# 1960–61 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1960–61 season was Northampton Town's 64th season in their history and the third successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, and the newly introduced Football League Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 29 April 1961.
| Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| Tony Brewer | GK | Edmonton | (1932-05-20)20 May 1932 (aged 28) | 90 | 0 | Millwall | August 1958 | |
| Norman Coe | GK | Swansea | (1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 20) | 31 | 0 | Arsenal | July 1960 | |
| Full backs ||||||||||
| Tony Claypole | RB | Weldon | (1937-02-13)13 February 1937 (aged 24) | 100 | 1 | Apprentice | August 1956 | N/A |
| Ralph Phillips | RB | Hetton-le-Hole | (1933-08-09)9 August 1933 (aged 27) | 89 | 1 | Middlesbrough | November 1958 | |
| Tony Haskins | LB | Northampton | (1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 25) | 7 | 0 | Belper Town | August 1959 | |
| Ron Patterson (c) | LB | Gateshead | (1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 31) | 315 | 5 | Middlesbrough | Summer 1952 | |
| Half backs ||||||||||
| Terry Branston | CH | Rugby | (1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 22) | 17 | 0 | Apprentice | October 1958 | N/A |
| Colin Gale | CH | Pontypridd | (1932-08-31)31 August 1932 (aged 28) | 222 | 1 | Cardiff City | March 1956 | £1,500 |
| Alec Carson | WH | Clarkston | (1942-11-12)12 November 1942 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | November 1959 | N/A |
| Barry Cooke | WH | Wolverhampton | (1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 23) | 61 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | July 1959 | |
| Mike Everitt | WH | Weeley | (1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 20) | 16 | 4 | Arsenal | February 1961 | £4,000 |
| Roly Mills | WH | Daventry | (1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 27) | 241 | 28 | Apprentice | May 1951 | N/A |
| Inside/Outside forwards ||||||||||
| Tommy Fowler | OF | Prescot | (1924-12-16)16 December 1924 (aged 36) | 547 | 88 | Everton | March 1945 | |
| Barry Lines | OF | Bletchley | (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 18) | 27 | 5 | Bletchley Town | September 1960 | |
| Ron Spelman | OF | Blofield | (1938-05-22)22 May 1938 (aged 22) | 12 | 1 | Norwich City | November 1960 | |
| Ken Tucker | OF | Merthyr Tydfil | (1935-07-15)15 July 1935 (aged 25) | 13 | 3 | Shrewsbury Town | January 1960 | |
| Derek Woods | OF | Northampton | (1941-03-23)23 March 1941 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | June 1959 | N/A |
| Davie Laird | IF | Rutherglen | (1936-02-11)11 February 1936 (aged 25) | 14 | 1 | St Mirren | August 1960 | |
| Derek Leck | IF | Deal | (1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 24) | 78 | 34 | Millwall | June 1958 | |
| Jimmy Moran | IF | Cleland | (1935-03-06)6 March 1935 (aged 26) | 15 | 5 | Norwich City | January 1961 | |
| Mike Wright | IF | Newmarket | (1942-01-16)16 January 1942 (aged 19) | 27 | 7 | Newmarket Town | January 1960 | |
| Centre forwards ||||||||||
| Laurie Brown | CF | Shildon | (1937-08-22)22 August 1937 (aged 23) | 38 | 25 | Bishop Auckland | October 1960 | |
| Bob Edwards | CF | Guildford | (1931-05-22)22 May 1931 (aged 29) | 13 | 8 | Norwich City | March 1961 | |

## Competitions
### Division Four
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Peterborough United | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 134 | 65 | 2.062 | 66 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 110 | 69 | 1.594 | 64 | Promoted |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 90 | 62 | 1.452 | 60 | Promoted |
| 4 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 84 | 74 | 1.135 | 60 | Promoted |
| 5 | York City | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 80 | 60 | 1.333 | 51 | |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Midland League

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances and goals

| Pos | Player | Division Four | Division Four | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos | Player | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals |
| GK | Tony Brewer | 18 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 20 | – |
| GK | Norman Coe | 28 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 31 | – |
| FB | Tony Claypole | 42 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 47 | – |
| FB | Tony Haskins | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| FB | Ron Patterson | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – |
| FB | Ralph Phillips | 42 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 47 | – |
| HB | Terry Branston | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – |
| HB | Alec Carson | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| HB | Barry Cooke | 31 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 34 | 1 |
| HB | Mike Everitt | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 4 |
| HB | Colin Gale | 39 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 44 | – |
| HB | Roly Mills | 45 | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 50 | 3 |
| OF | Tommy Fowler | 19 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 3 |
| OF | Barry Lines | 24 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 27 | 5 |
| OF | Ron Spelman | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 |
| OF | Ken Tucker | 7 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 10 | 3 |
| OF | Derek Woods | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| IF | Davie Laird | 12 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 14 | 1 |
| IF | Derek Leck | 29 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 33 | 16 |
| IF | Jimmy Moran | 15 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 5 |
| IF | Wilson | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| IF | Mike Wright | 23 | 6 | – | – | 2 | – | 25 | 6 |
| CF | Laurie Brown | 33 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 38 | 25 |
| CF | Bob Edwards | 13 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 8 |
| Players who left before end of season: ||||||||||
| OF | Béla Oláh | 14 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 3 |
| CF | Mike Deakin | 19 | 11 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 22 | 11 |