Football League Second Division 1959/60

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Football League Second Division 1959/60
Football League logo until 1988
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
 1. Aston Villa (A)  42  25th  9  8th 089:430 2.07 59:25
 2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  42  23  12  7th 090:620 1.45 58:26
 3. Liverpool FC  42  20th  10  12 090:660 1.36 50:34
 4th Sheffield United  42  19th  12  11 068:510 1.33 50:34
 5. Middlesbrough FC  42  19th  10  13 090:640 1.41 48:36
 6th Huddersfield Town  42  19th  9  14th 073:520 1.40 47:37
 7th Charlton Athletic  42  17th  13  12 090:870 1.03 47:37
 8th. Rotherham United  42  17th  13  12 061:600 1.02 47:37
 9. Bristol Rovers  42  18th  11  13 072:780 0.92 47:37
10. Leyton Orient  42  15th  14th  13 076:610 1.25 44:40
11. Ipswich Town  42  19th  6th  17th 078:680 1.15 44:40
12. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea Town  42  15th  10  17th 082:840 0.98 40:44
13. Lincoln City  42  16  7th  19th 075:780 0.96 39:45
14th Brighton & Hove Albion  42  13  12  17th 067:760 0.88 38:46
15th Scunthorpe United  42  13  10  19th 057:710 0.80 36:48
16. Sunderland AFC  42  12  12  18th 052:650 0.80 36:48
17th Stoke City  42  14th  7th  21st 066:830 0.80 35:49
18th Derby County  42  14th  7th  21st 061:770 0.79 35:49
19th Plymouth Argyle (N)  42  13  9  20th 061:890 0.69 35:49
20th Portsmouth FC (A)  42  10  12  20th 059:770 0.77 32:52
21st Hull City (N)  42  10  10  22nd 048:760 0.63 30:54
22nd Bristol City  42  11  5  26th 060:970 0.62 27:57
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1960/61
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1960/61
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (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 EnglandEngland Brian Clough Middlesbrough FC 39

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1959/60 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .