1959-04-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Sheffield United	1	1	Cardiff City	Bramall Lane	12,733
Orr	Lineups		Tapscott

				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	1	Sheffield United	41	16	2	3	54	15	7	5	8	28	32	1.745	53	D	W	W	W	D	1959-04-30	Ipswich Town	A
4	-1	Liverpool	42	15	3	3	57	25	9	2	10	30	37	1.403	53	D	W	W	L	L	End of Season
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	42	12	2	7	37	26	6	5	10	28	39	1	43	D	L	W	L	W	End of Season
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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
Colchester United	3	1	Halifax Town	Layer Road	5,769
Evans (p), Blake, Williams	Lineups		Tilley
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Swindon Town	Loftus Road	7,628
Angell, Tomkys	Lineups		Micklewright
Rochdale	0	0	Brentford	Spotland	2,191
	Lineups
Stockport County	4	0	Southampton	Edgeley Park	4,060
Wilson, Ritchie, Mulvey, Davock (p)	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	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	0	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	45	15	5	2	49	18	6	10	7	27	27	1.689	57	D	W	W	D	W	1959-04-30	Norwich City	H
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	1	Colchester United	44	15	2	6	46	31	5	8	8	23	32	1.095	50	W	W	W	W	L	1959-04-30	Halifax Town	A
7	-1	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
8	1	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
9	-1	Halifax Town	45	13	5	4	44	24	7	3	13	32	52	1	48	L	W	D	L	W	1959-04-30	Colchester United	H
10	0	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	0	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	4	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	6	3	49	28	5	2	16	25	49	0.961	46	W	L	W	D	L	End of Season
13	-1	Southampton	46	12	7	4	57	33	5	4	14	31	47	1.1	45	L	D	W	L	L	End of Season
14	-1	Swindon Town	46	13	4	6	39	25	3	9	11	20	32	1.035	45	L	W	W	W	D	End of Season
15	-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
16	-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
17	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	46	9	7	7	33	23	4	3	16	32	55	0.833	36	W	L	L	L	L	End of Season
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	46	8	7	8	21	26	0	5	18	16	53	0.468	28	D	L	L	L	L	End of Season

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	5	1	Aldershot	Park Avenue	5,360
Allan 3, Atkinson, Buchanan	Lineups		Norris
Hartlepools United	2	1	Coventry City	Victoria Park	4,288
MacGregor, Clark	Lineups		Stewart
Port Vale	5	2	Millwall	Vale Park	13,473
Barnett 2, Poole, Jackson, Cunliffe	Lineups		Ackerman, Rawson
York City	1	0	Gateshead	Bootham Crescent	9,033
Hughes	Lineups
Footnotes
Port Vale champions
York 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	46	14	6	3	62	30	12	6	5	48	28	1.897	64	W	D	D	D	D	End of Season
2	0	Coventry City	46	18	4	1	50	11	6	8	9	34	36	1.787	60	L	W	D	D	W	End of Season
3	0	York City	46	12	10	1	37	17	9	8	6	36	35	1.404	60	W	W	W	D	D	End of Season
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	0	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	0	Millwall	46	13	6	4	46	23	7	4	12	30	46	1.101	50	L	D	D	D	D	End of Season
9	0	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	0	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	0	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	4	Bradford	46	15	1	7	51	29	3	6	14	24	48	0.974	43	W	D	W	D	W	End of Season
13	-1	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
14	-1	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
15	-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
16	-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
17	0	Workington	46	9	10	4	40	32	3	7	13	23	46	0.808	41	W	W	W	D	L	End of Season
18	0	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	1	Hartlepools United	46	11	4	8	50	41	4	6	13	24	47	0.841	40	W	L	D	W	L	End of Season
20	-1	Gateshead	46	11	3	9	33	30	5	5	13	23	55	0.659	40	L	L	W	L	W	End of Season
21	0	Aldershot	46	8	4	11	37	45	6	3	14	26	52	0.649	35	L	L	W	L	L	End of Season
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