Easter Monday 1959-03-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	34,660
McParland	Lineups		Norman
Chelsea	3	1	Blackpool	Stamford Bridge	40,534
Sillett P (p), Brabrook, Harrison	Lineups		Durie
Everton	3	1	Luton Town	Goodison Park	32,620
Harris J 2, Thomas	Lineups		Morton
Leicester City	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Filbert Street	20,329
	Lineups
Manchester City	0	2	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road	25,551
	Lineups		Kevan, Allen
Newcastle United	3	1	West Ham United	St James' Park	20,911
Allchurch, Keith, Taylor	Lineups		Obeney
Portsmouth	1	3	Manchester United	Fratton Park	29,359
Harris P	Lineups		Charlton 2, Bradley
Preston North End	0	4	Burnley	Deepdale	17,357
	Lineups		Pointer 2, McIlroy, Cheesebrough

				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	Manchester United	38	12	4	3	54	27	10	2	7	44	37	1.531	50	W	L	W	W	W	1959-04-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	-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
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	3	Burnley	36	10	3	5	37	25	8	3	7	35	36	1.18	42	W	W	W	W	W	1959-04-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	1	Bolton Wanderers	35	13	2	4	51	27	3	7	6	18	30	1.211	41	D	W	D	L	L	1959-04-04	Manchester United	A
6	-2	West Ham United	36	13	1	3	50	25	6	2	11	25	39	1.172	41	L	W	W	W	L	1959-04-04	Everton	H
7	-2	Blackpool	36	10	7	0	33	10	5	3	11	24	35	1.267	40	L	L	W	W	L	1959-04-04	Leeds United	H
8	2	West Bromwich Albion	34	5	5	6	31	30	9	5	4	45	30	1.267	38	W	W	L	L	L	1959-03-31	Manchester City	H
9	-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
10	-1	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
11	2	Everton	37	11	3	5	38	34	5	1	12	26	41	0.853	36	W	W	W	L	W	1959-04-04	West Ham United	A
12	2	Newcastle United	37	10	1	7	35	26	6	2	11	36	47	0.973	35	W	L	L	W	L	1959-04-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
13	-2	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
14	-2	Preston North End	37	8	1	9	34	35	7	3	9	27	36	0.859	34	L	L	L	L	L	1959-04-04	Portsmouth	A
15	1	Chelsea	36	11	2	5	47	34	4	1	13	20	55	0.753	33	W	L	L	W	W	1959-04-04	Manchester City	H
16	-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
17	1	Tottenham Hotspur	37	8	2	8	46	40	3	6	10	26	46	0.837	30	D	L	W	W	L	1959-04-04	Luton Town	H
18	-1	Luton Town	32	9	4	4	41	23	1	5	9	17	32	1.055	29	L	W	L	L	D	1959-04-04	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	0	Manchester City	35	7	6	5	37	29	3	2	12	22	51	0.738	28	L	D	L	W	W	1959-03-31	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	0	Aston Villa	36	8	4	7	30	31	3	1	13	24	47	0.692	27	D	L	L	W	W	1959-04-04	Leicester City	H
21	0	Leicester City	36	6	5	8	31	34	2	4	11	26	54	0.648	25	D	W	D	L	L	1959-04-04	Aston Villa	A
22	0	Portsmouth	36	5	4	9	35	41	1	5	12	22	55	0.594	21	L	L	L	D	L	1959-04-04	Preston North End	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	2	Liverpool	Oakwell	7,611
	Lineups		Melia 2
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Sheffield United	Goldstone Ground	21,640
Shepherd, Tiddy	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	4	4	Swansea Town	Eastville	15,148
Ward 2, Hooper, Bradford	Lineups		Allchurch L, Daniel, Davies E, Williams H
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Cardiff City	The Valley	16,344
	Lineups
Derby County	3	0	Stoke City	Baseball Ground	24,342	Largest home gate 1958-59
Thompson 2, Parry	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	5	1	Middlesbrough	Leeds Road	14,671
Howard, Low, Sinclair, McHale, Massie	Lineups		Clough
Ipswich Town	1	1	Bristol City	Portman Road	13,652
Phillips	Lineups		Atyeo
Leyton Orient	6	0	Sunderland	Brisbane Road	15,648
Johnston, Brown 4, White	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	1	Grimsby Town	Millmoor	8,983
Cooper 2	Lineups		Stockin
Scunthorpe United	3	1	Lincoln City	Old Showground	13,742
Donnelly 2, Harburn	Lineups		Harbertson (p)
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Fulham	Hillsborough	32,055
Shiner, Fantham	Lineups		Cook 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	Fulham	37	16	1	2	60	26	7	5	6	24	30	1.5	52	D	W	W	L	W	1959-04-04	Cardiff City	A
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	35	15	2	1	59	12	8	3	6	31	29	2.195	51	D	W	L	L	W	1959-04-04	Bristol City	A
3	0	Liverpool	35	12	3	2	47	22	9	1	8	27	30	1.423	46	W	L	W	L	D	1959-04-04	Derby County	H
4	1	Derby County	37	14	1	4	42	25	4	7	7	25	35	1.117	44	W	W	D	W	L	1959-04-04	Liverpool	A
5	-1	Stoke City	36	15	1	2	43	17	4	3	11	20	36	1.189	42	L	W	W	L	L	1959-04-04	Rotherham United	A
6	0	Sheffield United	33	12	1	3	40	10	5	4	8	22	28	1.632	39	L	W	W	L	L	1959-03-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	0	Bristol Rovers	36	10	5	3	39	21	4	6	8	28	33	1.241	39	D	D	L	D	W	1959-04-04	Grimsby Town	A
8	0	Bristol City	37	10	3	5	41	24	6	3	10	27	36	1.133	38	D	L	W	D	L	1959-04-04	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	0	Cardiff City	34	11	2	4	33	19	5	4	8	23	31	1.12	38	D	D	D	W	L	1959-03-31	Charlton Athletic	H
10	0	Charlton Athletic	35	12	3	3	48	27	3	4	10	30	47	1.054	37	D	L	W	D	W	1959-03-31	Cardiff City	A
11	0	Swansea Town	36	11	4	3	44	22	3	4	11	25	46	1.015	36	D	W	W	L	L	1959-04-04	Sheffield United	A
12	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	8	8	2	37	25	5	2	11	24	50	0.813	36	W	L	W	D	W	1959-03-31	Sheffield United	A
13	2	Huddersfield Town	36	11	3	4	35	15	2	5	11	19	34	1.102	34	W	D	D	W	W	1959-04-04	Lincoln City	H
14	-2	Sunderland	36	12	3	4	37	21	2	3	12	18	47	0.809	34	L	D	D	W	L	1959-04-04	Barnsley	A
15	-1	Middlesbrough	36	8	5	5	43	20	4	3	11	30	42	1.177	32	L	D	W	L	W	1959-04-04	Leyton Orient	H
16	0	Ipswich Town	36	9	4	5	32	25	4	2	12	21	42	0.791	32	D	D	L	L	W	1959-04-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	2	Leyton Orient	36	7	4	8	34	29	3	4	10	21	39	0.809	28	W	W	D	D	W	1959-04-04	Middlesbrough	A
18	2	Scunthorpe United	37	7	5	7	29	31	3	3	12	18	42	0.644	28	W	L	D	W	L	1959-04-04	Charlton Athletic	A
19	-2	Lincoln City	37	9	5	5	42	34	1	2	15	17	52	0.686	27	L	W	D	L	D	1959-04-04	Huddersfield Town	A
20	-2	Grimsby Town	36	6	7	4	35	27	2	3	14	20	48	0.733	26	L	L	D	D	W	1959-04-04	Bristol Rovers	H
21	0	Barnsley	36	7	4	6	28	24	2	3	14	20	50	0.649	25	L	L	L	L	L	1959-04-04	Sunderland	H
22	0	Rotherham United	35	8	3	5	28	23	1	3	15	9	49	0.514	24	W	L	D	W	L	1959-04-04	Stoke City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	2	Accrington Stanley	Dean Court	8,465
Burgess, Standley, Dowsett, Southren 2	Lineups		Mulkerrin, Scott
Bury	1	0	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	6,923
Parker	Lineups
Hull City	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Boothferry Park	19,190
Bradbury	Lineups
Mansfield Town	0	0	Rochdale	Field Mill	5,862
	Lineups
Norwich City	3	1	Halifax Town	Carrow Road	29,976	Largest home gate 1958-59
McCrohan, Crowe (p), Allcock	Lineups		Thomas
Notts County	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Meadow Lane	6,956
	Lineups		Angell
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Brentford	Home Park	27,073
Govan	Lineups		Parsons
Reading	2	1	Wrexham	Elm Park	9,285
Webb, Walker	Lineups		Murray
Southampton	3	0	Colchester United	The Dell	8,502
Reeves, Page, Mulgrew	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Newport County	Roots Hall	9,672
Houghton	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	County Ground	9,504
	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	40	13	5	2	52	25	8	7	5	31	30	1.509	54	D	W	L	W	L	1959-04-04	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Hull City	39	17	3	1	61	20	6	4	8	20	25	1.8	53	W	D	L	W	W	1959-04-04	Southend United	A
3	0	Brentford	38	12	5	2	38	17	6	8	5	25	20	1.703	49	D	D	W	W	W	1959-04-04	Norwich City	A
4	1	Reading	39	13	4	2	40	17	5	4	11	25	34	1.275	44	W	L	W	W	L	1959-04-04	Notts County	H
5	-1	Tranmere Rovers	41	13	3	5	42	21	5	4	11	26	40	1.115	43	L	L	W	L	W	1959-04-04	Newport County	H
6	1	Southend United	39	12	5	2	44	21	6	2	12	27	44	1.092	43	W	L	W	L	W	1959-04-04	Hull City	H
7	1	Bury	40	11	6	2	43	17	5	4	12	18	32	1.245	42	W	D	L	W	W	1959-04-04	Bradford City	H
8	1	Southampton	40	11	6	3	51	28	5	4	11	31	41	1.188	42	W	W	W	L	W	1959-04-04	Rochdale	A
9	-3	Colchester United	39	12	2	5	38	26	4	8	8	22	32	1.034	42	L	L	L	L	W	1959-04-04	Mansfield Town	H
10	1	Norwich City	34	10	4	4	43	26	6	5	5	22	22	1.354	41	W	D	W	W	W	1959-03-31	Halifax Town	A
11	-1	Accrington Stanley	40	10	6	5	39	28	5	4	10	28	36	1.047	40	L	W	W	L	L	1959-04-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	11	6	2	34	14	4	3	14	25	49	0.937	39	W	D	L	W	D	1959-04-04	Swindon Town	H
13	2	Queens Park Rangers	39	11	5	3	38	26	5	2	13	25	46	0.875	39	W	L	W	W	W	1959-04-04	Wrexham	H
14	-2	Chesterfield	40	9	5	6	37	26	5	4	11	25	34	1.033	37	L	W	W	L	L	1959-04-04	Stockport County	A
15	-2	Halifax Town	36	10	4	3	32	20	6	1	12	28	47	0.896	37	L	W	L	W	L	1959-03-31	Norwich City	H
16	0	Newport County	39	13	2	5	38	22	1	6	12	21	39	0.967	36	L	L	L	W	W	1959-04-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	1	Mansfield Town	38	11	3	5	35	33	2	7	10	29	50	0.771	36	D	W	D	L	L	1959-04-04	Colchester United	A
18	1	Swindon Town	38	11	3	6	33	21	2	6	10	13	26	0.979	35	D	W	L	L	W	1959-04-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
19	-2	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
20	0	Wrexham	37	9	4	4	30	25	2	7	11	21	37	0.823	33	L	D	L	L	D	1959-04-04	Queens Park Rangers	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	1	Doncaster Rovers	41	12	1	7	36	29	1	2	18	9	54	0.542	29	D	L	W	W	W	1959-04-04	Accrington Stanley	H
23	-1	Notts County	40	5	9	7	32	35	3	3	13	19	45	0.638	28	L	L	L	W	L	1959-04-04	Reading	A
24	0	Rochdale	40	7	6	7	20	23	0	5	15	15	47	0.5	25	D	L	D	W	L	1959-04-04	Southampton	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	4	2	Gillingham	Recreation Ground	3,033
Mundy, Henry, Stepney, Parnell	Lineups		Payton, Terry
Barrow	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Holker Street	3,191
Kemp, Murray	Lineups		Mallon
Carlisle United	4	2	Gateshead	Brunton Park	5,029
Mooney 2, Fletcher, Broadis	Lineups		Baldridge 2
Chester	2	1	Southport	Sealand Road	5,636
Jepson, Davis	Lineups		Green
Exeter City	3	1	Millwall	St James Park	8,950
Rees, Calland, Stiffle	Lineups		Broadfoot
Port Vale	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Vale Park	20,524
Jackson (p)	Lineups		Llewellyn
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Darlington	Gay Meadow	8,560
Russell	Lineups
Torquay United	0	2	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor	5,318
	Lineups		Byrne, Brett
Walsall	3	0	Coventry City	Fellows Park	10,949
Hodgkisson, Taylor, Rawlings	Lineups
Watford	4	1	Hartlepools United	Vicarage Road	6,480
Walker, Meadows (p), Gordon, Fleming	Lineups		Anderson
Workington	2	2	York City	Borough Park	4,764
Dixon 2	Lineups		Wragg, Wilkinson

				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	39	12	5	3	53	27	12	3	4	43	22	1.959	56	D	W	L	W	L	1959-04-04	Coventry City	H
2	0	Coventry City	38	16	3	1	47	11	5	6	7	29	28	1.949	51	L	D	D	W	W	1959-03-31	Walsall	H
3	0	York City	39	9	8	1	29	12	8	8	5	35	30	1.524	50	D	D	D	D	W	1959-04-04	Darlington	H
4	0	Shrewsbury Town	39	11	5	3	47	21	8	5	7	34	31	1.558	48	W	D	D	W	W	1959-04-04	Bradford	A
5	0	Exeter City	37	14	2	3	47	21	6	6	6	29	30	1.49	48	W	L	D	W	L	1959-04-04	Crystal Palace	A
6	0	Crystal Palace	40	11	7	2	48	20	7	4	9	31	38	1.362	47	W	D	W	L	W	1959-04-04	Exeter City	H
7	0	Millwall	40	13	3	4	43	20	6	3	11	24	38	1.155	44	L	W	D	L	D	1959-04-04	Northampton Town	A
8	0	Carlisle United	39	10	6	5	36	29	7	4	7	22	26	1.055	44	W	W	L	W	W	1959-04-04	Watford	A
9	3	Walsall	37	10	4	5	42	24	6	4	8	33	33	1.316	40	W	W	L	W	D	1959-03-31	Coventry City	A
10	-1	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
11	2	Chester	39	9	4	6	36	29	6	6	8	32	43	0.944	40	W	L	D	W	W	1959-04-04	Gillingham	H
12	-2	Gillingham	38	11	6	3	46	24	4	3	11	23	40	1.078	39	L	D	W	L	D	1959-04-04	Chester	A
13	-2	Darlington	39	7	7	6	34	29	6	6	7	27	28	1.07	39	L	D	W	L	D	1959-04-04	York City	A
14	1	Watford	40	9	4	6	41	29	6	4	11	34	40	1.087	38	W	W	L	W	L	1959-04-04	Carlisle United	H
15	-1	Torquay United	38	9	4	6	40	29	4	7	8	30	40	1.014	37	L	W	L	W	D	1959-04-04	Gateshead	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	0	Workington	40	7	10	3	37	31	2	6	12	19	42	0.767	34	D	D	D	D	L	1959-04-04	Walsall	H
18	2	Aldershot	40	7	4	9	35	41	6	3	11	25	41	0.732	33	W	L	L	W	L	1959-04-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	-1	Hartlepools United	40	8	4	8	35	38	4	5	11	23	42	0.725	33	L	L	W	D	W	1959-04-04	Barrow	H
20	-1	Gateshead	38	9	2	8	30	27	4	4	11	21	52	0.646	32	L	D	W	D	W	1959-04-04	Torquay United	A
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	41	9	5	7	42	32	2	4	14	15	50	0.695	31	D	L	W	W	D	1959-04-04	Aldershot	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	39	11	0	8	32	28	1	3	16	19	47	0.68	27	L	W	W	L	L	1959-04-04	Southport	A
23	0	Southport	39	7	7	5	24	20	0	4	16	15	54	0.527	25	L	D	D	L	D	1959-04-04	Oldham Athletic	H
24	0	Barrow	40	5	5	10	30	42	3	4	13	16	46	0.523	25	W	L	L	L	W	1959-04-04	Hartlepools United	A