1964–65 Northampton Town F.C. season

April 2022 Northampton Town 1964–65 Dave Bowen Fred York County Ground Division Two 2nd FA Cup Third round League Cup Quarter-final Don MartinBobby BrownTommy Robson (13) Don Martin (16) 20,660 vs Plymouth Argyle 9,586 vs Bury 15,393 1963–64 1965–66 The 1964–65 season was Northampton Town's 68th season in their history and the second successive season in the Second Division. Alongside competing in Division Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. Players match played 24 April 1965. Name Position Nat. Place of birth Date of birth (age) Apps Goals Previous club Date signed Fee GoalkeepersNorman CoeGKWALSwansea1965 4 24 1940 12 6 y460ArsenalJuly 1960Bryan HarveyGKENGStepney1965 4 24 1938 8 26 y800BlackpoolOctober 1963£4,000Cobblers mourn goalkeeper Harvey bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020. Full backsVic CockcroftLBENGBirmingham1965 4 24 1941 2 25 y280Wolverhampton WanderersJuly 1962Mike EverittLBENGWeeley1965 4 24 1941 1 16 y17515ArsenalFebruary 1961£4,000Theo Foley (c)RBIREDublin1965 4 24 1937 4 2 y1698Exeter CityMay 1961£1,000John MackinRBSCOBellshill1965 4 24 1943 11 18 y00ApprenticeNovember 1963N/A Half backsTerry BranstonCHENGRugby1965 4 24 1938 7 25 y1992ApprenticeOctober 1958N/AGraham CarrCHENGCorbridge1965 4 24 1944 10 25 y100ApprenticeAugust 1962N/AJoe KiernanWHSCOCoatbridge1965 4 24 1942 10 22 y672SunderlandJuly 1963John KurilaWHSCOGlasgow1965 4 24 1941 4 10 y632Bristol CityNovember 1963Derek LeckWHENGDeal1965 4 24 1937 2 8 y25746MillwallJune 1958John LinnellWHENGNorthampton1965 4 24 1944 1 2 y12ApprenticeSeptember 1963N/A Inside/Outside forwardsBilly BestOFSCOGlasgow1965 4 24 1942 9 7 y132PollokJuly 1962Barry LinesOFENGBletchley1965 4 24 1942 5 16 y15640Bletchley TownSeptember 1960Tommy RobsonOFENGGateshead1965 4 24 1944 7 31 y6418Newcastle UnitedAugust 1961N/AHarry WaldenOFENGWalgrave1965 4 24 1940 12 22 y441Luton TownJune 1964Ronnie WaltonOFENGPlymouth1965 4 24 1945 10 12 y10ApprenticeSeptember 1963N/ABrian EtheridgeIFENGNorthampton1965 4 24 1944 3 4 y211ApprenticeJuly 1962N/AJim HallIFENGNorthampton1965 4 24 1945 3 21 y121ApprenticeJuly 1963N/AKen LeekIFWALYnysybwl1965 4 24 1935 7 26 y8832Birmingham CityDecember 1964Don MartinIFENGCorby1965 4 24 1944 2 15 y5523ApprenticeJuly 1962N/A Centre forwardsBobby BrownCFENGStreatham1965 4 24 1940 5 2 y2813WatfordDecember 1963Bobby HuntCFENGColchester1965 4 24 1942 10 1 y299Colchester UnitedMarch 1964£15,000Charlie LiveseyCFENGWest Ham1965 4 24 1938 2 6 y305Brighton & Hove AlbionAugust 1964 Competitions Division Two 1964–65 Football League#Second Division League table y Second Division NOR Results summary 14 7 0 37 16 6 9 6 29 34 12 April 2020 April 2020 League position by match table b Round Ground A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H Result L/W/D/L/W/W/D/W/W/W/D/D/W/D/W/W/D/D/W/D/W/L/W/D/D/L/D/W/W/D/W/W/D/D/L/W/W/D/W/L/W/D Position 20/12/11/17/12/9/8/8/7/3/1/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/3/1/1/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2 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 1964 8 24 y 19:15 BST 1 1–0 Middlesbrough A.Horsfield Northampton Town Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 27,122 Jim Carr L 1964 8 29 y 15:00 BST 2 0–2 Manchester City Northampton Town T.Foley B.Hunt Maine Road Manchester 20,935 Syd Stoakes W 1964 9 1 y 19:30 BST 3 1–1 Northampton Town D.Martin Middlesbrough A.Horsfield County Ground Northampton 17,028 Geoff Davis D 1964 9 5 y 15:00 BST 4 2–0 Southampton K.Wimshurst J.Sydenham Northampton Town The Dell Southampton 13,989 Ray Aldous L 1964 9 8 y 19:30 BST 5 1–0 Northampton Town B.Etheridge Newcastle United County Ground Northampton 15,977 W 1964 9 11 y 15:00 BST 6 3–2 Northampton Town C.Livesey T.Robson Huddersfield Town L.Massie M.O'Grady County Ground Northampton 12,984 W 1964 9 15 y 19:30 BST 7 0–0 Ipswich Town Northampton Town Portman Road Ipswich 13,989 Norman Burtenshaw D 1964 9 19 y 15:00 BST 8 0–1 Coventry City Northampton Town T.Robson Highfield Road Coventry 30,113 George McCabe W 1964 9 26 y 15:00 BST 9 1–0 Northampton Town M.Everitt Cardiff City County Ground Northampton 12,328 Ken Burns W 1964 9 29 y 19:30 BST 10 3–2 Northampton Town B.Hunt Ipswich Town County Ground Northampton 14,886 W 1964 10 3 y 15:00 BST 11 2–2 Preston North End Northampton Town T.Robson H.Walden Deepdale Preston 15,953 D 1964 10 7 y 19:30 BST 12 3–3 Portsmouth Northampton Town T.Branston C.Livesey T.Robson Fratton Park Portsmouth 13,552 D 1964 10 10 y 15:00 BST 13 1–0 Northampton Town T.Robson Charlton Athletic County Ground Northampton 13,552 W 1964 10 17 y 15:00 BST 14 2–2 Orient Northampton Town J.Hall D.Martin Brisbane Road Leyton, London 8,390 D 1964 10 24 y 15:00 BST 15 2–0 Northampton Town T.Foley D.Martin Bury County Ground Northampton 11,324 W 1964 10 31 y 15:00 GMT 16 1–2 Crystal Palace Northampton Town C.Livesey T.Robson Selhurst Park Croydon, London 21,331 W 1964 11 7 y 15:00 GMT 17 0–0 Northampton Town Norwich City County Ground Northampton 11,273 D 1964 11 14 y 15:00 GMT 18 1–1 Rotherham United Northampton Town D.Leck Millmoor Rotherham 11,273 D 1964 11 21 y 15:00 GMT 19 2–1 Northampton Town D.Martin T.Robson Swansea Town County Ground Northampton 13,427 W 1964 11 28 y 15:00 GMT 20 2–2 Derby County A.Durban I.Buxton Northampton Town B.Brown D.Martin Baseball Ground Derby 17,367 D 1964 12 5 y 15:00 GMT 21 2–1 http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19650121 Northampton Town B.Brown 72H.Walden 75 Swindon Town D.Brown 62 County Ground Northampton 9,586 Ernest Crawford W 1964 12 12 y 15:00 GMT 22 5–0 Newcastle United R.McGarry T.Hockey o.g. Northampton Town St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 40,376 L 1964 12 19 y 15:00 GMT 23 2–0 Northampton Town M.Everitt D.Leck Manchester City County Ground Northampton 12,665 Maurice Fussey W 1964 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 24 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Northampton Town Burnden Park Bolton 24,487 D 1965 1 2 y 15:00 GMT 25 2–2 Northampton Town T.Branston K.Leek Southampton M.Chivers o.g. County Ground Northampton 15,245 D 1965 1 16 y 15:00 GMT 26 2–0 Huddersfield Town C.Balderstone L.Massie Northampton Town Leeds Road Huddersfield 7,359 L 1965 1 23 y 15:00 GMT 27 1–1 Northampton Town K.Leek Coventry City D.Clements County Ground Northampton 18,741 D 1965 2 6 y 15:15 GMT 28 0–2 Cardiff City Northampton Town B.Brown Ninian Park Cardiff, Wales 7,427 Arthur Edge W 1965 2 13 y 15:00 GMT 29 2–1 Northampton Town B.Brown T.Robson Preston North End County Ground Northampton 14,010 W 1965 2 20 y 15:00 GMT 30 1–1 Charlton Athletic Northampton Town T.Robson The Valley Charlton, London 8,958 D 1965 2 27 y 15:00 GMT 31 2–0 Northampton Town K.Leek T.Robson Orient County Ground Northampton 13,517 W 1965 2 27 y 15:00 GMT 32 4–0 Northampton Town T.Foley D.Leck D.Martin Bolton Wanderers County Ground Northampton 15,515 W 1965 3 13 y 15:00 GMT 33 1–1 Northampton Town B.Brown Crystal Palace County Ground Northampton 17,350 D 1965 3 20 y 15:00 GMT 34 1–1 Norwich City Northampton Town T.Robson Carrow Road Norwich 25,199 D 1965 3 23 y 19:30 BST 35 4–2 http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/MatchCentre.asp?MatchID=19650135 Swindon Town E.Hunt 49 60M.Summerbee 51D.Rogers 84 Northampton Town B.Brown County Ground Swindon 17,886 George Martin L 1965 3 27 y 15:00 BST 36 1–0 Northampton Town B.Brown Rotherham United County Ground Northampton 19,488 W 1965 4 3 y 15:15 BST 37 1–2 Swansea Town Northampton Town B.Brown D.Martin Vetch Field Swansea, Wales 10,516 W 1965 4 10 y 15:00 BST 38 2–2 Northampton Town D.Martin 59B.Brown 77 Derby County A.Durban 75 80 County Ground Northampton 17,917 D 1965 4 17 y 15:00 BST 39 1–4 Bury Northampton Town B.Brown J.Kiernan D.Martin Gigg Lane Bury 6,800 W 1965 4 19 y 15:00 BST 40 5–2 Plymouth Argyle Northampton Town J.Kiernan D.Martin D.Leck Home Park Plymouth 10,547 L 1965 4 20 y 19:30 BST 41 3–1 Northampton Town B.Brown D.Martin o.g. Plymouth Argyle County Ground Northampton 19,718 W 1965 4 24 y 15:00 BST 42 1–1 Northampton Town o.g. Portsmouth County Ground Northampton 20,660 D FA Cup 1964–65 FA Cup 1965 1 9 y 14:45 GMT Third round 4–1 Chelsea Tambling 44Bridges 55 78 Foley 57 o.g. Northampton Town Foley 68 pen. Stamford Bridge Fulham, London 44,335 Tommy Dawes L League Cup 1964–65 Football League Cup 1964 9 23 y 19:30 BST Second round 0–2 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Northampton Town B.Hunt C.Livesey Dean Court Bournemouth 8,807 W 1964 10 20 y 19:30 BST Third round 2–1 Northampton Town C.Livesey D.Martin Portsmouth County Ground Northampton 7,380 W 1964 11 4 y 19:30 GMT Fourth round 4–1 Northampton Town T.Foley B.Hunt D.Martin M.Everitt 0 Chesterfield County Ground Northampton 6,695 W 1964 11 25 y 19:30 GMT Quarter-final 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Northampton Town Home Park Plymouth 21,698 L Appearances and goals Pos Position Player Division Two FA Cup League Cup Total Starts Goals Starts Goals Starts Goals Starts Goals GK Norman Coe – – – – – – – – GK Bryan Harvey 42 – 1 – 4 – 47 – FB Vic Cockcroft 6 – 1 – 1 – 8 – FB Mike Everitt 39 2 1 – 3 – 43 2 FB Theo Foley 42 3 1 1 4 1 47 5 FB John Mackin – – – – – – – – HB Terry Branston 34 2 1 – 4 – 39 2 HB Graham Carr 8 – – – – – 8 – HB Joe Kiernan 41 2 1 – 4 – 46 2 HB John Kurila 1 – – – 1 – 2 – HB Derek Leck 42 3 1 – 3 – 46 3 HB John Linnell – – – – – – – – OF Billy Best 4 – – – – – 4 – OF Barry Lines 9 – – – 1 – 10 – OF Tommy Robson 36 13 1 – 3 – 40 13 OF Harry Walden 39 1 1 – 4 – 44 1 OF Ronnie Walton 1 – – – – – 1 – IF Brian Etheridge 9 1 – – 1 – 10 1 IF Jim Hall 6 1 – – 2 – 8 1 IF Ken Leek 12 3 1 – – – 13 3 IF Don Martin 30 13 – – 2 3 32 16 CF Bobby Brown 20 13 – – 1 – 21 13 CF Charlie Livesey 25 3 1 – 4 2 30 5 CF Bobby Hunt 16 4 – – 2 2 18 6 References Books Grande, Frank Northampton Town F.C.: The Official Centenary History 1997 Yore Publications London 978-1874427674 1964-65 Northampton Town