Northampton Town were saddened to learn of the passing of former player Roly Mills on Monday morning.

Roly was discovered playing local football by the wife of Jack Jennings. She recommended that Jack take a look and him and he became a Cobbler.

His talent as a winger soon attracted attention and he won England International caps at Youth level.

After only a handful of league games Roly was selected to play for the Division Three South representative side in a game against Division Three North.

Making his debut in September 1954, Roly soon made himself a fixture in the first team and was a member of the Cobblers side that eliminated Arsenal from the FA Cup in 1958. He was also a member of the team that won the Third Division Championship in 1963.

Tenacious, strong and a non-stop player, Roly won over the Northampton Town fans and was a large part of the team that rose from Division Four to Division One although he retired from playing to be reserve team coach in 1964.

In 1966 the second team reached 5th position in the Football Combination, the highest position they had achieved in their history and this in only Roly's second season as coach.

Over the following years he took several posts with the club including youth team coach and working in the promotions office.

He was awarded a well-earned testimonial match v Leicester City in 1992.

Roly made 324 appearances for the Cobblers and stands tenth in the club's all time appearance list. He also netted 34 goals as well as wearing virtually every outfield shirt number.

He spent near on forty years with the club in different capacities and earned his title of 'Mr.Northampton Town.'

The club are currently seeking the necessary permissions to stage a minute's silence at Friday's game with Aldershot Town.