1959-03-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	2	West Ham United	Highbury	52,291
Henderson	Lineups		Dick 2
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnden Park	21,384
Parry 2, Stevens, BakerOG	Lineups		Clayton
Burnley	4	2	Manchester United	Turf Moor	44,577	Largest home gate 1958-59
Pointer 2, Seith, Pilkington	Lineups		Goodwin, Viollet
Everton	2	1	Aston Villa	Goodison Park	34,986
Hickson, Parker (p)	Lineups		McParland
Leeds United	4	0	Chelsea	Elland Road	16,676
O'Brien 2, Shackleton, Crowe	Lineups
Leicester City	3	1	Portsmouth	Filbert Street	17,564
Walsh, Ogilvie (p), Leek	Lineups		Newman
Luton Town	4	2	Newcastle United	Kenilworth Road	20,880
Brown 2, Gregory, Pacey	Lineups		Allchurch, Hughes
Manchester City	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	28,146
Barlow	Lineups		Wilson
Preston North End	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Deepdale	22,465
Farrall (p)	Lineups		Lill 2
West Bromwich Albion	3	1	Blackpool	The Hawthorns	29,803
Kevan 2, Allen	Lineups		Mudie

				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	35	13	2	3	57	16	10	1	6	35	27	2.14	49	W	W	W	W	D	1959-03-31	Leeds United	A
2	-1	Manchester United	37	12	4	3	54	27	9	2	7	41	36	1.508	48	L	W	W	W	W	1959-03-30	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Arsenal	36	12	2	4	45	25	6	4	8	31	33	1.31	42	L	L	D	L	W	1959-04-04	Nottingham Forest	A
4	1	West Ham United	35	13	1	3	50	25	6	2	10	24	36	1.213	41	W	W	W	L	W	1959-03-30	Newcastle United	A
5	-1	Blackpool	35	10	7	0	33	10	5	3	10	23	32	1.333	40	L	W	W	L	L	1959-03-30	Chelsea	A
6	0	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	2	4	51	27	3	6	6	18	30	1.211	40	W	D	L	L	L	1959-03-30	Leicester City	A
7	1	Burnley	35	10	3	5	37	25	7	3	7	31	36	1.115	40	W	W	W	W	W	1959-03-30	Preston North End	A
8	-1	Blackburn Rovers	35	10	2	6	43	26	5	6	6	25	33	1.153	38	W	W	D	W	L	1959-03-31	Nottingham Forest	A
9	0	Birmingham City	33	10	1	5	37	29	6	4	7	28	27	1.161	37	D	W	L	W	W	1959-04-08	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	5	5	6	31	30	8	5	4	43	30	1.233	36	W	L	L	L	L	1959-03-30	Manchester City	A
11	1	Nottingham Forest	33	8	2	5	31	20	7	2	9	30	34	1.13	34	D	L	L	W	L	1959-03-31	Blackburn Rovers	H
12	-1	Preston North End	36	8	1	8	34	31	7	3	9	27	36	0.91	34	L	L	L	L	W	1959-03-30	Burnley	H
13	1	Everton	36	10	3	5	35	33	5	1	12	26	41	0.824	34	W	W	L	W	L	1959-03-30	Luton Town	H
14	-1	Newcastle United	36	9	1	7	32	25	6	2	11	36	47	0.944	33	L	L	W	L	W	1959-03-30	West Ham United	H
15	1	Leeds United	36	6	7	5	24	23	6	1	11	24	42	0.738	32	W	L	W	L	D	1959-03-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	-1	Chelsea	35	10	2	5	44	33	4	1	13	20	55	0.727	31	L	L	W	W	D	1959-03-30	Blackpool	H
17	1	Luton Town	31	9	4	4	41	23	1	5	8	16	29	1.096	29	W	L	L	D	W	1959-03-30	Everton	A
18	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	36	8	2	8	46	40	3	5	10	25	45	0.835	29	L	W	W	L	W	1959-03-30	Aston Villa	A
19	0	Manchester City	34	7	6	4	37	27	3	2	12	22	51	0.756	28	D	L	W	W	L	1959-03-30	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	0	Aston Villa	35	8	3	7	29	30	3	1	13	24	47	0.688	26	L	L	W	W	W	1959-03-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	0	Leicester City	35	6	4	8	31	34	2	4	11	26	54	0.648	24	W	D	L	L	L	1959-03-30	Bolton Wanderers	H
22	0	Portsmouth	35	5	4	8	34	38	1	5	12	22	55	0.602	21	L	L	D	L	L	1959-03-30	Manchester United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Eastville	16,029
Bradford	Lineups		McHale
Derby County	3	0	Barnsley	Baseball Ground	18,523
Parry, Cargill, Darwin	Lineups
Fulham	3	0	Grimsby Town	Craven Cottage	25,517
Haynes, Leggat, Langley (p)	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	3	Cardiff City	Portman Road	12,159
Crawford, Phillips 2	Lineups		Tapscott, Hewitt (p), Hudson
Leyton Orient	2	0	Rotherham United	Brisbane Road	11,883
Baily, Brown	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	1	Liverpool	Sincil Bank	11,017
Chapman, Graver	Lineups		Bimpson
Scunthorpe United	1	3	Sheffield United	Old Showground	12,353
Harburn	Lineups		Pace, Shiels, Hamilton
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Hillsborough	20,949
Fantham, Curtis	Lineups
Stoke City	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Victoria Ground	14,108
Howitt, King	Lineups		Lawrie
Sunderland	0	0	Middlesbrough	Roker Park	45,954	Largest home gate 1958-59
	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	0	Bristol City	Vetch Field	13,336
Davies E	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	Fulham	36	16	1	2	60	26	7	4	6	22	28	1.519	51	W	W	L	W	D	1959-03-30	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	34	15	1	1	57	10	8	3	6	31	29	2.256	50	W	L	L	W	W	1959-03-30	Fulham	H
3	0	Liverpool	34	12	3	2	47	22	8	1	8	25	30	1.385	44	L	W	L	D	W	1959-03-30	Barnsley	A
4	0	Stoke City	35	15	1	2	43	17	4	3	10	20	33	1.26	42	W	W	L	L	W	1959-03-30	Derby County	A
5	0	Derby County	36	13	1	4	39	25	4	7	7	25	35	1.067	42	W	D	W	L	W	1959-03-30	Stoke City	H
6	0	Sheffield United	32	12	1	3	40	10	5	4	7	22	26	1.722	39	W	W	L	L	W	1959-03-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	0	Bristol Rovers	35	10	4	3	35	17	4	6	8	28	33	1.26	38	D	L	D	W	D	1959-03-30	Swansea Town	H
8	0	Bristol City	36	10	3	5	41	24	6	2	10	26	35	1.136	37	L	W	D	L	W	1959-03-30	Ipswich Town	A
9	0	Cardiff City	33	11	2	4	33	19	5	3	8	23	31	1.12	37	D	D	W	L	L	1959-03-30	Charlton Athletic	A
10	0	Charlton Athletic	34	12	2	3	48	27	3	4	10	30	47	1.054	36	L	W	D	W	L	1959-03-30	Cardiff City	H
11	1	Swansea Town	35	11	4	3	44	22	3	3	11	21	42	1.016	35	W	W	L	L	W	1959-03-30	Bristol Rovers	A
12	1	Sunderland	35	12	3	4	37	21	2	3	11	18	41	0.887	34	D	D	W	L	W	1959-03-30	Leyton Orient	A
13	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	7	8	2	35	25	5	2	11	24	50	0.787	34	L	W	D	W	L	1959-03-30	Sheffield United	H
14	0	Middlesbrough	35	8	5	5	43	20	4	3	10	29	37	1.263	32	D	W	L	W	L	1959-03-30	Huddersfield Town	A
15	0	Huddersfield Town	35	10	3	4	30	14	2	5	11	19	34	1.021	32	D	D	W	W	L	1959-03-30	Middlesbrough	H
16	0	Ipswich Town	35	9	3	5	31	24	4	2	12	21	42	0.788	31	D	L	L	W	L	1959-03-30	Bristol City	H
17	3	Lincoln City	36	9	5	5	42	34	1	2	14	16	49	0.699	27	W	D	L	D	W	1959-03-30	Scunthorpe United	A
18	-1	Grimsby Town	35	6	7	4	35	27	2	3	13	19	46	0.74	26	L	D	D	W	L	1959-03-30	Rotherham United	A
19	2	Leyton Orient	35	6	4	8	28	29	3	4	10	21	39	0.721	26	W	D	D	W	L	1959-03-30	Sunderland	H
20	-2	Scunthorpe United	36	6	5	7	26	30	3	3	12	18	42	0.611	26	L	D	W	L	L	1959-03-30	Lincoln City	H
21	-2	Barnsley	35	7	4	5	28	22	2	3	14	20	50	0.667	25	L	L	L	L	D	1959-03-30	Liverpool	H
22	0	Rotherham United	34	7	3	5	26	22	1	3	15	9	49	0.493	22	L	D	W	L	W	1959-03-30	Grimsby Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	4	2	Rochdale	Peel Park	4,412
Gibson, Scott, Anders J, Tighe	Lineups		Spencer, Powell
Bradford City	6	1	Southend United	Valley Parade	9,783
McCole 3, Boyle, Jackson P 2 (2p)	Lineups		Stenhouse
Brentford	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Griffin Park	15,970
McLeod	Lineups		Burgess
Chesterfield	3	2	Tranmere Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,803
Havenhand 2, Maddison	Lineups		Williams K, Rowley T
Halifax Town	5	1	Doncaster Rovers	The Shay	5,110
McCall 2, South, Blackburn 2	Lineups		Fletcher
Hull City	3	3	Norwich City	Boothferry Park	24,156	Largest home gate 1958-59
Clarke 2, Smith	Lineups		Bly, Hill 2
Mansfield Town	1	0	Reading	Field Mill	6,275
Williams	Lineups
Newport County	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Somerton Park	8,108
	Lineups		Carter (p)
Notts County	0	2	Stockport County	Meadow Lane	9,761
	Lineups		Jackson 2
Southampton	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	The Dell	9,808
Reeves	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	0	Colchester United	County Ground	8,876
Marshall, D'Arcy	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Bury	Racecourse Ground	7,118
	Lineups

				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	39	13	4	2	51	24	8	7	5	31	30	1.519	53	W	L	W	L	W	1959-03-30	Brentford	H
2	0	Hull City	38	16	3	1	60	20	6	4	8	20	25	1.778	51	D	L	W	W	W	1959-03-30	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	0	Brentford	37	12	5	2	38	17	6	7	5	24	19	1.722	48	D	W	W	W	W	1959-03-30	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	40	13	3	5	42	21	5	4	10	26	39	1.133	43	L	W	L	W	W	1959-03-30	Hull City	A
5	0	Reading	38	12	4	2	38	16	5	4	11	25	34	1.26	42	L	W	W	L	W	1959-03-30	Wrexham	H
6	0	Colchester United	38	12	2	5	38	26	4	8	7	22	29	1.091	42	L	L	L	W	L	1959-03-30	Southampton	A
7	0	Southend United	38	11	5	2	43	21	6	2	12	27	44	1.077	41	L	W	L	W	L	1959-03-30	Newport County	H
8	0	Bury	39	10	6	2	42	17	5	4	12	18	32	1.224	40	D	L	W	W	L	1959-03-30	Chesterfield	H
9	1	Southampton	39	10	6	3	48	28	5	4	11	31	41	1.145	40	W	W	L	W	L	1959-03-30	Colchester United	H
10	1	Accrington Stanley	39	10	6	5	39	28	5	4	9	26	31	1.102	40	W	W	L	L	L	1959-03-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	-2	Norwich City	33	9	4	4	40	25	6	5	5	22	22	1.319	39	D	W	W	W	W	1959-03-30	Halifax Town	H
12	3	Chesterfield	39	9	5	6	37	26	5	4	10	25	33	1.051	37	W	W	L	L	D	1959-03-30	Bury	A
13	3	Halifax Town	35	10	4	3	32	20	6	1	11	27	44	0.922	37	W	L	W	L	W	1959-03-30	Norwich City	A
14	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	39	10	6	2	29	12	4	3	14	25	49	0.885	37	D	L	W	D	D	1959-03-30	Accrington Stanley	H
15	-3	Queens Park Rangers	38	11	5	3	38	26	4	2	13	24	46	0.861	37	L	W	W	W	L	1959-03-30	Notts County	A
16	-3	Newport County	38	13	2	5	38	22	1	6	11	21	38	0.983	36	L	L	W	W	W	1959-03-30	Southend United	A
17	0	Bradford City	39	9	4	6	38	23	4	5	11	31	48	0.972	35	W	D	L	L	L	1959-03-31	Stockport County	H
18	0	Mansfield Town	37	11	2	5	35	33	2	7	10	29	50	0.771	35	W	D	L	L	L	1959-03-30	Rochdale	H
19	0	Swindon Town	37	11	2	6	33	21	2	6	10	13	26	0.979	34	W	L	L	W	L	1959-03-30	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	0	Wrexham	36	9	4	4	30	25	2	7	10	20	35	0.833	33	D	L	L	D	W	1959-03-30	Reading	A
21	0	Stockport County	38	8	6	6	28	21	4	2	12	28	44	0.862	32	W	D	W	L	D	1959-03-31	Bradford City	A
22	0	Notts County	39	5	9	6	32	34	3	3	13	19	45	0.646	28	L	L	W	L	L	1959-03-30	Queens Park Rangers	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	40	12	1	7	36	29	1	1	18	9	54	0.542	28	L	W	W	W	L	1959-03-30	Swindon Town	A
24	0	Rochdale	39	7	6	7	20	23	0	4	15	15	47	0.5	24	L	D	W	L	L	1959-03-30	Mansfield Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	4	Torquay United	Recreation Ground	3,559
Mundy	Lineups		Bond 2, Northcott T 2
Barrow	0	4	Watford	Holker Street	4,597
	Lineups		Gavin, Bell, Fleming, Meadows
Carlisle United	4	3	Chester	Brunton Park	4,522
McKenna 2, Fletcher, Walker	Lineups		Souter, Davis, Bradley OG
Coventry City	0	0	Bradford	Highfield Road	16,374
	Lineups
Darlington	1	1	Workington	Feethams Ground	4,989
Milner	Lineups		Thomson
Exeter City	3	4	Port Vale	St James Park	12,088
Rees, Stiffle, Calland	Lineups		Steele 2, Poole, Sproson
Gateshead	1	1	Southport	Redheugh Park	4,040
Baldridge	Lineups		Barker
Gillingham	1	1	Crystal Palace	Priestfield Stadium	8,714
Payton	Lineups		Byrne
Millwall	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	The Den, New Cross	9,467
Bumpstead, Ackerman	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Hartlepools United	Boundary Park	5,154
Robinson	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	York City	Gay Meadow	9,833
Rowley, Whitaker	Lineups		Patterson, Twissell
Walsall	2	1	Northampton Town	Fellows Park	5,991
Richards 2	Lineups		English

				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	38	12	4	3	52	26	12	3	4	43	22	1.979	55	W	L	W	L	W	1959-03-30	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Coventry City	37	16	3	1	47	11	5	6	6	29	25	2.111	51	D	D	W	W	L	1959-03-30	Walsall	A
3	0	York City	38	9	8	1	29	12	8	7	5	33	28	1.55	49	D	D	D	W	W	1959-03-30	Workington	A
4	1	Shrewsbury Town	38	10	5	3	46	21	8	5	7	34	31	1.538	46	D	D	W	W	W	1959-03-30	Darlington	H
5	-1	Exeter City	36	13	2	3	44	20	6	6	6	29	30	1.46	46	L	D	W	L	L	1959-03-30	Millwall	H
6	0	Crystal Palace	39	11	7	2	48	20	6	4	9	29	38	1.328	45	D	W	L	W	L	1959-03-30	Torquay United	A
7	0	Millwall	39	13	3	4	43	20	6	3	10	23	35	1.2	44	W	D	L	D	L	1959-03-30	Exeter City	A
8	0	Carlisle United	38	9	6	5	32	27	7	4	7	22	26	1.019	42	W	L	W	W	L	1959-03-30	Gateshead	H
9	0	Northampton Town	37	10	4	3	37	23	6	4	10	32	48	0.972	40	L	W	L	L	W	1959-03-31	Bradford	H
10	0	Gillingham	37	11	6	3	46	24	4	3	10	21	36	1.117	39	D	W	L	D	L	1959-03-30	Aldershot	A
11	0	Darlington	38	7	7	6	34	29	6	6	6	27	27	1.089	39	D	W	L	D	D	1959-03-30	Shrewsbury Town	A
12	1	Walsall	36	9	4	5	39	24	6	4	8	33	33	1.263	38	W	L	W	D	D	1959-03-30	Coventry City	H
13	-1	Chester	38	8	4	6	34	28	6	6	8	32	43	0.93	38	L	D	W	W	L	1959-03-30	Southport	H
14	0	Torquay United	37	9	4	5	40	27	4	7	8	30	40	1.045	37	W	L	W	D	W	1959-03-30	Crystal Palace	H
15	0	Watford	39	8	4	6	37	28	6	4	11	34	40	1.044	36	W	L	W	L	L	1959-03-30	Hartlepools United	H
16	0	Bradford	40	12	1	7	40	25	3	4	13	21	42	0.91	35	D	L	L	D	L	1959-03-31	Northampton Town	A
17	1	Workington	39	7	9	3	35	29	2	6	12	19	42	0.761	33	D	D	D	L	L	1959-03-30	York City	H
18	-1	Hartlepools United	39	8	4	8	35	38	4	5	10	22	38	0.75	33	L	W	D	W	W	1959-03-30	Watford	A
19	1	Gateshead	37	9	2	8	30	27	4	4	10	19	48	0.653	32	D	W	D	W	W	1959-03-30	Carlisle United	A
20	-1	Aldershot	39	6	4	9	31	39	6	3	11	25	41	0.7	31	L	L	W	L	L	1959-03-30	Gillingham	H
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	40	9	5	7	42	32	2	3	14	14	49	0.691	30	L	W	W	D	L	1959-03-30	Port Vale	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	38	11	0	8	32	28	1	3	15	18	45	0.685	27	W	W	L	L	L	1959-03-30	Barrow	A
23	0	Southport	38	7	7	5	24	20	0	4	15	14	52	0.528	25	D	D	L	D	D	1959-03-30	Chester	A
24	0	Barrow	39	4	5	10	28	41	3	4	13	16	46	0.506	23	L	L	L	W	L	1959-03-30	Oldham Athletic	H