1959-02-07

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	5	1	Preston North End	St Andrew's	21,233
Orritt, Gordon, Larkin 2, Astall	Lineups		Cunningham
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Portsmouth	Ewood Park	22,587
Dobing (p), Swindells	Lineups		Dougan
Blackpool	2	1	Aston Villa	Bloomfield Road	13,704
Durie, Charnley	Lineups		McParland
Chelsea	3	2	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	52,698
Greaves, Bridges, Tambling	Lineups		Keeble 2
Leeds United	1	0	Everton	Elland Road	18,200
Shackleton	Lineups
Luton Town	6	2	Burnley	Kenilworth Road	15,753
Brown 3, Pacey, Morton 2	Lineups		Miller, Connelly
Manchester City	0	0	Arsenal	Maine Road	31,819
	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St James' Park	42,377
Eastham 2 (2p), White	Lineups		Lill 2, Mason, Murray
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	City Ground	29,703
Whitefoot, Dwight, Wilson	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	48,401
Norman	Lineups		Charlton 2, Scanlon
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Leicester City	The Hawthorns	25,375
Kevan, Allen	Lineups		Lornie, Riley

				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	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	10	1	3	39	10	7	1	5	25	23	1.939	36	W	W	L	W	W	1959-02-14	Leeds United	H
2	-1	Arsenal	29	10	1	3	39	20	6	3	6	29	25	1.511	36	D	W	W	W	W	1959-02-21	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	1	Manchester United	28	7	4	3	36	23	7	2	5	31	27	1.34	34	W	D	W	W	W	1959-02-14	Manchester City	H
4	-1	Bolton Wanderers	27	10	1	3	35	19	3	6	4	15	22	1.22	33	L	W	W	L	L	1959-02-21	Preston North End	H
5	1	West Bromwich Albion	26	4	4	4	24	21	8	4	2	37	19	1.525	32	D	W	L	W	L	1959-02-18	Everton	A
6	1	Blackpool	27	6	7	0	21	9	5	3	6	20	22	1.323	32	W	W	L	W	W	1959-02-16	West Ham United	A
7	-2	Preston North End	29	8	1	5	29	22	6	3	6	23	29	1.02	32	L	L	W	W	L	1959-02-21	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	0	Nottingham Forest	27	8	2	3	29	11	6	1	7	24	26	1.432	31	W	L	W	W	W	1959-02-21	Blackpool	A
9	0	West Ham United	27	9	1	3	39	21	4	2	8	20	30	1.157	29	L	W	W	W	W	1959-02-16	Blackpool	H
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	27	7	2	4	32	19	4	5	5	22	30	1.102	29	W	L	L	W	L	1959-02-18	Aston Villa	A
11	1	Birmingham City	27	8	1	4	32	25	4	3	7	16	23	1	28	W	W	W	L	W	1959-02-21	Everton	H
12	2	Leeds United	28	4	6	4	16	17	6	1	7	21	29	0.804	27	W	W	L	L	L	1959-02-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	-2	Burnley	27	6	3	5	28	22	4	3	6	21	28	0.98	26	L	L	W	D	D	1959-02-21	Chelsea	A
14	2	Chelsea	28	9	1	4	37	26	3	1	10	17	40	0.818	26	W	L	D	W	L	1959-02-21	Burnley	H
15	-2	Newcastle United	28	7	1	6	29	23	4	2	8	27	34	0.982	25	L	D	L	W	L	1959-02-21	Aston Villa	H
16	-1	Everton	28	7	2	5	25	27	4	1	9	22	35	0.758	25	L	W	L	L	W	1959-02-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
17	0	Luton Town	26	7	4	3	33	17	1	4	7	12	23	1.125	24	W	L	L	L	W	1959-02-21	Leicester City	H
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	28	5	1	8	30	33	3	4	7	21	35	0.75	21	L	L	W	W	L	1959-02-21	Portsmouth	H
19	0	Leicester City	27	5	4	5	26	25	2	3	8	19	39	0.703	21	D	L	L	D	D	1959-02-21	Luton Town	A
20	0	Manchester City	27	6	5	3	30	21	1	2	10	12	41	0.677	21	D	L	L	W	L	1959-02-14	Manchester United	A
21	0	Portsmouth	28	5	3	6	29	28	1	3	10	15	41	0.638	18	L	L	D	L	L	1959-02-21	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	0	Aston Villa	28	5	3	7	23	28	2	1	10	18	40	0.603	18	L	W	L	L	L	1959-02-18	Blackburn Rovers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Goldstone Ground	19,250
Jones, Dixon	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Lincoln City	Eastville	15,208
Biggs 2, Ward	Lineups
Derby County	2	0	Fulham	Baseball Ground	21,678
Hannigan, Darwin	Lineups
Grimsby Town	5	1	Cardiff City	Blundell Park	9,969
Scott (p), Fell, Cockerill, Rafferty 2	Lineups		Reynolds
Ipswich Town	0	2	Sunderland	Portman Road	16,745
	Lineups		Goodchild 2
Leyton Orient	0	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Brisbane Road	11,845
	Lineups		Curtis (p), Finney
Liverpool	3	2	Bristol City	Anfield Road	34,091
Arnell 2, Melia	Lineups		Atyeo, Tindill
Middlesbrough	1	3	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	16,210
Peacock	Lineups		Lawrie, Summers 2
Rotherham United	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Millmoor	9,843
Cooper	Lineups
Sheffield United	5	0	Barnsley	Bramall Lane	17,962
Pace 3, Hamilton, Russell	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	0	Stoke City	Vetch Field	11,568
Charles	Lineups

				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	27	12	1	1	49	9	7	3	3	27	21	2.533	42	W	D	W	W	W	1959-02-14	Scunthorpe United	H
2	1	Liverpool	27	11	1	1	39	14	7	1	6	21	24	1.579	38	W	W	W	W	W	1959-02-14	Cardiff City	A
3	-1	Fulham	28	11	1	2	42	20	6	3	5	20	25	1.378	38	L	W	W	L	L	1959-02-14	Leyton Orient	H
4	0	Stoke City	28	12	1	1	38	14	3	3	8	15	27	1.293	34	L	D	L	W	W	1959-02-16	Ipswich Town	H
5	0	Sheffield United	27	10	1	2	35	7	4	4	6	18	23	1.767	33	W	W	L	W	W	1959-02-21	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	2	Derby County	29	9	1	4	29	24	3	6	6	21	31	0.909	31	W	D	W	W	D	1959-02-14	Lincoln City	A
7	-1	Cardiff City	26	10	1	3	30	18	4	1	7	16	23	1.122	30	L	W	W	W	W	1959-02-14	Liverpool	H
8	1	Bristol Rovers	27	7	3	3	27	15	4	4	6	25	27	1.238	29	W	L	D	D	W	1959-02-14	Sunderland	A
9	-2	Bristol City	27	7	1	5	32	20	6	2	6	24	26	1.217	29	L	D	W	L	L	1959-02-14	Middlesbrough	H
10	1	Swansea Town	27	8	4	2	38	20	2	3	8	15	31	1.039	27	W	L	W	W	D	1959-02-14	Charlton Athletic	A
11	1	Charlton Athletic	27	8	2	3	34	22	3	3	8	25	38	0.983	27	W	L	L	W	L	1959-02-14	Swansea Town	H
12	-2	Ipswich Town	28	7	2	5	22	18	4	2	8	20	30	0.875	26	L	L	L	L	D	1959-02-16	Stoke City	A
13	0	Sunderland	28	9	2	4	30	19	2	2	9	15	35	0.833	26	W	W	L	W	W	1959-02-14	Bristol Rovers	H
14	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	4	8	2	28	23	4	1	9	20	44	0.716	25	W	L	D	W	W	1959-02-14	Barnsley	A
15	-1	Middlesbrough	27	6	4	4	34	15	3	1	9	22	32	1.191	23	L	D	W	L	W	1959-02-14	Bristol City	A
16	-1	Huddersfield Town	28	8	2	4	25	14	1	3	10	15	30	0.909	23	L	L	W	L	L	1959-02-14	Grimsby Town	H
17	-1	Barnsley	27	7	3	3	28	19	2	2	10	13	36	0.745	23	L	D	L	W	L	1959-02-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	0	Scunthorpe United	28	6	5	3	23	19	2	2	10	13	35	0.667	23	L	W	L	D	L	1959-02-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
19	0	Grimsby Town	25	6	4	3	30	20	1	3	8	16	35	0.836	21	W	L	L	L	W	1959-02-14	Huddersfield Town	A
20	0	Leyton Orient	28	5	2	7	23	24	2	3	9	16	32	0.696	19	L	L	L	L	L	1959-02-14	Fulham	A
21	0	Lincoln City	28	7	3	4	29	21	0	1	13	13	46	0.627	18	L	W	L	W	L	1959-02-14	Derby County	H
22	0	Rotherham United	27	5	3	5	22	22	1	2	11	7	36	0.5	17	W	D	L	L	L	1959-02-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	1	Hull City	Peel Park	6,610
	Lineups		Lord OG
Bury	0	1	Notts County	Gigg Lane	6,555
	Lineups		Forrest
Chesterfield	3	1	Mansfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,120
Frear, MacCabe, Lewis	Lineups		Thomas B
Doncaster Rovers	5	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Belle Vue	4,457
Fernie 2, Stephens 2 (1p), Minton	Lineups		Southren
Halifax Town	0	0	Brentford	The Shay	4,654
	Lineups
Newport County	3	0	Swindon Town	Somerton Park	4,346
Jones, McPherson, Graham	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Colchester United	Home Park	22,686
Williams J	Lineups		Evans
Queens Park Rangers	1	3	Southend United	Loftus Road	6,361
Petchey	Lineups		Hollis 2, Price
Rochdale	1	2	Norwich City	Spotland	4,608
Dailey	Lineups		Bly, Crossan
Southampton	1	2	Bradford City	The Dell	11,730
Paine	Lineups		Webb, McCole
Stockport County	2	2	Wrexham	Edgeley Park	6,453
Davock 2	Lineups		Bannan, Weston
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Reading	Prenton Park	7,462
Williams K, Rowley T	Lineups		Wheeler

				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	29	11	4	0	39	16	5	6	3	23	20	1.722	42	D	W	D	W	L	1959-02-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
2	0	Hull City	32	13	2	1	47	16	5	4	7	17	23	1.641	42	W	W	L	W	W	1959-02-14	Halifax Town	H
3	0	Southend United	31	8	5	2	32	17	6	2	8	23	32	1.122	35	W	W	D	L	L	1959-02-14	Rochdale	H
4	0	Colchester United	28	10	1	3	29	15	2	8	4	20	22	1.324	33	D	L	W	W	D	1959-02-14	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	1	Brentford	28	8	4	2	23	13	3	6	5	11	17	1.133	32	D	W	W	D	D	1959-02-14	Newport County	H
6	-1	Southampton	30	8	5	2	44	20	3	4	8	23	31	1.314	31	L	W	L	L	L	1959-02-14	Wrexham	A
7	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	32	10	4	2	28	11	3	1	12	21	41	0.942	31	L	D	D	W	W	1959-02-14	Plymouth Argyle	H
8	0	Bury	30	7	6	2	35	15	4	2	9	15	26	1.22	30	L	L	W	L	W	1959-02-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	4	Norwich City	28	7	4	4	33	22	4	4	5	16	19	1.195	30	W	W	W	W	L	1959-02-21	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	-1	Reading	30	9	4	2	29	13	2	4	9	16	27	1.125	30	L	L	L	L	W	1959-02-14	Stockport County	H
11	3	Tranmere Rovers	29	8	3	4	29	16	4	3	7	19	27	1.116	30	W	L	L	L	W	1959-02-14	Colchester United	A
12	3	Chesterfield	31	7	5	4	28	19	4	3	8	22	28	1.064	30	W	L	W	W	W	1959-02-14	Swindon Town	A
13	-1	Halifax Town	28	7	3	3	21	15	6	1	8	26	36	0.922	30	D	W	W	D	D	1959-02-14	Hull City	A
14	-3	Accrington Stanley	28	7	4	3	29	19	4	3	7	19	22	1.171	29	L	L	L	W	W	1959-02-14	Bradford City	A
15	-5	Swindon Town	28	9	2	4	24	15	2	5	6	11	17	1.094	29	L	L	L	W	D	1959-02-14	Chesterfield	H
16	0	Newport County	28	10	1	3	29	16	1	6	7	18	28	1.068	29	W	L	L	D	W	1959-02-14	Brentford	A
17	2	Bradford City	28	7	3	4	30	19	4	3	7	22	31	1.04	28	W	W	L	W	W	1959-02-14	Accrington Stanley	H
18	-1	Wrexham	29	8	3	2	27	21	2	5	9	18	30	0.882	28	D	L	L	L	W	1959-02-14	Southampton	H
19	-1	Mansfield Town	29	8	2	4	28	30	2	5	8	22	35	0.769	27	L	W	W	D	D	1959-02-14	Notts County	H
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	7	4	3	25	21	3	2	10	19	38	0.746	26	L	L	L	L	W	1959-02-14	Bury	A
21	0	Stockport County	29	6	4	5	20	16	3	2	9	24	36	0.846	24	D	W	L	W	L	1959-02-14	Reading	A
22	0	Notts County	29	4	8	4	29	29	2	3	8	12	31	0.683	23	W	W	W	D	L	1959-02-14	Mansfield Town	A
23	1	Doncaster Rovers	31	7	1	6	25	21	1	1	15	7	44	0.492	18	W	L	L	W	L	1959-02-21	Southend United	H
24	-1	Rochdale	30	5	4	6	16	20	0	3	12	11	38	0.466	17	L	L	D	W	L	1959-02-14	Southend United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	5	0	Crystal Palace	Park Avenue	6,267
Buchanan 4, Kendall	Lineups
Coventry City	1	1	Gillingham	Highfield Road	13,452
Ryan	Lineups		Moore
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Southport	Gresty Road	6,059
Colbridge	Lineups		McDermott
Darlington	5	2	Barrow	Feethams Ground	3,385
Rayment, Milner 2, Carr, Brandon	Lineups		McIlvenny, Ritchie
Millwall	0	2	Gateshead	The Den, New Cross	12,050
	Lineups		Kirtley (p), Baldridge
Northampton Town	2	1	Hartlepools United	County Ground	6,055
Baron, Woan	Lineups		Clark
Port Vale	3	2	Aldershot	Vale Park	10,608
Barnett 2, Steele	Lineups		Norris 2
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Carlisle United	Gay Meadow	5,259
Wallace, Rowley, Russell 2	Lineups		Fletcher
Torquay United	3	4	Exeter City	Plainmoor	11,574	Largest home gate 1958-59
Bond 2, Cox	Lineups		Calland, Mitchell, Stiffle, Nicholls
Walsall	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Fellows Park	7,180
Hodgkisson 2, Richards	Lineups
Workington	3	1	Watford	Borough Park	4,991
Blakeman 3	Lineups		Gordon
York City	1	1	Chester	Bootham Crescent	5,414
Wragg	Lineups		Jepson

				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	1	Port Vale	28	8	4	3	39	24	9	2	2	33	15	1.846	40	W	W	W	W	W	1959-02-14	Crystal Palace	A
2	-1	Coventry City	29	12	2	1	37	9	4	5	5	23	20	2.069	39	D	L	W	W	D	1959-02-14	Carlisle United	A
3	0	Millwall	31	11	1	4	35	17	6	3	6	20	22	1.41	38	L	W	L	W	W	1959-02-14	Aldershot	A
4	0	Exeter City	26	12	2	0	36	9	4	3	5	21	24	1.727	37	W	W	D	D	W	1959-02-14	Gillingham	A
5	0	York City	29	8	5	1	23	8	5	5	5	25	24	1.5	36	D	D	D	L	W	1959-02-14	Watford	A
6	0	Shrewsbury Town	31	8	3	3	35	19	6	4	7	25	25	1.364	35	W	L	W	L	L	1959-02-14	Barrow	A
7	0	Crystal Palace	30	8	6	1	36	16	4	3	8	21	35	1.118	33	L	D	W	D	W	1959-02-14	Port Vale	H
8	2	Walsall	28	7	2	4	30	17	6	3	6	28	25	1.381	31	W	D	L	L	W	1959-02-14	Gateshead	A
9	-1	Gillingham	29	9	4	2	36	19	3	3	8	17	30	1.082	31	D	W	L	D	W	1959-02-14	Exeter City	H
10	3	Northampton Town	29	9	3	2	31	19	3	4	8	23	37	0.964	31	W	L	W	L	D	1959-02-14	Southport	A
11	-2	Chester	30	6	4	5	30	27	5	5	5	23	30	0.93	31	D	L	L	D	W	1959-02-14	Bradford	H
12	2	Bradford	32	12	0	4	38	16	2	2	12	17	37	1.038	30	W	L	W	W	W	1959-02-14	Chester	A
13	-2	Carlisle United	25	6	4	3	21	14	5	3	4	14	17	1.129	29	L	L	W	W	L	1959-02-14	Coventry City	H
14	-2	Watford	30	6	4	5	31	23	5	3	7	25	28	1.098	29	L	W	L	W	L	1959-02-14	York City	H
15	1	Darlington	29	5	5	5	25	24	4	5	5	19	20	1	28	W	L	D	W	W	1959-02-14	Oldham Athletic	A
16	-1	Torquay United	28	6	3	5	28	24	3	5	6	22	28	0.962	26	L	D	L	W	D	1959-02-14	Crewe Alexandra	H
17	1	Workington	29	6	7	2	30	22	1	4	9	12	28	0.84	25	W	W	D	L	L	1959-02-14	Hartlepools United	A
18	-1	Hartlepools United	31	6	3	7	28	31	3	3	9	17	34	0.692	24	L	W	D	W	D	1959-02-14	Workington	H
19	0	Aldershot	31	4	4	7	23	29	4	3	9	19	34	0.667	23	L	L	D	L	D	1959-02-14	Millwall	H
20	0	Oldham Athletic	29	9	0	5	25	18	1	2	12	17	36	0.778	22	L	L	L	W	W	1959-02-14	Darlington	H
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	30	6	4	5	30	22	2	2	11	9	37	0.661	22	D	L	W	L	D	1959-02-14	Torquay United	A
22	2	Gateshead	29	6	1	7	21	21	3	3	9	16	45	0.561	22	W	W	L	L	L	1959-02-14	Walsall	H
23	-1	Barrow	31	3	5	7	22	30	3	4	9	15	36	0.561	21	L	D	L	L	L	1959-02-14	Shrewsbury Town	H
24	-1	Southport	30	7	5	3	21	15	0	2	13	12	44	0.559	21	D	D	W	D	L	1959-02-14	Northampton Town	H