1952–53 Northampton Town F.C. season

Northampton Town
1952–53 season
Chairman	E.C. Hawtin
Manager	Bob Dennison
Stadium	County Ground
Division Three (S)	3rd
FA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Willie O'Donnell (27); All: Willie O'Donnell (27)
Highest home attendance	19,242 vs Reading
Lowest home attendance	6,100 vs Hendon
Average home league attendance	12,031
	← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 season was Northampton Town's 56th season in their history and the twenty-fifth successive season in the regional Third Division South. Alongside competing in Division Three South, the club also participated in the FA Cup.

Players[edit]

As of match played 30 April 1953.

Name	Position	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Previous club	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Alf Wood	GK	Aldridge	(1915-05-14)14 May 1915 (aged 37)	63	0	Coventry City	Summer 1951	£2,100^[1]
Full backs
Ron Patterson	LB	Gateshead	(1929-10-30)30 October 1929 (aged 23)	49	0	Middlesbrough	Summer 1952
Jack Southam	RB	Willenhall	(1917-08-19)19 August 1917 (aged 35)	104	1	Birmingham City	Summer 1949
Half backs
Maurice Candlin	CH	Jarrow	(1921-11-11)11 November 1921 (aged 31)	152	2	Partick Thistle	Summer 1949
Ben Collins	CH	Kislingbury	(1928-03-09)9 March 1928 (aged 25)	78	0	Apprentice	Summer 1948	N/A
John Croy	WH	Falkirk	(1925-02-23)23 February 1925 (aged 28)	5	0	Third Lanark	Summer 1951
James Davie	WH	Cambuslang	(1922-09-07)7 September 1922 (aged 30)	76	1	Preston North End	Summer 1950
Norman Dodgin	WH	Gateshead	(1921-11-01)1 November 1921 (aged 31)	19	1	Reading	Summer 1951
Gwyn Hughes	WH	Blaenau Ffestiniog	(1922-05-07)7 May 1922 (aged 30)	140	15	Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur	Summer 1946
Tom McLain	WH	Morpeth	(1922-01-19)19 January 1922 (aged 31)	35	2	Sunderland	Summer 1952
John Smith	WH	Leicester	(1928-09-04)4 September 1928 (aged 24)	10	1	Apprentice	Summer 1950	N/A
Frank Upton	WH	Atherstone	(1934-10-18)18 October 1934 (aged 18)	4	0	Nuneaton Borough	Summer 1952
Inside/Outside forwards
Jack English	OF	South Shields	(1923-03-19)19 March 1923 (aged 30)	151	64	Apprentice	Summer 1947	N/A
Tommy Fowler	OF	Prescot	(1924-12-16)16 December 1924 (aged 28)	200	40	Everton	Summer 1946
Felix Staroscik	OF	Silesia	(1920-05-20)20 May 1920 (aged 32)	25	7	Third Lanark	Summer 1951
Don Adams	IF	Northampton	(1931-02-15)15 February 1931 (aged 22)	9	4	Apprentice	Summer 1951	N/A
Larry Baxter	IF	Leicester	(1931-11-24)24 November 1931 (aged 21)	11	2	Apprentice	Summer 1952	N/A
Maurice Edelston	IF	Kingston upon Hull	(1918-04-27)27 April 1918 (aged 35)	33	15	Reading	Summer 1952
Ken Leek	IF	Ynysybwl	(1935-07-26)26 July 1935 (aged 17)	0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1952	N/A
Fred Ramscar	IF	Salford	(1919-01-24)24 January 1919 (aged 34)	95	47	Preston North End	Summer 1951
Centre forwards
Willie O'Donnell	CF	Clydebank	(1924-08-09)9 August 1924 (aged 28)	71	37	Partick Thistle	Summer 1951

Competitions[edit]

Division Three South[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bristol Rovers	46	26	12	8	92	46	2.000	64	Division Champions, promoted
2	Millwall	46	24	14	8	82	44	1.864	62
3	Northampton Town	46	26	10	10	109	70	1.557	62
4	Norwich City	46	25	10	11	99	55	1.800	60
5	Bristol City	46	22	15	9	95	61	1.557	59

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
46	26	10	10	109	70	1.557	62	18	4	1	75	30	40	8	6	9	34	40	22

Last updated: 20 May 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

League position by match[edit]

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D
Position	10	13	10	7	12	7	4	3	10	6	4	6	2	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3

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

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

23 August 1952 (1952-08-23) 1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0–1	Northampton Town	Bournemouth
15:00 BST			J.English	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 14,771

27 August 1952 (1952-08-27) 2	Exeter City	2–0	Northampton Town	Exeter
BST				Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 12,729

30 August 1952 (1952-08-30) 3	Northampton Town	4–3	Southend United	Northampton
BST	T.Fowler F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,611

4 September 1952 (1952-09-04) 4	Northampton Town	3–1	Exeter City	Northampton
BST	M.Edelston W.O'Donnell F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,988

6 September 1952 (1952-09-06) 5	Watford	2–1	Northampton Town	Watford
15:15 BST			J.English	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 21,959

11 September 1952 (1952-09-11) 6	Northampton Town	3–1	Coventry City	Northampton
BST	M.Edelston J.English W.O'Donnell			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,280

13 September 1952 (1952-09-13) 7	Northampton Town	5–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Northampton
BST	M.Edelston W.O'Donnell			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,342

15 September 1952 (1952-09-15) 8	Coventry City	1–1	Northampton Town	Coventry
17:55 BST			F.Ramscar	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 18,217

20 September 1952 (1952-09-20) 9	Newport County	4–1	Northampton Town	Newport, Wales
BST			W.O'Donnell	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 10,479

25 September 1952 (1952-09-25) 10	Northampton Town	3–1	Swindon Town	Northampton
BST	M.Edelston T.Fowler			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,746

27 September 1952 (1952-09-27) 11	Northampton Town	5–1	Crystal Palace	Northampton
BST	J.English T.Fowler M.Edelston J.Southam			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,805

1 October 1952 (1952-10-01) 12	Torquay United	3–0	Northampton Town	Torquay
BST				Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 4,784

4 October 1952 (1952-10-04) 13	Bristol City	2–3	Northampton Town	Bristol
15:15 BST			J.English W.O'Donnell o.g.'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 21,795

11 October 1952 (1952-10-11) 14	Northampton Town	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Northampton
BST	J.English T.McLain			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 19,064

18 October 1952 (1952-10-18) 15	Millwall	1–2	Northampton Town	Millwall, London
BST			J.English F.Ramscar	Stadium: The Old Den Attendance: 22,948

25 October 1952 (1952-10-25) 16	Northampton Town	3–1	Gillingham	Northampton
BST	M.Edelston J.English F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,689

1 November 1952 (1952-11-01) 17	Walsall	1–5	Northampton Town	Walsall
GMT			M.Edelston J.English W.O'Donnell	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 8,420

8 November 1952 (1952-11-08) 18	Northampton Town	3–1	Shrewsbury Town	Northampton
GMT	M.Edelston J.English			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,988

15 November 1952 (1952-11-15) 19	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Northampton Town	White City, London
14:30 GMT			M.Edelston W.O'Donnell	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,661

29 November 1952 (1952-11-29) 20	Aldershot	2–1	Northampton Town	Aldershot
GMT			T.Fowler	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 3,263

13 December 1952 (1952-12-13) 21	Norwich City	1–2	Northampton Town	Norwich
GMT			J.English T.McLain	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 21,093

20 December 1952 (1952-12-20) 22	Northampton Town	5–1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Northampton
GMT	W.O'Donnell F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,649

26 December 1952 (1952-12-26) 23	Northampton Town	6–1	Reading	Northampton
GMT	M.Edelston J.English W.O'Donnell F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 19,242

3 January 1953 (1953-01-03) 24	Southend United	3–1	Northampton Town	Southend-on-Sea
14:30 GMT			W.O'Donnell	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,425

10 January 1953 (1953-01-10) 25	Orient	0–1	Northampton Town	Leyton, London
14:30 GMT			J.English	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 7,826

17 January 1953 (1953-01-17) 26	Northampton Town	4–1	Watford	Northampton
GMT	M.Edelston J.English W.O'Donnell			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,250

24 January 1953 (1953-01-24) 27	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Northampton Town	Hove
14:45 GMT			F.Staroscik	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 18,750

31 January 1953 (1953-01-31) 28	Northampton Town	3–1	Orient	Northampton
GMT	T.Fowler F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,868

7 February 1953 (1953-02-07) 29	Northampton Town	5–0	Newport County	Northampton
GMT	M.Edelston J.English F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,977

14 February 1953 (1953-02-14) 30	Crystal Palace	4–3	Northampton Town	Selhurst, London
GMT			D.Adams W.O'Donnell	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 6,409

21 February 1953 (1953-02-21) 31	Northampton Town	0–2	Bristol City	Northampton
GMT				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,291

29 February 1953 (1953-02-29) 32	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Northampton Town	Bristol
GMT			F.Ramscar	Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 31,115

7 March 1953 (1953-03-07) 33	Northampton Town	1–1	Millwall	Northampton
GMT	W.O'Donnell			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 13,687

14 March 1953 (1953-03-14) 34	Gillingham	1–1	Northampton Town	Gillingham
15:15 GMT			F.Ramscar	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 10,250

21 March 1953 (1953-03-21) 35	Northampton Town	2–1	Walsall	Northampton
GMT	W.O'Donnell F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,717

28 March 1953 (1953-03-28) 36	Shrewsbury Town	2–4	Northampton Town	Shrewsbury
GMT			J.English W.O'Donnell F.Ramscar	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 7,329

4 April 1953 (1953-04-04) 37	Northampton Town	4–2	Queens Park Rangers	Northampton
GMT	L.Baxter N.Dodgin J.English T.Fowler			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,546

6 April 1953 (1953-04-06) 38	Ipswich Town	1–1	Northampton Town	Ipswich
15:00 GMT			F.Ramscar	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 12,048

7 April 1953 (1953-04-07) 39	Northampton Town	2–0	Ipswich Town	Northampton
19:30 GMT	T.Fowler T.McLain			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,307

11 April 1953 (1953-04-11) 40	Swindon Town	3–0	Northampton Town	Swindon
GMT	B.Millar 18' J.Bain 41' (pen.) M.Owen 59'	Report		Stadium: Swindon Attendance: 9,564 Referee: S M Rogers

13 April 1953 (1953-04-13) 41	Reading	2–0	Northampton Town	Reading
GMT				Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 9,020

16 April 1953 (1953-04-16) 42	Northampton Town	2–0	Colchester United	Northampton
17:40 GMT	W.O'Donnell			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,982

18 April 1953 (1953-04-18) 43	Northampton Town	4–0	Aldershot	Northampton
15:00 GMT	G.Hughes W.O'Donnell F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,040 Referee: W Everett

23 April 1953 (1953-04-23) 44	Northampton Town	3–3	Torquay United	Northampton
18:15 BST	J.English T.Fowler W.O'Donnell			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,510 Referee: W Clapton

25 April 1953 (1953-04-25) 45	Colchester United	1–2	Northampton Town	Colchester
BST			J.English T.Fowler	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,122

30 April 1953 (1953-04-30) 46	Northampton Town	3–3	Norwich City	Northampton
18:30 BST	L.Baxter J.English T.Fowler			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,555 Referee: T Martin

FA Cup[edit]

22 November 1952 (1952-11-22) First round	Hendon	0–0	Northampton Town	Cricklewood, London
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Claremont Road Attendance: 9,000

27 November 1952 (1952-11-27) First round (r)	Northampton Town	2–0	Hendon	Northampton
GMT	T.Fowler F.Ramscar			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,100

6 December 1952 (1952-12-06) Second round	Swindon Town	2–0	Northampton Town	Swindon
GMT	M.Owen 40' B.Millar 88'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,936 Referee: F. Read

Appearances and goals[edit]

Pos	Player	Division Three (S)		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Player	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals	Starts	Goals
GK	Alf Wood	46	–	3	–	49	–
FB	Ron Patterson	46	–	3	–	49	–
FB	Jack Southam	46	1	3	–	49	1
HB	Maurice Candlin	28	–	3	–	31	–
HB	Ben Collins	19	–	–	–	19	–
HB	John Croy	2	–	–	–	2	–
HB	James Davie	11	–	–	–	11	–
HB	Norman Dodgin	14	1	–	–	14	1
HB	Gwyn Hughes	29	1	3	–	32	1
HB	Tom McLain	32	2	3	–	35	2
HB	John Smith	–	–	–	–	–	–
HB	Frank Upton	4	–	–	–	4	–
OF	Jack English	45	24	3	–	48	24
OF	Tommy Fowler	46	11	3	1	49	12
OF	Felix Staroscik	1	1	–	–	1	1
IF	Don Adams	2	1	–	–	2	1
IF	Larry Baxter	11	2	–	–	11	2
IF	Maurice Edelston	30	15	3	–	33	15
IF	Fred Ramscar	45	22	3	1	48	23
IF	Ken Leek	–	–	–	–	–	–
CF	Willie O'Donnell	46	27	3	–	49	27
Players who left before end of season:
IF	Tommy Mulgrew	3	–	–	–	3	–

References[edit]

^ "Past Managers". saddlers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2011.

Books

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

[1] "Past Managers". saddlers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2011.

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