1959-08-22

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Highbury	47,430
	Lineups		Fantham
Birmingham City	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St Andrew's	41,260	Largest home gate 1959-60
	Lineups		Mason
Blackburn Rovers	4	0	Fulham	Ewood Park	30,232
Dougan 2, Vernon, Dobing	Lineups
Blackpool	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	29,216
Charnley 2, Mudie	Lineups		Hill, Parry (p)
Chelsea	4	4	Preston North End	Stamford Bridge	42,891
Brabrook, Greaves 3	Lineups		Mayers, Thompson, Finney, O'Farrell
Everton	2	2	Luton Town	Goodison Park	38,539
Harris J, Hickson	Lineups		Brown, Bingham
Leeds United	2	3	Burnley	Elland Road	20,233
Charlton, Cush (p)	Lineups		Connelly, Pointer, Pilkington
Manchester City	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	38,974
Fagan, Johnstone	Lineups		Iley
Newcastle United	1	5	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	40,782
Eastham	Lineups		Brooks 2, Jones 3
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	40,076
Burnside 2, Foulkes OG	Lineups		Viollet 2
West Ham United	3	0	Leicester City	Upton Park	27,996
Smith, Keeble, Grice	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	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	0	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-25	Preston North End	A
4	0	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Fulham	A
5	0	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Luton Town	A
6	0	Burnley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-25	Everton	H
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
10	0	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Manchester United	A
11	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-25	West Ham United	H
12	0	Everton	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-25	Burnley	A
13	0	Luton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Blackpool	H
14	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Leicester City	A
16	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Chelsea	H
17	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Arsenal	H
18	0	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Birmingham City	A
19	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Nottingham Forest	A
20	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Newcastle United	H
21	0	Fulham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Manchester City	H
22	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Leeds United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Aston Villa	Goldstone Ground	31,828	Largest home gate 1959-60
Shepherd	Lineups		McEwan, Sewell
Bristol Rovers	2	2	Leyton Orient	Eastville	20,003
Hooper, Bradford	Lineups		Brown, Johnston
Cardiff City	3	2	Liverpool	Ninian Park	23,744
Mokone, Moore, Watkins	Lineups		Malloy 2 OG
Hull City	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Boothferry Park	17,319
Metcalfe 2, Robertson OG	Lineups		Kearns
Ipswich Town	1	4	Huddersfield Town	Portman Road	14,441
Rees	Lineups		Ledger, Low, Hawksworth 2
Middlesbrough	0	0	Portsmouth	Ayresome Park	26,122
	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	3	Charlton Athletic	Millmoor	10,257
Kirkman 2, Myerscough	Lineups		Werge, Summers, Leary
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Bristol City	Old Showground	10,862
Brownsword (p)	Lineups		Rogers
Sheffield United	2	1	Derby County	Bramall Lane	25,748
Conwell OG, Russell	Lineups		Cargill (p)
Stoke City	3	1	Sunderland	Victoria Ground	20,728
Cairns (p), Bowyer, Newlands	Lineups		Kichenbrand
Swansea Town	2	1	Lincoln City	Vetch Field	19,845
Saunders, Middleton OG	Lineups		Graver

				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	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	0	Hull City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Sheffield United	A
3	0	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Leyton Orient	A
4	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Sunderland	A
5	0	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Hull City	H
6	0	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Ipswich Town	A
7	0	Cardiff City	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Middlesbrough	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Bristol Rovers	H
9	0	Rotherham United	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Derby County	A
10	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Charlton Athletic	A
11	0	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Stoke City	H
12	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Liverpool	A
13	0	Scunthorpe United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Cardiff City	A
15	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Lincoln City	A
16	0	Liverpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Bristol City	H
17	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Huddersfield Town	A
18	0	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Rotherham United	H
19	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Portsmouth	H
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Scunthorpe United	H
21	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Aston Villa	H
22	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Swansea Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	2	Brentford	Oakwell	7,553
Lunn	Lineups		Francis 2
Bradford City	2	0	York City	Valley Parade	12,592
McCole 2	Lineups
Bury	3	1	Colchester United	Gigg Lane	11,509
Atherton, Calder, Turner	Lineups		Langman
Coventry City	2	0	Mansfield Town	Highfield Road	19,769
Straw, Ryan	Lineups
Grimsby Town	5	1	Chesterfield	Blundell Park	12,134
Hunt 2, Rafferty 2, Cullen	Lineups		Frear
Halifax Town	2	1	Southend United	The Shay	8,014
Smith, Blackburn	Lineups		Houghton
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Swindon Town	Loftus Road	12,206
Longbottom, Whitelaw	Lineups
Reading	2	3	Port Vale	Elm Park	14,917
Ayre, Lacey	Lineups		Barnett 2, Poole H
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Gay Meadow	9,432
	Lineups
Southampton	2	2	Norwich City	The Dell	22,581
Reeves, Sydenham	Lineups		Hill, Bly
Tranmere Rovers	5	1	Accrington Stanley	Prenton Park	12,537
Finney, Rowley, Eglington 3	Lineups		Anders H
Wrexham	0	0	Newport County	Racecourse Ground	13,301
	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	Grimsby Town	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Colchester United	A
2	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Norwich City	A
3	0	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.798	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Halifax Town	H
4	0	Bury	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	York City	A
5	0	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Mansfield Town	A
6	0	Brentford	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-25	Wrexham	H
7	0	Halifax Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Coventry City	A
8	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Southend United	A
9	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
10	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	0	Southampton	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Chesterfield	A
12	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Port Vale	A
13	0	Newport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Reading	H
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Accrington Stanley	A
15	0	Wrexham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-25	Brentford	A
16	0	Reading	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Newport County	A
17	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Swindon Town	A
18	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	0	Colchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Grimsby Town	H
20	0	Accrington Stanley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Shrewsbury Town	H
21	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Southampton	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Bradford City	H
23	0	Swindon Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Barnsley	H
24	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Bury	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	4	1	Darlington	Holker Street	6,355
Robertson 2, Bannan, Munro	Lineups		Downie
Carlisle United	2	2	Crystal Palace	Brunton Park	7,011
McGill 2	Lineups		Deakin, Noakes (p)
Exeter City	1	1	Northampton Town	St James Park	9,678
Micklewright	Lineups		Leck
Gillingham	5	4	Gateshead	Priestfield Stadium	7,352
Terry 3, Patrick, Albury	Lineups		Smith, Murray 2, Hogg
Hartlepools United	3	0	Aldershot	Victoria Park	6,016
Smith 2, Clark	Lineups
Millwall	3	0	Workington	The Den, New Cross	13,305
Ackerman, Pierce, Howells	Lineups
Notts County	2	1	Chester	Meadow Lane	9,652
Roby, Horobin	Lineups		Davis
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Bradford	Boundary Park	9,100
Stringfellow 2	Lineups
Southport	2	2	Rochdale	Haig Avenue	5,168	Largest home gate 1959-60
Reeson, Ashe (p)	Lineups		Milburn (p), Lord
Torquay United	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Plainmoor	8,608
Baxter, Cox	Lineups		Fernie
Walsall	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	Fellows Park	10,385
Faulkner, Hodgkisson, Taylor	Lineups		Rawlings OG
Watford	0	0	Stockport County	Vicarage Road	9,849
	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	Barrow	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Gateshead	A
2	0	Hartlepools United	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-25	Walsall	A
3	0	Millwall	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	0	Walsall	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-25	Hartlepools United	H
5	0	Notts County	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	0	Oldham Athletic	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Crystal Palace	H
7	0	Torquay United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Northampton Town	A
8	0	Gillingham	1	1	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	2	W	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Rochdale	A
9	0	Carlisle United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Chester	A
10	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Oldham Athletic	A
11	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Gillingham	H
12	0	Southport	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Workington	A
13	0	Exeter City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Stockport County	A
14	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Torquay United	H
15	0	Stockport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Exeter City	H
16	0	Watford	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Bradford	A
17	0	Gateshead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0.8	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Barrow	H
18	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Carlisle United	H
19	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Millwall	H
20	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-26	Notts County	H
21	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Aldershot	H
22	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Darlington	A
23	0	Bradford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-24	Watford	H
24	0	Workington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1959-08-27	Southport	H