1959-01-03

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	2	West Ham United	Villa Park	33,360
McParland	Lineups		Cantwell, OG
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	27,847
Lofthouse 2	Lineups		Allen
Burnley	3	1	Leeds United	Turf Moor	26,013
McIlroy, Pointer, Harris	Lineups		Shackleton
Leicester City	2	3	Arsenal	Filbert Street	33,979
Walsh, Kelly	Lineups		Julians 2, Bloomfield
Luton Town	0	1	Birmingham City	Kenilworth Road	15,538
	Lineups		Neal
Manchester United	3	1	Blackpool	Old Trafford	61,961
Charlton 2, Viollet	Lineups		Fenton (p)
Newcastle United	4	0	Everton	St James' Park	42,475
White 2, Allchurch 2	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Fratton Park	21,070
	Lineups		Dwight
Preston North End	2	0	Manchester City	Deepdale	21,268
Farrall, Campbell	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	White Hart Lane	39,552
Harmer (p), Smith, Dunmore	Lineups		Vernon
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Chelsea	Molineux	36,093
Deeley	Lineups		Tindall, Gibbs

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	9	1	3	34	10	6	1	5	21	20	1.833	32	L	W	W	W	L	1959-01-31	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	1	Arsenal	26	9	1	3	36	19	5	2	6	25	24	1.419	31	W	W	L	L	L	1959-01-17	Everton	H
3	1	Manchester United	26	7	3	3	32	19	6	2	5	28	26	1.333	31	W	W	W	W	W	1959-01-31	Newcastle United	H
4	1	Bolton Wanderers	25	9	1	3	31	17	3	6	3	15	19	1.278	31	W	L	L	W	D	1959-01-31	Luton Town	H
5	2	Preston North End	26	8	1	4	27	18	5	3	5	19	23	1.122	30	W	L	L	W	L	1959-01-17	Leeds United	A
6	-4	West Bromwich Albion	24	4	3	4	22	19	7	4	2	33	17	1.528	29	L	W	L	W	D	1959-01-31	Preston North End	A
7	1	Nottingham Forest	25	7	2	3	26	11	6	1	6	21	21	1.469	29	W	W	W	L	L	1959-01-31	West Ham United	A
8	-2	Blackpool	25	5	7	0	19	8	4	3	6	18	21	1.276	28	L	W	W	D	L	1959-01-31	Portsmouth	A
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	25	6	2	4	30	18	4	5	4	22	25	1.209	27	L	W	L	W	D	1959-01-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	0	West Ham United	25	8	1	3	34	18	4	2	7	18	27	1.156	27	W	W	W	W	L	1959-01-31	Nottingham Forest	H
11	0	Burnley	25	6	3	4	28	21	4	3	5	19	22	1.093	26	W	D	D	W	W	1959-01-31	Birmingham City	H
12	3	Newcastle United	25	7	1	4	25	17	4	1	8	23	30	1.021	24	W	L	L	L	D	1959-01-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	3	Birmingham City	25	7	1	4	27	24	3	3	7	15	23	0.894	24	W	L	W	W	W	1959-01-31	Burnley	A
14	3	Chelsea	25	8	0	4	32	22	3	1	9	16	37	0.814	23	W	L	W	L	L	1959-01-17	Portsmouth	H
15	-3	Leeds United	25	3	6	3	14	14	5	1	7	20	29	0.791	23	L	L	W	L	W	1959-01-17	Preston North End	H
16	-3	Everton	25	6	2	5	22	26	4	1	7	21	31	0.754	23	L	W	W	L	W	1959-01-17	Arsenal	A
17	-3	Luton Town	24	6	4	3	27	15	1	4	6	10	19	1.088	22	L	L	W	D	L	1959-01-31	Bolton Wanderers	A
18	1	Leicester City	25	5	4	4	26	24	2	2	8	17	37	0.705	20	L	D	D	W	W	1959-01-31	Leeds United	H
19	-1	Manchester City	25	6	4	3	30	21	1	2	9	11	38	0.695	20	L	W	L	L	W	1959-01-31	Everton	A
20	0	Tottenham Hotspur	25	5	1	6	28	26	2	4	7	19	34	0.783	19	W	L	L	D	L	1959-01-17	Newcastle United	A
21	0	Portsmouth	25	5	3	5	28	26	1	2	9	12	37	0.635	17	L	L	L	L	L	1959-01-17	Chelsea	A
22	0	Aston Villa	26	4	3	7	20	27	2	1	9	17	38	0.569	16	L	L	L	L	W	1959-01-31	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	3	1	Sheffield United	Ashton Gate	20,834
Tindill 2, Atyeo	Lineups		Pace
Cardiff City	1	0	Rotherham United	Ninian Park	17,115
Reynolds	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Valley	21,531
Laraman, Lawrie (p)	Lineups		Thorne 2, Dixon
Fulham	1	2	Swansea Town	Craven Cottage	27,613
Cook	Lineups		Palmer, Davies E
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Barnsley	Leeds Road	17,933
Massie, Hawksworth (p)	Lineups		Wood
Leyton Orient	1	3	Derby County	Brisbane Road	11,665
Elwood	Lineups		Parry 2, Powell
Lincoln City	3	1	Stoke City	Sincil Bank	8,813
Harbertson, Graver, McClelland	Lineups		Bowyer
Liverpool	3	1	Sunderland	Anfield Road	36,953
Wheeler, Bimpson, Morris	Lineups		Goodchild
Scunthorpe United	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Old Showground	11,130
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Ipswich Town	Hillsborough	15,960
Froggatt, Shiner, Finney	Lineups		Crawford

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	12	0	1	48	8	6	3	3	25	21	2.517	39	W	W	W	L	W	1959-01-31	Derby County	H
2	2	Liverpool	25	10	1	1	36	12	6	1	6	18	22	1.588	34	W	W	W	W	W	1959-01-31	Charlton Athletic	A
3	-1	Fulham	25	10	1	2	41	20	5	3	4	18	22	1.405	34	L	L	W	L	W	1959-01-17	Ipswich Town	A
4	-1	Stoke City	26	12	1	1	38	14	3	2	7	15	26	1.325	33	L	W	W	W	W	1959-01-31	Middlesbrough	A
5	0	Sheffield United	25	9	1	2	30	7	3	4	6	16	23	1.533	29	L	W	W	W	D	1959-01-31	Huddersfield Town	A
6	0	Bristol City	25	7	1	5	32	20	6	1	5	20	21	1.268	28	W	L	L	W	W	1959-01-17	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	1	Cardiff City	24	9	1	3	27	17	4	1	6	15	18	1.2	28	W	W	W	L	L	1959-01-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
8	-1	Bristol Rovers	25	6	3	3	24	15	4	4	5	25	26	1.195	27	D	D	W	L	D	1959-01-31	Fulham	A
9	0	Ipswich Town	25	7	2	3	21	14	4	2	7	19	27	0.976	26	L	D	L	W	W	1959-01-17	Fulham	H
10	1	Derby County	26	7	1	4	24	23	3	5	6	20	30	0.83	26	W	D	W	W	L	1959-01-17	Scunthorpe United	H
11	-1	Charlton Athletic	25	8	2	2	32	19	2	3	8	22	37	0.964	25	L	W	L	L	L	1959-01-31	Liverpool	H
12	3	Swansea Town	24	6	4	2	34	19	2	3	7	14	29	1	23	W	D	L	W	W	1959-01-17	Lincoln City	H
13	3	Huddersfield Town	26	8	2	3	25	12	1	3	9	15	28	1	23	W	L	L	W	L	1959-01-31	Sheffield United	H
14	-2	Middlesbrough	25	6	3	3	33	12	3	1	9	22	32	1.25	22	W	L	W	W	L	1959-01-31	Stoke City	H
15	-2	Barnsley	25	7	2	3	27	18	2	2	9	13	31	0.816	22	L	W	L	W	L	1959-01-31	Rotherham United	H
16	-2	Sunderland	26	8	2	4	28	18	1	2	9	13	35	0.774	22	L	W	W	L	W	1959-01-31	Swansea Town	H
17	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	3	7	2	24	21	4	1	8	19	41	0.694	22	W	W	L	L	W	1959-01-17	Bristol City	H
18	0	Scunthorpe United	25	5	5	3	21	19	2	2	8	12	31	0.66	21	D	L	W	L	W	1959-01-17	Derby County	A
19	1	Grimsby Town	24	5	4	3	25	19	1	3	8	16	35	0.759	19	L	L	L	W	D	1959-02-07	Cardiff City	H
20	-1	Leyton Orient	26	5	2	6	23	22	2	3	8	16	30	0.75	19	L	L	L	L	W	1959-01-31	Scunthorpe United	A
21	0	Lincoln City	25	6	3	4	26	20	0	1	11	12	40	0.633	16	W	L	L	L	L	1959-01-17	Swansea Town	A
22	0	Rotherham United	25	4	3	5	21	22	1	1	11	6	35	0.474	14	L	L	L	L	L	1959-01-31	Barnsley	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	0	Bury	Dean Court	10,344
Dowsett, Bedford	Lineups
Brentford	2	1	Wrexham	Griffin Park	11,723
Francis 2	Lineups		Evans G
Chesterfield	3	1	Newport County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,225
Lewis 2, Frear	Lineups		McSeveney
Colchester United	3	0	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road	8,719
Fisher, Evans, Langman	Lineups
Hull City	4	0	Bradford City	Boothferry Park	14,168
Bradbury 3, Coates	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	2	Accrington Stanley	Field Mill	6,815
Thomas B 2, Griffiths	Lineups		Anders J 2
Norwich City	4	0	Southend United	Carrow Road	19,077
Bly, Crossan, Allcock 2	Lineups
Notts County	4	4	Halifax Town	Meadow Lane	8,909
Horobin 2, Loxley, Brown	Lineups		Blackburn, Kilford OG, Smith 2
Reading	3	0	Rochdale	Elm Park	11,240
Reeves (p), Wheeler, McLaren	Lineups
Stockport County	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Edgeley Park	7,573
Staton OG, Jackson	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	1	Southampton	County Ground	12,070
Micklewright 2, Chamberlain	Lineups		Clifton

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Plymouth Argyle	25	10	3	0	36	14	4	5	3	21	20	1.676	36	L	W	D	D	L	1959-01-17	Stockport County	H
2	0	Hull City	28	11	2	1	41	14	4	4	6	15	21	1.6	36	W	L	D	W	D	1959-01-10	Southend United	H
3	4	Colchester United	25	9	1	3	28	15	2	7	3	17	18	1.364	30	W	D	W	D	D	1959-01-31	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	4	Reading	26	9	4	0	28	9	2	4	7	14	22	1.355	30	W	W	L	L	L	1959-01-10	Notts County	A
5	-2	Southend United	26	7	4	1	29	12	5	2	7	18	28	1.175	30	L	W	W	W	L	1959-01-10	Hull City	A
6	-2	Southampton	26	7	5	1	37	17	3	4	6	21	25	1.381	29	L	D	L	W	W	1959-01-24	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	3	Swindon Town	25	9	2	2	24	12	2	5	5	11	14	1.346	29	W	D	D	L	W	1959-01-10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
8	-3	Accrington Stanley	26	7	4	2	29	18	4	3	6	18	20	1.237	29	L	W	W	W	W	1959-01-31	Brentford	A
9	3	Brentford	26	7	4	2	21	12	3	5	5	11	17	1.103	29	W	D	D	L	W	1959-01-31	Accrington Stanley	H
10	-4	Bury	27	6	6	1	33	13	4	2	8	15	25	1.263	28	L	W	L	W	D	1959-01-24	Hull City	H
11	-2	Tranmere Rovers	26	7	3	3	26	13	4	3	6	19	26	1.154	28	L	W	L	L	W	1959-01-24	Halifax Town	H
12	-1	Newport County	26	9	1	3	26	16	1	6	6	17	26	1.024	27	L	D	W	D	W	1959-01-31	Mansfield Town	A
13	0	Wrexham	26	8	3	2	27	21	2	4	7	13	22	0.93	27	L	W	L	D	W	1959-01-24	Rochdale	A
14	0	Queens Park Rangers	26	7	4	1	24	14	3	2	9	18	33	0.894	26	L	W	L	W	L	1959-01-17	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
15	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	27	10	2	2	25	8	1	1	11	15	36	0.909	25	W	D	L	L	L	1959-01-10	Swindon Town	A
16	-1	Bradford City	26	6	3	4	27	17	3	3	7	20	30	1	24	L	W	W	W	D	1959-01-31	Wrexham	H
17	2	Norwich City	25	5	4	4	25	21	3	4	5	14	18	1	24	W	L	W	D	D	1959-01-31	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	0	Chesterfield	27	6	5	4	25	18	2	3	7	14	22	0.975	24	W	W	W	D	L	1959-01-17	Southend United	A
19	-2	Halifax Town	24	7	1	3	21	15	4	1	8	22	35	0.86	24	D	L	L	W	W	1959-01-17	Mansfield Town	H
20	0	Stockport County	26	5	3	5	17	14	3	2	8	23	34	0.833	21	W	L	W	L	L	1959-01-17	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	0	Mansfield Town	24	6	2	4	23	27	2	3	7	18	29	0.732	21	W	D	L	L	L	1959-01-17	Halifax Town	A
22	0	Notts County	26	2	8	4	23	27	1	3	8	11	31	0.586	17	D	L	L	L	L	1959-01-10	Reading	H
23	0	Rochdale	26	4	4	5	12	17	0	2	11	10	32	0.449	14	L	D	W	L	L	1959-01-24	Wrexham	H
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	27	5	1	6	17	18	1	1	13	7	40	0.414	14	L	L	D	L	W	1959-01-24	Southampton	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	3	4	Aldershot	Holker Street	4,932
Keen, Robertson, Ritchie	Lineups		Stepney, Pacey, Tyrer 2
Bradford	2	1	York City	Park Avenue	7,715
Byrom, Atkinson	Lineups		Mollatt
Carlisle United	0	2	Millwall	Brunton Park	7,725
	Lineups		Roche, Broadfoot
Coventry City	3	2	Shrewsbury Town	Highfield Road	18,485
Straw, Stewart, Ryan	Lineups		Russell, Rowley
Crystal Palace	1	1	Northampton Town	Selhurst Park	17,462
Priestley	Lineups		Hawkings
Exeter City	2	2	Darlington	St James Park	9,332
Calland, Rees	Lineups		Carr 2
Gillingham	4	2	Walsall	Priestfield Stadium	6,007
Pulley 2, Terry, Patrick	Lineups		Askey, Richards
Hartlepools United	1	1	Southport	Victoria Park	4,137
Clark	Lineups		Barker
Oldham Athletic	3	0	Gateshead	Boundary Park	4,215
Duffy, Stringfellow, Phoenix	Lineups
Watford	1	2	Torquay United	Vicarage Road	7,459
Chung	Lineups		Cox, Pym

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Coventry City	26	12	1	1	36	8	3	5	4	18	17	2.16	36	W	D	W	W	W	1959-01-24	Watford	A
2	0	Port Vale	25	5	4	3	30	19	9	2	2	33	15	1.853	34	W	W	W	L	L	1959-01-23	Walsall	H
3	0	York City	26	8	3	1	22	7	5	4	5	25	24	1.516	33	L	W	W	W	L	1959-01-24	Aldershot	H
4	0	Exeter City	23	11	2	0	34	8	3	2	5	14	18	1.846	32	D	W	W	W	L	1959-01-24	Hartlepools United	A
5	1	Millwall	26	9	1	3	29	15	5	3	5	16	17	1.406	32	W	D	L	W	W	1959-01-10	Northampton Town	H
6	-1	Shrewsbury Town	27	7	3	2	31	17	5	4	6	19	20	1.351	31	L	L	W	W	W	1959-01-10	Bradford	H
7	1	Crystal Palace	27	7	5	1	32	15	4	3	7	21	30	1.178	30	D	W	W	W	L	1959-01-24	Darlington	H
8	-1	Carlisle United	24	6	4	3	21	14	5	3	3	13	13	1.259	29	L	W	W	L	W	1959-02-07	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	0	Chester	26	6	4	3	26	20	5	3	5	19	26	0.978	29	W	D	W	L	D	1959-01-17	Gillingham	A
10	0	Walsall	25	6	2	4	27	17	6	2	5	27	23	1.35	28	L	W	W	L	W	1959-01-23	Port Vale	A
11	2	Gillingham	25	8	3	2	31	15	3	2	7	15	27	1.095	27	W	L	W	L	W	1959-01-17	Chester	H
12	-1	Northampton Town	25	7	3	2	27	17	3	4	6	22	31	1.021	27	D	W	L	L	D	1959-01-10	Millwall	A
13	1	Darlington	27	4	5	5	20	22	4	5	4	18	16	1	26	D	W	W	L	L	1959-01-24	Crystal Palace	A
14	-2	Watford	26	5	4	4	27	18	4	3	6	21	24	1.143	25	L	L	L	W	L	1959-01-17	Crewe Alexandra	A
15	0	Torquay United	25	6	3	3	24	17	3	4	6	20	26	1.023	25	W	D	L	W	D	1959-01-17	Hartlepools United	H
16	1	Bradford	27	9	0	4	25	14	1	2	11	14	33	0.83	22	W	L	L	W	L	1959-01-10	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	-1	Workington	27	5	7	2	27	21	0	4	9	10	27	0.771	21	D	L	L	W	L	1959-01-31	Chester	A
18	1	Aldershot	26	4	3	6	22	26	4	2	7	17	30	0.696	21	W	L	L	W	D	1959-01-10	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	1	Oldham Athletic	25	9	0	4	24	15	0	2	10	13	30	0.822	20	W	W	L	L	W	1959-01-17	Aldershot	A
20	-2	Barrow	27	3	4	7	22	30	3	4	6	13	23	0.66	20	L	D	L	L	L	1959-01-17	Millwall	A
21	0	Hartlepools United	27	5	2	7	23	27	2	3	8	13	31	0.621	19	D	L	L	W	L	1959-01-17	Torquay United	A
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	5	3	4	23	18	2	1	10	8	35	0.585	18	W	L	W	L	L	1959-01-10	Aldershot	A
23	0	Gateshead	26	5	1	7	20	21	2	3	8	13	41	0.532	18	L	L	L	W	W	1959-01-17	Bradford	A
24	0	Southport	27	6	4	3	17	12	0	1	13	11	43	0.509	17	D	L	L	L	L	1959-01-24	Gillingham	H