1959-01-31

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	3	1	Chelsea	Villa Park	33,575
Myerscough, Lynn, McParland	Lineups		Greaves
Bolton Wanderers	4	2	Luton Town	Burnden Park	27,787
Lofthouse 3, Holden	Lineups		Bingham, Brown
Burnley	0	1	Birmingham City	Turf Moor	22,101
	Lineups		Gordon
Everton	3	1	Manchester City	Goodison Park	43,409
Harris J, Hickson, Jones (p)	Lineups		Barlow
Leicester City	0	1	Leeds United	Filbert Street	23,376
	Lineups		Shackleton
Manchester United	4	4	Newcastle United	Old Trafford	49,008
Charlton, Scanlon, Quixall, Viollet	Lineups		Allchurch, McGuigan, White 2
Portsmouth	1	2	Blackpool	Fratton Park	23,656
Harris H	Lineups		Chanley, Perry
Preston North End	2	4	West Bromwich Albion	Deepdale	23,138
Mayers, Thompson	Lineups		Kevan 2, Griffin, O'Farrell OG
Tottenham Hotspur	1	4	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	60,241	Largest home gate 1958-59
Smith	Lineups		Groves, Herd, Henderson 2
West Ham United	5	3	Nottingham Forest	Upton Park	26,769
Dick 2, Keeble 2, Woosnam	Lineups		Quigley, Dwight, Wilson
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	0	Blackburn Rovers	Molineux	30,743
Mason 2, Deeley, Lill, Murray	Lineups

				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	Arsenal	28	10	1	3	39	20	6	2	6	29	25	1.511	35	W	W	W	W	L	1959-02-07	Manchester City	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	10	1	3	39	10	6	1	5	21	20	2	34	W	L	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Newcastle United	A
3	2	Bolton Wanderers	26	10	1	3	35	19	3	6	3	15	19	1.316	33	W	W	L	L	W	1959-02-07	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Manchester United	27	7	4	3	36	23	6	2	5	28	26	1.306	32	D	W	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Tottenham Hotspur	A
5	-2	Preston North End	28	8	1	5	29	22	6	3	5	22	24	1.109	32	L	W	W	L	L	1959-02-07	Birmingham City	A
6	0	West Bromwich Albion	25	4	3	4	22	19	8	4	2	37	19	1.553	31	W	L	W	L	W	1959-02-07	Leicester City	H
7	1	Blackpool	26	5	7	0	19	8	5	3	6	20	22	1.3	30	W	L	W	W	D	1959-02-07	Aston Villa	H
8	-1	Nottingham Forest	26	7	2	3	26	11	6	1	7	24	26	1.351	29	L	W	W	W	L	1959-02-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
9	1	West Ham United	26	9	1	3	39	21	4	2	7	18	27	1.188	29	W	W	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Chelsea	A
10	-1	Blackburn Rovers	26	6	2	4	30	18	4	5	5	22	30	1.083	27	L	L	W	L	W	1959-02-07	Portsmouth	H
11	0	Burnley	26	6	3	5	28	22	4	3	5	19	22	1.068	26	L	W	D	D	W	1959-02-07	Luton Town	A
12	1	Birmingham City	26	7	1	4	27	24	4	3	7	16	23	0.915	26	W	W	L	W	W	1959-02-07	Preston North End	H
13	-1	Newcastle United	27	7	1	5	26	19	4	2	8	27	34	1	25	D	L	W	L	L	1959-02-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	1	Leeds United	27	3	6	4	15	17	6	1	7	21	29	0.783	25	W	L	L	L	W	1959-02-07	Everton	H
15	1	Everton	27	7	2	5	25	27	4	1	8	22	34	0.77	25	W	L	L	W	W	1959-02-07	Leeds United	A
16	-2	Chelsea	27	8	1	4	34	24	3	1	10	17	40	0.797	24	L	D	W	L	W	1959-02-07	West Ham United	H
17	0	Luton Town	25	6	4	3	27	15	1	4	7	12	23	1.026	22	L	L	L	W	D	1959-02-07	Burnley	H
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	27	5	1	7	29	30	3	4	7	21	35	0.769	21	L	W	W	L	L	1959-02-07	Manchester United	H
19	0	Leicester City	26	5	4	5	26	25	2	2	8	17	37	0.694	20	L	L	D	D	W	1959-02-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	0	Manchester City	26	6	4	3	30	21	1	2	10	12	41	0.677	20	L	L	W	L	L	1959-02-07	Arsenal	H
21	0	Portsmouth	27	5	3	6	29	28	1	3	9	14	39	0.642	18	L	D	L	L	L	1959-02-07	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	0	Aston Villa	27	5	3	7	23	28	2	1	9	17	38	0.606	18	W	L	L	L	L	1959-02-07	Blackpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Rotherham United	Oakwell	13,475
Chappell	Lineups		Cooper
Cardiff City	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ninian Park	15,891
Jenkins, Bonson, Tapscott	Lineups		Sexton
Charlton Athletic	2	3	Liverpool	The Valley	17,566
Hewie, Moran OG	Lineups		Twentyman, Morris, Melia
Fulham	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Craven Cottage	23,203
Cook	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	2	Sheffield United	Leeds Road	17,402
	Lineups		Russell, Hamilton
Lincoln City	3	1	Ipswich Town	Sincil Bank	9,784
McClelland, Graver, Chapman	Lineups		Rees
Middlesbrough	0	0	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	19,077
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Leyton Orient	Old Showground	10,295
Harburn, Waldock	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Derby County	Hillsborough	30,923
Moore OG	Lineups		Darwin
Sunderland	2	1	Swansea Town	Roker Park	28,595
Taylor 2 (1p)	Lineups		Hurley OG

				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	26	12	1	1	49	9	6	3	3	25	21	2.467	40	D	W	W	W	L	1959-02-07	Leyton Orient	A
2	0	Fulham	27	11	1	2	42	20	6	3	4	20	23	1.442	38	W	W	L	L	W	1959-02-07	Derby County	A
3	0	Liverpool	26	10	1	1	36	12	7	1	6	21	24	1.583	36	W	W	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Bristol City	H
4	0	Stoke City	27	12	1	1	38	14	3	3	7	15	26	1.325	34	D	L	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Swansea Town	A
5	0	Sheffield United	26	9	1	2	30	7	4	4	6	18	23	1.6	31	W	L	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Barnsley	H
6	1	Cardiff City	25	10	1	3	30	18	4	1	6	15	18	1.25	30	W	W	W	W	L	1959-02-07	Grimsby Town	A
7	-1	Bristol City	26	7	1	5	32	20	6	2	5	22	23	1.256	29	D	W	L	L	W	1959-02-07	Liverpool	A
8	0	Derby County	28	8	1	4	27	24	3	6	6	21	31	0.873	29	D	W	W	D	W	1959-02-07	Fulham	H
9	0	Bristol Rovers	26	6	3	3	24	15	4	4	6	25	27	1.167	27	L	D	D	W	L	1959-02-07	Lincoln City	H
10	0	Ipswich Town	27	7	2	4	22	16	4	2	8	20	30	0.913	26	L	L	L	D	L	1959-02-07	Sunderland	H
11	0	Swansea Town	26	7	4	2	37	20	2	3	8	15	31	1.02	25	L	W	W	D	L	1959-02-07	Stoke City	H
12	0	Charlton Athletic	26	8	2	3	34	22	2	3	8	22	37	0.949	25	L	L	W	L	L	1959-02-07	Middlesbrough	A
13	4	Sunderland	27	9	2	4	30	19	1	2	9	13	35	0.796	24	W	L	W	W	L	1959-02-07	Ipswich Town	A
14	1	Middlesbrough	26	6	4	3	33	12	3	1	9	22	32	1.25	23	D	W	L	W	W	1959-02-07	Charlton Athletic	H
15	-2	Huddersfield Town	27	8	2	4	25	14	1	3	9	15	28	0.952	23	L	W	L	L	W	1959-02-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	0	Barnsley	26	7	3	3	28	19	2	2	9	13	31	0.82	23	D	L	W	L	W	1959-02-07	Sheffield United	A
17	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	27	3	8	2	26	23	4	1	9	20	44	0.687	23	L	D	W	W	L	1959-02-07	Huddersfield Town	H
18	0	Scunthorpe United	27	6	5	3	23	19	2	2	9	13	34	0.679	23	W	L	D	L	W	1959-02-07	Rotherham United	A
19	0	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	0	Leyton Orient	27	5	2	6	23	22	2	3	9	16	32	0.722	19	L	L	L	L	L	1959-02-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
21	0	Lincoln City	27	7	3	4	29	21	0	1	12	13	43	0.656	18	W	L	W	L	L	1959-02-07	Bristol Rovers	A
22	0	Rotherham United	26	4	3	5	21	22	1	2	11	7	36	0.483	15	D	L	L	L	L	1959-02-07	Scunthorpe United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Rochdale	Dean Court	9,945
	Lineups
Bradford City	3	2	Wrexham	Valley Parade	13,338
Jackson P, Stokes, Ugolini OG	Lineups		Bannan, Weston
Brentford	2	1	Accrington Stanley	Griffin Park	11,260
Francis, Towers	Lineups		Scott
Colchester United	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Layer Road	8,658
Langman	Lineups
Hull City	3	0	Southampton	Boothferry Park	14,441
Bradbury 2, Clarke	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	1	Newport County	Field Mill	8,347
Thomas B 2	Lineups		McSeveney
Norwich City	5	1	Queens Park Rangers	Carrow Road	16,781
Bly 3, Crossan, McCrohan	Lineups		Longbottom
Notts County	3	1	Chesterfield	Meadow Lane	14,871
Brown 2, Newsham	Lineups		MacCabe
Reading	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	Elm Park	13,710
	Lineups		Govan, Baker
Southend United	1	0	Bury	Roots Hall	11,054
Houghton	Lineups
Stockport County	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Edgeley Park	7,749
Kelly	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	2	Halifax Town	County Ground	9,568
	Lineups		Smith, Blackburn

				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	28	11	3	0	38	15	5	6	3	23	20	1.743	41	W	D	W	L	W	1959-02-07	Colchester United	H
2	0	Hull City	31	13	2	1	47	16	4	4	7	16	23	1.615	40	W	L	W	W	L	1959-02-07	Accrington Stanley	A
3	0	Southend United	30	8	5	2	32	17	5	2	8	20	31	1.083	33	W	D	L	L	L	1959-02-07	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	0	Colchester United	26	10	1	3	29	15	2	7	3	17	18	1.394	32	W	W	D	W	D	1959-02-02	Mansfield Town	A
5	6	Brentford	27	8	4	2	23	13	3	5	5	11	17	1.133	31	W	W	D	D	L	1959-02-07	Halifax Town	A
6	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	31	10	4	2	28	11	3	1	11	20	36	1.021	31	D	D	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	-2	Bury	29	7	6	1	35	14	4	2	9	15	26	1.25	30	L	W	L	W	L	1959-02-07	Notts County	H
8	-2	Reading	29	9	4	2	29	13	2	4	8	15	25	1.158	30	L	L	L	W	W	1959-02-07	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	-1	Southampton	28	7	5	1	37	17	3	4	8	23	31	1.25	29	L	L	L	D	L	1959-02-02	Rochdale	H
10	-1	Swindon Town	27	9	2	4	24	15	2	5	5	11	14	1.207	29	L	L	W	D	D	1959-02-07	Newport County	A
11	-1	Accrington Stanley	27	7	4	2	29	18	4	3	7	19	22	1.2	29	L	L	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Hull City	H
12	4	Halifax Town	27	7	2	3	21	15	6	1	8	26	36	0.922	29	W	W	D	D	L	1959-02-07	Brentford	H
13	-1	Tranmere Rovers	28	7	3	4	27	15	4	3	7	19	27	1.095	28	L	L	L	W	L	1959-02-07	Reading	H
14	-1	Chesterfield	30	6	5	4	25	18	4	3	8	22	28	1.022	28	L	W	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Mansfield Town	H
15	-1	Newport County	27	9	1	3	26	16	1	6	7	18	28	1	27	L	L	D	W	D	1959-02-07	Swindon Town	H
16	-1	Wrexham	28	8	3	2	27	21	2	4	9	16	28	0.878	27	L	L	L	W	L	1959-02-07	Stockport County	A
17	2	Norwich City	26	6	4	4	30	22	3	4	5	14	18	1.1	26	W	W	L	W	D	1959-02-04	Doncaster Rovers	H
18	0	Bradford City	27	7	3	4	30	19	3	3	7	20	30	1.02	26	W	L	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Southampton	A
19	-2	Queens Park Rangers	28	7	4	2	24	18	3	2	10	19	38	0.768	26	L	L	L	W	L	1959-02-07	Southend United	H
20	0	Mansfield Town	27	7	2	4	25	28	2	5	7	21	32	0.767	25	W	D	D	W	D	1959-02-02	Colchester United	H
21	0	Stockport County	28	6	3	5	18	14	3	2	9	24	36	0.84	23	W	L	W	L	W	1959-02-07	Wrexham	H
22	0	Notts County	28	4	8	4	29	29	1	3	8	11	31	0.667	21	W	W	D	L	L	1959-02-07	Bury	A
23	0	Rochdale	28	5	4	5	15	18	0	3	11	10	32	0.5	17	D	W	L	D	W	1959-02-02	Southampton	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	29	6	1	6	20	20	1	1	14	7	41	0.443	16	L	W	L	L	D	1959-02-04	Norwich City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	0	0	Walsall	Holker Street	3,676
	Lineups
Chester	1	2	Workington	Sealand Road	6,499
Foulkes	Lineups		Dixon, Armstrong
Crystal Palace	0	0	York City	Selhurst Park	16,175
	Lineups
Exeter City	2	1	Coventry City	St James Park	12,578
Calland 2	Lineups		Daley
Gateshead	1	0	Aldershot	Redheugh Park	2,903
McMahon OG	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Priestfield Stadium	5,819
Terry, Edgar	Lineups		Tucker
Hartlepools United	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	5,118
Luke, Smith	Lineups		Keery
Oldham Athletic	1	3	Millwall	Boundary Park	6,549
Phoenix (p)	Lineups		Heckman 2, Bumpstead
Port Vale	4	2	Bradford	Vale Park	12,377
Wilkinson 2, Steele, Kinsey	Lineups		Byrom, Atkinson
Southport	2	2	Torquay United	Haig Avenue	4,456
Stokes, Darvell	Lineups		Northcott T, Baxter
Watford	3	1	Northampton Town	Vicarage Road	6,200
Meadows, Holton 2	Lineups		Woan

				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	28	12	1	1	36	8	4	5	5	23	20	2.107	38	L	W	W	D	W	1959-02-07	Gillingham	H
2	0	Port Vale	27	7	4	3	36	22	9	2	2	33	15	1.865	38	W	W	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Aldershot	H
3	0	Millwall	30	11	1	3	35	15	6	3	6	20	22	1.486	38	W	L	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Gateshead	H
4	1	Exeter City	25	12	2	0	36	9	3	3	5	17	21	1.767	35	W	D	D	W	W	1959-02-07	Torquay United	A
5	-1	York City	28	8	4	1	22	7	5	5	5	25	24	1.516	35	D	D	L	W	W	1959-02-07	Chester	H
6	0	Shrewsbury Town	30	7	3	3	31	18	6	4	7	25	25	1.302	33	L	W	L	L	L	1959-02-07	Carlisle United	H
7	0	Crystal Palace	29	8	6	1	36	16	4	3	7	21	30	1.239	33	D	W	D	W	W	1959-02-07	Bradford	A
8	4	Gillingham	28	9	4	2	36	19	3	2	8	16	29	1.083	30	W	L	D	W	L	1959-02-07	Coventry City	A
9	-1	Chester	29	6	4	5	30	27	5	4	5	22	29	0.929	30	L	L	D	W	D	1959-02-07	York City	A
10	1	Walsall	27	6	2	4	27	17	6	3	6	28	25	1.31	29	D	L	L	W	W	1959-02-07	Oldham Athletic	H
11	-2	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
12	2	Watford	29	6	4	5	31	23	5	3	6	24	25	1.146	29	W	L	W	L	L	1959-02-07	Workington	A
13	-3	Northampton Town	28	8	3	2	29	18	3	4	8	23	37	0.945	29	L	W	L	D	W	1959-02-07	Hartlepools United	H
14	-1	Bradford	31	11	0	4	33	16	2	2	12	17	37	0.943	28	L	W	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Crystal Palace	H
15	1	Torquay United	27	6	3	4	25	20	3	5	6	22	28	0.979	26	D	L	W	D	L	1959-02-07	Exeter City	H
16	-1	Darlington	28	4	5	5	20	22	4	5	5	19	20	0.929	26	L	D	W	W	L	1959-02-07	Barrow	H
17	2	Hartlepools United	30	6	3	7	28	31	3	3	8	16	32	0.698	24	W	D	W	D	L	1959-02-07	Northampton Town	A
18	2	Workington	28	5	7	2	27	21	1	4	9	12	28	0.796	23	W	D	L	L	W	1959-02-07	Watford	H
19	-2	Aldershot	30	4	4	7	23	29	4	3	8	17	31	0.667	23	L	D	L	D	W	1959-02-07	Port Vale	A
20	-2	Oldham Athletic	28	9	0	5	25	18	1	2	11	17	33	0.824	22	L	L	W	W	W	1959-02-07	Walsall	A
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	29	6	3	5	29	21	2	2	11	9	37	0.655	21	L	W	L	D	W	1959-02-07	Southport	H
22	0	Barrow	30	3	5	7	22	30	3	4	8	13	31	0.574	21	D	L	L	L	D	1959-02-07	Darlington	A
23	0	Southport	29	7	5	3	21	15	0	1	13	11	43	0.552	20	D	W	D	L	L	1959-02-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	0	Gateshead	28	6	1	7	21	21	2	3	9	14	45	0.53	20	W	L	L	L	L	1959-02-07	Millwall	A