# 1965–66 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1965–66 season was Northampton Town's 69th season in their history and the first season in the first tier of English football, the First Division, following promotion from the Second Division the previous season. Alongside competing in Division One, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 30 April 1966.
| Name | Position | 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 18) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1965 | N/A |
| Norman Coe | GK | Swansea | (1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 25) | 62 | 0 | Arsenal | July 1960 | |
| Bryan Harvey | GK | Stepney | (1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 27) | 109 | 0 | Blackpool | October 1963 | £4,000 |
| Full backs ||||||||||
| Vic Cockcroft | LB | Birmingham | (1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 25) | 47 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | July 1962 | |
| Mike Everitt | LB | Weeley | (1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 25) | 210 | 17 | Arsenal | February 1961 | £4,000 |
| Theo Foley (c) | RB | Dublin | (1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 29) | 203 | 10 | Exeter City | May 1961 | £1,000 |
| John Mackin | RB | Bellshill | (1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 22) | 9 | 1 | Apprentice | November 1963 | N/A |
| Half backs ||||||||||
| Terry Branston | CH | Rugby | (1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 27) | 229 | 2 | Apprentice | October 1958 | N/A |
| John Clarke | CH | Northampton | (1945-10-23)23 October 1945 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1965 | N/A |
| Graham Carr | HB | Corbridge | (1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 21) | 40 | 0 | Apprentice | August 1962 | N/A |
| Joe Kiernan | WH | Coatbridge | (1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 23) | 112 | 4 | Sunderland | July 1963 | |
| John Kurila | WH | Glasgow | (1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 25) | 84 | 3 | Bristol City | November 1963 | |
| John Linnell | WH | Northampton | (1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | September 1963 | N/A |
| Inside/Outside forwards ||||||||||
| Billy Best | OF | Glasgow | (1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 23) | 17 | 3 | Pollok | July 1962 | |
| Joe Broadfoot | OF | Lewisham | (1940-03-04)4 March 1940 (aged 26) | 18 | 1 | Ipswich Town | October 1965 | £27,000 |
| Barry Lines | OF | Bletchley | (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 23) | 198 | 45 | Bletchley Town | September 1960 | |
| Harry Walden | OF | Walgrave | (1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 25) | 64 | 1 | Luton Town | June 1964 | |
| Jim Hall | IF | Northampton | (1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 21) | 28 | 4 | Apprentice | July 1963 | N/A |
| Don Martin | IF | Corby | (1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 22) | 82 | 30 | Apprentice | July 1962 | N/A |
| Graham Moore | IF | Hengoed | (1941-03-07)7 March 1941 (aged 25) | 22 | 7 | Manchester United | December 1965 | £15,000 |
| Centre forwards ||||||||||
| Bobby Brown | CF | Streatham | (1940-05-02)2 May 1940 (aged 25) | 52 | 23 | Watford | December 1963 | |
| George Hudson | CF | Manchester | (1937-03-14)14 March 1937 (aged 29) | 11 | 6 | Coventry City | March 1966 | |
| Bobby Hunt | CF | Colchester | (1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 23) | 42 | 12 | Colchester United | March 1964 | £15,000 |

## Competitions
### Division One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 79 | 34 | 2.324 | 61 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Leeds United | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 79 | 38 | 2.079 | 55 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round |
| 3 | Burnley | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 79 | 47 | 1.681 | 55 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 4 | Manchester United | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 84 | 59 | 1.424 | 51 | |
| 5 | Chelsea | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 65 | 53 | 1.226 | 51 | |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 91 | 69 | 1.319 | 50 | Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round |
| 7 | Leicester City | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 80 | 65 | 1.231 | 49 | |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 75 | 66 | 1.136 | 44 | |
| 9 | Sheffield United | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 59 | 0.949 | 43 | |
| 10 | Stoke City | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 65 | 64 | 1.016 | 42 | |
| 11 | Everton | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 62 | 0.903 | 41 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 12 | West Ham United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 70 | 83 | 0.843 | 39 | |
| 13 | Blackpool | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 55 | 65 | 0.846 | 37 | |
| 14 | Arsenal | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 62 | 75 | 0.827 | 37 | |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 50 | 63 | 0.794 | 37 | |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 69 | 80 | 0.863 | 36 | |
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 66 | 0.848 | 36 | |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 72 | 0.778 | 36 | |
| 19 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 72 | 0.708 | 36 | |
| 20 | Fulham | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 67 | 85 | 0.788 | 35 | |
| 21 | Northampton Town (R) | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 55 | 92 | 0.598 | 33 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers (R) | 42 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 57 | 88 | 0.648 | 20 | Relegation to the Second Division |
* ↑ Everton qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1965–66 FA Cup winners.

#### 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 |
| 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 55 | 92 | 0.598 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 60 | 11 |
Last updated: 12 April 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances and goals

| Pos | Player | Division One | Division One | Division One | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals |
| GK | Roger Barron | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GK | Norman Coe | 15 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | – |
| GK | Bryan Harvey | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 29 | – | – |
| FB | Vic Cockcroft | 17 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| FB | Mike Everitt | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
| FB | Theo Foley | 31 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 34 | – | 2 |
| FB | John Mackin | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| HB | Terry Branston | 27 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 29 | 1 | – |
| HB | Graham Carr | 27 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 30 | – | – |
| HB | John Clarke | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HB | Joe Kiernan | 42 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 45 | – | 2 |
| HB | John Kurila | 20 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 21 | – | 1 |
| HB | John Linnell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| OF | Billy Best | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 |
| OF | Joe Broadfoot | 17 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | 1 |
| OF | Barry Lines | 40 | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 42 | – | 5 |
| OF | Harry Walden | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 20 | – | – |
| IF | Jim Hall | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| IF | Don Martin | 26 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 27 | – | 7 |
| IF | Graham Moore | 21 | – | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | 7 |
| CF | Bobby Brown | 21 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 24 | – | 10 |
| CF | George Hudson | 11 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | 6 |
| CF | Bobby Hunt | 13 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 3 |
| Players who left before end of season: ||||||||||||||
| WH | Derek Leck | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – |
| OF | Brian Etheridge | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| OF | Tommy Robson | 15 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| OF | Ronnie Walton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| IF | Ken Leek | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | 1 |
| CF | Charlie Livesey | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 |