1959–60 Middlesbrough F.C. season
1959–60 season | |
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Chairman | Eric Thomas |
Manager | Bob Dennison |
Stadium | Ayresome Park |
Division Two | 5th |
FA Cup | 3rd round |
Top goalscorer | League: Brian Clough (39) All: Clough (40) |
The 1959–60 season was Middlesbrough's 77th year in existence and 6th consecutive season in the Division Two. Also the club competed in the FA Cup.
Summary
[edit ]In his fifth season as manager Bob Dennison took off Boro to the 5th place just 10 points below promotion to Division One. Forward Brian Clough scored 40 goals with another brilliant partnership among Alan Peacock and aimed by assists from Scottish Forward Fernie. Clough was the Division Two topscorer again for the second consecutive season. [1] The midfield was hit by injuries with Harris and Hilliday delivered a decent performance, meanwhile Day and Burbeck were out for several rounds. [2] McNeil clinched the left back position as starter. [3] In spite of a premier class offensive line, Boro again collapsed due to a weak defensive hit by injuries of Stonehouse and Phillips [4] not being regular starters among Bilcliff and McNeil [5] allowing a lot of goals against both Goalkeepers Taylor and Million. [6] Also, the squad reached the FA Cup third round being eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday.[7]
Squad
[edit ]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit ]In | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
GK | Bob Appleby | ||
DF | Ken Thomson | Stoke City | |
MF | Don Walker | Leicester City | |
FW | Ronnie Waldock | Plymouth Argyle | |
DF | Derrick Wilkie | ||
MF | Dennis Windross | ||
DF | Norman Liggitt | ||
DF | Len Walker |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
DF | Dicky Robinson | Barrow A.F.C. | |
MF | Ronnie Dicks | ||
DF | Ernie Walley | Tottenham Hotspur | |
DF | Brian Jordan | York City | |
FW | Joe Scott | Hartlepools United | |
DF | Joe Birbeck | Grimsby Town F.C. | |
FW | George Crook | ||
MF | Billy Wilkinson |
Results
[edit ]Second Division
[edit ]League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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3 | Liverpool | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 90 | 66 | 1.364 | 50 |
4 | Sheffield United | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 68 | 51 | 1.333 | 50 |
5 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 90 | 64 | 1.406 | 48 |
6 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 73 | 52 | 1.404 | 47 |
7 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 90 | 87 | 1.034 | 47 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Results by round
[edit ]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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Ground | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
Result | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D |
Position | 14 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Champions, Promoted to 1959-60 Division One ; = Promoted to 1959–60 Division One ; = Relegated to 1959–60 Division Three
Matches
[edit ]48' Billy Day
75' Eddie Holliday
80' Bill Harris Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 19,537
Referee: FV Stringer
Attendance: 29,122
Referee: L Howarth
Peacock 80', 89' 6 Wilf Carter 58'
Wally Bellett 84' Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 22,562
Referee: LN Peake
Clough 28'
Billy Day 46'
Bill Harris 70' (pen.) 5 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 28,368
85' Bill Harris Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: RJ Leafe
Mike Bowering 48' 2 6', 86' Peacock
43' Clough Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 22,024
Clough 50', 63' 3 67' Barrie Thomas Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 27,979
Referee: F Cowen
Clough 79' 4 26', 70' Andy Graver Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 24,007
Referee: R Ryalls
Ken Facey 41' (pen.)
Tommy Johnston 82' 5 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 15,600
Billy Day 64'
Bill Harris 75' 4 80' Alfie Biggs Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 24,357
Referee: A Holland
Herbie Williams 51'
Colin Webster 68' 4 44' Eddie Holliday Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 13,889
Referee: KA Collinge
Eddie Holliday 46'
Bill Harris 53' (pen.) 4 13' Denis Foreman Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 19,677
Referee: E Crawford
Frank Bowyer 80' 4 60', 67', 73' Clough
35' Eddie Holliday
37' Billy Day Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 15,195
Referee: K Dagnall
Derek McLean 51' 4 Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 19,980
Referee: L Howarth
Bill Harris 84' (pen.)
Brian Clough 85' 4 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 36,184
Referee: P Rhodes
Johnny Williams 89' 4 Alan Peacock 21'
Brian Clough 71' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 20,854
Referee: RE Smith
Bill Harris 83' (pen.)
Roger Hunt 41' 4 12' (o.g.) Ken Thomson
35' Dave Hickson Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 28,800
Referee: RH Windle
Attendance: 16,487
Referee: H Horner
Bill Harris 27' (pen.)
Derek McLean 32', 70' 4 40' Jimmy Rogers
54' Malcolm Graham
85' (pen.) Tommy Cavanagh Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 17,871
Referee: LJ Tirebuck
Attendance: 10,817
Referee: JS McLoughlin
Alan O'Neill 48' 3 16' Ronnie Waldock
54' (pen.) Bill Harris Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 37,059
Referee: J Kelly
Derek Hawksworth 24', 85'
Bert Linnecor 26'
Roy Chapman 39' 4 21', 64' Brian Clough Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 9,780
Eddie Holliday 40'
Brian Clough 83', 84' 4 3' Jimmy Leadbetter Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 13,336
Referee: KA Collinge
Derek 'Doc' Pace 65' 3 61' Ron Simpson Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 18,113
Referee: H Webb
Ian McNeill 46' 6 54' (o.g.) Roy Jennings
67' Brian Clough Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 17,526
Referee: IR Rosekilly
Tommy Johnston 83' 5 50' Eddie Brown Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 13,044
FA Cup
[edit ]Keith Ellis 46' 89' Brian Clough Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 49,580
Referee: KJ Seddon
Statistics
[edit ]Squad statistics
[edit ]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Football League Division Two |
FA Cup |
Other | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | England ENG | Peter Taylor | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | England ENG | Ray Bilcliff | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | England ENG | Brian Phillips | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | England ENG | Mick McNeil | 43 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | Wales WAL | Bill Harris | 36 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | Ray Yeoman | 43 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | England ENG | Billy Day | 19 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | Scotland SCO | Willie Fernie | 40 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | England ENG | Brian Clough | 42 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | England ENG | Alan Peacock | 36 | 13 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | England ENG | Eddie Holliday | 42 | 9 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | England ENG | Bob Appleby | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Ken Thomson | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | England ENG | Derek McLean | 17 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | England ENG | Derek Stonehouse | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | England ENG | Ron Burbeck | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | Don Walker | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | England ENG | Ronnie Waldock | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | England ENG | Ray Barnard | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | England ENG | Esmond Million | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | England ENG | Derrick Wilkie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | England ENG | Alan Rodgerson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | England ENG | Carl Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | England ENG | Dennis Windross | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | England ENG | Norman Liggitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | England ENG | Len Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit ]- ^ Warren, Dan (14 July 2006). "The worst scandal of them all". BBC Sport.
- ^ Willie Fernie: Footballer whose beguiling skills earned him the sobriquet 'Scotland's Stanley Matthews', The Independent, 16 July 2011
- ^ "Ronald Burbeck: International stats". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Darlington ace Yeoman dies". 17 March 2004.
- ^ England statistics for Mick McNeil at englandstats.com
- ^ Stewart, Rob (27 March 2009). "Brian Clough: a man not afraid to make enemies" . The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ BBC Four – Timeshift, Series 7, A Game of Two Eras: 1957 v 2007