| Club: | Northampton Town |
| Season: | 1960–61 |
| Manager: | Dave Bowen |
| Chairman: | Walter Penn |
| Stadium: | County Ground |
| League: | Division Four |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round |
| League Topscorer: | Laurie Brown (22) |
| Season Topscorer: | Laurie Brown (25) |
| Highest Attendance: | 21,000 vs Peterborough United |
| Lowest Attendance: | 6,835 vs Workington |
| Average Attendance: | 10,682 |
| Prevseason: | 1959–60 |
| Nextseason: | 1961–62 |
The 1960–61 season was Northampton Town's 64th season in their history and the third successive season in the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in Division Four, the club also participated in the FA Cup, and the newly introduced Football League Cup.
| Name | Position | Nat. | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Previous club | Date signed | Fee | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| Tony Brewer | GK | Edmonton | April 29, 1961 | 90 | 0 | Millwall | August 1958 | ||||
| Norman Coe | GK | Swansea | April 29, 1961 | 31 | 0 | Arsenal | July 1960 | ||||
| Full backs | |||||||||||
| Tony Claypole | RB | Weldon | April 29, 1961 | 100 | 1 | Apprentice | August 1956 | N/A | |||
| Ralph Phillips | RB | Hetton-le-Hole | April 29, 1961 | 89 | 1 | Middlesbrough | November 1958 | ||||
| Tony Haskins | LB | Northampton | April 29, 1961 | 7 | 0 | Belper Town | August 1959 | ||||
| Ron Patterson (c) | LB | Gateshead | April 29, 1961 | 315 | 5 | Middlesbrough | Summer 1952 | ||||
| Half backs | |||||||||||
| Terry Branston | CH | Rugby | April 29, 1961 | 17 | 0 | Apprentice | October 1958 | N/A | |||
| Colin Gale | CH | Pontypridd | April 29, 1961 | 222 | 1 | Cardiff City | March 1956 | £1,500[1] | |||
| Alec Carson | WH | Clarkston | April 29, 1961 | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | November 1959 | N/A | |||
| Barry Cooke | WH | Wolverhampton | April 29, 1961 | 61 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | July 1959 | ||||
| Mike Everitt | WH | Weeley | April 29, 1961 | 16 | 4 | Arsenal | February 1961 | £4,000 | |||
| Roly Mills | WH | Daventry | April 29, 1961 | 241 | 28 | Apprentice | May 1951 | N/A | |||
| Inside/Outside forwards | |||||||||||
| Tommy Fowler | OF | Prescot | April 29, 1961 | 547 | 88 | Everton | March 1945 | ||||
| Barry Lines | OF | Bletchley | April 29, 1961 | 27 | 5 | Bletchley Town | September 1960 | ||||
| Ron Spelman | OF | Blofield | April 29, 1961 | 12 | 1 | Norwich City | November 1960 | ||||
| Ken Tucker | OF | Merthyr Tydfil | April 29, 1961 | 13 | 3 | Shrewsbury Town | January 1960 | ||||
| Derek Woods | OF | Northampton | April 29, 1961 | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | June 1959 | N/A | |||
| Davie Laird | IF | Rutherglen | April 29, 1961 | 14 | 1 | St Mirren | August 1960 | ||||
| Derek Leck | IF | Deal | April 29, 1961 | 78 | 34 | Millwall | June 1958 | ||||
| Jimmy Moran | IF | Cleland | April 29, 1961 | 15 | 5 | Norwich City | January 1961 | ||||
| Mike Wright | IF | Newmarket | April 29, 1961 | 27 | 7 | Newmarket Town | January 1960 | ||||
| Centre forwards | |||||||||||
| Laurie Brown | CF | Shildon | April 29, 1961 | 38 | 25 | Bishop Auckland | October 1960 | ||||
| Bob Edwards | CF | Guildford | April 29, 1961 | 13 | 8 | Norwich City | March 1961 | ||||
See main article: 1960–61 FA Cup.
See main article: 1960–61 Football League Cup.
| Player | Division Four | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts | Goals | ||||||||||||
| GK | Tony Brewer | 18 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 20 | – | ||||||||||
| GK | Norman Coe | 28 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 31 | – | ||||||||||
| FB | Tony Claypole | 42 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 47 | – | ||||||||||
| FB | Tony Haskins | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| FB | Ron Patterson | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | ||||||||||
| FB | Ralph Phillips | 42 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 47 | – | ||||||||||
| HB | Terry Branston | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | ||||||||||
| HB | Alec Carson | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||||||||
| HB | Barry Cooke | 31 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 34 | 1 | ||||||||||
| HB | Mike Everitt | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||
| HB | Colin Gale | 39 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 44 | – | ||||||||||
| HB | Roly Mills | 45 | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 50 | 3 | ||||||||||
| OF | Tommy Fowler | 19 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 3 | ||||||||||
| OF | Barry Lines | 24 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 27 | 5 | ||||||||||
| OF | Ron Spelman | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||
| OF | Ken Tucker | 7 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||
| OF | Derek Woods | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| IF | Davie Laird | 12 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||
| IF | Derek Leck | 29 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 33 | 16 | ||||||||||
| IF | Jimmy Moran | 15 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 5 | ||||||||||
| IF | Wilson | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| IF | Mike Wright | 23 | 6 | – | – | 2 | – | 25 | 6 | ||||||||||
| CF | Laurie Brown | 33 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 38 | 25 | ||||||||||
| CF | Bob Edwards | 13 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Players who left before end of season: | |||||||||||||||||||
| OF | Béla Oláh | 14 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 3 | ||||||||||
| CF | Mike Deakin | 19 | 11 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 22 | 11 | ||||||||||
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