1959–60 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers

1959–60 season
Manager	Stan Cullis
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Winners
FA Charity Shield	Winners
European Cup	Quarter-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Murray (29) All: Jimmy Murray (34)
Highest home attendance	56,283 (vs Tottenham Hotspur, 23 April 1960)
Lowest home attendance	21,546 (vs Leeds United, 14 November 1959)
Average home league attendance	36,201 (league), 38,350 (all competitions)
Home colours

The 1959–60 season was the 61st season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the First Division, then the highest level of English football.

The club were narrowly denied a third consecutive league title after Burnley finished one point ahead of them. They did however win both the FA Cup (for a fourth and final time) as well as the FA Charity Shield and also reach the quarter-final stage of the European Cup.

Results

Football League First Division

Final 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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 August 1959	Birmingham City	St Andrews	W 1–0	41,260
26 August 1959	Sheffield Wednesday	Molineux	W 3–1	37,397
29 August 1959	Arsenal	Molineux	D 3-3	45,885
2 September 1959	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	D 2-2	45,145
5 September 1959	Manchester City	Maine Road	W 6–4	43,650
9 September 1959	Fulham	Craven Cottage	L 1–3	32,447
12 September 1959	Blackburn Rovers	Molineux	W 3–1	39,001
16 September 1959	Fulham	Molineux	W 9–0	41,692
19 September 1959	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	L 1–3	35,303
26 September 1959	Everton	Molineux	W 2–0	35,230
3 October 1959	Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	W 5–1	22,908
10 October 1959	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	L 1–5	59,344
17 October 1959	Manchester United	Molineux	W 3–2	45,451
24 October 1959	Preston North End	Deepdale	L 3–4	22,612
31 October 1959	Newcastle United	Molineux	W 2–0	33,999
7 November 1959	Burnley	Turf Moor	L 1–4	27,793
14 November 1959	Leeds United	Molineux	W 4–2	21,546
21 November 1959	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	L 2–3	38,000
28 November 1959	Chelsea	Molineux	W 3–1	32,894
5 December 1959	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	W 1–0	48,759
12 December 1959	Leicester City	Molineux	L 0–3	25,370
19 December 1959	Birmingham City	Molineux	W 2–0	22,363
26 December 1959	Bolton Wanderers	Burnden Park	L 1–2	36,039
28 December 1959	Bolton Wanderers	Molineux	L 0–1	28,424
2 January 1960	Arsenal	Highbury	D 2-2	47,854
16 January 1960	Manchester City	Molineux	W 4–2	27,864
23 January 1960	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	W 1–0	30,200
6 February 1960	Blackpool	Molineux	D 1-1	36,347
13 February 1960	Everton	Goodison Park	W 2–0	51,135
23 February 1960	Luton Town	Molineux	W 3–2	30,059
27 February 1960	West Bromwich Albion	Molineux	W 3–1	49,791
5 March 1960	Manchester United	Old Trafford	W 2–0	60,560
16 March 1960	Preston North End	Molineux	D 3-3	28,760
19 March 1960	Leicester City	Filbert Street	L 1–2	25,660
30 March 1960	Burnley	Molineux	W 6–1	33,953
2 April 1960	Leeds United	Elland Road	W 3–0	29,492
11 April 1960	West Ham United	Molineux	W 5–0	48,086
16 April 1960	Newcastle United	St James Park	L 0–1	47,409
18 April 1960	Nottingham Forest	Molineux	W 3–1	39,834
19 April 1960	Nottingham Forest	City Ground	D 0-0	42,185
23 April 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	Molineux	L 1–3	56,283
30 April 1960	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	W 5–1	61,597

FA Cup

See also: 1959–60 FA Cup

Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

9 January 1960 R3	Newcastle United	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
				Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 62,443

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United

13 January 1960 R3 rep.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–2	Newcastle United	Wolverhampton
				Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 39,082

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic

30 January 1960 R4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Wolverhampton
				Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 37,026

Luton Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers

20 February 1960 R5	Luton Town	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Luton
				Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 25,714

Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

12 March 1960 QF	Leicester City	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester
				Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 40,907

Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers

26 March 1960 SF	Aston Villa	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bromwich
				Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 55,596

Blackburn Rovers v Wolverhampton Wanderers

7 May 1960 Final	Blackburn Rovers	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST			McGrath 41' (o.g.) Deeley 67', 88'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 98,776

FA Charity Shield

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

15 August 1958	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
	Broadbent Lill Murray		Wilson	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 32,329

European Cup

See also: 1959–60 European Cup

Vorwärts Berlin v Wolverhampton Wanderers

20 September 1959 Prel.1	Vorwärts Berlin	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	East Berlin, East Germany
	Nöldner 24' Kohle 29'		Broadbent 15'	Stadium: Walter Ulbricht Stadium Attendance: 65,000

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Vorwärts Berlin

7 October 1959 Prel.2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Vorwärts Berlin	Wolverhampton
	Mason 60' Broadbent 75'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 55,747

Red Star Belgrade v Wolverhampton Wanderers

11 November 1959 Rdof16.1	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
	Kostić 37'		Deeley 29'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 62,000

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Red Star Belgrade

24 November 1959 Rdof16.2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Red Star Belgrade	Wolverhampton
	Murray 8' Mason 85', 89'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 55,519

Barcelona v Wolverhampton Wanderers

10 February 1960 QF.1	Barcelona	4–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Barcelona, Spain
	Villaverde 8', 80' Kubala 16' Evaristo 65'			Stadium: Nou Camp Attendance: 80,000

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Barcelona

2 March 1960 QF.2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–5 (2–9 agg.)	Barcelona	Wolverhampton
	Murray 35' Mason 78'		Martínez 29' Kocsis 44', 49', 74' Villaverde 85'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 55,535

Players Used

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

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