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 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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 Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.

First Division

First Division

Season	1959–60
Champions	Burnley 2nd English title
Relegated	Leeds United Luton Town
European Cup	Burnley
Cup Winners' Cup	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Birmingham City
Matches	462
Goals	1,618 (3.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dennis Viollet (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 9–0 Fulham (16 September 1959)
Biggest away win	Blackpool 0–6 Manchester United (27 February 1960) Birmingham City 1–7 West Bromwich Albion (18 April 1960)
Highest scoring	Manchester City 4–6 Wolverhampton Wanderers (5 September 1959) Newcastle United 8–2 Everton (7 November 1959) Newcastle United 7–3 Manchester United (2 January 1960)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Burnley (C)	42	24	7	11	85	61	1.393	55	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	24	6	12	106	67	1.582	54	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	11	10	86	50	1.720	53
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	19	11	12	83	57	1.456	49
5	Sheffield Wednesday	42	19	11	12	80	59	1.356	49
6	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	8	14	59	51	1.157	48
7	Manchester United	42	19	7	16	102	80	1.275	45
8	Newcastle United	42	18	8	16	82	78	1.051	44
9	Preston North End	42	16	12	14	79	76	1.039	44
10	Fulham	42	17	10	15	73	80	0.913	44
11	Blackpool	42	15	10	17	59	71	0.831	40
12	Leicester City	42	13	13	16	66	75	0.880	39
13	Arsenal	42	15	9	18	68	80	0.850	39
14	West Ham United	42	16	6	20	75	91	0.824	38
15	Everton	42	13	11	18	73	78	0.936	37
16	Manchester City	42	17	3	22	78	84	0.929	37
17	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	5	21	60	70	0.857	37
18	Chelsea	42	14	9	19	76	91	0.835	37
19	Birmingham City	42	13	10	19	63	80	0.788	36	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
20	Nottingham Forest	42	13	9	20	50	74	0.676	35
21	Leeds United (R)	42	12	10	20	65	92	0.707	34	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Luton Town (R)	42	9	12	21	50	73	0.685	30

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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		3–0	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 City	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

Second Division

Season	1959–60
Champions	Aston Villa
Promoted	Aston Villa Cardiff City
Relegated	Hull City Bristol City
Matches	462
Goals	1,565 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Clough (39 goals)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aston Villa (C, P)	42	25	9	8	89	43	2.070	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	42	23	12	7	90	62	1.452	58
3	Liverpool	42	20	10	12	90	66	1.364	50
4	Sheffield United	42	19	12	11	68	51	1.333	50
5	Middlesbrough	42	19	10	13	90	64	1.406	48
6	Huddersfield Town	42	19	9	14	73	52	1.404	47
7	Charlton Athletic	42	17	13	12	90	87	1.034	47
8	Rotherham United	42	17	13	12	61	60	1.017	47
9	Bristol Rovers	42	18	11	13	72	78	0.923	47
10	Leyton Orient	42	15	14	13	76	61	1.246	44
11	Ipswich Town	42	19	6	17	78	68	1.147	44
12	Swansea Town	42	15	10	17	82	84	0.976	40
13	Lincoln City	42	16	7	19	75	78	0.962	39
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	13	12	17	67	76	0.882	38
15	Scunthorpe United	42	13	10	19	57	71	0.803	36
16	Sunderland	42	12	12	18	52	65	0.800	36
17	Stoke City	42	14	7	21	66	83	0.795	35
18	Derby County	42	14	7	21	61	77	0.792	35
19	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	9	20	61	89	0.685	35
20	Portsmouth	42	10	12	20	59	77	0.766	32
21	Hull City (R)	42	10	10	22	48	76	0.632	30	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Bristol City (R)	42	11	5	26	60	97	0.619	27

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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	552
Goals	1,816 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Derek Reeves (Southampton), 39
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Southampton (C, P)	46	26	9	11	106	75	1.413	61	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Norwich City (P)	46	24	11	11	82	54	1.519	59
3	Shrewsbury Town	46	18	16	12	97	75	1.293	52
4	Grimsby Town	46	18	16	12	87	70	1.243	52
5	Coventry City	46	21	10	15	78	63	1.238	52
6	Brentford	46	21	9	16	78	61	1.279	51
7	Bury	46	21	9	16	64	51	1.255	51
8	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	13	15	73	54	1.352	49
9	Colchester United	46	18	11	17	83	74	1.122	47
10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	17	13	16	72	72	1.000	47
11	Reading	46	18	10	18	84	77	1.091	46
12	Southend United	46	19	8	19	76	74	1.027	46
13	Newport County	46	20	6	20	80	79	1.013	46
14	Port Vale	46	19	8	19	80	79	1.013	46
15	Halifax Town	46	18	10	18	70	72	0.972	46
16	Swindon Town	46	19	8	19	69	78	0.885	46
17	Barnsley	46	15	14	17	65	66	0.985	44
18	Chesterfield	46	18	7	21	71	84	0.845	43
19	Bradford City	46	15	12	19	66	74	0.892	42
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	13	19	72	75	0.960	41
21	York City (R)	46	13	12	21	57	73	0.781	38	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Mansfield Town (R)	46	15	6	25	81	112	0.723	36
23	Wrexham (R)	46	14	8	24	68	101	0.673	36
24	Accrington Stanley (R)	46	11	5	30	57	123	0.463	27

Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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	552
Goals	1,734 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cliff Holton (Watford), 42
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Walsall (C, P)	46	28	9	9	102	60	1.700	65	Promotion to the Third Division
2	Notts County (P)	46	26	8	12	107	69	1.551	60
3	Torquay United (P)	46	26	8	12	84	58	1.448	60
4	Watford (P)	46	24	9	13	92	67	1.373	57
5	Millwall	46	18	17	11	84	61	1.377	53
6	Northampton Town	46	22	9	15	85	63	1.349	53
7	Gillingham	46	21	10	15	74	69	1.072	52
8	Crystal Palace	46	19	12	15	84	64	1.313	50
9	Exeter City	46	19	11	16	80	70	1.143	49
10	Stockport County	46	19	11	16	58	54	1.074	49
11	Bradford (Park Avenue)	46	17	15	14	70	68	1.029	49
12	Rochdale	46	18	10	18	65	60	1.083	46
13	Aldershot	46	18	9	19	77	74	1.041	45
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	9	19	79	88	0.898	45
15	Darlington	46	17	9	20	63	73	0.863	43
16	Workington	46	14	14	18	68	60	1.133	42
17	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	10	20	69	76	0.908	42
18	Barrow	46	15	11	20	77	87	0.885	41
19	Carlisle United	46	15	11	20	51	66	0.773	41
20	Chester	46	14	12	20	59	77	0.766	40
21	Southport	46	10	14	22	48	92	0.522	34	Re-elected
22	Gateshead (R)	46	12	9	25	58	86	0.674	33	Failed re-election and demoted
23	Oldham Athletic	46	8	12	26	41	83	0.494	28	Re-elected
24	Hartlepools United	46	10	7	29	59	109	0.541	27

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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
Hartlepools United	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

Attendances

Source:

Division One

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Tottenham Hotspur FC	47,948	18.5%	62,602	32,824
2	Manchester United	47,288	-11.2%	62,673	33,902
3	Everton FC	40,788	4.1%	65,719	19,172
4	Chelsea FC	39,423	-3.5%	67,819	18,963
5	Arsenal FC	39,341	-13.0%	60,791	19,597
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	36,244	-5.7%	56,283	21,546
7	Newcastle United FC	36,037	-8.7%	57,200	16,148
8	Manchester City FC	35,637	9.4%	65,981	19,653
9	Sheffield Wednesday FC	32,034	18.7%	49,409	18,420
10	Fulham FC	30,271	15.3%	44,858	17,536
11	West Ham United FC	28,554	0.7%	37,941	21,155
12	West Bromwich Albion FC	27,461	-12.5%	40,739	12,113
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	27,299	-10.6%	41,694	15,832
14	Birmingham City FC	27,072	1.4%	41,248	18,661
15	Burnley FC	26,978	13.7%	47,696	17,398
16	Nottingham Forest FC	26,739	-6.9%	42,335	13,506
17	Bolton Wanderers FC	25,998	-6.0%	42,324	14,791
18	Leicester City FC	25,399	-8.8%	34,445	16,682
19	Preston North End FC	24,552	9.4%	35,016	15,007
20	Leeds United FC	21,877	-12.2%	36,037	8,557
21	Blackpool FC	21,783	4.4%	35,303	12,410
22	Luton Town FC	17,067	-14.1%	27,055	9,799

Division Two

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Aston Villa FC	34,257	1.1%	50,039	21,291
2	Liverpool FC	30,269	-17.6%	49,981	19,411
3	Middlesbrough FC	25,550	2.7%	47,297	13,044
4	Cardiff City FC	24,183	36.0%	52,364	16,231
5	Sunderland AFC	22,831	-17.8%	37,059	11,944
6	Plymouth Argyle FC	20,383	-11.1%	29,895	8,546
7	Bristol Rovers FC	18,486	3.3%	27,630	11,372
8	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	18,331	-18.6%	31,484	10,510
9	Sheffield United FC	18,037	-7.9%	26,339	11,795
10	Bristol City FC	17,755	-21.1%	29,985	9,013
11	Portsmouth FC	16,156	-32.7%	24,627	9,912
12	Derby County FC	15,815	-16.7%	26,394	10,440
13	Charlton Athletic FC	15,687	-6.7%	28,629	10,192
14	Hull City AFC	15,499	7.8%	29,399	5,719
15	Huddersfield Town AFC	14,773	-0.5%	25,728	9,336
16	Stoke City FC	14,506	-17.3%	27,208	4,070
17	Swansea City AFC	14,355	-1.8%	24,848	7,920
18	Ipswich Town FC	13,768	-3.5%	19,283	10,865
19	Leyton Orient FC	13,250	-0.6%	22,918	6,914
20	Rotherham United FC	12,869	22.8%	20,537	7,029
21	Scunthorpe United FC	11,113	-10.2%	15,384	6,537
22	Lincoln City FC	10,733	-5.3%	16,483	6,122

Division Three

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Norwich City FC	26,402	25.1%	36,479	13,740
2	Southampton FC	18,052	31.6%	25,042	11,515
3	Coventry City FC	16,348	-3.5%	28,122	8,397
4	Brentford FC	11,912	-14.4%	21,634	6,328
5	Reading FC	11,464	-9.5%	23,692	5,972
6	Port Vale FC	10,733	-15.9%	22,987	5,514
7	Bury FC	10,628	12.6%	16,310	4,431
8	Grimsby Town FC	10,543	-19.6%	15,298	4,858
9	AFC Bournemouth	10,403	-2.6%	21,657	6,349
10	Southend United FC	10,322	-8.1%	16,568	5,722
11	Queens Park Rangers FC	10,285	12.3%	19,532	4,346
12	Swindon Town FC	10,228	-10.0%	16,645	5,798
13	Bradford City AFC	10,163	-8.4%	18,033	5,986
14	Tranmere Rovers	9,965	-15.7%	17,580	5,204
15	Wrexham AFC	9,495	-8.2%	15,911	2,819
16	Shrewsbury Town FC	8,999	11.4%	14,614	6,107
17	Colchester United FC	7,812	0.7%	13,053	5,215
18	York City FC	7,507	-7.6%	11,846	4,751
19	Mansfield Town FC	7,183	-15.2%	11,646	4,970
20	Halifax Town AFC	6,768	1.6%	14,182	3,812
21	Chesterfield FC	6,578	-27.1%	9,451	3,683
22	Barnsley FC	6,315	-43.7%	13,677	3,583
23	Newport County AFC	6,241	-5.5%	8,965	3,314
24	Accrington Stanley FC	4,131	-34.1%	8,473	925

Division Four

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Crystal Palace FC	15,630	5.0%	28,929	9,045
2	Millwall FC	14,560	22.8%	20,652	8,442
3	Notts County FC	13,820	45.0%	22,788	8,793
4	Watford FC	12,013	43.3%	20,641	7,815
5	Walsall FC	11,157	23.0%	15,403	6,945
6	Northampton Town FC	8,306	2.7%	13,041	3,477
7	Crewe Alexandra FC	7,962	7.0%	12,220	5,656
8	Exeter City FC	7,421	-20.8%	13,050	4,383
9	Torquay United FC	6,812	26.3%	10,316	3,729
10	Stockport County FC	6,552	-29.2%	11,882	3,585
11	Bradford Park Avenue AFC	6,399	-8.8%	8,357	3,220
12	Gillingham FC	6,231	-10.1%	7,850	3,469
13	Barrow AFC	5,612	29.8%	7,238	4,123
14	Aldershot Town FC	5,454	30.2%	9,010	2,857
15	Chester City FC	5,421	-21.0%	9,294	3,560
16	Carlisle United FC	5,295	-26.2%	9,344	1,914
17	Doncaster Rovers FC	5,247	-21.3%	8,720	1,359
18	Oldham Athletic FC	4,957	-6.9%	9,720	2,264
19	Darlington FC	4,651	-7.0%	7,800	2,752
20	Rochdale AFC	4,599	-4.4%	6,474	2,508
21	Workington AFC	4,310	-14.5%	6,593	2,344
22	Hartlepool United FC	3,646	-33.7%	6,877	1,953
23	Southport FC	3,563	5.2%	5,168	2,388
24	Gateshead AFC	3,412	-17.6%	6,618	1,488

See also

• 1959-60 in English football

References

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