# 1958–59 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1958–59 season was Northampton Town's 62nd season in their history and the first season in the fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division, after a revamping of the league pyramid. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 30 April 1959.
| 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 26) | 31 | 0 | Millwall | August 1958 | |
| Reg Elvy | GK | Leeds | (1920-11-25)25 November 1920 (aged 38) | 72 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | Summer 1956 | £350 |
| Full backs ||||||||||
| Jack Bannister | RB | Chesterfield | (1929-02-01)1 February 1929 (aged 30) | 25 | 0 | Shrewsbury Town | Summer 1958 | |
| Tony Claypole | RB | Weldon | (1937-02-13)13 February 1937 (aged 22) | 38 | 1 | Apprentice | August 1956 | N/A |
| Geoff Coleman | RB | Bedworth | (1936-05-13)13 May 1936 (aged 22) | 18 | 0 | Bedworth Town | Summer 1955 | |
| Ralph Phillips | RB | Hetton-le-Hole | (1933-08-09)9 August 1933 (aged 25) | 10 | 1 | Middlesbrough | November 1958 | |
| Ron Patterson (c) | LB | Gateshead | (1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 29) | 267 | 5 | Middlesbrough | Summer 1952 | |
| Half backs ||||||||||
| Ben Collins | CH | Kislingbury | (1928-03-09)9 March 1928 (aged 31) | 224 | 0 | Apprentice | Summer 1948 | N/A |
| Colin Gale | CH | Pontypridd | (1932-08-31)31 August 1932 (aged 26) | 143 | 1 | Cardiff City | March 1956 | £1,500 |
| Roly Mills | WH | Daventry | (1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 25) | 149 | 21 | Apprentice | May 1951 | N/A |
| John Smith | WH | Leicester | (1928-09-04)4 September 1928 (aged 30) | 185 | 9 | Apprentice | May 1949 | N/A |
| Inside/Outside forwards ||||||||||
| Jack English | OF | South Shields | (1923-03-19)19 March 1923 (aged 36) | 316 | 140 | Apprentice | Summer 1947 | N/A |
| Tommy Fowler | OF | Prescot | (1924-12-16)16 December 1924 (aged 34) | 486 | 81 | Everton | March 1945 | |
| Alan Loasby | OF | Wellingborough | (1937-03-19)19 March 1937 (aged 22) | 2 | 0 | Luton Town | Summer 1958 | |
| Roger Miller | OF | Northampton | (1938-08-18)18 August 1938 (aged 20) | 4 | 1 | Apprentice | Summer 1956 | N/A |
| Béla Oláh | OF | Hungary | (1938-06-08)8 June 1938 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Bedford Town | December 1958 | |
| Kevin Baron | IF | Preston | (1926-07-19)19 July 1926 (aged 32) | 27 | 4 | Southend United | September 1958 | |
| Brian Kirkup | IF | Slough | (1932-04-16)16 April 1932 (aged 27) | 19 | 7 | Reading | Summer 1958 | |
| Bobby Tebbutt | IF | Irchester | (1934-11-10)10 November 1934 (aged 24) | 45 | 17 | Apprentice | October 1956 | N/A |
| Alan Woan | IF | Liverpool | (1931-02-08)8 February 1931 (aged 28) | 109 | 63 | Norwich City | Summer 1956 | |
| Centre forwards ||||||||||
| Derek Leck | CF | Deal | (1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 22) | 14 | 4 | Millwall | June 1958 | |
| Ollie Norris | CF | Derry | (1929-04-01)1 April 1929 (aged 30) | 15 | 1 | Bournemouth & B A | September 1958 | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 6 | Walsall | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 95 | 64 | 1.484 | 52 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 90 | 71 | 1.268 | 52 |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 85 | 78 | 1.090 | 51 |
| 9 | Millwall | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 76 | 69 | 1.101 | 50 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 62 | 65 | 0.954 | 50 |

#### 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 | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances and goals

| Pos | Player | Division Four | Division Four | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos | Player | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals |
| GK | Tony Brewer | 31 | – | – | – | 31 | – |
| GK | Reg Elvy | 15 | – | 2 | – | 17 | – |
| FB | Jack Bannister | 24 | – | 1 | – | 25 | – |
| FB | Tony Claypole | 26 | 1 | 1 | – | 27 | 1 |
| FB | Geoff Coleman | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| FB | Ron Patterson | 38 | – | 2 | – | 40 | – |
| FB | Ralph Phillips | 10 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 1 |
| HB | Ben Collins | 10 | – | 1 | – | 11 | – |
| HB | Colin Gale | 36 | – | 1 | – | 37 | – |
| HB | Roly Mills | 42 | 6 | 2 | – | 44 | 6 |
| HB | Joe O'Neil | 22 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 1 |
| HB | John Smith | 23 | – | 1 | – | 24 | – |
| OF | Jack English | 13 | 4 | 1 | – | 14 | 4 |
| OF | Tommy Fowler | 45 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 16 |
| OF | Alan Loasby | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| OF | Roger Miller | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| OF | Béla Oláh | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| IF | Kevin Baron | 25 | 4 | 2 | – | 27 | 4 |
| IF | Brian Kirkup | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 |
| IF | Bobby Tebbutt | 14 | 4 | 1 | – | 15 | 4 |
| IF | Alan Woan | 42 | 32 | 1 | – | 43 | 32 |
| CF | Derek Leck | 14 | 5 | – | – | 14 | 5 |
| CF | Ollie Norris | 14 | 1 | 1 | – | 15 | 1 |
| Players who left before end of season: ||||||||
| HB | Ray Yeoman | 17 | – | – | – | 17 | – |
| CF | Barry Hawkings | 21 | 5 | 1 | – | 22 | 5 |