Season

1959-60

Manchester UnitedSir Matt Busby

7thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.6
goal difference
2.4 scored · 1.9 conceded
45
Played
47%
Win rate

Season in brief

7th of 22 in the First Division, down from 2nd the year before. Dennis Viollet led the scoring with 32 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 109 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Burnley42P · 24W 7D 11L · GD +2455
  3. 5Sheffield Wednesday42P · 19W 11D 12L · GD +2149
  4. 6Bolton Wanderers42P · 20W 8D 14L · GD +848
  5. 7Manchester United42P · 19W 7D 16L · GD +2245
  6. 8Newcastle United42P · 18W 8D 16L · GD +444
  7. 9Preston North End42P · 16W 12D 14L · GD +344
  9. 21Leeds United42P · 12W 10D 20L · GD -2734
  10. 22Luton Town42P · 9W 12D 21L · GD -2330

Slice: the final First Division table for 1959-60, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

45 matches
22 Aug 1959 @ West Bromwich Albion: 2–326 Aug 1959 v Chelsea: 0–129 Aug 1959 v Newcastle United: 3–22 Sep 1959 @ Chelsea: 6–35 Sep 1959 @ Birmingham City: 1–19 Sep 1959 v Leeds United: 6–012 Sep 1959 v Tottenham Hotspur: 1–516 Sep 1959 @ Leeds United: 2–219 Sep 1959 @ Manchester City: 0–326 Sep 1959 @ Preston North End: 0–43 Oct 1959 v Leicester City: 4–110 Oct 1959 v Arsenal: 4–217 Oct 1959 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–324 Oct 1959 v Sheffield Wednesday: 3–131 Oct 1959 @ Blackburn Rovers: 1–17 Nov 1959 v Fulham: 3–314 Nov 1959 @ Bolton Wanderers: 1–121 Nov 1959 v Luton Town: 4–128 Nov 1959 @ Everton: 1–25 Dec 1959 v Blackpool: 3–112 Dec 1959 @ Nottingham Forest: 5–119 Dec 1959 v West Bromwich Albion: 2–326 Dec 1959 v Burnley: 1–228 Dec 1959 @ Burnley: 4–12 Jan 1960 @ Newcastle United: 3–79 Jan 1960 @ Derby County: 4–216 Jan 1960 v Birmingham City: 2–123 Jan 1960 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–230 Jan 1960 @ Liverpool: 3–16 Feb 1960 v Manchester City: 0–013 Feb 1960 v Preston North End: 1–120 Feb 1960 v Sheffield Wednesday: 0–124 Feb 1960 @ Leicester City: 1–327 Feb 1960 @ Blackpool: 6–05 Mar 1960 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 0–219 Mar 1960 v Nottingham Forest: 3–126 Mar 1960 @ Fulham: 5–030 Mar 1960 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 2–42 Apr 1960 v Bolton Wanderers: 2–09 Apr 1960 @ Luton Town: 3–215 Apr 1960 @ West Ham United: 1–216 Apr 1960 v Blackburn Rovers: 1–018 Apr 1960 v West Ham United: 5–323 Apr 1960 @ Arsenal: 2–530 Apr 1960 v Everton: 5–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.