1959–60 Football League

The 1959–60 season was the 61st completed (62nd overall) season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1959–60
Champions	Burnley
Relegated	Gateshead
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1959–60
Champions	Burnley (2nd English title)
Relegated	Leeds United Luton Town
1960–61 European Cup	Burnley
FA Cup winners 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup	Wolverhampton Wanderers (4th FA Cup title)
1958-60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Birmingham City Chelsea
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,618 (3.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dennis Viollet (Manchester United), 32 [3]
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton – Fulham 9–0 (16 Sep 1959)
Biggest away win	Birmingham – West Bromwich 1–7 (18 Apr 1960) Blackpool – Manchester United 0–6 (27 Feb 1960)
Highest scoring	Manchester City – Wolverhampton 4–6 (5 Sep 1959) Newcastle – Everton 8–2 (7 Nov 1959) Newcastle – Manchester United 7–3 (2 Jan 1960)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Burnley	42	15	2	4	52	28	9	5	7	33	33	1.393	55	League Champions, qualified for 1960–61 European Cup First round
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	3	3	63	28	9	3	9	43	39	1.582	54	FA Cup winners, qualified for 1960–61 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Quarter-finals
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	10	6	5	43	24	11	5	5	43	26	1.720	53
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	4	5	48	25	7	7	7	35	32	1.456	49
5	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	7	2	48	20	7	4	10	32	39	1.356	49
6	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	37	27	8	3	10	22	24	1.157	48
7	Manchester United	42	13	3	5	53	30	6	4	11	49	50	1.275	45
8	Newcastle United	42	10	5	6	42	32	8	3	10	40	46	1.051	44
9	Preston North End	42	10	6	5	43	34	6	6	9	36	42	1.039	44
10	Fulham	42	12	4	5	42	28	5	6	10	31	52	0.913	44
11	Blackpool	42	9	6	6	32	32	6	4	11	27	39	0.831	40
12	Leicester City	42	8	6	7	38	32	5	7	9	28	43	0.880	39
13	Arsenal	42	9	5	7	39	38	6	4	11	29	42	0.850	39
14	West Ham United	42	12	3	6	47	33	4	3	14	28	58	0.824	38
15	Everton	42	13	3	5	50	20	0	8	13	23	58	0.936	37
16	Manchester City	42	11	2	8	47	34	6	1	14	31	50	0.929	37
17	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	3	6	38	29	4	2	15	22	41	0.857	37
18	Chelsea	42	7	5	9	44	50	7	4	10	32	41	0.835	37	Participated in 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
19	Birmingham City	42	9	5	7	37	36	4	5	12	26	44	0.788	36
20	Nottingham Forest	42	8	6	7	30	28	5	3	13	20	46	0.676	35
21	Leeds United	42	7	5	9	37	46	5	5	11	28	46	0.707	34	Relegated
22	Luton Town	42	6	5	10	25	29	3	7	11	25	44	0.685	30

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHE	EVE	FUL	LEE	LEI	LUT	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	PNE	SHW	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		3–5	5–2	2–1	2–1	2–4	1–4	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	5–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–4	1–3	4–4
Birmingham	3–0		1–0	2–1	2–5	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–4	2–0	3–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	4–3	4–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–7	2–0	0–1
Blackburn Rovers	1–1	2–1		1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–1	4–0	3–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	3–1	1–4	3–2	6–2	0–1
Blackpool	2–1	0–1	1–0		3–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	3–3	3–3	0–0	1–3	0–6	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–2	3–1
Bolton Wanderers	0–1	4–1	0–3	0–3		2–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	5–1	2–1
Burnley	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–4	4–0		2–1	5–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	4–3	1–4	2–1	8–0	2–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	1–3	4–1
Chelsea	1–3	4–2	3–1	2–3	0–2	4–1		1–0	4–2	1–3	2–2	3–0	3–0	3–6	2–2	1–1	4–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–4	1–5
Everton	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–2	6–1		0–0	1–0	6–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	6–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–2
Fulham	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0		5–0	1–1	4–2	5–2	0–5	4–3	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1
Leeds United	3–2	3–3	0–1	2–4	1–0	2–3	2–1	3–3	1–4		1–1	1–1	4–3	2–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–4	1–4	3–0	0–3
Leicester City	2–2	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	3–3	0–1	3–2		3–3	5–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1
Luton Town	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–0		1–2	2–3	3–4	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–5
Manchester City	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	3–3	3–2	1–2		3–0	3–4	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	4–6
Manchester United	4–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	5–0	3–3	6–0	4–1	4–1	0–0		3–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–5	2–3	5–3	0–2
Newcastle United	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	8–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	0–1	7–3		2–1	1–2	3–3	1–5	0–0	0–0	1–0
Nottingham Forest	0–3	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–5	3–0		1–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	3–1	0–0
Preston North End	0–3	3–2	5–3	4–1	1–0	1–0	4–5	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–5	4–0	1–2	1–0		3–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–3
Sheffield Wednesday	5–1	2–4	3–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	0–1	2–2		2–1	2–0	7–0	2–2
Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	5–1	4–1		2–2	2–2	5–1
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	6–2	2–4	3–0	5–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–3	4–0	3–1	1–2		3–2	0–1
West Ham United	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–5	4–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	3–5	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–1		3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	6–1	3–1	2–0	9–0	4–2	0–3	3–2	4–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	3–3	3–1	1–3	3–1	5–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Fulham

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1959–1960

Arsenal

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Chelsea

Everton

Fulham

Leeds United

Leicester City

Luton Town

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Preston North End

Sheffield Wednesday

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1959–1960 teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1959–60
Champions	Aston Villa (2nd title)
Promoted	Cardiff City
Relegated	Bristol City, Hull City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,565 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Clough (Middlesbrough), 39 [3]
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aston Villa	42	17	3	1	62	19	8	6	7	27	24	2.070	59	Division Champions, promoted
2	Cardiff City	42	15	2	4	55	36	8	10	3	35	26	1.452	58	Promoted
3	Liverpool	42	15	3	3	59	28	5	7	9	31	38	1.364	50
4	Sheffield United	42	12	5	4	43	22	7	7	7	25	29	1.333	50
5	Middlesbrough	42	14	5	2	56	21	5	5	11	34	43	1.406	48
6	Huddersfield Town	42	13	3	5	44	20	6	6	9	29	32	1.404	47
7	Charlton Athletic	42	12	7	2	55	28	5	6	10	35	59	1.034	47
8	Rotherham United	42	9	9	3	31	23	8	4	9	30	37	1.017	47
9	Bristol Rovers	42	12	6	3	42	28	6	5	10	30	50	0.923	47
10	Leyton Orient	42	12	4	5	47	25	3	10	8	29	36	1.246	44
11	Ipswich Town	42	12	5	4	48	24	7	1	13	30	44	1.147	44
12	Swansea Town	42	12	6	3	54	32	3	4	14	28	52	0.976	40
13	Lincoln City	42	11	3	7	41	25	5	4	12	34	53	0.962	39
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	7	8	6	35	32	6	4	11	32	44	0.882	38
15	Scunthorpe United	42	9	7	5	38	26	4	3	14	19	45	0.803	36
16	Sunderland	42	8	6	7	35	29	4	6	11	17	36	0.800	36
17	Stoke City	42	8	3	10	40	38	6	4	11	26	45	0.795	35
18	Derby County	42	9	4	8	31	28	5	3	13	30	49	0.792	35
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	6	5	42	36	3	3	15	19	53	0.685	35
20	Portsmouth	42	6	6	9	36	36	4	6	11	23	41	0.766	32
21	Hull City	42	7	6	8	27	30	3	4	14	21	46	0.632	30	Relegated
22	Bristol City	42	8	3	10	27	31	3	2	16	33	66	0.619	27

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AST	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CAR	CHA	DER	HUD	HUL	IPS	LEY	LIN	LIV	MID	PLY	POR	ROT	SCU	SHU	STK	SUN	SWA
Aston Villa		3–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	11–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–4	1–0	2–0	5–2	3–0	5–0	1–3	2–1	3–0	1–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2		5–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–4	1–1	3–3	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2
Bristol City	0–5	0–1		2–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–2
Bristol Rovers	1–1	4–5	2–1		1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–3	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	3–1
Cardiff City	1–0	1–4	4–2	2–2		5–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	3–2	5–1	6–2	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–4	1–4	4–2	2–0	4–4	2–1	2–1
Charlton Athletic	2–0	3–1	4–2	2–2	2–1		6–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	5–2	6–1	2–2	5–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2
Derby County	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–2		3–2	1–3	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–7	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2
Huddersfield Town	3–1	2–0	6–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–2		1–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	6–3	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	1–1	4–3
Hull City	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–2	0–5	0–1	3–3	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	0–0	3–1
Ipswich Town	2–1	3–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–0		6–3	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	4–0	6–1	4–1
Leyton Orient	0–0	3–2	3–1	1–2	3–4	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1		4–0	2–0	5–0	2–3	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Lincoln City	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	5–3	6–2	0–2	3–0	0–1	2–2		4–2	5–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0
Liverpool	2–1	2–2	4–2	4–0	0–4	2–0	4–1	2–2	5–3	3–1	4–3	1–3		1–2	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	4–1
Middlesbrough	0–1	4–1	6–3	5–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	2–2	3–2	3–3		6–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	3–0	3–2	1–4	5–3	1–1	6–4	0–5	1–3	3–2	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–2		1–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	3–1
Portsmouth	1–2	2–2	2–0	4–5	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	6–3	1–0		2–0	4–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–3
Rotherham United	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1		1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1
Scunthorpe United	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–4	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1
Sheffield United	1–1	4–1	5–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	6–0	1–0	0–2	3–2	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–3	2–1		0–1	1–2	3–3
Stoke City	3–3	1–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	6–1	1–1	2–5	1–0	4–0	2–3	1–3	1–2		3–1	4–2
Sunderland	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–4	2–4	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	5–1	0–2		4–0
Swansea Town	1–3	2–2	6–1	3–0	3–3	5–2	1–3	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	5–4	3–1	6–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Leyton Orient

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1959–1960

Aston Villa

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Cardiff City

Charlton

Derby County

Huddersfield

Hull

Ipswich Town

Leyton Orient

Lincoln City

Liverpool

Middlesbrough

Portsmouth

Plymouth Argyle

Rotherham

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Sheffield United

Stoke

Sunderland

Swansea Town

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1959–1960 teams

Third Division

Football League
Third Division

Season	1959–60
Champions	Southampton (1st title)
Promoted	Norwich City
Relegated	Accrington Stanley, Mansfield Town Wrexham York City
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,816 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Derek Reeves (Southampton), 39 [3]
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Southampton	46	19	3	1	68	30	7	6	10	38	45	1.413	61	Division Champions, promoted
2	Norwich City	46	16	4	3	53	24	8	7	8	29	30	1.519	59	Promoted
3	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	7	4	58	34	6	9	8	39	41	1.293	52
4	Grimsby Town	46	12	7	4	48	27	6	9	8	39	43	1.243	52
5	Coventry City	46	14	6	3	44	22	7	4	12	34	41	1.238	52
6	Brentford	46	13	6	4	46	24	8	3	12	32	37	1.279	51
7	Bury	46	13	4	6	36	23	8	5	10	28	28	1.255	51
8	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	7	2	45	16	4	6	13	28	38	1.352	49
9	Colchester United	46	15	6	2	51	22	3	5	15	32	52	1.122	47
10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	12	8	3	47	27	5	5	13	25	45	1.000	47
11	Reading	46	13	3	7	49	34	5	7	11	35	43	1.091	46
12	Southend United	46	15	3	5	49	28	4	5	14	27	46	1.027	46
13	Newport County	46	15	2	6	59	36	5	4	14	21	43	1.013	46
14	Port Vale	46	16	4	3	51	19	3	4	16	29	60	1.013	46
15	Halifax Town	46	13	3	7	42	27	5	7	11	28	45	0.972	46
16	Swindon Town	46	12	6	5	39	30	7	2	14	30	48	0.885	46
17	Barnsley	46	13	6	4	45	25	2	8	13	20	41	0.985	44
18	Chesterfield	46	13	3	7	41	31	5	4	14	30	53	0.845	43
19	Bradford City	46	10	7	6	39	28	5	5	13	27	46	0.892	42
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	11	8	4	50	29	3	5	15	22	46	0.960	41
21	York City	46	11	5	7	38	26	2	7	14	19	47	0.781	38	Relegated
22	Mansfield Town	46	11	4	8	55	48	4	2	17	26	64	0.723	36
23	Wrexham	46	12	5	6	39	30	2	3	18	29	71	0.673	36	Welsh Cup winners, relegated[lower-alpha 1]
24	Accrington Stanley	46	4	5	14	31	53	7	0	16	26	70	0.463	27	Relegated

Source:
Notes:

1. Wrexham were Welsh Cup winners this season, but in the league they ended up in the relegation zone.

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BAR	B&BA	BRA	BRE	BRY	CHF	COL	COV	GRI	HAL	MAN	NPC	NWC	PTV	QPR	REA	SHR	SOU	STD	SWI	TRA	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		2–1	2–1	0–4	3–4	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–4	0–5	0–1	0–0	3–4	1–3	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	1–3	2–2	4–0
Barnsley	5–0		1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–0	4–1	0–3	2–0	6–1	1–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–1	1–1		3–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	4–2	1–0	6–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–0
Bradford City	4–5	0–0	0–0		0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–2	1–2	4–1	6–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0
Brentford	3–0	3–0	1–0	4–0		1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–4	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–2
Bury	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–0		1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–3	4–1	3–2	2–0
Chesterfield	0–3	4–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–2		1–1	0–3	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	0–4	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	5–1	2–0
Colchester United	5–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0		0–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–2	3–2	1–1	2–3	0–0	4–0	3–1	2–2
Coventry City	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–1		0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	5–3	3–2
Grimsby Town	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	5–1	4–1	3–0		3–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–2
Halifax Town	0–2	5–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–2	1–2		4–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	1–2
Mansfield Town	4–1	1–4	3–4	0–0	0–1	1–5	4–1	1–3	2–4	3–2	1–1		3–1	3–2	6–3	4–3	4–4	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	6–2	2–0
Newport County	1–3	4–0	5–2	2–0	4–2	3–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	5–1	0–1		1–1	4–3	2–3	3–2	1–3	5–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	4–1	3–2
Norwich City	4–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–4	1–1	3–0	5–1	1–0		5–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–2	4–3	3–2	3–0	3–1	1–0
Port Vale	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	7–0	4–1	2–1	2–1		0–0	4–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	6–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
Queens Park Rangers	5–1	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–4	2–0	3–3	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–2		2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0
Reading	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	3–3	0–1	6–3	2–1	4–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	2–3	2–0		2–3	2–0	4–1	3–0	5–4	0–1	1–0
Shrewsbury Town	5–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–4	4–1	3–2	5–2	2–2	6–3	6–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–2		1–1	1–3	3–0	0–0	3–2	4–0
Southampton	5–1	2–1	4–3	2–0	2–0	0–2	4–3	4–2	5–1	1–1	3–2	5–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	6–3		3–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	3–1
Southend	6–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–4	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–4		1–3	7–1	1–1	1–1
Swindon Town	0–1	1–1	2–0	5–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	4–3	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–4	4–2	0–3	2–0		1–1	4–1	1–1
Tranmere	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–2	0–0	6–0	0–3	0–1	3–3	2–4	1–0	2–2		4–1	2–2
Wrexham	2–3	1–0	1–2	4–3	3–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–0		3–1
York City	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	3–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	3–0	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1959–1960

Accrington Stanley

Barnsley

Bournemouth

Bradford City

Brentford

Bury

Chesterfield

Colchester

Coventry

Grimsby Town

Halifax Town

Mansfield Town

Newport County

Norwich City

Port Vale

QPR

Reading

Southampton

Southend

Swindon

Tranmere

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1959–1960

Fourth Division

Football League
Fourth Division

Season	1959–60
Champions	Walsall (1st title)
Promoted	Notts County, Torquay United Watford
Failed re-election	Gateshead
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,734 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cliff Holton (Watford), 42 [3]
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Walsall	46	14	5	4	57	33	14	4	5	45	27	1.700	65	Division Champions, promoted
2	Notts County	46	19	1	3	66	27	7	7	9	41	42	1.551	60	Promoted
3	Torquay United	46	17	3	3	56	27	9	5	9	28	31	1.448	60
4	Watford	46	17	2	4	62	28	7	7	9	30	39	1.373	57
5	Millwall	46	12	8	3	54	28	6	9	8	30	33	1.377	53
6	Northampton Town	46	13	6	4	50	22	9	3	11	35	41	1.349	53
7	Gillingham	46	17	4	2	47	21	4	6	13	27	48	1.072	52
8	Crystal Palace	46	12	6	5	61	27	7	6	10	23	37	1.313	50
9	Exeter City	46	13	7	3	50	30	6	4	13	30	40	1.143	49
10	Stockport County	46	15	6	2	35	10	4	5	14	23	44	1.074	49
11	Bradford Park Avenue	46	12	10	1	48	25	5	5	13	22	43	1.029	49
12	Rochdale	46	15	4	4	46	19	3	6	14	19	41	1.083	46
13	Aldershot	46	14	5	4	50	22	4	4	15	27	52	1.041	45
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	3	6	51	31	4	6	13	28	57	0.898	45
15	Darlington	46	11	6	6	40	30	6	3	14	23	43	0.863	43
16	Workington	46	10	8	5	41	20	4	6	13	27	40	1.133	42
17	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	3	7	40	23	3	7	13	29	53	0.908	42
18	Barrow	46	11	8	4	52	29	4	3	16	25	58	0.885	41
19	Carlisle United	46	9	6	8	28	28	6	5	12	23	38	0.773	41
20	Chester	46	10	8	5	37	26	4	4	15	22	51	0.766	40
21	Southport	46	9	7	7	30	32	1	7	15	18	60	0.522	34	Re-elected
22	Gateshead	46	12	3	8	37	27	0	6	17	21	59	0.674	33	Failed re-election
23	Oldham Athletic	46	5	7	11	20	30	3	5	15	21	53	0.494	28	Re-elected
24	Hartlepools United	46	9	2	12	40	41	1	5	17	19	68	0.541	27

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	BRW	BPA	CRL	CHE	CRE	CRY	DAR	DON	EXE	GAT	GIL	HAR	MIL	NOR	NTC	OLD	ROC	SOU	STP	TOR	WAL	WAT	WRK
Aldershot		6–1	6–1	0–2	3–2	6–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–1
Barrow	3–0		3–3	5–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	3–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	4–3	2–0	3–0	3–1	5–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	2–1
Bradford Park Avenue	3–2	2–0		1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	4–2	3–0	6–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–2
Carlisle United	0–0	0–1	1–3		2–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–4	4–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1
Chester	5–1	3–2	1–1	0–1		0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–2	4–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–1
Crewe Alexandra	3–2	3–2	4–1	3–0	2–1		1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	5–1	4–2	1–2	1–5	1–3	2–0
Crystal Palace	1–1	9–0	1–0	2–1	3–4	4–0		2–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	3–3	5–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	8–1	0–1
Darlington	4–0	3–1	4–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		2–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	5–2	1–3	0–0	5–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	0–3
Doncaster Rovers	1–2	1–4	2–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	0–1		0–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	0–0	3–2	0–4	0–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–0
Exeter City	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–4	2–2	0–0	4–2		2–1	2–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	3–3	4–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0
Gateshead	4–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	4–2	0–2	1–3	5–0	1–0		2–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	2–1
Gillingham	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	5–4		3–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2
Hartlepool	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–3	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–6	4–3	3–0	3–1		0–2	1–4	2–4	2–2	0–1	3–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	0–0	1–4
Millwall	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	7–1	1–4	1–0	5–2	1–1	2–3	4–0	3–3	4–0		2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–0
Northampton Town	2–0	6–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–3		4–2	8–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–0
Notts County	5–3	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	7–1	5–4	3–4	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–1		3–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Oldham Athletic	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3		1–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–4	0–0	2–2
Rochdale	2–0	4–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–4	2–0		1–0	3–0	4–2	0–2	3–3	1–1
Southport	0–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–4	1–0	2–2		3–0	1–2	1–4	1–1	2–2
Stockport County	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0		0–1	2–0	4–0	2–0
Torquay United	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	5–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	5–3	3–1	4–1	1–1	4–0	4–0		2–1	2–1	2–1
Walsall	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	5–2	2–2	2–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	4–2	8–0	3–1	3–2		3–4	2–2
Watford	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–2	5–2	5–0	3–1	7–2	0–2	3–1	4–2	6–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–2		3–2
Workington	3–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	5–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	5–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1959–1960

Aldershot

Barrow

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Crewe Alexandra

Crystal Palace

Darlington

Doncaster

Exeter City

Gateshead

Gillingham

Hartlepool

Millwall

Northampton Town

Notts County

Oldham

Rochdale

Southport

Stockport

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

Workington

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1959–1960

See also

• 1959-60 in English football

References

1. "England 1959-60". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.