1959-04-04

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	2	Leicester City	Villa Park	40,795
Dixon	Lineups		Walsh 2
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Ewood Park	27,217
	Lineups
Blackpool	3	0	Leeds United	Bloomfield Road	14,089
Charnley 3	Lineups
Chelsea	2	0	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge	32,554
Greaves, Blunstone	Lineups
Manchester United	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford	61,528
Charlton, Scanlon, Viollet	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Arsenal	City Ground	32,558
Wilson	Lineups		Haverty
Portsmouth	1	2	Preston North End	Fratton Park	15,790
White	Lineups		Thompson, Taylor
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Luton Town	White Hart Lane	37,093
Medwin, Smith, Brooks	Lineups
West Ham United	3	2	Everton	Upton Park	28,266
Bond, Dick, Grice	Lineups		Hickson, Laverick
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	3	Burnley	Molineux	39,810
Broadbent, Harris, Murray	Lineups		Cheesebrough 2, Pointer

				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	37	13	3	3	60	19	11	1	6	38	28	2.085	52	D	W	W	W	W	1959-04-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	0	Manchester United	39	13	4	3	57	27	10	2	7	44	37	1.578	52	W	W	L	W	W	1959-04-11	Luton Town	A
3	0	Arsenal	37	12	2	4	45	25	6	5	8	32	34	1.305	43	D	L	L	D	L	1959-04-11	Chelsea	H
4	2	West Ham United	37	14	1	3	53	27	6	2	11	25	39	1.182	43	W	L	W	W	W	1959-04-11	Leicester City	A
5	-1	Burnley	37	10	3	5	37	25	8	4	7	38	39	1.172	43	D	W	W	W	W	1959-04-08	Tottenham Hotspur	A
6	2	Blackpool	37	11	7	0	36	10	5	3	11	24	35	1.333	42	W	L	L	W	W	1959-04-11	Manchester City	A
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	36	6	5	6	34	30	9	6	4	45	30	1.317	41	D	W	W	W	L	1959-04-11	Newcastle United	H
8	-3	Bolton Wanderers	36	13	2	4	51	27	3	7	7	18	33	1.15	41	L	D	W	D	L	1959-04-08	Birmingham City	A
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	37	10	3	6	43	26	5	7	6	26	34	1.15	40	D	D	W	W	D	1959-04-11	Leeds United	A
10	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
11	1	Nottingham Forest	35	8	4	5	33	22	7	2	9	30	34	1.125	36	D	D	D	L	L	1959-04-09	Luton Town	A
12	2	Preston North End	38	8	1	9	34	35	8	3	9	29	37	0.875	36	W	L	L	L	L	1959-04-06	Luton Town	H
13	-2	Everton	38	11	3	5	38	34	5	1	13	28	44	0.846	36	L	W	W	W	L	1959-04-11	Nottingham Forest	H
14	-1	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
15	0	Chelsea	37	12	2	5	49	34	4	1	13	20	55	0.775	35	W	W	L	L	W	1959-04-11	Arsenal	A
16	1	Tottenham Hotspur	38	9	2	8	49	40	3	6	10	26	46	0.872	32	W	D	L	W	W	1959-04-08	Burnley	H
17	-1	Leeds United	38	6	7	6	25	26	6	1	12	24	45	0.69	32	L	L	W	L	W	1959-04-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	0	Luton Town	33	9	4	4	41	23	1	5	10	17	35	1	29	L	L	W	L	L	1959-04-06	Preston North End	A
19	0	Manchester City	37	7	6	5	37	29	3	2	14	22	56	0.694	28	L	L	L	D	L	1959-04-11	Blackpool	H
20	0	Aston Villa	37	8	4	8	31	33	3	1	13	24	47	0.688	27	L	D	L	L	W	1959-04-11	Preston North End	A
21	0	Leicester City	37	6	5	8	31	34	3	4	11	28	55	0.663	27	W	D	W	D	L	1959-04-11	West Ham United	H
22	0	Portsmouth	37	5	4	10	36	43	1	5	12	22	55	0.592	21	L	L	L	L	D	1959-04-11	Burnley	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	2	Sunderland	Oakwell	10,274
	Lineups		Goodchild, Fraser J
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	1	Ipswich Town	Goldstone Ground	20,931
McNeill 2, Wilson, Thorne	Lineups		Phillips
Bristol City	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Ashton Gate	21,211
Tindill	Lineups		Fantham, Kay
Cardiff City	1	2	Fulham	Ninian Park	23,217
Walsh	Lineups		Leggat, Haynes
Charlton Athletic	2	3	Scunthorpe United	The Valley	15,285
Lucas 2	Lineups		Harburn 2, Waldock
Grimsby Town	1	2	Bristol Rovers	Blundell Park	9,200
Rafferty	Lineups		Ward, Smith
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Lincoln City	Leeds Road	12,646
Low, Howard	Lineups		McClelland
Liverpool	3	0	Derby County	Anfield Road	38,879
Liddell, Melia 2	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	2	Leyton Orient	Ayresome Park	20,683
Peacock 2, Harris, Clough	Lineups		Wright (p), Elwood
Rotherham United	0	0	Stoke City	Millmoor	10,294
	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	0	Swansea Town	Bramall Lane	16,058
Lewis, Hodgson	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	38	16	1	2	60	26	8	5	6	26	31	1.509	54	W	D	W	W	L	1959-04-11	Huddersfield Town	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	36	15	2	1	59	12	9	3	6	33	30	2.19	53	W	D	W	L	L	1959-04-11	Cardiff City	H
3	0	Liverpool	36	13	3	2	50	22	9	1	8	27	30	1.481	48	W	W	L	W	L	1959-04-08	Middlesbrough	H
4	0	Derby County	38	14	1	4	42	25	4	7	8	25	38	1.063	44	L	W	W	D	W	1959-04-11	Middlesbrough	H
5	1	Sheffield United	35	14	1	3	45	11	5	4	8	22	28	1.718	43	W	W	L	W	W	1959-04-11	Stoke City	A
6	-1	Stoke City	37	15	1	2	43	17	4	4	11	20	36	1.189	43	D	L	W	W	L	1959-04-06	Sunderland	H
7	0	Bristol Rovers	37	10	5	3	39	21	5	6	8	30	34	1.255	41	W	D	D	L	D	1959-04-11	Liverpool	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	37	12	3	4	50	30	4	4	10	32	48	1.051	39	L	W	D	L	W	1959-04-11	Leyton Orient	A
9	0	Bristol City	38	10	3	6	42	26	6	3	10	27	36	1.113	38	L	D	L	W	D	1959-04-11	Scunthorpe United	A
10	0	Cardiff City	36	11	2	6	35	23	5	4	8	23	31	1.074	38	L	L	D	D	D	1959-04-11	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	8	2	41	26	5	2	12	25	53	0.835	38	W	L	W	L	W	1959-04-11	Swansea Town	A
12	1	Huddersfield Town	37	12	3	4	37	16	2	5	11	19	34	1.12	36	W	W	D	D	W	1959-04-11	Fulham	A
13	-2	Swansea Town	37	11	4	3	44	22	3	4	12	25	48	0.986	36	L	D	W	W	L	1959-04-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	0	Sunderland	37	12	3	4	37	21	3	3	12	20	47	0.838	36	W	L	D	D	W	1959-04-06	Stoke City	A
15	0	Middlesbrough	37	9	5	5	47	22	4	3	11	30	42	1.203	34	W	L	D	W	L	1959-04-08	Liverpool	A
16	0	Ipswich Town	37	9	4	5	32	25	4	2	13	22	46	0.761	32	L	D	D	L	L	1959-04-11	Grimsby Town	H
17	1	Scunthorpe United	38	7	5	7	29	31	4	3	12	21	44	0.667	30	W	W	L	D	W	1959-04-11	Bristol City	H
18	-1	Leyton Orient	37	7	4	8	34	29	3	4	11	23	43	0.792	28	L	W	W	D	D	1959-04-11	Charlton Athletic	H
19	0	Lincoln City	38	9	5	5	42	34	1	2	16	18	54	0.682	27	L	L	W	D	L	1959-04-11	Barnsley	H
20	0	Grimsby Town	37	6	7	5	36	29	2	3	14	20	48	0.727	26	L	L	L	D	D	1959-04-11	Ipswich Town	A
21	0	Barnsley	37	7	4	7	28	26	2	3	14	20	50	0.632	25	L	L	L	L	L	1959-04-11	Lincoln City	A
22	0	Rotherham United	36	8	4	5	28	23	1	3	15	9	49	0.514	25	D	W	L	D	W	1959-04-11	Sunderland	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	3	Swindon Town	Dean Court	9,546
Burgess 2, Dowsett	Lineups		Edwards 2, Woollard OG
Bury	2	2	Bradford City	Gigg Lane	7,522
Parker (p), Munro	Lineups		McCole 2
Colchester United	1	3	Mansfield Town	Layer Road	5,901
Milligan	Lineups		Uphill 2 (1p), Thomas B
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Accrington Stanley	Belle Vue	5,290
Callan, Meredith 2	Lineups
Norwich City	4	1	Brentford	Carrow Road	27,870
Crossan, Hill 2, Bly	Lineups		Francis
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Halifax Town	Home Park	19,590
Carter	Lineups		Smith (p)
Queens Park Rangers	5	0	Wrexham	Loftus Road	8,670
Anderson 2, Whitelaw, Angell, Longbottom	Lineups
Reading	3	1	Notts County	Elm Park	8,285
Wheeler 2, Webb	Lineups		Roby
Rochdale	1	0	Southampton	Spotland	3,948
Cooper	Lineups
Southend United	1	1	Hull City	Roots Hall	12,279
Houghton	Lineups		Coates
Stockport County	1	1	Chesterfield	Edgeley Park	7,331
Reid	Lineups		Frear
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Newport County	Prenton Park	9,390
Williams K, Rowley T	Lineups		Meyer

				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	41	13	6	2	53	26	8	7	5	31	30	1.5	55	D	D	W	L	W	1959-04-11	Wrexham	A
2	0	Hull City	40	17	3	1	61	20	6	5	8	21	26	1.783	54	D	W	D	L	W	1959-04-11	Rochdale	H
3	0	Brentford	39	12	5	2	38	17	6	8	6	26	24	1.561	49	L	D	D	W	W	1959-04-08	Southend United	A
4	0	Reading	40	14	4	2	43	18	5	4	11	25	34	1.308	46	W	W	L	W	W	1959-04-11	Halifax Town	A
5	0	Tranmere Rovers	42	14	3	5	44	22	5	4	11	26	40	1.129	45	W	L	L	W	L	1959-04-11	Southampton	A
6	1	Norwich City	36	11	4	4	47	27	6	6	5	23	23	1.4	44	W	D	W	D	W	1959-04-06	Mansfield Town	A
7	-1	Southend United	40	12	6	2	45	22	6	2	12	27	44	1.091	44	D	W	L	W	L	1959-04-08	Brentford	H
8	0	Bury	41	11	7	2	45	19	5	4	12	18	32	1.235	43	D	W	D	L	W	1959-04-11	Swindon Town	A
9	0	Southampton	41	11	6	3	51	28	5	4	12	31	42	1.171	42	L	W	W	W	L	1959-04-11	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	0	Colchester United	40	12	2	6	39	29	4	8	8	22	32	1	42	L	L	L	L	L	1959-04-18	Chesterfield	H
11	2	Queens Park Rangers	40	12	5	3	43	26	5	2	13	25	46	0.944	41	W	W	L	W	W	1959-04-08	Wrexham	A
12	-1	Accrington Stanley	41	10	6	5	39	28	5	4	11	28	39	1	40	L	L	W	W	L	1959-04-11	Stockport County	H
13	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	41	11	7	2	37	17	4	3	14	25	49	0.939	40	D	W	D	L	W	1959-04-11	Chesterfield	A
14	0	Halifax Town	38	10	5	3	33	21	6	2	12	29	48	0.899	39	D	D	L	W	L	1959-04-11	Reading	H
15	0	Chesterfield	41	9	5	6	37	26	5	5	11	26	35	1.033	38	D	L	W	W	L	1959-04-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
16	0	Bradford City	41	10	4	6	42	25	4	6	11	33	50	1	38	D	W	W	D	L	1959-04-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
17	1	Mansfield Town	39	11	3	5	35	33	3	7	10	32	51	0.798	38	W	D	W	D	L	1959-04-06	Norwich City	H
18	1	Swindon Town	39	11	3	6	33	21	2	7	10	16	29	0.98	36	D	D	W	L	L	1959-04-08	Norwich City	A
19	-2	Newport County	40	13	2	5	38	22	1	6	13	22	41	0.952	36	L	L	L	L	W	1959-04-13	Southend United	H
20	1	Stockport County	40	8	7	6	29	22	4	2	13	30	48	0.843	33	D	L	W	D	W	1959-04-11	Accrington Stanley	A
21	-1	Wrexham	38	9	4	4	30	25	2	7	12	21	42	0.761	33	L	L	D	L	L	1959-04-08	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	42	13	1	7	39	29	1	2	18	9	54	0.578	31	W	D	L	W	W	1959-04-11	Bradford City	A
23	0	Notts County	41	5	9	7	32	35	3	3	14	20	48	0.627	28	L	L	L	L	W	1959-04-11	Norwich City	H
24	0	Rochdale	41	8	6	7	21	23	0	5	15	15	47	0.514	27	W	D	L	D	W	1959-04-11	Hull City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Park Avenue	7,262
Allan 2, Buchanan	Lineups		Tucker
Chester	1	2	Gillingham	Sealand Road	5,513
Davis	Lineups		Patrick, Terry
Crewe Alexandra	5	0	Aldershot	Gresty Road	7,292
Coleman 3, Riley, Keery	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	1	Exeter City	Selhurst Park	20,977	Largest home gate 1958-59
McNichol	Lineups		Rees
Hartlepools United	10	1	Barrow	Victoria Park	4,126
Clark 2, Smith 3, Luke 2, Scott, Langland, Marsden OG	Lineups		Kemp
Northampton Town	0	1	Millwall	County Ground	7,284
	Lineups		Ackerman
Port Vale	3	0	Coventry City	Vale Park	20,916	Largest home gate 1958-59
Wilkinson 2, Jackson (p)	Lineups
Southport	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Haig Avenue	4,012
Kerr	Lineups		John
Torquay United	0	1	Gateshead	Plainmoor	4,398
	Lineups		Smith K (2)
Watford	2	2	Carlisle United	Vicarage Road	7,219
Devine 2	Lineups		Mooney, McKenna
Workington	0	1	Walsall	Borough Park	4,503
	Lineups		Taylor
York City	2	1	Darlington	Bootham Crescent	7,896
Wilkinson, Twissell	Lineups		Milner

				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	40	13	5	3	56	27	12	3	4	43	22	2.02	58	W	D	W	L	W	1959-04-11	Shrewsbury Town	A
2	0	Coventry City	40	16	4	1	47	11	5	6	8	29	31	1.81	52	L	D	L	D	D	1959-04-11	Crystal Palace	H
3	0	York City	40	10	8	1	31	13	8	8	5	35	30	1.535	52	W	D	D	D	D	1959-04-11	Walsall	A
4	1	Exeter City	38	14	2	3	47	21	6	7	6	30	31	1.481	49	D	W	L	D	W	1959-04-06	Gateshead	H
5	-1	Shrewsbury Town	40	11	5	3	47	21	8	5	8	35	34	1.491	48	L	W	D	D	W	1959-04-11	Port Vale	H
6	0	Crystal Palace	41	11	8	2	49	21	7	4	9	31	38	1.356	48	D	W	D	W	L	1959-04-11	Coventry City	A
7	0	Millwall	41	13	3	4	43	20	7	3	11	25	38	1.172	46	W	L	W	D	L	1959-04-11	Workington	H
8	0	Carlisle United	40	10	6	5	36	29	7	5	7	24	28	1.053	45	D	W	W	L	W	1959-04-06	Northampton Town	A
9	1	Walsall	39	10	4	5	42	24	7	5	8	34	33	1.333	43	W	D	W	W	L	1959-04-09	Workington	H
10	-1	Northampton Town	39	11	4	4	41	25	6	4	10	32	48	1	42	L	W	L	W	L	1959-04-06	Carlisle United	H
11	1	Gillingham	39	11	6	3	46	24	5	3	11	25	41	1.092	41	W	L	D	W	L	1959-04-08	Torquay United	H
12	-1	Chester	40	9	4	7	37	31	6	6	8	32	43	0.932	40	L	W	L	D	W	1959-04-11	Exeter City	A
13	1	Watford	41	9	5	6	43	31	6	4	11	34	40	1.085	39	D	W	W	L	W	1959-04-11	Gillingham	A
14	-1	Darlington	40	7	7	6	34	29	6	6	8	28	30	1.051	39	L	L	D	W	L	1959-04-11	Bradford	H
15	0	Torquay United	39	9	4	7	40	30	4	7	8	30	40	1	37	L	L	W	L	W	1959-04-08	Gillingham	A
16	0	Bradford	42	13	1	7	43	26	3	4	14	22	46	0.903	37	W	L	D	L	L	1959-04-11	Darlington	A
17	2	Hartlepools United	41	9	4	8	45	39	4	5	11	23	42	0.84	35	W	L	L	W	D	1959-04-11	Carlisle United	A
18	-1	Workington	41	7	10	4	37	32	2	6	12	19	42	0.757	34	L	D	D	D	D	1959-04-09	Walsall	A
19	1	Gateshead	39	9	2	8	30	27	5	4	11	22	52	0.658	34	W	L	D	W	D	1959-04-06	Exeter City	A
20	1	Crewe Alexandra	42	10	5	7	47	32	2	4	14	15	50	0.756	33	W	D	L	W	W	1959-04-11	Gateshead	A
21	-3	Aldershot	41	7	4	9	35	41	6	3	12	25	46	0.69	33	L	W	L	L	W	1959-04-11	Northampton Town	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	40	11	0	8	32	28	1	4	16	20	48	0.684	28	D	L	W	W	L	1959-04-11	Torquay United	H
23	0	Southport	40	7	8	5	25	21	0	4	16	15	54	0.533	26	D	L	D	D	L	1959-04-11	Barrow	A
24	0	Barrow	41	5	5	10	30	42	3	4	14	17	56	0.48	25	L	W	L	L	L	1959-04-11	Southport	H