1959-03-07

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	1	Leeds United	Villa Park	27,631
Sewell, Hitchens	Lineups		Overfield
Blackburn Rovers	4	1	Burnley	Ewood Park	27,071
Dobing, Stephenson, Airey, Vernon	Lineups		Pointer
Blackpool	4	0	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	21,072
Charnley 2, Durie, Mudie	Lineups
Chelsea	3	3	Luton Town	Stamford Bridge	29,175
Brabrook, Nicholas, Blunstone	Lineups		Turner 2, McGuffie
Manchester United	2	1	Everton	Old Trafford	51,254
Goodwin, Scanlon	Lineups		OG
Newcastle United	1	2	Preston North End	St James' Park	31,962
White	Lineups		Alston, OG
Nottingham Forest	1	7	Birmingham City	City Ground	18,827
Dwight	Lineups		Stubbs 2, Gordon, Astall 2, Hooper, Watts
Portsmouth	3	4	Manchester City	Fratton Park	19,919
Harris H, Saunders 2	Lineups		Fagan, Hayes, McAdams, Sambrook
Tottenham Hotspur	6	0	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	30,561
Blanchflower, Medwin 4, Dunmore	Lineups
West Ham United	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	Upton Park	29,510
Dick 3	Lineups		Robson
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	1	Arsenal	Molineux	40,480
Broadbent 2, Deeley 2, Lill, Murray	Lineups		Haverty

				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	32	12	2	3	52	14	8	1	6	30	26	2.05	43	W	D	W	L	W	1959-03-14	Birmingham City	A
2	1	Manchester United	33	10	4	3	44	26	8	2	6	36	31	1.404	42	W	W	L	W	W	1959-03-14	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	-1	Arsenal	33	12	1	3	43	22	6	4	7	31	32	1.37	41	L	W	W	D	D	1959-03-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	30	12	1	3	43	20	3	6	5	15	26	1.261	37	L	W	W	L	W	1959-03-18	Aston Villa	H
5	1	Blackpool	30	8	7	0	26	9	5	3	7	20	23	1.438	36	W	W	L	W	W	1959-03-14	Everton	A
6	1	West Ham United	31	11	1	3	43	22	5	2	9	22	34	1.161	35	W	L	W	W	L	1959-03-14	Burnley	A
7	-2	West Bromwich Albion	29	4	5	4	25	22	8	5	3	41	25	1.404	34	L	D	D	D	W	1959-03-11	Burnley	H
8	0	Birmingham City	30	10	1	4	37	26	5	3	7	23	24	1.2	34	W	W	W	W	W	1959-03-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
9	0	Preston North End	32	8	1	6	30	24	7	3	7	26	32	1	34	W	L	L	L	L	1959-03-16	Nottingham Forest	H
10	1	Blackburn Rovers	32	8	2	6	38	25	5	5	6	24	32	1.088	33	W	L	W	L	L	1959-03-14	Arsenal	A
11	-1	Nottingham Forest	29	8	2	4	30	18	6	1	8	24	27	1.2	31	L	L	W	L	W	1959-03-16	Preston North End	A
12	0	Newcastle United	31	8	1	7	31	25	5	2	8	28	34	1	29	L	W	W	L	D	1959-03-11	Portsmouth	A
13	0	Burnley	29	6	3	5	28	22	5	3	7	25	33	0.964	28	L	W	L	L	W	1959-03-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	0	Everton	32	8	3	5	30	31	4	1	11	24	39	0.771	28	L	W	L	D	L	1959-03-14	Blackpool	H
15	0	Leeds United	33	4	7	5	17	22	6	1	10	24	38	0.683	28	L	D	L	L	L	1959-03-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
16	0	Luton Town	28	8	4	3	37	20	1	5	7	15	26	1.13	27	D	W	W	L	L	1959-03-21	Aston Villa	A
17	0	Chelsea	31	9	2	5	41	32	3	1	11	17	46	0.744	27	D	L	L	W	L	1959-03-14	Leicester City	A
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	32	6	2	8	40	37	3	5	8	23	38	0.84	25	W	D	L	D	L	1959-03-14	Leeds United	A
19	0	Manchester City	31	6	5	4	31	25	3	2	11	21	48	0.712	25	W	L	W	L	D	1959-03-14	Newcastle United	H
20	2	Aston Villa	31	7	3	7	26	29	2	1	11	18	41	0.629	22	W	L	W	L	W	1959-03-18	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	-1	Leicester City	30	5	4	6	26	26	2	3	10	22	49	0.64	21	L	L	L	D	L	1959-03-14	Chelsea	H
22	-1	Portsmouth	31	5	3	7	32	32	1	5	10	20	46	0.667	20	L	D	D	L	L	1959-03-11	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Oakwell	5,579
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Goldstone Ground	17,795
Shepherd, Thorne	Lineups		Haigh
Bristol City	2	1	Stoke City	Ashton Gate	15,673
Burden, Tindill	Lineups		Howitt
Cardiff City	0	1	Swansea Town	Ninian Park	24,450
	Lineups		Nurse (p)
Charlton Athletic	3	2	Sunderland	The Valley	17,818
Hewie 2, Lawrie (p)	Lineups		Goodchild, Kichenbrand
Grimsby Town	0	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Blundell Park	13,109
	Lineups		Kay, Curtis
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Ipswich Town	Leeds Road	9,604
Low, Bain, Howard	Lineups
Liverpool	0	0	Fulham	Anfield Road	43,926
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	2	Lincoln City	Ayresome Park	14,396
Peacock	Lineups		Wright, McClelland
Rotherham United	3	0	Derby County	Millmoor	10,061
Bambridge, Kettleborough, Webster	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	3	Leyton Orient	Bramall Lane	14,765
Hodgson, Russell	Lineups		Brown, Johnston 2

				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	31	14	1	1	55	10	8	3	4	29	22	2.625	48	W	W	L	W	W	1959-03-21	Rotherham United	A
2	0	Fulham	32	13	1	2	48	22	7	4	5	22	26	1.458	45	D	W	W	W	L	1959-03-14	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Liverpool	31	11	3	1	41	16	8	1	7	24	28	1.477	42	D	W	D	L	W	1959-03-20	Stoke City	H
4	0	Stoke City	32	14	1	1	41	15	3	3	10	16	30	1.267	38	L	W	L	W	L	1959-03-14	Cardiff City	H
5	0	Derby County	33	11	1	4	34	24	4	6	7	25	35	1	37	L	W	W	W	W	1959-03-14	Sheffield United	H
6	0	Sheffield United	29	11	1	3	38	10	4	4	6	18	23	1.697	35	L	W	W	W	L	1959-03-14	Derby County	A
7	0	Bristol Rovers	31	9	3	3	30	15	4	5	7	26	30	1.244	34	D	W	W	L	W	1959-03-14	Rotherham United	H
8	1	Bristol City	32	9	2	5	37	23	6	2	8	25	31	1.148	34	W	L	W	L	D	1959-03-14	Sunderland	A
9	-1	Cardiff City	30	11	1	4	33	19	4	2	8	19	28	1.106	33	L	L	D	W	L	1959-03-14	Stoke City	A
10	0	Charlton Athletic	31	11	2	3	43	26	3	3	9	26	42	1.015	33	W	L	W	W	W	1959-03-14	Lincoln City	A
11	1	Swansea Town	31	9	4	2	41	20	3	3	10	19	36	1.071	31	W	W	L	L	W	1959-03-14	Huddersfield Town	H
12	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	6	8	2	33	24	5	1	10	22	46	0.786	31	W	L	W	W	W	1959-03-14	Leyton Orient	A
13	-2	Sunderland	32	11	2	4	34	20	2	2	11	17	40	0.85	30	L	W	L	W	W	1959-03-14	Bristol City	H
14	2	Huddersfield Town	32	10	2	4	30	14	1	4	11	17	33	1	28	W	L	D	W	L	1959-03-14	Swansea Town	A
15	-1	Ipswich Town	31	8	2	5	25	20	4	2	10	20	34	0.833	28	L	W	L	L	L	1959-03-14	Barnsley	H
16	-1	Middlesbrough	31	6	5	5	36	18	4	2	9	27	34	1.212	27	L	W	D	D	L	1959-03-11	Grimsby Town	H
17	0	Barnsley	31	7	4	4	28	21	2	3	11	17	41	0.726	25	D	L	D	L	L	1959-03-14	Ipswich Town	A
18	2	Lincoln City	32	8	3	5	34	27	1	2	13	15	47	0.662	23	W	W	D	L	L	1959-03-14	Charlton Athletic	H
19	-1	Scunthorpe United	32	6	5	5	24	24	2	2	12	14	39	0.603	23	L	L	L	L	L	1959-03-14	Grimsby Town	H
20	-1	Grimsby Town	30	6	5	4	33	25	1	3	11	16	41	0.742	22	L	L	L	D	L	1959-03-11	Middlesbrough	A
21	0	Leyton Orient	32	5	3	8	24	27	3	3	10	21	39	0.682	22	W	L	D	L	L	1959-03-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Rotherham United	30	6	3	5	25	22	1	2	13	7	42	0.5	19	W	L	L	W	D	1959-03-14	Bristol Rovers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Wrexham	Dean Court	8,587
	Lineups
Bury	3	1	Halifax Town	Gigg Lane	7,278
Lovie, Holden, Munro	Lineups		Smith
Colchester United	3	2	Bradford City	Layer Road	7,139
McCurley, Langman, Williams	Lineups		Jackson D, Jackson P (p)
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Notts County	Belle Vue	4,663
Reeson 2	Lineups		Carver
Norwich City	3	1	Southampton	Carrow Road	23,873
Bly, Williamson, Crossan	Lineups		Paine
Plymouth Argyle	8	3	Mansfield Town	Home Park	17,595
Govan, Penk, Williams J 2, Gauld, Carter (p), Swinscoe 2 OG	Lineups		Downie 2, Ripley
Queens Park Rangers	4	2	Newport County	Loftus Road	5,707
Longbottom 2, Locke, Angell	Lineups		Graham, Meyer
Rochdale	0	0	Chesterfield	Spotland	3,340
	Lineups
Southend United	4	2	Accrington Stanley	Roots Hall	9,343
Houghton 3, McCrory	Lineups		Garrity, McNichol
Stockport County	1	1	Brentford	Edgeley Park	7,973
Samuels (p)	Lineups		Towers (p)
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Swindon Town	Prenton Park	8,330
Rowley T, Green, Eglington	Lineups		Skull

				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	Hull City	35	15	2	1	54	17	6	4	7	20	24	1.805	48	W	W	W	W	W	1959-03-14	Colchester United	H
2	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	12	4	2	49	24	6	7	3	28	24	1.604	47	W	L	W	L	D	1959-03-14	Notts County	A
3	0	Colchester United	33	12	2	3	37	19	3	8	5	21	24	1.349	40	W	L	W	W	D	1959-03-14	Hull City	A
4	0	Brentford	32	10	4	2	31	15	4	7	5	14	19	1.324	39	D	W	W	W	D	1959-03-09	Southampton	A
5	1	Southend United	35	10	5	2	39	20	6	2	10	24	35	1.145	39	W	L	L	W	W	1959-03-14	Southampton	A
6	-1	Reading	34	11	4	2	35	15	4	4	9	23	30	1.289	38	W	W	W	W	L	1959-03-14	Brentford	A
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	11	3	4	39	18	4	4	8	22	33	1.196	37	W	L	W	W	D	1959-03-09	Newport County	A
8	2	Bury	34	9	6	2	41	17	4	3	10	16	28	1.267	35	W	D	L	W	L	1959-03-10	Bradford City	A
9	4	Norwich City	30	8	4	4	36	23	5	4	5	17	19	1.262	34	W	W	W	W	W	1959-03-21	Bradford City	H
10	-2	Southampton	34	8	6	2	44	20	4	4	10	28	39	1.22	34	L	D	L	W	L	1959-03-09	Brentford	H
11	-2	Accrington Stanley	33	7	6	3	30	20	5	4	8	25	28	1.146	34	L	W	D	D	D	1959-03-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	36	10	6	2	29	12	3	2	13	21	45	0.877	34	D	D	L	D	L	1959-03-14	Bradford City	A
13	1	Chesterfield	35	7	5	6	31	24	5	4	8	24	29	1.038	33	D	L	L	W	W	1959-03-14	Doncaster Rovers	A
14	-3	Halifax Town	32	8	4	3	25	18	6	1	10	27	43	0.852	33	L	W	D	L	D	1959-03-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	1	Wrexham	33	9	3	3	30	24	2	7	9	19	31	0.891	32	D	W	D	L	D	1959-03-21	Southend United	A
16	-1	Mansfield Town	33	10	2	4	34	31	2	6	9	26	44	0.8	32	L	W	D	W	L	1959-03-14	Tranmere Rovers	H
17	3	Queens Park Rangers	33	8	5	3	30	24	4	2	11	23	43	0.791	31	W	W	D	L	L	1959-03-14	Halifax Town	A
18	0	Bradford City	33	7	4	5	31	21	4	4	9	28	40	0.967	30	L	L	L	D	D	1959-03-10	Bury	H
19	-2	Swindon Town	33	9	2	6	28	21	2	6	8	12	21	0.952	30	L	L	L	D	L	1959-03-14	Stockport County	H
20	-1	Newport County	33	10	2	4	31	20	1	6	10	21	37	0.912	30	L	L	D	L	L	1959-03-09	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	0	Stockport County	34	7	5	6	23	19	3	2	11	26	41	0.817	27	D	W	L	L	L	1959-03-14	Swindon Town	A
22	0	Notts County	34	5	9	4	31	30	2	3	11	14	40	0.643	26	L	D	L	W	L	1959-03-14	Plymouth Argyle	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	35	9	1	7	31	28	1	1	16	8	47	0.52	22	W	L	L	W	W	1959-03-11	Accrington Stanley	A
24	0	Rochdale	34	6	5	6	17	20	0	4	13	13	42	0.484	21	D	D	W	L	L	1959-03-14	Newport County	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	0	3	Carlisle United	Park Avenue	6,329
	Lineups		Fletcher 3
Chester	0	1	Gateshead	Sealand Road	4,881
	Lineups		Smith K (2)
Crewe Alexandra	2	4	Shrewsbury Town	Gresty Road	7,952
Riley, Keery	Lineups		Barnes OG, Rowley 2, Jones B
Crystal Palace	4	0	Oldham Athletic	Selhurst Park	13,735
Deakin 2, Collins, Noakes	Lineups
Hartlepools United	3	1	Millwall	Victoria Park	3,489
Clark, Scott, Luke	Lineups		Broadfoot
Northampton Town	4	0	Coventry City	County Ground	14,365	Largest home gate 1958-59
Fowler, Leck 2, Woan	Lineups
Port Vale	4	1	Barrow	Vale Park	10,034
Wilkinson 2, Cunliffe, Barnett	Lineups		McIlvenny
Southport	1	1	Walsall	Haig Avenue	4,106
Stokes	Lineups		Kelly
Torquay United	4	1	Darlington	Plainmoor	4,275
Bond 2, Northcott T 2	Lineups		Carr
Watford	2	1	Aldershot	Vicarage Road	4,182
Gordon, Gavin	Lineups		Price J
Workington	2	2	Exeter City	Borough Park	4,200
Robson 2	Lineups		Calland 2
York City	3	1	Gillingham	Bootham Crescent	5,246
Hughes, Tait, Wragg (p)	Lineups		Bacon

				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	Port Vale	33	11	4	3	49	25	10	3	2	36	16	2.073	49	W	W	W	W	D	1959-03-14	Carlisle United	A
2	0	Coventry City	33	14	2	1	42	11	5	5	6	29	25	1.972	45	L	W	W	W	D	1959-03-14	Workington	H
3	0	Exeter City	31	13	2	1	41	14	5	5	5	25	26	1.65	43	D	D	L	W	W	1959-03-14	York City	H
4	0	York City	33	9	6	1	27	10	6	6	5	28	26	1.528	42	W	D	D	W	D	1959-03-14	Exeter City	A
5	0	Shrewsbury Town	35	9	4	3	40	19	8	4	7	33	30	1.49	42	W	W	D	W	W	1959-03-14	Northampton Town	H
6	1	Crystal Palace	34	10	7	1	45	17	5	3	8	24	36	1.302	40	W	W	W	D	L	1959-03-14	Barrow	A
7	-1	Millwall	35	12	1	4	39	18	6	3	9	23	33	1.216	40	L	W	L	L	L	1959-03-14	Southport	H
8	0	Northampton Town	33	10	4	2	36	20	5	4	8	29	41	1.066	38	W	W	D	W	W	1959-03-14	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	0	Gillingham	33	10	4	3	41	22	4	3	9	20	33	1.109	35	L	W	W	L	D	1959-03-14	Bradford	H
10	2	Carlisle United	32	7	5	4	25	20	6	4	6	19	22	1.048	35	W	W	D	D	L	1959-03-11	Darlington	H
11	-1	Darlington	33	7	5	5	32	26	5	5	6	23	25	1.078	34	L	W	W	W	W	1959-03-11	Carlisle United	A
12	2	Walsall	32	7	3	5	32	21	6	4	7	30	28	1.265	33	D	D	L	L	W	1959-03-14	Torquay United	H
13	-2	Bradford	36	12	1	5	39	20	3	2	13	20	41	0.967	33	L	W	D	L	W	1959-03-14	Gillingham	A
14	-1	Chester	34	7	4	6	32	28	5	5	7	23	35	0.873	33	L	L	L	W	D	1959-03-14	Oldham Athletic	A
15	0	Watford	34	7	4	6	35	27	5	4	8	27	33	1.033	32	W	L	D	L	L	1959-03-14	Gateshead	A
16	0	Torquay United	33	8	4	5	38	27	3	6	7	23	34	1	32	W	L	D	D	W	1959-03-14	Walsall	A
17	0	Workington	34	7	8	2	34	24	2	4	11	16	35	0.847	30	D	L	L	W	W	1959-03-14	Coventry City	A
18	0	Aldershot	35	6	4	7	28	31	5	3	10	24	38	0.754	29	L	W	W	W	L	1959-03-14	Hartlepools United	H
19	0	Hartlepools United	35	7	3	8	31	35	3	5	9	18	35	0.7	28	W	D	D	L	L	1959-03-14	Aldershot	A
20	1	Gateshead	33	7	1	8	24	25	4	3	10	19	48	0.589	26	W	L	L	W	W	1959-03-14	Watford	H
21	-1	Crewe Alexandra	36	7	5	7	35	29	2	2	13	13	46	0.64	25	L	D	L	L	W	1959-03-14	Darlington	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	34	9	0	7	26	23	1	3	14	17	43	0.652	23	L	L	L	D	L	1959-03-14	Chester	H
23	1	Southport	34	7	6	4	23	18	0	2	15	12	50	0.515	22	D	L	L	L	D	1959-03-14	Millwall	A
24	-1	Barrow	35	3	5	9	27	37	3	4	11	16	42	0.544	21	L	L	L	L	L	1959-03-14	Crystal Palace	H