1959–60 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 1959–60 season was Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club's 63rd of competitive football, 23rd consecutive year in the English top flight. It was the club's chance of a hat-trick of titles after successfully defending it in the last two seasons they lost to Burnley by one point. They won the FA Cup and FA Charity Shield and reached the Quarter-finals in the European Cup.

1 Results
2 Players Used
- 2.1 Top scorer
- 2.2 Most appearances
3 First Division Results by round
4 References

Results

Final League Table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Burnley	42	24	7	11	85	61	1.393	55
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	24	6	12	106	67	1.582	54
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	11	10	86	50	1.720	53

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

First Division

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FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
09 January 1960	R3	Newcastle United	St James' Park	2–2	62,443	Clamp, Flowers
13 January 1960	R3 Replay	Newcastle United	Molineux Stadium	4–2	39,902	Deeley, Flowers, Horne, Murray
30 January 1960	R4	Charlton Athletic	Molineux Stadium	2–1	37,026	Broadbent, Horne
20 February 1960	R5	Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	4–1	25,714	Mason 2, Clamp, Murray
12 March 1960	QF	Leicester City	Filbert Street	2–1	48,907	Broadbent, Chalmers (Own Goal)
26 March 1960	SF	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	1–0	55,596	Deeley
07 May 1960	F	Blackburn Rovers	Wembley Stadium	3–0	98,776	McGrath (o.g.), Deeley 2

FA Charity Shield

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 1958	Nottingham Forest	Molineux Stadium	3–1	33,329	Lill, Murray, Broadbent

European Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 September 1959	Preliminary Round 1st Leg	Vorwärts Berlin	Stadion der Weltjugend	1–2	65,000	Broadbent
07 October 1959	Preliminary Round 2nd Leg	Vorwärts Berlin	Molineux Stadium	2–0	55,747	Broadbent, Deeley
Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate
11 November 1959	First Round 1st Leg	Red Star Belgrade	Partizan Stadium	1–1	62,000	Deeley
24 November 1959	First Round 2nd Leg	Red Star Belgrade	Molineux Stadium	3–0	55,519	Mason 2, Murray
Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate
10 February 1960	Quarter Final 1st Leg	Barcelona	Nou Camp	0–4	80,000
02 March 1960	Quarter Final 2nd Leg	Barcelona	Molineux Stadium	2–5	55,535	Murray, Mason
Barcelon on 9–2 on aggregate

Players Used

Pos.	Nationality	Player	Total
1	Scotland	Malcolm Finlayson, Malcolm Finlayson	'0
2	South Africa	Eddie Stuart, Eddie Stuart	'0
3	Wales	Gwyn Jones, Gwyn Jones	'0
4	England	Eddie Clamp, Eddie Clamp	'0
5	England	George Showell, George Showell	'0
6	England	Ron Flowers, Ron Flowers	'0
7	England	Mickey Lill, Mickey Lill	'0
8	England	Bobby Mason, Bobby Mason	'0
9	England	Jimmy Murray, Jimmy Murray	'0
10	England	Peter Broadbent, Peter Broadbent	'0
11	England	Norman Deeley, Norman Deeley	'0
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Top scorer

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Most appearances

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First Division Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
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References

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. seasons

1880–81 · 1881–82 · 1882–83 · 1883–84 · 1884–85 · 1885–86 · 1888–87 · 1887–88 · 1888–89 · 1889–90
1890–91 · 1891–92 · 1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96 · 1896–97 · 1897–98 · 1898–99 · 1899–00
1900–01 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1904–05 · 1905–06 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10
1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1912–13 · 1913–14 · 1914–15 · 1915–16 · 1916–17 · 1917–18 · 1918–19 · 1919–20
1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30
1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40
1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50
1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60
1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70
1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80
1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90
1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00
2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10
2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 ·

1959–60 in English football

« 1958–59 1960–61 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • Charity Shield

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division • Fourth Division)

Lower leagues	Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	European Cup · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Related to national team	Walter Winterbottom • Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Burnley · Chelsea · Everton · Fulham · Leeds United · Leicester City · Luton Town · Manchester City · Manchester United · Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest · Preston North End · Sheffield Wednesday · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol City · Bristol Rovers · Cardiff City · Charlton Athletic · Derby County · Huddersfield Town · Hull City · Ipswich Town · Leyton Orient · Lincoln City · Liverpool · Middlesbrough · Plymouth Argyle · Portsmouth · Rotherham United · Scunthorpe United · Sheffield United · Stoke City · Sunderland · Swansea Town

Third Division	Accrington Stanley · Barnsley · Bradford City · Brentford · Bury · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Coventry City · Grimsby Town · Halifax Town · Mansfield Town · Newport County · Norwich City · Port Vale · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Southend United · Southampton · Stockport County · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Wrexham · York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot · Barrow · Bournemouth · Bradford Park Avenue · Carlisle United · Chester · Crewe Alexandra · Crystal Palace · Darlington · Doncaster Rovers · Exeter City · Gateshead · Gillingham · Hartlepools United · Millwall · Northampton Town · Notts County · Oldham Athletic · Rochdale · Shrewsbury Town · Southport · Torquay United · Walsall · Watford · Workington