1959-10-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	4	Fulham	St Andrew's	26,691
Gordon 2	Lineups		Cook 2, Key, Langley (p)
Burnley	4	3	Manchester City	Turf Moor	28,653
White 2, Pointer, Pilkington	Lineups		Hannah 2, Colbridge
Chelsea	1	0	Everton	Stamford Bridge	37,114
Greaves	Lineups
Leeds United	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	17,159
	Lineups		Vernon
Leicester City	2	2	Arsenal	Filbert Street	29,152
Wills, McDonald	Lineups		Barnwell, Bloomfield
Manchester United	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Old Trafford	39,723
Viollet 2, Bradley	Lineups		McAnearney
Newcastle United	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park	34,679
	Lineups		Parry 2
Preston North End	4	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Deepdale	22,612
Alston, Thompson, Finney (p), Taylor	Lineups		Horne 2, Murray
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Nottingham Forest	White Hart Lane	52,002
Smith R 2	Lineups		Imlach
West Bromwich Albion	4	0	Luton Town	The Hawthorns	22,352
Allen 2, Whitehouse, Kevan	Lineups
West Ham United	1	0	Blackpool	Upton Park	32,374
Musgrove	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	14	3	4	0	17	8	4	2	1	17	8	2.125	20	W	L	W	D	D	1959-10-31	Manchester City	A
2	1	West Ham United	14	5	0	2	15	7	3	3	1	12	11	1.5	19	W	W	W	D	W	1959-10-31	Fulham	A
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	5	1	0	23	7	3	1	4	20	22	1.483	18	L	W	L	W	W	1959-10-31	Newcastle United	H
4	0	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	1	1	16	9	3	1	3	11	11	1.35	18	W	W	W	L	L	1959-10-31	Manchester United	H
5	1	Preston North End	14	4	2	1	15	12	3	1	3	16	15	1.148	17	W	W	L	W	W	1959-10-31	Blackpool	A
6	1	Burnley	14	5	0	2	18	15	3	1	3	12	13	1.071	17	W	L	L	D	W	1959-10-31	Luton Town	A
7	1	Fulham	14	6	0	1	21	12	2	1	4	11	23	0.914	17	W	W	W	W	L	1959-10-31	West Ham United	H
8	-3	Manchester City	14	5	0	2	18	13	3	0	4	16	16	1.172	16	L	W	W	W	W	1959-10-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	0	Chelsea	14	3	1	3	18	19	4	1	2	12	9	1.071	16	W	W	L	W	W	1959-10-31	Nottingham Forest	A
10	0	Arsenal	14	3	2	2	9	9	2	3	2	13	13	1	15	D	L	L	L	W	1959-10-31	Birmingham City	H
11	2	Bolton Wanderers	14	4	1	2	11	8	2	1	4	7	8	1.125	14	W	D	W	W	L	1959-10-31	Leeds United	H
12	0	Manchester United	14	5	0	2	21	12	1	2	4	13	19	1.097	14	W	L	W	W	L	1959-10-31	Blackburn Rovers	A
13	2	West Bromwich Albion	14	4	1	3	21	13	0	4	2	5	9	1.182	13	W	D	L	L	L	1959-10-31	Sheffield Wednesday	A
14	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	14	4	1	1	12	4	1	1	6	6	14	1	12	L	W	D	L	W	1959-10-31	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	-1	Blackpool	14	2	3	2	13	13	2	1	4	7	11	0.833	12	L	D	W	L	L	1959-10-31	Preston North End	H
16	0	Newcastle United	14	2	2	4	6	13	2	1	3	15	15	0.75	11	L	L	W	D	W	1959-10-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	0	Nottingham Forest	14	2	2	2	7	9	2	1	5	7	11	0.7	11	L	L	L	L	W	1959-10-31	Chelsea	H
18	2	Leicester City	14	2	3	2	12	12	1	2	4	11	22	0.676	11	D	L	L	L	D	1959-10-31	Everton	A
19	-1	Birmingham City	14	2	3	3	13	14	1	1	4	7	11	0.8	10	L	W	D	W	L	1959-10-31	Arsenal	A
20	-1	Everton	14	3	2	2	10	7	0	2	5	8	17	0.75	10	L	L	D	W	L	1959-10-31	Leicester City	H
21	0	Leeds United	14	1	3	3	12	14	2	1	4	8	18	0.625	10	L	D	D	L	L	1959-10-31	Bolton Wanderers	A
22	0	Luton Town	14	1	1	5	4	11	1	2	4	7	16	0.407	7	L	L	L	L	L	1959-10-31	Burnley	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol City	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ashton Gate	17,804
	Lineups		Thorne
Cardiff City	3	2	Ipswich Town	Ninian Park	20,223
Baker, Tapscott, Sullivan	Lineups		Lundstrum, Leadbetter
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Stoke City	The Valley	18,412
Lucas	Lineups		Bowyer, King
Derby County	2	2	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	26,394	Largest home gate 1959-60
Parry, Hannigan	Lineups		McParland 2
Hull City	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Boothferry Park	15,864
Gubbins	Lineups		Howard
Liverpool	1	1	Portsmouth	Anfield Road	21,075
Moran	Lineups		Newman
Middlesbrough	3	2	Lincoln City	Ayresome Park	24,007
McLean 2, Clough	Lineups		Graver 2
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Sunderland	Home Park	21,990
	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	0	Bristol Rovers	Millmoor	10,285
Sawyer 2, Kettleborough	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	3	1	Swansea Town	Old Showground	9,675
Marriott, Donnelly, Middleton	Lineups		Reynolds
Sheffield United	0	2	Leyton Orient	Bramall Lane	11,795
	Lineups		Foster, Johnston

				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	15	6	0	0	14	3	3	5	1	12	10	2	23	D	W	D	D	D	1959-10-31	Plymouth Argyle	H
2	0	Cardiff City	14	6	0	1	20	11	4	2	1	10	7	1.667	22	W	W	W	D	W	1959-10-31	Bristol Rovers	A
3	0	Rotherham United	14	2	4	1	11	8	5	1	1	17	11	1.474	19	W	W	D	W	W	1959-10-31	Swansea Town	A
4	0	Middlesbrough	14	5	3	0	21	7	2	1	3	12	10	1.941	18	W	L	D	W	L	1959-10-31	Leyton Orient	A
5	1	Huddersfield Town	14	4	1	2	15	9	2	3	2	11	9	1.444	16	D	L	D	W	D	1959-10-31	Sheffield United	H
6	3	Leyton Orient	14	5	1	1	19	9	1	3	3	8	12	1.286	16	W	W	L	D	L	1959-10-31	Middlesbrough	H
7	-2	Charlton Athletic	14	3	3	1	18	11	2	3	2	16	16	1.259	16	L	D	D	L	W	1959-10-31	Portsmouth	A
8	4	Stoke City	15	4	2	2	18	12	2	2	3	10	16	1	16	W	D	W	L	D	1959-10-31	Bristol City	H
9	-2	Sunderland	14	3	3	0	11	4	2	3	3	8	16	0.95	16	D	W	D	D	D	1959-10-31	Liverpool	H
10	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	2	3	2	12	11	3	2	2	13	12	1.087	15	W	D	D	W	L	1959-10-31	Scunthorpe United	H
11	3	Liverpool	14	4	2	1	19	11	1	2	4	11	14	1.2	14	D	D	D	L	W	1959-10-31	Sunderland	A
12	-4	Sheffield United	14	4	1	3	19	12	1	3	2	6	10	1.136	14	L	L	D	L	D	1959-10-31	Huddersfield Town	A
13	-3	Swansea Town	13	4	1	1	15	11	2	1	4	12	16	1	14	L	D	W	W	D	1959-10-31	Rotherham United	H
14	-3	Bristol Rovers	14	2	4	1	14	12	2	2	3	7	12	0.875	14	L	D	L	L	W	1959-10-31	Cardiff City	H
15	-2	Ipswich Town	14	5	0	2	23	9	1	1	5	10	16	1.32	13	L	L	D	W	W	1959-10-31	Hull City	H
16	0	Scunthorpe United	14	2	4	1	11	8	1	2	4	5	13	0.762	12	W	D	D	L	D	1959-10-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	0	Derby County	14	2	2	3	10	14	2	0	5	11	16	0.7	10	D	L	W	W	L	1959-10-31	Lincoln City	A
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	14	3	2	2	14	13	0	2	5	7	19	0.656	10	D	L	L	W	L	1959-10-31	Aston Villa	A
19	-1	Lincoln City	14	2	1	4	7	8	2	0	5	11	19	0.667	9	L	W	W	D	L	1959-10-31	Derby County	H
20	0	Bristol City	13	3	0	4	8	8	0	1	5	9	21	0.586	7	L	W	L	W	L	1959-10-31	Stoke City	A
21	0	Portsmouth	14	1	1	4	6	11	1	2	5	9	18	0.517	7	D	W	L	L	L	1959-10-31	Charlton Athletic	H
22	0	Hull City	14	1	3	4	7	18	1	0	5	5	19	0.324	7	D	L	L	D	L	1959-10-31	Ipswich Town	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	0	Bradford City	Oakwell	6,371
Baxter, Stainsby	Lineups
Brentford	3	0	Accrington Stanley	Griffin Park	12,660
Towers 3	Lineups
Bury	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Gigg Lane	10,079
Watson 2	Lineups
Colchester United	1	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Layer Road	8,118
Williams	Lineups		Bumstead, Dowsett
Halifax Town	1	2	Grimsby Town	The Shay	6,147
Tilley	Lineups		Lonsdale OG, Fell
Mansfield Town	6	2	Wrexham	Field Mill	5,284
Nugent, Fitzsimons 2, Ringstead, Jones, Delapenha	Lineups		Brown, Weston
Norwich City	1	0	Newport County	Carrow Road	24,140
Crossan	Lineups
Port Vale	3	1	Chesterfield	Vale Park	7,946
Oscroft, Barnett, Steele	Lineups		McLaren
Reading	1	0	York City	Elm Park	11,561
Shreeves	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Swindon Town	Gay Meadow	8,522
Rowley 2, Starkey	Lineups
Southampton	5	1	Coventry City	The Dell	16,613
Page 2, Reeves, O'Brien, Mulgrew	Lineups		Daley
Southend United	7	1	Tranmere Rovers	Roots Hall	9,533
McCrory 2, Hollis 2, Price 2, Stenhouse	Lineups		Charlton

				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	1	Bury	18	8	0	1	16	5	3	2	4	8	6	2.182	24	W	D	W	W	W	1959-10-31	Chesterfield	A
2	3	Norwich City	17	6	1	1	20	8	4	2	3	15	14	1.591	23	W	W	L	L	W	1959-10-31	Grimsby Town	A
3	3	Southampton	18	8	1	1	36	19	1	4	3	13	15	1.441	23	W	D	W	W	L	1959-10-31	Accrington Stanley	A
4	-3	Queens Park Rangers	18	6	3	0	15	2	3	1	5	16	15	1.824	22	L	W	L	L	D	1959-10-31	Brentford	H
5	2	Shrewsbury Town	17	6	2	1	29	12	3	2	3	17	17	1.586	22	W	D	W	W	W	1959-10-31	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	-3	Halifax Town	17	6	1	2	18	10	3	3	2	8	9	1.368	22	L	L	W	L	D	1959-10-31	Swindon Town	A
7	1	Grimsby Town	18	6	2	1	25	10	2	3	4	14	18	1.393	21	W	W	W	L	D	1959-10-31	Norwich City	H
8	-4	Coventry City	18	5	3	1	15	6	3	2	4	15	16	1.364	21	L	W	L	L	W	1959-10-31	Southend United	H
9	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	18	7	0	1	22	9	3	1	6	12	22	1.097	21	W	L	L	W	W	1959-10-31	Reading	H
10	1	Brentford	18	5	3	1	19	11	3	1	5	14	16	1.222	20	W	W	L	W	W	1959-10-31	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	-1	Newport County	17	7	0	1	22	13	1	3	5	7	18	0.935	19	L	W	W	L	L	1959-10-31	Barnsley	H
12	3	Barnsley	18	5	1	3	13	9	2	3	4	12	13	1.136	18	W	L	L	D	W	1959-10-31	Newport County	A
13	-1	Swindon Town	18	5	2	2	16	13	3	0	6	11	21	0.794	18	L	L	L	L	L	1959-10-31	Halifax Town	H
14	-1	Colchester United	18	6	2	1	21	11	1	1	7	13	25	0.944	17	L	D	W	W	L	1959-10-31	Bradford City	A
15	-1	York City	18	5	3	1	17	11	0	4	5	6	14	0.92	17	L	D	W	D	L	1959-10-31	Mansfield Town	H
16	0	Port Vale	17	7	1	1	18	8	1	0	7	10	27	0.8	17	W	L	W	W	W	1959-10-31	Wrexham	A
17	2	Reading	18	4	2	4	21	16	1	2	5	16	19	1.057	14	W	W	L	W	L	1959-10-31	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	18	5	3	1	24	9	0	1	8	5	21	0.967	14	L	D	W	L	L	1959-10-31	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	-1	Bradford City	18	5	2	2	18	12	0	2	7	11	24	0.806	14	L	D	D	L	L	1959-10-31	Colchester United	H
20	0	Southend United	17	6	0	3	20	15	0	2	6	7	20	0.771	14	W	L	W	W	L	1959-10-31	Coventry City	A
21	0	Wrexham	17	4	1	3	15	13	0	2	7	12	31	0.614	11	L	W	D	L	W	1959-10-28	Chesterfield	H
22	0	Accrington Stanley	18	2	3	3	13	14	2	0	8	8	31	0.467	11	L	L	W	L	W	1959-10-31	Southampton	H
23	1	Mansfield Town	17	2	4	2	18	18	1	0	8	11	30	0.604	10	W	L	L	W	L	1959-10-31	York City	A
24	-1	Chesterfield	16	4	1	3	17	16	0	0	8	9	26	0.619	9	L	D	L	L	W	1959-10-28	Wrexham	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	3	2	Aldershot	Park Avenue	5,741
Brims, Buchanan, Allan	Lineups		Stepney, Norris
Carlisle United	2	0	Torquay United	Brunton Park	6,811
Walker, McGill	Lineups
Chester	4	2	Gateshead	Sealand Road	4,790
Clempson, Redhead OG, Kelly, Foulkes	Lineups		Kirtley (p), Lackenby
Crewe Alexandra	1	3	Rochdale	Gresty Road	7,617
Kelly	Lineups		Anderson, Cooper 2
Crystal Palace	2	0	Darlington	Selhurst Park	14,936
Sexton, Summersby	Lineups
Exeter City	2	0	Gillingham	St James Park	7,119
Wilkinson, Stiffle	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	4	Workington	Victoria Park	2,717
Smith	Lineups		Harburn 2, McGarry, Morrison
Notts County	2	1	Northampton Town	Meadow Lane	14,867
Newsham, Withers	Lineups		Woan
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Millwall	Boundary Park	3,062
Bourne	Lineups		Howells
Stockport County	1	0	Barrow	Edgeley Park	5,478
Wilson	Lineups
Walsall	5	2	Doncaster Rovers	Fellows Park	9,294
Davies 2, Richards 2, Taylor	Lineups		Fernie, Clark
Watford	2	1	Southport	Vicarage Road	12,028
Holton 2	Lineups		Harrison

				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	17	7	1	2	26	14	6	1	0	16	5	2.211	28	W	W	W	W	L	1959-10-31	Northampton Town	A
2	0	Torquay United	17	6	1	1	24	10	6	0	3	11	8	1.944	25	L	W	W	L	W	1959-10-31	Notts County	H
3	0	Millwall	17	5	4	0	21	9	2	6	0	11	7	2	24	D	D	D	D	D	1959-10-28	Crystal Palace	A
4	0	Notts County	18	9	0	1	26	6	2	2	4	13	14	1.95	24	W	W	W	W	L	1959-10-31	Torquay United	A
5	0	Carlisle United	18	6	2	1	16	10	4	2	3	10	12	1.182	24	W	D	L	W	W	1959-10-31	Millwall	A
6	0	Watford	17	7	1	1	26	8	2	2	4	11	19	1.37	21	W	D	W	L	W	1959-10-31	Gillingham	A
7	0	Rochdale	18	6	2	1	17	5	2	3	4	11	16	1.333	21	W	W	W	L	W	1959-10-31	Chester	H
8	1	Stockport County	18	7	0	2	14	5	3	1	5	13	17	1.227	21	W	W	W	W	W	1959-10-31	Aldershot	A
9	-1	Gillingham	17	7	1	1	22	12	1	2	5	7	14	1.115	19	L	L	L	W	D	1959-10-31	Watford	H
10	2	Crystal Palace	17	6	1	1	34	11	1	2	6	8	18	1.448	17	W	L	W	L	L	1959-10-28	Millwall	H
11	-1	Crewe Alexandra	18	5	2	2	19	11	1	3	5	12	21	0.969	17	L	L	D	W	W	1959-10-31	Workington	A
12	1	Workington	18	2	5	2	11	12	2	4	3	13	14	0.923	17	W	L	D	L	W	1959-10-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	3	Bradford	17	4	4	1	16	11	1	2	5	6	15	0.846	16	W	D	W	W	D	1959-10-31	Darlington	A
14	-3	Darlington	18	3	3	2	10	9	3	1	6	6	19	0.571	16	L	D	D	L	L	1959-10-31	Bradford	H
15	2	Exeter City	18	5	2	3	18	14	1	1	6	8	15	0.897	15	W	L	D	D	L	1959-10-31	Barrow	A
16	3	Chester	18	3	3	3	13	10	2	2	5	10	17	0.852	15	W	D	L	W	L	1959-10-31	Rochdale	A
17	-3	Aldershot	18	5	2	1	18	8	1	1	8	10	30	0.737	15	L	W	W	L	D	1959-10-31	Stockport County	H
18	-3	Northampton Town	16	4	2	1	11	6	1	2	6	14	20	0.962	14	L	D	W	W	L	1959-10-31	Walsall	H
19	-1	Gateshead	18	5	1	2	18	8	0	2	8	11	30	0.763	13	L	W	L	L	L	1959-10-31	Crystal Palace	H
20	0	Hartlepools United	17	4	1	4	21	18	1	1	6	9	24	0.714	12	L	L	L	W	W	1959-10-31	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	17	4	1	4	13	14	0	3	5	6	19	0.576	12	L	L	L	L	D	1959-10-31	Hartlepools United	H
22	0	Barrow	16	2	5	1	15	10	1	0	7	9	28	0.632	11	L	D	L	L	W	1959-10-31	Exeter City	H
23	0	Southport	16	3	2	2	12	10	0	3	6	5	20	0.567	11	L	W	L	D	W	1959-10-31	Oldham Athletic	H
24	0	Oldham Athletic	17	2	2	4	6	7	0	2	7	8	25	0.438	8	D	L	L	L	L	1959-10-31	Southport	A