1959-10-17

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Wales	1	1	England		Ninian Park, Cardiff	60,000
	Moore	Lineups		Greaves

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	3	Preston North End	Highbury	43,941
	Lineups		Alston, Sneddon, Walton
Blackburn Rovers	3	2	Burnley	Ewood Park	33,316
Dougan, Dobing, Vernon	Lineups		Pilkington, OG
Blackpool	3	3	Leeds United	Bloomfield Road	22,301
Kaye, Durie, Peterson	Lineups		McCole 2, Francis
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	22,581
	Lineups
Everton	0	1	West Ham United	Goodison Park	30,563
	Lineups		Musgrove
Fulham	4	3	Newcastle United	Craven Cottage	36,293
Key, Cook, Hill, Haynes	Lineups		Eastham, Hale 2
Luton Town	1	2	Chelsea	Kenilworth Road	18,831
Brown	Lineups		Livesey, Pacey OG
Manchester City	3	2	Leicester City	Maine Road	33,896
McAdams 2, Hayes	Lineups		McDonald 2
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Birmingham City	City Ground	24,754
	Lineups		Stubbs, Gordon
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Hillsborough	37,623
Young, Wilkinson	Lineups		White
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	Manchester United	Molineux	45,451
Murray 2, Broadbent	Lineups		Viollet, OG

				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	13	2	4	0	15	7	4	2	1	17	8	2.133	18	L	W	D	D	W	1959-10-24	Nottingham Forest	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	5	1	0	23	7	3	1	3	17	18	1.6	18	W	L	W	W	L	1959-10-24	Preston North End	A
3	0	West Ham United	13	4	0	2	14	7	3	3	1	12	11	1.444	17	W	W	D	W	W	1959-10-24	Blackpool	H
4	1	Blackburn Rovers	13	5	1	1	16	9	2	1	3	10	11	1.3	16	W	W	L	L	W	1959-10-24	Leeds United	A
5	1	Manchester City	13	5	0	2	18	13	3	0	3	13	12	1.24	16	W	W	W	W	W	1959-10-24	Burnley	A
6	2	Preston North End	13	3	2	1	11	9	3	1	3	16	15	1.125	15	W	L	W	W	L	1959-10-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	-3	Burnley	13	4	0	2	14	12	3	1	3	12	13	1.04	15	L	L	D	W	W	1959-10-24	Manchester City	H
8	1	Fulham	13	6	0	1	21	12	1	1	4	7	21	0.848	15	W	W	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Birmingham City	A
9	2	Chelsea	13	2	1	3	17	19	4	1	2	12	9	1.036	14	W	L	W	W	L	1959-10-24	Everton	H
10	-3	Arsenal	13	3	2	2	9	9	2	2	2	11	11	1	14	L	L	L	W	D	1959-10-24	Leicester City	A
11	5	Sheffield Wednesday	13	4	1	1	12	4	1	1	5	5	11	1.133	12	W	D	L	W	L	1959-10-24	Manchester United	A
12	-2	Manchester United	13	4	0	2	18	11	1	2	4	13	19	1.033	12	L	W	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	-1	Bolton Wanderers	13	4	1	2	11	8	1	1	4	5	8	1	12	D	W	W	L	W	1959-10-24	Newcastle United	A
14	-1	Blackpool	13	2	3	2	13	13	2	1	3	7	10	0.87	12	D	W	L	L	W	1959-10-24	West Ham United	A
15	2	West Bromwich Albion	13	3	1	3	17	13	0	4	2	5	9	1	11	D	L	L	L	W	1959-10-24	Luton Town	H
16	-2	Newcastle United	13	2	2	3	6	11	2	1	3	15	15	0.808	11	L	W	D	W	L	1959-10-24	Bolton Wanderers	H
17	-2	Nottingham Forest	13	2	2	2	7	9	2	1	4	6	9	0.722	11	L	L	L	W	L	1959-10-24	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	3	Birmingham City	13	2	3	2	11	10	1	1	4	7	11	0.857	10	W	D	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Fulham	H
19	-1	Everton	13	3	2	2	10	7	0	2	4	8	16	0.783	10	L	D	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Chelsea	A
20	-1	Leicester City	13	2	2	2	10	10	1	2	4	11	22	0.656	10	L	L	L	D	W	1959-10-24	Arsenal	H
21	-1	Leeds United	13	1	3	2	12	13	2	1	4	8	18	0.645	10	D	D	L	L	L	1959-10-24	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Luton Town	13	1	1	5	4	11	1	2	3	7	12	0.478	7	L	L	L	L	W	1959-10-24	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	0	Middlesbrough	Villa Park	35,362
Lynn	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Goldstone Ground	24,175
Tiddy	Lineups		Lawrie
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Eastville	15,314
Hillard	Lineups		Donnelly
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Cardiff City	Leeds Road	18,397
	Lineups		Tapscott
Ipswich Town	2	3	Rotherham United	Portman Road	15,783
Siddall, Crawford	Lineups		Myerscough 2, Kettleborough
Leyton Orient	3	1	Hull City	Brisbane Road	13,002
McDonald, Johnston 2	Lineups		Bradbury
Lincoln City	2	0	Sheffield United	Sincil Bank	12,108
Graver, Harbertson	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Fratton Park	20,798
Newman	Lineups
Stoke City	1	1	Liverpool	Victoria Ground	17,703
Newlands (p)	Lineups		Harrower
Sunderland	3	1	Derby County	Roker Park	27,307
Lawther 2, Grainger	Lineups		Darwin

				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	14	6	0	0	14	3	3	4	1	10	8	2.182	22	W	D	D	D	W	1959-10-24	Derby County	A
2	0	Cardiff City	13	5	0	1	17	9	4	2	1	10	7	1.688	20	W	W	D	W	L	1959-10-24	Ipswich Town	H
3	3	Rotherham United	13	1	4	1	8	8	5	1	1	17	11	1.316	17	W	D	W	W	W	1959-10-24	Bristol Rovers	H
4	-1	Middlesbrough	13	4	3	0	18	5	2	1	3	12	10	2	16	L	D	W	L	W	1959-10-24	Lincoln City	H
5	0	Charlton Athletic	13	3	3	0	17	9	2	3	2	16	16	1.32	16	D	D	L	W	D	1959-10-24	Stoke City	H
6	-2	Huddersfield Town	13	4	1	2	15	9	2	2	2	10	8	1.471	15	L	D	W	D	L	1959-10-24	Hull City	A
7	5	Sunderland	13	3	3	0	11	4	2	2	3	8	16	0.95	15	W	D	D	D	L	1959-10-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	-1	Sheffield United	13	4	1	2	19	10	1	3	2	6	10	1.25	14	L	D	L	D	W	1959-10-24	Leyton Orient	H
9	5	Leyton Orient	13	5	1	1	19	9	0	3	3	6	12	1.19	14	W	L	D	L	W	1959-10-24	Sheffield United	A
10	-2	Swansea Town	12	4	1	1	15	11	2	1	3	11	13	1.083	14	D	W	W	D	W	1959-10-24	Scunthorpe United	A
11	-1	Bristol Rovers	13	2	4	1	14	12	2	2	2	7	9	1	14	D	L	L	W	D	1959-10-24	Rotherham United	A
12	-1	Stoke City	14	4	2	2	18	12	1	2	3	8	15	0.963	14	D	W	L	D	L	1959-10-24	Charlton Athletic	A
13	-4	Ipswich Town	13	5	0	2	23	9	1	1	4	8	13	1.409	13	L	D	W	W	W	1959-10-24	Cardiff City	A
14	-1	Liverpool	13	4	1	1	18	10	1	2	4	11	14	1.208	13	D	D	L	W	W	1959-10-24	Portsmouth	H
15	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	2	3	2	12	11	2	2	2	12	12	1.043	13	D	D	W	L	D	1959-10-24	Bristol City	A
16	2	Scunthorpe United	13	1	4	1	8	7	1	2	4	5	13	0.65	10	D	D	L	D	W	1959-10-24	Swansea Town	H
17	-1	Derby County	13	2	1	3	8	12	2	0	5	11	16	0.679	9	L	W	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Aston Villa	H
18	2	Lincoln City	13	2	1	4	7	8	2	0	4	9	16	0.667	9	W	W	D	L	L	1959-10-24	Middlesbrough	A
19	-2	Plymouth Argyle	13	3	1	2	14	13	0	2	5	7	19	0.656	9	L	L	W	L	D	1959-10-24	Sunderland	H
20	-1	Bristol City	12	3	0	3	8	7	0	1	5	9	21	0.607	7	W	L	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	1	Portsmouth	13	1	1	4	6	11	1	1	5	8	17	0.5	6	W	L	L	L	L	1959-10-24	Liverpool	A
22	-1	Hull City	13	1	2	4	6	17	1	0	5	5	19	0.306	6	L	L	D	L	L	1959-10-24	Huddersfield Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	3	4	Norwich City	Peel Park	4,780
Blackwood, Anders J, Harrower	Lineups		Hill, Moran, Allcock 2
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	2	Brentford	Dean Court	12,216
Bumstead	Lineups		Towers, Hales
Bradford City	0	0	Bury	Valley Parade	11,747
	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,994
Frost, Havenhand	Lineups		Edgley, Whitaker
Coventry City	2	1	Barnsley	Highfield Road	17,350
Ryan, Hill B	Lineups		Bartlett
Grimsby Town	2	1	Mansfield Town	Blundell Park	11,300
Rafferty 2	Lineups		Jones
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Halifax Town	Loftus Road	13,787
Longbottom, Whitelaw, Petchey	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	4	Reading	County Ground	14,706
	Lineups		Wheeler 2, Reeves (p), MacLuckie
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Colchester United	Prenton Park	8,532
Eglington	Lineups		Langman
Wrexham	3	1	Southend United	Racecourse Ground	9,232
Hewitt, Weston, Evans G	Lineups		Kellard
York City	2	2	Southampton	Bootham Crescent	8,423
Wilkinson 2	Lineups		Reeves, O'Brien

				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	2	Queens Park Rangers	17	6	3	0	15	2	3	1	4	16	13	2.067	22	W	L	L	D	W	1959-10-24	Bury	A
2	0	Bury	17	7	0	1	14	5	3	2	4	8	6	2	22	D	W	W	W	W	1959-10-24	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	-2	Halifax Town	16	6	1	1	17	8	3	3	2	8	9	1.471	22	L	W	L	D	W	1959-10-24	Grimsby Town	H
4	1	Coventry City	17	5	3	1	15	6	3	2	3	14	11	1.706	21	W	L	L	W	W	1959-10-24	Southampton	A
5	1	Norwich City	16	5	1	1	19	8	4	2	3	15	14	1.545	21	W	L	L	W	L	1959-10-24	Newport County	H
6	-2	Southampton	17	7	1	1	31	18	1	4	3	13	15	1.333	21	D	W	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Coventry City	H
7	0	Shrewsbury Town	16	5	2	1	26	12	3	2	3	17	17	1.483	20	D	W	W	W	D	1959-10-24	Swindon Town	H
8	2	Grimsby Town	17	6	2	1	25	10	1	3	4	12	17	1.37	19	W	W	L	D	L	1959-10-24	Halifax Town	A
9	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	17	7	0	1	22	9	2	1	6	10	21	1.067	19	L	L	W	W	L	1959-10-24	Colchester United	A
10	3	Brentford	17	4	3	1	16	11	3	1	5	14	16	1.111	18	W	L	W	W	W	1959-10-24	Accrington Stanley	H
11	-2	Swindon Town	17	5	2	2	16	13	3	0	5	11	18	0.871	18	L	L	L	L	W	1959-10-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
12	2	Colchester United	17	6	2	0	20	9	1	1	7	13	25	0.971	17	D	W	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
13	2	York City	17	5	3	1	17	11	0	4	4	6	13	0.958	17	D	W	D	L	W	1959-10-24	Reading	A
14	-3	Newport County	15	6	0	1	18	10	1	3	4	7	17	0.926	17	W	L	L	W	W	1959-10-19	Port Vale	H
15	-3	Barnsley	17	4	1	3	11	9	2	3	4	12	13	1.045	16	L	L	D	W	L	1959-10-24	Bradford City	H
16	0	Port Vale	15	6	1	1	15	7	1	0	6	7	23	0.733	15	W	W	W	L	L	1959-10-19	Newport County	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	17	5	3	1	24	9	0	1	7	4	14	1.217	14	D	W	L	L	L	1959-10-24	Southend United	A
18	0	Bradford City	17	5	2	2	18	12	0	2	6	11	22	0.853	14	D	D	L	L	W	1959-10-24	Barnsley	A
19	2	Reading	17	3	2	4	20	16	1	2	5	16	19	1.029	12	W	L	W	L	D	1959-10-24	York City	H
20	-1	Southend United	16	5	0	3	13	14	0	2	6	7	20	0.588	12	L	W	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	1	Wrexham	16	4	1	3	15	13	0	2	6	10	25	0.658	11	W	D	L	W	L	1959-10-24	Mansfield Town	A
22	-2	Accrington Stanley	17	2	3	3	13	14	2	0	7	8	28	0.5	11	L	W	L	W	L	1959-10-24	Brentford	A
23	0	Chesterfield	15	4	1	3	17	16	0	0	7	8	23	0.641	9	D	L	L	W	L	1959-10-24	Port Vale	A
24	0	Mansfield Town	16	1	4	2	12	16	1	0	8	11	30	0.5	8	L	L	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Wrexham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	0	Crystal Palace	Recreation Ground	6,751
Mundy	Lineups
Barrow	3	3	Bradford	Holker Street	4,318
O'Connor, Clark (p), Kemp	Lineups		Allan 2, McAllister
Darlington	0	0	Chester	Feethams Ground	4,717
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	4	Notts County	Belle Vue	4,705
	Lineups		Newsham 3, Forrest
Gateshead	4	2	Crewe Alexandra	Redheugh Park	3,471
Stephenson, Kirtley, Smith 2	Lineups		Llewellyn, Riley
Gillingham	0	2	Stockport County	Priestfield Stadium	7,850	Largest home gate 1959-60
	Lineups		Ritchie, Murray
Millwall	2	2	Watford	The Den, New Cross	19,691
Broadfoot (p), Wilson	Lineups		Holton 2
Northampton Town	2	2	Carlisle United	County Ground	8,789
Fowler, Woan	Lineups		Walker, Murray
Rochdale	2	0	Hartlepools United	Spotland	4,856
Milburn (p), Anderson	Lineups
Southport	3	2	Exeter City	Haig Avenue	4,079
Reeson, Moss 2	Lineups		Stiffle, Rutherford OG
Torquay United	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Plainmoor	4,513
Bond 2, Northcott G (p), Pym	Lineups		McGill
Workington	0	3	Walsall	Borough Park	4,408
	Lineups		Faulkner, Richards, Hodgkisson

				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	16	6	1	2	21	12	6	1	0	16	5	2.176	26	W	W	W	L	W	1959-10-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Torquay United	16	6	1	1	24	10	6	0	2	11	6	2.188	25	W	W	L	W	W	1959-10-24	Carlisle United	A
3	0	Millwall	16	5	4	0	21	9	2	5	0	10	6	2.067	23	D	D	D	D	W	1959-10-24	Oldham Athletic	A
4	1	Notts County	17	8	0	1	24	5	2	2	4	13	14	1.947	22	W	W	W	L	W	1959-10-24	Northampton Town	H
5	-1	Carlisle United	17	5	2	1	14	10	4	2	3	10	12	1.091	22	D	L	W	W	L	1959-10-24	Torquay United	H
6	1	Watford	16	6	1	1	24	7	2	2	4	11	19	1.346	19	D	W	L	W	W	1959-10-24	Southport	H
7	1	Rochdale	17	6	2	1	17	5	1	3	4	8	15	1.25	19	W	W	L	W	W	1959-10-24	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	-2	Gillingham	16	7	1	1	22	12	1	2	4	7	12	1.208	19	L	L	W	D	D	1959-10-24	Exeter City	A
9	1	Stockport County	17	6	0	2	13	5	3	1	5	13	17	1.182	19	W	W	W	W	L	1959-10-24	Barrow	H
10	-1	Crewe Alexandra	17	5	2	1	18	8	1	3	5	12	21	1.034	17	L	D	W	W	W	1959-10-24	Rochdale	H
11	2	Darlington	17	3	3	2	10	9	3	1	5	6	17	0.615	16	D	D	L	L	W	1959-10-24	Crystal Palace	A
12	-1	Crystal Palace	16	5	1	1	32	11	1	2	6	8	18	1.379	15	L	W	L	L	L	1959-10-24	Darlington	H
13	-1	Workington	17	2	5	2	11	12	1	4	3	9	13	0.8	15	L	D	L	W	D	1959-10-24	Hartlepools United	A
14	3	Aldershot	17	5	2	1	18	8	1	1	7	8	27	0.743	15	W	W	L	D	L	1959-10-24	Bradford	A
15	-1	Northampton Town	15	4	2	1	11	6	1	2	5	13	18	1	14	D	W	W	L	L	1959-10-24	Notts County	A
16	0	Bradford	16	3	4	1	13	9	1	2	5	6	15	0.792	14	D	W	W	D	L	1959-10-24	Aldershot	H
17	-2	Exeter City	17	4	2	3	16	14	1	1	6	8	15	0.828	13	L	D	D	L	L	1959-10-24	Gillingham	H
18	3	Gateshead	17	5	1	2	18	8	0	2	7	9	26	0.794	13	W	L	L	L	D	1959-10-24	Chester	A
19	0	Chester	17	2	3	3	9	8	2	2	5	10	17	0.76	13	D	L	W	L	D	1959-10-24	Gateshead	H
20	-2	Hartlepools United	16	4	1	3	20	14	1	1	6	9	24	0.763	12	L	L	W	W	L	1959-10-24	Workington	H
21	-1	Doncaster Rovers	16	4	1	4	13	14	0	3	4	4	14	0.607	12	L	L	L	D	L	1959-10-24	Walsall	A
22	0	Barrow	15	2	5	1	15	10	1	0	6	9	27	0.649	11	D	L	L	W	D	1959-10-24	Stockport County	A
23	0	Southport	15	3	2	2	12	10	0	3	5	4	18	0.571	11	W	L	D	W	L	1959-10-24	Watford	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	16	2	1	4	5	6	0	2	7	8	25	0.419	7	L	L	L	L	D	1959-10-24	Millwall	H