First Division 1959/60

Burnley won the 1959/60 First Division with 55 points, 1 point ahead of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Leeds United and Luton Town were relegated. The season's 462 matches produced 1,618 goals, 3.50 a game.

Burnley

Champions

1,618

Goals

3.50

Goals a game

50%

Home wins

Final table


1	BurnleyBurnley	42	24	7	11	85	61	+24	55
2	Wolverhampton WanderersWolves	42	24	6	12	106	67	+39	54
3	Tottenham HotspurTottenham	42	21	11	10	86	50	+36	53
4	West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom	42	19	11	12	83	57	+26	49
5	Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wed	42	19	11	12	80	59	+21	49
6	Bolton WanderersBolton	42	20	8	14	59	51	+8	48
7	Manchester UnitedMan United	42	19	7	16	102	80	+22	45
8	Newcastle UnitedNewcastle	42	18	8	16	82	78	+4	44
9	Preston North EndPreston North End	42	16	12	14	79	76	+3	44
10	FulhamFulham	42	17	10	15	73	80	-7	44
11	BlackpoolBlackpool	42	15	10	17	59	71	-12	40
12	Leicester CityLeicester City	42	13	13	16	66	75	-9	39
13	ArsenalArsenal	42	15	9	18	68	80	-12	39
14	West Ham UnitedWest Ham	42	16	6	20	75	91	-16	38
15	EvertonEverton	42	13	11	18	73	78	-5	37
16	Manchester CityMan City	42	17	3	22	78	84	-6	37
17	Blackburn RoversBlackburn	42	16	5	21	60	70	-10	37
18	ChelseaChelsea	42	14	9	19	76	91	-15	37
19	Birmingham CityBirmingham	42	13	10	19	63	80	-17	36
20	Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest	42	13	9	20	50	74	-24	35
21	Leeds UnitedLeeds United	42	12	10	20	65	92	-27	34
22	Luton TownLuton Town	42	9	12	21	50	73	-23	30

▌ Champions ▌ Relegated. Two points for a win, one for a draw; clubs level on points are split by goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), as they were then. Sort and filter it on the all-time table →

The 1959/60 title race

The top four's points, match day by match day. Pick other clubs or measures on the race chart →

Points, Mon 2 May 1960

Burnley

Wolves

Tottenham

West Brom

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1959/60 · Mon 2 May 1960

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The 1959/60 scoreline grid

Every result of the season, home goals along the bottom and away goals up the side. Each square counts the matches that finished that way. Select a square to see those matches.

Away goals

1 1

1 6 2 1 1

1 9 8 4 2

8 14 8 12 5 2

11 23 22 18 9 4 2

30 46 43 33 17 4 4

17 31 23 15 10 6 1 1 1 1

Home goals

Times it's happened

Never

Once

3–4

5–9

10–19

20+

First-ever results

Every result in 1959/60 had happened before.

Biggest wins

September 16, 1959Wolves 9–0 Fulham9-goal home win

November 21, 1959Burnley 8–0 Nott'm Forest8-goal home win

November 28, 1959Sheffield Wed 7–0 West Ham7-goal home win

November 7, 1959Newcastle 8–2 Everton6-goal home win

April 18, 1960Birmingham 1–7 West Brom6-goal away win

Highest-scoring matches

November 7, 1959Newcastle 8–2 Everton10 goals

January 2, 1960Newcastle 7–3 Man United10 goals

September 5, 1959Man City 4–6 Wolves10 goals

September 16, 1959Wolves 9–0 Fulham9 goals

September 2, 1959Chelsea 3–6 Man United9 goals

Most common results

#11–1 draw46 · 10%

#22–1 home win43 · 9%

#33–1 home win33 · 7%

#41–0 home win31 · 7%

#50–1 away win30 · 6%

How 1959/60 compares

At 3.50 goals a game, 1959/60 was the 21st highest-scoring of the 93 old First Division seasons (the average is 3.07). Home sides won 50% of matches, against 52% across all seasons; 21% were draws and 28% away wins.

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