1959-60 season

1959-60 season
General information
Manager	Phil Taylor Bill Shankly
Captain	Ronnie Moran
Performance
Division 2	3rd
FA Cup	4th round
Top scorers
League	Hickson (21) Hunt (21)
FA Cup	Hunt (2)
Overall	Hunt (23)
Attendances
Average	31,859
←1958-59	1960-61→

The 1959-60 season was Liverpool's 68th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Doug Rudham
• GK. Bert Slater
• DF. Gerry Byrne
• DF. Dick White
• DF. Allan Jones
• DF. John Molyneux
• DF. Ronnie Moran
• DF. Geoff Twentyman
• DF. John Nicholson
• MF. Ian Callaghan
• MF. Robert Campbell
• MF. Barry Wilkinson
• MF. Johnny Wheeler
• MF. James Harrower
• MF. John Morrissey
• MF. Reginald Blore
• MF. Tommy Leishman
• MF. Billy Liddell
• MF. Fred Morris
• MF. Alan A'Court
• FW. Dave Hickson
• FW. Roger Hunt
• FW. Alan Arnell
• FW. Jimmy Melia
• FW. Alan Banks
• FW. Alf Arrowsmith
• FW. Louis Bimpson
• FW. Willie Carlin

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 August 1959	Reds v Whites	2-2	Bimpson, Harrower, Liddell, Banks

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
7 October 1959	Everton	3-0	Hunt (36, 71), Wheeler (86)
28 October 1959	Everton	0-2
23 March 1960	Dundee	0-1

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
22 August 1959	Cardiff	2-3	Malloy (og 38, 42)
26 August 1959	Bristol	4-2	Liddell (4, 30), Melia (pen 53), A'Court (65)
29 August 1959	Hull	5-3	Harrower (52), Melia (58), Moran (65), A'Court (80), Liddell (85)
1 September 1959	Bristol	0-1
5 September 1959	Sheffield United	1-2	Morrissey (62)
9 September 1959	Scunthorpe	2-0	Melia (25), Hunt (64)
12 September 1959	Middlesbrough	1-2	Liddell (7)
17 September 1959	Scunthorpe	1-1	Melia (21)
19 September 1959	Derby	2-1	A'Court (30), Hunt (58)
26 September 1959	Plymouth	4-1	Melia (12), A'Court (43), Hunt (56), Moran (78)
3 October 1959	Swansea	4-5	Kennedy (og 8), Melia (pen 28), Hunt (32), Moran (70)
10 October 1959	Brighton	2-2	A'Court (20), Melia (39)
17 October 1959	Stoke	1-1	Harrower (53)
24 October 1959	Portsmouth	1-1	Moran (5)
31 October 1959	Sunderland	1-1	Hunt (80)
7 November 1959	Aston Villa	2-1	Hickson (54, 82)
14 November 1959	Lincoln	2-4	Hickson (28), Hunt (84)
21 November 1959	Leyton Orient	4-3	Morris (15, 81), Melia (32), Hickson (50)
28 November 1959	Huddersfield	0-1
5 December 1959	Ipswich	3-1	Hunt (33, 39), Hickson (44)
12 December 1959	Bristol Rovers	2-0	Melia (9, 85)
19 December 1959	Cardiff	0-4
26 December 1959	Charlton	0-3
28 December 1959	Charlton	2-0	A'Court (58), Hunt (63)
2 January 1960	Hull	1-0	Melia (31)
16 January 1960	Sheffield United	3-0	Melia (9), Hunt (15, 68)
23 January 1960	Middlesbrough	3-3	Thomson (og 10), Hickson (35), Hunt (40)
13 February 1960	Plymouth	1-1	Hickson (32)
20 February 1960	Swansea	4-1	Hickson (11, 44), Hunt (58, 89)
27 February 1960	Brighton	2-1	Hickson (40, 60)
5 March 1960	Stoke	5-1	Hunt (14), Harrower (19, 58), Liddell (39), Hickson (51)
12 March 1960	Portsmouth	1-2	Harrower (13)
19 March 1960	Huddersfield	2-2	Hickson (13), Wheeler (16)
30 March 1960	Aston Villa	4-4	Hunt (20), Hickson (25, 60), Molyneux (44)
2 April 1960	Lincoln	1-3	Moran (pen 30)
6 April 1960	Derby	4-1	Hunt (59), A'Court (63), Wheeler (68), Hickson (75)
9 April 1960	Leyton Orient	0-2
16 April 1960	Bristol Rovers	4-0	Melia (21), A'Court (56), Campbell (59), Hunt (67)
18 April 1960	Rotherham	3-0	Hunt (35), Hickson (65, 82)
19 April 1960	Rotherham	2-2	Hickson (51), Hunt (73)
23 April 1960	Ipswich	1-0	Hickson (5)
30 April 1960	Sunderland	3-0	Hickson (8), Hunt (47), Melia (85)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	9 January 1960	Leyton Orient	2-1	Hunt (1, 90)
4	30 January 1960	Man Utd	1-3	Wheeler (36)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
2	Cardiff	42	23	12	7	90	62	1.45	58
3	Liverpool	42	20	10	12	90	66	1.36	50
4	Sheffield United	42	19	12	11	68	51	1.33	50

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Alan A'Court	42	8	2	0	44	8
FW	Alan Arnell	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Louis Bimpson	5	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Reginald Blore	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Gerry Byrne	5	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Ian Callaghan	4	0	0	0	4	0
MF	Robert Campbell	13	1	0	0	13	1
DF	Willie Carlin	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	James Harrower	26	5	2	0	28	5
FW	Dave Hickson	27	21	2	0	29	21
FW	Roger Hunt	36	21	2	2	38	23
DF	Allan Jones	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Tommy Leishman	15	0	2	0	17	0
MF	Billy Liddell	17	5	0	0	17	5
FW	Jimmy Melia	34	14	2	0	36	14
DF	John Molyneux	38	1	2	0	40	1
DF	Ronnie Moran	42	5	2	0	44	5
MF	Fred Morris	7	2	0	0	7	2
MF	John Morrissey	9	1	0	0	9	1
DF	John Nicholson	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	Doug Rudham	14	0	0	0	14	0
GK	Bert Slater	28	0	2	0	30	0
DF	Geoff Twentyman	11	0	0	0	11	0
MF	Johnny Wheeler	29	2	2	1	31	3
DF	Dick White	41	0	2	0	43	0
MF	Barry Wilkinson	14	0	0	0	14	0

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Bert Slater	Falkirk	Swap	12 June 1959
Dave Hickson	Everton	£12,000	6 November 1959
Tommy Leishman	St Mirren	£10,000	20 November 1959
Sammy Reid	Motherwell	Free	24 February 1960

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Tommy Younger	Falkirk	Swap	12 June 1959
Bobby Murdoch	Barrow	Free	2 September 1959
Louis Bimpson	Blackburn	Unknown	19 November 1959
Geoff Twentyman	Ballymena Utd	Free	29 March 1960