1959-04-11

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	England	1	0	Scotland		Wembley Stadium, London	98,329
	Charlton R	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Chelsea	Highbury	40,722
Ward	Lineups		Greaves
Birmingham City	5	1	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's	20,557
Stubbs, Gordon, Larkin, Hooper (p), Baker OG	Lineups		Jones (p)
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	26,019
Lofthouse, Parry (p)	Lineups		Booth, Murray
Burnley	2	1	Portsmouth	Turf Moor	18,174
Pointer, Pilkington	Lineups		Harris H
Everton	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Goodison Park	26,208
Hickson	Lineups		Wilson 2, Gray
Leeds United	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	15,232
Shackleton, Charlton	Lineups		Isherwood
Leicester City	1	1	West Ham United	Filbert Street	23,784
McDonald	Lineups		Bond
Luton Town	0	0	Manchester United	Kenilworth Road	27,025	Largest home gate 1958-59
	Lineups
Manchester City	0	2	Blackpool	Maine Road	27,118
	Lineups		Durie, Perry
Preston North End	4	2	Aston Villa	Deepdale	12,244
Thompson 2, Hatsell, Taylor	Lineups		Myerscough, Sewell
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Newcastle United	The Hawthorns	23,750
Kevan 2	Lineups		Curry 2

				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	38	13	3	3	60	19	11	2	6	40	30	2.041	53	D	D	W	W	W	1959-04-13	Blackpool	A
2	0	Manchester United	40	13	4	3	57	27	10	3	7	44	37	1.578	53	D	W	W	L	W	1959-04-18	Birmingham City	H
3	0	Burnley	39	11	3	5	39	26	8	5	7	40	41	1.179	46	W	D	D	W	W	1959-04-14	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	3	Blackpool	38	11	7	0	36	10	6	3	11	26	35	1.378	44	W	W	L	L	W	1959-04-13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	-1	Arsenal	38	12	3	4	46	26	6	5	8	32	34	1.3	44	D	D	L	L	D	1959-04-14	Birmingham City	A
6	-1	West Ham United	38	14	1	3	53	27	6	3	11	26	40	1.179	44	D	W	L	W	W	1959-04-13	Luton Town	H
7	-1	Bolton Wanderers	38	13	3	4	53	29	4	7	7	21	34	1.175	44	D	W	L	D	W	1959-04-14	Burnley	A
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	37	6	6	6	36	32	9	6	4	45	30	1.306	42	D	D	W	W	W	1959-04-15	Luton Town	H
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	3	6	43	26	5	7	7	27	36	1.129	40	L	D	D	W	W	1959-04-18	Manchester City	H
10	0	Birmingham City	35	11	1	6	43	33	6	4	7	28	27	1.183	39	W	L	D	W	L	1959-04-14	Arsenal	H
11	0	Preston North End	40	9	2	9	38	37	8	3	9	29	37	0.905	39	W	D	W	L	L	1959-04-18	West Ham United	A
12	0	Nottingham Forest	37	8	4	5	33	22	8	2	10	34	40	1.081	38	W	L	D	D	D	1959-04-15	Chelsea	H
13	1	Newcastle United	38	10	1	7	35	26	6	3	11	38	49	0.973	36	D	W	L	L	W	1959-04-18	Leeds United	H
14	-1	Everton	39	11	3	6	39	37	5	1	13	28	44	0.827	36	L	L	W	W	W	1959-04-15	Portsmouth	A
15	0	Chelsea	38	12	2	5	49	34	4	2	13	21	56	0.778	36	D	W	W	L	L	1959-04-15	Nottingham Forest	A
16	2	Leeds United	39	7	7	6	27	27	6	1	12	24	45	0.708	34	W	L	L	W	L	1959-04-18	Newcastle United	A
17	0	Luton Town	36	10	5	4	46	24	1	6	10	17	35	1.068	33	D	W	D	L	L	1959-04-13	West Ham United	A
18	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	40	9	3	8	51	42	3	6	11	27	51	0.839	33	L	D	W	D	L	1959-04-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	0	Manchester City	38	7	6	6	37	31	3	2	14	22	56	0.678	28	L	L	L	L	D	1959-04-18	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	1	Leicester City	38	6	6	8	32	35	3	4	11	28	55	0.667	28	D	W	D	W	D	1959-04-18	Nottingham Forest	A
21	-1	Aston Villa	38	8	4	8	31	33	3	1	14	26	51	0.679	27	L	L	D	L	L	1959-04-18	Burnley	H
22	0	Portsmouth	38	5	4	10	36	43	1	5	13	23	57	0.59	21	L	L	L	L	L	1959-04-15	Everton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Liverpool	Eastville	14,810
Hooper 2 (1p), Ward	Lineups
Derby County	0	3	Middlesbrough	Baseball Ground	19,911
	Lineups		Clough 2, Burbeck
Fulham	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Craven Cottage	20,907
Cook	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Grimsby Town	Portman Road	12,208
Crawford 2	Lineups		Fell
Leyton Orient	6	1	Charlton Athletic	Brisbane Road	15,222
Elwood 3, Facey (p), Brown, Baily	Lineups		Leary
Lincoln City	2	1	Barnsley	Sincil Bank	9,394
Chapman, Graver	Lineups		Beaumont
Scunthorpe United	3	3	Bristol City	Old Showground	11,101
Donnelly 2 (1p), McCall OG	Lineups		Atyeo 2, Etheridge (p)
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Cardiff City	Hillsborough	22,665
Shiner 2, Fantham	Lineups		Tapscott
Stoke City	1	2	Sheffield United	Victoria Ground	10,439
Bullock	Lineups		Pace, Hodgson
Sunderland	1	1	Rotherham United	Roker Park	19,920
Taylor	Lineups		Kirkman
Swansea Town	4	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vetch Field	6,743
Webster, Williams H 2, Allchurch	Lineups		Jones, Wilson (p)

				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	39	17	1	2	61	26	8	5	6	26	31	1.526	56	W	W	D	W	W	1959-04-18	Barnsley	A
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	37	16	2	1	62	13	9	3	6	33	30	2.209	55	W	W	D	W	L	1959-04-14	Liverpool	H
3	0	Liverpool	38	13	3	3	51	24	9	1	9	27	33	1.368	48	L	L	W	W	L	1959-04-14	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	2	Sheffield United	36	14	1	3	45	11	6	4	8	24	29	1.725	45	W	W	W	L	W	1959-04-15	Rotherham United	A
5	-1	Stoke City	39	15	2	3	44	19	4	4	11	20	36	1.164	44	L	D	D	L	W	1959-04-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	-1	Derby County	39	14	1	5	42	28	4	7	8	25	38	1.015	44	L	L	W	W	D	1959-04-18	Charlton Athletic	A
7	0	Bristol Rovers	38	11	5	3	42	21	5	6	8	30	34	1.309	43	W	W	D	D	L	1959-04-18	Middlesbrough	A
8	1	Bristol City	39	10	3	6	42	26	6	4	10	30	39	1.108	39	D	L	D	L	W	1959-04-18	Leyton Orient	H
9	-1	Charlton Athletic	38	12	3	4	50	30	4	4	11	33	54	0.988	39	L	L	W	D	L	1959-04-14	Grimsby Town	A
10	3	Middlesbrough	39	9	5	5	47	22	6	3	11	35	43	1.262	38	W	W	W	L	D	1959-04-18	Bristol Rovers	H
11	-1	Cardiff City	37	11	2	6	35	23	5	4	9	24	34	1.035	38	L	L	L	D	D	1959-04-15	Swansea Town	A
12	3	Swansea Town	38	12	4	3	48	24	3	4	12	25	48	1.014	38	W	L	D	W	W	1959-04-15	Cardiff City	H
13	-1	Sunderland	39	12	4	4	38	22	3	4	12	20	47	0.841	38	D	D	W	L	D	1959-04-18	Sheffield United	A
14	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	9	8	2	41	26	5	2	13	27	57	0.819	38	L	W	L	W	L	1959-04-18	Stoke City	H
15	-1	Huddersfield Town	38	12	3	4	37	16	2	5	12	19	35	1.098	36	L	W	W	D	D	1959-04-18	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	0	Ipswich Town	38	10	4	5	34	26	4	2	13	22	46	0.778	34	W	L	D	D	L	1959-04-18	Liverpool	A
17	0	Scunthorpe United	39	7	6	7	32	34	4	3	12	21	44	0.679	31	D	W	W	L	D	1959-04-18	Cardiff City	A
18	0	Leyton Orient	38	8	4	8	40	30	3	4	11	23	43	0.863	30	W	L	W	W	D	1959-04-18	Bristol City	A
19	0	Lincoln City	39	10	5	5	44	35	1	2	16	18	54	0.697	29	W	L	L	W	D	1959-04-18	Rotherham United	A
20	0	Grimsby Town	38	6	7	5	36	29	2	3	15	21	50	0.722	26	L	L	L	L	D	1959-04-14	Charlton Athletic	H
21	1	Rotherham United	37	8	4	5	28	23	1	4	15	10	50	0.521	26	D	D	W	L	D	1959-04-15	Sheffield United	H
22	-1	Barnsley	38	7	4	7	28	26	2	3	15	21	52	0.628	25	L	L	L	L	L	1959-04-18	Fulham	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	2	Stockport County	Peel Park	4,538
Gibson, Anders J	Lineups		Kelly, McNicol OG
Bradford City	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Valley Parade	10,160
McCole, Boyle, Stokes	Lineups
Brentford	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Griffin Park	15,905
Rainford	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,400
Maddison	Lineups
Halifax Town	4	1	Reading	The Shay	5,608
Smith (p), Harrison, Fagan, Sharp	Lineups		MacLuckie
Hull City	2	1	Rochdale	Boothferry Park	13,377
Bowering, Clarke	Lineups		Cooper
Mansfield Town	1	4	Southend United	Field Mill	7,143
Uphill	Lineups		Houghton 4
Notts County	1	3	Norwich City	Meadow Lane	13,289
Horobin	Lineups		Allcock 2, Bly
Southampton	2	3	Tranmere Rovers	The Dell	7,505
Milington OG, Paine	Lineups		Williams K 2, McDonnell
Swindon Town	0	0	Bury	County Ground	8,602
	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Racecourse Ground	8,996
Brown	Lineups		Williams J
Footnotes
Rochdale relegated

				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	1	Hull City	41	18	3	1	63	21	6	5	8	21	26	1.787	56	W	D	W	D	L	1959-04-15	Reading	A
2	-1	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	6	2	53	26	8	8	5	32	31	1.491	56	D	D	D	W	L	1959-04-18	Southampton	H
3	0	Brentford	41	13	5	2	39	17	6	8	7	26	26	1.512	51	W	L	L	D	D	1959-04-18	Bury	A
4	0	Norwich City	39	11	5	4	48	28	7	7	5	27	25	1.415	48	W	D	D	W	D	1959-04-13	Wrexham	A
5	1	Southend United	42	13	6	2	47	22	7	2	12	31	45	1.164	48	W	W	D	W	L	1959-04-13	Newport County	A
6	1	Tranmere Rovers	43	14	3	5	44	22	6	4	11	29	42	1.141	47	W	W	L	L	W	1959-04-18	Accrington Stanley	H
7	-2	Reading	41	14	4	2	43	18	5	4	12	26	38	1.232	46	L	W	W	L	W	1959-04-15	Hull City	H
8	0	Bury	42	11	7	2	45	19	5	5	12	18	32	1.235	44	D	D	W	D	L	1959-04-14	Norwich City	H
9	0	Southampton	42	11	6	4	53	31	5	4	12	31	42	1.151	42	L	L	W	W	W	1959-04-18	Plymouth Argyle	A
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	1	Accrington Stanley	42	10	7	5	41	30	5	4	11	28	39	1	41	D	L	L	W	W	1959-04-18	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	2	Halifax Town	39	11	5	3	37	22	6	2	12	29	48	0.943	41	W	D	D	L	W	1959-04-15	Wrexham	H
13	-2	Queens Park Rangers	42	12	5	3	43	26	5	2	15	25	48	0.919	41	L	L	W	W	L	1959-04-18	Hull City	H
14	2	Chesterfield	42	10	5	6	38	26	5	5	11	26	35	1.049	40	W	D	L	W	W	1959-04-13	Stockport County	H
15	2	Bradford City	42	11	4	6	45	25	4	6	11	33	50	1.04	40	W	D	W	W	D	1959-04-18	Rochdale	A
16	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	11	7	2	37	17	4	3	15	25	50	0.925	40	L	D	W	D	L	1959-04-18	Notts County	H
17	-2	Mansfield Town	41	11	4	6	37	38	3	7	10	32	51	0.775	39	L	D	W	D	W	1959-04-13	Swindon Town	H
18	0	Swindon Town	41	11	4	6	33	21	2	8	10	17	30	0.98	38	D	D	D	D	W	1959-04-13	Mansfield Town	A
19	0	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	0	Wrexham	40	10	5	4	32	26	2	7	12	21	42	0.779	36	D	W	L	L	D	1959-04-13	Norwich City	H
21	0	Stockport County	41	8	7	6	29	22	4	3	13	32	50	0.847	34	D	D	L	W	D	1959-04-13	Chesterfield	A
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	43	13	1	7	39	29	1	2	19	9	57	0.558	31	L	W	D	L	W	1959-04-18	Wrexham	H
23	0	Notts County	42	5	9	8	33	38	3	3	14	20	48	0.616	28	L	L	L	L	L	1959-04-18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
24	0	Rochdale	42	8	6	7	21	23	0	5	16	16	49	0.514	27	L	W	D	L	D	1959-04-18	Bradford City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	3	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	2,567
Tyrer	Lineups		Leck, Phillips, Woan
Barrow	3	0	Southport	Holker Street	2,532
Gray, Purdon 2	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	0	Hartlepools United	Brunton Park	4,828
Mooney	Lineups
Coventry City	2	0	Crystal Palace	Highfield Road	12,485
Stewart, Boxley	Lineups
Darlington	1	1	Bradford	Feethams Ground	4,106
Fletcher	Lineups		Atkinson
Exeter City	1	1	Chester	St James Park	6,464
Hill	Lineups		Pearson
Gateshead	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Redheugh Park	3,371
	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Watford	Priestfield Stadium	6,205
Terry 2	Lineups		Gavin
Millwall	1	1	Workington	The Den, New Cross	8,565
Heckman	Lineups		Robson
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Torquay United	Boundary Park	5,070
Bazley	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	4	3	Port Vale	Gay Meadow	10,619
Russell 3, Edgley	Lineups		Barnett 2, Cunliffe
Walsall	5	0	York City	Fellows Park	8,202
Taylor, Davies, Richards 3	Lineups

				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	41	13	5	3	56	27	12	3	5	46	26	1.925	58	L	W	D	W	L	1959-04-15	York City	A
2	0	Coventry City	41	17	4	1	49	11	5	6	8	29	31	1.857	54	W	L	D	L	D	1959-04-14	Southport	A
3	0	York City	41	10	8	1	31	13	8	8	6	35	35	1.375	52	L	W	D	D	D	1959-04-15	Port Vale	H
4	0	Exeter City	40	14	4	3	49	23	6	7	6	30	31	1.463	51	D	D	D	W	L	1959-04-15	Crystal Palace	H
5	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	12	5	3	51	24	8	5	8	35	34	1.483	50	W	L	W	D	D	1959-04-18	Crystal Palace	A
6	0	Crystal Palace	42	11	8	2	49	21	7	4	10	31	40	1.311	48	L	D	W	D	W	1959-04-15	Exeter City	A
7	1	Carlisle United	42	11	6	5	37	29	7	6	7	24	28	1.07	48	W	D	D	W	W	1959-04-14	Walsall	A
8	1	Walsall	41	12	4	5	50	24	7	5	8	34	33	1.474	47	W	W	W	D	W	1959-04-14	Carlisle United	H
9	-2	Millwall	42	13	4	4	44	21	7	3	11	25	38	1.169	47	D	W	L	W	D	1959-04-18	York City	A
10	0	Gillingham	41	13	6	3	51	27	5	3	11	25	41	1.118	45	W	W	W	L	D	1959-04-16	Darlington	A
11	0	Northampton Town	41	11	5	4	41	25	7	4	10	35	49	1.027	45	W	D	L	W	L	1959-04-13	Chester	H
12	0	Chester	41	9	4	7	37	31	6	7	8	33	44	0.933	41	D	L	W	L	D	1959-04-13	Northampton Town	A
13	1	Darlington	41	7	8	6	35	30	6	6	8	28	30	1.05	40	D	L	L	D	W	1959-04-16	Gillingham	H
14	-1	Watford	42	9	5	6	43	31	6	4	12	35	42	1.068	39	L	D	W	W	L	1959-04-18	Exeter City	H
15	1	Bradford	43	13	1	7	43	26	3	5	14	23	47	0.904	38	D	W	L	D	L	1959-04-18	Walsall	H
16	-1	Torquay United	41	9	4	7	40	30	4	7	10	32	44	0.973	37	L	L	L	L	W	1959-04-13	Gateshead	A
17	1	Gateshead	41	9	3	8	30	27	5	5	11	23	53	0.663	36	D	D	W	L	D	1959-04-13	Torquay United	H
18	-1	Hartlepools United	42	9	4	8	45	39	4	5	12	23	43	0.829	35	L	W	L	L	W	1959-04-18	Gillingham	H
19	0	Workington	43	7	10	4	37	32	2	7	13	20	46	0.731	35	D	L	L	D	D	1959-04-18	Aldershot	H
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	10	5	7	47	32	2	5	14	15	50	0.756	34	D	W	D	L	W	1959-04-18	Oldham Athletic	H
21	0	Aldershot	42	7	4	10	36	44	6	3	12	25	46	0.678	33	L	L	W	L	L	1959-04-18	Workington	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	41	12	0	8	33	28	1	4	16	20	48	0.697	30	W	D	L	W	W	1959-04-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
23	1	Barrow	42	6	5	10	33	42	3	4	14	17	56	0.51	27	W	L	W	L	L	1959-04-18	Torquay United	A
24	-1	Southport	41	7	8	5	25	21	0	4	17	15	57	0.513	26	L	D	L	D	D	1959-04-14	Coventry City	H