| Club: | Northampton Town |
| Season: | 1959–60 |
| Manager: | Dave Bowen |
| Chairman: | Walter Penn |
| Stadium: | County Ground |
| League: | Division Four |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Mike Deakin (20) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mike Deakin (20) |
| Highest Attendance: | 13,041 vs Walsall |
| Lowest Attendance: | 3,477 vs Darlington |
| Average Attendance: | 8,306 |
| Prevseason: | 1958–59 |
| Nextseason: | 1960–61 |
The 1959–60 season was Northampton Town's 63rd season in their history and the second successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup.
| Name | Position | Nat. | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| Tony Brewer | GK | Edmonton | April 30, 1960 | 70 | 0 | Millwall | August 1958 | ||||
| Peter Isaac | GK | Pontypridd | April 30, 1960 | 8 | 0 | Barry Town | July 1959 | ||||
| Full backs | |||||||||||
| Tony Claypole | RB | Weldon | April 30, 1960 | 53 | 1 | Apprentice | August 1956 | N/A | |||
| Ralph Phillips | RB | Hetton-le-Hole | April 30, 1960 | 42 | 1 | Middlesbrough | November 1958 | ||||
| Tony Haskins | LB | Northampton | April 30, 1960 | 7 | 0 | Belper Town | August 1959 | ||||
| Ron Patterson (c) | LB | Gateshead | April 30, 1960 | 307 | 5 | Middlesbrough | Summer 1952 | ||||
| Half backs | |||||||||||
| Jim Fotheringham | CH | Hamilton | April 30, 1960 | 12 | 0 | Hearts | Summer 1959 | ||||
| Colin Gale | CH | Pontypridd | April 30, 1960 | 178 | 1 | Cardiff City | March 1956 | £1,500[1] | |||
| Dave Bowen | WH | Maesteg | April 30, 1960 | 35 | 1 | Arsenal | July 1959 | £7,000 | |||
| Barry Cooke | WH | Wolverhampton | April 30, 1960 | 25 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | July 1959 | ||||
| Roly Mills | WH | Daventry | April 30, 1960 | 191 | 25 | Apprentice | May 1951 | N/A | |||
| John Smith | WH | Leicester | April 30, 1960 | 196 | 9 | Apprentice | May 1949 | N/A | |||
| Inside/Outside forwards | |||||||||||
| Jack English | OF | South Shields | April 30, 1960 | 322 | 143 | Apprentice | Summer 1947 | N/A | |||
| Tommy Fowler | OF | Prescot | April 30, 1960 | 528 | 85 | Everton | March 1945 | ||||
| Frank Griffin | OF | Pendlebury | April 30, 1960 | 17 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | Summer 1959 | ||||
| Béla Oláh | OF |  | Hungary | April 30, 1960 | 28 | 5 | Bedford Town | December 1958 | |||
| Ken Tucker | OF | Merthyr Tydfil | April 30, 1960 | 3 | 0 | Shrewsbury Town | January 1960 | ||||
| Peter Kane | IF | Glasgow | April 30, 1960 | 29 | 17 | Queen's Park | November 1959 | ||||
| Derek Leck | IF | Deal | April 30, 1960 | 45 | 18 | Millwall | June 1958 | ||||
| Bobby Tebbutt | IF | Irchester | April 30, 1960 | 60 | 24 | Apprentice | October 1956 | N/A | |||
| Ritchie Ward | IF | Scunthorpe | April 30, 1960 | 6 | 0 | Scunthorpe United | Summer 1959 | ||||
| Mike Wright | IF | Newmarket | April 30, 1960 | 2 | 1 | Newmarket Town | January 1960 | ||||
| Centre forwards | |||||||||||
| Mike Deakin | CF | Birmingham | April 30, 1960 | 26 | 20 | Crystal Palace | October 1959 | Exchange | |||
See main article: 1959–60 FA Cup.
| Player | Division Four | FA Cup | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| GK | Tony Brewer | 38 | – | 1 | – | 39 | – | ||||||||||||
| GK | Peter Isaac | 8 | – | – | – | 8 | – | ||||||||||||
| FB | Tony Claypole | 15 | – | – | – | 15 | – | ||||||||||||
| FB | Tony Haskins | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | – | ||||||||||||
| FB | Ron Patterson | 39 | – | 1 | – | 40 | – | ||||||||||||
| FB | Ralph Phillips | 31 | – | 1 | – | 32 | – | ||||||||||||
| HB | Dave Bowen | 22 | 1 | 1 | – | 23 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| HB | Barry Cooke | 25 | – | – | – | 25 | – | ||||||||||||
| HB | Jim Fotheringham | 11 | – | 1 | – | 12 | – | ||||||||||||
| HB | Colin Gale | 35 | – | – | – | 35 | – | ||||||||||||
| HB | Roly Mills | 41 | 4 | 1 | – | 42 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| HB | John Smith | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | ||||||||||||
| OF | Jack English | 6 | 3 | – | – | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| OF | Tommy Fowler | 41 | 4 | 1 | – | 42 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| OF | Frank Griffin | 16 | – | 1 | – | 17 | – | ||||||||||||
| OF | Béla Oláh | 26 | 5 | – | – | 26 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| OF | Ken Tucker | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||||||||||
| IF | Peter Kane | 28 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| IF | Derek Leck | 30 | 14 | 1 | – | 31 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| IF | Bobby Tebbutt | 15 | 7 | – | – | 15 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| IF | Ritchie Ward | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | – | ||||||||||||
| IF | Mike Wright | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| CF | Mike Deakin | 25 | 20 | 1 | – | 26 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Players who left before end of season: | |||||||||||||||||||
| IF | Brian Kirkup | 9 | 2 | – | – | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| IF | Peter Vickers | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||||||||||
| IF | Alan Woan | 14 | 6 | – | – | 14 | 6 | ||||||||||||
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