1960-04-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	5	2	Manchester United	Highbury	41,057
Bloomfield 3, Clapton DR, Ward	Lineups		Giles, Pearson
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Leicester City	Ewood Park	18,550
	Lineups		Wills
Blackpool	1	1	Burnley	Bloomfield Road	23,733
Charnley	Lineups		Meredith
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Chelsea	Burnden Park	19,432
Hill, Birch	Lineups
Everton	1	0	Leeds United	Goodison Park	37,885
Tyrer	Lineups
Fulham	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Craven Cottage	23,631
Jones, Haynes	Lineups		Allen
Luton Town	3	1	West Ham United	Kenilworth Road	11,404
McBride, Cummins, lansdowne OG	Lineups		Dunmore
Manchester City	2	1	Preston North End	Maine Road	29,812
Barlow, Colbridge	Lineups		Dagger
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Newcastle United	City Ground	28,066
Vowden, Gray, Quigley	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	4	Birmingham City	Hillsborough	26,248
Wilkinson, Froggatt	Lineups		Murphy 2, Astall, Hooper
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Molineux	56,283	Largest home gate 1959-60
Broadbent	Lineups		Jones, Smith R, Mackay
Footnotes
Luton Town relegated

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	15	3	3	63	28	8	3	9	38	38	1.53	52	L	D	W	L	W	1960-04-30	Chelsea	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	41	9	6	5	39	23	11	5	5	43	26	1.673	51	W	L	L	W	L	1960-04-30	Blackpool	H
3	0	Burnley	39	15	1	4	52	28	7	5	7	30	32	1.367	50	D	L	W	W	W	1960-04-27	Birmingham City	A
4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	41	12	7	2	48	20	7	3	10	31	38	1.362	48	L	W	L	D	W	1960-04-30	West Ham United	A
5	0	West Bromwich Albion	41	11	4	5	47	25	7	7	7	35	32	1.439	47	L	D	W	W	W	1960-04-30	Arsenal	H
6	1	Bolton Wanderers	41	12	5	4	37	27	7	3	10	20	23	1.14	46	W	W	L	L	W	1960-04-30	Leicester City	A
7	-1	Newcastle United	41	10	5	5	42	31	8	3	10	40	46	1.065	44	L	L	W	D	D	1960-04-30	Manchester City	H
8	0	Manchester United	41	12	3	5	48	30	6	4	11	49	50	1.213	43	L	W	W	L	W	1960-04-30	Everton	H
9	1	Fulham	41	12	4	5	42	28	5	5	10	31	52	0.913	43	W	W	W	L	D	1960-04-30	Burnley	A
10	-1	Preston North End	41	9	6	5	41	34	6	6	9	36	42	1.013	42	L	L	D	W	L	1960-04-30	Luton Town	H
11	0	Blackpool	41	9	6	6	32	32	6	4	10	26	35	0.866	40	D	D	L	L	L	1960-04-30	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	1	Leicester City	41	8	6	6	37	30	5	7	9	28	43	0.89	39	W	W	D	L	D	1960-04-30	Bolton Wanderers	H
13	2	Arsenal	41	9	5	7	39	38	6	4	10	29	41	0.861	39	W	L	L	W	L	1960-04-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	2	Everton	41	13	3	5	50	20	0	8	12	23	53	1	37	W	D	D	W	W	1960-04-30	Manchester United	A
15	-3	Chelsea	41	7	5	8	43	45	7	4	10	32	41	0.872	37	L	W	D	L	W	1960-04-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	-2	West Ham United	41	12	2	6	46	32	4	3	14	28	58	0.822	37	L	L	L	W	L	1960-04-30	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	1	Manchester City	40	11	2	7	46	32	5	1	14	30	50	0.927	35	W	L	W	W	L	1960-04-30	Newcastle United	A
18	-1	Blackburn Rovers	40	11	3	6	35	27	4	2	14	22	40	0.851	35	L	D	L	L	D	1960-04-27	Leeds United	H
19	0	Nottingham Forest	41	8	6	7	30	28	5	3	12	20	45	0.685	35	W	D	L	D	L	1960-04-30	Leeds United	A
20	0	Birmingham City	40	8	5	6	36	35	4	5	12	26	44	0.785	34	W	D	L	W	W	1960-04-27	Burnley	H
21	0	Leeds United	40	6	5	9	36	46	5	5	10	26	43	0.697	32	L	W	D	W	L	1960-04-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	0	Luton Town	41	6	5	10	25	29	3	7	10	25	42	0.704	30	W	D	L	W	L	1960-04-30	Preston North End	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	0	Rotherham United	Villa Park	31,932
Thomson 2, Wylie	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	2	Middlesbrough	Goldstone Ground	17,526
Abbis 2, McNeill	Lineups		Jennings OG, Clough
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Eastville	17,073
Biggs 2	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	4	0	Charlton Athletic	Leeds Road	10,932
Balderstone, Massie, Connor 2	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	1	Liverpool	Portman Road	12,048
	Lineups		Hickson
Leyton Orient	3	1	Bristol City	Brisbane Road	9,153
Brown 2, McDonald	Lineups		Williams R
Lincoln City	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Sincil Bank	12,691
Chapman 2	Lineups		Donnelly
Portsmouth	1	1	Hull City	Fratton Park	12,205
Harris H	Lineups		Morris
Stoke City	1	2	Sheffield United	Victoria Ground	7,995
Wallace	Lineups		Rooney, Simpson
Sunderland	1	1	Cardiff City	Roker Park	20,663
Fogarty	Lineups		Baker
Swansea Town	1	3	Derby County	Vetch Field	9,594
Dobson	Lineups		Davies, Darwin, Thompson
Footnotes
Bristol City relegated
Hull City relegated

				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	41	17	3	1	62	19	8	6	6	27	21	2.225	59	W	W	L	W	L	1960-04-30	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	0	Cardiff City	41	15	1	4	53	34	8	10	3	35	26	1.467	57	D	L	W	W	L	1960-04-30	Bristol Rovers	H
3	1	Liverpool	41	14	3	3	56	28	5	7	9	31	38	1.318	48	W	D	W	W	L	1960-04-30	Sunderland	H
4	1	Sheffield United	41	11	5	4	41	22	7	7	7	25	29	1.294	48	W	D	W	D	L	1960-04-30	Huddersfield Town	H
5	2	Huddersfield Town	41	13	3	5	44	20	6	6	8	29	30	1.46	47	W	L	W	L	W	1960-04-30	Sheffield United	A
6	-3	Middlesbrough	41	14	4	2	54	19	5	5	11	34	43	1.419	47	L	D	L	W	W	1960-04-30	Leyton Orient	H
7	-1	Rotherham United	41	9	8	3	30	22	8	4	9	30	37	1.017	46	L	D	L	W	L	1960-04-30	Swansea Town	H
8	2	Bristol Rovers	41	12	6	3	42	28	6	4	10	28	48	0.921	46	W	W	L	W	L	1960-04-30	Cardiff City	A
9	-1	Charlton Athletic	41	11	7	2	49	27	5	6	10	35	59	0.977	45	L	W	L	D	L	1960-04-30	Portsmouth	H
10	-1	Ipswich Town	41	12	5	4	48	24	7	1	12	30	42	1.182	44	L	L	W	L	D	1960-04-30	Hull City	A
11	0	Leyton Orient	41	12	4	5	47	25	3	9	8	27	34	1.254	43	W	L	L	W	W	1960-04-30	Middlesbrough	A
12	0	Lincoln City	41	11	3	7	41	25	5	4	11	33	50	0.987	39	W	D	L	W	W	1960-04-30	Derby County	A
13	0	Swansea Town	40	11	6	3	48	31	3	3	14	27	51	0.915	37	L	W	L	L	W	1960-04-26	Bristol City	H
14	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	7	8	6	35	32	5	4	11	30	43	0.867	36	W	D	W	L	D	1960-04-30	Scunthorpe United	A
15	0	Sunderland	41	8	6	7	35	29	4	6	10	17	33	0.839	36	D	W	D	W	W	1960-04-30	Liverpool	A
16	-2	Scunthorpe United	41	9	7	4	37	24	4	3	14	19	45	0.812	36	L	L	W	D	L	1960-04-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	0	Stoke City	41	8	3	10	40	38	5	4	11	24	44	0.78	33	L	L	L	L	L	1960-04-30	Bristol City	A
18	2	Derby County	41	8	4	8	28	27	5	3	13	30	49	0.763	33	W	L	L	D	D	1960-04-30	Lincoln City	H
19	-1	Plymouth Argyle	41	9	6	5	39	36	3	3	15	19	53	0.652	33	L	W	W	L	W	1960-04-30	Aston Villa	H
20	-1	Portsmouth	41	6	6	9	36	36	4	6	10	22	35	0.817	32	D	L	D	L	W	1960-04-30	Charlton Athletic	A
21	1	Hull City	41	6	6	8	25	30	3	4	14	21	46	0.605	28	D	W	D	D	D	1960-04-30	Ipswich Town	H
22	-1	Bristol City	40	8	3	9	26	29	3	2	15	32	60	0.652	27	L	W	L	W	L	1960-04-26	Swansea Town	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	5	0	Accrington Stanley	Oakwell	4,129
Hopkins 2, Brookes (p), Baxter, Beaumont	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	3	Southampton	Dean Court	21,657	Largest home gate 1959-60
Bumstead	Lineups		Page 2, Clifton
Bradford City	0	2	Brentford	Valley Parade	6,509
	Lineups		Francis, Goundry
Chesterfield	2	1	Halifax Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,775
Frear, Maddison	Lineups		Large
Coventry City	3	1	Colchester United	Highfield Road	8,382
Hewitt 2, Hill P	Lineups		Wright
Grimsby Town	1	1	Port Vale	Blundell Park	8,413
Hunt	Lineups		Hall
Newport County	3	1	Bury	Somerton Park	4,264
Dixon, Singer, Meyer	Lineups		Bartley
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Norwich City	Loftus Road	15,319
	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Mansfield Town	County Ground	7,963
Chamberlain, Mellor	Lineups		Hollett
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Reading	Prenton Park	8,596
	Lineups		Lacey
Wrexham	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Racecourse Ground	7,768
Harbertson	Lineups		Whitaker
York City	2	3	Southend United	Bootham Crescent	4,952
Hughes 2	Lineups		Price 2, McCrory

				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	44	18	3	1	66	30	7	6	9	36	42	1.417	59	W	W	W	L	L	1960-04-26	Grimsby Town	A
2	0	Norwich City	44	14	4	3	46	21	8	7	8	29	30	1.471	55	D	W	D	L	W	1960-04-27	Southend United	H
3	1	Coventry City	44	14	5	3	43	21	7	4	11	34	39	1.283	51	W	L	L	L	W	1960-04-30	Reading	H
4	-1	Bury	44	13	3	6	35	22	8	5	9	28	26	1.313	50	L	L	D	W	L	1960-04-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	0	Shrewsbury Town	44	12	6	4	56	32	5	9	8	38	41	1.288	49	D	D	D	D	D	1960-04-25	Halifax Town	H
6	0	Grimsby Town	44	11	7	4	45	25	6	8	8	38	42	1.239	49	D	W	D	W	L	1960-04-26	Southampton	H
7	0	Brentford	44	12	6	3	41	22	8	3	12	32	37	1.237	49	W	W	D	D	W	1960-04-30	Newport County	H
8	0	Queens Park Rangers	44	13	7	2	44	16	4	5	13	27	37	1.34	46	D	L	D	W	D	1960-04-30	Barnsley	H
9	0	Colchester United	45	14	6	2	46	21	3	5	15	32	52	1.068	45	L	L	W	L	L	1960-04-30	Accrington Stanley	H
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	44	11	8	3	46	27	5	5	12	25	42	1.029	45	L	D	D	L	W	1960-04-30	Southend United	A
11	4	Newport County	45	15	2	6	59	36	4	4	14	19	42	1	44	W	D	W	L	L	1960-04-30	Brentford	A
12	2	Southend United	44	14	3	5	46	28	4	5	13	24	42	1	44	W	W	W	W	L	1960-04-27	Norwich City	A
13	3	Barnsley	45	13	6	4	45	25	2	8	12	20	40	1	44	W	D	D	L	L	1960-04-30	Queens Park Rangers	A
14	-3	Port Vale	44	15	4	3	45	18	3	4	15	26	54	0.986	44	D	W	W	L	L	1960-04-25	Mansfield Town	A
15	2	Swindon Town	44	11	6	5	37	30	7	2	13	29	42	0.917	44	W	D	L	D	W	1960-04-30	Port Vale	A
16	2	Reading	44	12	3	7	48	34	5	6	11	34	42	1.079	43	W	L	D	W	D	1960-04-27	Bradford City	H
17	-5	Halifax Town	42	12	3	6	40	26	5	6	10	26	42	0.971	43	L	L	W	D	W	1960-04-25	Shrewsbury Town	A
18	-5	Bradford City	43	10	7	6	39	28	5	5	10	27	39	0.985	42	L	W	L	L	W	1960-04-27	Reading	A
19	0	Chesterfield	44	13	3	7	41	31	4	4	13	29	50	0.864	41	W	D	D	W	W	1960-04-28	Halifax Town	A
20	0	York City	45	11	5	6	38	25	2	7	14	19	47	0.792	38	L	L	L	W	L	1960-04-30	Shrewsbury Town	H
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	44	10	8	4	48	29	2	5	15	20	46	0.907	37	L	D	D	D	W	1960-04-25	Bury	H
22	1	Wrexham	44	12	4	6	38	29	2	3	17	29	69	0.684	35	D	W	L	L	W	1960-04-30	Halifax Town	A
23	-1	Mansfield Town	44	10	4	7	49	43	4	2	17	26	64	0.701	34	L	L	W	D	W	1960-04-25	Port Vale	H
24	0	Accrington Stanley	45	4	5	14	31	53	7	0	15	25	65	0.475	27	L	D	L	W	L	1960-04-30	Colchester United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Notts County	Recreation Ground	6,502
Lawlor	Lineups		Hateley
Barrow	2	3	Walsall	Holker Street	6,301
Robertson, Murdoch	Lineups		Dudley, Richards, Taylor
Darlington	2	1	Carlisle United	Feethams Ground	3,726
Carr, Baxter	Lineups		Brayton
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Stockport County	Belle Vue	4,873
Leighton	Lineups
Gateshead	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Redheugh Park	1,492
Stephenson, Steele	Lineups
Gillingham	3	1	Hartlepools United	Priestfield Stadium	5,373
Brown, Terry, Smith (p)	Lineups		Butler
Millwall	7	1	Chester	The Den, New Cross	9,246
Pierce 2, Brady P (p), Ackerman, Smith, Harper, Spruce OG	Lineups		Brand OG
Northampton Town	3	1	Bradford	County Ground	8,667
Deakin, Fowler 2	Lineups		Reilly
Rochdale	3	3	Watford	Spotland	4,371
Spencer, Lord, Collins	Lineups		Milburn OG, Walker, Uphill
Southport	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Haig Avenue	2,805
	Lineups		Llewellyn
Torquay United	2	1	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor	7,293
Bond, Northcott T	Lineups		Gavin
Workington	2	1	Exeter City	Borough Park	2,584
Morrison, Wilson	Lineups		Bennett
Footnotes
Southport to apply for re-election

				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	43	14	5	4	57	33	13	3	4	41	22	1.782	62	W	D	L	L	W	1960-04-25	Gateshead	A
2	0	Notts County	44	18	1	3	61	23	6	7	9	38	42	1.523	56	D	D	W	L	W	1960-04-30	Darlington	H
3	0	Torquay United	43	16	3	3	54	27	9	3	9	25	28	1.436	56	W	D	D	L	W	1960-04-27	Gillingham	H
4	1	Millwall	45	12	8	3	54	28	6	9	7	30	32	1.4	53	W	D	L	W	W	1960-04-25	Southport	A
5	-1	Watford	43	16	1	4	58	25	6	7	9	29	39	1.359	52	D	W	W	W	W	1960-04-26	Rochdale	H
6	0	Northampton Town	43	13	5	4	50	22	8	3	10	34	38	1.4	50	W	D	W	W	W	1960-04-25	Barrow	A
7	0	Bradford	44	12	9	1	46	23	5	5	12	22	42	1.046	48	L	D	D	D	W	1960-04-27	Crystal Palace	A
8	0	Crystal Palace	44	11	6	5	60	27	7	5	10	23	37	1.297	47	L	D	L	W	W	1960-04-27	Bradford	H
9	3	Gillingham	42	16	3	2	44	20	3	6	12	25	45	1.062	47	W	W	W	L	L	1960-04-27	Torquay United	A
10	-1	Stockport County	45	14	6	2	32	10	4	5	14	23	44	1.019	47	L	D	W	D	L	1960-04-30	Northampton Town	H
11	-1	Rochdale	44	15	4	4	46	19	3	6	12	18	38	1.123	46	D	W	L	W	D	1960-04-26	Watford	A
12	-1	Exeter City	44	12	7	3	46	28	5	4	13	29	40	1.103	45	L	D	W	L	L	1960-04-25	Darlington	A
13	0	Aldershot	45	14	5	3	50	20	4	4	15	27	52	1.069	45	D	D	L	W	W	1960-04-30	Walsall	H
14	0	Crewe Alexandra	44	14	3	5	50	29	4	5	13	28	57	0.907	44	W	D	W	W	L	1960-04-28	Northampton Town	A
15	0	Workington	45	10	8	4	41	19	4	6	13	27	40	1.153	42	W	L	L	D	L	1960-04-30	Watford	H
16	0	Darlington	43	11	5	5	38	27	6	3	13	19	38	0.877	42	W	W	W	W	L	1960-04-25	Exeter City	H
17	2	Doncaster Rovers	43	13	3	7	40	23	3	5	12	24	46	0.928	40	W	L	D	W	L	1960-04-30	Exeter City	A
18	-1	Chester	45	10	7	5	35	24	4	4	15	22	51	0.76	39	L	L	D	L	L	1960-04-30	Southport	H
19	-1	Carlisle United	44	8	6	8	24	28	6	5	11	22	35	0.73	39	L	D	W	D	L	1960-04-30	Gateshead	H
20	0	Barrow	43	11	7	3	51	27	3	3	16	24	58	0.882	38	L	W	W	D	L	1960-04-25	Northampton Town	H
21	1	Gateshead	44	11	3	8	34	27	0	6	16	21	55	0.671	31	W	L	L	L	W	1960-04-25	Walsall	H
22	-1	Southport	43	8	6	7	28	31	1	6	15	16	58	0.494	30	L	D	L	L	L	1960-04-25	Millwall	H
23	0	Hartlepools United	45	9	2	11	40	40	1	5	17	19	68	0.546	27	L	L	W	D	L	1960-04-30	Barrow	H
24	0	Oldham Athletic	44	4	7	10	19	27	3	5	15	21	53	0.5	26	L	D	L	L	L	1960-04-30	Rochdale	H