1959-11-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	1	Blackpool	St Andrew's	24,782
Larkin, Hooper	Lineups		Charnley
Burnley	8	0	Nottingham Forest	Turf Moor	24,349
Robson 5, Pointer 2, Pilkington	Lineups
Chelsea	1	3	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge	52,748
Gibbs	Lineups		Haverty 2, Bloomfield
Leeds United	1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Elland Road	21,260
McCole	Lineups		Ellis 2, Fantham
Leicester City	0	1	Fulham	Filbert Street	24,165
	Lineups		Chamberlain
Manchester United	4	1	Luton Town	Old Trafford	40,807
Viollet 2, Goodwin, Quixall	Lineups		Kilgannon
Newcastle United	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	St James' Park	31,368
Eastham, White 2	Lineups		Dobing
Preston North End	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Deepdale	28,723
Mayers	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Everton	White Hart Lane	39,432
Jones (p), Harris OG, King OG	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	24,219
McTavish OG, Burnside	Lineups
West Ham United	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Upton Park	37,941	Largest home gate 1959-60
Dick 3	Lineups		Broadbent, Mason

				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	West Ham United	18	7	0	2	22	10	4	3	2	15	13	1.609	25	W	W	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	0	Preston North End	18	6	2	1	17	12	5	1	3	20	16	1.321	25	W	W	W	W	W	1959-11-28	Luton Town	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	18	4	4	1	20	10	5	2	2	19	10	1.95	24	W	L	L	W	W	1959-11-28	Blackpool	A
4	2	Burnley	18	7	0	2	30	16	3	3	3	14	15	1.419	23	W	D	W	D	W	1959-11-28	Fulham	A
5	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	7	1	0	29	9	3	1	6	23	29	1.368	22	L	W	L	W	L	1959-11-28	Chelsea	H
6	1	Fulham	18	7	0	2	23	14	3	2	4	15	26	0.95	22	W	L	D	W	W	1959-11-28	Burnley	H
7	-2	Blackburn Rovers	18	6	2	1	20	12	3	1	5	13	17	1.138	21	L	W	L	D	W	1959-11-28	Birmingham City	H
8	2	Manchester United	18	6	1	2	28	16	1	4	4	15	21	1.162	19	W	D	D	D	W	1959-11-28	Everton	A
9	3	Arsenal	18	4	2	3	13	12	3	3	3	18	17	1.069	19	W	L	L	W	D	1959-11-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
10	-2	Chelsea	18	4	1	4	22	23	4	2	3	14	13	1	19	L	D	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
11	-2	Bolton Wanderers	18	4	3	2	13	10	3	1	5	9	9	1.158	18	L	D	W	D	W	1959-11-28	Leicester City	H
12	1	West Bromwich Albion	18	6	1	3	25	14	0	4	4	7	14	1.143	17	W	L	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Arsenal	A
13	1	Sheffield Wednesday	18	5	2	1	15	5	2	1	7	9	17	1.091	17	W	D	L	W	L	1959-11-28	West Ham United	H
14	-3	Manchester City	18	5	1	3	20	16	3	0	6	17	22	0.974	17	L	D	L	L	L	1959-11-28	Newcastle United	H
15	3	Newcastle United	18	4	2	4	17	16	2	1	5	15	19	0.914	15	W	L	W	L	L	1959-11-28	Manchester City	A
16	-1	Nottingham Forest	18	4	2	2	11	10	2	1	7	7	20	0.6	15	L	W	L	W	L	1959-11-28	Leeds United	H
17	-1	Everton	18	5	2	2	20	8	0	2	7	10	28	0.833	14	L	W	L	W	L	1959-11-28	Manchester United	H
18	-1	Blackpool	18	3	3	3	15	15	2	1	6	9	15	0.8	14	L	W	L	L	L	1959-11-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	2	Birmingham City	18	3	4	3	16	16	1	1	6	7	18	0.676	13	W	L	D	L	L	1959-11-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	-1	Leeds United	18	2	3	4	16	19	2	2	5	11	23	0.643	13	L	L	W	D	L	1959-11-28	Nottingham Forest	A
21	-1	Leicester City	18	3	3	3	14	13	1	2	6	12	29	0.619	13	L	L	W	L	D	1959-11-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
22	0	Luton Town	18	2	2	5	6	12	1	3	5	9	21	0.455	11	L	W	D	D	L	1959-11-28	Preston North End	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol City	0	5	Aston Villa	Ashton Gate	29,738	Largest home gate 1959-60
	Lineups		Hitchens 3, Wylie, McParland
Cardiff City	4	4	Stoke City	Ninian Park	21,793
Tapscott, Bonson 2, Gammon	Lineups		Newlands, King 2, Bowyer
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Lincoln City	The Valley	13,340
Evans, Lucas	Lineups		Linnecor 2
Derby County	3	0	Ipswich Town	Baseball Ground	14,890
Buxton 2, Swallow	Lineups
Hull City	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Boothferry Park	17,107
Bradbury, Gubbins, Shiner	Lineups		Dixon
Liverpool	4	3	Leyton Orient	Anfield Road	34,321
Morris 2, Melia, Hickson	Lineups		Johnston 2, Sorrell
Middlesbrough	5	1	Bristol Rovers	Ayresome Park	24,357
Clough 3, Day, Harris	Lineups		Biggs
Plymouth Argyle	1	3	Huddersfield Town	Home Park	18,580
Carter	Lineups		McHale 2, Law
Rotherham United	2	1	Portsmouth	Millmoor	15,240
Kettleborough, Webster	Lineups		Harris H
Scunthorpe United	3	1	Sunderland	Old Showground	11,822
Donnelly 2, Thomas	Lineups		Lawther
Sheffield United	3	3	Swansea Town	Bramall Lane	15,786
Coldwell, Hamilton, Hodgson	Lineups		Webster, Allchurch, Nurse (p)

				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	19	8	0	0	27	4	4	5	2	18	12	2.813	29	W	W	L	W	D	1959-11-28	Scunthorpe United	H
2	0	Cardiff City	18	7	1	1	26	16	4	4	1	13	10	1.5	27	D	D	W	D	W	1959-11-28	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Rotherham United	18	4	4	1	14	9	6	2	1	22	15	1.5	26	W	W	W	D	W	1959-11-28	Sunderland	A
4	0	Middlesbrough	18	7	3	0	27	8	2	1	5	12	16	1.625	22	W	L	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Swansea Town	A
5	1	Charlton Athletic	18	4	4	1	23	14	2	4	3	19	29	0.977	20	D	L	W	D	L	1959-11-28	Leyton Orient	A
6	4	Huddersfield Town	18	4	2	3	17	12	3	3	3	14	11	1.348	19	W	D	L	L	D	1959-11-28	Liverpool	H
7	-2	Leyton Orient	18	6	1	2	26	12	1	4	4	12	17	1.31	19	L	L	D	W	W	1959-11-28	Charlton Athletic	H
8	3	Liverpool	18	6	2	1	25	15	1	3	5	14	19	1.147	19	W	L	W	D	D	1959-11-28	Huddersfield Town	A
9	-1	Sheffield United	18	5	2	3	23	15	2	3	3	9	13	1.143	19	D	L	W	W	L	1959-11-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
10	-3	Sunderland	18	4	4	0	15	7	2	3	5	10	22	0.862	19	L	W	L	D	D	1959-11-28	Rotherham United	H
11	1	Stoke City	19	4	2	4	21	18	2	4	3	15	21	0.923	18	D	L	D	L	W	1959-11-28	Hull City	H
12	-3	Ipswich Town	18	7	0	2	26	9	1	1	7	10	20	1.241	17	L	W	L	W	L	1959-11-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	2	Swansea Town	17	4	3	1	17	13	2	2	5	16	21	0.971	17	D	D	L	D	L	1959-11-28	Middlesbrough	H
14	3	Scunthorpe United	18	3	5	1	15	10	2	2	5	6	17	0.778	17	W	L	D	W	W	1959-11-28	Aston Villa	A
15	-2	Bristol Rovers	18	3	5	1	18	15	2	2	5	9	20	0.771	17	L	W	L	D	L	1959-11-28	Derby County	H
16	0	Lincoln City	18	4	1	4	17	12	3	1	5	15	21	0.97	16	D	W	W	W	L	1959-11-28	Bristol City	H
17	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	2	4	3	14	14	3	2	4	14	16	0.933	16	L	D	L	L	W	1959-11-28	Sheffield United	H
18	0	Derby County	18	3	3	3	14	15	2	1	6	15	24	0.744	14	W	D	D	L	D	1959-11-28	Bristol Rovers	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	18	3	2	4	15	18	1	2	6	10	23	0.61	12	L	W	L	L	D	1959-11-28	Ipswich Town	A
20	2	Hull City	18	3	3	4	13	20	1	1	6	5	21	0.439	12	W	D	W	L	D	1959-11-28	Stoke City	A
21	-1	Bristol City	17	4	0	5	10	13	1	1	6	14	25	0.632	11	L	L	W	W	L	1959-11-28	Lincoln City	A
22	-1	Portsmouth	18	2	2	4	12	13	1	2	7	10	22	0.629	10	L	W	L	D	D	1959-11-28	Cardiff City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Oakwell	5,420
Lunn 2	Lineups
Brentford	1	2	York City	Griffin Park	13,118
McLeod (p)	Lineups		Wragg, Wilkinson
Bury	0	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Gigg Lane	11,135
	Lineups		Southren, Bumstead
Colchester United	0	0	Swindon Town	Layer Road	6,537
	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	2	Accrington Stanley	The Shay	5,901
	Lineups		Anders J, Tighe
Mansfield Town	3	1	Newport County	Field Mill	6,996
Williams, Jones, Nugent	Lineups		Sherwood
Norwich City	1	4	Coventry City	Carrow Road	20,409
Punton	Lineups		Kearns (p), Farmer R, Stewart, Daley
Port Vale	0	2	Bradford City	Vale Park	9,924
	Lineups		Stokes 2
Reading	1	2	Grimsby Town	Elm Park	12,090
McIlvenny	Lineups		Rafferty, Donovan
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Gay Meadow	10,084
Pountney	Lineups		Bedford
Southampton	3	0	Wrexham	The Dell	15,974
O'Brien 2, Reeves	Lineups
Southend United	1	2	Chesterfield	Roots Hall	10,115
Price	Lineups		Rackstraw 2

				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	Bury	21	9	0	2	19	9	4	2	4	10	6	1.933	28	L	W	W	W	D	1959-11-28	Accrington Stanley	A
2	1	Southampton	21	10	1	1	41	20	1	5	3	15	17	1.514	28	W	W	D	W	D	1959-11-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	1	Shrewsbury Town	20	7	3	1	33	15	3	3	3	20	20	1.514	26	D	W	D	W	D	1959-11-28	Grimsby Town	A
4	-2	Norwich City	20	7	1	2	24	14	4	3	3	16	15	1.379	26	L	W	D	W	W	1959-11-28	Bradford City	A
5	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	7	1	1	23	10	5	1	6	18	25	1.171	26	W	W	D	W	L	1959-11-28	Barnsley	H
6	0	Coventry City	21	6	3	1	17	6	4	2	5	21	20	1.462	25	W	L	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Brentford	H
7	0	Grimsby Town	21	6	3	1	26	11	3	4	4	19	22	1.364	25	W	D	D	W	W	1959-11-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	1	Queens Park Rangers	21	6	3	1	17	6	3	2	6	18	18	1.458	23	D	L	L	L	W	1959-11-28	Port Vale	H
9	-1	Halifax Town	20	6	1	4	18	15	3	4	2	9	10	1.08	23	L	L	D	L	L	1959-11-28	Newport County	A
10	0	Brentford	20	5	3	2	20	13	4	1	5	18	18	1.226	22	L	W	W	W	L	1959-11-28	Coventry City	A
11	2	Barnsley	21	6	2	3	18	12	2	3	5	12	17	1.034	21	W	D	L	W	L	1959-11-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
12	0	Colchester United	21	7	3	1	23	12	1	2	7	13	25	0.973	21	D	W	D	L	D	1959-11-28	York City	A
13	-2	Newport County	20	8	0	1	26	13	1	3	7	9	23	0.972	21	L	L	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Halifax Town	H
14	0	York City	21	6	3	1	19	12	1	4	6	8	17	0.931	21	W	L	W	L	D	1959-11-28	Colchester United	H
15	1	Swindon Town	21	5	3	2	17	14	3	1	7	13	24	0.789	20	D	L	D	L	L	1959-11-28	Southend United	H
16	-1	Port Vale	20	8	1	2	20	10	1	0	8	10	28	0.789	19	L	W	L	W	L	1959-11-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	5	4	1	27	12	1	1	9	8	23	1	17	L	W	D	L	D	1959-11-28	Southampton	H
18	2	Bradford City	20	5	3	2	18	12	1	2	7	13	24	0.861	17	W	D	L	D	D	1959-11-28	Norwich City	H
19	-1	Southend United	20	7	0	4	27	18	0	2	7	7	22	0.85	16	L	W	L	W	L	1959-11-28	Swindon Town	A
20	-1	Reading	20	4	2	5	22	18	1	3	5	17	20	1.026	15	L	D	W	W	L	1959-11-28	Wrexham	A
21	1	Accrington Stanley	21	2	4	3	15	16	3	0	9	11	37	0.491	14	W	L	D	L	L	1959-11-28	Bury	H
22	1	Chesterfield	19	4	1	4	17	18	2	0	8	14	29	0.66	13	W	L	W	L	D	1959-11-28	Mansfield Town	H
23	-2	Wrexham	21	5	1	4	18	16	0	2	9	14	37	0.604	13	L	L	W	L	L	1959-11-28	Reading	H
24	0	Mansfield Town	20	3	4	3	24	23	1	0	9	12	32	0.655	12	W	L	L	W	L	1959-11-28	Chesterfield	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	3	2	Workington	Park Avenue	6,967
Allan, McAllister, Buchanan	Lineups		Jones, Booth
Carlisle United	0	1	Barrow	Brunton Park	5,099
	Lineups		Kemp
Chester	1	1	Northampton Town	Sealand Road	7,283
Pimlott	Lineups		Deakin
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Torquay United	Gresty Road	7,825
Riley	Lineups		Bond, Northcott T
Crystal Palace	4	0	Doncaster Rovers	Selhurst Park	15,263
Sexton 2, Roche, Woan	Lineups
Exeter City	2	1	Gateshead	St James Park	6,992
Atkins 2	Lineups		Armstrong
Hartlepools United	0	2	Millwall	Victoria Park	2,677
	Lineups		Wilson, Ackerman
Notts County	3	1	Gillingham	Meadow Lane	13,856
Horobin, Forrest, Bircumshaw	Lineups		Moore
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Aldershot	Boundary Park	4,539
	Lineups		Humphrey
Stockport County	2	1	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	7,629
Guy, Wallace	Lineups		Spencer
Walsall	8	0	Southport	Fellows Park	12,840
Taylor 3, Davies 2, Hodgkisson, Faulkner 2	Lineups
Watford	2	1	Darlington	Vicarage Road	10,018
Uphill 2	Lineups		Rayment

				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	20	9	1	2	37	16	7	1	0	17	5	2.571	34	W	W	W	W	W	1959-11-28	Gillingham	A
2	1	Millwall	21	5	5	0	22	10	4	6	1	16	10	1.9	29	W	L	D	W	D	1959-11-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	-1	Torquay United	20	7	1	1	27	11	7	0	4	15	12	1.826	29	W	L	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Chester	H
4	1	Notts County	21	11	0	1	31	8	2	2	5	14	17	1.8	28	W	W	L	W	W	1959-11-28	Barrow	A
5	-1	Carlisle United	21	7	2	2	17	11	4	3	3	11	13	1.167	27	L	W	D	W	D	1959-11-28	Aldershot	A
6	0	Watford	20	9	1	1	30	9	2	2	5	11	21	1.367	25	W	W	L	W	D	1959-11-28	Gateshead	A
7	0	Stockport County	21	9	0	2	17	6	3	1	6	13	18	1.25	25	W	W	L	W	W	1959-11-28	Workington	A
8	1	Crystal Palace	21	8	1	2	43	13	2	2	6	10	18	1.71	23	W	W	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Northampton Town	A
9	-1	Rochdale	21	6	3	1	17	5	2	3	6	12	22	1.074	22	L	L	D	W	W	1959-11-28	Exeter City	H
10	0	Gillingham	20	8	1	1	24	12	1	2	7	9	20	1.031	21	L	L	W	L	L	1959-11-28	Walsall	H
11	2	Exeter City	21	7	2	3	23	16	1	2	6	11	18	1	20	W	W	D	W	L	1959-11-28	Rochdale	A
12	3	Bradford	20	6	4	1	23	15	1	2	6	9	19	0.941	20	W	W	L	W	D	1959-11-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
13	-2	Workington	21	3	5	2	16	12	2	4	5	16	20	1	19	L	L	W	W	L	1959-11-28	Stockport County	H
14	0	Chester	21	4	4	3	17	12	2	3	5	10	17	0.931	19	D	W	D	W	D	1959-11-28	Torquay United	A
15	-3	Crewe Alexandra	21	6	2	3	22	13	1	3	6	12	26	0.872	19	L	W	L	L	L	1959-11-28	Millwall	A
16	1	Aldershot	21	6	2	1	19	8	2	1	9	12	33	0.756	19	W	L	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Carlisle United	H
17	-1	Darlington	21	4	3	2	14	12	3	1	8	7	22	0.618	18	L	L	W	L	D	1959-11-28	Oldham Athletic	H
18	0	Northampton Town	19	4	2	2	11	7	2	3	6	19	22	1.034	17	D	W	L	L	D	1959-11-28	Crystal Palace	H
19	3	Barrow	19	2	6	1	18	13	2	0	8	10	30	0.651	14	W	L	D	L	D	1959-11-28	Notts County	H
20	-1	Doncaster Rovers	20	5	1	4	18	15	0	3	7	6	25	0.6	14	L	L	W	L	L	1959-11-28	Bradford	H
21	-1	Gateshead	21	5	1	3	18	10	0	2	10	14	36	0.696	13	L	L	L	L	W	1959-11-28	Watford	H
22	-1	Southport	19	4	2	2	13	10	0	3	8	5	29	0.462	13	L	L	W	L	W	1959-11-28	Hartlepools United	H
23	0	Hartlepools United	20	4	1	6	22	24	1	1	7	10	29	0.604	12	L	L	L	L	L	1959-11-28	Southport	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	20	3	2	5	9	9	0	2	8	8	26	0.486	10	L	W	L	D	L	1959-11-28	Darlington	A