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NUFC 1959/60 - Season Review


Div 18th
FA CupR3
Attendance36,037
ChairmanW McKeag > W Hurford
ManagerC Mitten
TrainerN Smith
CaptainB Stokoe
Top ScorerL White (29)

United once again opened with a 5-1 defeat at home; this time Spurs were their vanquishers and by the end of October they had slumped into 18th. But in the next game they beat Everton 8-2 and they went off on a goal blitz, scoring 33 goals in only ten games, including a 7-3 victory over Man Utd.

Eastham, Allchurch and White had formed a devastating inside forward combination which was as good as any in the country. By the end of March they had climbed to 5th, but one win in the last seven meant they settled in 8th.

In the FA Cup 3rd Round they played out a couple of classics against Wolves but lost the replay at Molineux 4-2.

With Wally Hurford now installed as Chairman it seemed possible that peace was about to break out; in reality the club's troubles were only just beginning.

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Competitions


League Division 1



22/8 H Tottenham L 1-5
26/8 A Birmingham L 3-4
29/8 A Man Utd L 2-3
02/9 H Birmingham W 1-0
05/9 H Preston L 1-2
09/9 A WBA D 2-2
12/9 A Leicester W 2-0
16/9 H WBA D 0-0
19/9 H Burnley L 1-3
26/9 A Leeds W 3-2
03/10 H WHU D 0-0
10/10 H Nottm F W 2-1
17/10 A Fulham L 3-4
24/10 H Bolton L 0-2
31/10 A Wolves L 0-2
07/11 H Everton W 8-2
14/11 A Blackpool L 0-2
21/11 H Blackburn W 3-1
28/11 A Man City W 4-3
05/12 H Arsenal W 4-1
12/12 A Luton W 4-3
19/12 A Tottenham L 0-4
26/12 A Chelsea D 2-2
28/12 H Chelsea D 1-1
02/1 H Man Utd W 7-3
16/1 A Preston W 2-1
23/1 H Leicester L 0-2
06/2 A Burnley L 1-2
13/2 H Leeds W 2-1
20/2 A WHU W 5-3
27/2 A Arsenal L 0-1
05/3 H Fulham W 3-1
12/3 A Bolton W 4-1
19/3 H Luton W 3-2
25/3 A Everton W 2-1
02/4 H Blackpool D 1-1
09/4 A Blackburn D 1-1
15/4 H Sheff Wed D 3-3
16/4 H Wolves W 1-0
18/4 A Sheff Wed L 0-2
23/4 A Nottm F L 0-3
30/4 H Man City L 0-1
W D L F A Pts
01 Burnley 24 7 11 85 61 55
02 Wolves 24 6 12 106 67 54
03 Tottenham 21 11 10 86 50 53
04 West Brom 19 11 12 83 57 49
05 Sheff Wed 19 11 12 80 59 49
06 Bolton 20 8 14 59 51 48
07 Man Utd 19 7 16 102 80 45
08 Newcastle 18 8 16 82 78 44
09 Preston 16 12 14 79 76 44
10 Fulham 17 10 15 73 80 44
11 Blackpool 15 10 17 59 71 40
12 Leicester 13 13 16 66 75 39
13 Arsenal 15 9 18 68 80 39
14 West Ham 16 6 20 75 91 38
15 Everton 13 11 18 73 78 37
16 Man City 17 3 22 78 84 37
17 Blackburn 16 5 21 60 70 37
18 Chelsea 14 9 19 76 91 37
19 Birmingham 13 10 19 63 80 36
20 Nottm Forest 13 9 20 50 74 35
21 Leeds 12 10 20 65 92 34
22 Luton 9 12 21 50 73 30


FA Cup


FAC 09/1 H Wolves D 2-2
FAC 13/1 A Wolves L 2-4

Squad and Team



PlayerAG
Allchurch I 43 14
Bell J 40 5
Eastham G 44 20
Ferguson B 1
Franks A 3
Gilfillan B 5
Hale K 1 2
Harvey B 32
Heslop G 9
Hughes G 33 5
Keith D 24
Luke G 25 2
Malcolm G 1
Marshall T 1
McGuigan J 1
McKinney B 8
McMichael A 43
Mitchell B 15
Mitchell S 9
Mitten J 6 3
Scott M 5 2
Scoular J 34
Simpson R 3
Stokoe B 33
Tait Alex 4 1
Taylor H 5
White L 42 29
Whitehead B 12
Wright B 2

Total Number of Games: 44

Total Number of Players Used: 29

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Figure in brackets = total players used in that position.

01: (3) Harvey or Mitchell

02: (3) Keith or Whitehead

03: (2) McMichael

04: (3) Scoular

05: (3) Stokoe

06: (3) Bell

07: (6) Hughes

08: (3) Eastham

09: (4) White

10: (2) Allchurch

11: (6) Mitchell > Luke


Player Moves


Toon In

Name Date From Fee
Wilson James 09/59 Shotts Bon Accord £750
Gilfillan Robert 10/59 Cowdenbeath £4,000
Garrow Herbert 02/60 Fochabers £1,150
Wilson William 03/60 Walkerburn Jnrs
Tuohy Liam 05/60 Shamrock R £9,500

H Garrow

B Gilfillan

L Touhy


Toon Out

Name Date To Fee
Nesbitt John cs/59 ??
Curry William 07/59 Brighton £13,000
Redhead William 08/59 Gateshead Free
Wright Billy 08/59 Plymouth £5,150
Cooper Joseph /59 Released
Wilson Carl 01/60 Gateshead £410
Franks Albert 03/60 Rangers £6,500

B Curry

A Franks

B Wright

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