1959–60 Brentford F.C. season
Football League Third Division

1959–60 Brentford F.C. season

Section Title: Football League Third Division
Table Section Text: None

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)	Notes

1	22 August 1959	Barnsley	A	2–1	7,418	Francis (2)

2	25 August 1959	Wrexham	H	3–1	16,970	Francis, Rainford, Towers (pen)

3	29 August 1959	Southampton	H	2–2	15,740	Rainford (2)

4	2 September 1959	Wrexham	A	2–3	13,112	Towers, McLeod (pen)

5	5 September 1959	Reading	A	3–3	13,523	Francis (2), Heath

6	8 September 1959	Bury	H	1–1	16,000	Rainford

7	12 September 1959	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	12,500	Towers, McLeod

8	15 September 1959	Bury	A	0–1	13,048

9	19 September 1959	Port Vale	A	1–3	12,817	Francis

10	22 September 1959	Halifax Town	H	1–1	15,700	Francis

11	26 September 1959	Norwich City	H	3–4	21,600	Towers (2), Heath

12	28 September 1959	Halifax Town	A	0–1	7,654

13	3 October 1959	Grimsby Town	A	3–1	11,209	Francis, Rainford (2)

14	6 October 1959	Colchester United	H	2–0	14,750	Francis, Towers

15	10 October 1959	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–1	11,481	Rainford, Francis

16	12 October 1959	Colchester United	A	1–2	7,790	Francis

17	17 October 1959	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–1	12,226	Towers, Hales

18	24 October 1959	Accrington Stanley	H	3–0	12,700	Towers (3)

19	31 October 1959	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–2	19,430	Francis (3), Towers

20	21 November 1959	York City	H	1–2	13,100	McLeod (pen)

21	28 November 1959	Coventry City	A	1–2	14,959	Towers

22	12 December 1959	Newport County	A	2–4	9,401	Goundry, Towers

23	19 December 1959	Barnsley	H	3–0	6,500	Towers, Francis, Parsons

24	26 December 1959	Southend United	A	0–2	11,694

25	28 December 1959	Southend United	H	3–1	11,750	Parsons (pen), Hales, Rainford

26	2 January 1960	Southampton	A	0–2	16,993

27	9 January 1960	Swindon Town	A	0–0	8,633

28	16 January 1960	Reading	H	2–2	9,200	Francis, Parsons

29	23 January 1960	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	6,997	Wallace (og)

30	6 February 1960	Port Vale	H	2–0	10,100	Towers, Francis

31	13 February 1960	Norwich City	A	1–2	22,388	Francis

32	20 February 1960	Grimsby Town	H	0–2	10,900

33	27 February 1960	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–2	8,053	Parsons

34	5 March 1960	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	1–0	9,750	Francis

35	8 March 1960	Chesterfield	H	3–0	6,300	Bristow, McLeod (pen), Towers

36	11 March 1960	Accrington Stanley	A	4–3	3,500	Parsons, Towers, Francis (2)

37	19 March 1960	Coventry City	H	3–1	9,900	Francis (2), Bristow

38	26 March 1960	Chesterfield	A	0–1	4,363

39	2 April 1960	Swindon Town	H	2–1	8,550	Towers, Higgins (og)

40	9 April 1960	York City	A	1–0	4,608	Towers

41	15 April 1960	Mansfield Town	H	1–1	9,575	Francis

42	16 April 1960	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	16,000	Towers

43	18 April 1960	Mansfield Town	A	1–0	7,626	Parsons

44	23 April 1960	Bradford City	A	2–0	6,509	Francis, Goundry

45	30 April 1960	Newport County	H	1–2	7,900	Towers

46	3 May 1960	Bradford City	H	4–0	7,200	Hales, Towers (2), Francis

Sentence(s)

Towers from Brentford F.C. played the Football League with a hattrick in a 3–0 defeat of Accrington Stanley on October 24, 1959.

final_sentence: Towers from Brentford F.C. played the Football League with a hattrick in a 3–0 defeat of Accrington Stanley on October 24, 1959.