1959-09-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	1	Blackpool	Highbury	47,473
Barnwell, Herd	Lineups		Mudie
Burnley	3	1	Birmingham City	Turf Moor	23,848
Connelly, McIlroy, Pointer	Lineups		Orritt
Fulham	1	3	Chelsea	Craven Cottage	40,814
Chamberlain	Lineups		Sillett P (p), Greaves, Livesey
Leeds United	2	3	Newcastle United	Elland Road	28,306
McCole, Revie	Lineups		Allchurch, Scott 2
Leicester City	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Filbert Street	34,445	Largest home gate 1959-60
McDonald	Lineups		Jones (p)
Manchester City	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Maine Road	41,687
Hayes, McAdams	Lineups		MacLeod
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	City Ground	28,930
Gray, Quigley	Lineups
Preston North End	4	0	Manchester United	Deepdale	35,016	Largest home gate 1959-60
Finney 2 (1p), Sneddon, Taylor	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Luton Town	Hillsborough	24,775
Curtis (p), Fantham	Lineups
West Ham United	4	1	West Bromwich Albion	Upton Park	29,957
Musgrove 2, Woosnam, Grice	Lineups		Burnside
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Everton	Molineux	35,230
Broadbent, Clamp	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	10	1	3	0	9	5	4	2	0	16	6	2.273	15	D	W	W	W	D	1959-10-03	Burnley	H
2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	1	0	20	5	2	1	2	11	12	1.824	14	W	L	W	W	L	1959-10-03	Luton Town	A
3	1	Arsenal	10	3	2	1	9	6	2	2	0	8	4	1.7	14	W	D	W	W	W	1959-10-03	Everton	A
4	1	Burnley	10	4	0	1	13	8	3	0	2	9	9	1.294	14	W	W	L	W	W	1959-10-03	Tottenham Hotspur	A
5	-3	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	1	0	12	3	1	1	3	7	9	1.583	12	L	W	D	L	L	1959-10-03	Preston North End	H
6	1	West Ham United	10	3	0	2	11	6	2	2	1	11	11	1.294	12	W	W	L	L	D	1959-10-03	Newcastle United	A
7	1	Preston North End	10	3	2	0	10	4	1	1	3	9	14	1.056	11	W	L	W	W	L	1959-10-03	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	1	Nottingham Forest	10	2	2	1	7	7	2	1	2	4	4	1	11	W	L	W	D	W	1959-10-03	Fulham	A
9	-3	West Bromwich Albion	10	3	1	1	14	6	0	3	2	5	9	1.267	10	L	W	D	L	D	1959-10-03	Chelsea	H
10	4	Chelsea	10	2	1	2	17	17	2	1	2	7	7	1	10	W	L	W	L	D	1959-10-03	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	4	Manchester City	10	4	0	2	15	11	1	0	3	5	10	0.952	10	W	W	L	L	W	1959-10-03	Blackpool	A
12	-1	Leicester City	10	2	2	1	8	7	1	2	2	8	15	0.727	10	D	W	D	L	D	1959-10-03	Manchester United	A
13	4	Sheffield Wednesday	10	3	1	1	10	3	1	0	4	5	10	1.154	9	W	L	L	W	L	1959-10-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	-4	Blackpool	10	2	2	1	9	7	1	1	3	3	9	0.75	9	L	W	D	L	D	1959-10-03	Manchester City	H
15	-3	Fulham	10	4	0	1	14	8	0	1	4	3	19	0.63	9	L	L	L	W	W	1959-10-03	Nottingham Forest	H
16	-3	Manchester United	10	2	0	2	10	8	1	2	3	11	16	0.875	8	L	L	D	L	W	1959-10-03	Leicester City	H
17	4	Newcastle United	10	1	1	3	4	10	2	1	2	12	11	0.762	8	W	L	D	W	D	1959-10-03	West Ham United	H
18	-2	Leeds United	10	1	2	2	9	10	2	0	3	5	13	0.609	8	L	L	D	W	L	1959-10-03	Birmingham City	A
19	-1	Bolton Wanderers	10	3	0	2	10	8	0	1	4	3	8	0.813	7	L	W	L	W	L	1959-10-03	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	-1	Everton	10	2	2	1	7	5	0	1	4	5	13	0.667	7	L	L	W	W	D	1959-10-03	Arsenal	H
21	-1	Luton Town	10	1	1	3	2	4	1	2	2	6	9	0.615	7	L	W	W	L	L	1959-10-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Birmingham City	10	1	2	2	9	10	0	1	4	5	11	0.667	5	L	L	L	L	D	1959-10-03	Leeds United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	0	Leyton Orient	Villa Park	39,467
Hitchens	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Swansea Town	Goldstone Ground	20,960
Curry	Lineups		Webster, Reynolds
Bristol City	2	0	Middlesbrough	Ashton Gate	21,640
Rogers, Williams A	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	6	1	Derby County	The Valley	18,368
Lawrie (p), Kiernan 3, Lucas, Hewie	Lineups		Thompson
Lincoln City	2	3	Cardiff City	Sincil Bank	8,401
McClelland, Chapman	Lineups		Sullivan, Watkins, Harrington
Liverpool	4	1	Plymouth Argyle	Anfield Road	29,278
Melia, A'Court, Hunt, Moran	Lineups		Jenkins
Portsmouth	0	2	Ipswich Town	Fratton Park	16,646
	Lineups		Curtis, Leadbetter
Rotherham United	1	0	Hull City	Millmoor	11,646
Sawyer	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Sheffield United	Old Showground	15,384	Largest home gate 1959-60
Marriott	Lineups		Pace
Stoke City	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Ground	17,990
	Lineups		Biggs
Sunderland	0	0	Huddersfield Town	Roker Park	31,655
	Lineups

				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	Aston Villa	10	5	0	0	13	3	3	1	1	6	4	2.714	17	W	W	W	W	W	1959-09-30	Stoke City	A
2	1	Cardiff City	10	4	0	1	12	8	3	1	1	9	7	1.4	15	W	L	W	W	W	1959-10-03	Hull City	A
3	2	Charlton Athletic	10	3	2	0	15	7	2	2	1	11	9	1.625	14	W	D	L	W	D	1959-10-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	-2	Middlesbrough	10	3	2	0	14	3	2	1	2	12	9	2.167	13	L	W	D	W	W	1959-10-03	Scunthorpe United	H
5	-1	Sheffield United	10	4	0	1	16	6	1	3	1	6	8	1.571	13	D	W	L	D	L	1959-10-03	Rotherham United	H
6	2	Bristol Rovers	10	2	3	0	9	6	2	2	1	6	7	1.154	13	W	D	W	L	D	1959-10-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	0	Huddersfield Town	10	3	1	1	9	5	2	1	2	9	7	1.5	12	D	L	L	W	W	1959-10-03	Portsmouth	H
8	1	Rotherham United	10	1	3	1	7	7	3	1	1	11	7	1.286	12	W	W	D	W	L	1959-10-03	Sheffield United	A
9	-3	Leyton Orient	10	4	0	1	15	7	0	3	2	5	7	1.429	11	L	W	D	L	W	1959-10-03	Sunderland	H
10	2	Liverpool	10	4	0	1	16	8	1	1	3	6	8	1.375	11	W	W	D	L	W	1959-10-03	Swansea Town	A
11	3	Swansea Town	10	3	1	1	10	7	2	0	3	9	11	1.056	11	W	D	W	W	L	1959-10-03	Liverpool	H
12	-1	Sunderland	10	2	3	0	8	3	2	0	3	6	14	0.824	11	D	L	W	D	W	1959-10-03	Leyton Orient	A
13	2	Ipswich Town	10	4	0	1	17	6	1	0	4	6	11	1.353	10	W	W	W	L	L	1959-10-03	Stoke City	H
14	-4	Stoke City	10	4	0	2	14	8	0	2	2	5	9	1.118	10	L	D	W	L	L	1959-09-30	Aston Villa	H
15	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	2	2	2	11	10	1	1	2	5	6	1	9	L	D	D	W	L	1959-10-03	Bristol Rovers	A
16	0	Scunthorpe United	10	1	3	1	6	5	1	1	3	3	9	0.643	8	D	W	D	L	L	1959-10-03	Middlesbrough	A
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	10	2	1	1	6	6	0	2	4	7	18	0.542	7	L	D	D	L	W	1959-10-03	Charlton Athletic	H
18	4	Bristol City	10	2	0	3	6	6	0	1	4	9	18	0.625	5	W	L	L	L	L	1959-10-03	Derby County	A
19	-1	Derby County	10	0	1	3	4	12	2	0	4	10	13	0.56	5	L	L	L	W	L	1959-10-03	Bristol City	H
20	-1	Hull City	10	1	1	3	6	12	1	0	4	4	16	0.357	5	L	L	D	W	L	1959-10-03	Cardiff City	H
21	-1	Portsmouth	10	0	1	4	5	11	1	1	3	5	10	0.476	4	L	L	L	L	L	1959-10-03	Huddersfield Town	A
22	-1	Lincoln City	10	1	0	4	5	8	1	0	4	4	16	0.375	4	L	L	L	L	W	1959-10-03	Aston Villa	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	2	Coventry City	Peel Park	5,663
	Lineups		Straw 2
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	2	Bradford City	Dean Court	12,367
Evans R 2, Burgess	Lineups		Jackson D, Stokes
Brentford	3	4	Norwich City	Griffin Park	21,634	Largest home gate 1959-60
Towers 2, Heath	Lineups		Crossan, Allcock 2, Hill
Bury	0	2	Barnsley	Gigg Lane	10,587
	Lineups		Beaumont, Conroy OG
Chesterfield	1	3	Swindon Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,376
Lewis	Lineups		D'Arcy, Edwards, Hoskins
Colchester United	3	1	Port Vale	Layer Road	7,822
King 3	Lineups		Poole H
Halifax Town	3	1	Southampton	The Shay	12,550
Smith, Roscoe, McCall	Lineups		Reeves
Mansfield Town	4	4	Reading	Field Mill	5,621
Ripley 2, Jones, Reeves OG	Lineups		Buck, Shreeves, Wheeler, Walker
Newport County	3	2	York City	Somerton Park	7,367
McSeveney, Meyer, Sherwood	Lineups		Edgar 2
Southend United	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Roots Hall	10,555
McCrory, Costello	Lineups		Starkey
Tranmere Rovers	0	3	Queens Park Rangers	Prenton Park	11,252
	Lineups		Golding 2, Bedford
Wrexham	2	1	Grimsby Town	Racecourse Ground	10,189
Evans B 2	Lineups		Cullen

				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	Norwich City	11	4	1	0	14	3	3	2	1	11	9	2.083	17	W	W	W	L	W	1959-09-29	Bury	A
2	1	Halifax Town	11	4	1	0	11	6	3	2	1	7	5	1.636	17	W	D	W	W	W	1959-09-28	Brentford	H
3	1	Queens Park Rangers	11	3	2	0	8	0	3	1	2	12	6	3.333	15	W	D	W	D	W	1959-09-28	Coventry City	H
4	1	Coventry City	11	2	3	1	8	5	3	2	0	11	4	2.111	15	W	D	D	W	W	1959-09-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
5	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	11	6	0	0	19	7	1	1	3	3	7	1.571	15	W	W	L	W	W	1959-09-28	Newport County	A
6	-4	Southampton	11	5	1	0	24	14	1	2	2	10	11	1.36	15	L	W	W	W	W	1959-09-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	2	Swindon Town	11	4	2	0	15	8	2	0	3	7	9	1.294	14	W	W	W	L	D	1959-09-30	Wrexham	A
8	-2	Grimsby Town	11	4	1	0	17	3	1	2	3	12	14	1.706	13	L	D	D	W	L	1959-09-29	York City	H
9	2	Newport County	11	4	0	1	10	7	1	3	2	5	10	0.882	13	W	L	D	D	W	1959-09-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
10	-2	Shrewsbury Town	11	3	1	1	13	6	2	1	3	13	14	1.3	12	L	L	W	W	L	1959-09-28	Southampton	H
11	-1	Bury	11	4	0	1	10	4	1	1	4	5	6	1.5	11	L	L	L	W	L	1959-09-29	Norwich City	H
12	3	Barnsley	11	2	0	3	8	8	2	3	1	9	5	1.308	11	W	L	L	W	W	1959-09-30	Port Vale	H
13	-1	Brentford	11	2	3	1	12	10	1	1	3	8	11	0.952	10	L	D	L	L	W	1959-09-28	Halifax Town	A
14	4	Colchester United	11	4	2	0	15	7	0	0	5	7	18	0.88	10	W	W	L	L	W	1959-09-28	Mansfield Town	A
15	-2	York City	11	3	2	1	9	7	0	2	3	3	8	0.8	10	L	D	W	D	D	1959-09-29	Grimsby Town	A
16	-2	Tranmere Rovers	11	3	2	1	17	7	0	1	4	3	10	1.176	9	L	L	D	D	W	1959-09-28	Chesterfield	H
17	-1	Port Vale	11	3	1	1	6	5	1	0	5	7	22	0.481	9	L	W	W	L	L	1959-09-30	Barnsley	A
18	-1	Bradford City	11	3	0	2	12	9	0	2	4	8	14	0.87	8	L	L	L	L	L	1959-09-29	Southend United	H
19	2	Southend United	11	3	0	3	9	14	0	2	3	4	11	0.52	8	W	W	L	D	L	1959-09-29	Bradford City	A
20	2	Reading	11	2	1	3	13	11	0	1	4	12	18	0.862	6	D	W	W	L	L	1959-09-28	Accrington Stanley	A
21	-2	Chesterfield	10	3	0	3	11	13	0	0	4	4	11	0.625	6	L	W	L	L	W	1959-09-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	2	Wrexham	10	2	1	2	7	7	0	1	4	6	18	0.52	6	W	L	L	L	L	1959-09-30	Swindon Town	H
23	0	Mansfield Town	11	0	4	1	7	10	1	0	5	6	18	0.464	6	D	L	L	D	L	1959-09-28	Colchester United	H
24	-4	Accrington Stanley	11	1	2	2	7	9	1	0	5	7	23	0.438	6	L	L	W	L	L	1959-09-28	Reading	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	3	Torquay United	Recreation Ground	5,867
Norris	Lineups		Northcott T 2, Anderson
Barrow	2	2	Millwall	Holker Street	6,354
Kerr, Murdoch	Lineups		Pierce 2
Bradford	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Park Avenue	6,209
Atkinson, McAllister	Lineups		Llewellyn, Keery
Crystal Palace	3	4	Chester	Selhurst Park	18,312
Colfar, Byrne, Summersby	Lineups		Cooper, Kelly 2, Webster
Darlington	3	2	Northampton Town	Feethams Ground	7,199
Carr, Milner, Redfearn	Lineups		English 2
Exeter City	1	2	Walsall	St James Park	8,142
Dale	Lineups		Hodgkisson, Taylor
Gateshead	5	0	Doncaster Rovers	Redheugh Park	4,318
Lumley, Armstrong 3, Hogg	Lineups
Gillingham	4	1	Southport	Priestfield Stadium	7,265
Albury 2 (1p), Moore 2	Lineups		Clayton
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Carlisle United	Boundary Park	5,956
	Lineups		McGill
Rochdale	1	1	Workington	Spotland	5,671
Milburn	Lineups		Morrison
Stockport County	2	1	Hartlepools United	Edgeley Park	5,931
Davock, Kelly G	Lineups		Clark
Watford	4	2	Notts County	Vicarage Road	10,131
Holton, Uphill 2, Hartle	Lineups		Forrest, Carver

				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	1	Walsall	11	4	1	1	12	5	4	1	0	11	5	2.3	18	W	W	W	D	W	1959-09-30	Darlington	A
2	-1	Millwall	11	4	1	0	12	1	2	4	0	8	4	4	17	D	W	W	W	D	1959-09-28	Northampton Town	H
3	0	Torquay United	11	3	1	1	13	7	5	0	1	10	5	1.917	17	W	W	L	W	W	1959-09-30	Stockport County	H
4	1	Gillingham	11	6	0	0	19	8	1	1	3	4	6	1.643	15	W	D	W	W	W	1959-09-30	Workington	H
5	1	Carlisle United	11	2	2	1	6	8	4	1	1	7	5	1	15	W	L	W	D	W	1959-09-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	-2	Crystal Palace	11	4	1	1	23	11	1	2	2	4	7	1.5	13	L	W	D	W	W	1959-09-29	Watford	A
7	0	Notts County	11	4	0	1	13	3	1	2	3	9	12	1.467	12	L	W	W	W	L	1959-10-01	Hartlepools United	H
8	3	Watford	11	4	1	0	13	2	1	1	4	5	14	1.125	12	W	L	L	W	W	1959-09-29	Crystal Palace	H
9	3	Darlington	11	3	2	0	10	4	2	0	4	4	11	0.933	12	W	L	W	D	D	1959-09-30	Walsall	H
10	3	Stockport County	11	4	0	2	9	5	1	1	3	7	8	1.231	11	W	L	L	L	W	1959-09-30	Torquay United	A
11	-2	Rochdale	11	3	2	1	10	5	0	3	2	4	7	1.167	11	D	W	L	D	D	1959-09-28	Barrow	A
12	-4	Doncaster Rovers	11	4	1	1	12	7	0	2	3	3	11	0.833	11	L	W	W	D	L	1959-10-03	Darlington	H
13	-3	Aldershot	11	4	1	1	16	7	0	1	4	4	15	0.909	10	L	W	L	W	D	1959-09-28	Gateshead	A
14	2	Workington	11	2	3	1	9	7	0	3	2	4	9	0.813	10	D	D	W	L	W	1959-09-30	Gillingham	A
15	2	Crewe Alexandra	11	3	1	1	8	5	0	3	3	4	11	0.75	10	D	W	D	L	D	1959-09-29	Carlisle United	A
16	-2	Northampton Town	11	3	1	1	7	4	0	2	4	11	16	0.9	9	L	L	W	L	D	1959-09-28	Millwall	A
17	-2	Exeter City	11	3	1	2	9	7	1	0	4	2	7	0.786	9	L	L	L	W	L	1959-09-30	Bradford	H
18	0	Hartlepools United	11	2	1	3	13	11	1	1	3	7	11	0.909	8	L	L	W	W	L	1959-10-01	Notts County	A
19	3	Gateshead	11	3	1	1	9	3	0	1	5	8	20	0.739	8	W	L	L	L	L	1959-09-28	Aldershot	H
20	-1	Barrow	11	1	4	1	9	7	1	0	4	7	15	0.727	8	D	L	L	D	L	1959-09-28	Rochdale	H
21	0	Chester	11	1	2	2	2	4	2	0	4	10	14	0.667	8	W	D	L	L	D	1959-09-29	Oldham Athletic	A
22	-2	Bradford	11	1	4	1	7	8	1	0	4	1	8	0.5	8	D	W	L	L	L	1959-09-30	Exeter City	A
23	0	Oldham Athletic	11	2	0	3	5	5	0	2	4	5	16	0.476	6	L	D	L	L	L	1959-09-29	Chester	H
24	0	Southport	11	1	2	2	6	7	0	2	4	2	15	0.364	6	L	L	W	L	D	1959-10-03	Crystal Palace	H