1967–68 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town

1967–68 season
Chairman	Ted Buller
Manager	Dave Bowen (until September) Tony Marchi
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three	17th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Don Martin (12) All: Don Martin (13)
Highest home attendance	12,625 vs Reading
Lowest home attendance	6,387 vs Southport
Average home league attendance	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

As of match played 4 May 1968.

Name	Position	Nat.	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 20)	6	0	Apprentice	July 1965	N/A
John Brooks	GK		London	(1947-08-23)23 August 1947 (aged 20)	1	0	Ipswich Town	October 1967	Free
Bryan Harvey	GK		Stepney	(1938-08-26)26 August 1938 (aged 29)	181	0	Blackpool	October 1963	£4,000[1]
Full backs
Brian Faulkes	FB		Abingdon	(1945-04-10)10 April 1945 (aged 23)	45	2	Reading	August 1967
John Mackin	RB		Bellshill	(1943-11-18)18 November 1943 (aged 24)	93	12	Apprentice	November 1963	N/A
Clive Walker	LB		Watford	(1945-10-24)24 October 1945 (aged 22)	51	0	Leicester City	October 1966
Half backs
John Clarke	CH		Northampton	(1945-10-23)23 October 1945 (aged 22)	4	0	Apprentice	July 1965	N/A
John Roberts	CH		Abercynon	(1946-09-11)11 September 1946 (aged 21)	25	4	Swansea Town	November 1967	£13,000
Graham Carr	HB		Corbridge	(1944-10-25)25 October 1944 (aged 23)	96	0	Apprentice	August 1962	N/A
Ron Flowers	HB		Edlington	(1934-07-28)28 July 1934 (aged 33)	43	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	August 1967
Joe Kiernan	WH		Coatbridge	(1942-10-22)22 October 1942 (aged 25)	187	10	Sunderland	July 1963
John Kurila	WH		Glasgow	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 27)	162	4	Bristol City	November 1963
Inside/Outside forwards
Graham Felton	OF		Cambridge	(1949-03-01)1 March 1949 (aged 19)	35	1	Cambridge United	August 1966
Barry Lines	OF		Bletchley	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 25)	257	47	Bletchley Town	September 1960
Tommy Knox	OF		Glasgow	(1939-09-05)5 September 1939 (aged 28)	16	0	Mansfield Town	November 1967
Eric Weaver	OF		Rhymney	(1943-07-01)1 July 1943 (aged 24)	23	5	Notts County	December 1967
Dennis Brown	IF		Reading	(1944-02-08)8 February 1944 (aged 24)	22	7	Swindon Town	February 1967	£5,000 P/E[2]
John Byrne	IF		Cambuslang	(1939-05-20)20 May 1939 (aged 28)	22	3	Peterborough United	December 1967	£9,000
Ray Price	IF		Northampton	(1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 19)	7	0	Apprentice	July 1966	N/A
Centre forwards
John Fairbrother	CF		Cricklewood	(1941-02-12)12 February 1941 (aged 27)	16	5	Peterborough United	February 1968

Competitions

Division Three

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
15	Bristol Rovers	46	17	9	20	72	78	0.923	43
16	Oldham Athletic	46	18	7	21	60	65	0.923	43
17	Northampton Town	46	14	13	19	58	72	0.806	41
18	Orient	46	12	17	17	46	62	0.742	41
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	12	20	62	74	0.838	40

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
46	14	13	19	58	72	0.806	41	10	8	5	40	25	28	4	5	14	18	47	13

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

League Cup

Appearances and goals

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