1959-60 Season Final Football Tables


Cup Competition
FA Cup Final 1960	Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	98,776
	Deeley 2, McGrath OG

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1960	Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	D 1	Maine Road, Manchester	74,135
	Dougan 2			Fantham
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Aston Villa	D 2	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich	55,596
	Deeley

European Fairs Cup Final 1960 1st & 2nd Leg	Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Birmingham City	0	0	Barcelona		St Andrew's, Birmingham	40,524	1st Leg

	Barcelona	4	1	Birmingham City	D 1	Nou Camp, Barcelona	75,000	2nd Leg agg 4-1
	Martinez, Czibor 2, Coll			Hooper

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	Euro
1	6	Burnley	42	15	2	4	52	28	9	5	7	33	33	1.393	55	Rd 6
2	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	3	3	63	28	9	3	9	43	39	1.582	54	Win	EC QF
3	15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	10	6	5	43	24	11	5	5	43	26	1.720	53	Rd 5
4	1	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	4	5	48	25	7	7	7	35	32	1.456	49	Rd 5
5	D 2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	7	2	48	20	7	4	10	32	39	1.356	49	SF
6	-2	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	5	4	37	27	8	3	10	22	24	1.157	48	Rd 4
7	-5	Manchester United	42	13	3	5	53	30	6	4	11	49	50	1.275	45	Rd 5
8	3	Newcastle United	42	10	5	6	42	32	8	3	10	40	46	1.051	44	Rd 3
9	3	Preston North End	42	10	6	5	43	34	6	6	9	36	42	1.039	44	Rd 6
10	D 2	Fulham	42	12	4	5	42	28	5	6	10	31	52	0.913	44	Rd 4
11	-3	Blackpool	42	9	6	6	32	32	6	4	11	27	39	0.831	40	Rd 4
12	7	Leicester City	42	8	6	7	38	32	5	7	9	28	43	0.880	39	Rd 6
13	-10	Arsenal	42	9	5	7	39	38	6	4	11	29	42	0.850	39	Rd 3
14	-8	West Ham United	42	12	3	6	47	33	4	3	14	28	58	0.824	38	Rd 3
15	1	Everton	42	13	3	5	50	20	0	8	13	23	58	0.936	37	Rd 3
16	4	Manchester City	42	11	2	8	47	34	6	1	14	31	50	0.929	37	Rd 3
17	-7	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	3	6	38	29	4	2	15	22	41	0.857	37	Final
18	-4	Chelsea	42	7	5	9	44	50	7	4	10	32	41	0.835	37	Rd 4	Fairs QF
19	-10	Birmingham City	42	9	5	7	37	36	4	5	12	26	44	0.788	36	Rd 3	Fairs F
20	-7	Nottingham Forest	42	8	6	7	30	28	5	3	13	20	46	0.676	35	Rd 4
21	-6	Leeds United	42	7	5	9	37	46	5	5	11	28	46	0.707	34	Rd 3
22	-5	Luton Town	42	6	5	10	25	29	3	7	11	25	44	0.685	30	Rd 5
Second Division
				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	Euro
1	D 1	Aston Villa	42	17	3	1	62	19	8	6	7	27	24	2.070	59	SF
2	7	Cardiff City	42	15	2	4	55	36	8	10	3	35	26	1.452	58	Rd 3
3	1	Liverpool	42	15	3	3	59	28	5	7	9	31	38	1.364	50	Rd 4
4	-1	Sheffield United	42	12	5	4	43	22	7	7	7	25	29	1.333	50	Rd 6
5	8	Middlesbrough	42	14	5	2	56	21	5	5	11	34	43	1.406	48	Rd 3
6	8	Huddersfield Town	42	13	3	5	44	20	6	6	9	29	32	1.404	47	Rd 4
7	1	Charlton Athletic	42	12	7	2	55	28	5	6	10	35	59	1.034	47	Rd 4
8	12	Rotherham United	42	9	9	3	31	23	8	4	9	30	37	1.017	47	Rd 4
9	-3	Bristol Rovers	42	12	6	3	42	28	6	5	10	30	50	0.923	47	Rd 4
10	7	Leyton Orient	42	12	4	5	47	25	3	10	8	29	36	1.246	44	Rd 3
11	5	Ipswich Town	42	12	5	4	48	24	7	1	13	30	44	1.147	44	Rd 3
12	-1	Swansea Town	42	12	6	3	54	32	3	4	14	28	52	0.976	40	Rd 4
13	6	Lincoln City	42	11	3	7	41	25	5	4	12	34	53	0.962	39	Rd 3
14	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	7	8	6	35	32	6	4	11	32	44	0.882	38	Rd 5
15	3	Scunthorpe United	42	9	7	5	38	26	4	3	14	19	45	0.803	36	Rd 4
16	-1	Sunderland	42	8	6	7	35	29	4	6	11	17	36	0.800	36	Rd 3
17	-12	Stoke City	42	8	3	10	40	38	6	4	11	26	45	0.795	35	Rd 3
18	-11	Derby County	42	9	4	8	31	28	5	3	13	30	49	0.792	35	Rd 3
19	D 3	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	6	5	42	36	3	3	15	19	53	0.685	35	Rd 3
20	D 1	Portsmouth	42	6	6	9	36	36	4	6	11	23	41	0.766	32	Rd 3
21	D 3	Hull City	42	7	6	8	27	30	3	4	14	21	46	0.632	30	Rd 3
22	-12	Bristol City	42	8	3	10	27	31	3	2	16	33	66	0.619	27	Rd 3
Third Division
				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	Euro
1	13	Southampton	46	19	3	1	68	30	7	6	10	38	45	1.413	61	Rd 4
2	2	Norwich City	46	16	4	3	53	24	8	7	8	29	30	1.519	59	Rd 1
3	D 4	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	7	4	58	34	6	9	8	39	41	1.293	52	Rd 1
4	D 2	Grimsby Town	46	12	7	4	48	27	6	9	8	39	43	1.243	52	Rd 2
5	D 4	Coventry City	46	14	6	3	44	22	7	4	12	34	41	1.238	52	Rd 1
6	-3	Brentford	46	13	6	4	46	24	8	3	12	32	37	1.279	51	Rd 2
7	3	Bury	46	13	4	6	36	23	8	5	10	28	28	1.255	51	Rd 3
8	5	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	7	2	45	16	4	6	13	28	38	1.352	49	Rd 2
9	-4	Colchester United	46	15	6	2	51	22	3	5	15	32	52	1.122	47	Rd 1
10	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	12	8	3	47	27	5	5	13	25	45	1.000	47	Rd 4
11	-5	Reading	46	13	3	7	49	34	5	7	11	35	43	1.091	46	Rd 3
12	-4	Southend United	46	15	3	5	49	28	4	5	14	27	46	1.027	46	Rd 2
13	4	Newport County	46	15	2	6	59	36	5	4	14	21	43	1.013	46	Rd 3
14	D 4	Port Vale	46	16	4	3	51	19	3	4	16	29	60	1.013	46	Rd 5
15	-6	Halifax Town	46	13	3	7	42	27	5	7	11	28	45	0.972	46	Rd 2
16	-1	Swindon Town	46	12	6	5	39	30	7	2	14	30	48	0.885	46	Rd 1
17	D 2	Barnsley	46	13	6	4	45	25	2	8	13	20	41	0.985	44	Rd 1
18	-2	Chesterfield	46	13	3	7	41	31	5	4	14	30	53	0.845	43	Rd 1
19	-8	Bradford City	46	10	7	6	39	28	5	5	13	27	46	0.892	42	Rd 5
20	-13	Tranmere Rovers	46	11	8	4	50	29	3	5	15	22	46	0.960	41	Rd 1
21	D 4	York City	46	11	5	7	38	26	2	7	14	19	47	0.781	38	Rd 3
22	-2	Mansfield Town	46	11	4	8	55	48	4	2	17	26	64	0.723	36	Rd 3
23	-5	Wrexham	46	12	5	6	39	30	2	3	18	29	71	0.673	36	Rd 3
24	-5	Accrington Stanley	46	4	5	14	31	53	7	0	16	26	70	0.463	27	Rd 1
Fourth Division
				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup	Euro
1	5	Walsall	46	14	5	4	57	33	14	4	5	45	27	1.700	65	Rd 2
2	D 3	Notts County	46	19	1	3	66	27	7	7	9	41	42	1.551	60	Rd 2
3	9	Torquay United	46	17	3	3	56	27	9	5	9	28	31	1.448	60	Rd 2
4	11	Watford	46	17	2	4	62	28	7	7	9	30	39	1.373	57	Rd 5
5	4	Millwall	46	12	8	3	54	28	6	9	8	30	33	1.377	53	Rd 1
6	2	Northampton Town	46	13	6	4	50	22	9	3	11	35	41	1.349	53	Rd 1
7	4	Gillingham	46	17	4	2	47	21	4	6	13	27	48	1.072	52	Rd 3
8	-1	Crystal Palace	46	12	6	5	61	27	7	6	10	23	37	1.313	50	Rd 3
9	-4	Exeter City	46	13	7	3	50	30	6	4	13	30	40	1.143	49	Rd 3
10	D 3	Stockport County	46	15	6	2	35	10	4	5	14	23	44	1.074	49	Rd 2
11	3	Bradford	46	12	10	1	48	25	5	5	13	22	43	1.029	49	Rd 3
12	D 3	Rochdale	46	15	4	4	46	19	3	6	14	19	41	1.083	46	Rd 2
13	9	Aldershot	46	14	5	4	50	22	4	4	15	27	52	1.041	45	Rd 1
14	4	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	3	6	51	31	4	6	13	28	57	0.898	45	Rd 4
15	1	Darlington	46	11	6	6	40	30	6	3	14	23	43	0.863	43	Rd 2
16	1	Workington	46	10	8	5	41	20	4	6	13	27	40	1.133	42	Rd 3
17	D 3	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	3	7	40	23	3	7	13	29	53	0.908	42	Rd 3
18	5	Barrow	46	11	8	4	52	29	4	3	16	25	58	0.885	41	Rd 1
19	-9	Carlisle United	46	9	6	8	28	28	6	5	12	23	38	0.773	41	Rd 1
20	-7	Chester	46	10	8	5	37	26	4	4	15	22	51	0.766	40	Rd 2
21	3	Southport	46	9	7	7	30	32	1	7	15	18	60	0.522	34	Rd 1
22	-2	Gateshead	46	12	3	8	37	27	0	6	17	21	59	0.674	33	Rd 1
23	-2	Oldham Athletic	46	5	7	11	20	30	3	5	15	21	53	0.494	28	Rd 2
24	-5	Hartlepools United	46	9	2	12	40	41	1	5	17	19	68	0.541	27	Rd 1

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1960 Election to the Fourth Division of the Football League
D 4	Oldham Athletic	4,957	Rd 2	39	Re-elected
ML	Peterborough United		Rd 4	35	Elected
D 4	Hartlepools United	3,646	Rd 1	34	Re-elected
D 4	Southport	3,563	Rd 1	29	Re-electon
D 4	Gateshead	3,412	Rd 1	18	Not Re-elected
SL	Headington United		Rd 1	10	Failed
Lan	Wigan Athletic		Q4	6	Failed
SL	Chelmsford City		Rd 1	3	Failed
SL	Bedford Town		Rd 1	2	Failed
SL	Cambridge City		Q4	2	Failed
SL	Guildford City		Q4	2	Failed
Lan	New Brighton		Q1	2	Failed
SL	Romford		Q1	2	Failed
ML	Scarborough		Rd 1	2	Failed
SL	Worcester City		Q4	2	Failed
CCL	Ellesmere Port Town		Q4	1	Failed
SL	Kettering Town		Rd 1	1	Failed
Lan	Morecambe		Q1	1	Failed
ML	South Shields		Rd 2	1	Failed
SL	Hereford United		Rd 1	0	Failed
SL	King's Lynn		Rd 2	0	Failed
SL	Yeovil Town		Q4	0	Failed

Season 1959-60