1959–60 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
1959–60 season
Chairman
Manager Stan Cullis
First Division 2nd
FA Cup Winners
FA Charity Shield Winners
European Cup Quarter-Finals
Top goalscorer League: Murray (29)
All: Murray (34)
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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.

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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 Football League FA Cup FA Charity Shield European Cup 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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