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	Nat.	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

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

League position by match

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FA Cup

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Division Three (S)		FA Cup		Total
		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

Books

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