Southern Professional Floodlit Cup 1959-60
Format - 18 clubs, straight knock-out, single game ties with replays if necessary.
With the increase in clubs, one further round was necessary.
This was to prove the last season for this competition. The Football
League Cup was inagurated for the 1960-61 season, and the Southern
Professional Floodlit Cup discontinued
First Round
- West Ham United 3-1 Millwall
- Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Orient
First Round
- Southend United 0-0 Coventry City
- Crystal Palace 5-2 Brentford
- Leicester City 4-0 Charlton Athletic
- Luton Town 1-1 Fulham
- Southampton 3-0 Aldershot
- West Ham United 6-1 Reading
- Arsenal 2-1 Portsmouth
- Watford 0-2 Orient
Second Round Replays
- Coventry City 4-0 Southend United
- Fulham 1-0 Luton Town (@ Brentford)
Quarter Finals
- Arsenal 4-2 Leicester City
- West Ham United 4-3 Orient
- Crystal Palace 2-2 Southampton
- Coventry City 1-1 Fulham
Quarter Final Replay
- Southampton 2-1 Crystal Palace
- Fulham 0-1 Coventry City (@ Brentford)
Semi-Finals
- Coventry City 2-1 Southampton
- Arsenal 1-3 West Ham United
Final
- Coventry City 2-1 West Ham United
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