# 1964–65 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1964–65 season was Northampton Town's 68th season in their history and the second successive season in the Second Division. Alongside competing in Division Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 24 April 1965.
| Name | Position | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| Norman Coe | GK | Swansea | (1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 24) | 46 | 0 | Arsenal | July 1960 | |
| Bryan Harvey | GK | Stepney | (1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 26) | 80 | 0 | Blackpool | October 1963 | £4,000 |
| Full backs ||||||||||
| Vic Cockcroft | LB | Birmingham | (1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 24) | 28 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | July 1962 | |
| Mike Everitt | LB | Weeley | (1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 24) | 175 | 15 | Arsenal | February 1961 | £4,000 |
| Theo Foley (c) | RB | Dublin | (1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 28) | 169 | 8 | Exeter City | May 1961 | £1,000 |
| John Mackin | RB | Bellshill | (1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | November 1963 | N/A |
| Half backs ||||||||||
| Terry Branston | CH | Rugby | (1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 26) | 199 | 2 | Apprentice | October 1958 | N/A |
| Graham Carr | CH | Corbridge | (1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 20) | 10 | 0 | Apprentice | August 1962 | N/A |
| Joe Kiernan | WH | Coatbridge | (1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 22) | 67 | 2 | Sunderland | July 1963 | |
| John Kurila | WH | Glasgow | (1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 24) | 63 | 2 | Bristol City | November 1963 | |
| Derek Leck | WH | Deal | (1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 28) | 257 | 46 | Millwall | June 1958 | |
| John Linnell | WH | Northampton | (1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 21) | 12 | Apprentice | September 1963 | N/A |
| Inside/Outside forwards ||||||||||
| Billy Best | OF | Glasgow | (1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 22) | 13 | 2 | Pollok | July 1962 | |
| Barry Lines | OF | Bletchley | (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 22) | 156 | 40 | Bletchley Town | September 1960 | |
| Tommy Robson | OF | Gateshead | (1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 20) | 64 | 18 | Newcastle United | August 1961 | N/A |
| Harry Walden | OF | Walgrave | (1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 24) | 44 | 1 | Luton Town | June 1964 | |
| Ronnie Walton | OF | Plymouth | (1945-10-12)12 October 1945 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | September 1963 | N/A |
| Brian Etheridge | IF | Northampton | (1944-03-04)4 March 1944 (aged 21) | 21 | 1 | Apprentice | July 1962 | N/A |
| Jim Hall | IF | Northampton | (1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 20) | 12 | 1 | Apprentice | July 1963 | N/A |
| Ken Leek | IF | Ynysybwl | (1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 29) | 88 | 32 | Birmingham City | December 1964 | |
| Don Martin | IF | Corby | (1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 21) | 55 | 23 | Apprentice | July 1962 | N/A |
| Centre forwards ||||||||||
| Bobby Brown | CF | Streatham | (1940-05-02)2 May 1940 (aged 24) | 28 | 13 | Watford | December 1963 | |
| Bobby Hunt | CF | Colchester | (1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 22) | 29 | 9 | Colchester United | March 1964 | £15,000 |
| Charlie Livesey | CF | West Ham | (1938-02-06)6 February 1938 (aged 27) | 30 | 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | August 1964 | |

## Competitions
### Division Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 4 | Southampton | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 83 | 63 | 1.317 | 48 |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 74 | 67 | 1.104 | 47 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 57 | 1.070 | 47 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 51 | 1.078 | 45 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 44 |

#### 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 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 66 | 50 | 1.32 | 56 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 34 | 21 |
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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 20 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances and goals

| Pos | Player | Division Two | Division Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos | Player | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals |
| GK | Norman Coe | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GK | Bryan Harvey | 42 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | 47 | – |
| FB | Vic Cockcroft | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 8 | – |
| FB | Mike Everitt | 39 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 43 | 2 |
| FB | Theo Foley | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 5 |
| FB | John Mackin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HB | Terry Branston | 34 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 39 | 2 |
| HB | Graham Carr | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – |
| HB | Joe Kiernan | 41 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 46 | 2 |
| HB | John Kurila | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| HB | Derek Leck | 42 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 46 | 3 |
| HB | John Linnell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| OF | Billy Best | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| OF | Barry Lines | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 10 | – |
| OF | Tommy Robson | 36 | 13 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 40 | 13 |
| OF | Harry Walden | 39 | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 44 | 1 |
| OF | Ronnie Walton | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| IF | Brian Etheridge | 9 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 10 | 1 |
| IF | Jim Hall | 6 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 8 | 1 |
| IF | Ken Leek | 12 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 3 |
| IF | Don Martin | 30 | 13 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 |
| CF | Bobby Brown | 20 | 13 | – | – | 1 | – | 21 | 13 |
| CF | Charlie Livesey | 25 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | 30 | 5 |
| CF | Bobby Hunt | 16 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 |