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1959–60 Football League
61st season of the Football League
61st season of the Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | The Football League |
| season | [1959–60](1959-60-in-english-football) |
| winners | Burnley |
| relegated | Gateshead |
| prevseason | [1958–59](1958-59-football-league) |
| nextseason | [1960–61](1960-61-football-league) |
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, 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
2nd English title Luton Town (32 goals) (16 September 1959) (27 February 1960) Birmingham City 1–7 West Bromwich Albion (18 April 1960) (5 September 1959) Newcastle United 8–2 Everton (7 November 1959) Newcastle United 7–3 Manchester United (2 January 1960)
Results
Maps
Arsenal Chelsea Fulham Tottenham West Ham
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
Cardiff City Bristol City (39 goals)
Results
|match_AST_B&HA=3–1
|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_AST=1–2 |match_B&HA_BRI=5–1 |match_B&HA_BRR=2–2 |match_B&HA_CAR=2–2 |match_B&HA_CHA=1–1 |match_B&HA_DER=2–0 |match_B&HA_HUD=3–2 |match_B&HA_HUL=1–1 |match_B&HA_IPS=1–4 |match_B&HA_LEY=1–1 |match_B&HA_LIN=3–3 |match_B&HA_LIV=1–2 |match_B&HA_MID=3–2 |match_B&HA_PLY=2–2 |match_B&HA_POR=3–1 |match_B&HA_ROT=0–0 |match_B&HA_SCU=0–1 |match_B&HA_SHU=0–2 |match_B&HA_STK=1–0 |match_B&HA_SUN=2–1 |match_B&HA_SWA=1–2
|match_BRI_B&HA=0–1
|match_BRR_B&HA=4–5
|match_CAR_B&HA=1–4
|match_CHA_B&HA=3–1
|match_DER_B&HA=0–1
|match_HUD_B&HA=2–0
|match_HUL_B&HA=3–1
|match_IPS_B&HA=3–0
|match_LEY_B&HA=3–2
|match_LIN_B&HA=2–1
|match_LIV_B&HA=2–2
|match_MID_B&HA=4–1
|match_PLY_B&HA=3–2
|match_POR_B&HA=2–2
|match_ROT_B&HA=1–0
|match_SCU_B&HA=1–2
|match_SHU_B&HA=4–1
|match_STK_B&HA=1–3
|match_SUN_B&HA=0–0
|match_SWA_B&HA=2–2
Maps
Charlton Athletic Leyton Orient
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
Third Division Mansfield Town Wrexham York City
|win_B&BA=17|draw_B&BA=13|loss_B&BA=16|gf_B&BA=72|ga_B&BA=72
Results
|match_ACC_B&BA=2–1
|match_BAR_B&BA=1–0
|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_ACC=3–1 |match_B&BA_BAR=1–1 |match_B&BA_BRA=3–2 |match_B&BA_BRE=1–2 |match_B&BA_BRY=2–1 |match_B&BA_CHF=1–1 |match_B&BA_COL=3–2 |match_B&BA_COV=2–2 |match_B&BA_GRI=4–2 |match_B&BA_HAL=1–0 |match_B&BA_MAN=6–0 |match_B&BA_NPC=4–1 |match_B&BA_NWC=0–0 |match_B&BA_PTV=3–0 |match_B&BA_QPR=1–1 |match_B&BA_REA=1–1 |match_B&BA_SHR=2–2 |match_B&BA_SOU=1–3 |match_B&BA_STD=0–0 |match_B&BA_SWI=3–1 |match_B&BA_TRA=2–1 |match_B&BA_WRE=1–3 |match_B&BA_YOR=2–0
|match_BRA_B&BA=0–0
|match_BRE_B&BA=1–0
|match_BRY_B&BA=0–2
|match_CHF_B&BA=4–0
|match_COL_B&BA=1–2
|match_COV_B&BA=4–0
|match_GRI_B&BA=1–1
|match_HAL_B&BA=1–0
|match_MAN_B&BA=3–4
|match_NPC_B&BA=5–2
|match_NWC_B&BA=2–3
|match_PTV_B&BA=1–0
|match_QPR_B&BA=3–0
|match_REA_B&BA=2–2
|match_SHR_B&BA=0–0
|match_SOU_B&BA=4–3
|match_STD_B&BA=3–0
|match_SWI_B&BA=2–0
|match_TRA_B&BA=1–1
|match_WRE_B&BA=1–2
|match_YOR_B&BA=3–2
Maps
Brentford Queens Park Rangers
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
Fourth Division Torquay United Watford
Results
Maps
Crystal Palace Millwall Watford
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:
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 |
References
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
References
- Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- "English League Leading Goalscorers".
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1960.htm
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