1967–68 Northampton Town F.C. season

April 2022 Northampton Town 1967–68 Dave Bowen(until September)Tony Marchi Ted Buller County Ground Division Three 17th FA Cup First round League Cup Third round Don Martin (12) Don Martin (13) 12,625 vs Reading 6,387 vs Southport 8,937 1966–67 1968–69 The 1967–68 season was Northampton Town's 71st season in their history and the first season back in the Third Division, following relegation from the Second Division the previous season. Alongside competing in Division Three, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. Players match played 4 May 1968. Name Position Nat. Place of birth Date of birth (age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersRoger BarronGKENGNorthampton1968 5 4 1947 6 30 y60ApprenticeJuly 1965N/AJohn BrooksGKENGLondon1968 5 4 1947 8 23 y10Ipswich TownOctober 1967FreeBryan HarveyGKENGStepney1968 5 4 1938 8 26 y1810BlackpoolOctober 1963£4,000Cobblers mourn goalkeeper Harvey bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020. Full backsBrian FaulkesFBENGAbingdon1968 5 4 1945 4 10 y452ReadingAugust 1967John MackinRBSCOBellshill1968 5 4 1943 11 18 y9312ApprenticeNovember 1963N/AClive WalkerLBENGWatford1968 5 4 1945 10 24 y510Leicester CityOctober 1966 Half backsJohn ClarkeCHENGNorthampton1968 5 4 1945 10 23 y40ApprenticeJuly 1965N/AJohn RobertsCHWALAbercynon1968 5 4 1946 9 11 y254Swansea TownNovember 1967£13,000Graham CarrHBENGCorbridge1968 5 4 1944 10 25 y960ApprenticeAugust 1962N/ARon FlowersHBENGEdlington1968 5 4 1934 7 28 y432Wolverhampton WanderersAugust 1967Joe KiernanWHSCOCoatbridge1968 5 4 1942 10 22 y18710SunderlandJuly 1963John KurilaWHSCOGlasgow1968 5 4 1941 4 10 y1624Bristol CityNovember 1963 Inside/Outside forwardsGraham FeltonOFENGCambridge1968 5 4 1949 3 1 y351Cambridge UnitedAugust 1966Barry LinesOFENGBletchley1968 5 4 1942 5 16 y25747Bletchley TownSeptember 1960Tommy KnoxOFSCOGlasgow1968 5 4 1939 9 5 y160Mansfield TownNovember 1967Eric WeaverOFWALRhymney1968 5 4 1943 7 1 y235Notts CountyDecember 1967Dennis BrownIFENGReading1968 5 4 1944 2 8 y227Swindon TownFebruary 1967£5,000 P/Ehttp://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=BROWNDEN Player Profile - Dennis Brown www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk 17 May 2020John ByrneIFSCOCambuslang1968 5 4 1939 5 20 y223Peterborough UnitedDecember 1967£9,000Ray PriceIFENGNorthampton1968 5 4 1948 11 30 y70ApprenticeJuly 1966N/A Centre forwardsJohn FairbrotherCFENGCricklewood1968 5 4 1941 2 12 y165Peterborough UnitedFebruary 1968 Competitions Division Three 1967–68 Football League#Third Division League table Third Division NOR Results summary 10 8 5 40 25 4 5 14 18 47 8 March 2022 March 2022 League position by match table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A Result L/W/D/D/L/L/D/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/L/L/D/W/L/W/L/D/D/L/D/W/L/D/D/L/D/D/W/L/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/D/W/W/D/L Position 21/9/11/10/17/21/21/21/21/14/12/9/13/10/13/18/18/16/18/15/18/17/17/19/19/17/17/19/16/17/17/17/17/17/16/17/16/16/17/18/18/19/18/18/18/17 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd red1 complete 11v11.com May 2020 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1967 8 19 y 15:00 BST 1 2–0 Gillingham Northampton Town Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 7,890 L 1967 8 26 y 15:00 BST 2 3–0 Northampton Town D.Martin F.Large Grimsby Town County Ground Northampton 10,206 W 1967 9 2 y 15:00 BST 3 0–0 Torquay United Northampton Town Plainmoor Torquay 9,449 D 1967 9 5 y 19:30 BST 4 1–1 Northampton Town J.Mackin Mansfield Town County Ground Northampton 12,205 D 1967 9 9 y 15:00 BST 5 1–2 Northampton Town F.Large Reading County Ground Northampton 12,625 L 1967 9 16 y 15:00 BST 6 4–0 http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19680106 Swindon Town D.Rogers 14 57P.Terry 25R.Flowers 77 o.g. Northampton Town County Ground Swindon 13,280 K Markham L 1967 9 23 y 15:00 BST 7 2–2 Northampton Town D.Martin Shrewsbury Town County Ground Northampton 8,922 D 1967 9 25 y 19:30 BST 8 3–2 Mansfield Town Northampton Town F.Large J.Hall Field Mill Mansfield 5,506 L 1967 9 30 y 15:00 BST 9 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Northampton Town J.Mackin D.Martin Goldstone Ground Hove 13,546 W 1967 10 3 y 19:30 BST 10 2–1 Northampton Town B.Faulkes Orient County Ground Northampton 8,079 W 1967 10 7 y 15:00 BST 11 1–3 Southport Northampton Town D.Martin J.Hall Haig Avenue Southport 6,052 W 1967 10 14 y 15:00 BST 12 1–0 Northampton Town R.Flowers Scunthorpe United County Ground Northampton 10,097 W 1967 10 21 y 15:00 BST 13 2–0 Oldham Athletic Northampton Town Boundary Park Oldham 5,019 L 1967 10 24 y 19:30 BST 14 1–3 Orient Northampton Town B.Best F.Large Brisbane Road Leyton, London 4,708 W 1967 10 28 y 15:00 BST 15 4–5 Northampton Town J.Mackin F.Large Bristol Rovers County Ground Northampton 9,126 L 1967 11 4 y 15:00 GMT 16 4–0 Barrow Northampton Town Holker Street Barrow 5,851 L 1967 11 11 y 15:00 GMT 17 1–1 Northampton Town D.Martin Oxford United County Ground Northampton 11,318 D 1967 11 14 y 19:30 GMT 18 1–0 Northampton Town D.Martin Torquay United County Ground Northampton 8,475 W 1967 11 18 y 15:00 GMT 19 3–1 Bury Northampton Town J.Kiernan Gigg Lane Bury 6,642 L 1967 11 25 y 15:00 GMT 20 1–0 Northampton Town J.Roberts Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic County Ground Northampton 9,042 W 1967 12 2 y 15:00 GMT 21 2–1 Colchester United Northampton Town D.Martin Layer Road Colchester 3,505 L 1967 12 16 y 15:00 GMT 22 1–1 Northampton Town D.Martin Gillingham County Ground Northampton 7,411 D 1967 12 23 y 15:00 GMT 23 0–0 Grimsby Town Northampton Town Blundell Park Cleethorpes 3,595 D 1967 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 24 0–1 Northampton Town Tranmere Rovers County Ground Northampton 12,367 L 1967 12 30 y 19:30 GMT 25 2–2 Tranmere Rovers Northampton Town E.Weavero.g. Prenton Park Birkenhead 7,011 D 1968 1 20 y 15:00 GMT 26 2–0 http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19680126 Northampton Town D.Martin 4J.Kiernan 32 Swindon Town County Ground Northampton 10,339 Gerrard Lewis W 1968 2 3 y 15:00 GMT 27 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Northampton Town Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 5,382 L 1968 2 10 y 15:00 GMT 28 2–2 Northampton Town E.Weaver J.Byrne Brighton & Hove Albion County Ground Northampton 7,882 D 1968 2 14 y 19:30 GMT 29 0–0 Reading Northampton Town Elm Park Reading 8,093 D 1968 2 17 y 15:00 GMT 30 4–0 Stockport County Northampton Town Edgeley Park Stockport 7,121 L 1968 2 24 y 15:00 BST 31 1–1 Northampton Town J.Byrne Southport County Ground Northampton 6,387 D 1968 3 2 y 15:00 BST 32 1–1 Scunthorpe United Northampton Town D.Brown Old Show Ground Scunthorpe 2,745 D 1968 3 9 y 15:00 BST 33 3–0 Northampton Town J.Roberts J.Fairbrother D.Brown Walsall County Ground Northampton 8,536 W 1968 3 16 y 15:00 BST 34 1–2 Northampton Town E.Weaver Oldham Athletic County Ground Northampton 7,558 L 1968 3 19 y 19:30 BST 35 4–1 Northampton Town G.Felton J.Roberts J.Fairbrother D.Brown Stockport County County Ground Northampton 6,536 W 1968 3 23 y 15:00 BST 36 2–0 Bristol Rovers Northampton Town Eastville Stadium Bristol 5,413 L 1968 3 30 y 15:00 BST 37 3–0 Northampton Town J.Mackin J.Roberts J.Fairbrother Barrow County Ground Northampton 8,283 W 1968 4 2 y 19:30 BST 38 4–0 Walsall Northampton Town Fellows Park Walsall 5,552 L 1968 4 6 y 19:30 BST 39 1–0 Oxford United Northampton Town Manor Ground Oxford 10,150 L 1968 4 12 y 15:00 BST 40 5–1 Watford Northampton Town J.Mackin Vicarage Road Watford 7,917 L 1968 4 13 y 15:00 BST 41 0–1 Northampton Town Bury County Ground Northampton 7,622 L 1968 4 16 y 19:30 BST 42 1–1 Northampton Town J.Mackin Watford County Ground Northampton 6,732 D 1968 4 20 y 15:00 BST 43 0–2 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Northampton Town J.Fairbrother D.Brown Dean Court Bournemouth 6,148 W 1968 4 23 y 19:30 BST 44 3–1 Northampton Town E.Weaver J.Fairbrother Peterborough United County Ground Northampton 8,934 W 1968 4 27 y 15:00 BST 45 2–2 Northampton Town R.Flowers J.Byrne Colchester United County Ground Northampton 6,859 D 1968 5 4 y 15:00 BST 46 4–0 Peterborough United Northampton Town London Road Peterborough 6,658 L FA Cup 1967–68 FA Cup 1967 12 9 y 15:00 GMT First round 2–0 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Northampton Town Dean Court Bournemouth 4,998 L League Cup 1967–68 Football League Cup 1967 8 23 y 19:30 BST First round 2–3 Peterborough United Northampton Town J.Kiernan D.Martin F.Large London Road Peterborough 8,157 W 1967 9 13 y 19:30 BST Second round 3–1 Northampton Town J.Mackin F.Large J.Hall Aston Villa T.Scott County Ground Northampton 11,832 W 1967 10 11 y 19:30 BST Third round 0–0 Northampton Town Millwall County Ground Northampton 12,282 D 1967 10 16 y 19:30 BST Third round (r) 5–1 Millwall Northampton Town B.Best The Den Millwall 10,167 L Appearances and goals Pos Position Player Division Three FA Cup League Cup Total Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals GK Roger Barron 6 – – – – – – – – 6 – – GK John Brooks 1 – – – – – – – – 1 – – GK Bryan Harvey 39 – – 1 – – 4 – – 44 – – FB Brian Faulkes 39 1 2 1 – – 4 – – 44 1 2 FB John Mackin 38 1 6 1 – – 4 – 1 43 1 7 FB Clive Walker 24 – – 1 – – 1 – – 26 – – CH John Roberts 24 – 4 1 – – – – – 25 – 4 HB Graham Carr 36 1 – 1 – – 4 – – 41 1 – HB John Clarke 1 – – – – – – – – 1 – – HB Ron Flowers 40 – 2 1 – – 2 – – 43 – 2 HB Joe Kiernan 37 – 2 – 1 – 4 – 1 41 1 3 HB John Kurila 29 3 – 1 – – 4 – – 34 3 – OF Graham Felton 18 – 1 – – – 2 – – 20 – 1 OF Willie Johnston – 1 – – – – – – – – 1 – OF Tommy Knox 16 – – – – – – – – 16 – – OF Barry Lines 12 – – – – – 3 – – 15 – – OF Eric Weaver 23 – 5 – – – – – – 23 – 5 IF Dennis Brown 14 – 4 – – – – – – 14 – 4 IF John Byrne 22 – 3 – – – – – – 22 – 3 IF Ray Price 6 – – – – – – – – 6 – – CF John Fairbrother 16 – 5 – – – – – – 16 – 5 Players who left before end of season: OF Billy Best 8 – 2 1 – – 1 – 1 10 – 3 IF Don Martin 27 – 12 1 – – 4 – 1 32 – 13 CF Jim Hall 17 – 2 1 – – 3 – 1 21 – 3 CF Frank Large 16 – 7 – – – 4 – 2 20 – 9 References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1967-68 Northampton Town