since 1878

First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1959-60 Division 2

Final League Position 11th

Date	Opponent	V	F-A	WDL	Competition	Att.	Scorers	Manager
19590822Sat 22/8	HUDDERSFIELD TOWN	H	1-4	L		14,441	Rees	Ramsey
19590826Wed 26/8	SWANSEA CITY	H	4-1	W		11,146	Berry, Phillips³	Ramsey
19590829Sat 29/8	Leyton Orient	A	1-4	L		14,162	Phillips	Ramsey
19590903Thu 3/9	Swansea City	A	1-2	L		16,118	Crawford	Ramsey
19590905Sat 5/9	LINCOLN CITY	H	3-0	W		13,042	Berry², Crawford	Ramsey
19590907Mon 7/9	Bristol Rovers	A	1-2	L		24,093	Phillips	Ramsey
19590912Sat 12/9	Aston Villa	A	1-3	L		33,747	Crawford	Ramsey
19590916Wed 16/9	BRISTOL ROVERS	H	3-0	W		10,865	Curtis, Leadbetter, Phillips	Ramsey
19590919Sat 19/9	SUNDERLAND	H	6-1	W		14,941	Curtis³, Phillips³	Ramsey
19590926Sat 26/9	Portsmouth	A	2-0	W		16,646	Curtis, Leadbetter	Ramsey
19591003Sat 3/10	STOKE CITY	H	4-0	W		16,102	Curtis⁴	Ramsey
19591010Sat 10/10	Scunthorpe United	A	2-2	D		11,408	Crawford, Phillips	Ramsey
19591017Sat 17/10	ROTHERHAM UNITED	H	2-3	L		15,783	Siddall, Crawford	Ramsey
19591021Wed 21/10	Colchester United	A	1-3	L	Floodlight Opening	8,198	Phillips	Ramsey
19591024Sat 24/10	Cardiff City	A	2-3	L		20,223	Lundstrum, Leadbetter	Ramsey
19591031Sat 31/10	HULL CITY	H	2-0	W		12,738	Crawford²	Ramsey
19591107Sat 7/11	Sheffield United	A	0-1	L		14,692		Ramsey
19591114Sat 14/11	MIDDLESBROUGH	H	1-0	W		12,975	Crawford	Ramsey
19591121Sat 21/11	Derby County	A	0-3	L		14,890		Ramsey
19591128Sat 28/11	PLYMOUTH ARGYLE	H	3-3	D		11,368	Leadbetter, Phillips²	Ramsey
19591205Sat 5/12	Liverpool	A	1-3	L		24,843	Crawford	Ramsey
19591212Sat 12/12	CHARLTON ATHLETIC	H	1-1	D		10,881	Phillips	Ramsey
19591219Sat 19/12	Huddersfield Town	A	1-3	L		10,648	Phillips	Ramsey
19591226Sat 26/12	BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION	H	3-0	W		13,947	Crawford, Phillips²	Ramsey
19591228Mon 28/12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	4-1	W		16,717	Crawford², Phillips²	Ramsey
19600102Sat 2/1	LEYTON ORIENT	H	6-3	W		11,740	Millward³, Leadbetter, Crawford, Phillips	Ramsey
19600109Sat 9/1	PETERBOROUGH UNITED	H	2-3	L	FA Cup 3rd Round	26,000	Millward, Phillips	Ramsey
19600116Sat 16/1	Lincoln City	A	1-0	W		8,542	Leadbetter	Ramsey
19600123Sat 23/1	ASTON VILLA	H	2-1	W		19,283	Dugdale^og, Crawford	Ramsey
19600206Sat 6/2	Sunderland	A	1-0	W		18,636	Crawford	Ramsey
19600210Wed 10/2	Third Lanark	A	2-2	D	Friendly	3,105	Phillips²	Ramsey
19600213Sat 13/2	PORTSMOUTH	H	1-1	D		12,502	Phillips	Ramsey
19600216Tue 16/2	ARSENAL	H	4-0	W	Floodlight Opening	15,835	Millward, Crawford², Phillips	Ramsey
19600220Sat 20/2	Stoke City	A	P-P
19600227Sat 27/2	SCUNTHORPE UNITED	H	1-0	W		12,829	Phillips	Ramsey
19600305Sat 5/3	Rotherham United	A	4-1	W		11,454	Owen, Millward, Crawford, Phillips	Ramsey
19600312Sat 12/3	CARDIFF CITY	H	1-1	D		18,776	Elsworthy	Ramsey
19600319Sat 19/3	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-3	L		14,898	Owen	Ramsey
19600326Sat 26/3	SHEFFIELD UNITED	H	2-0	W		19,048	Crawford, Phillips	Ramsey
19600330Wed 30/3	Stoke City	A	2-1	W		4,070	Millward, Crawford	Ramsey
19600402Sat 2/4	Middlesbrough	A	1-4	L		13,336	Leadbetter	Ramsey
19600409Sat 9/4	DERBY COUNTY	H	1-1	D		11,618	Leadbetter	Ramsey
19600415Fri 15/4	BRISTOL CITY	H	1-3	L		13,055	Rees	Ramsey
19600416Sat 16/4	Charlton Athletic	A	3-1	W		15,495	Rees, Hewie^og, Phillips	Ramsey
19600418Mon 18/4	Bristol City	A	1-5	L		11,140	Curtis	Ramsey
19600423Sat 23/4	LIVERPOOL	H	0-1	L		12,049		Ramsey
19600430Sat 30/4	Hull City	A	0-2	L		5,719		Ramsey
19600504Wed 4/5	NORWICH CITY	H	1-0	W	Ipswich Hospital Cup	14,881	Curtis	Ramsey
19600505Thu 5/5	Stowmarket	A	4-1	W	Testimonial Jackie Little	800	Curtis, Millward², Leadbetter	Ramsey
19600511Wed 11/5	Brantham Athletic	A	12-4	W	Brantham Charity Cup	600	Unknown¹²	Ramsey

General notes

The following practice game was also staged:

Sat 15/8/1959 Blues v Reds (4,611 at Portman Road)

Season Summary

Comp	P	W	D	L	F	A
League	42	19	6	17	78	68
Friendly	4	2	1	1	11	6
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3
Ipswich Hospital Cup	1	1	0	0	1	0
Brantham Charity Cup	1	1	0	0	12	4
TOTALS	49	23	7	19	104	81

Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

Attendance Summary

	Home Average	Home Total	Away Average	Away Total
League	13,768	289,129	15,308	321,477
Cup/Play-offs	26,000	26,000	-	-

Final League Table

Final League Table Division 2

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ASTON VILLA              42  17  3  1  62  19   8  6  7  27  24   59
 2. CARDIFF CITY             42  15  2  4  55  36   8 10  3  35  26   58
 3. Liverpool                42  15  3  3  59  28   5  7  9  31  38   50
 4. Sheffield United         42  12  5  4  43  22   7  7  7  25  29   50
 5. Middlesbrough            42  14  5  2  56  21   5  5 11  34  43   48
 6. Huddersfield Town        42  13  3  5  44  20   6  6  9  29  32   47
 7. Charlton Athletic        42  12  7  2  55  28   5  6 10  35  59   47
 8. Rotherham United         42   9  9  3  31  23   8  4  9  30  37   47
 9. Bristol Rovers           42  12  6  3  42  28   6  5 10  30  50   47
10. Leyton Orient            42  12  4  5  47  25   3 10  8  29  36   44
11. Ipswich Town             42  12  5  4  48  24   7  1 13  30  44   44
12. Swansea City             42  12  6  3  54  32   3  4 14  28  52   40
13. Lincoln City             42  11  3  7  41  25   5  4 12  34  53   39
14. Brighton & Hove Albion   42   7  8  6  35  32   6  4 11  32  44   38
15. Scunthorpe United        42   9  7  5  38  26   4  3 14  19  45   36
16. Sunderland               42   8  6  7  35  29   4  6 11  17  36   36
17. Stoke City               42   8  3 10  40  38   6  4 11  26  45   35
18. Derby County             42   9  4  8  31  28   5  3 13  30  49   35
19. Plymouth Argyle          42  10  6  5  42  36   3  3 15  19  53   35
20. Portsmouth               42   6  6  9  36  36   4  6 11  23  41   32
21. HULL CITY                42   7  6  8  27  30   3  4 14  21  46   30
22. BRISTOL CITY             42   8  3 10  27  31   3  2 16  33  66   27

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