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Football League Division One: 
 
Arsenal 0 Preston North End 3
 
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (43,941)
Sneddon 20, Walton 72, Alston 78
Highlights on BBC TV Sports Special
Arsenal were without Jack Kelsey
          
Blackburn Rovers 3 Burnley 2
 
Ewood Park, Blackburn (33,316)
Dougan 3, Dobing 27, Vernon 81 ~ Pilkington 14, Douglas OG 48
Blackburn were without Ronnie Clayton
Burnley were without John Connelly
  
Blackpool 3 Leeds United 3
 
Bloomfield Road Stadium, Blackpool (22,301)
Kaye 15, Durie 44, Peterson 50 ~ Francis 18, McCole 66, 67
  
Bolton Wanderers 0 West Bromwich Albion 0
 
Burnden Park, Bolton (22,581)
Bolton were without Eddie Hopkinson
West Brom were without Don Howe & Stuart Williams
   
Everton 0 West Ham United 1
 
Goodison Park, Liverpool (30,563)
Musgrove 85
West Ham were without John Smith & Phil Woosnam
 
Fulham 4 Newcastle United 3
 
Craven Cottage, Fulham (36,293)
Key 15, Cook 27, Haynes 29, Hill 73 ~ Hale 32, 84, Eastham 89
Newcastle were without Ivor Allchurch
    
Luton Town 1 Chelsea 2
 
Kenilworth Road Stadium, Luton (18,831)
Brown 68 ~ Pacey OG 50, Livesey 67
Chelsea were without Jimmy Greaves
 
Manchester City 3 Leicester City 2
 
Maine Road, Manchester (33,896)
Hayes 16, McAdams 20, 64 ~
McDonald 17, 81
 
Nottingham Forest 0 Birmingham City 2
 
City Ground, Nottingham (24,904)
Gordon 22, Stubbs 65
Birmingham were without Trevor Smith
 
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1
 
Hillsborough, Sheffield (37,623)
Young 14, Wilkinson 82 ~ White 23
Tottenham were without Mel Hopkins, Cliff Jones & Terry Medwin
    
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3
Manchester United 2

 
Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton (45,451)
Murray 59, 71, Broadbent 62 ~ Stuart OG 66, Viollet 78
Highlights on BBC TV Sports Special
Wolves were without Ron Flowers
United were without Bobby Charlton
 
Though Wolves had lost 5-1 at Tottenham, seven days earlier, they took advantage of Spurs' first defeat (with their three Welsh stars missing) to draw level with them at the top in their quest to complete a hat-trick of league titles, but the team lying seventh would eventually overhaul them both.
Division One Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
Tottenham Hotspur 13 2 4 0 4 2 1 32 15 18
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 5 1 0 3 1 3 40 25 18
West Ham United 13 4 0 2 3 3 1 26 18 17
Blackburn Rovers 13 5 1 1 2 1 3 26 20 16
Manchester City 13 5 0 2 3 0 3 31 25 16
Preston North End 13 3 2 1 3 1 3 27 24 15
Burnley 13 4 0 2 3 1 3 26 25 15
Fulham 13 6 0 1 1 1 4 28 33 15
Chelsea 13 2 1 3 4 1 2 29 28 14
Arsenal 13 3 2 2 2 2 2 20 20 14
Sheffield Wednesday 13 4 1 1 1 1 5 17 15 12
Manchester United 13 4 0 2 1 2 4 31 30 12
Bolton Wanderers 13 4 1 2 1 1 4 16 16 12
Blackpool 13 2 3 2 2 1 3 20 23 12
West Bromwich Albion 13 3 1 3 0 4 2 22 22 11
Newcastle United 13 2 2 3 2 1 3 21 26 11
Nottingham Forest 13 2 2 2 2 1 4 13 18 11
Birmingham City 13 2 3 2 1 1 4 18 21 10
Everton 13 3 2 2 0 2 4 18 23 10
Leicester City 13 2 2 2 1 2 4 21 32 10
 
Leeds United 13 1 3 2 2 1 4 20 31 10
Luton Town 13 1 1 5 1 2 3 11 23 7

Division One Leading Goalscorers
12 - Norman Deeley (Wolves) - 1 pen, Billy McAdams (Man. C.), Dennis Viollet (Man. U.)
11 - Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea), Bobby Smith (Tottenham)
     
Football League Division Two: 
 
Aston Villa 1 Middlesbrough 0
 Villa Park, Birmingham (35,362)
Lynn
Villa were without Vic Crowe
Middlesbrough were without Brian Clough & Eddie Holliday
    
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Charlton Athletic 1
 Goldstone Ground, Hove (24,175)
Tiddy ~ Lawrie
 
Bristol Rovers 1 Scunthorpe United 1
 Eastville Stadium, Bristol (15,314)
Hillard ~ Donnelly
 
Huddersfield Town 0 Cardiff City 1
 Leeds Road, Huddersfield (18,397)
Tapscott
Cardiff were without Alan Harrington, Graham Moore & Derrick Sullivan
    
Ipswich Town 2 Rotherham United 3
 Portman Road Stadium, Ipswich (15,783)
Siddall, Crawford
~ Myserscough
(2), Kettleborough
    
Leyton Orient 3 Hull City 1
 Brisbane Road Stadium, Leyton (13,002)
McDonald, Johnston (2)
~ Bradbury
    
Lincoln City 2 Sheffield United 0
 Sincil Bank, Lincoln (12,108)
Graver, Harbertson
    
Portsmouth 1 Plymouth Argyle 0
 Fratton Park, Portsmouth (20,798)
Newman
    
Stoke City 1 Liverpool 1
 Victoria Ground, Stoke (17,703)
Newlands
(pen) ~ Harrower
Stoke were without Tony Allen
 
Sunderland 2 Derby County 1
 Roker Park, Sunderland (27,307)
Lawther (2), Grainger ~ Darwin
  
 
Whilst Aston Villa were hell-bent on making their stay in the second division no longer than a season, Cardiff were eager to join them in returning to the top flight and the loss of three internationals would not stop them winning at Huddersfield. Neither of the top two would be disappointed at the end of the season.
Division Two Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
Aston Villa 14 6 0 0 3 4 1 24 11 22
Cardiff City 13 5 0 1 4 2 1 27 16 20
 
Rotherham United 13 1 4 1 5 1 1 25 19 17
Middlesbrough 13 4 3 0 2 1 3 30 15 16
Charlton Athletic 13 3 3 0 2 3 2 33 25 16
Huddersfield Town 13 4 1 2 2 2 2 25 17 15
Sunderland 13 3 3 0 2 2 3 19 20 15
Sheffield United 13 4 1 2 1 3 2 25 20 14
Leyton Orient 13 5 1 1 0 3 3 25 21 14
Swansea Town 12 4 1 1 2 1 3 26 24 14
Bristol Rovers 13 2 4 1 2 2 2 21 21 14
Stoke City 14 4 2 2 1 2 3 26 27 14
Ipswich Town 13 5 0 2 1 1 4 31 22 13
Liverpool 13 4 1 1 1 2 4 29 24 13
Brighton & Hove Albion 13 2 3 2 2 2 2 24 23 13
Scunthorpe United 13 1 4 1 1 2 4 13 20 10
Derby County 13 2 1 3 2 0 5 19 28 9
Lincoln City 13 2 1 4 2 0 4 16 24 9
Plymouth Argyle 13 3 1 2 0 2 5 21 32 9
Bristol City 12 3 0 3 0 1 5 17 28 7
 
Portsmouth 13 1 1 4 1 1 5 14 28 6
Hull City 13 1 2 4 1 0 5 11 36 6
 
Division Two Leading Goalscorers
12 - Tommy Johnston (L. Orient)
11 - Brian Clough (Middlesbrough)
     
Football League Division Three: 
 
Accrington Stanley 3 Norwich City 4
 Peel Park, Accrington (4,780)
Blackwood, J.Anders, Harrower
~ Hill, Moran, Allcock
(2)
    
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1 Brentford 2
 Dean Court, Bournemouth (12,216)
Bumstead ~ Towers, Hales
 
Bradford City 0 Bury 0
 Valley Parade, Bradford (11,747)
 
Chesterfield 2 Shrewsbury Town 2
 Recreation Ground, Chesterfield (5,994)
Frost, Havenhand ~ Edgley, Whitaker
    
Coventry City 2 Barnsley 1
 Highfield Road, Coventry (17,350)
Ryan, B.Hill ~ Bartlett
    
Grimsby Town 2 Mansfield Town 1
 Blundell Park, Cleethorpes (11,579)
Rafferty
(2) ~ Jones
    
Queen's Park Rangers 3 Halifax Town 0
 Loftus Road Stadium, Shepherd's Bush (13,787)
Longbottom, Whitelaw, Petchey
    
Swindon Town 0 Reading 4
 County Ground, Swindon (14,706)
Wheeler
(2), Reeves (pen), MacLuckie
    
Tranmere Rovers 1 Colchester United 1
 Prenton Park, Birkenhead (8,532)
Eglington ~ Langman
 
Wrexham 3 Southend United 1
 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (9,232)
Hewitt, Weston, Evans
~ Kellard
 
York City 2 Southampton 2
 Bootham Crescent, York (8,423)
Wilkinson (2) ~ Reeves, O'Brien
 
QPR rose to the top on goal average, but they were stuck amongst a pack of promotion chasers, and two points out of the next 14 would see them drop to mid-table.
Division Three Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
Queen's Park Rangers 17 6 3 0 3 1 4 31 15 22
Bury 17 7 0 1 3 2 4 22 11 22
 
Halifax Town 16 6 1 1 3 3 2 25 17 22
Coventry City 17 5 3 1 3 2 3 29 17 21
Norwich City 16 5 1 1 4 2 3 34 22 21
Southampton 17 7 1 1 1 4 3 44 33 21
Shrewsbury Town 16 5 2 1 3 2 3 43 29 20
Grimsby Town 17 6 2 1 1 3 4 37 27 19
Bournemouth & Boscombe A. 17 7 0 1 2 1 6 32 30 19
Brentford 17 4 3 1 3 1 5 30 27 18
Swindon Town 17 5 2 2 3 0 5 27 31 18
Colchester United 17 6 2 0 1 1 7 33 34 17
York City 17 5 3 1 0 4 4 23 24 17
Newport County 15 6 0 1 1 3 4 25 27 17
Barnsley 17 4 1 3 2 3 4 23 22 16
Port Vale 15 6 1 1 1 0 6 22 30 15
Tranmere Rovers 17 5 3 1 0 1 7 28 23 14
Bradford City 17 5 2 2 0 2 6 29 34 14
Reading 17 3 2 4 1 2 5 36 35 12
Southend United 16 5 0 3 0 2 6 20 34 12
 
Wrexham 16 4 1 3 0 2 6 25 38 11
Accrington Stanley 17 2 3 3 2 0 7 21 42 11
Chesterfield 15 4 1 3 0 0 7 25 39 9
Mansfield Town 16 1 4 2 1 0 8 23 46 8
 
Division Three Leading Goalscorers
20 - Derek Reeves (Southampton)
16 - Ralph Hunt (Grimsby)
     
Football League Division Four: 
 
Aldershot 1 Crystal Palace 0
 Recreation Ground, Aldershot (6,751)
Mundy
    
Barrow 3 Bradford 3
 Holker Street, Barrow (4,318)
O'Connor, Clark
(pen), Kemp
~ Allan (2), McAllister
 
Darlington 0 Chester 0
 Feethams Ground, Darlington (4,717)
 
Doncaster Rovers 0 Notts County 4
 Belle Vue, Doncaster (4,705)
Newsham (3)
, Forrest
    
Gateshead 4 Crewe Alexandra 2
 Redheugh Park, Gateshead (3,471)
Stephenson, Kirtley, Smith
(2) ~ Llewellyn, Riley
    
Gillingham 0 Stockport County 2
 Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham (7,850)
Ritchie, Murray
    
Millwall 2 Watford 2
 The Den, New Cross (19,691)
Broadfoot
(pen), Wilson ~ Holton (2)
     
Northampton Town 2 Carlisle United 2
 County Ground, Northampton (8,789)
Fowler, Woan ~ Walker, Murray
 
Rochdale 2 Hartlepools United 0
 Spotland, Rochdale (4,856)
Milburn
(pen), Anderson
 
Southport 3 Exeter City 2
 Haig Avenue, Southport (4,079)
Reeson, Moss (2)
~ Stiffle, Rutherford OG
 
Torquay United 4 Oldham Athletic 1
 Plainmoor, Torquay (4,513)
Bond (2), G.Northcott (pen), Pym ~ McGill
  
Workington 0 Walsall 3
 Borough Park, Workington (4,408)
Faulkner, Richards, Hodgkisson
 
Walsall were on a run of seven consecutive wins, culminating in an 8-0 thrashing of Southport, and they were well on their way to back-to-back promotions, catapulting them back to the second division after sixty years.
Division Four Table
Team P Home Away F A
W D L W D L
Walsall 16 6 1 2 6 1 0 37 17 26
Torquay United 16 6 1 1 6 0 2 35 16 25
Millwall 16 5 4 0 2 5 0 31 15 23
Notts County 17 8 0 1 2 2 4 37 19 22
 
Carlisle United 17 5 2 1 4 2 3 24 22 22
Watford 16 6 1 1 2 2 4 35 26 19
Rochdale 17 6 2 1 1 3 4 25 20 19
Gillingham 16 7 1 1 1 2 4 29 24 19
Stockport County 17 6 0 2 3 1 5 26 22 19
Crewe Alexandra 17 5 2 1 1 3 5 30 29 17
Darlington 17 3 3 2 3 1 5 16 26 16
Crystal Palace 16 5 1 1 1 2 6 40 29 15
Workington 17 2 5 2 1 4 3 20 25 15
Aldershot 17 5 2 1 1 1 7 26 35 15
Northampton Town 15 4 2 1 1 2 5 24 24 14
Bradford 16 3 4 1 1 2 5 19 24 14
Exeter City 17 4 2 3 1 1 6 24 29 13
Gateshead 17 5 1 2 0 2 7 27 34 13
Chester 17 2 3 3 2 2 5 19 25 13
Hartlepools United 16 4 1 3 1 1 6 29 38 12
Doncaster Rovers 16 4 1 4 0 3 4 17 28 12
Barrow 15 2 5 1 1 0 6 24 37 11
Southport 15 3 2 2 0 3 5 16 28 11
Oldham Athletic 16 2 1 4 0 2 7 13 31 7
 
Division Four Leading Goalscorers
17 - Cliff Holton (Watford)
15 - Bert Llewellyn (Crewe)
Source Notes  
Original Newspaper Reports
The Football League Match by Match 1959/60 (editor: Tony Brown): SoccerData 2006
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