1959–60 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
1959–60 season
Manager Scotland Bill Shankly (from 1 December 1959)
England Phil Taylor (to 17 November 1959)
Second Division 3rd
FA Cup Fourth Round
Top goalscorer League:
England Roger Hunt (21)
All:
England Roger Hunt (23)
Highest home attendance 56,736 (v Manchester United, FA Cup, 30 Jan)
Lowest home attendance 19,411 (v Derby County, League, 6 Apr)
Average home league attendance 31,859
Home colours
Away colours
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 season was the 68th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and was their 5th consecutive year in the Second Division, and covers the period from 1959-08-22 to 1960-04-30.

Pre-season

On 12 June, having spent three years at Liverpool and missing only six matches, 29-year-old goalkeeper Tommy Younger was allowed to leave to take on a player-manager role at Scottish Second Division side Falkirk. In exchange, Liverpool signed Falkirk's 23-year-old goalkeeper Bert Slater. Slater had made 134 appearances for Falkirk, winning a Scottish Cup winners medal in the process, before the club were relegated at the end of the 1958-59 season. Slater was small for a goalkeeper standing at just 5 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1.740 m) and was nicknamed 'Shorty' but he was immediately put into the Liverpool goal upon his arrival.

There were promotions to the first-team for local-born 22-year-old defender John Nicholson and 18-year-old inside forward Willie Carlin - the latter a promising youngster who had represented his country at schoolboy and youth levels; 19-year-old full back Alan Jones, a Welsh schoolboy international who had signed professional forms for Liverpool two years earlier; Wrexham-born forward Reginald Blore who had risen through the junior ranks at Anfield; 17-year-old midfielder Ian Callaghan from Toxteth, considered by Liverpool legend Billy Liddell to be his successor; and 20-year-old striker Roger Hunt, signed a year earlier by Phil Taylor when he was brought to his attention playing for Stockton Heath.

Taylor resigned as manager on 17 November and was succeeded by Bill Shankly on 14 December.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Results

Second Division

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
22-Aug-59 Cardiff City A 2–3 Own Goal  38', 42' 34,000 Report Report
26-Aug-59 Bristol City H 4–2 Liddell  4', 30' Melia  53 pen' A'Court  65' 33,071 Report Report
29-Aug-59 Hull City H 5–3 Harrower  52' Melia  58' Moran  65' A'Court  80' Liddell  85' 35,520 Report Report
01-Sep-59 Bristol City A 0–1 22,528 Report Report
05-Sep-59 Sheffield United A 1–2 Morrissey  62' 25,073 Report Report
09-Sep-59 Scunthorpe United H 2–0 Melia  25' Hunt  64' 31,713 Report Report
12-Sep-59 Middlesbrough H 1–2 Liddell  7' 39,000 Report Report
17-Sep-59 Scunthorpe United A 1–1 Melia  21' 18,851 Report Report
19-Sep-59 Derby County A 2–1 A'Court  30' Hunt  58' 11,822 Report Report
26-Sep-59 Plymouth Argyle H 4–1 Melia  12' A'Court  43' Hunt  56' Moran  78' 29,278 Report Report
03-Oct-59 Swansea Town A 4–5 Own Goal  8' Melia  pen 28' Hunt  32' Moran  70' 16,500 Report Report
10-Oct-59 Brighton & Hove Albion H 2–2 A'Court  20' Melia  39' 30,366 Report Report
17-Oct-59 Stoke City A 1–1 Harrower  53' 17,000 Report Report
24-Oct-59 Portsmouth H 1–1 Moran  5' 21,075 Report Report
31-Oct-59 Sunderland A 1–1 Hunt  80' 30,208 Report Report
07-Nov-59 Aston Villa H 2–1 Hickson  54', 82' 49,981 Report Report
14-Nov-59 Lincoln City A 2–4 Hickson  28' Hunt  84' 10,801 Report Report
21-Nov-59 Leyton Orient H 4–3 Morris  15', 81' Melia  32' Hickson  50' 34,321 Report Report
28-Nov-59 Huddersfield Town A 0–1 16,185 Report Report
05-Dec-59 Ipswich Town H 3–1 Hunt  33', 39' Hickson  44' 24,843 Report Report
12-Dec-59 Bristol Rovers A 2–0 Melia  9', 85' 15,615 Report Report
19-Dec-59 Cardiff City H 0–4 27,291 Report Report
26-Dec-59 Charlton Athletic A 0–3 15,491 Report Report
28-Dec-59 Charlton Athletic H 2–0 A'Court  58' Hunt  63' 25,658 Report Report
02-Jan-60 Hull City A 1–0 Melia  31' 18,681 Report Report
16-Jan-60 Sheffield United H 3–0 Melia  9' Hunt  15', 68' 33,297 Report Report
23-Jan-60 Middlesbrough A 3–3 Own goal  10' Hickson  35' Hunt  40' 28,550 Report Report
13-Feb-60 Plymouth Argyle A 1–1 Hickson  32' 16,996 Report Report
20-Feb-60 Swansea Town H 4–1 Hickson  11', 44' Hunt  58', 89' 31,663 Report Report
27-Feb-60 Brighton & Hove Albion A 2–1 Hickson  40', 60' 21,118 Report Report
05-Mar-60 Stoke City H 5–1 Hunt  14' Harrower  19', 58' Liddell  39' Hickson  51' 35,101 Report Report
12-Mar-60 Portsmouth A 1–2 Harrower  13' 14,622 Report Report
19-Mar-60 Huddersfield Town H 2–2 Hickson  13' Wheeler  16' 30,009 Report Report
30-Mar-60 Aston Villa A 4–4 Hunt  20' Hickson  25', 60' Molyneux  44' 27,000 Report Report
02-Apr-60 Lincoln City H 1–3 Moran  pen 30' 24,081 Report Report
06-Apr-60 Derby County H 4–1 Hunt  59' A'Court  63' Wheeler  68' Hickson  75' 19,411 Report Report
09-Apr-60 Leyton Orient A 0–2 13,007 Report Report
16-Apr-60 Bristol Rovers H 4–0 Melia  21' A'Court  56' Campbell  59' Hunt  67' 27,317 Report Report
18-Apr-60 Rotherham United H 3–0 Hunt  35' Hickson  65', 82' 26,776 Report Report
19-Apr-60 Rotherham United A 2–2 Hickson  51' Hunt  73' 10,123 Report Report
23-Apr-60 Ipswich Town A 1–0 Hickson  5' 12,048 Report Report
30-Apr-60 Sunderland H 3–0 Hickson  8' Hunt  47' Melia  85' 25,916 Report Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1959–60 FA Cup
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
09-Jan-60 Leyton Orient H 2–1 Hunt  1', 90' 40,343 Report Report
30-Jan-60 Manchester United H 1–3 Wheeler  36' 56,736 Report Report

References

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