1959–60 Football League

61st season of the Football League The Football League 1959–60 Burnley Gateshead 1958–59 1960–61 The 1959–60 season was the 61st completed (62nd overall) season of The Football League. 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,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 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 1959–60 Burnley2nd English title Leeds UnitedLuton Town European Cup Burnley Cup Winners' Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Birmingham City Dennis Viollet(32 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9–0 Fulham(16 September 1959) Blackpool 0–6 Manchester United(27 February 1960)Birmingham City 1–7 West Bromwich Albion(18 April 1960) 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) 462 1618 1958–59 1960–61 main WDL First Division World Football BUR, WOL, TOT, WBA, SHW, BOL, MUN, NEW, PNE, FUL, BLP, LEI, ARS, WHU, EVE, MCI, BLA, CHE, BIR, NFO, LEE, LUT EC1R CWCQF IFC1R REL REL complete 15 9 18 68 80 13 10 19 63 80 16 5 21 60 70 15 10 17 59 71 20 8 14 59 51 24 7 11 85 61 14 9 19 76 91 13 11 18 73 78 17 10 15 73 80 12 10 20 65 92 13 13 16 66 75 9 12 21 50 73 17 3 22 78 84 19 7 16 102 80 18 8 16 82 78 13 9 20 50 74 16 12 14 79 76 19 11 12 80 59 21 11 10 86 50 19 11 12 83 57 16 6 20 75 91 24 6 12 106 67 C R R Arsenal Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1959–1960 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Chelsea Fulham Tottenham West Ham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1959–1960 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right England 52.59 -2.13 right 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 Second Division Second Division 1959–60 Aston Villa Aston VillaCardiff City Hull CityBristol City Brian Clough(39 goals) 462 1565 1958–59 1960–61 main WDL Second Division AVL, CAR, LIV, SHU, MID, HUD, CHA, ROT, BRV, LEY, IPS, SWA, LIN, BHA, SCU, SUN, STK, DER, PLY, POR, HUL, BRC PRO PRO REL REL complete 25 9 8 89 43 13 12 17 67 76 11 5 26 60 97 18 11 13 72 78 23 12 7 90 62 17 13 12 90 87 14 7 21 61 77 19 9 14 73 52 10 10 22 48 76 19 6 17 78 68 15 14 13 76 61 16 7 19 75 78 20 10 12 90 66 19 10 13 90 64 13 9 20 61 89 10 12 20 59 77 17 13 12 61 60 13 10 19 57 71 19 12 11 68 51 14 7 21 66 83 12 12 18 52 65 15 10 17 82 84 C, P P R R Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Liverpool Middlesbrough Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1959–1960 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Charlton Athletic Leyton Orient England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1959–1960 teams England 52.54 -1.87 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.62 -3.95 right 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 Third Division Football LeagueThird Division 1959–60 Southampton (1st title) Promoted Norwich City Relegated Accrington Stanley, Mansfield TownWrexhamYork City Derek Reeves (Southampton), 39 552 1816 1958–59 1960–61 main WDL Third Division PR y 5 2 SOU Southampton NWC Norwich City SHR Shrewsbury Town GRI Grimsby Town COV Coventry City BRE Brentford BRY Bury QPR Queens Park Rangers COL Colchester United B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic REA Reading STD Southend United NPC Newport County PTV Port Vale HAL Halifax Town SWI Swindon Town BAR Barnsley CHF Chesterfield BRA Bradford City TRA Tranmere Rovers YOR York City MAN Mansfield Town WRE Wrexham ACC Accrington Stanley 26 9 11 106 75 24 11 11 82 54 18 16 12 97 75 18 16 12 87 70 21 10 15 78 63 21 9 16 78 61 21 9 16 64 51 18 13 15 73 54 18 11 17 83 74 17 13 16 72 72 18 10 18 84 77 19 8 19 76 74 20 6 20 80 79 19 8 19 80 79 18 10 18 70 72 19 8 19 69 78 15 14 17 65 66 18 7 21 71 84 15 12 19 66 74 14 13 19 72 75 13 12 21 57 73 15 6 25 81 112 14 8 24 68 101 11 5 30 57 123 CP P R R R R green1 Promotion to the Second Division P P red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division R R R R complete Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1959–1960 Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Brentford Queens Park Rangers England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1959–1960 England 53.75 -2.36 right England 53.55 -1.48 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right 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 Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1959–60 Walsall (1st title) Promoted Notts County,Torquay UnitedWatford Failed re-election Gateshead Cliff Holton (Watford), 42 552 1734 1958–59 1960–61 main WDL Fourth Division 5 2 y PR WAL Walsall NTC Notts County TOR Torquay United WAT Watford MIL Millwall NOR Northampton Town GIL Gillingham CRY Crystal Palace EXE Exeter City STP Stockport County BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) ROC Rochdale ALD Aldershot CRE Crewe Alexandra DAR Darlington WRK Workington DON Doncaster Rovers BRW Barrow CRL Carlisle United CHE Chester SOU Southport GAT Gateshead OLD Oldham Athletic HAR Hartlepools United 28 9 9 102 60 26 8 12 107 69 26 8 12 84 58 24 9 13 92 67 18 17 11 84 61 22 9 15 85 63 21 10 15 74 69 19 12 15 84 64 19 11 16 80 70 19 11 16 58 54 17 15 14 70 68 18 10 18 65 60 18 9 19 77 74 18 9 19 79 88 17 9 20 63 73 14 14 18 68 60 16 10 20 69 76 15 11 20 77 87 15 11 20 51 66 14 12 20 59 77 10 14 22 48 92 12 9 25 58 86 8 12 26 41 83 10 7 29 59 109 CP P P P R green1 Promotion to the Third Division P P P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE red1 Failed re-election and demoted FLD complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1959–1960 Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Crystal Palace Millwall Watford England none 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1959–1960 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 54.64 -3.55 right 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 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1960.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 6 August 2026 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. 1959–60 League