# 1962–63 Northampton Town F.C. season

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 | |

#### 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 | 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:

#### 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 |

#### 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 | 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 |