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

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

Division Four

League table

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

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

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

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

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

^ ^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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