1957–58 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1957–58 season
Chairman	Walter Penn
Manager	Dave Smith
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three (S)	13th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Barry Hawkings; Alan Woan (20); All: Barry Hawkings (22)
Highest home attendance	21,344 vs Arsenal
Lowest home attendance	2,412 vs Gillingham
Average home league attendance	8,127
	← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 season was Northampton Town's 61st season in their history and the thirtieth consecutive season in the regionalised third tier of English football, the Third Division South, before a revamping of the league pyramid. The following season, teams in the top half of the division would be placed in the national Football League Third Division, while the teams placed in the bottom half would be find themselves effectively relegated to the newly constructed Football League Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Three South, the club also participated in the FA Cup.

Players

As of match played 2 May 1958.

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Reg Elvy	GK	Leeds	(1920-11-25)25 November 1920 (aged 37)	55	0	Blackburn Rovers	Summer 1956	£350^[1]
Peter Pickering	GK	New Earswick	(1926-03-24)24 March 1926 (aged 32)	91	0	Kettering Town	Summer 1955
Full backs
Tony Claypole	RB	Weldon	(1937-02-13)13 February 1937 (aged 21)	11	0	Apprentice	August 1956	N/A
Geoff Coleman	RB	Bedworth	(1936-05-13)13 May 1936 (aged 21)	17	0	Bedworth Town	Summer 1955
Bobby Corbett	LB	Throckley	(1922-03-16)16 March 1922 (aged 36)	8	1	Middlesbrough	August 1957
Ron Patterson (c)	LB	Gateshead	(1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 28)	227	5	Middlesbrough	Summer 1952
Half backs
Ben Collins	CH	Kislingbury	(1928-03-09)9 March 1928 (aged 30)	213	0	Apprentice	Summer 1948	N/A
Colin Gale	CH	Pontypridd	(1932-08-31)31 August 1932 (aged 25)	106	1	Cardiff City	March 1956	£1,500^[1]
Roly Mills	WH	Daventry	(1933-06-22)22 June 1933 (aged 24)	105	15	Apprentice	May 1951	N/A
Terry Robinson	CH	Woodham	(1929-11-08)8 November 1929 (aged 28)	14	0	Brentford	July 1957
John Smith	WH	Leicester	(1928-09-04)4 September 1928 (aged 29)	161	9	Apprentice	May 1949	N/A
Bobby Peacock	WH	Rushden	(1937-12-08)8 December 1937 (aged 20)	2	0	Rushden Town	February 1957
Inside/Outside forwards
Jack English	OF	South Shields	(1923-03-19)19 March 1923 (aged 35)	302	136	Apprentice	Summer 1947	N/A
Tommy Fowler	OF	Prescot	(1924-12-16)16 December 1924 (aged 33)	439	65	Everton	March 1945
Roger Miller	OF	Northampton	(1938-08-18)18 August 1938 (aged 19)	2	1	Apprentice	Summer 1956	N/A
Maurice Robinson	OF	Newark-on-Trent	(1929-11-09)9 November 1929 (aged 28)	12	3	Kettering Town	June 1957
Ken Leek	IF	Ynysybwl	(1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 22)	76	29	Apprentice	Summer 1952	N/A
Joe O'Neil	IF	Glasgow	(1931-08-15)15 August 1931 (aged 26)	6	3	Leicester City	October 1957	N/A
Bobby Tebbutt	IF	Irchester	(1934-11-10)10 November 1934 (aged 23)	30	13	Apprentice	October 1956	N/A
Alan Woan	IF	Liverpool	(1931-02-08)8 February 1931 (aged 27)	66	31	Norwich City	Summer 1956
Centre forwards
Gerry Bright	CF	Northampton	(1934-12-02)2 December 1934 (aged 23)	4	0	Bromsgrove Rovers	April 1957
Barry Hawkings	CF	Birmingham	(1931-11-07)7 November 1931 (aged 26)	47	22	Lincoln City	July 1957	£1,000^[1]

Competitions

Division Three South

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
11	Newport County	46	17	14	15	73	67	1.090	48
12	Colchester United	46	17	13	16	77	79	0.975	47
13	Northampton Town	46	19	6	21	87	79	1.101	44	Moved to 4th Division
14	Crystal Palace	46	15	13	18	70	72	0.972	43
15	Port Vale	46	16	10	20	67	58	1.155	42

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	19	6	21	87	79	1.101	44	13	1	9	60	33	27	6	5	12	27	46	17

Last updated: 30 January 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

League position by match

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L
Position	15	17	9	10	14	17	22	19	23	19	16	17	22	19	15	18	20	20	20	21	21	18	18	19	19	18	19	18	19	17	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	13	13	13	13

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

24 August 1957 (1957-08-24) 1	Walsall	2–1	Northampton Town	Walsall
15:00 BST			A.Woan	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 13,059 Referee: George McCabe

29 August 1957 (1957-08-29) 2	Northampton Town	0–0	Aldershot	Northampton
BST				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,907

31 August 1957 (1957-08-31) 3	Northampton Town	4–0	Coventry City	Northampton
BST	M.Robinson A.Woan R.Kirk o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,037

4 September 1957 (1957-09-04) 4	Aldershot	0–0	Northampton Town	Aldershot
BST				Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 4,188

7 September 1957 (1957-09-07) 5	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
15:15 BST			A.Woan	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 9,542

10 September 1957 (1957-09-10) 6	Brentford	7–1	Northampton Town	Brentford, London
BST	E.Parsons J.Rainford J.Towers G.Francis		A.Woan	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,697

14 September 1957 (1957-09-14) 7	Northampton Town	1–2	Reading	Northampton
BST	K.Leek			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,986

16 September 1957 (1957-09-16) 8	Northampton Town	3–1	Brentford	Northampton
BST	J.English K.Leek		G.Francis	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,528

21 September 1957 (1957-09-21) 9	Swindon Town	5–1	Northampton Town	Swindon
15:00 BST			K.Leek	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,967

26 September 1957 (1957-09-26) 10	Northampton Town	4–1	Colchester United	Northampton
BST	B.Corbett B.Hawkings K.Leek R.Mills		K.Plant	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,454

28 September 1957 (1957-09-28) 11	Watford	0–2	Northampton Town	Watford
15:00 BST			B.Hawkings A.Woan	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 11,579

30 September 1957 (1957-09-30) 12	Colchester United	1–0	Northampton Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	P.Wright			Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,391

5 October 1957 (1957-10-05) 13	Northampton Town	1–2	Crystal Palace	Northampton
BST	R.Patterson			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,594

9 October 1957 (1957-10-09) 14	Norwich City	2–2	Northampton Town	Norwich
GMT			K.Leek	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 22,850

12 October 1957 (1957-10-12) 15	Northampton Town	5–0	Plymouth Argyle	Northampton
GMT	B.Hawkings K.Leek J.O'Neil A.Woan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,692

19 October 1957 (1957-10-19) 16	Port Vale	3–0	Northampton Town	Burslem
GMT	S.Steele J.Wilkinson			Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 12,443 Referee: Les Hamer

26 October 1957 (1957-10-26) 17	Northampton Town	0–3	Newport County	Northampton
GMT			N.O'Halloran H.Harris J.McSeveney	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,953

2 November 1957 (1957-11-02) 18	Southampton	2–1	Northampton Town	Southampton
GMT	T.Mulgrew J.McGowan		J.English	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 13,469

9 November 1957 (1957-11-09) 19	Northampton Town	2–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
GMT	B.Hawkings K.Leek			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,088

23 November 1957 (1957-11-23) 20	Northampton Town	1–5	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
GMT	A.Woan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,525

30 November 1957 (1957-11-30) 21	Exeter City	0–1	Northampton Town	Exeter
15:00 GMT			K.Leek	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,933

14 December 1957 (1957-12-14) 22	Millwall	0–0	Northampton Town	New Cross, London
GMT				Stadium: The Old Den Attendance: 6,761

21 December 1957 (1957-12-21) 23	Northampton Town	3–0	Walsall	Northampton
GMT	B.Hawkings B.Tebbutt			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,058

26 December 1957 (1957-12-26) 24	Northampton Town	0–1	Norwich City	Northampton
14:15 GMT			P.Gordon	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,125 Referee: Eric Jennings

28 December 1957 (1957-12-28) 25	Coventry City	1–1	Northampton Town	Coventry
GMT			K.Leek	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 20,375

11 January 1958 (1958-01-11) 26	Northampton Town	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
GMT	B.Hawkings K.Leek			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,391

18 January 1958 (1958-01-18) 27	Reading	5–2	Northampton Town	Reading
GMT			B.Hawkings B.Tebbutt	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 10,846

1 February 1958 (1958-02-01) 28	Northampton Town	3–0	Swindon Town	Northampton
GMT	T.Fowler B.Hawkings K.Leek			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,845

8 February 1958 (1958-02-08) 29	Northampton Town	2–3	Watford	Northampton
GMT	K.Leek			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,400

15 February 1958 (1958-02-15) 30	Crystal Palace	1–3	Northampton Town	Selhurst, London
GMT			B.Hawkings B.Tebbutt	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,245

22 February 1958 (1958-02-22) 31	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Northampton Town	Plymouth
15:15 GMT				Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 16,667 Referee: Leo Callaghan

1 March 1958 (1958-03-01) 32	Northampton Town	3–2	Port Vale	Northampton
GMT	B.Hawkings J.O'Neil		S.Steele	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,711

8 March 1958 (1958-03-08) 33	Newport County	0–1	Northampton Town	Newport, Wales
15:15 GMT			B.Hawkings	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 7,011

15 March 1958 (1958-03-15) 34	Northampton Town	1–3	Southampton	Northampton
GMT	R.Patterson		D.Roper D.Reeves J.Hoskins	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,374

22 March 1958 (1958-03-22) 35	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Northampton Town	White City, London
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 7,531

27 March 1958 (1958-03-27) 36	Northampton Town	3–1	Gillingham	Northampton
16:45 GMT	J.English T.Fowler A.Woan		L.Riggs	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,412 Referee: Jack Sherlock

29 March 1958 (1958-03-29) 37	Northampton Town	7–2	Millwall	Northampton
GMT	J.English B.Hawkings B.Tebbutt A.Woan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,393

4 April 1958 (1958-04-04) 38	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–1	Northampton Town	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT			R.Yeoman	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 15,196

5 April 1958 (1958-04-05) 39	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–4	Northampton Town	Hove
15:15 GMT			R.Mills R.Patterson A.Woan	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 20,066 Referee: Ken Aston

8 April 1958 (1958-04-08) 40	Northampton Town	4–0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Northampton
15:00 GMT	B.Hawkings R.Patterson B.Tebbutt A.Woan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,888 Referee: Peter Brandwood

12 April 1958 (1958-04-12) 41	Northampton Town	9–0	Exeter City	Northampton
GMT	B.Hawkings R.Mills B.Tebbutt A.Woan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,465

16 April 1958 (1958-04-16) 42	Torquay United	1–0	Northampton Town	Torquay
17:30 GMT				Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 6,598

19 April 1958 (1958-04-19) 43	Gillingham	1–2	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:15 GMT			B.Hawkings A.Woan	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,721

24 April 1958 (1958-04-24) 44	Northampton Town	1–0	Torquay United	Northampton
BST	A.Woan			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,123

26 April 1958 (1958-04-26) 45	Northampton Town	1–3	Southend United	Northampton
BST	B.Hawkings			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,975

2 May 1958 (1958-05-02) 46	Southend United	6–3	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
18:30 GMT			B.Hawkings B.Tebbutt A.Woan	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,391

FA Cup

16 November 1957 (1957-11-16) First round	Northampton Town	3–0	Newport County	Northampton
GMT	C.Gale R.Mills M.Robinson			Stadium: County Ground

7 December 1957 (1957-12-07) Second round	Northampton Town	4–1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Northampton
GMT	K.Leek A.Woan H.Hughes o.g.' O.Norris o.g.'			Stadium: County Ground

4 January 1958 (1958-01-04) Third round	Northampton Town	3–1	Arsenal	Northampton
14:15 GMT	B.Tebbutt 6' B.Hawkings 60' K.Leek		D.Clapton	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 21,344 Referee: Tom Cooper

25 January 1958 (1958-01-25) Fourth round	Liverpool	3–1	Northampton Town	Liverpool
14:45 GMT	B.Liddell 28' B.Collins 79' (o.g.) L.Bimpson 82'	Report	B.Hawkings 42'	Stadium: Anfield Stadium Attendance: 56,939 Referee: Leslie Tirebuck

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three (S)		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals
GK	Reg Elvy	38	–	2	–	40	–
GK	Peter Pickering	8	–	2	–	10	–
FB	Tony Claypole	10	–	–	–	10	–
FB	Geoff Coleman	–	–	–	–	–	–
FB	Bobby Corbett	8	1	–	–	8	1
FB	Ron Patterson	40	4	4	–	44	4
HB	Ben Collins	24	–	4	–	28	–
HB	Colin Gale	46	–	4	1	50	1
HB	Roly Mills	37	4	4	1	41	5
HB	Terry Robinson	13	–	1	–	14	–
HB	John Smith	24	–	–	–	24	–
HB	Bobby Peacock	2	–	–	–	2	–
HB	Ray Yeoman	42	1	3	–	45	1
OF	Jack English	20	5	3	–	23	5
OF	Tommy Fowler	39	2	3	–	42	2
OF	Roger Miller	–	–	–	–	–	–
OF	Maurice Robinson	11	2	1	1	12	3
IF	Ken Leek	32	14	4	2	36	16
IF	Joe O'Neil	6	3	–	–	6	3
IF	Bobby Tebbutt	26	10	2	1	28	11
IF	Alan Woan	34	20	2	1	36	21
CF	Gerry Bright	3	–	–	–	3	–
CF	Barry Hawkings	43	20	4	2	47	22

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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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