1959–60 Football League

The 1959–60 season was the 61st completed season of The Football League.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average, or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.

First Division

Second Division

Third Division

Fourth Division

Attendances

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Division One

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Tottenham Hotspur FC	47,948	18.5%	62,602	32,824
2	Manchester United	47,288	-11.2%	62,673	33,902
3	Everton FC	40,788	4.1%	65,719	19,172
4	Chelsea FC	39,423	-3.5%	67,819	18,963
5	Arsenal FC	39,341	-13.0%	60,791	19,597
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	36,244	-5.7%	56,283	21,546
7	Newcastle United FC	36,037	-8.7%	57,200	16,148
8	Manchester City FC	35,637	9.4%	65,981	19,653
9	Sheffield Wednesday FC	32,034	18.7%	49,409	18,420
10	Fulham FC	30,271	15.3%	44,858	17,536
11	West Ham United FC	28,554	0.7%	37,941	21,155
12	West Bromwich Albion FC	27,461	-12.5%	40,739	12,113
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	27,299	-10.6%	41,694	15,832
14	Birmingham City FC	27,072	1.4%	41,248	18,661
15	Burnley FC	26,978	13.7%	47,696	17,398
16	Nottingham Forest FC	26,739	-6.9%	42,335	13,506
17	Bolton Wanderers FC	25,998	-6.0%	42,324	14,791
18	Leicester City FC	25,399	-8.8%	34,445	16,682
19	Preston North End FC	24,552	9.4%	35,016	15,007
20	Leeds United FC	21,877	-12.2%	36,037	8,557
21	Blackpool FC	21,783	4.4%	35,303	12,410
22	Luton Town FC	17,067	-14.1%	27,055	9,799

Division Two

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Aston Villa FC	34,257	1.1%	50,039	21,291
2	Liverpool FC	30,269	-17.6%	49,981	19,411
3	Middlesbrough FC	25,550	2.7%	47,297	13,044
4	Cardiff City FC	24,183	36.0%	52,364	16,231
5	Sunderland AFC	22,831	-17.8%	37,059	11,944
6	Plymouth Argyle FC	20,383	-11.1%	29,895	8,546
7	Bristol Rovers FC	18,486	3.3%	27,630	11,372
8	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	18,331	-18.6%	31,484	10,510
9	Sheffield United FC	18,037	-7.9%	26,339	11,795
10	Bristol City FC	17,755	-21.1%	29,985	9,013
11	Portsmouth FC	16,156	-32.7%	24,627	9,912
12	Derby County FC	15,815	-16.7%	26,394	10,440
13	Charlton Athletic FC	15,687	-6.7%	28,629	10,192
14	Hull City AFC	15,499	7.8%	29,399	5,719
15	Huddersfield Town AFC	14,773	-0.5%	25,728	9,336
16	Stoke City FC	14,506	-17.3%	27,208	4,070
17	Swansea City AFC	14,355	-1.8%	24,848	7,920
18	Ipswich Town FC	13,768	-3.5%	19,283	10,865
19	Leyton Orient FC	13,250	-0.6%	22,918	6,914
20	Rotherham United FC	12,869	22.8%	20,537	7,029
21	Scunthorpe United FC	11,113	-10.2%	15,384	6,537
22	Lincoln City FC	10,733	-5.3%	16,483	6,122

Division Three

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Norwich City FC	26,402	25.1%	36,479	13,740
2	Southampton FC	18,052	31.6%	25,042	11,515
3	Coventry City FC	16,348	-3.5%	28,122	8,397
4	Brentford FC	11,912	-14.4%	21,634	6,328
5	Reading FC	11,464	-9.5%	23,692	5,972
6	Port Vale FC	10,733	-15.9%	22,987	5,514
7	Bury FC	10,628	12.6%	16,310	4,431
8	Grimsby Town FC	10,543	-19.6%	15,298	4,858
9	AFC Bournemouth	10,403	-2.6%	21,657	6,349
10	Southend United FC	10,322	-8.1%	16,568	5,722
11	Queens Park Rangers FC	10,285	12.3%	19,532	4,346
12	Swindon Town FC	10,228	-10.0%	16,645	5,798
13	Bradford City AFC	10,163	-8.4%	18,033	5,986
14	Tranmere Rovers	9,965	-15.7%	17,580	5,204
15	Wrexham AFC	9,495	-8.2%	15,911	2,819
16	Shrewsbury Town FC	8,999	11.4%	14,614	6,107
17	Colchester United FC	7,812	0.7%	13,053	5,215
18	York City FC	7,507	-7.6%	11,846	4,751
19	Mansfield Town FC	7,183	-15.2%	11,646	4,970
20	Halifax Town AFC	6,768	1.6%	14,182	3,812
21	Chesterfield FC	6,578	-27.1%	9,451	3,683
22	Barnsley FC	6,315	-43.7%	13,677	3,583
23	Newport County AFC	6,241	-5.5%	8,965	3,314
24	Accrington Stanley FC	4,131	-34.1%	8,473	925

Division Four

No.	Club	Average	±	Highest	Lowest
1	Crystal Palace FC	15,630	5.0%	28,929	9,045
2	Millwall FC	14,560	22.8%	20,652	8,442
3	Notts County FC	13,820	45.0%	22,788	8,793
4	Watford FC	12,013	43.3%	20,641	7,815
5	Walsall FC	11,157	23.0%	15,403	6,945
6	Northampton Town FC	8,306	2.7%	13,041	3,477
7	Crewe Alexandra FC	7,962	7.0%	12,220	5,656
8	Exeter City FC	7,421	-20.8%	13,050	4,383
9	Torquay United FC	6,812	26.3%	10,316	3,729
10	Stockport County FC	6,552	-29.2%	11,882	3,585
11	Bradford Park Avenue AFC	6,399	-8.8%	8,357	3,220
12	Gillingham FC	6,231	-10.1%	7,850	3,469
13	Barrow AFC	5,612	29.8%	7,238	4,123
14	Aldershot Town FC	5,454	30.2%	9,010	2,857
15	Chester City FC	5,421	-21.0%	9,294	3,560
16	Carlisle United FC	5,295	-26.2%	9,344	1,914
17	Doncaster Rovers FC	5,247	-21.3%	8,720	1,359
18	Oldham Athletic FC	4,957	-6.9%	9,720	2,264
19	Darlington FC	4,651	-7.0%	7,800	2,752
20	Rochdale AFC	4,599	-4.4%	6,474	2,508
21	Workington AFC	4,310	-14.5%	6,593	2,344
22	Hartlepool United FC	3,646	-33.7%	6,877	1,953
23	Southport FC	3,563	5.2%	5,168	2,388
24	Gateshead AFC	3,412	-17.6%	6,618	1,488