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Summary of Season 1959-60

Football League Division 1

Home Away
Pl W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
  1.  Burnley 42 15 2 4 52 28 9 5 7 33 33 1.393 55
  2.  Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 15 3 3 63 28 9 3 9 43 39 1.582 54
  3.  Tottenham Hotspur 42 10 6 5 43 24 11 5 5 43 26 1.72 53
  4.  West Bromwich Albion 42 12 4 5 48 25 7 7 7 35 32 1.456 49
  5.  Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 7 2 48 20 7 4 10 32 39 1.355 49
  6.  Bolton Wanderers 42 12 5 4 37 27 8 3 10 22 24 1.156 48
  7.  Manchester United 42 13 3 5 53 30 6 4 11 49 50 1.275 45
  8.  Newcastle United 42 10 5 6 42 32 8 3 10 40 46 1.051 44
  9.  Preston North End 42 10 6 5 43 34 6 6 9 36 42 1.039 44
10.  Fulham 42 12 4 5 42 28 5 6 10 31 52 0.912 44
11.  Blackpool 42 9 6 6 32 32 6 4 11 27 39 0.83 40
12.  Leicester City 42 8 6 7 38 32 5 7 9 28 43 0.88 39
13.  Arsenal 42 9 5 7 39 38 6 4 11 29 42 0.85 39
14.  West Ham United 42 12 3 6 47 33 4 3 14 28 58 0.824 38
15.  Everton 42 13 3 5 50 20 0 8 13 23 58 0.935 37
16.  Manchester City 42 11 2 8 47 34 6 1 14 31 50 0.928 37
17.  Blackburn Rovers 42 12 3 6 38 29 4 2 15 22 41 0.857 37
18.  Chelsea 42 7 5 9 44 50 7 4 10 32 41 0.835 37
19.  Birmingham City 42 9 5 7 37 36 4 5 12 26 44 0.787 36
20.  Nottingham Forest 42 8 6 7 30 28 5 3 13 20 46 0.675 35
21.  Leeds United 42 7 5 9 37 46 5 5 11 28 46 0.706 34
22.  Luton Town 42 6 5 10 25 29 3 7 11 25 44 0.684 30

Matches

Aug 22 Preston North End Home 4-4 Brabrook, Greaves(3)
Aug 26 Manchester United Away 1-0 Greaves
Aug 29 Leicester City Away 1-3 Brabrook
Sep 2 Manchester United Home 3-6 Sillett(2)(1P), Greaves
Sep 5 Burnley Home 4-1 Brabrook, Greaves, Livesey(2)
Sep 9 Birmingham City Away 1-1 Tambling
Sep 12 Leeds United Away 1-2 Greaves
Sep 16 Birmingham City Home 4-2 Greaves(3), Blunstone
Sep 19 West Ham United Home 2-4 Livesey, Blunstone
Sep 26 Fulham Away 3-1 Sillett(P), Greaves, Livesey
Oct 3 West Bromwich Albion Away 3-1 Livesey(2), Allen
Oct 10 Bolton Wanderers Home 0-2
Oct 17 Luton Town Away 2-1 Livesey, O.G.
Oct 24 Everton Home 1-0 Greaves
Oct 31 Nottingham Forest Away 1-3 Harrison
Nov 7 Blackburn Rovers Home 3-1 Anderton, Livesey, Harrison
Nov 14 Manchester City Away 1-1 Greaves
Nov 21 Arsenal Home 1-3 Gibbs
Nov 28 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away 1-3 Tindall
Dec 5 Sheffield Wednesday Home 0-4
Dec 12 Blackpool Away 1-3 Brooks
Dec 19 Preston North End Away 5-4 Greaves(5)
Dec 26 Newcastle United Home 2-2 Greaves(2)
Dec 28 Newcastle United Away 1-1 Sillett(P)
Jan 2 Leicester City Home 2-2 Brooks, Livesey
Jan 16 Burnley Away 1-2 Brooks
Jan 23 Leeds United Home 1-3 O.G.
Feb 6 West Ham United Away 2-4 Brabrook, Tindall
Feb 13 Fulham Home 4-2 Tindall(2), Greaves(2)
Feb 24 West Bromwich Albion Home 2-2 Greaves(2)
Feb 27 Sheffield Wednesday Away 1-1 Blunstone
Mar 5 Luton Town Home 3-0 Tindall, Greaves(2)
Mar 12 Everton Away 1-6 Sillett
Mar 19 Blackpool Home 2-3 Nicholas, Blunstone
Mar 30 Blackburn Rovers Away 0-1
Apr 2 Manchester City Home 3-0 Greaves, Brooks, Blunstone
Apr 9 Arsenal Away 4-1 Sillett(P), Brabrook(2), Brooks
Apr 15 Tottenham Hotspur Home 1-3 Brabrook
Apr 16 Nottingham Forest Home 1-1 Greaves
Apr 18 Tottenham Hotspur Away 1-0 Greaves
Apr 23 Bolton Wanderers Away 0-2
Apr 30 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home 1-5 Tindall

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 827,880 67,819 18,963 39,423
Away 635,524 57,674 12,410 30,263
Total 1,463,404 67,819 12,410 34,843

F.A. Cup

Round 4

Matches

Jan 9 Bradford Home 5-1 Brabrook(2), Livesey, Greaves, Blunstone
Jan 30 Aston Villa Home 1-2 Sillett(P)

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 98,883 66,671 32,212 49,442
Total 98,883 66,671 32,212 49,442

Diary

03/07/1959 Graham Roberts born

10/08/1959 Bill Livingstone transfered to Brentford

10/08/1959 Phil Driver born

17/08/1959 Chelsea beat Ajax 3-2 in a friendly

22/08/1959 Chelsea drew with Preston North End 4-4 in Football League Division 1

26/08/1959 Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in Football League Division 1

29/08/1959 Chelsea lost to Leicester City 1-3 in Football League Division 1

02/09/1959 Chelsea lost to Manchester United 3-6 in Football League Division 1

05/09/1959 Chelsea beat Burnley 4-1 in Football League Division 1

09/09/1959 Chelsea drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in Football League Division 1

12/09/1959 Chelsea lost to Leeds United 1-2 in Football League Division 1

14/09/1959 Gary Johnson born

16/09/1959 Chelsea beat Birmingham City 4-2 in Football League Division 1

19/09/1959 Chelsea lost to West Ham United 2-4 in Football League Division 1

23/09/1959 Jerry Murphy born

26/09/1959 Chelsea beat Fulham 3-1 in Football League Division 1

03/10/1959 Chelsea beat West Bromwich Albion 3-1 in Football League Division 1

03/10/1959 Mike Nutton born

10/10/1959 Chelsea lost to Bolton Wanderers 0-2 in Football League Division 1

17/10/1959 Chelsea beat Luton Town 2-1 in Football League Division 1

19/10/1959 Chelsea beat Ashford 7-2 in First Floodlit Match

21/10/1959 John Sitton born

24/10/1959 Chelsea beat Everton 1-0 in Football League Division 1

26/10/1959 Perry Digweed born

31/10/1959 Chelsea lost to Nottingham Forest 1-3 in Football League Division 1

06/11/1959 James Clare born

07/11/1959 Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in Football League Division 1

10/11/1959 Peter Nicholas born

11/11/1959 Chelsea beat Royal Entente Anversoise 4-1 in a friendly

14/11/1959 Chelsea drew with Manchester City 1-1 in Football League Division 1

16/11/1959 Chelsea beat British Olympic Xi 4-1 in a friendly

21/11/1959 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 1-3 in Football League Division 1

28/11/1959 Chelsea lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 in Football League Division 1

02/12/1959 Chelsea beat Atletico Bilbao 5-3 in a friendly

05/12/1959 Chelsea lost to Sheffield Wednesday 0-4 in Football League Division 1

08/12/1959 Chelsea lost to Atletico Bilbao 0-1 in a friendly

11/12/1959 Les Allen transfered to Tottenham

11/12/1959 Johnny Brooks transfered from Tottenham

12/12/1959 Chelsea lost to Blackpool 1-3 in Football League Division 1

19/12/1959 Chelsea beat Preston North End 5-4 in Football League Division 1

26/12/1959 Chelsea drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in Football League Division 1

28/12/1959 Chelsea drew with Newcastle United 1-1 in Football League Division 1

00/00/1960 Paul Berry transfered to Tonbridge

01/01/1960 George Dodd died

02/01/1960 Chelsea drew with Leicester City 2-2 in Football League Division 1

09/01/1960 Chelsea beat Bradford 5-1 in F.A. Cup Round 3

16/01/1960 Chelsea lost to Burnley 1-2 in Football League Division 1

16/01/1960 William Dickie died

23/01/1960 Chelsea lost to Leeds United 1-3 in Football League Division 1

30/01/1960 Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 1-2 in F.A. Cup Round 4

05/02/1960 Michael Hazard born

06/02/1960 Chelsea lost to West Ham United 2-4 in Football League Division 1

13/02/1960 Chelsea beat Fulham 4-2 in Football League Division 1

16/02/1960 Chelsea beat Sittingbourne 8-3 in a friendly

20/02/1960 David Speedie born

24/02/1960 Chelsea drew with West Bromwich Albion 2-2 in Football League Division 1

27/02/1960 Chelsea drew with Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 in Football League Division 1

05/03/1960 Chelsea beat Luton Town 3-0 in Football League Division 1

12/03/1960 Chelsea lost to Everton 1-6 in Football League Division 1

14/03/1960 Chelsea beat Boston United 4-1 in a friendly

16/03/1960 Peter Corthine transfered to Southend

19/03/1960 Chelsea lost to Blackpool 2-3 in Football League Division 1

30/03/1960 Chelsea lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in Football League Division 1

02/04/1960 Chelsea beat Manchester City 3-0 in Football League Division 1

09/04/1960 Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 in Football League Division 1

15/04/1960 Chelsea lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 in Football League Division 1

16/04/1960 Chelsea drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in Football League Division 1

16/04/1960 Rafael Benitez born

18/04/1960 Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in Football League Division 1

23/04/1960 Chelsea lost to Bolton Wanderers 0-2 in Football League Division 1

30/04/1960 Chelsea lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-5 in Football League Division 1

00/05/1960 Dennis Butler signed professional forms

07/05/1960 Joseph Spottiswood died

15/05/1960 Gary Chivers born

28/05/1960 Bobby Evans transfered from Celtic for 12,000

00/06/1960 Allan Harris signed professional forms

02/06/1960 Joe McLaughlin born

28/06/1960 Eric McMillan transfered to Hull City for 2,000

Players Statistics

 

Appearances

Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
PR Sillett 41 6 2 1 43 7
J Greaves 40 29 2 1 42 30
SJ Anderton 40 1 2 42 1
P Brabrook 39 7 2 2 41 9
F Blunstone 37 5 2 1 39 6
RD Matthews 33 2 35
JA Mortimore 33 33
S Crowther 30 2 32
C Livesey 25 9 2 1 27 10
RA Tindall 24 6 24 6
JC Sillett 21 2 23
J Brooks 20 5 2 22 5
M Scott 9 2 11
J Compton 8 8
R Whittaker 8 8
A Nicholas 7 1 7 1
PP Bonetti 6 6
K Shellito 5 5
M Harrison 5 2 5 2
LW Allen 5 1 5 1
E McMillan 5 5
DW Gibbs 4 1 4 1
D Cliss 4 4
RV Tambling 4 1 4 1
WG Robertson 3 3
MJ Block 2 2
P Corthine 2 2
BJ Bridges 1 1
TF Venables 1 1
Own Goal 2 2

Disciplinary

SY=Single Yellow    DY=Double Yellow (Red)

SR=Straight Red

Sq Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR
S Crowther 1 1
Total 1 1