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General / Re: On this day
« Last post by Roger Averill on April 08, 2020, 01:49:34 pm »On the 8th April 1963 the Cobblers hammered Bristol City 5-1 at the County Ground, on their way to becoming 3rd Division Champions. Frank Large (2), Ray Smith (2) and Roly Mills were the goal scorers in front of a 12,366 crowd. This was the 4th game in a run of 7 games in 18 days, this was mainly due to the very harsh winter where we only played 2 games between Boxing Day and the start of March !
That season the Cobblers scored 109 League goals and 5 players, Alec Ashworth (25 goals in 30 appearances), Cliff Holton (14 in 21 games), Frank Large (18 in 20 games), John Read (11 in 41 games) and Barry Lines (16 in 46 games) all got into double figures.
The crowds that season were really good with the lowest gate , all season, was just under 8,000 and nearly 19,000 crammed in for the game against Coventry on 2nd March, our first home game for just over 3 months!
The Cobblers team that took Bristol City apart was Chic Brodie, Theo Foley, Mike Everitt, Big John Kurila, Terry Branston, Roly Mills, Billy Hails, Ray Smith, Frank Large, John Reid and Barry Lines.
That season the Cobblers scored 109 League goals and 5 players, Alec Ashworth (25 goals in 30 appearances), Cliff Holton (14 in 21 games), Frank Large (18 in 20 games), John Read (11 in 41 games) and Barry Lines (16 in 46 games) all got into double figures.
The crowds that season were really good with the lowest gate , all season, was just under 8,000 and nearly 19,000 crammed in for the game against Coventry on 2nd March, our first home game for just over 3 months!
The Cobblers team that took Bristol City apart was Chic Brodie, Theo Foley, Mike Everitt, Big John Kurila, Terry Branston, Roly Mills, Billy Hails, Ray Smith, Frank Large, John Reid and Barry Lines.