# 1966–67 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1966–67 season was Northampton Town's 70th season in their history and the first season back in the Second Division, following relegation from the First 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 13 May 1967.
| 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 19) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1965 | N/A |
| Bryan Harvey | GK | Stepney | (1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 28) | 137 | 0 | Blackpool | October 1963 | £4,000 |
| Full backs ||||||||||
| Vic Cockcroft | LB | Birmingham | (1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 26) | 54 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | July 1962 | |
| Theo Foley | RB | Dublin | (1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 30) | 220 | 8 | Exeter City | May 1961 | £1,000 |
| John Mackin | RB | Bellshill | (1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 23) | 49 | 5 | Apprentice | November 1963 | N/A |
| Clive Walker | LB | Watford | (1945-10-24)24 October 1945 (aged 21) | 25 | 0 | Leicester City | October 1966 | |
| Half backs ||||||||||
| Terry Branston (c) | CH | Rugby | (1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 28) | 271 | 2 | Apprentice | October 1958 | N/A |
| John Clarke | CH | Northampton | (1945-10-23)23 October 1945 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1965 | N/A |
| Graham Carr | HB | Corbridge | (1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 22) | 54 | 0 | Apprentice | August 1962 | N/A |
| Joe Kiernan | WH | Coatbridge | (1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 24) | 145 | 7 | Sunderland | July 1963 | |
| John Kurila | WH | Glasgow | (1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 26) | 125 | 4 | Bristol City | November 1963 | |
| John Linnell | WH | Northampton | (1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | September 1963 | N/A |
| Inside/Outside forwards ||||||||||
| Billy Best | OF | Glasgow | (1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 24) | 39 | 13 | Pollok | July 1962 | |
| Graham Felton | OF | Cambridge | (1949-03-01)1 March 1949 (aged 18) | 15 | 0 | Cambridge United | August 1966 | |
| Barry Lines | OF | Bletchley | (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 24) | 242 | 47 | Bletchley Town | September 1960 | |
| Harry Walden | OF | Walgrave | (1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 26) | 85 | 3 | Luton Town | June 1964 | |
| Dennis Brown | IF | Reading | (1944-02-08)8 February 1944 (aged 23) | 8 | 3 | Swindon Town | February 1967 | £5,000 P/E |
| Don Martin | IF | Corby | (1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 23) | 120 | 48 | Apprentice | July 1962 | N/A |
| Graham Moore (c) | IF | Hengoed | (1941-03-07)7 March 1941 (aged 26) | 59 | 12 | Manchester United | December 1965 | £15,000 |
| Ray Price | IF | Northampton | (1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1966 | N/A |
| Centre forwards ||||||||||
| Jim Hall | CF | Northampton | (1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 22) | 43 | 7 | Apprentice | July 1963 | N/A |
| Frank Large | CF | Leeds | (1940-01-26)26 January 1940 (aged 27) | 70 | 38 | Oldham Athletic | December 1966 | £10,000 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 64 | 58 | 1.103 | 42 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 70 | 66 | 1.061 | 40 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 49 | 55 | 0.891 | 40 |
| 12 | Hull City | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 77 | 72 | 1.069 | 39 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 65 | 67 | 0.970 | 39 |

#### 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 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 47 | 84 | 0.56 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 51 | 8 |
Last updated: 14 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 | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances and goals

| Pos | Player | Division Two | Division Two | Division Two | 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 | Bryan Harvey | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 28 | – | – |
| FB | Vic Cockcroft | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| FB | Theo Foley | 16 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | – |
| FB | Gerry Jordon | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| FB | John Mackin | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 38 | 2 | 5 |
| FB | Gerry Perryman | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| FB | Clive Walker | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| HB | Terry Branston | 35 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 41 | 1 | – |
| HB | Graham Carr | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 14 | – | – |
| HB | John Clarke | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| HB | Joe Kiernan | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 6 | – | – | 32 | 1 | 3 |
| HB | John Kurila | 37 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 41 | – | 1 |
| HB | John Linnell | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| OF | Billy Best | 15 | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | 6 | – | 4 | 22 | – | 10 |
| OF | Graham Felton | 13 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 15 | – | – |
| OF | Barry Lines | 38 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | 44 | – | 2 |
| OF | Harry Walden | 18 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 21 | – | 2 |
| IF | Dennis Brown | 8 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | 3 |
| IF | Don Martin | 31 | – | 13 | 1 | – | – | 6 | – | 5 | 38 | – | 18 |
| IF | Graham Moore | 32 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 5 |
| IF | Ray Price | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| CF | Jim Hall | 13 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 15 | – | 3 |
| CF | Frank Large | 21 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | 8 |
| Players who left before end of season: ||||||||||||||
| GK | Bill Brown | 17 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 21 | – | – |
| FB | Mike Everitt | 13 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 17 | – | – |
| IF | Bobby Jones | 17 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | 1 |
| CF | Bobby Brown | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 |
| CF | George Hudson | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 9 | – | – |