1959–60 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1959–60 season
Chairman	Walter Penn
Manager	Dave Bowen
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	6th
FA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Mike Deakin (20); All: Mike Deakin (20)
Highest home attendance	13,041 vs Walsall
Lowest home attendance	3,477 vs Darlington
Average home league attendance	8,306

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
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	Team	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

Source: rsssf.com

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

Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

22 August 1959 (1959-08-22) 1	Exeter City	1–1	Northampton Town	Exeter
15:00 BST			D.Leck	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 9,678

27 August 1959 (1959-08-27) 2	Northampton Town	3–0	Torquay United	Northampton
19:30 BST	D.Leck B.Tebbutt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,974

29 August 1959 (1959-08-29) 3	Doncaster Rovers	3–2	Northampton Town	Doncaster
15:00 BST			D.Leck A.Woan	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 7,033

2 September 1959 (1959-09-02) 4	Torquay United	5–3	Northampton Town	Torquay
19:30 BST			B.Kirkup D.Leck	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 7,447

5 September 1959 (1959-09-05) 5	Northampton Town	0–0	Workington	Northampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,298

10 September 1959 (1959-09-10) 6	Northampton Town	2–1	Gillingham	Northampton
19:30 BST	R.Mills A.Woan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,622

12 September 1959 (1959-09-12) 7	Rochdale	2–2	Northampton Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	S.Milburn 18' (pen.) B.Thomson 87'	Report	D.Leck 1', 79'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,686 Referee: J H Hemingway

16 September 1959 (1959-09-16) 8	Gillingham	2–1	Northampton Town	Gillingham
19:30 BST			A.Woan	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 5,970

19 September 1959 (1959-09-19) 9	Northampton Town	2–0	Gateshead	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Leck			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,426

21 September 1959 (1959-09-21) 10	Northampton Town	0–3	Millwall	Northampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,675

26 September 1959 (1959-09-26) 11	Darlington	3–2	Northampton Town	Darlington
15:00 BST			J.English	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 7,199

28 September 1959 (1959-09-28) 12	Millwall	2–1	Northampton Town	New Cross, London
19:30 BST			J.English	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 18,950

3 October 1959 (1959-10-03) 13	Northampton Town	2–0	Aldershot	Northampton
15:00 BST	D.Leck A.Woan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,316

10 October 1959 (1959-10-10) 14	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Northampton Town	Oldham
15:00 GMT			C.Ferguson o.g.'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,419

17 October 1959 (1959-10-17) 15	Northampton Town	2–2	Carlisle United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	T.Fowler A.Woan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,789

24 October 1959 (1959-10-24) 16	Notts County	2–1	Northampton Town	Nottingham
15:00 GMT			A.Woan	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 14,867

31 October 1959 (1959-10-31) 17	Northampton Town	0–1	Walsall	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,041

7 November 1959 (1959-11-07) 18	Hartlepools United	1–4	Northampton Town	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT			M.Deakin P.Kane D.Leck	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,953

21 November 1959 (1959-11-21) 19	Chester	1–1	Northampton Town	Chester
15:00 GMT	J.Pimlott		M.Deakin	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 7,283

28 November 1959 (1959-11-28) 20	Northampton Town	0–2	Crystal Palace	Northampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,121

12 December 1959 (1959-12-12) 21	Northampton Town	1–1	Stockport County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	B.Oláh			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,383

19 December 1959 (1959-12-19) 22	Northampton Town	1–1	Exeter City	Northampton
15:00 GMT	P.Kane			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,709

28 December 1959 (1959-12-28) 23	Northampton Town	1–2	Watford	Northampton
19:30 GMT	B.Tebbutt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,369

2 January 1960 (1960-01-02) 24	Northampton Town	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Northampton
15:00 GMT	T.Fowler R.Mills B.Tebbutt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,253

16 January 1960 (1960-01-16) 25	Workington	5–1	Northampton Town	Workington
15:00 GMT			D.Bowen	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 3,788

23 January 1960 (1960-01-23) 26	Northampton Town	3–1	Rochdale	Northampton
15:00 GMT	P.Kane 15' M.Deakin 43' B.Oláh 65'	Report	S.Milburn 62'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,355

6 February 1960 (1960-02-06) 27	Gateshead	1–3	Northampton Town	Gateshead
15:00 GMT			P.Kane R.Mills	Stadium: Redheugh Park Attendance: 3,164

13 February 1960 (1960-02-13) 28	Northampton Town	3–1	Darlington	Northampton
15:00 GMT	P.Kane B.Oláh			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,477

20 February 1960 (1960-02-20) 29	Aldershot	3–0	Northampton Town	Aldershot
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 4,197

27 February 1960 (1960-02-27) 30	Northampton Town	8–1	Oldham Athletic	Northampton
15:00 GMT	M.Deakin P.Kane B.Tebbutt C.Ferguson o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,746

1 March 1960 (1960-03-01) 31	Watford	3–1	Northampton Town	Watford
19:30 GMT			P.Kane	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 13,024

5 March 1960 (1960-03-05) 32	Carlisle United	0–2	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT			M.Deakin R.Mills	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,503

12 March 1960 (1960-03-12) 33	Northampton Town	4–2	Notts County	Northampton
15:00 GMT	M.Deakin P.Kane B.Tebbutt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,902

19 March 1960 (1960-03-19) 34	Walsall	1–2	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 GMT			M.Deakin	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 9,852

26 March 1960 (1960-03-26) 35	Northampton Town	3–0	Hartlepools United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	M.Deakin P.Kane M.Wright			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,954

2 April 1960 (1960-04-02) 36	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Northampton Town	Crewe
15:00 GMT			M.Deakin	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,901

7 April 1960 (1960-04-07) 37	Bradford (Park Avenue)	3–0	Northampton Town	Bradford
19:30 BST				Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 4,916

9 April 1960 (1960-04-09) 38	Northampton Town	1–0	Chester	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Deakin			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,037

11 April 1960 (1960-04-11) 39	Northampton Town	6–0	Barrow	Northampton
19:30 BST	M.Deakin P.Kane			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,710

15 April 1960 (1960-04-15) 40	Southport	0–4	Northampton Town	Southport
15:00 BST			P.Kane B.Oláh	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 3,612

16 April 1960 (1960-04-16) 41	Crystal Palace	0–1	Northampton Town	Selhurst, London
15:00 BST			M.Deakin	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,943

19 April 1960 (1960-04-19) 42	Northampton Town	2–2	Southport	Northampton
19:30 BST	D.Leck			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,373

23 April 1960 (1960-04-23) 43	Northampton Town	3–1	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Northampton
15:00 BST	M.Deakin T.Fowler			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,667

25 April 1960 (1960-04-25) 44	Barrow	0–1	Northampton Town	Barrow-in-Furness
19:30 BST			D.Leck	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5,400

28 April 1960 (1960-04-28) 45	Northampton Town	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Northampton
19:30 BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,847

30 April 1960 (1960-04-30) 46	Stockport County	3–0	Northampton Town	Stockport
15:00 BST				Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,853

FA Cup

14 November 1959 (1959-11-14) 1st round	Torquay United	7–1	Northampton Town	Torquay
15:00 GMT			P.Kane	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 5,661

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Four		FA Cup		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

References

Books

Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.

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