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(Top) 1 Final league tables 2 First Division 2.1 Results 2.2 Maps 3 Second Division 3.1 Results 3.2 Maps 4 Third Division 4.1 Results 4.2 Maps 5 Fourth Division 5.1 Results 5.2 Maps 6 See also 7 References

1959–60 Football League

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

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

Final league tables[edit]

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,^[1] 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.^[1]

First Division[edit]

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 played	462
Goals scored	1,618 (3.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dennis Viollet (32 goals)^[2]
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	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	24	6	12	106	67	1.582	54	Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
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	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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	Relegated to the Second Division
22	Luton Town (R)	42	9	12	21	50	73	0.685	30	Relegated to the Second Division

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

Results[edit]

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 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.

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	Promotion to the First Division
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	Relegation to the Third Division

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	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	Relegated
23	Wrexham	46	12	5	6	39	30	2	3	18	29	71	0.673	36	Welsh Cup winners, relegated^[a]
24	Accrington Stanley	46	4	5	14	31	53	7	0	16	26	70	0.463	27	Relegated

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 ^[2]
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	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	Re-elected