1958–59 in English football
The 1958–59 season was the 79th season of competitive football in England. This season also introduced Division Four for the first time in the football league when North and South moved to non-league football and introduced Grandstand on TV for the first time for all divisions of english football on the same season.
Diary of the season
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August 1958: The Football League season begins with the new national Third and Fourth divisions that have been created from the old Third Division North and Third Division South.
September 1958: Manchester United pay a national record fee of £45,000 for Sheffield Wednesday inside-forward Albert Quixall.[1]
12 November 1958: Wolverhampton Wanderers play their first European Cup game, drawing 2–2 at home to Schalke 04 in the European Cup first round first leg.
18 November 1958: Wolverhampton Wanderers lose 2–1 to Schalke 04 in the European Cup first round second leg in West Germany, ending their hopes of being the first team other than Real Madrid (winners of the first three competitions) to win the European Cup.
15 January 1959: Second Division Liverpool suffer a shock FA Cup third round exit when they lose 2-1 to non league Worcester City.[2]
2 May 1959: Nottingham Forest defeat Luton Town 2–1 in the FA Cup final.
Notable debutants
8 September 1958: Bobby Moore, 17-year-old centre-half, makes his debut for West Ham United against Manchester United in the First Division.[3]
Notable retirements
May 1959: Billy Wright, 35, Wolverhampton Wanderers and England captain, after more than 500 appearances for his club and a record 105 for his country.[4]
June 1959: Jackie Blanchflower, 26, Manchester United and Northern Ireland centre-half, who announced his retirement as a player after failing to recover sufficiently from injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster 16 months earlier.[5]
Awards
- Jimmy Greaves, (Chelsea), 33
Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
League table
First Division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
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1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 110 | 49 | 2.244 | 61 |
2 | Manchester United | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 103 | 66 | 1.560 | 55 |
3 | Arsenal | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 88 | 68 | 1.294 | 50 |
4 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 79 | 66 | 1.197 | 50 |
5 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 88 | 68 | 1.294 | 49 |
6 | West Ham United | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 85 | 70 | 1.214 | 48 |
7 | Burnley | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 81 | 70 | 1.157 | 48 |
8 | Blackpool | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 66 | 49 | 1.347 | 47 |
9 | Birmingham City | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 84 | 68 | 1.235 | 46 |
10 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 76 | 70 | 1.086 | 44 |
11 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 80 | 80 | 1.000 | 41 |
12 | Preston North End | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 70 | 77 | 0.909 | 41 |
13 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 71 | 74 | 0.959 | 40 |
14 | Chelsea | 42 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 77 | 98 | 0.786 | 40 |
15 | Leeds United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 74 | 0.770 | 39 |
16 | Everton | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 71 | 87 | 0.816 | 38 |
17 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 71 | 0.958 | 37 |
18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 85 | 95 | 0.895 | 36 |
19 | Leicester City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 67 | 98 | 0.684 | 32 |
20 | Manchester City | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 64 | 95 | 0.674 | 31 |
21 | Aston Villa | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 58 | 87 | 0.667 | 30 |
22 | Portsmouth | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 64 | 112 | 0.571 | 21 |
Second Division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 106 | 48 | 2.208 | 62 |
2 | Fulham | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 96 | 61 | 1.574 | 60 |
3 | Sheffield United | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 82 | 48 | 1.708 | 53 |
4 | Liverpool | 42 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 87 | 62 | 1.403 | 53 |
5 | Stoke City | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 72 | 58 | 1.241 | 49 |
6 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 80 | 64 | 1.250 | 48 |
7 | Derby County | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 74 | 71 | 1.042 | 48 |
8 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 92 | 90 | 1.022 | 43 |
9 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 65 | 65 | 1.000 | 43 |
10 | Bristol City | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 74 | 70 | 1.057 | 41 |
11 | Swansea Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 79 | 81 | 0.975 | 41 |
12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 74 | 90 | 0.822 | 41 |
13 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 87 | 71 | 1.225 | 40 |
14 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 62 | 55 | 1.127 | 40 |
15 | Sunderland | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 64 | 75 | 0.853 | 40 |
16 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 62 | 77 | 0.805 | 40 |
17 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 71 | 78 | 0.910 | 36 |
18 | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 55 | 84 | 0.655 | 33 |
19 | Lincoln City | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 63 | 93 | 0.677 | 29 |
20 | Rotherham United | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 82 | 0.512 | 29 |
21 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 62 | 90 | 0.689 | 28 |
22 | Barnsley | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 55 | 91 | 0.604 | 27 |
Third Division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
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1 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 89 | 59 | 1.508 | 62 |
2 | Hull City | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 90 | 55 | 1.636 | 61 |
3 | Brentford | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 76 | 49 | 1.551 | 57 |
4 | Norwich City | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 89 | 62 | 1.435 | 57 |
5 | Colchester United | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 71 | 67 | 1.060 | 52 |
6 | Reading | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 78 | 63 | 1.238 | 50 |
7 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 82 | 67 | 1.224 | 50 |
8 | Southend United | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 85 | 80 | 1.063 | 50 |
9 | Halifax Town | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 80 | 77 | 1.039 | 50 |
10 | Bury | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 69 | 58 | 1.190 | 48 |
11 | Bradford City | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 84 | 76 | 1.105 | 47 |
12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 69 | 69 | 1.000 | 46 |
13 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 74 | 77 | 0.961 | 46 |
14 | Southampton | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 88 | 80 | 1.100 | 45 |
15 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 57 | 1.035 | 45 |
16 | Chesterfield | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 67 | 64 | 1.047 | 44 |
17 | Newport County | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 69 | 68 | 1.015 | 43 |
18 | Wrexham | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 77 | 0.818 | 42 |
19 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 71 | 87 | 0.816 | 42 |
20 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 73 | 98 | 0.745 | 41 |
21 | Stockport County | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 65 | 78 | 0.833 | 36 |
22 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 50 | 90 | 0.556 | 33 |
23 | Notts County | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 96 | 0.573 | 29 |
24 | Rochdale | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 79 | 0.468 | 28 |
Fourth Division
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Port Vale | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 110 | 58 | 1.897 | 64 |
2 | Coventry City | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 84 | 47 | 1.787 | 60 |
3 | York City | 46 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 73 | 52 | 1.404 | 60 |
4 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 101 | 63 | 1.603 | 58 |
5 | Exeter City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 87 | 61 | 1.426 | 57 |
6 | Walsall | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 95 | 64 | 1.484 | 52 |
7 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 90 | 71 | 1.268 | 52 |
8 | Northampton Town | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 85 | 78 | 1.090 | 51 |
9 | Millwall | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 76 | 69 | 1.101 | 50 |
10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 62 | 65 | 0.954 | 50 |
11 | Gillingham | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 82 | 77 | 1.065 | 49 |
12 | Torquay United | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 78 | 77 | 1.013 | 44 |
13 | Chester | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 72 | 84 | 0.857 | 44 |
14 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 75 | 77 | 0.974 | 43 |
15 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 81 | 79 | 1.025 | 42 |
16 | Darlington | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 66 | 68 | 0.971 | 42 |
17 | Workington | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 63 | 78 | 0.808 | 41 |
18 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 70 | 82 | 0.854 | 40 |
19 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 74 | 88 | 0.841 | 40 |
20 | Gateshead | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 56 | 85 | 0.659 | 40 |
21 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 16 | 4 | 26 | 59 | 84 | 0.702 | 36 |
22 | Aldershot | 46 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 63 | 97 | 0.649 | 35 |
23 | Barrow | 46 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 51 | 104 | 0.490 | 28 |
24 | Southport | 46 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 86 | 0.477 | 26 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
National team
Although the England national football team eventually shared victory in the 1959 British Home Championship with Northern Ireland, it was a tough year without so many of the squad's key players lost in the Munich air disaster the year before. The season concluded with a disastrous tour of the Americas, in which the team lost three successive games before restoring some pride in the final match against the USA. The final game against the USA was also the last match for veteran defender and captain Billy Wright after a then record 105 caps. The match was played in front of just 13,000 fans on a gravel pitch in Los Angeles.
Tour of the Americas
United States | 1–8 | England |
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Ed Murphy | Bobby Charlton 3 (1P), Ron Flowers 2, Warren Bradley, Derek Kevan, Johnny Haynes |
References
- ^ "Stars turn out for Albert's big day". Stockport Express. M.E.N. Media. 2 August 2002.
- ^ Statistics. "A timeline for Liverpool Football Club". LFChistory.net. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
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