English Third Division 1959/1960
Historical league standings at 24th August 1959
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Halifax Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3.00 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2.33 |
| 4 | Newport County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5.00 |
| 7 | Brentford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 8 | Coventry City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 9 | Bury | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.50 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1.33 |
| 11 | Southend United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Chesterfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0.57 |
| 14 | York City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 15 | Norwich City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 16 | Southampton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.80 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.60 |
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.43 |
| 19 | Bournemouth & Bosc. Ath. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 21 | Wrexham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 22 | Reading | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.67 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 |
| 24 | Swindon Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
