1958–59 Northampton Town F.C. season

The 1958–59 season was Northampton Town's 62nd season in their history and the first season in the fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division, after a revamping of the league pyramid. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup.

Northampton Town
1958–59 season
ChairmanWalter Penn
ManagerDave Smith
StadiumCounty Ground
Division Four8th
FA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alan Woan (32)
All: Alan Woan (32)
Highest home attendance14,365 vs Coventry City
Lowest home attendance3,450 vs Carlisle United
Average home league attendance8,090

Players

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As of match played 30 April 1959.
Name Position Nat. 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 26) 31 0 Millwall August 1958
Reg Elvy GK   Leeds (1920-11-25)25 November 1920 (aged 38) 72 0 Blackburn Rovers Summer 1956 £350[1]
Full backs
Jack Bannister RB   Chesterfield (1929-02-01)1 February 1929 (aged 30) 25 0 Shrewsbury Town Summer 1958
Tony Claypole RB   Weldon (1937-02-13)13 February 1937 (aged 22) 38 1 Apprentice August 1956 N/A
Geoff Coleman RB   Bedworth (1936-05-13)13 May 1936 (aged 22) 18 0 Bedworth Town Summer 1955
Ralph Phillips RB   Hetton-le-Hole (1933-08-09)9 August 1933 (aged 25) 10 1 Middlesbrough November 1958
Ron Patterson (c) LB   Gateshead (1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 29) 267 5 Middlesbrough Summer 1952
Half backs
Ben Collins CH   Kislingbury (1928-03-09)9 March 1928 (aged 31) 224 0 Apprentice Summer 1948 N/A
Colin Gale CH   Pontypridd (1932-08-31)31 August 1932 (aged 26) 143 1 Cardiff City March 1956 £1,500[1]
Roly Mills WH   Daventry (1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 25) 149 21 Apprentice May 1951 N/A
John Smith WH   Leicester (1928-09-04)4 September 1928 (aged 30) 185 9 Apprentice May 1949 N/A
Inside/Outside forwards
Jack English OF   South Shields (1923-03-19)19 March 1923 (aged 36) 316 140 Apprentice Summer 1947 N/A
Tommy Fowler OF   Prescot (1924-12-16)16 December 1924 (aged 34) 486 81 Everton March 1945
Alan Loasby OF   Wellingborough (1937-03-19)19 March 1937 (aged 22) 2 0 Luton Town Summer 1958
Roger Miller OF   Northampton (1938-08-18)18 August 1938 (aged 20) 4 1 Apprentice Summer 1956 N/A
Béla Oláh OF   Hungary (1938-06-08)8 June 1938 (aged 20) 2 0 Bedford Town December 1958
Kevin Baron IF   Preston (1926-07-19)19 July 1926 (aged 32) 27 4 Southend United September 1958
Brian Kirkup IF   Slough (1932-04-16)16 April 1932 (aged 27) 19 7 Reading Summer 1958
Bobby Tebbutt IF   Irchester (1934-11-10)10 November 1934 (aged 24) 45 17 Apprentice October 1956 N/A
Alan Woan IF   Liverpool (1931-02-08)8 February 1931 (aged 28) 109 63 Norwich City Summer 1956
Centre forwards
Derek Leck CF   Deal (1937-02-08)8 February 1937 (aged 22) 14 4 Millwall June 1958
Ollie Norris CF   Derry (1929-04-01)1 April 1929 (aged 30) 15 1 Bournemouth & B A September 1958

Competitions

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Division Four

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
6 Walsall 46 21 10 15 95 64 1.484 52
7 Crystal Palace 46 20 12 14 90 71 1.268 52
8 Northampton Town 46 21 9 16 85 78 1.090 51
9 Millwall 46 20 10 16 76 69 1.101 50
10 Carlisle United 46 19 12 15 62 65 0.954 50
Source: rsssf.com

League position by match

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAAHAHHAAHHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHHAHHAAH
ResultWWWWWLWLDWDLLDLDDWWLDLLWDLWLWWDWWLLWLWLDWWWLLW
Position2111111332257811118961091013111212101310888881099910101110910118
Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

23 August 1958 (1958-08-23) 1 Port Vale 1–4 Northampton Town Burslem
15:00 BST J.Wilkinson   A.Woan   1'  
B.Hawkings  
B.Kirkup  
Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 15,018
28 August 1958 (1958-08-28) 2 Northampton Town 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Northampton
19:30 BST B.Hawkings  
B.Kirkup  
A.Woan  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,916
30 August 1958 (1958-08-30) 3 Northampton Town 3–0 Crystal Palace Northampton
19:30 BST T.Fowler  
B.Kirkup  
A.Woan  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,288
1 September 1958 (1958-09-01) 4 Crewe Alexandra 1–2 Northampton Town Crewe
15:00 BST A.Woan     Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 7,016
6 September 1958 (1958-09-06) 5 Chester 2–3 Northampton Town Chester
15:00 BST N.Bullock     T.Fowler  
R.Mills  
A.Woan  
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 9,723
9 September 1958 (1958-09-09) 6 Carlisle United 2–1 Northampton Town Carlisle
19:30 BST A.Woan   Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 11,238
13 September 1958 (1958-09-13) 7 Northampton Town 2–1 Watford Northampton
15:00 BST B.Hawkings  
R.Mills  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,106
20 September 1958 (1958-09-20) 8 Hartlepools United 3–0 Northampton Town Hartlepool
19:30 BST A.Woan   Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 7,463
25 September 1958 (1958-09-25) 9 Northampton Town 1–1 Workington Northampton
19:30 BST K.Baron   Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,487
27 September 1958 (1958-09-27) 10 Northampton Town 3–1 Southport Northampton
15:00 BST T.Fowler  
A.Woan    
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 10,999
1 October 1958 (1958-10-01) 11 Workington 3–3 Northampton Town Workington
19:30 BST T.Fowler  
R.Mills  
A.Woan  
Stadium: Borough Park
Attendance: 6,613
4 October 1958 (1958-10-04) 12 Torquay United 4–2 Northampton Town Torquay
15:00 BST K.Baron  
O.Norris  
Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 5,399
9 October 1958 (1958-10-09) 13 Northampton Town 1–2 York City Northampton
19:30 GMT K.Baron   Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 5,826
11 October 1958 (1958-10-11) 14 Northampton Town 1–1 Exeter City Northampton
15:00 GMT A.Woan   Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 10,077
18 October 1958 (1958-10-18) 15 Coventry City 2–0 Northampton Town Coventry
15:00 GMT Straw     Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 22,305
25 October 1958 (1958-10-25) 16 Northampton Town 3–3 Shrewsbury Town Northampton
15:00 GMT B.Tebbutt    
A.Woan  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 9,897
1 November 1958 (1958-11-01) 17 Darlington 2–2 Northampton Town Darlington
15:00 GMT T.Fowler  
B.Hawkings  
Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 5,579
8 November 1958 (1958-11-08) 18 Northampton Town 3–2 Walsall Northampton
15:00 GMT B.Tebbutt  
A.Woan  
B.Guttridge   o.g.'
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,858
22 November 1958 (1958-11-22) 19 Northampton Town 1–0 Aldershot Northampton
15:00 GMT B.Kirkup   Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,598
29 November 1958 (1958-11-29) 20 Gateshead 4–1 Northampton Town Gateshead
15:00 GMT B.Kirkup   Stadium: Redheugh Park
Attendance: 2,870
13 December 1958 (1958-12-13) 21 Barrow 2–2 Northampton Town Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT R.Mills  
B.Tebbutt  
Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4,209
20 December 1958 (1958-12-20) 22 Northampton Town 2–4 Port Vale Northampton
15:00 GMT T.Fowler     H.Poole    
N.Kinsey  
G.Barnett  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,907
26 December 1958 (1958-12-26) 23 Gillingham 4–1 Northampton Town Gillingham
15:00 GMT R.Mills   Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 6,947
27 December 1958 (1958-12-27) 24 Northampton Town 4–2 Gillingham Northampton
15:00 GMT T.Fowler      
A.Woan  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 9,538
3 January 1959 (1959-01-03) 25 Crystal Palace 1–1 Northampton Town Selhurst, London
15:00 GMT B.Hawkings   Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,162
10 January 1959 (1959-01-10) 26 Millwall 3–0 Northampton Town New Cross, London
15:00 GMT Stadium: The Old Den
Attendance: 11,388
24 January 1959 (1959-01-24) 27 Northampton Town 2–1 Oldham Athletic Northampton
15:00 GMT T.Claypole  
A.Woan  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,168
31 January 1959 (1959-01-31) 28 Watford 3–1 Northampton Town Watford
15:00 GMT A.Woan   Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 6,200
7 February 1959 (1959-02-07) 29 Northampton Town 2–1 Hartlepools United Northampton
15:00 GMT K.Baron  
A.Woan  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,055
14 February 1959 (1959-02-14) 30 Southport 1–2 Northampton Town Southport
15:00 GMT A.Woan     Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 3,630
21 February 1959 (1959-02-21) 31 Northampton Town 1–1 Torquay United Northampton
15:00 GMT A.Woan   Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,329
28 February 1959 (1959-02-28) 32 Exeter City 3–4 Northampton Town Exeter
15:00 GMT J.English  
T.Fowler  
D.Leck  
A.Woan  
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 9,870
7 March 1959 (1959-03-07) 33 Northampton Town 4–0 Coventry City Northampton
15:00 GMT T.Fowler  
D.Leck    
A.Woan  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 14,365
14 March 1959 (1959-03-14) 34 Shrewsbury Town 4–0 Northampton Town Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 7,227
21 March 1959 (1959-03-21) 35 Northampton Town 1–3 Darlington Northampton
15:00 GMT A.Woan   Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,399
27 March 1959 (1959-03-27) 36 Bradford (Park Avenue) 1–2 Northampton Town Bradford
15:00 GMT J.O'Neil  
A.Woan  
Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 5,898
28 March 1959 (1959-03-28) 37 Walsall 2–1 Northampton Town Walsall
15:00 GMT J.English   Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 5,991
31 March 1959 (1959-03-31) 38 Northampton Town 4–1 Bradford (Park Avenue) Northampton
19:30 GMT J.English  
T.Fowler  
D.Leck  
A.Woan  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,544
4 April 1959 (1959-04-04) 39 Northampton Town 0–1 Millwall Northampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,284
6 April 1959 (1959-04-06) 40 Northampton Town 0–0 Carlisle United Northampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 3,450
11 April 1959 (1959-04-11) 41 Aldershot 1–3 Northampton Town Aldershot
15:00 GMT D.Leck  
R.Phillips  
A.Woan  
Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,567
13 April 1959 (1959-04-13) 42 Northampton Town 4–0 Chester Northampton
19:30 GMT T.Fowler  
A.Woan      
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 3,865
18 April 1959 (1959-04-18) 43 Northampton Town 1–0 Gateshead Northampton
15:00 GMT R.Mills   Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 5,799
20 April 1959 (1959-04-20) 44 York City 2–1 Northampton Town York
19:30 BST A.Woan   Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 9,123
25 April 1959 (1959-04-25) 45 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Northampton Town Oldham
15:00 BST T.Fowler   Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2,671
30 April 1959 (1959-04-30) 46 Northampton Town 2–0 Barrow Northampton
19:30 BST J.English  
A.Woan  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 4,324

FA Cup

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15 November 1958 (1958-11-15) First round Northampton Town 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers Northampton
15:00 GMT T.Fowler  
B.Kirkup  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 12,934
6 December 1958 (1958-12-06) Second round Tooting & Mitcham United 2–1 Northampton Town Mitcham, London
15:00 GMT B.Kirkup   Stadium: Sandy Lane
Attendance: 10,203

Appearances and goals

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Pos Player Division Four FA Cup Total
Starts Goals Starts Goals Starts Goals
GK Tony Brewer 31 31
GK Reg Elvy 15 2 17
FB Jack Bannister 24 1 25
FB Tony Claypole 26 1 1 27 1
FB Geoff Coleman 1 1
FB Ron Patterson 38 2 40
FB Ralph Phillips 10 1 10 1
HB Ben Collins 10 1 11
HB Colin Gale 36 1 37
HB Roly Mills 42 6 2 44 6
HB Joe O'Neil 22 1 22 1
HB John Smith 23 1 24
OF Jack English 13 4 1 14 4
OF Tommy Fowler 45 15 2 1 47 16
OF Alan Loasby 2 2
OF Roger Miller 2 2
OF Béla Oláh 2 2
IF Kevin Baron 25 4 2 27 4
IF Brian Kirkup 17 5 2 2 19 7
IF Bobby Tebbutt 14 4 1 15 4
IF Alan Woan 42 32 1 43 32
CF Derek Leck 14 5 14 5
CF Ollie Norris 14 1 1 15 1
Players who left before end of season:
HB Ray Yeoman 17 17
CF Barry Hawkings 21 5 1 22 5

References

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  1. ^ a b "Arsenal Crash Out Of The FA Cup At Northampton On This Day, 4th January 1958". Arsenal On This Day. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

Books

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