Football League Fourth Division  1959/60

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Walsall 46 28 9 9 102 60 1.700 65 ▲Champions
2nd  Notts County 46 26 8 12 107 69 1.551 60 ▲Runners Up
3rd  Torquay United 46 26 8 12 84 58 1.448 60 ▲Promoted
4th  Watford 46 24 9 13 92 67 1.373 57 ▲Promoted
5th  Millwall 46 18 17 11 84 61 1.377 53 -
6th  Northampton Town 46 22 9 15 85 63 1.349 53 -
7th  Gillingham 46 21 10 15 74 69 1.072 52 -
8th  Crystal Palace 46 19 12 15 84 64 1.313 50 -
9th  Exeter City 46 19 11 16 80 70 1.143 49 -
10th  Stockport County 46 19 11 16 58 54 1.074 49 -
11th  Bradford Park Avenue 46 17 15 14 70 68 1.029 49 -
12th  Rochdale 46 18 10 18 65 60 1.083 46 -
13th  Aldershot 46 18 9 19 77 74 1.041 45 -
14th  Crewe Alexandra 46 18 9 19 79 88 0.898 45 -
15th  Darlington 46 17 9 20 63 73 0.863 43 -
16th  Workington 46 14 14 18 68 60 1.133 42 -
17th  Doncaster Rovers 46 16 10 20 69 76 0.908 42 -
18th  Barrow 46 15 11 20 77 87 0.885 41 -
19th  Carlisle United 46 15 11 20 51 66 0.773 41 -
20th  Chester 46 14 12 20 59 77 0.766 40 -
21st  Southport 46 10 14 22 48 92 0.522 34 Re-Elected
22nd  Gateshead 46 12 9 25 58 86 0.674 33 Not Re Elected
23rd  Oldham Athletic 46 8 12 26 41 83 0.494 28 Re-Elected
24th  Hartlepools United 46 10 7 29 59 109 0.541 27 Re-Elected

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Election for League Membership

Eighteen non-league clubs challenged the four clubs needing to seek re-election in the vote for League membership.
Votes Club End Result
39 Oldham Athletic Re Elected to the League
35 Peterborough United Elected to the League
34 Hartlepools United Re Elected to the League
29 Southport Re Elected to the League
18 Gateshead Not Re Elected to the League
10 Headington United Not Elected to the League
6 Wigan Athletic Not Elected to the League
3 Chelmsford City Not Elected to the League
2 Bedford Town Not Elected to the League
2 Cambridge City Not Elected to the League
2 Guildford City Not Elected to the League
2 New Brighton Not Elected to the League
2 Romford Not Elected to the League
2 Scarborough Not Elected to the League
2 Worcester City Not Elected to the League
1 Ellesmere Port Town Not Elected to the League
1 Kettering Town Not Elected to the League
1 Morecambe Not Elected to the League
1 South Shields Not Elected to the League
0 Hereford United Not Elected to the League
0 King's Lynn Not Elected to the League
0 Yeovil Town Not Elected to the League

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End of Season Notes

 ▼York City were Relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▼Mansfield Town were Relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▼Wrexham were Relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▼Accrington Stanley were Relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▲Walsall were Promoted to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Notts County were Promoted to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Torquay United were Promoted to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Watford were Promoted to the Football League Third Division
  ♦ Southport were Re-Elected to the League
  ♦ Oldham Athletic were Re-Elected to the League
  ♦ Hartlepools United were Re-Elected to the League
 ▼Gateshead were Not Re-Elected to the League
 ▲Peterborough United were Elected to the League