1959-09-05

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury	60,791	Largest home gate 1959-60
Barnwell	Lineups		Medwin
Birmingham City	1	1	Manchester United	St Andrew's	38,220
Watts	Lineups		Quixall
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ewood Park	32,669
Dobing 2, Dougan	Lineups		Froggatt
Blackpool	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Bloomfield Road	25,987
	Lineups		Wilson
Chelsea	4	1	Burnley	Stamford Bridge	36,023
Brabrook, Greaves, Livesey 2	Lineups		Connelly
Everton	0	0	Fulham	Goodison Park	31,980
	Lineups
Luton Town	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Kenilworth Road	15,604
	Lineups
Manchester City	4	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	43,650
McAdams 3, Barlow	Lineups		Murray 2, Slater 2, Deeley, Lill
Newcastle United	1	2	Preston North End	St James' Park	37,683
Eastham	Lineups		Finney, Milne
West Bromwich Albion	5	0	Leicester City	The Hawthorns	27,259
Dixon, Kevan, Jackson, Robson 2	Lineups
West Ham United	1	2	Leeds United	Upton Park	27,777
Keeble	Lineups		Crowe 2 (1p)

				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	Blackburn Rovers	5	3	0	0	8	1	1	1	0	5	2	4.333	9	W	W	D	W	W	1959-09-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	1	1	0	6	4	2	1	0	9	6	1.5	8	W	D	D	W	W	1959-09-09	Fulham	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	5	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	8	3	2	7	D	W	D	D	W	1959-09-09	West Ham United	H
4	-2	West Ham United	5	2	0	1	6	3	1	1	0	4	2	2	7	L	W	W	D	W	1959-09-09	Tottenham Hotspur	A
5	6	West Bromwich Albion	5	2	0	1	9	4	0	2	0	3	3	1.714	6	W	L	D	D	W	1959-09-09	Newcastle United	H
6	-1	Burnley	5	1	0	1	6	5	2	0	1	6	7	1	6	L	W	L	W	W	1959-09-08	Preston North End	H
7	2	Arsenal	5	0	2	1	2	3	1	1	0	6	3	1.333	5	D	D	D	W	L	1959-09-09	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	2	Manchester United	5	1	0	1	3	3	1	1	1	9	7	1.2	5	D	W	W	L	L	1959-09-09	Leeds United	H
9	5	Preston North End	5	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	7	7	1	5	W	L	D	D	D	1959-09-08	Burnley	A
10	5	Leeds United	5	0	1	1	3	4	2	0	1	5	4	1	5	W	D	W	L	L	1959-09-09	Manchester United	A
11	-5	Blackpool	5	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	1	5	L	D	L	W	W	1959-09-09	Leicester City	A
12	5	Chelsea	5	1	1	1	11	11	1	0	1	2	3	0.929	5	W	L	L	W	D	1959-09-09	Birmingham City	A
13	0	Fulham	5	2	0	0	6	2	0	1	2	1	7	0.778	5	D	L	W	W	L	1959-09-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	-6	Sheffield Wednesday	5	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	2	3	6	0.75	5	L	D	W	L	W	1959-09-09	Nottingham Forest	A
15	-8	Leicester City	5	2	0	0	6	3	0	1	2	1	9	0.583	5	L	D	W	W	L	1959-09-09	Blackpool	H
16	0	Birmingham City	5	1	1	1	5	5	0	1	1	0	1	0.833	4	D	L	D	W	L	1959-09-09	Chelsea	H
17	-5	Manchester City	5	2	0	1	9	8	0	0	2	2	6	0.786	4	L	W	L	L	W	1959-09-09	Luton Town	A
18	2	Nottingham Forest	5	0	1	1	2	5	1	1	1	3	3	0.625	4	W	D	D	L	L	1959-09-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	5	1	0	1	2	4	0	1	2	2	4	0.5	3	D	L	W	L	L	1959-09-09	Arsenal	H
20	1	Luton Town	5	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0.5	3	D	D	L	L	D	1959-09-09	Manchester City	H
21	-3	Newcastle United	5	1	0	2	3	7	0	0	2	5	7	0.571	2	L	W	L	L	L	1959-09-09	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	0	Everton	5	0	2	1	3	4	0	0	2	3	7	0.545	2	D	L	L	L	D	1959-09-12	Nottingham Forest	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Portsmouth	Goldstone Ground	29,153
Curry 3	Lineups		Harris P
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Aston Villa	Eastville	26,162
Ward	Lineups		Hitchens
Cardiff City	4	2	Bristol City	Ninian Park	22,545
Hudson 2, Watkins, Baker	Lineups		Atyeo, Hinshelwood
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Leyton Orient	Leeds Road	15,092
Dinsdale	Lineups		Facey (p)
Hull City	0	4	Charlton Athletic	Boothferry Park	17,387
	Lineups		Summers 2, Leary, Lawrie
Ipswich Town	3	0	Lincoln City	Portman Road	13,042
Berry 2, Crawford	Lineups
Middlesbrough	6	2	Plymouth Argyle	Ayresome Park	22,562
Clough 4, Peacock 2	Lineups		Carter, Bellett
Rotherham United	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Millmoor	10,764
Myerscough	Lineups		Haigh
Sheffield United	2	1	Liverpool	Bramall Lane	25,265
Shaw G 2 (2p)	Lineups		Morrissey
Stoke City	2	1	Derby County	Victoria Ground	21,906
Bowyer, Wilshaw	Lineups		Darwin
Swansea Town	1	2	Sunderland	Vetch Field	16,001
Dodson	Lineups		Griffiths OG, Lawther

				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 United	5	3	0	0	10	2	1	1	0	3	1	4.333	9	W	W	D	W	W	1959-09-07	Sunderland	H
2	0	Aston Villa	5	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	3	3	2.333	7	D	W	W	L	W	1959-09-09	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	5	2	1	0	5	1	1	0	1	6	4	2.2	7	D	L	W	W	W	1959-09-09	Swansea Town	H
4	1	Cardiff City	5	3	0	0	9	4	0	1	1	2	3	1.571	7	W	D	L	W	W	1959-09-09	Derby County	A
5	1	Stoke City	5	3	0	0	7	3	0	1	1	3	4	1.429	7	W	W	D	L	W	1959-09-09	Lincoln City	A
6	1	Middlesbrough	5	1	2	0	7	3	1	0	1	7	3	2.333	6	W	D	W	L	D	1959-09-09	Hull City	H
7	4	Charlton Athletic	4	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	7	3	1.833	6	W	W	D	D	#	1959-09-09	Bristol City	H
8	-4	Leyton Orient	5	2	0	0	6	2	0	2	1	4	5	1.429	6	D	L	W	W	D	1959-09-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	-1	Bristol Rovers	4	0	2	0	3	3	1	1	0	3	2	1.2	5	D	W	D	D	#	1959-09-07	Ipswich Town	H
10	2	Rotherham United	5	0	2	1	5	6	1	1	0	4	3	1	5	D	L	W	D	D	1959-09-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	2	0	1	7	5	0	1	1	0	2	1	5	W	W	D	L	L	1959-09-10	Leyton Orient	A
12	7	Sunderland	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	7	0.571	5	W	L	D	W	L	1959-09-07	Sheffield United	A
13	-3	Liverpool	5	2	0	0	9	5	0	0	3	3	6	1.091	4	L	L	W	W	L	1959-09-09	Scunthorpe United	H
14	6	Ipswich Town	5	2	0	1	8	5	0	0	2	2	6	0.909	4	W	L	L	W	L	1959-09-07	Bristol Rovers	A
15	-6	Portsmouth	5	0	1	1	3	4	1	1	1	3	3	0.857	4	L	L	D	W	D	1959-09-09	Aston Villa	H
16	-3	Swansea Town	5	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	2	1	5	0.667	4	L	W	L	L	W	1959-09-09	Huddersfield Town	A
17	1	Scunthorpe United	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	2	1	7	0.5	4	D	W	L	L	D	1959-09-09	Liverpool	A
18	-3	Bristol City	5	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	2	5	9	0.667	3	L	W	L	L	D	1959-09-09	Charlton Athletic	A
19	-5	Plymouth Argyle	5	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	3	3	11	0.667	3	L	L	D	W	L	1959-09-07	Rotherham United	H
20	-3	Derby County	5	0	1	1	2	8	1	0	2	4	5	0.462	3	L	W	L	D	L	1959-09-09	Cardiff City	H
21	1	Hull City	5	1	0	2	3	7	0	0	2	3	11	0.333	2	L	L	L	L	W	1959-09-09	Middlesbrough	A
22	-1	Lincoln City	5	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	2	3	6	0.333	2	L	W	L	L	L	1959-09-09	Stoke City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	4	1	Southend United	Oakwell	5,457
Beaumont 2, Lunn, Tindill	Lineups		McCrory
Bradford City	1	0	Chesterfield	Valley Parade	11,891
Webb	Lineups
Bury	4	1	Mansfield Town	Gigg Lane	11,278
Atherton, Calder, Hubbard (p), Jackson	Lineups		Fitzsimons
Coventry City	3	1	Swindon Town	Highfield Road	16,354
Straw, Stewart 2	Lineups		Layne (p)
Grimsby Town	4	0	Accrington Stanley	Blundell Park	14,528
Rafferty, Hunt, Sneddon OG, Scott (p)	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Newport County	Loftus Road	10,774
Bedford 2, Longbottom	Lineups
Reading	3	3	Brentford	Elm Park	13,517
Whitehouse, Lacey, MacLuckie	Lineups		Francis 2, Heath
Shrewsbury Town	1	3	Norwich City	Gay Meadow	14,494
Edgley	Lineups		Bly, Crowe (p), Hill
Southampton	4	2	Colchester United	The Dell	14,704
Huxford, Paine, Reeves, Mulgrew	Lineups		King, Williams
Tranmere Rovers	6	0	Port Vale	Prenton Park	11,635
Charlton, Finney, Williams, Rowley, Mulkerrin, Eglington	Lineups
Wrexham	1	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Racecourse Ground	13,771
Weston	Lineups		Dowsett, Burgess
York City	1	2	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	8,649
Farmer	Lineups		Tilley, Smith

				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	5	3	0	0	13	2	1	1	0	4	2	4.25	9	W	W	W	D	W	1959-09-09	Swindon Town	A
2	1	Bury	5	3	0	0	9	2	1	0	1	4	1	4.333	8	W	W	W	L	W	1959-09-08	Brentford	A
3	1	Norwich City	5	2	0	0	7	2	1	2	0	5	3	2.4	8	W	D	W	W	D	1959-09-09	Barnsley	H
4	1	Halifax Town	5	1	1	0	4	3	2	1	0	4	2	1.6	8	W	D	D	W	W	1959-09-07	Colchester United	A
5	1	Queens Park Rangers	5	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	6	3	3.667	7	W	D	W	L	W	1959-09-07	York City	A
6	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	2	0	0	5	1	1	1	1	2	2	2.333	7	W	W	W	L	D	1959-09-07	Accrington Stanley	A
7	1	Bradford City	5	3	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	3	5	1.667	7	W	W	L	D	W	1959-09-07	Coventry City	A
8	-6	Shrewsbury Town	5	1	1	1	6	3	1	1	0	5	2	2.2	6	L	W	W	D	D	1959-09-09	Reading	A
9	3	Coventry City	5	2	0	1	5	2	0	2	0	3	3	1.6	6	W	D	D	L	W	1959-09-07	Bradford City	H
10	0	Brentford	5	1	1	0	5	3	1	1	1	7	7	1.2	6	D	L	D	W	W	1959-09-08	Bury	H
11	2	Southampton	5	2	1	0	10	7	0	1	1	4	5	1.167	6	W	W	D	L	D	1959-09-07	Port Vale	A
12	4	Tranmere Rovers	5	2	1	0	11	1	0	0	2	1	5	2	5	W	D	L	L	W	1959-09-07	Newport County	A
13	-4	Swindon Town	5	1	1	0	6	4	1	0	2	4	5	1.111	5	L	W	W	D	L	1959-09-09	Grimsby Town	H
14	-3	Newport County	5	1	0	1	3	4	1	1	1	1	3	0.571	5	L	W	L	W	D	1959-09-07	Tranmere Rovers	H
15	5	Barnsley	5	1	0	2	5	6	0	2	0	3	3	0.889	4	W	L	D	D	L	1959-09-09	Norwich City	A
16	-2	Wrexham	5	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	1	3	5	0.778	4	L	W	D	L	D	1959-09-07	Chesterfield	A
17	-2	Port Vale	5	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	3	11	0.286	4	L	L	L	W	W	1959-09-07	Southampton	H
18	0	York City	5	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	4	0.429	3	L	L	D	W	L	1959-09-07	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	-2	Southend United	5	1	0	1	3	6	0	1	2	2	6	0.417	3	L	D	L	W	L	1959-09-07	Mansfield Town	H
20	-1	Colchester United	5	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	3	4	11	0.533	2	L	L	D	D	L	1959-09-07	Halifax Town	H
21	0	Chesterfield	5	1	0	1	3	6	0	0	3	4	10	0.438	2	L	L	L	W	L	1959-09-07	Wrexham	H
22	0	Accrington Stanley	5	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	3	1	14	0.278	2	L	L	D	D	L	1959-09-07	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
23	0	Mansfield Town	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	10	0.273	2	L	L	D	D	L	1959-09-07	Southend United	A
24	0	Reading	5	0	1	2	5	7	0	0	2	4	7	0.643	1	D	L	L	L	L	1959-09-09	Shrewsbury Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Holker Street	7,238	Largest home gate 1959-60
	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	4	Stockport County	Brunton Park	6,604
	Lineups		Davock, Wallace, Wilson 2
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Watford	Belle Vue	7,168
Sharp	Lineups
Gillingham	3	1	Aldershot	Priestfield Stadium	7,036
Moore, Terry, Albury (p)	Lineups		Lawlor
Hartlepools United	2	3	Chester	Victoria Park	5,112
Clark, Smith	Lineups		Clempson 2, Webster
Millwall	4	0	Gateshead	The Den, New Cross	14,120
Ackerman 2, Crowshaw, Wilson	Lineups
Northampton Town	0	0	Workington	County Ground	11,298
	Lineups
Notts County	0	1	Bradford	Meadow Lane	12,139
	Lineups		McAllister
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Exeter City	Boundary Park	9,720	Largest home gate 1959-60
Stringfellow	Lineups		Calland, Rees
Southport	0	1	Darlington	Haig Avenue	4,604
	Lineups		Redfearn
Torquay United	1	1	Rochdale	Plainmoor	7,369
Baxter (p)	Lineups		Spencer
Walsall	3	0	Crystal Palace	Fellows Park	11,593
Richards 2, Faulkner	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	Walsall	5	2	1	0	8	3	2	0	0	5	2	2.6	9	W	W	W	D	W	1959-09-10	Carlisle United	H
2	0	Millwall	5	2	1	0	8	1	1	1	0	1	0	9	8	W	D	W	D	W	1959-09-07	Bradford	A
3	3	Stockport County	5	2	0	0	4	1	1	1	1	5	2	3	7	W	L	W	W	D	1959-09-07	Crystal Palace	H
4	1	Exeter City	5	2	1	0	5	2	1	0	1	2	2	1.75	7	W	W	W	L	D	1959-09-07	Chester	A
5	-1	Torquay United	5	2	1	0	8	5	1	0	1	2	3	1.25	7	D	W	W	L	W	1959-09-09	Southport	H
6	3	Gillingham	5	3	0	0	10	5	0	0	2	1	3	1.375	6	W	W	L	L	W	1959-09-10	Northampton Town	A
7	6	Doncaster Rovers	5	2	1	0	4	2	0	1	1	2	3	1.2	6	W	D	W	D	L	1959-09-08	Barrow	H
8	6	Darlington	5	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	2	2	7	1	6	W	L	W	W	L	1959-09-08	Rochdale	A
9	-6	Carlisle United	5	1	1	1	4	7	1	1	0	2	1	0.75	6	L	W	D	W	D	1959-09-10	Walsall	A
10	-3	Notts County	5	2	0	1	6	3	0	1	1	2	3	1.333	5	L	W	D	L	W	1959-09-07	Gateshead	A
11	-3	Gateshead	5	2	0	0	4	1	0	1	2	6	11	0.833	5	L	D	W	W	L	1959-09-07	Notts County	H
12	4	Crewe Alexandra	5	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	2	7	0.625	5	D	L	W	W	L	1959-09-09	Watford	H
13	5	Northampton Town	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	6	9	1	4	D	L	L	W	D	1959-09-10	Gillingham	H
14	-4	Aldershot	5	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	3	1	10	0.909	4	L	W	W	L	L	1959-09-10	Workington	A
15	-3	Oldham Athletic	5	2	0	1	4	2	0	0	2	3	6	0.875	4	L	L	L	W	W	1959-09-07	Hartlepools United	A
16	4	Barrow	5	1	2	0	6	3	0	0	2	2	9	0.667	4	D	D	L	L	W	1959-09-08	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	-6	Crystal Palace	5	1	1	0	4	3	0	1	2	2	6	0.667	4	L	W	D	L	D	1959-09-07	Stockport County	A
18	3	Rochdale	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	3	5	0.667	4	D	L	L	W	D	1959-09-08	Darlington	H
19	3	Bradford	5	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	2	1	3	0.6	4	W	L	D	D	L	1959-09-07	Millwall	H
20	-5	Watford	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	0.5	4	L	W	L	D	D	1959-09-09	Crewe Alexandra	A
21	-4	Hartlepools United	5	1	0	2	6	5	0	1	1	2	3	1	3	L	L	L	D	W	1959-09-07	Oldham Athletic	H
22	-3	Southport	5	0	2	1	4	5	0	1	1	1	2	0.714	3	L	D	L	D	D	1959-09-09	Torquay United	A
23	0	Workington	5	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	1	2	5	0.375	3	D	D	L	D	L	1959-09-10	Aldershot	H
24	0	Chester	5	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	2	5	6	0.6	2	W	L	L	L	L	1959-09-07	Exeter City	H