# 1963–64 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1963–64 season was Northampton Town's 67th season in their history and the first season in the second tier of English football, the Second Division, following promotion from the Third Division the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 25 April 1964.
| 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 23) | 46 | 0 | Arsenal | July 1960 | |
| Bryan Harvey | GK | Stepney | (1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 25) | 33 | 0 | Blackpool | October 1963 | £4,000 |
| Full backs ||||||||||
| Vic Cockcroft | LB | Birmingham | (1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 23) | 20 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | July 1962 | |
| Mike Everitt | LB | Weeley | (1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 23) | 132 | 13 | Arsenal | February 1961 | £4,000 |
| Theo Foley (c) | RB | Dublin | (1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 27) | 122 | 3 | Exeter City | May 1961 | £1,000 |
| John Mackin | RB | Bellshill | (1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | November 1963 | N/A |
| Half backs ||||||||||
| Terry Branston | CH | Rugby | (1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 25) | 160 | 0 | Apprentice | October 1958 | N/A |
| Graham Carr | CH | Corbridge | (1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Apprentice | August 1962 | N/A |
| Joe Kiernan | WH | Coatbridge | (1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 21) | 21 | 0 | Sunderland | July 1963 | |
| John Kurila | WH | Glasgow | (1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 23) | 61 | 2 | Bristol City | November 1963 | |
| Derek Leck | WH | Deal | (1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 27) | 211 | 43 | Millwall | June 1958 | |
| John Linnell | WH | Northampton | (1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | September 1963 | N/A |
| Roly Mills | WH | Daventry | (1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 30) | 324 | 33 | Apprentice | May 1951 | N/A |
| Inside/Outside forwards ||||||||||
| Billy Best | OF | Glasgow | (1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 21) | 9 | 2 | Pollok | July 1962 | |
| Billy Hails | OF | Nettlesworth | (1935-02-19)19 February 1935 (aged 29) | 63 | 13 | Peterborough United | November 1962 | |
| Barry Lines | OF | Bletchley | (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 21) | 146 | 40 | Bletchley Town | September 1960 | |
| Tommy Robson | OF | Gateshead | (1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 19) | 24 | 5 | Newcastle United | August 1961 | N/A |
| Ronnie Walton | OF | Plymouth | (1945-10-12)12 October 1945 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | September 1963 | N/A |
| Brian Etheridge | IF | Northampton | (1944-03-04)4 March 1944 (aged 20) | 11 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1962 | N/A |
| Jim Hall | IF | Northampton | (1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 19) | 4 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1963 | N/A |
| Don Martin | IF | Corby | (1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 20) | 23 | 7 | Apprentice | July 1962 | N/A |
| Centre forwards ||||||||||
| Bobby Brown | CF | Streatham | (1940-05-02)2 May 1940 (aged 23) | 7 | 0 | Watford | December 1963 | |
| Bobby Hunt | CF | Colchester | (1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 21) | 11 | 3 | Colchester United | March 1964 | £15,000 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 56 | 81 | 0.691 | 38 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 54 | 72 | 0.750 | 36 | |
| 17 | Norwich City | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 64 | 80 | 0.800 | 35 | |
| 18 | Bury | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 73 | 0.781 | 35 | |
| 19 | Swansea Town | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 63 | 74 | 0.851 | 33 | |

#### 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 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 60 | 0.967 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 19 |
Last updated: 3 May 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 |

#### 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 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| GK | Bryan Harvey | 32 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 33 | – |
| FB | Vic Cockcroft | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 10 | – |
| FB | Mike Everitt | 42 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 45 | 2 |
| FB | Theo Foley | 26 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 27 | 2 |
| FB | John Mackin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HB | Terry Branston | 41 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 45 | – |
| HB | Graham Carr | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| HB | Joe Kiernan | 19 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 21 | – |
| HB | John Kurila | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 1 |
| HB | Derek Leck | 33 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 37 | 4 |
| HB | John Linnell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HB | Roly Mills | 22 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| OF | Billy Best | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 |
| OF | Billy Hails | 33 | 8 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 37 | 8 |
| OF | Barry Lines | 25 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 27 | 3 |
| OF | Tommy Robson | 17 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 |
| OF | Ronnie Walton | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| IF | Brian Etheridge | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 7 | – |
| IF | Jim Hall | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| IF | Don Martin | 20 | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | 21 | 7 |
| CF | Bobby Brown | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| CF | Bobby Hunt | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 3 |
| Players who left before end of season: ||||||||||
| GK | Chic Brodie | 9 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 12 | – |
| FB | Bryn Jones | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| FB | Colin Sharpe | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| IF | Peter Kane | 18 | 8 | – | – | 2 | – | 20 | 8 |
| IF | John Reid | 18 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| IF | Ray Smith | 9 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| CF | Frank Large | 27 | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 29 | 12 |
| CF | Bert Llewellyn | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |