1959-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	3	Luton Town	Highbury	31,331
	Lineups		Gregory 2, Turner
Birmingham City	2	0	West Ham United	St Andrew's	29,745
Astall, Hooper	Lineups
Blackpool	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Bloomfield Road	30,071
Charnley	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	36,039
Hartle (p), Stevens	Lineups		Murray
Chelsea	2	2	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge	47,462
Greaves 2	Lineups		Allchurch, White
Everton	2	1	Manchester City	Goodison Park	43,351
Collins, Shackleton	Lineups		Barlow
Leeds United	2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	Elland Road	36,037	Largest home gate 1959-60
McCole 2	Lineups		Harmer, Smith R, Allen 2
Leicester City	2	2	Preston North End	Filbert Street	32,864
Chalmers (p), Leek	Lineups		Thompson, Taylor
Manchester United	1	2	Burnley	Old Trafford	62,673	Largest home gate 1959-60
Quixall	Lineups		Lawson, Robson
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Fulham	Hillsborough	49,409	Largest home gate 1959-60
Ellis	Lineups		Leggat
West Bromwich Albion	2	3	Nottingham Forest	The Hawthorns	28,817
Kevan 2	Lineups		Quigley 2, Iley

				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	23	6	4	1	26	11	6	4	2	26	15	2	32	W	W	D	W	D	1959-12-28	Leeds United	H
2	1	Preston North End	23	6	3	2	21	17	6	3	3	27	21	1.263	30	D	L	D	D	W	1959-12-28	Leicester City	H
3	2	Burnley	23	8	0	3	34	17	5	3	4	20	19	1.5	29	W	L	W	W	L	1959-12-28	Manchester United	H
4	-2	Blackburn Rovers	24	9	2	1	29	15	4	1	7	15	20	1.257	29	L	W	W	W	L	1960-01-02	Nottingham Forest	H
5	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	9	1	1	34	13	4	1	7	25	31	1.341	28	L	W	L	W	W	1959-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	1	Fulham	23	8	1	3	25	16	4	3	4	20	28	1.023	28	D	L	D	W	W	1959-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	-1	West Ham United	23	8	0	2	26	11	4	3	6	18	30	1.073	27	L	L	L	W	L	1959-12-28	Birmingham City	H
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	7	4	1	30	9	3	1	7	13	17	1.654	25	D	W	D	W	W	1959-12-28	Fulham	A
9	2	Bolton Wanderers	23	7	3	3	22	16	3	1	6	9	13	1.069	24	W	L	W	L	W	1959-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	-1	Manchester United	23	7	1	4	34	22	2	4	5	21	24	1.196	23	L	L	W	W	L	1959-12-28	Burnley	A
11	-1	West Bromwich Albion	23	6	1	5	27	18	2	5	4	16	20	1.132	22	L	W	D	L	W	1959-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
12	0	Newcastle United	23	5	2	4	21	17	4	2	6	25	31	0.958	22	D	L	W	W	W	1959-12-28	Chelsea	H
13	0	Chelsea	23	4	2	5	24	29	5	2	5	21	23	0.865	22	D	W	L	L	L	1959-12-28	Newcastle United	A
14	1	Blackpool	24	5	4	3	21	18	3	1	8	13	19	0.919	21	W	L	W	W	L	1960-01-02	Fulham	H
15	-1	Manchester City	23	5	2	4	26	23	4	0	8	22	29	0.923	20	L	W	D	L	L	1959-12-28	Everton	H
16	1	Everton	23	7	3	2	26	12	0	3	8	11	30	0.881	20	W	L	D	D	W	1959-12-28	Manchester City	A
17	-1	Arsenal	23	4	2	6	17	23	3	3	5	20	26	0.755	19	L	L	L	L	L	1959-12-28	Luton Town	A
18	0	Leicester City	23	4	5	3	21	19	2	2	7	16	32	0.725	19	D	W	W	D	L	1959-12-28	Preston North End	A
19	0	Nottingham Forest	23	5	2	4	17	18	3	1	8	11	26	0.636	19	W	L	L	L	W	1959-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	1	Birmingham City	23	5	4	3	22	18	1	1	9	9	26	0.705	17	W	L	L	W	L	1959-12-28	West Ham United	A
21	-1	Leeds United	23	2	3	6	19	27	3	3	6	16	30	0.614	16	L	W	D	L	L	1959-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	0	Luton Town	23	3	2	7	12	20	2	4	5	15	24	0.614	16	W	W	L	D	L	1959-12-28	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Swansea Town	Eastville	16,501
Bradford, Biggs 2	Lineups		Thomas
Cardiff City	2	0	Sheffield United	Ninian Park	29,515
Bonson, Tapscott	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Liverpool	The Valley	15,391
Fryatt 2, Lawrie	Lineups
Hull City	0	1	Aston Villa	Boothferry Park	29,399	Largest home gate 1959-60
	Lineups		McParland
Ipswich Town	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Portman Road	13,947
Crawford, Phillips 2	Lineups
Leyton Orient	1	2	Portsmouth	Brisbane Road	14,942
Brown	Lineups		Howells, Saunders
Plymouth Argyle	1	4	Bristol City	Home Park	18,377
Waldock	Lineups		Atyeo 2, Rogers, Williams R
Rotherham United	0	2	Middlesbrough	Millmoor	19,980
	Lineups		Peacock, McLean
Scunthorpe United	3	2	Derby County	Old Showground	13,342
Middleton 2, Donnelly	Lineups		Barrowcliffe, Buxton
Stoke City	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Victoria Ground	20,183
Cunliffe	Lineups		McHale
Sunderland	2	4	Lincoln City	Roker Park	23,484
O'Neill 2	Lineups		Smillie, Chapman, Linnecor 2

				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	24	11	0	0	37	5	5	5	3	20	14	3	37	W	W	W	L	W	1959-12-28	Hull City	H
2	1	Cardiff City	23	9	1	1	30	17	5	5	2	18	13	1.6	34	W	W	L	W	D	1959-12-28	Sheffield United	A
3	-1	Rotherham United	23	5	4	2	16	12	8	3	1	27	18	1.433	33	L	D	W	W	W	1959-12-28	Middlesbrough	A
4	1	Middlesbrough	23	8	3	0	31	9	4	1	7	23	27	1.5	28	W	L	W	W	L	1959-12-28	Rotherham United	H
5	-1	Huddersfield Town	23	7	2	3	27	14	3	5	3	16	13	1.593	27	D	W	W	D	W	1959-12-28	Stoke City	H
6	5	Charlton Athletic	23	5	6	1	29	17	2	5	4	20	32	1	25	W	D	D	D	L	1959-12-28	Liverpool	A
7	0	Stoke City	24	5	3	5	27	25	4	4	3	18	21	0.978	25	D	W	L	W	W	1959-12-28	Huddersfield Town	A
8	-2	Sheffield United	23	5	2	4	23	16	4	4	4	14	16	1.156	24	L	D	W	L	W	1959-12-28	Cardiff City	H
9	3	Scunthorpe United	23	5	5	1	23	12	3	3	6	9	23	0.914	24	W	W	D	W	L	1959-12-28	Derby County	A
10	-2	Leyton Orient	23	7	2	4	31	17	1	5	4	13	18	1.257	23	L	L	D	D	W	1959-12-28	Portsmouth	A
11	-2	Swansea Town	22	6	3	1	26	15	3	2	7	19	27	1.071	23	L	L	W	W	W	1959-12-28	Bristol Rovers	H
12	-2	Liverpool	23	7	2	2	28	20	2	3	7	16	23	1.023	23	L	L	W	W	L	1959-12-28	Charlton Athletic	H
13	0	Bristol Rovers	23	5	5	2	23	19	3	2	6	14	26	0.822	23	W	W	L	L	W	1959-12-28	Swansea Town	A
14	0	Lincoln City	23	6	1	5	22	14	4	1	6	19	28	0.976	22	W	W	L	L	W	1959-12-28	Sunderland	H
15	0	Ipswich Town	23	8	2	2	33	13	1	1	9	12	26	1.154	21	W	L	D	L	D	1959-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	0	Sunderland	23	4	4	4	19	18	2	3	6	11	24	0.714	19	L	L	L	L	L	1959-12-28	Lincoln City	A
17	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	3	4	4	16	16	3	2	7	16	26	0.762	18	L	L	W	L	L	1959-12-28	Ipswich Town	H
18	1	Portsmouth	23	3	3	5	19	19	3	2	7	15	24	0.791	17	W	W	L	W	D	1959-12-28	Leyton Orient	H
19	-1	Plymouth Argyle	23	5	2	5	24	27	1	3	7	14	32	0.644	17	L	W	L	W	D	1959-12-28	Bristol City	A
20	0	Derby County	23	3	4	4	16	18	2	1	9	18	31	0.694	15	L	D	L	L	L	1959-12-28	Scunthorpe United	H
21	1	Bristol City	22	4	1	6	11	16	2	1	8	20	35	0.608	14	W	L	L	D	L	1959-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	-1	Hull City	23	3	3	6	14	24	2	1	8	11	28	0.481	14	L	L	W	L	L	1959-12-28	Aston Villa	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	3	Reading	Oakwell	5,151
Bartlett, Lunn, Stainsby	Lineups		Lacey 2, McIlvenny
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	Swindon Town	Dean Court	10,969
Dowsett 2, Smith	Lineups		Gauld
Chesterfield	0	3	Accrington Stanley	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,961
	Lineups		McCreadie, Swindells (p), Anders H
Grimsby Town	1	3	Bradford City	Blundell Park	14,450
Hunt	Lineups		Reid, Stokes 2
Halifax Town	1	1	Port Vale	The Shay	6,175
Large	Lineups		Steele
Mansfield Town	3	2	Norwich City	Field Mill	7,657
Ringstead, Jones, Delapenha (p)	Lineups		Hill, Bly
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Colchester United	Loftus Road	6,480
Bedford 2, Angell	Lineups		McCurley
Shrewsbury Town	0	2	Bury	Gay Meadow	14,614	Largest home gate 1959-60
	Lineups		Watson, Hubbard
Southampton	2	0	Newport County	The Dell	19,167
Reeves 2	Lineups
Southend United	2	0	Brentford	Roots Hall	11,771
Price, Stubbs	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	York City	Prenton Park	10,077
Rowley, McDonnell	Lineups		Tait, Edgar
Wrexham	1	3	Coventry City	Racecourse Ground	10,631
Hewitt	Lineups		Straw, Satchwell 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	Southampton	25	11	1	1	43	20	3	5	4	21	22	1.524	34	W	W	L	W	W	1960-01-02	Brentford	H
2	0	Bury	25	9	0	2	19	9	6	3	5	17	12	1.714	33	W	L	D	W	L	1959-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
3	1	Coventry City	25	8	3	1	24	10	5	2	6	26	25	1.429	31	W	W	L	W	W	1960-01-02	York City	H
4	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	25	8	4	1	29	14	5	1	6	18	25	1.205	31	W	D	D	D	W	1959-12-28	Swindon Town	A
5	-2	Shrewsbury Town	24	8	3	2	37	17	3	4	4	23	24	1.463	29	L	D	W	L	D	1959-12-28	Bury	A
6	-1	Grimsby Town	25	7	4	2	31	17	3	5	4	21	24	1.268	29	L	D	D	W	W	1959-12-28	Bradford City	A
7	0	Norwich City	24	7	1	3	25	16	4	4	5	20	21	1.216	27	L	L	L	D	L	1959-12-28	Mansfield Town	H
8	0	Colchester United	25	8	3	1	26	12	3	2	8	19	31	1.047	27	L	W	W	W	D	1959-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	1	Queens Park Rangers	25	7	4	1	22	9	3	2	8	20	22	1.355	26	W	L	L	D	D	1959-12-28	Colchester United	A
10	-1	Newport County	23	10	0	1	35	16	1	3	8	9	25	1.073	25	L	W	W	L	L	1960-01-01	Chesterfield	A
11	1	Barnsley	25	7	3	3	23	16	2	4	6	13	21	0.973	25	D	L	W	D	W	1959-12-30	Reading	A
12	1	Port Vale	24	9	1	2	24	11	2	2	8	16	33	0.909	25	D	W	W	D	L	1959-12-28	Halifax Town	H
13	-2	Brentford	24	6	3	2	23	13	4	1	8	21	26	1.128	24	L	W	L	L	L	1959-12-28	Southend United	H
14	1	Halifax Town	24	6	2	4	19	16	3	4	5	11	20	0.833	24	D	L	L	L	L	1959-12-28	Port Vale	A
15	-1	Swindon Town	25	7	3	3	23	18	3	1	8	14	27	0.822	24	L	W	L	W	D	1959-12-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
16	2	Bradford City	24	6	4	2	21	13	2	3	7	17	26	0.974	23	W	D	W	D	W	1959-12-28	Grimsby Town	H
17	-1	York City	25	6	4	2	22	16	1	5	7	10	23	0.821	23	D	D	L	L	W	1959-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	-1	Tranmere Rovers	25	6	5	2	35	20	2	1	9	11	24	1.045	22	D	W	W	L	L	1959-12-28	York City	A
19	0	Southend United	24	9	0	4	32	18	0	3	8	7	24	0.929	21	W	W	D	L	L	1959-12-28	Brentford	A
20	1	Reading	24	5	2	5	26	20	1	4	7	22	29	0.98	18	D	L	W	L	L	1959-12-30	Barnsley	H
21	-1	Chesterfield	24	5	2	6	21	25	3	0	8	17	30	0.691	18	L	D	W	W	L	1960-01-01	Newport County	H
22	0	Wrexham	25	7	1	5	23	21	0	2	10	17	42	0.635	17	L	L	W	W	L	1960-01-02	Accrington Stanley	H
23	0	Mansfield Town	23	4	4	3	27	25	2	0	10	15	36	0.689	16	W	L	W	W	L	1959-12-28	Norwich City	A
24	0	Accrington Stanley	26	2	4	7	19	27	4	0	9	14	37	0.516	16	W	L	L	L	L	1960-01-02	Wrexham	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	3	0	Chester	Holker Street	6,338
McGlennon, Murdoch, Reid	Lineups
Bradford	3	0	Southport	Park Avenue	8,109
McHard, Allan 2	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	1	Workington	Brunton Park	8,638
	Lineups		Booth
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Aldershot	Gresty Road	7,366
Keery (p), Broadie OG, Llewellyn	Lineups		Stepney, Parnell
Hartlepools United	1	2	Darlington	Victoria Park	5,018
Smith	Lineups		Baxter, Redfearn
Notts County	2	1	Rochdale	Meadow Lane	14,582
Bircumshaw 2	Lineups		Cooper
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Boundary Park	5,058
Phoenix	Lineups		Sharp
Torquay United	2	3	Exeter City	Plainmoor	10,316	Largest home gate 1959-60
Cox, Northcott T	Lineups		Wilkinson, Rees, Stiffle
Walsall	2	2	Gateshead	Fellows Park	13,191
Davies, Faulkner	Lineups		Lumley, Whitfield

				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	24	10	2	2	40	18	8	1	1	22	8	2.385	39	D	W	W	L	W	1960-01-02	Chester	H
2	0	Torquay United	24	7	2	3	31	17	8	0	4	18	13	1.633	32	L	W	D	L	W	1959-12-28	Exeter City	A
3	0	Millwall	24	6	5	1	24	14	4	6	2	16	14	1.429	31	L	W	L	W	L	1959-12-28	Stockport County	A
4	3	Notts County	25	12	0	1	33	9	2	2	8	20	28	1.432	30	W	L	L	L	W	1959-12-28	Rochdale	A
5	-1	Stockport County	24	10	0	2	21	6	3	3	6	15	20	1.385	29	W	D	D	W	W	1959-12-28	Millwall	H
6	-1	Watford	23	10	1	1	33	11	3	2	6	14	26	1.27	29	L	W	W	W	W	1959-12-28	Northampton Town	A
7	-1	Carlisle United	25	7	2	3	17	12	5	3	5	14	16	1.107	29	L	L	L	W	L	1959-12-29	Workington	A
8	0	Rochdale	25	9	3	1	23	5	2	3	7	13	24	1.241	28	L	W	W	W	L	1959-12-28	Notts County	H
9	0	Crystal Palace	24	9	1	2	45	14	3	2	7	12	19	1.727	27	W	L	W	W	W	1959-12-28	Gillingham	H
10	0	Gillingham	23	9	2	1	27	13	1	3	7	11	22	1.086	25	D	D	W	L	L	1959-12-28	Crystal Palace	A
11	1	Bradford	24	8	4	1	28	15	1	3	7	10	22	1.027	25	W	W	D	L	W	1959-12-28	Southport	A
12	-1	Exeter City	25	7	2	3	23	16	3	3	7	16	24	0.975	25	W	D	W	L	W	1959-12-28	Torquay United	H
13	1	Workington	25	4	6	2	21	13	3	4	6	19	23	1.111	24	W	W	L	D	L	1959-12-29	Carlisle United	H
14	1	Crewe Alexandra	25	7	2	4	26	20	2	4	6	17	28	0.896	24	W	L	D	W	L	1959-12-28	Aldershot	A
15	1	Darlington	25	6	3	3	23	18	4	1	8	9	23	0.78	24	W	W	W	L	L	1959-12-28	Hartlepools United	H
16	-3	Chester	25	5	4	3	19	13	3	3	7	13	24	0.865	23	L	W	L	W	D	1959-12-28	Barrow	H
17	0	Aldershot	25	7	2	2	22	10	2	1	11	14	37	0.766	21	L	W	L	L	W	1959-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	0	Northampton Town	22	4	4	3	13	11	2	3	6	19	22	0.97	19	D	D	L	D	W	1959-12-28	Watford	H
19	0	Barrow	23	4	7	1	27	18	2	0	9	11	33	0.745	19	W	L	D	W	W	1959-12-28	Chester	A
20	1	Gateshead	25	6	2	4	22	15	0	3	10	16	38	0.717	17	D	D	W	L	L	1960-01-02	Southport	A
21	1	Doncaster Rovers	24	6	1	6	21	19	0	4	7	7	26	0.622	17	D	L	L	W	L	1959-12-28	Oldham Athletic	H
22	-2	Southport	23	6	2	2	18	12	0	3	10	5	33	0.511	17	L	L	W	W	L	1959-12-28	Bradford	H
23	0	Hartlepools United	24	4	1	7	23	26	1	2	9	13	36	0.581	13	L	L	D	L	L	1959-12-28	Darlington	A
24	0	Oldham Athletic	24	3	3	5	10	10	1	2	10	11	31	0.512	13	D	L	L	W	L	1959-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	A