1958–59 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1958–59 season
Chairman	Walter Penn
Manager	Dave Smith
Stadium	County Ground
Division Four	8th
FA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Woan (32); All: Alan Woan (32)
Highest home attendance	14,365 vs Coventry City
Lowest home attendance	3,450 vs Carlisle United
Average home league attendance	8,090
	← 1957–58 1959–60 →

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.

Players[edit]

As of match played 30 April 1959.

Name	Position	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[edit]

Division Four[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	5	7	8	11	11	8	9	6	10	9	10	13	11	12	12	10	13	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	10	11	8

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

Matches[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Pos	Player	Division Four		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Player	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[edit]

^ ^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.

[Arsenal_FC_Cup-1] "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.

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