NUFC 1959/60 - Season Review

NUFC Squad 1959/60

Div 1	8th
FA Cup	R3
Attendance	36,037
Chairman	W McKeag > W Hurford
Manager	C Mitten
Trainer	N Smith
Captain	B Stokoe
Top Scorer	L 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

Player	A	G
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

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

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