Football League Second Division 1959/60
Football League Second Division 1959/60 | |
master | Aston Villa |
Climbers | Aston Villa, Cardiff City |
Relegated | Hull City , Bristol City |
Teams | 22nd |
Games | 462 |
Gates | 1,565 (ø 3.39 per game) |
Top scorer | Brian Clough ( Middlesbrough FC ) |
← Football League Second Division 1958/59 | |
^ Football League First Division 1959/60 |
The Football League Second Division 1959/60 was the 57th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 22, 1959 and turned on April 30, 1960.
Second division champion was Aston Villa and also the second-placed Cardiff City rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1960/61, the two first division clubs Leeds United and Luton Town ranked in the table below . Hull City and Bristol City had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winners FC Southampton and third division champions Norwich City took the vacant positions in the following season 1960/61 .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
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1. | Aston Villa (A) | 42 | 25th | 9 | 8th | 89:43 | 2.07 | 59:25 |
2. | Cardiff City | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7th | 90:62 | 1.45 | 58:26 |
3. | Liverpool FC | 42 | 20th | 10 | 12 | 90:66 | 1.36 | 50:34 |
4th | Sheffield United | 42 | 19th | 12 | 11 | 68:51 | 1.33 | 50:34 |
5. | Middlesbrough FC | 42 | 19th | 10 | 13 | 90:64 | 1.41 | 48:36 |
6th | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 19th | 9 | 14th | 73:52 | 1.40 | 47:37 |
7th | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 17th | 13 | 12 | 90:87 | 1.03 | 47:37 |
8th. | Rotherham United | 42 | 17th | 13 | 12 | 61:60 | 1.02 | 47:37 |
9. | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 18th | 11 | 13 | 72:78 | 0.92 | 47:37 |
10. | Leyton Orient | 42 | 15th | 14th | 13 | 76:61 | 1.25 | 44:40 |
11. | Ipswich Town | 42 | 19th | 6th | 17th | 78:68 | 1.15 | 44:40 |
12. | Swansea Town | 42 | 15th | 10 | 17th | 82:84 | 0.98 | 40:44 |
13. | Lincoln City | 42 | 16 | 7th | 19th | 75:78 | 0.96 | 39:45 |
14th | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 67:76 | 0.88 | 38:46 |
15th | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19th | 57:71 | 0.80 | 36:48 |
16. | Sunderland AFC | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18th | 52:65 | 0.80 | 36:48 |
17th | Stoke City | 42 | 14th | 7th | 21st | 66:83 | 0.80 | 35:49 |
18th | Derby County | 42 | 14th | 7th | 21st | 61:77 | 0.79 | 35:49 |
19th | Plymouth Argyle (N) | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20th | 61:89 | 0.69 | 35:49 |
20th | Portsmouth FC (A) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20th | 59:77 | 0.77 | 32:52 |
21st | Hull City (N) | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22nd | 48:76 | 0.63 | 30:54 |
22nd | Bristol City | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26th | 60:97 | 0.62 | 27:57 |
(A) | Relegated from the Football League First Division 1958/59 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1958/59 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1959/60 | AST | BHA | BRC | BRR | CAR | CHA | OF THE | HUD | HUL | IPS | LEY | LIN | LIV | MID | PLY | POR | RED | SCU | SHU | STO | 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 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 6: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 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 FC | 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 FC | 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 FC | 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 FC | 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 AFC | 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 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brian Clough | Middlesbrough FC | 39 |
Web links
- England 1959-60 (RSSSF)
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ 1959/60 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .