1959-04-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	5	2	Portsmouth	Highbury	24,369
Groves 3, Henderson, Gunter OG	Lineups		Dickinson, Saunders
Birmingham City	4	1	Chelsea	St Andrew's	19,580
Gordon 2, Hooper, Taylor	Lineups		Tindall
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Burnden Park	18,268
Lofthouse, Parry 2 (1p)	Lineups		Dobing
Burnley	2	2	Newcastle United	Turf Moor	15,132
Cheesebrough, Pilkington	Lineups		Curry, Allchurch
Everton	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	29,414
	Lineups		Murray
Leeds United	1	0	West Ham United	Elland Road	11,257
Shackleton	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	Manchester United	Filbert Street	38,466
Walsh, Wills	Lineups		Bradley
Luton Town	1	1	Blackpool	Kenilworth Road	17,720
Turner	Lineups		Fenton
Manchester City	0	0	Aston Villa	Maine Road	39,661
	Lineups
Preston North End	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Deepdale	20,323
Smith, Thompson	Lineups		Smith, Brooks
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Nottingham Forest	The Hawthorns	16,950
Campbell, Allen	Lineups

				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	42	15	3	3	68	19	13	2	6	42	30	2.245	61	W	W	W	W	D	End of Season
2	0	Manchester United	42	14	4	3	58	27	10	3	8	45	39	1.561	55	L	W	D	W	W	End of Season
3	1	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	3	4	56	30	6	7	8	23	36	1.197	50	W	L	W	W	D	End of Season
4	3	West Bromwich Albion	41	8	6	6	40	32	10	6	5	47	35	1.299	48	W	W	L	W	D	1959-04-29	Aston Villa	H
5	3	Arsenal	41	13	3	4	51	28	7	5	9	35	39	1.284	48	W	W	L	D	D	1959-05-04	Birmingham City	H
6	-3	West Ham United	42	15	3	3	59	29	6	3	12	26	41	1.214	48	L	W	D	D	D	End of Season
7	-2	Burnley	42	11	4	6	41	29	8	6	7	40	41	1.157	48	D	D	L	W	D	End of Season
8	-2	Blackpool	42	12	7	2	39	13	6	4	11	27	36	1.347	47	D	W	L	L	W	End of Season
9	1	Birmingham City	40	14	1	6	54	35	6	4	9	28	30	1.262	45	W	W	L	L	W	1959-04-29	Newcastle United	A
10	-1	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	3	6	48	28	5	7	9	28	42	1.086	44	L	L	W	W	L	End of Season
11	1	Preston North End	42	9	3	9	40	39	8	4	9	30	38	0.909	41	D	D	W	D	W	End of Season
12	2	Newcastle United	41	11	2	7	39	28	6	4	11	40	51	1	40	D	W	D	D	W	1959-04-29	Birmingham City	H
13	-2	Nottingham Forest	42	9	4	8	37	32	8	2	11	34	42	0.959	40	L	L	W	L	L	End of Season
14	-1	Chelsea	42	13	2	6	52	37	5	2	14	25	61	0.786	40	L	L	W	W	D	End of Season
15	1	Leeds United	42	8	7	6	28	27	7	2	12	29	47	0.77	39	W	W	D	W	L	End of Season
16	-1	Everton	42	11	3	7	39	38	6	1	14	32	49	0.816	38	L	L	W	L	L	End of Season
17	0	Luton Town	42	11	6	4	50	26	1	7	13	18	45	0.958	37	D	W	L	L	L	End of Season
18	0	Tottenham Hotspur	42	10	3	8	56	42	3	7	11	29	53	0.895	36	D	W	L	D	W	End of Season
19	0	Leicester City	41	7	6	8	34	36	4	4	12	32	59	0.695	32	W	L	W	D	W	1959-04-29	Manchester City	A
20	0	Aston Villa	41	8	5	8	31	33	3	2	15	26	53	0.663	29	D	L	D	L	L	1959-04-29	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	0	Manchester City	41	7	7	6	37	31	3	2	16	24	63	0.649	29	D	L	L	L	L	1959-04-29	Leicester City	H
22	0	Portsmouth	42	5	4	12	38	47	1	5	15	26	65	0.571	21	L	L	L	L	L	End of Season

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Eastville	11,014
Bradford, Townsend OG	Lineups		Hewie
Derby County	4	1	Bristol City	Baseball Ground	12,034
Swallow 2, Hannigan, Powell	Lineups		Williams R
Fulham	4	0	Rotherham United	Craven Cottage	17,861
Haynes 3 (1p), Hill	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Middlesbrough	Portman Road	11,927
Phillips 2	Lineups		Burbeck
Leyton Orient	3	0	Cardiff City	Brisbane Road	11,351
Brown, Johnston 2	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	2	Sheffield United	Sincil Bank	11,506
McClelland	Lineups		Lewis, Pace
Scunthorpe United	0	3	Huddersfield Town	Old Showground	9,035
	Lineups		Law, Howard, Wilson
Sheffield Wednesday	5	0	Barnsley	Hillsborough	17,917
Shiner 2, Froggatt 2, Wilkinson D	Lineups
Stoke City	4	0	Grimsby Town	Victoria Ground	6,855
Asprey, King 2, Ward	Lineups
Sunderland	4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Roker Park	12,024
Kichenbrand 3, Goodchild	Lineups		Tiddy
Swansea Town	3	3	Liverpool	Vetch Field	7,103
Daniel 2, Allchurch L	Lineups		A'Court, Melia 2
Footnotes
Sheffield Wednesday champions
Grimsby Town relegated

				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	41	18	2	1	68	13	10	4	6	37	33	2.283	62	W	D	W	W	W	1959-04-30	Bristol Rovers	A
2	0	Fulham	42	18	1	2	65	26	9	5	7	31	35	1.574	60	W	L	W	W	W	End of Season
3	0	Liverpool	42	15	3	3	57	25	9	2	10	30	37	1.403	53	D	W	W	L	L	End of Season
4	0	Sheffield United	40	16	1	3	53	14	7	5	8	28	32	1.761	52	W	W	W	D	W	1959-04-27	Cardiff City	H
5	0	Stoke City	42	16	2	3	48	19	5	5	11	24	39	1.241	49	W	W	D	L	D	End of Season
6	0	Derby County	42	15	1	5	46	29	5	7	9	28	42	1.042	48	W	L	W	L	L	End of Season
7	0	Bristol Rovers	41	12	5	3	44	22	5	7	9	34	41	1.238	46	W	L	D	W	W	1959-04-30	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	42	13	3	5	53	33	5	4	12	39	57	1.022	43	L	W	L	W	L	End of Season
9	0	Cardiff City	41	12	2	7	37	26	6	4	10	27	38	1	42	L	W	L	W	L	1959-04-27	Sheffield United	A
10	0	Bristol City	42	11	3	7	43	27	6	4	11	31	43	1.057	41	L	W	L	D	L	End of Season
11	2	Swansea Town	42	12	5	4	52	30	4	4	13	27	51	0.975	41	D	L	W	L	W	End of Season
12	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	10	9	2	46	29	5	2	14	28	61	0.822	41	L	W	D	L	W	End of Season
13	-1	Middlesbrough	42	9	7	5	51	26	6	3	12	36	45	1.225	40	L	D	D	W	W	End of Season
14	0	Sunderland	42	13	4	4	42	23	3	4	14	22	52	0.853	40	W	L	L	D	D	End of Season
15	0	Huddersfield Town	41	12	3	6	39	20	3	5	12	22	35	1.109	38	W	L	L	L	W	1959-04-30	Rotherham United	A
16	0	Ipswich Town	41	11	4	5	36	27	5	2	14	25	50	0.792	38	W	W	L	W	L	1959-04-30	Sheffield United	H
17	1	Leyton Orient	41	9	4	8	43	30	4	4	12	25	47	0.883	34	W	L	W	W	L	1959-04-29	Barnsley	A
18	-1	Scunthorpe United	42	7	6	8	32	37	5	3	13	23	47	0.655	33	L	L	W	D	W	End of Season
19	0	Lincoln City	42	10	5	6	45	37	1	2	18	18	56	0.677	29	L	L	L	W	L	End of Season
20	0	Rotherham United	41	9	5	6	32	27	1	4	16	10	54	0.519	29	L	L	W	D	D	1959-04-30	Huddersfield Town	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	42	7	7	7	41	36	2	3	16	21	54	0.689	28	L	W	L	L	L	End of Season
22	0	Barnsley	41	8	4	8	33	31	2	3	16	21	57	0.614	27	L	W	L	L	L	1959-04-29	Leyton Orient	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Peel Park	3,109
Tighe	Lineups		Penk
Bradford City	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Valley Parade	6,895
McCole	Lineups
Brentford	6	1	Southend United	Griffin Park	11,264
Rainford, Francis 2, Towers 2, Williamson OG	Lineups		Barker
Chesterfield	1	0	Reading	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,419
Havenhand	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	4,235
Tilley 2, Smith	Lineups
Hull City	2	0	Bury	Boothferry Park	16,447
Bradbury, Bulless	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	4	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Field Mill	3,698
Nugent	Lineups		Dowsett 3, Burgess
Newport County	2	0	Stockport County	Somerton Park	2,447
Graham, Meyer	Lineups
Notts County	0	1	Colchester United	Meadow Lane	4,733
	Lineups		Evans
Southampton	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	The Dell	5,782
Traynor	Lineups		Fletcher
Swindon Town	4	3	Norwich City	County Ground	11,225
Butler OG, D'Arcy, Marshall, Richards	Lineups		Bly 2, Allcock
Wrexham	1	0	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	5,244
Aspden OG	Lineups
Footnotes
Plymouth Argyle promoted
Hull City champions
Stockport County 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	45	19	3	1	65	21	7	6	9	24	29	1.78	61	W	W	D	L	W	1959-04-29	Wrexham	A
2	-1	Plymouth Argyle	45	14	6	2	54	26	9	9	5	34	32	1.517	61	D	W	W	D	D	1959-04-29	Bradford City	H
3	0	Brentford	44	15	5	2	49	18	6	9	7	27	27	1.689	56	W	W	D	W	L	1959-04-27	Rochdale	A
4	0	Norwich City	44	12	6	4	49	28	8	7	7	34	33	1.361	53	L	D	W	L	W	1959-04-29	Chesterfield	H
5	0	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	3	5	53	22	6	5	12	29	45	1.224	50	L	D	W	W	W	End of Season
6	0	Reading	45	15	4	3	46	21	5	4	14	27	42	1.159	48	L	L	L	W	L	1959-04-29	Accrington Stanley	H
7	2	Colchester United	43	14	2	6	43	30	5	8	8	23	32	1.065	48	W	W	W	L	L	1959-04-27	Halifax Town	H
8	2	Halifax Town	44	13	5	4	44	24	7	3	12	31	49	1.027	48	W	D	L	W	W	1959-04-27	Colchester United	A
9	-2	Southend United	45	13	6	3	47	24	7	2	14	33	54	1.026	48	L	L	L	W	W	1959-04-29	Notts County	H
10	-2	Bury	45	12	8	2	49	22	5	5	13	18	34	1.196	47	L	D	W	D	D	1959-04-28	Mansfield Town	H
11	1	Bradford City	45	13	4	6	47	25	5	6	11	36	50	1.107	46	W	W	W	W	D	1959-04-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	-1	Southampton	45	12	7	4	57	33	5	4	13	31	43	1.158	45	D	W	L	L	L	1959-04-27	Stockport County	A
13	1	Swindon Town	45	13	4	6	39	25	3	9	10	19	30	1.055	45	W	W	W	D	D	1959-04-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
14	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	45	12	8	2	39	17	5	3	15	29	51	1	45	W	W	D	L	D	1959-04-29	Newport County	H
15	1	Chesterfield	45	12	5	6	40	26	5	5	12	26	36	1.065	44	W	L	W	W	D	1959-04-29	Norwich City	A
16	-3	Queens Park Rangers	45	13	6	3	47	27	5	2	16	25	49	0.947	44	L	W	D	L	L	1959-04-27	Swindon Town	H
17	1	Newport County	44	15	2	5	43	23	2	6	14	25	43	1.03	42	W	L	W	W	L	1959-04-29	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
18	-1	Accrington Stanley	45	10	8	5	42	31	5	4	13	29	51	0.866	42	D	L	L	D	L	1959-04-29	Reading	A
19	1	Wrexham	45	11	6	5	35	29	2	8	13	23	47	0.763	40	W	D	D	L	L	1959-04-29	Hull City	H
20	-1	Mansfield Town	45	11	5	7	38	42	3	7	12	33	54	0.74	40	L	L	L	D	L	1959-04-28	Bury	A
21	0	Stockport County	45	8	7	7	29	23	4	3	16	32	55	0.782	34	L	L	L	L	D	1959-04-27	Southampton	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	2	8	40	32	1	3	19	10	58	0.556	33	D	L	D	L	W	End of Season
23	0	Notts County	45	5	9	9	33	39	3	4	15	20	52	0.582	29	L	L	D	L	L	1959-04-29	Southend United	A
24	0	Rochdale	45	8	6	8	21	26	0	5	18	16	53	0.468	27	L	L	L	L	W	1959-04-27	Brentford	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	1	York City	Recreation Ground	2,862
	Lineups		Farmer
Barrow	0	2	Crewe Alexandra	Holker Street	2,666
	Lineups		Ward, Riley
Carlisle United	0	1	Torquay United	Brunton Park	3,376
	Lineups		Pym
Coventry City	1	0	Watford	Highfield Road	13,434
Kirk	Lineups
Darlington	1	4	Crystal Palace	Feethams Ground	2,643
Fletcher	Lineups		Brett, Deakin, Colfar, Summersby
Exeter City	3	0	Hartlepools United	St James Park	6,561
Stiffle, Mitchell, Nicholls	Lineups
Gateshead	0	3	Workington	Redheugh Park	2,242
	Lineups		Aitken, Brown, Currie
Gillingham	2	0	Southport	Priestfield Stadium	3,817
Edgar, Terry	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Bradford	The Den, New Cross	6,446
Crowshaw	Lineups		Byrom
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Northampton Town	Boundary Park	2,671
Robinson, Mallon (p)	Lineups		Fowler
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Chester	Gay Meadow	7,260
Russell, Rowley 2	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Port Vale	Fellows Park	6,626
Faulkner	Lineups		Barnett
Footnotes
Aldershot to apply for re-election
Coventry City promoted

				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	45	13	6	3	57	28	12	6	5	48	28	1.875	62	D	D	D	D	L	1959-04-27	Millwall	H
2	0	Coventry City	45	18	4	1	50	11	6	8	8	33	34	1.844	60	W	D	D	W	W	1959-04-27	Hartlepools United	A
3	0	York City	45	11	10	1	36	17	9	8	6	36	35	1.385	58	W	W	D	D	L	1959-04-27	Gateshead	H
4	0	Exeter City	44	16	4	3	55	24	6	7	8	31	34	1.483	55	W	L	L	W	D	1959-04-28	Southport	A
5	0	Shrewsbury Town	44	14	5	3	56	24	8	5	9	38	38	1.516	54	W	W	L	W	L	1959-04-30	Exeter City	H
6	0	Crystal Palace	45	12	8	2	53	24	8	4	11	36	44	1.309	52	W	W	L	L	D	1959-04-29	Walsall	H
7	1	Walsall	45	13	5	5	56	25	7	5	10	36	38	1.46	50	D	L	L	W	W	1959-04-29	Crystal Palace	A
8	1	Millwall	45	13	6	4	46	23	7	4	11	28	41	1.156	50	D	D	D	D	W	1959-04-27	Port Vale	A
9	-2	Carlisle United	45	11	6	6	37	30	8	6	8	25	33	0.984	50	L	W	L	W	D	1959-04-28	Oldham Athletic	A
10	1	Gillingham	45	14	6	3	53	27	6	3	13	28	47	1.095	49	W	L	L	W	W	1959-04-29	Torquay United	A
11	-1	Northampton Town	45	13	5	4	46	25	7	4	12	37	53	1.064	49	L	L	W	W	W	1959-04-30	Barrow	H
12	0	Watford	45	10	6	6	45	32	6	4	13	35	43	1.067	42	L	D	W	L	D	1959-05-07	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	2	Torquay United	45	10	5	7	42	31	5	7	11	33	45	0.987	42	W	D	W	L	L	1959-04-29	Gillingham	H
14	-1	Darlington	45	7	8	8	37	36	6	8	8	29	31	0.985	42	L	D	D	L	D	1959-04-29	Chester	A
15	-1	Chester	45	9	5	8	38	33	6	7	10	33	51	0.845	42	L	L	D	L	D	1959-04-29	Darlington	H
16	0	Bradford	45	14	1	7	46	28	3	6	14	24	48	0.921	41	D	W	D	W	L	1959-04-27	Aldershot	H
17	1	Workington	46	9	10	4	40	32	3	7	13	23	46	0.808	41	W	W	W	D	L	End of Season
18	2	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	5	7	52	32	4	5	14	18	50	0.854	40	W	W	W	D	W	End of Season
19	-2	Gateshead	45	11	3	9	33	30	5	5	12	23	54	0.667	40	L	W	L	W	D	1959-04-27	York City	A
20	-1	Hartlepools United	45	10	4	8	48	40	4	6	13	24	47	0.828	38	L	D	W	L	W	1959-04-27	Coventry City	H
21	0	Aldershot	45	8	4	11	37	45	6	3	13	25	47	0.674	35	L	W	L	L	L	1959-04-27	Bradford	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	45	14	0	8	37	29	1	4	18	20	55	0.679	34	W	L	W	L	W	1959-04-28	Carlisle United	H
23	0	Barrow	45	6	6	11	34	45	3	4	15	17	57	0.5	28	L	D	L	W	L	1959-04-30	Northampton Town	A
24	0	Southport	45	7	8	7	26	24	0	4	19	15	61	0.482	26	L	L	L	L	L	1959-04-28	Exeter City	H