
| GK | Chic Brodie | 32 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 50 | – |
| GK | Norman Coe | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – |
| FB | Theo Foley | 46 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 49 | – |
| FB | Tony Haskins | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| FB | Ron Patterson | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| FB | Arnold Woollard | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – |
| HB | Terry Branston | 45 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 49 | – |
| HB | Alec Carson | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| HB | Barry Cooke | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| HB | Mike Everitt | 37 | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 41 | 5 |
| HB | Derek Leck | 46 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 50 | 2 |
| HB | Roly Mills | 35 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 39 | 2 |
| OF | Cecil Dixon | 15 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 16 | 4 |
| OF | Barry Lines | 38 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 42 | 15 |
| OF | Tommy Robson | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 |
| OF | Derek Woods | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 |
| IF | Brian Etheridge | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| IF | Jimmy Moran | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 2 |
| IF | John Reid | 26 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 3 |
| CF | Bob Edwards | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 2 |
| CF | Cliff Holton | 41 | 36 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 44 | 39 |
| Players who left before end of season: ||||||||||
| GK | Brian Caine | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| FB | Tony Claypole | 22 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 25 | – |
| OF | Tommy Fowler | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – |
| OF | Ron Spelman | 23 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 26 | 2 |
| IF | Dennis Clapton | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| IF | Mike Wright | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| CF | Pat Terry | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 28 | 11 |