# 1967–68 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1967–68 season was Northampton Town's 71st season in their history and the first season back in the Third Division, following relegation from the Second Division the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 4 May 1968.
| 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 20) | 6 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1965 | N/A |
| John Brooks | GK | London | (1947-08-23)23 August 1947 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Ipswich Town | October 1967 | Free |
| Bryan Harvey | GK | Stepney | (1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 29) | 181 | 0 | Blackpool | October 1963 | £4,000 |
| Full backs ||||||||||
| Brian Faulkes | FB | Abingdon | (1945-04-10)10 April 1945 (aged 23) | 45 | 2 | Reading | August 1967 | |
| John Mackin | RB | Bellshill | (1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 24) | 93 | 12 | Apprentice | November 1963 | N/A |
| Clive Walker | LB | Watford | (1945-10-24)24 October 1945 (aged 22) | 51 | 0 | Leicester City | October 1966 | |
| Half backs ||||||||||
| John Clarke | CH | Northampton | (1945-10-23)23 October 1945 (aged 22) | 4 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1965 | N/A |
| John Roberts | CH | Abercynon | (1946-09-11)11 September 1946 (aged 21) | 25 | 4 | Swansea Town | November 1967 | £13,000 |
| Graham Carr | HB | Corbridge | (1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 23) | 96 | 0 | Apprentice | August 1962 | N/A |
| Ron Flowers | HB | Edlington | (1934-07-28)28 July 1934 (aged 33) | 43 | 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | August 1967 | |
| Joe Kiernan | WH | Coatbridge | (1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 25) | 187 | 10 | Sunderland | July 1963 | |
| John Kurila | WH | Glasgow | (1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 27) | 162 | 4 | Bristol City | November 1963 | |
| Inside/Outside forwards ||||||||||
| Graham Felton | OF | Cambridge | (1949-03-01)1 March 1949 (aged 19) | 35 | 1 | Cambridge United | August 1966 | |
| Barry Lines | OF | Bletchley | (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 25) | 257 | 47 | Bletchley Town | September 1960 | |
| Tommy Knox | OF | Glasgow | (1939-09-05)5 September 1939 (aged 28) | 16 | 0 | Mansfield Town | November 1967 | |
| Eric Weaver | OF | Rhymney | (1943-07-01)1 July 1943 (aged 24) | 23 | 5 | Notts County | December 1967 | |
| Dennis Brown | IF | Reading | (1944-02-08)8 February 1944 (aged 24) | 22 | 7 | Swindon Town | February 1967 | £5,000 P/E |
| John Byrne | IF | Cambuslang | (1939-05-20)20 May 1939 (aged 28) | 22 | 3 | Peterborough United | December 1967 | £9,000 |
| Ray Price | IF | Northampton | (1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 19) | 7 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1966 | N/A |
| Centre forwards ||||||||||
| John Fairbrother | CF | Cricklewood | (1941-02-12)12 February 1941 (aged 27) | 16 | 5 | Peterborough United | February 1968 | |

## Competitions
### Division Three
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 72 | 78 | 0.923 | 43 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 60 | 65 | 0.923 | 43 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 | 41 |
| 18 | Orient | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 46 | 62 | 0.742 | 41 |
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 62 | 74 | 0.838 | 40 |

#### 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 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 | 41 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 47 | 13 |
Last updated: 8 March 2022. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 21 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances and goals

| Pos | Player | Division Three | Division Three | Division Three | 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 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| GK | John Brooks | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| GK | Bryan Harvey | 39 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 44 | – | – |
| FB | Brian Faulkes | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 44 | 1 | 2 |
| FB | John Mackin | 38 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | 43 | 1 | 7 |
| FB | Clive Walker | 24 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 26 | – | – |
| CH | John Roberts | 24 | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | 4 |
| HB | Graham Carr | 36 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 41 | 1 | – |
| HB | John Clarke | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| HB | Ron Flowers | 40 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 43 | – | 2 |
| HB | Joe Kiernan | 37 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 41 | 1 | 3 |
| HB | John Kurila | 29 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 34 | 3 | – |
| OF | Graham Felton | 18 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 20 | – | 1 |
| OF | Willie Johnston | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| OF | Tommy Knox | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | – |
| OF | Barry Lines | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 15 | – | – |
| OF | Eric Weaver | 23 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | – | 5 |
| IF | Dennis Brown | 14 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | 4 |
| IF | John Byrne | 22 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | 3 |
| IF | Ray Price | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| CF | John Fairbrother | 16 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 5 |
| Players who left before end of season: ||||||||||||||
| OF | Billy Best | 8 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 |
| IF | Don Martin | 27 | – | 12 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | 32 | – | 13 |
| CF | Jim Hall | 17 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 21 | – | 3 |
| CF | Frank Large | 16 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 4 | – | 2 | 20 | – | 9 |