1957–58 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
1957–58 season
Chairman	Eric Thomas
Manager	Bob Dennison
Stadium	Ayresome Park
Division Two	7th
FA Cup	4th
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Clough (40); All: Clough (41)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 season was Middlesbrough's 75th year in existence and 4th consecutive season in the Division Two. Also the club competed in the FA Cup.

Summary

In his fourth season as manager Bob Dennison took off Boro to the 7th place nine points below promotion to Division One. Forward Brian Clough repeated another great performance with 41 goals scored -40 in Division Two just 3 below topscorer T.Johnston (Leyton Orient/Blackburn Rovers)- forming a brilliant partnership with Alan Peacock now in his first season as starter.^[1] Dennison reinfored the midfield with Holliday as left winger, meanwhile McLean retained his position as right winger providing the duo a lot of assists. ^[2] As central midfielders, Harris and Burbeck completed a decent campaign, on the contrary the defensive line was chaotic -even with the arrival of central back Brian Phillips- allowing a lot of goals against both Goalkeepers Taylor and Million. ^[3] Also, the squad reached the FA Cup fourth round being eliminated by Stoke City.^[4]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


Pos.	Nation	Player
GK	ENG	Peter Taylor
GK	ENG	Esmond Million
DF	ENG	Frank Mulholland
DF	ENG	Ray Bilcliff
DF	ENG	Brian Phillips
DF	ENG	Ronnie Dicks
DF	ENG	Dicky Robinson
DF	ENG	Derek Stonehouse
DF	ENG	Tom Brown
DF	ENG	Joe Birbeck
MF	ENG	Derek McLean


Pos.	Nation	Player
MF	WAL	Bill Harris
MF	ENG	Ron Burbeck
MF	ENG	Billy Day
MF	JAM	Lindy Delapenha
MF	ENG	Eddie Holliday
MF	ENG	Carl Taylor
MF	ENG	Ray Henderson
FW	ENG	Alan Peacock
FW	ENG	Brian Clough
FW	IRL	Arthur Fitzsimons
FW	ENG	Joe Scott

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Joe Birbeck		loan ended
MF	Eddie Holliday
MF	Carl Taylor
MF	Ray Henderson

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Bobby Corbett	Northampton Town
MF	Sam Lawrie	Charlton Athletic
FW	Doug Cooper

Results

Division One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
5	Fulham	42	20	12	10	97	59	1.644	52
6	Sheffield United	42	21	10	11	75	50	1.500	52
7	Middlesbrough	42	19	7	16	83	74	1.122	45
8	Ipswich Town	42	16	12	14	68	69	0.986	44
9	Huddersfield Town	42	14	16	12	63	66	0.955	44

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	20	16	17	11	8	3	3	4	7	9	8	7	3	4	6	5	6	6	5	7	9	9	10	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	10	12	11	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7

Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesbrough/tab/matches/season/1956/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Champions, Promoted to 1956-57 Division One; = Promoted to 1956-57 Division One; = Relegated to 1956-57 Division Three

Matches

.- Source: Middlesbrough match record: 1958

24 August 1957 1	Stoke City	4-1	Middlesbrough	Stoke-on-Trent
	Johnny King 47', 64' Harry Oscroft 61' George Kelly 75'	20	9' Clough	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 23,398 Referee: F Cowen

28 August 1957 2	Middlesbrough	2-2	Rotherham United	Middlesbrough
	Ronnie Dicks 30' Ron Burbeck 46'	16	38' Malcolm Stephens 56' Bobby Brown	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 28,696 Referee: JS Swain

31 August 1957 3	Middlesbrough	0-0	Bristol City	Middlesbrough
		17		Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 21,834 Referee: E Crawford

5 September 1957 4	Rotherham United	1-4	Middlesbrough	Rotherham
	Barry Webster 62'	11	28', 70' Clough 50' Arthur Fitzsimons 55' Derek McLean	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 13,195

7 September 1957 5	Cardiff City	0-2	Middlesbrough	Cardiff, Wales
		8	28', 88' Clough	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,013 Referee: ER Hill

18 September 1957 6	Middlesbrough	5-0	Doncaster Rovers	Middlesbrough
	Clough Clough Clough Clough Burbeck	3		Stadium: Ayresome Park

14 September 1957 7	Middlesbrough	2-2	Liverpool	Middlesbrough
	Alan Peacock 75' Derek McLean 79'	3	47' Jimmy Melia 70' Tony Rowley	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 30,645 Referee: M Dixon

18 September 1957 8	Doncaster Rovers	2-3	Middlesbrough	Belle Vue
	Tommy Ewing 55' Walter Kelly 86' Johnny Mooney 89'	4	Derek McLean 19' Alan Peacock 51'	Stadium: Doncaster Attendance: 9,237 Referee: D Martin

21 September 1957 9	Barnsley	1-1	Middlesbrough	Barnsley
	Frank Beaumont 30'	7	25' Alan Peacock	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,577 Referee: J Mitchell

28 September 1957 10	Leyton Orient	4-0	Middlesbrough	Leyton (London)
	Len Julians , , ,	9		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 18,487 Referee: CH Sant

5 October 1957 11	Middlesbrough	2-0	Charlton Athletic	Middlesbrough
	Clough 39' Arthur Fitzsimons 60'	8		Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 28,123 Referee: A Murdoch

12 October 1957 12	Middlesbrough	2-0	Fulham	Middlesbrough
	Clough 44', 89'	7		Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 31,752 Referee: KR Tuck

19 October 1957 13	Swansea Town	1-4	Middlesbrough	Swansea, Wales
	Steve Leavy 15'	3	Derek McLean 30', 79' Ron Burbeck 57' Clough 86'	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 8,905 Referee: J Mitchell

26 October 1957 14	Middlesbrough	3-2	Derby County	Middlesbrough
	Clough 3' Arthur Fitzsimons 17' Derek McLean 84'	4	10' Frank Upton 24' Jack Parry	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 30,531 Referee: LJ Tirebuck

2 November 1957 15	Bristol Rovers	5-0	Middlesbrough	Bristol
	Bobby Jones 3', 83' George Petherbridge 43', 63' Geoff Bradford 44'	6		Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 20,390 Referee: A Bond

9 November 1957 16	Midlesbrough	3-1	Lincoln City	Middlesbrough
		5		Stadium: Ayresome Park

16 November 1957 17	Notts County	2-0	Middlesbrough	Nottingham
	Tommy Asher 43' Jackie Lane 60'			Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 13,800 Referee: A Holland

23 November 1957 18	Middlesbrough	5-2	Ipswich Town	Middlesbrough
	Clough 17' Billy Day 30' Clough 44' Clough 71' Clough 81'	6	60' Tommy Garneys 88' (pen) Ted Phillips	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 20,522 Referee: LJ Hamer

30 November 1957 19	Blackburn Rovers	3-3	Middlesbrough	Blackburn
	Roy Vernon 14' Ally MacLeod 32', 84'	5	11' (o.g.) Matt Woods 49' Billy Day 69' Ron Burbeck	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 29,248 Referee: JV Sherlock

7 December 1957 20	Middlesbrough	1-2	Sheffield United	Middlesbrough
	Ray Henderson 10'	7	33' Derek Hawksworth 88' Alf Ringstead	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 22,207 Referee: AW Sparling

14 December 1957 21	West Ham United	2-1	Middlesbrough	Upton Park
	John Bond (pen) Malcolm Musgrove	9	64' (o.g.) Noel Cantwell	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 20,737 Referee: BAE Buckle

21 December 1957 22	Middlesbrough	1-3	Stoke City	Middlesbrough
	George Kelly Tim Coleman	9	65' Clough	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 22,354

25 December 1957 23	Huddersfield Town	1-0	Middlesbrough	Huddersfield
	Les Massie	10		Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 16,281

26 December 1957 24	Middlesbrough	0-1	Huddersfield Town	Middlesbrough
		14	62' Bob Ledger	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 22,964 Referee: L Howarth

28 December 1957 25	Bristol City	0-0	Middlesbrough	Bristol
		14		Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 23,124 Referee: A Bond

11 January 1958 26	Middlesbrough	4-1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
	Alan Peacock 43', 70', 81' Bill Harris 47' (pen)	13	48' Brian Walsh	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 23,115 Referee: F Collinge

18 January 1958 27	Liverpool	0-2	Middlesbrough	Liverpool
		12	50'Clough 87' Ron Burbeck	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 39,246

1 February 1958 28	Middlesbrough	3-1	Barnsley	Middlesbrough
	Clough , Alan Peacock	12	Malcolm Graham	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 19,498

15 February 1958 29	Charlton Athletic	6-2	Middlesbrough	Charlton (London)
	Buck Ryan 15' Johnny Summers 35', 46', 73' Peter Firmani 68' Billy Kiernan 70'	12	78', 85' Clough	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,198 Referee: W Hickson

22 February 1958 30	Ipswich Town	1-1	Middlesbrough	Ipswich
	Tommy Garneys 63' (pen)	13	12' Clough	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,768 Referee: JG Williams

1 March 1958 31	Middlesbrough	2-1	Swansea Town	Middlesbrough
	Clough 7', 75'	10	88' Pat Terry	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 23,312 Referee: J Powell

8 March 1958 32	Derby County	2-1	Middlesbrough	Derby
	Gordon Brown 42', 48'	12	50' Clough	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,419 Referee: ES Oxley

15 March 1958 33	Middlesbrough	4-3	Bristol Rovers	Middlesbrough
	Alan Peacock 38', 61' Clough 66', 76'	11	42', 74' Dai Ward 90' Geoff Bradford	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 21,274 Referee: JV Sherlock

19 March 1958 34	Middlesbrough	2-0	Leyton Orient	Middlesbrough
	Alan Peacock 53', 81'	9		Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 20,346 Referee: J Cook

22 March 1958 35	Lincoln City	3-2	Middlesbrough	Lincoln
8	Ron Harbertson 29' Harold Brook 37'	8	9' Eddie Holliday 62' Derek McLean 65' Clough	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,901 Referee: KR Tuck

29 March 1958 36	Middlesbrough	3-1	Notts County	Middlesbrough
	Clough 64', 82' Alan Peacock 65'	7	63' Jackie Lane	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 14,879 Referee: JH Clough
Note: Million saved Lane`s penalty, but Lane scored from the rebound

4 April 1958 37	Grimsby Town	4-1	Middlesbrough	Cleethorpes
	Tommy Briggs ,, Ron Rafferty	7	30' (pen) Bill Harris	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 17,579

7 April 1958 38	Middlesbrough	5-1	Grimsby Town	Middlesbrough
	Clough 15', 54', 63' Alan Peacock 47' Bill Harris 56' (pen)	7	Ron Stockin	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 22,546

12 April 1958 39	Middlesbrough	2-3	Blackburn Rovers	Middlesbrough
	Clough 23', 53'	7	, Peter Dobing Roy Vernon	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 31,771 Referee: AW Luty

19 April 1958 40	Sheffield United	3-2	Middlesbrough	Sheffield
	Derek 'Doc' Pace Derek Hawksworth (pen) Alf Ringstead	8	37' Carl Taylor 72' Alan Peacock	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,967

21 April 1958 41	Fulham	0-1	Middlesbrough	Fulham (London)
		7	25' Clough	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 26,148

26 April 1958 42	Middlesbrough	1-3	West Ham United	Middlesbrough
	Arthur Fitzsimons 24'	7	Malcolm Musgrove Vic Keeble John Dick	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 30,526 Referee: TH Cooper

FA Cup

4 January 1958 3	Middlesbrough	5-0	Derby County	Middlesbrough
	Billy Day 43' Eddie Holliday 44' Alan Peacock 72', 74' Clough 84'			Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 29,530 Referee: ET Jennings

25 January 1958 4	Stoke City	3-1	Middlesbrough	Stoke-on-Trent
	Dennis Wilshaw 32', 35', 81'		15' Clough	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 43,756 Referee: CW Kingston

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		FA Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Peter Taylor	34	0	32	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ray Bilcliff	42	0	40	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Brian Phillips	42	0	40	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ronnie Dicks	25	1	25	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Dicky Robinson	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Derek McLean	36	7	34	7	2	0	0	0
	MF	WAL	Bill Harris	41	3	39	3	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ron Burbeck	24	6	24	6	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Eddie Holliday	24	2	22	1	2	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alan Peacock	24	16	22	14	2	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Brian Clough	42	43	40	41	2	2	0	0
	GK	ENG	Esmond Million	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	IRL	Arthur Fitzsimons	21	4	21	4	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Joe Birbeck	22	0	20	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Billy Day	20	3	18	2	2	1	0	0
	MF	JAM	Lindy Delapenha	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Derek Stonehouse	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Brown	12	0	10	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Scott	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Carl Taylor	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ray Henderson	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Frank Mulholland	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesborugh/tab/matches/season/1958/

References

^ Warren, Dan (14 July 2006). "The worst scandal of them all". BBC Sport.
^ "Ronald Burbeck: International stats". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
^ Stewart, Rob (27 March 2009). "Brian Clough: a man not afraid to make enemies". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

[1] Warren, Dan (14 July 2006). "The worst scandal of them all". BBC Sport.

[2] "Ronald Burbeck: International stats". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 17 December 2014.

[robstewart-3] Stewart, Rob (27 March 2009). "Brian Clough: a man not afraid to make enemies". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-4] Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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