1959–60 Arsenal F.C. season

74th season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal 1959–60 football season

Arsenal

1959–60 season

Chairman

Bracewell Smith

Manager

George Swindin

First Division

13th

FA Cup

Third round

Top goalscorer

League: Herd (29)
All: Herd (30)

Average home league attendance

34,318

Home colours

Away colours

← 1958–59

1960–61 →

During the 1959–60 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
11	Blackpool	42	15	10	17	59	71	0.831	40
12	Leicester City	42	13	13	16	66	75	0.880	39
13	Arsenal	42	15	9	18	68	80	0.850	39
14	West Ham United	42	16	6	20	75	91	0.824	38
15	Everton	42	13	11	18	73	78	0.936	37

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 August 1959	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	47,585
26 August 1959	Nottingham Forest	A	3–0	32,386	Danny Clapton 4', 59', 88'
29 August 1959	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–3	45,885	David Herd 52', 68'Danny Clapton 83'
1 September 1959	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	41,585	David Herd 45'
5 September 1959	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	61,011	John Barnwell 90'
9 September 1959	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–0	32,571	David Herd 64'
12 September 1959	Manchester City	H	3–1	38,392	Danny Clapton 33' John Barnwell 44' Joe Haverty 78'
15 September 1959	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	38,795	David Herd 19' Danny Clapton 78'
19 September 1959	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	31,800	David Herd 47'
26 September 1959	Blackpool	H	2–1	47,473	John Barnwell 38' David Herd 71'
3 October 1959	Everton	A	1–3	40,587	John Barnwell 38'
10 October 1959	Manchester United	A	2–4	51,872	Jackie Henderson 14' David Herd 42'
17 October 1959	Preston North End	H	0–3	44,073
24 October 1959	Leicester City	A	2–2	29,152	John Barnwell 52' Jimmy Bloomfield 64'
31 October 1959	Birmingham City	H	3–0	34,605	John Barnwell 3' David Herd 30' Jackie Henderson 65'
7 November 1959	Leeds United	A	2–3	21,500	David Herd 44' Jackie Henderson 62'
14 November 1959	West Ham United	H	1–3	49,760	Jimmy Bloomfield 5'
21 November 1959	Chelsea	A	3–1	52,748	Joe Haverty 9', 28' Jimmy Bloomfield 12'
28 November 1959	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–4	41,157	Vic Groves 2' Jimmy Bloomfield 61'
5 December 1959	Newcastle United	A	1–4	40,031	Joe Haverty 27'
12 December 1959	Burnley	H	2–4	26,249	Joe Haverty 39' Jimmy Bloomfield 43'
19 December 1959	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–5	25,135	Len Julians 16'
26 December 1959	Luton Town	H	0–3	31,331
28 December 1959	Luton Town	A	1–0	27,055	Len Julians 45'
2 January 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	4–4	47,854	Dennis Evans 32' Joe Haverty 41' Mel Charles 47' Len Wills 89' (pen.)
16 January 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3	58,962
23 January 1960	Manchester City	A	2–1	28,441	Kenneth Barnes 36' (own goal) Mel Charles 79'
6 February 1960	Blackburn Rovers	H	5–2	35,633	Mel Charles (3), Joe Haverty, David Herd
13 February 1960	Blackpool	A	1–2	14,868	Mel Charles
20 February 1960	Everton	H	2–1	28,872	Mel Charles (2)
27 February 1960	Newcastle United	H	1–0	47,657	John Barnwell (pen.)
5 March 1960	Preston North End	A	3–0	23,635	Jackie Henderson, Joe Haverty, Jimmy Bloomfield
15 March 1960	Leicester City	H	1–1	27,838	David Herd
19 March 1960	Burnley	A	2–3	20,166	Jackie Henderson (2)
26 March 1960	Leeds United	H	1–1	19,735	David Herd
2 April 1960	West Ham United	A	0–0	29,000
9 April 1960	Chelsea	H	1–4	40,525	Jimmy Bloomfield
15 April 1960	Fulham	H	2–0	37,873	Jackie Henderson, David Herd
16 April 1960	Birmingham City	A	0–3	27,216
18 April 1960	Fulham	A	0–3	31,058
23 April 1960	Manchester United	H	5–2	41,057	Danny Clapton 7' Jimmy Bloomfield 16', 67', 79' Gerry Ward 88'
30 April 1960	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	30,480

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R3	9 January 1960	Rotherham United	A	2–2	24,750
R3 R	13 January 1960	Rotherham United	H	1–1	57,598
R3 2R	18 January 1960	Rotherham United	N	0–2	56,290

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	WAL	Jack Kelsey
-	DF	ENG	Len Wills
-	DF	SCO	John Snedden
-	DF	NIR	Billy McCullough
-	MF	ENG	John Barnwell
-	MF	SCO	Tommy Docherty
-	FW	SCO	David Herd
-	FW	SCO	Jackie Henderson
-	FW	ENG	Vic Groves
-	GK	NIR	Jack McClelland
-	FW	WAL	Mel Charles
-	FW	ENG	George Eastham
-	FW	ENG	Geoff Strong
-	MF	ENG	Danny Clapton
-	MF	ENG	Alan Skirton


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	NIR	Terry Neill
-	DF	ENG	Dave Bacuzzi
-	FW	ENG	Jimmy Bloomfield
-	MF	IRL	Joe Haverty
-	MF	ENG	Gerry Ward
-	DF	NIR	Eddie Magill
-	DF	ENG	Mike Everitt
-	FW	SCO	Peter Kane
-	DF	ENG	Allan Young
-	MF	IRL	Frank O'Neill
-	GK	ENG	Jim Standen
-	FW	ENG	Dennis Clapton
-	MF	WAL	Arfon Griffiths
-	MF	ENG	John Petts

References

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