# 1959–60 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1959–60 season was Northampton Town's 63rd season in their history and the second successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup.

## Players

    As of match played 30 April 1960.
| 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 27) | 70 | 0 | Millwall | August 1958 | |
| Peter Isaac | GK | Pontypridd | (1931-05-16)16 May 1931 (aged 28) | 8 | 0 | Barry Town | July 1959 | |
| Full backs ||||||||||
| Tony Claypole | RB | Weldon | (1937-02-13)13 February 1937 (aged 23) | 53 | 1 | Apprentice | August 1956 | N/A |
| Ralph Phillips | RB | Hetton-le-Hole | (1933-08-09)9 August 1933 (aged 26) | 42 | 1 | Middlesbrough | November 1958 | |
| Tony Haskins | LB | Northampton | (1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 24) | 7 | 0 | Belper Town | August 1959 | |
| Ron Patterson (c) | LB | Gateshead | (1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 30) | 307 | 5 | Middlesbrough | Summer 1952 | |
| Half backs ||||||||||
| Jim Fotheringham | CH | Hamilton | (1932-08-31)31 August 1932 (aged 27) | 12 | 0 | Hearts | Summer 1959 | |
| Colin Gale | CH | Pontypridd | (1932-08-31)31 August 1932 (aged 27) | 178 | 1 | Cardiff City | March 1956 | £1,500 |
| Dave Bowen | WH | Maesteg | (1928-06-07)7 June 1928 (aged 31) | 35 | 1 | Arsenal | July 1959 | £7,000 |
| Barry Cooke | WH | Wolverhampton | (1938-01-12)12 January 1938 (aged 22) | 25 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | July 1959 | |
| Roly Mills | WH | Daventry | (1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 26) | 191 | 25 | Apprentice | May 1951 | N/A |
| John Smith | WH | Leicester | (1928-09-04)4 September 1928 (aged 31) | 196 | 9 | Apprentice | May 1949 | N/A |
| Inside/Outside forwards ||||||||||
| Jack English | OF | South Shields | (1923-03-19)19 March 1923 (aged 37) | 322 | 143 | Apprentice | Summer 1947 | N/A |
| Tommy Fowler | OF | Prescot | (1924-12-16)16 December 1924 (aged 35) | 528 | 85 | Everton | March 1945 | |
| Frank Griffin | OF | Pendlebury | (1928-03-28)28 March 1928 (aged 32) | 17 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | Summer 1959 | |
| Béla Oláh | OF | Hungary | (1938-06-08)8 June 1938 (aged 21) | 28 | 5 | Bedford Town | December 1958 | |
| Ken Tucker | OF | Merthyr Tydfil | (1935-07-15)15 July 1935 (aged 24) | 3 | 0 | Shrewsbury Town | January 1960 | |
| Peter Kane | IF | Glasgow | (1939-04-04)4 April 1939 (aged 21) | 29 | 17 | Queen's Park | November 1959 | |
| Derek Leck | IF | Deal | (1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 23) | 45 | 18 | Millwall | June 1958 | |
| Bobby Tebbutt | IF | Irchester | (1934-11-10)10 November 1934 (aged 25) | 60 | 24 | Apprentice | October 1956 | N/A |
| Ritchie Ward | IF | Scunthorpe | (1940-09-16)16 September 1940 (aged 19) | 6 | 0 | Scunthorpe United | Summer 1959 | |
| Mike Wright | IF | Newmarket | (1942-01-16)16 January 1942 (aged 18) | 2 | 1 | Newmarket Town | January 1960 | |
| Centre forwards ||||||||||
| Mike Deakin | CF | Birmingham | (1933-10-25)25 October 1933 (aged 26) | 26 | 20 | Crystal Palace | October 1959 | Exchange |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 4 | Watford | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 92 | 67 | 1.373 | 57 | Promoted |
| 5 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 84 | 61 | 1.377 | 53 | |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 85 | 63 | 1.349 | 53 | |
| 7 | Gillingham | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 74 | 69 | 1.072 | 52 | |
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 84 | 64 | 1.313 | 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 | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

#### 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 | 38 | – | 1 | – | 39 | – |
| GK | Peter Isaac | 8 | – | – | – | 8 | – |
| FB | Tony Claypole | 15 | – | – | – | 15 | – |
| FB | Tony Haskins | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| FB | Ron Patterson | 39 | – | 1 | – | 40 | – |
| FB | Ralph Phillips | 31 | – | 1 | – | 32 | – |
| HB | Dave Bowen | 22 | 1 | 1 | – | 23 | 1 |
| HB | Barry Cooke | 25 | – | – | – | 25 | – |
| HB | Jim Fotheringham | 11 | – | 1 | – | 12 | – |
| HB | Colin Gale | 35 | – | – | – | 35 | – |
| HB | Roly Mills | 41 | 4 | 1 | – | 42 | 4 |
| HB | John Smith | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | – |
| OF | Jack English | 6 | 3 | – | – | 6 | 3 |
| OF | Tommy Fowler | 41 | 4 | 1 | – | 42 | 4 |
| OF | Frank Griffin | 16 | – | 1 | – | 17 | – |
| OF | Béla Oláh | 26 | 5 | – | – | 26 | 5 |
| OF | Ken Tucker | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| IF | Peter Kane | 28 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 17 |
| IF | Derek Leck | 30 | 14 | 1 | – | 31 | 14 |
| IF | Bobby Tebbutt | 15 | 7 | – | – | 15 | 7 |
| IF | Ritchie Ward | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | – |
| IF | Mike Wright | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| CF | Mike Deakin | 25 | 20 | 1 | – | 26 | 20 |
| Players who left before end of season: ||||||||
| IF | Brian Kirkup | 9 | 2 | – | – | 9 | 2 |
| IF | Peter Vickers | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| IF | Alan Woan | 14 | 6 | – | – | 14 | 6 |