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1959–60 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1959–60 season of Manchester City}}

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City

| season = 1959–60

| manager = Les McDowall

| stadium = Maine Road

| league = First Division

| league result = 16th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Third Round

| league topscorer = Billy McAdams (22)

| season topscorer = Billy McAdams (22)

| highest attendance = 65,981 vs Burnley
2 May 1960

| lowest attendance = 19,715 vs Leeds United
12 December 1959

| prevseason = 1958–59

| nextseason = 1960–61

}}

The 1959–60 season was Manchester City's 58th season of competitive football and 43rd season in the top division of English football.{{cite news |title=History |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/manchester-city/history |publisher=Statto}} In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup.

First Division

{{main|1959–60 Football League}}

=League table=

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=Results summary=

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=Reports=

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Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 22 August 1959

| Nottingham Forest

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Fagan, Johnstone

| 38,974

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| 26 August 1959

| Fulham

| A

| Craven Cottage

| 2 – 5

| Barlow, Colbridge

| 27,000

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| 29 August 1959

| Sheffield Wednesday

| A

| Hillsborough Stadium

| 0 – 1

|

| 33,479

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| 2 September 1959

| Fulham

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| McAdams, Colbridge

| 37,485

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| 5 September 1959

| Wolverhampton Wanderers

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 - 6

| McAdams (3), Barlow

| 43,650

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| 9 September 1959

| Luton Town

| A

| Kenilworth Road

| 2 – 1

| Hayes, Hannah

| 13,122

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| 12 September 1959

| Arsenal

| A

| Highbury

| 1 – 3

| McAdams

| 38,392

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| 16 September 1959

| Luton Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| Colbridge

| 29,309

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| 19 September 1959

| Manchester United

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 0

| Hayes (2), Hannah

| 58,300

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| 26 September 1959

| Blackburn Rovers

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| McAdams, Hayes

| 41,687

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| 3 October 1959

| Blackpool

| A

| Bloomfield Road

| 3 - 1

| Barlow, Hayes, Colbridge

| 33,226

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| 10 October 1959

| Preston North End

| A

| Deepdale

| 5 – 1

| McAdams (3), Barlow, Cheetham

| 31,546

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| 17 October 1959

| Leicester City

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 2

| McAdams (2), Hayes

| 33,896

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| 24 October 1959

| Burnley

| A

| Turf Moor

| 3 – 4

| Hannah (2), Colbridge

| 28,653

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| 31 October 1959

| Tottenham Hotspur

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| Leivers (pen)

| 45,506

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| 7 November 1959

| West Ham United

| A

| Boleyn Ground

| 1 – 4

| Hayes

| 25,243

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| 14 November 1959

| Chelsea

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Dyson

| 24,364

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| 21 November 1959

| West Bromwich Albion

| A

| The Hawthorns

| 0 – 2

|

| 24,600

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| 28 November 1959

| Newcastle United

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 4

| McAdams (3)

| 28,416

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| 5 December 1959

| Birmingham City

| A

| St Andrews

| 2 – 4

| Hayes, Colbridge

| 18,661

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| 12 December 1959

| Leeds United

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 3

| Barlow (2), McAdams

| 19,715

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| 19 December 1959

| Nottingham Forest

| A

| City Ground

| 2 – 1

| Barlow, (og)

| 13,363

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| 26 December 1959

| Everton

| A

| Goodison Park

| 1 – 2

| Barlow

| 30,580

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| 29 December 1959

| Everton

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 0

| Hayes, McAdams, Fagan, Barlow

| 43,531

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| 2 January 1960

| Sheffield Wednesday

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 1

| McAdams (2), Barlow, Hayes

| 44,167

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| 16 January 1960

| Wolverhampton Wanderers

| A

| Molineux Stadium

| 2 – 4

| Barlow, Colbridge

| 27,864

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| 23 January 1960

| Arsenal

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| McAdams

| 28,441

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| 6 February 1960

| Manchester United

| A

| Old Trafford

| 0 – 0

|

| 59,450

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| 13 February 1960

| Blackburn Rovers

| A

| Ewood Park

| 1 - 2

| Barlow

| 23,731

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| 27 February 1960

| Birmingham City

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 0

| Hayes (2), Barlow

| 23,479

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 5 March 1960

| Leicester City

| A

| Filbert Street

| 0 – 5

|

| 34,009

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 9 March 1960

| Blackpool

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 3

| Barlow, Haydock

| 19,653

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 19 March 1960

| Leeds United

| A

| Elland Road

| 3 – 4

| Gibson (og), Law, Barlow

| 32,545

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| 30 March 1960

| West Ham United

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Barlow, Law, McAdams

| 29,572

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| 2 April 1960

| Chelsea

| A

| Stamford Bridge

| 0 – 3

|

| 36,044

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| 9 April 1960

| West Bromwich Albion

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 1

|

| 24,342

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| 15 April 1960

| Bolton Wanderers

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 0

| Barlow

| 50,053

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| 16 April 1960

| Tottenham Hotspur

| A

| White Hart Lane

| 1 – 0

| McAdams

| 49,767

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| 18 April 1960

| Bolton Wanderers

| A

| Burnden Park

| 1 – 3

| Barlow

| 35,591

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| 23 April 1960

| Preston North End

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Barlow, Colbridge

| 29,812

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| 30 April 1960

| Newcastle United

| A

| St James’ Park

| 1 – 0

| Hayes

| 27,812

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 2 May 1960

| Burnley

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 2

| Colbridge

| 65,981

FA Cup

{{main|1959–60 FA Cup}}

= Reports =

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Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 9 January 1960

| Third round

| Southampton

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 - 5

| Barlow

| 42,064

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|https://www.mancity.com}}

{{Manchester City F.C. seasons}}

{{1959–60 in English football}}

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