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Northampton Town
1965–66 season
ChairmanTed Buller
ManagerDave Bowen
StadiumCounty Ground
Division One21st
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Bobby Brown (9)
All: Bobby Brown (10)
Highest home attendance24,523 vs Fulham
Lowest home attendance14,504 vs Blackpool
Average home league attendance18,634

The 1965–66 season was Northampton Town's 69th season in their history and the first season in the first tier of English football, the First Division, following promotion from the Second Division the previous season. Alongside competing in Division One, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Players

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As of match played 30 April 1966.
Name Position Nat. Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee
Goalkeepers
Roger Barron GK England Northampton (1947-06-30)30 June 1947 (aged 18) 0 0 Apprentice July 1965 N/A
Norman Coe GK Wales Swansea (1940-12-06)6 December 1940 (aged 25) 62 0 Arsenal July 1960
Bryan Harvey GK England Stepney (1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 27) 109 0 Blackpool October 1963 £4,000[1]
Full backs
Vic Cockcroft LB England Birmingham (1941-02-25)25 February 1941 (aged 25) 47 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers July 1962
Mike Everitt LB England Weeley (1941-01-16)16 January 1941 (aged 25) 210 17 Arsenal February 1961 £4,000
Theo Foley (c) RB Republic of Ireland Dublin (1937-04-02)2 April 1937 (aged 29) 203 10 Exeter City May 1961 £1,000
John Mackin RB Scotland Bellshill (1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 22) 9 1 Apprentice November 1963 N/A
Half backs
Terry Branston CH England Rugby (1938-07-25)25 July 1938 (aged 27) 229 2 Apprentice October 1958 N/A
John Clarke CH England Northampton (1945-10-23)23 October 1945 (aged 20) 0 0 Apprentice July 1965 N/A
Graham Carr HB England Corbridge (1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 21) 40 0 Apprentice August 1962 N/A
Joe Kiernan WH Scotland Coatbridge (1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 23) 112 4 Sunderland July 1963
John Kurila WH Scotland Glasgow (1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 25) 84 3 Bristol City November 1963
John Linnell WH England Northampton (1944-01-02)2 January 1944 (aged 22) 0 0 Apprentice September 1963 N/A
Inside/Outside forwards
Billy Best OF Scotland Glasgow (1942-09-07)7 September 1942 (aged 23) 17 3 Pollok July 1962
Joe Broadfoot OF England Lewisham (1940-03-04)4 March 1940 (aged 26) 18 1 Ipswich Town October 1965 £27,000
Barry Lines OF England Bletchley (1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 23) 198 45 Bletchley Town September 1960
Harry Walden OF England Walgrave (1940-12-22)22 December 1940 (aged 25) 64 1 Luton Town June 1964
Jim Hall IF England Northampton (1945-03-21)21 March 1945 (aged 21) 28 4 Apprentice July 1963 N/A
Don Martin IF England Corby (1944-02-15)15 February 1944 (aged 22) 82 30 Apprentice July 1962 N/A
Graham Moore IF Wales Hengoed (1941-03-07)7 March 1941 (aged 25) 22 7 Manchester United December 1965 £15,000
Centre forwards
Bobby Brown CF England Streatham (1940-05-02)2 May 1940 (aged 25) 52 23 Watford December 1963
George Hudson CF England Manchester (1937-03-14)14 March 1937 (aged 29) 11 6 Coventry City March 1966
Bobby Hunt CF England Colchester (1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 23) 42 12 Colchester United March 1964 £15,000

Competitions

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Division One

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Main article: 1965–66 Football League § First Division

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 42 26 9 7 79 34 2.324 61 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Leeds United 42 23 9 10 79 38 2.079 55 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
3 Burnley 42 24 7 11 79 47 1.681 55 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4 Manchester United 42 18 15 9 84 59 1.424 51
5 Chelsea 42 22 7 13 65 53 1.226 51
6 West Bromwich Albion 42 19 12 11 91 69 1.319 50 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
7 Leicester City 42 21 7 14 80 65 1.231 49
8 Tottenham Hotspur 42 16 12 14 75 66 1.136 44
9 Sheffield United 42 16 11 15 56 59 0.949 43
10 Stoke City 42 15 12 15 65 64 1.016 42
11 Everton 42 15 11 16 56 62 0.903 41 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
12 West Ham United 42 15 9 18 70 83 0.843 39
13 Blackpool 42 14 9 19 55 65 0.846 37
14 Arsenal 42 12 13 17 62 75 0.827 37
15 Newcastle United 42 14 9 19 50 63 0.794 37
16 Aston Villa 42 15 6 21 69 80 0.863 36
17 Sheffield Wednesday 42 14 8 20 56 66 0.848 36
18 Nottingham Forest 42 14 8 20 56 72 0.778 36
19 Sunderland 42 14 8 20 51 72 0.708 36
20 Fulham 42 14 7 21 67 85 0.788 35
21 Northampton Town (R) 42 10 13 19 55 92 0.598 33 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Blackburn Rovers (R) 42 8 4 30 57 88 0.648 20
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Everton qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1965–66 FA Cup winners.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts W D L GF GA Pts W D L GF GA Pts
42 10 13 19 55 92 0.598 33 8 6 7 31 32 22 2 7 12 24 60 11

Last updated: 12 April 2020.
Source: [citation needed]

League position by match

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAHHA
ResultLDDLLLLDDDDLLWLWLLWWLLLDWDLLLWDWDLDWDWDLWL
Position151717171920202121212121212121202121212020202020202020202020201919202020202020212021
Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

21 August 1965 (1965-08-21) 1 Everton 5–2 Northampton Town Liverpool
15:00 BST A.Young 20'
F.Pickering 65', 81'
D.Temple 71', 88'		 Report B.Brown 22'
B.Hunt 77'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 48,489
Referee: Jim Carr
25 August 1965 (1965-08-25) 2 Northampton Town 1–1 Arsenal Northampton
19:30 BST B.Brown 57' Report T.Baldwin 19' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 17,352
Referee: Kevin Howley
28 August 1965 (1965-08-28) 3 Northampton Town 1–1 Manchester United Northampton
15:00 BST B.Hunt 83' Report J.Connelly 10' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 21,245
Referee: D.Brady
4 September 1965 (1965-09-04) 4 Newcastle United 2–0 Northampton Town Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST A.Suddick 47'
B.Cummings 61'		 Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 28,051
Referee: A.Starling
7 September 1965 (1965-09-07) 5 Burnley 4–1 Northampton Town Burnley
19:30 BST T.Foley o.g.'
W.Irvine 		Report C.Livesey Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 14,792
Referee: Ernest Crawford
10 September 1965 (1965-09-10) 6 Northampton Town 3–4 West Bromwich Albion Northampton
19:30 BST B.Lines
T.Robson 		Report B.Hope
J.Astle 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 18,528
Referee: Jack Bullough
15 September 1965 (1965-09-15) 7 Northampton Town 1–2 Burnley Northampton
19:30 BST T.Robson Report W.Irvine
A.Elder 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 19,336
Referee: Bill Holian
18 September 1965 (1965-09-18) 8 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Northampton Town Nottingham
15:00 BST M.Kear Report V.Cockcroft Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,669
Referee: David Laing
25 September 1965 (1965-09-25) 9 Northampton Town 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Northampton
15:00 BST Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 16,299
Referee: Geoff Roper
28 September 1965 (1965-09-28) 10 Arsenal 1–1 Northampton Town Highbury, London
19:45 BST J.Radford Report J.Hall Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 33,240
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw
2 October 1965 (1965-10-02) 11 Leicester City 1–1 Northampton Town Leicester
15:00 BST J.Goodfellow Report T.Foley Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 27,484
Referee: Ken Dagnall
9 October 1965 (1965-10-09) 12 Northampton Town 0–1 Sheffield United Northampton
15:00 BST Report K.Mallender 10' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 17,300
Referee: Ken Burns
16 October 1965 (1965-10-16) 13 Leeds United 6–1 Northampton Town Leeds
15:00 BST J.Storrie
B.Bremner 20'
J.Charlton 44'
A.Peacock 45'
P.Lorimer 67', 83'		 Report B.Best 14' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 33,748
Referee: Ray Tinkler
23 October 1965 (1965-10-23) 14 Northampton Town 2–1 West Ham United Northampton
15:00 BST T.Foley 28' (pen.)
K.Leek 80'		 Report K.Brown 49' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 15,367
Referee: Donald Payne
30 October 1965 (1965-10-30) 15 Sunderland 3–0 Northampton Town Sunderland
15:00 GMT N.Martin 33'
G.Mulhall 37'
A.Gauden 76'		 Report Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 32,216
Referee: Les Hamer
6 November 1965 (1965-11-06) 16 Northampton Town 2–1 Aston Villa Northampton
15:00 GMT J.Hall 9', 10' Report B.Park 59' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 18,836
Referee: Ken Stokes
13 November 1965 (1965-11-13) 17 Liverpool 5–0 Northampton Town Liverpool
15:00 GMT I.St John 6'
W.Stevenson 17' (pen.)
R.Hunt 32'
I.Callaghan 63'
P.Thompson 65'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,904
Referee: Peter Rhodes
20 November 1965 (1965-11-20) 18 Northampton Town 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Northampton
15:00 GMT Report D.Mackay
F.Saul 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 17,611
Referee: Ray Aldous
27 November 1965 (1965-11-27) 19 Fulham 1–4 Northampton Town Fulham, London
15:00 GMT J.Haynes Report B.Brown
B.Hunt 		Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 11,389
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw
4 December 1965 (1965-12-04) 20 Northampton Town 2–1 Blackpool Northampton
15:00 GMT J.Broadfoot
B.Lines 		Report A.Ball pen.' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 14,504
Referee: Harry New
11 December 1965 (1965-12-11) 21 Blackburn Rovers 6–1 Northampton Town Blackburn
15:00 GMT G.Jones
M.England
M.Ferguson
M.Harrison pen.'		 Report B.Lines Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,685
Referee: Roy Egan
27 December 1965 (1965-12-27) 22 Northampton Town 2–3 Chelsea Northampton
15:15 GMT B.Brown 59'
G.Moore 79'		 Report B.Tambling 68', 78'
G.Graham 84'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 23,325
Referee: Dennis Corbett
28 December 1965 (1965-12-28) 23 Chelsea 1–0 Northampton Town Fulham, London
19:30 GMT B.Bridges 80' Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 17,635
Referee: Leo Callaghan
1 January 1966 (1966-01-01) 24 Sheffield United 2–2 Northampton Town Sheffield
15:00 GMT M.Jones Report B.Lines
D.Martin 		Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 16,143
Referee: Walter Crossley
8 January 1966 (1966-01-08) 25 Northampton Town 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Northampton
15:00 GMT B.Brown
J.Kiernan 		Report G.Sharples Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 15,820
Referee: Alan Weller
15 January 1966 (1966-01-15) 26 West Ham United 1–1 Northampton Town Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT G.Hurst Report B.Brown Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 20,745
Referee: Peter Walters
29 January 1966 (1966-01-29) 27 Northampton Town 0–2 Everton Northampton
15:00 GMT Report D.Temple 4'
A.Scott 43'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 16,309
Referee: Keith Styles
5 February 1966 (1966-02-05) 28 Manchester United 6–2 Northampton Town Manchester
15:00 GMT D.Law 6', 46'
J.Connelly 10'
B.Charlton 27', 41', 84'		 Report G.Moore 22'
D.Martin 75'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 35,273
Referee: Harold Hackney
12 February 1966 (1966-02-12) 29 Stoke City 6–2 Northampton Town Stoke-on-Trent
15:15 GMT J.Ritchie pen.'
R.Vernon
P.Dobing 		Report B.Brown
G.Moore 		Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 16,522
Referee: Ken Stokes
19 February 1966 (1966-02-19) 30 Northampton Town 3–1 Newcastle United Northampton
15:00 GMT D.Martin 15', 54'
G.Moore 33'		 Report J.Iley 90' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 14,541
Referee: Geoff Davis
26 February 1966 (1966-02-26) 31 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Northampton Town West Bromwich
15:00 GMT C.Clark Report D.Martin Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 18,923
Referee: Les Faulkner
5 March 1966 (1966-03-05) 32 Northampton Town 2–1 Leeds United Northampton
15:00 GMT G.Hudson
B.Lines 		Report M.O'Grady Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 21,548
Referee: Tommy Dawes
Note: Fixture was previously postponed on December 18, 1965 due to a frozen pitch.[2]
12 March 1966 (1966-03-12) 33 Northampton Town 3–3 Nottingham Forest Northampton
15:00 GMT D.Martin 19'
G.Moore 49'
J.Kurila 90'		 Report J.Baker 7', 86'
I.Storey-Moore 61'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 18,670
Referee: H.Richards
19 March 1966 (1966-03-19) 34 Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Northampton Town Sheffield
15:00 GMT D.Ford
J.Fantham 		Report G.Hudson Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 16,283
Referee: E.Norman
26 March 1966 (1966-03-26) 35 Northampton Town 2–2 Leicester City Northampton
19:30 BST G.Hudson
G.Moore 		Report J.Sinclair
M.Stringfellow 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 21,564
Referee: Reg Paine
2 April 1966 (1966-04-02) 36 Aston Villa 1–2 Northampton Town Birmingham
15:00 BST W.Hamilton Report J.Mackin
G.Moore 		Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 10,438
Referee: George McCabe
9 April 1966 (1966-04-09) 37 Northampton Town 0–0 Liverpool Northampton
15:00 BST Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 20,029
Referee: Peter Walters
12 April 1966 (1966-04-12) 38 Northampton Town 1–0 Stoke City Northampton
19:30 BST D.Martin Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 20,680
Referee: D.Wells
16 April 1966 (1966-04-16) 39 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Northampton Town Tottenham, London
15:00 BST J.Greaves 78' (pen.) Report G.Hudson 34' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 29,749
Referee: Keith Walker
23 April 1966 (1966-04-23) 40 Northampton Town 2–4 Fulham Northampton
15:00 BST G.Hudson
J.Kiernan 		Report B.Robson
S.Earle 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 24,523
Referee: Jack Taylor
25 April 1966 (1966-04-25) 41 Northampton Town 2–1 Sunderland Northampton
19:30 BST M.Everitt 70'
G.Hudson 71'		 Report N.Martin 28' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 17,921
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw
30 April 1966 (1966-04-30) 42 Blackpool 3–0 Northampton Town Blackpool
15:00 BST L.Lea 51'
I.Moir 70'
A.Ball 87' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 15,295
Referee: Ernie Crawford

FA Cup

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Main article: 1965–66 FA Cup
22 January 1966 (1966-01-22) Third round Northampton Town 1–2 Nottingham Forest Northampton
15:00 GMT B.Brown Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 17,873
Referee: Kevin Howley

League Cup

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Main article: 1965–66 Football League Cup
21 September 1965 (1965-09-21) Second round Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Northampton Town Blackburn
19:30 BST M.Everitt Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 8,814
Referee: Dick Windle
13 October 1965 (1965-10-13) Third round Fulham 5–0 Northampton Town Fulham, London
19:30 BST Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 7,835
Referee: Bill Clements

Appearances and goals

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Pos Player Division One FA Cup League Cup Total
Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals
GK Roger Barron – – – – – – – – – – – –
GK Norman Coe 15 – – 1 – – – – – 16 – –
GK Bryan Harvey 27 – – – – – 2 – – 29 – –
FB Vic Cockcroft 17 1 1 – – – 1 – – 18 1 1
FB Mike Everitt 31 1 1 1 – – 2 – 1 34 1 2
FB Theo Foley 31 – 2 1 – – 2 – – 34 – 2
FB John Mackin 7 2 1 – – – – – – 7 2 1
HB Terry Branston 27 1 – 1 – – 1 – – 29 1 –
HB Graham Carr 27 – – 1 – – 2 – – 30 – –
HB John Clarke – – – – – – – – – – – –
HB Joe Kiernan 42 – 2 1 – – 2 – – 45 – 2
HB John Kurila 20 – 1 – – – 1 – – 21 – 1
HB John Linnell – – – – – – – – – – – –
OF Billy Best 4 – 1 – – – – – – 4 – 1
OF Joe Broadfoot 17 – 1 1 – – – – – 18 – 1
OF Barry Lines 40 – 5 1 – – 1 – – 42 – 5
OF Harry Walden 19 – – – – – 1 – – 20 – –
IF Jim Hall 14 1 3 1 – – – – – 15 1 3
IF Don Martin 26 – 7 – – – 1 – – 27 – 7
IF Graham Moore 21 – 7 1 – – – – – 22 – 7
CF Bobby Brown 21 – 9 1 – 1 2 – – 24 – 10
CF George Hudson 11 – 6 – – – – – – 11 – 6
CF Bobby Hunt 13 – 3 – – – – – – 13 – 3
Players who left before end of season:
WH Derek Leck 10 – – – – – – – – 10 – –
OF Brian Etheridge – – – – – – 1 – – 1 – –
OF Tommy Robson 15 1 3 – – – 2 – – 17 1 3
OF Ronnie Walton – – – – – – – – – – – –
IF Ken Leek 4 – 1 – – – 1 – – 5 – 1
CF Charlie Livesey 3 – 1 – – – – – – 3 – 1

References

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  1. ^ Cobblers mourn goalkeeper Harvey bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ "1965/66 Division 1". ntfcmemorabilia.weebly.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

Books

  • Beesley, Mark (2005). Northampton Town: A Season in the Sun 1965-66. London: Desert Island Books. ISBN 978-1905328017.
  • Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History. London: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1874427674.
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