1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

Event	1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
London XI Barcelona XI 2 8
on aggregate
First leg
London XI Barcelona XI 2 2
Date	5 March 1958
Venue	Stamford Bridge, London
Referee	Albert Dusch (Switzerland)
Attendance	45,466
Second leg
Barcelona XI London XI 6 0
Date	1 May 1958
Venue	Camp Nou, Barcelona
Referee	Albert Dusch (Switzerland)
Attendance	70,000

The 1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was the final of the first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It was played on 5 March and 1 May 1958 between London XI of England and Barcelona XI (represented by Barcelona). Barcelona XI won the tie 8–2 on aggregate.

Match details

First leg

5 March 1958

London XI	2–2	Barcelona XI
Greaves 10' Langley 88' (pen.)		Martínez 7' Tejada 35'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 45,466

Referee: Albert Dusch (Switzerland)

London XI

Barcelona XI

GK 1 Jack Kelsey RB 2 Peter Sillett LB 3 Jim Langley RH 4 Danny Blanchflower CH 5 Maurice Norman LH 6 Ken Coote OR 7 Vic Groves IR 8 Jimmy Greaves CF 9 Bobby Smith IL 10 Johnny Haynes OL 11 George Robb Manager: Joe Mears

GK 1 Pedro Estrems Ferran Olivella Joan Segarra Martí Vergés Enric Gensana Enric Ribelles Estanislau Basora Evaristo Eulogio Martínez Ramón Villaverde Justo Tejada Manager: Domènec Balmanya

Second leg

1 May 1958

Barcelona XI	6–0	London XI
Suárez 6', 8' Martínez 42' Evaristo 52', 75' Vergés 63'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Albert Dusch (Switzerland)

Barcelona XI

London XI

GK 1 Antoni Ramallets Ferran Olivella Joan Segarra Martí Vergés Joaquin Brugue Enric Gensana Justo Tejada Evaristo Eulogio Martínez Luis Suárez Estanislau Basora Manager: Helenio Herrera

GK 1 Jack Kelsey George Wright Noel Cantwell Danny Blanchflower Ken Brown Dave Bowen Terry Medwin Vic Groves Bobby Smith Jimmy Bloomfield Jim Lewis Manager: Billy Milne

See also

• 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
• FC Barcelona in international football competitions

References

• RSSSF