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1959–60 Liverpool F.C. season

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English football club season

Liverpool 1959–60 football season

Liverpool

1959–60 season

Manager

Phil Taylor (to 17 November 1959)
Bob Paisley (caretaker until 1 December 1959)
Bill Shankly (from 1 December 1959)

Top goalscorer

League:Roger Hunt (21)
All: Roger Hunt (23)

Highest home attendance

56,736 (vManchester United, FA Cup, 30 Jan)

Lowest home attendance

19,411 (vDerby County, League, 6 Apr)

Average home league attendance

31,859

Home colours

Away colours

← 1958–59

1960–61 →

The1959–60 season was the 68th season inLiverpool F.C.'s existence, and was their sixth consecutive year in theSecond Division.

Pre-season

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On 12 June, having spent three years atLiverpool and missing only six matches, 29-year-oldgoalkeeper Tommy Younger was allowed to leave to take on aplayer-manager role atScottish Second Division sideFalkirk. In exchange, Liverpool signed Falkirk's 23-year-old goalkeeperBert Slater. Slater had made 134 appearances for Falkirk, winning aScottish Cup winners medal in the process, before the club were relegated at the end of the1958-59 season. Slater was small for a goalkeeper standing at just 5 ft8+1⁄2 in (1.740 m) and wasnicknamed 'Shorty' but he was immediately put into the Liverpool goal upon his arrival.

There were promotions to the first-team forlocal-born 22-year-olddefender John Nicholson and 18-year-oldinside forward Willie Carlin - the latter a promising youngster who had represented hiscountry at schoolboy and youth levels; 19-year-oldfull back Alan Jones, aWelsh schoolboy international who had signed professional forms for Liverpool two years earlier;Wrexham-bornforward Reginald Blore who had risen through the junior ranks atAnfield; 17-year-oldmidfielder Ian Callaghan fromToxteth, considered by Liverpool legendBilly Liddell to be his successor; and 20-year-oldstriker Roger Hunt, signed a year earlier byPhil Taylor when he was brought to his attention playing forStockton Heath.

Season summary

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The early stages of the campaign saw Liverpool struggle for consistency, putting manager Phil Taylor under increasing pressure after his previous three seasons in charge had all resulted in narrow failures to achieve promotion. The situation further deteriorated when Liverpool failed to win a single match in October, and while a victory over Aston Villa at the start of November gave hope that the club might have turned the corner, it was followed by a humiliating 4-2 loss to strugglers Lincoln City. This proved the end of the road for Taylor, who resigned three days later with the team stuck in 11th place. First team trainerBob Paisley stepped in as caretaker manager for the next two matches, which saw a 4-3 win over Leyton Orient, and then a 1-0 loss to Huddersfield Town. As it turned out, it would be the Yorkshire side who would provide Liverpool with their next manager, asBill Shankly accepted the offer to take over at Anfield shortly after the match.

Liverpool's form picked up under Shankly, leaving a promotion challenge suddenly looking feasible after all. In the end, their mediocre early-season form and then another poor spell of form around Easter would leave promotion out of their hands, though a third-place finish still represented an improvement of one place on the previous season.

Squad

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Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	ENG	Alan A'Court	44	8	42	8	2	0
	FW	ENG	Alan Arnell	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Louis Bimpson	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	WAL	Reginald Blore	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Gerry Byrne	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ian Callaghan	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Campbell	13	1	13	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Willie Carlin	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Harrower	28	5	26	5	2	0
	FW	ENG	Dave Hickson	29	21	27	21	2	0
	FW	ENG	Roger Hunt	38	23	36	21	2	2
	DF	WAL	Allan Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Leishman	17	0	15	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Liddell	17	5	17	5	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jimmy Melia	36	14	34	14	2	0
	DF	ENG	John Molyneux	40	1	38	1	2	0
	DF	ENG	Ronnie Moran	44	5	42	5	2	0
	MF	ENG	Fred Morris	7	2	7	2	0	0
	MF	ENG	Johnny Morrissey	9	1	9	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Nicholson	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	RSA	Doug Rudham	14	0	14	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Bert Slater	30	0	28	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Geoff Twentyman	11	0	11	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Johnny Wheeler	31	3	29	2	2	1
	DF	ENG	Dick White	43	0	41	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Barry Wilkinson	14	0	14	0	0	0

Results

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Second Division

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Main article:1959–60 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aston Villa(C, P)	42	25	9	8	89	43	2.070	59	Promotion to theFirst Division
2	Cardiff City(P)	42	23	12	7	90	62	1.452	58	Promotion to theFirst Division
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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions;(P) Promoted

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
22-Aug-59	Cardiff City	A	2–3	Own goal 38',42'	34,000	Report	Report
26-Aug-59	Bristol City	H	4–2	Liddell 4',30'Melia 53 pen'A'Court 65'	33,071	Report	Report
29-Aug-59	Hull City	H	5–3	Harrower 52'Melia 58'Moran 65'A'Court 80'Liddell 85'	35,520	Report	Report
01-Sep-59	Bristol City	A	0–1		22,528	Report	Report
05-Sep-59	Sheffield United	A	1–2	Morrissey 62'	25,073	Report	Report
09-Sep-59	Scunthorpe United	H	2–0	Melia 25'Hunt 64'	31,713	Report	Report
12-Sep-59	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	Liddell 7'	39,000	Report	Report
17-Sep-59	Scunthorpe United	A	1–1	Melia 21'	18,851	Report	Report
19-Sep-59	Derby County	A	2–1	A'Court 30'Hunt 58'	11,822	Report	Report
26-Sep-59	Plymouth Argyle	H	4–1	Melia 12'A'Court 43'Hunt 56'Moran 78'	29,278	Report	Report
03-Oct-59	Swansea Town	A	4–5	Own goal 8'Melia pen 28'Hunt 32'Moran 70'	16,500	Report	Report
10-Oct-59	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–2	A'Court 20'Melia 39'	30,366	Report	Report
17-Oct-59	Stoke City	A	1–1	Harrower 53'	17,000	Report	Report
24-Oct-59	Portsmouth	H	1–1	Moran 5'	21,075	Report	Report
31-Oct-59	Sunderland	A	1–1	Hunt 80'	30,208	Report	Report
07-Nov-59	Aston Villa	H	2–1	Hickson 54',82'	49,981	Report	Report
14-Nov-59	Lincoln City	A	2–4	Hickson 28'Hunt 84'	10,801	Report	Report
21-Nov-59	Leyton Orient	H	4–3	Morris 15',81'Melia 32'Hickson 50'	34,321	Report	Report
28-Nov-59	Huddersfield Town	A	0–1		16,185	Report	Report
05-Dec-59	Ipswich Town	H	3–1	Hunt 33',39'Hickson 44'	24,843	Report	Report
12-Dec-59	Bristol Rovers	A	2–0	Melia 9',85'	15,615	Report	Report
19-Dec-59	Cardiff City	H	0–4		27,291	Report	Report
26-Dec-59	Charlton Athletic	A	0–3		15,491	Report	Report
28-Dec-59	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	A'Court 58'Hunt 63'	25,658	Report	Report
02-Jan-60	Hull City	A	1–0	Melia 31'	18,681	Report	Report
16-Jan-60	Sheffield United	H	3–0	Melia 9'Hunt 15',68'	33,297	Report	Report
23-Jan-60	Middlesbrough	A	3–3	Own goal 10'Hickson 35'Hunt 40'	28,550	Report	Report
13-Feb-60	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	Hickson 32'	16,996	Report	Report
20-Feb-60	Swansea Town	H	4–1	Hickson 11',44'Hunt 58',89'	31,663	Report	Report
27-Feb-60	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–1	Hickson 40',60'	21,118	Report	Report
05-Mar-60	Stoke City	H	5–1	Hunt 14'Harrower 19',58'Liddell 39'Hickson 51'	35,101	Report	Report
12-Mar-60	Portsmouth	A	1–2	Harrower 13'	14,622	Report	Report
19-Mar-60	Huddersfield Town	H	2–2	Hickson 13'Wheeler 16'	30,009	Report	Report
30-Mar-60	Aston Villa	A	4–4	Hunt 20'Hickson 25',60'Molyneux 44'	27,000	Report	Report
02-Apr-60	Lincoln City	H	1–3	Moran pen 30'	24,081	Report	Report
06-Apr-60	Derby County	H	4–1	Hunt 59'A'Court 63'Wheeler 68'Hickson 75'	19,411	Report	Report
09-Apr-60	Leyton Orient	A	0–2		13,007	Report	Report
16-Apr-60	Bristol Rovers	H	4–0	Melia 21'A'Court 56'Campbell 59'Hunt 67'	27,317	Report	Report
18-Apr-60	Rotherham United	H	3–0	Hunt 35'Hickson 65',82'	26,776	Report	Report
19-Apr-60	Rotherham United	A	2–2	Hickson 51'Hunt 73'	10,123	Report	Report
23-Apr-60	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	Hickson 5'	12,048	Report	Report
30-Apr-60	Sunderland	H	3–0	Hickson 8'Hunt 47'Melia 85'	25,916	Report	Report

FA Cup

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Main article:1959–60 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
09-Jan-60	Leyton Orient	H	2–1	Hunt 1',90'	40,343	Report	Report
30-Jan-60	Manchester United	H	1–3	Wheeler 36'	56,736	Report	Report

References

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