1958–59 Football League

The Football League

Season	1958–59
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The 1958–59 season was the 60th completed season of The Football League.

This season saw the introduction of the Fourth Division.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

From this season, the bottom four teams of the Fourth Division were required to apply for re-election.

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1958–59
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3rd English title)
Relegated	Aston Villa Portsmouth
1959–60 European Cup	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Birmingham City Chelsea
FA Cup winners	Nottingham Forest (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,692 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea), 33
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 Portsmouth 0
Biggest away win	Nottingham Forest 1 Birmingham City 7 Birmingham City 0 West Bromwich Albion 6
Highest scoring	(14 goals) Tottenham Hotspur 10 Everton 4
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	3	3	68	19	13	2	6	42	30	2.245	61	League Champions, qualified for European Cup 1959–60 Premliminary Round
2	Manchester United	42	14	4	3	58	27	10	3	8	45	39	1.561	55
3	Arsenal	42	14	3	4	53	29	7	5	9	35	39	1.294	50
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	3	4	56	30	6	7	8	23	36	1.197	50
5	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	7	6	41	33	10	6	5	47	35	1.294	49
6	West Ham United	42	15	3	3	59	29	6	3	12	26	41	1.214	48
7	Burnley	42	11	4	6	41	29	8	6	7	40	41	1.157	48
8	Blackpool	42	12	7	2	39	13	6	4	11	27	36	1.347	47
9	Birmingham City	42	14	1	6	54	35	6	5	10	30	33	1.235	46	Participated in 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	3	6	48	28	5	7	9	28	42	1.086	44
11	Newcastle United	42	11	3	7	40	29	6	4	11	40	51	1.000	41
12	Preston North End	42	9	3	9	40	39	8	4	9	30	38	0.909	41
13	Nottingham Forest	42	9	4	8	37	32	8	2	11	34	42	0.959	40	1958–59 FA Cup winners
14	Chelsea	42	13	2	6	52	37	5	2	14	25	61	0.786	40	Participated in 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
15	Leeds United	42	8	7	6	28	27	7	2	12	29	47	0.770	39
16	Everton	42	11	3	7	39	38	6	1	14	32	49	0.816	38
17	Luton Town	42	11	6	4	50	26	1	7	13	18	45	0.958	37
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	10	3	8	56	42	3	7	11	29	53	0.895	36
19	Leicester City	42	7	6	8	34	36	4	4	13	33	62	0.684	32
20	Manchester City	42	8	7	6	40	32	3	2	16	24	63	0.674	31
21	Aston Villa	42	8	5	8	31	33	3	3	15	27	54	0.667	30	Relegated
22	Portsmouth	42	5	4	12	38	47	1	5	15	26	65	0.571	21

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHE	EVE	LEE	LEI	LUT	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	POR	PNE	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		1–2	2–1	1–1	1–4	6–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	5–1	1–0	4–1	3–2	3–2	3–1	5–2	1–2	3–1	4–3	1–2	1–1
Aston Villa	1–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–4	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–3
Birmingham	4–1	4–1		3–0	4–2	1–3	2–1	4–1	2–1	4–1	4–2	0–1	6–1	0–4	1–0	0–3	2–2	5–1	5–1	0–6	3–0	0–3
Blackburn Rovers	4–2	2–3	3–2		0–0	1–1	4–1	0–3	2–1	2–4	5–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	5–0	0–0	1–2	1–2
Blackpool	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1		4–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	4–0		1–2	6–0	0–3	4–0	3–3	4–2	4–1	6–3	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–2	2–2
Burnley	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–1		4–0	3–1	3–1	3–3	2–2	3–4	4–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–2
Chelsea	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–3		3–1	2–0	5–2	3–3	2–0	2–3	6–5	4–1	2–2	3–1	4–2	0–2	3–2	6–2
Everton	1–6	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–1		3–2	0–1	3–1	3–1	3–2	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–4	2–1	3–3	2–2	0–1
Leeds United	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–1	4–0	1–0		1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–3
Leicester City	2–3	6–3	2–4	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–1		3–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	2–2	3–4	2–2	1–1	1–0
Luton Town	6–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	6–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–3		5–1	0–0	4–2	5–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	0–1
Manchester City	0–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	0–2	3–3	1–4	5–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–1		1–1	5–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	5–1	0–2	3–1	1–4
Manchester United	1–1	2–1	1–0	6–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	5–2	2–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	4–1		4–4	1–1	6–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	4–1	2–1
Newcastle United	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–5	1–0	2–0	5–2	1–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1		1–3	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–1	3–4
Nottingham Forest	1–1	2–0	1–7	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–3	1–4	3–1	4–0	0–3	3–0		5–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3
Portsmouth	0–1	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	4–2	2–2	2–3	2–0	4–1	2–2	3–4	1–3	1–5	0–1		1–2	1–1	2–6	1–2	3–5
Preston North End	2–1	4–2	3–0	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–4	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–4	3–4	3–5	3–1		2–2	2–4	2–1	1–2
Tottenham Hotspur	1–4	3–2	0–4	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	4–0	10–4	2–3	6–0	3–0	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	4–4	1–2		5–0	1–4	2–1
West Bromwich Albion	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–4	4–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–3		2–1	2–1
West Ham United	0–0	7–2	1–2	6–3	1–0	4–3	1–0	4–2	3–2	2–3	0–3	0–0	5–1	3–2	3–0	5–3	6–0	1–1	2–1	3–1		2–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6–1	4–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–2	1–0	6–2	3–0	5–0	2–0	4–0	1–3	5–1	7–0	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Tottenham

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1958–1959

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Chelsea

Everton

Leeds United

Leicester City

Luton Town

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1958–1959 teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1958–59
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday (5th title)
Promoted	Fulham
Relegated	Barnsley, Grimsby Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,604 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Clough (Middlesbrough), 42
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	18	2	1	68	13	10	4	7	38	35	2.208	62	Division Champions, promoted
2	Fulham	42	18	1	2	65	26	9	5	7	31	35	1.574	60	Promoted
3	Sheffield United	42	16	2	3	54	15	7	5	9	28	33	1.708	53
4	Liverpool	42	15	3	3	57	25	9	2	10	30	37	1.403	53
5	Stoke City	42	16	2	3	48	19	5	5	11	24	39	1.241	49
6	Bristol Rovers	42	13	5	3	46	23	5	7	9	34	41	1.250	48
7	Derby County	42	15	1	5	46	29	5	7	9	28	42	1.042	48
8	Charlton Athletic	42	13	3	5	53	33	5	4	12	39	57	1.022	43
9	Cardiff City	42	12	2	7	37	26	6	5	10	28	39	1.000	43	Welsh Cup winners
10	Bristol City	42	11	3	7	43	27	6	4	11	31	43	1.057	41
11	Swansea Town	42	12	5	4	52	30	4	4	13	27	51	0.975	41
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	10	9	2	46	29	5	2	14	28	61	0.822	41
13	Middlesbrough	42	9	7	5	51	26	6	3	12	36	45	1.225	40
14	Huddersfield Town	42	12	3	6	39	20	4	5	12	23	35	1.127	40
15	Sunderland	42	13	4	4	42	23	3	4	14	22	52	0.853	40
16	Ipswich Town	42	12	4	5	37	27	5	2	14	25	50	0.805	40
17	Leyton Orient	42	9	4	8	43	30	5	4	12	28	48	0.910	36
18	Scunthorpe United	42	7	6	8	32	37	5	3	13	23	47	0.655	33
19	Lincoln City	42	10	5	6	45	37	1	2	18	18	56	0.677	29
20	Rotherham United	42	9	5	7	32	28	1	4	16	10	54	0.512	29
21	Grimsby Town	42	7	7	7	41	36	2	3	16	21	54	0.689	28	Relegated
22	Barnsley	42	8	4	9	34	34	2	3	16	21	57	0.604	27

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CAR	CHA	DER	FUL	GRI	HUD	IPS	LEY	LIN	LIV	MID	ROT	SCU	SHU	SHW	STK	SUN	SWA
Barnsley		0–2	4–7	0–0	3–2	7–1	0–0	2–4	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1		2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	4–6	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2
Bristol City	3–1	3–0		1–1	2–3	2–4	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	6–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	4–0
Bristol Rovers	0–2	2–0	1–2		2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	7–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–4
Cardiff City	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–4		1–2	0–0	1–2	4–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1
Charlton Athletic	4–0	2–3	4–1	4–3	0–0		1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	5–1	4–1	3–2	2–3	1–0	5–2	2–3	1–1	3–3	1–2	3–2	2–1
Derby County	3–0	1–3	4–1	3–2	1–3	3–2		2–0	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	3–2	0–3	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–4	3–0	2–0	3–1
Fulham	5–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2		3–0	1–0	3–2	5–2	4–2	0–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	4–2	6–2	6–1	6–2	1–2
Grimsby Town	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	5–1	1–5	3–0	2–2		2–1	2–3	4–1	4–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–1
Huddersfield Town	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		3–0	0–0	2–1	5–0	5–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–2
Ipswich Town	3–1	5–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0		2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Leyton Orient	5–1	2–2	4–2	1–3	3–0	6–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	2–5	2–0		0–0	1–3	5–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	6–0	0–0
Lincoln City	2–1	4–2	0–2	4–1	4–2	3–3	1–4	2–4	4–4	1–1	3–1	2–0		2–1	1–1	1–0	3–3	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–2
Liverpool	3–2	5–0	3–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–3	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–2		1–2	4–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	3–4	3–1	4–0
Middlesbrough	3–1	9–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	5–0	2–3	1–0	3–1	2–3	4–2	1–2	2–1		1–2	6–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	6–2
Rotherham United	3–0	0–1	1–2	3–3	1–0	4–3	3–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–4		1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	3–3
Scunthorpe United	1–0	2–3	3–3	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–3	2–0		1–3	1–4	1–1	3–2	3–1
Sheffield United	5–0	3–1	4–0	5–2	1–1	5–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–3	6–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	4–1		1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0
Sheffield Wednesday	5–0	2–0	2–3	3–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	6–0	4–1	3–1	2–0	7–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–0		4–1	6–0	2–1
Stoke City	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	5–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	4–3	1–2	3–0		0–0	3–0
Sunderland	2–2	4–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	3–3	3–1		2–1
Swansea Town	2–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	4–4	1–2	1–1	0–1	4–2	3–3	3–1	3–3	5–2	3–0	3–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	5–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Fulham

Leyton Orient

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1958–1959

Barnsley

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Cardiff City

Charlton

Derby County

Fulham

Grimsby Town

Huddersfield

Ipswich Town

Leyton Orient

Lincoln City

Liverpool

Middlesbrough

Rotherham

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke

Sunderland

Swansea Town

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 1958–1959 teams

Third Division

Football League
Third Division

Season	1958–59
Champions	Plymouth Argyle (1st title)
Promoted	Hull City
Relegated	Doncaster Rovers, Notts County, Rochdale Stockport County
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,733 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jim Towers (Brentford), 32
← 1957–58 (North) 1957–58 (South) 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	7	2	55	27	9	9	5	34	32	1.508	62	Division Champions, promoted
2	Hull City	46	19	3	1	65	21	7	6	10	25	34	1.636	61	Promoted
3	Brentford	46	15	5	3	49	22	6	10	7	27	27	1.551	57
4	Norwich City	46	13	6	4	51	29	9	7	7	38	33	1.435	57
5	Colchester United	46	15	2	6	46	31	6	8	9	25	36	1.060	52
6	Reading	46	16	4	3	51	21	5	4	14	27	42	1.238	50
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	3	5	53	22	6	5	12	29	45	1.224	50
8	Southend United	46	14	6	3	52	26	7	2	14	33	54	1.063	50
9	Halifax Town	46	14	5	4	48	25	7	3	13	32	52	1.039	50
10	Bury	46	12	9	2	51	24	5	5	13	18	34	1.190	48
11	Bradford City	46	13	4	6	47	25	5	7	11	37	51	1.105	47
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	12	9	2	40	18	5	3	15	29	51	1.000	46
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	6	3	49	28	5	2	16	25	49	0.961	46
14	Southampton	46	12	7	4	57	33	5	4	14	31	47	1.100	45
15	Swindon Town	46	13	4	6	39	25	3	9	11	20	32	1.035	45
16	Chesterfield	46	12	5	6	40	26	5	5	13	27	38	1.047	44
17	Newport County	46	15	2	6	43	24	2	7	14	26	44	1.015	43
18	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	40	30	2	8	13	23	47	0.818	42
19	Accrington Stanley	46	10	8	5	42	31	5	4	14	29	56	0.816	42
20	Mansfield Town	46	11	5	7	38	42	3	8	12	35	56	0.745	41
21	Stockport County	46	9	7	7	33	23	4	3	16	32	55	0.833	36	Relegated
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	2	8	40	32	1	3	19	10	58	0.556	33
23	Notts County	46	5	9	9	33	39	3	4	16	22	57	0.573	29
24	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	21	26	0	5	18	16	53	0.468	28

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	B&BA	BRA	BRE	BRY	CHF	COL	DON	HAL	HUL	MAN	NPC	NWC	NTC	PLY	QPR	REA	ROC	SOU	STD	STP	SWI	TRA	WRE
Accrington Stanley		3–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–4	4–3	4–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5–2		4–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–4	2–0	3–3	4–0	0–0
Bradford City	0–0	0–1		3–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	7–1	2–3	6–1	4–2	1–2	2–0	3–2
Brentford	2–1	1–1	4–0		0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–4	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	6–1	1–4	2–2	5–2	2–1
Bury	3–1	5–1	2–2	1–1		1–0	0–0	5–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	6–1	1–0	2–3	3–3	0–0	4–2	3–0
Chesterfield	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–0		2–2	2–0	2–3	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–3	4–0	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–1
Colchester United	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–4	1–3	1–0		1–0	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	8–2	1–0	1–1	1–1
Doncaster Rovers	3–0	5–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1		1–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–6	2–0	2–5	1–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1
Halifax Town	0–2	0–1	3–3	0–0	4–2	3–2	4–1	5–1		1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–3	1–0	3–0	4–1
Hull City	4–2	5–3	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	5–1	4–0		5–2	2–3	3–3	5–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Mansfield Town	3–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	4–3	1–1		2–1	1–1	3–0	1–4	3–4	1–0	0–0	1–6	1–4	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–1
Newport County	2–1	4–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–3	1–0		2–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1
Norwich City	2–4	2–2	4–2	4–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–0		3–3	1–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–2
Notts County	1–1	4–3	1–3	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–4	1–1	3–4	1–1	1–3		1–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	2–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	8–3	3–2	0–1	3–0		3–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–2	4–0	2–2
Queens Park Rangers	3–1	0–4	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	4–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	2–1		2–0	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	5–0
Reading	5–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–2		3–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1
Rochdale	1–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	3–1
Southampton	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–6	4–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	5–0	6–1	3–2	3–3	1–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	3–3	6–1		3–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–2
Southend	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–5	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	5–2	0–0	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1		3–1	0–2	1–3	4–1
Stockport County	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–2
Swindon Town	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–3	3–1	3–4	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–0		1–2	1–0
Tranmere	9–0	4–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	3–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1		1–2
Wrexham	2–2	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	3–4	2–0	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–5

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

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Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1958–1959

Accrington Stanley

Bournemouth

Bradford C.

Brentford

Bury

Chesterfield

Colchester

Doncaster

Halifax T.

Hull

Mansfield Town

Newport County

Norwich City

Notts County

Plymouth Argyle

QPR

Reading

Rochdale

Southampton

Southend

Stockport

Swindon

Tranmere

Wrexham

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Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1958–1959

Fourth Division

Football League
Fourth Division

Season	1958–59
Champions	Port Vale (1st title)
Promoted	Coventry City, York City Shrewsbury Town
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,794 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arthur Rowley (Shrewsbury Town), 37
← 1957–58 (North) 1957–58 (South) 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Port Vale (C, P)	46	14	6	3	62	30	12	6	5	48	28	1.897	64	Promoted to the Third Division
2	Coventry City (P)	46	18	4	1	50	11	6	8	9	34	36	1.787	60
3	York City (P)	46	12	10	1	37	17	9	8	6	36	35	1.404	60
4	Shrewsbury Town (P)	46	15	5	3	59	24	9	5	9	42	39	1.603	58
5	Exeter City	46	16	4	3	55	24	7	7	9	32	37	1.426	57
6	Walsall	46	13	5	5	56	25	8	5	10	39	39	1.484	52
7	Crystal Palace	46	12	8	3	54	27	8	4	11	36	44	1.268	52
8	Northampton Town	46	14	5	4	48	25	7	4	12	37	53	1.090	51
9	Millwall	46	13	6	4	46	23	7	4	12	30	46	1.101	50
10	Carlisle United	46	11	6	6	37	30	8	6	9	25	35	0.954	50
11	Gillingham	46	14	6	3	53	27	6	3	14	29	50	1.065	49
12	Torquay United	46	11	5	7	45	32	5	7	11	33	45	1.013	44
13	Chester	46	10	5	8	39	33	6	7	10	33	51	0.857	44
14	Bradford Park Avenue	46	15	1	7	51	29	3	6	14	24	48	0.974	43
15	Watford	46	10	6	7	46	36	6	4	13	35	43	1.025	42
16	Darlington	46	7	8	8	37	36	6	8	9	29	32	0.971	42
17	Workington	46	9	10	4	40	32	3	7	13	23	46	0.808	41
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	5	7	52	32	4	5	14	18	50	0.854	40
19	Hartlepools United	46	11	4	8	50	41	4	6	13	24	47	0.841	40
20	Gateshead	46	11	3	9	33	30	5	5	13	23	55	0.659	40
21	Oldham Athletic	46	15	0	8	39	29	1	4	18	20	55	0.702	36	Re-elected
22	Aldershot	46	8	4	11	37	45	6	3	14	26	52	0.649	35
23	Barrow	46	6	6	11	34	45	3	4	16	17	59	0.490	28
24	Southport	46	7	8	8	26	25	0	4	19	15	61	0.477	26

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Division Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	BRW	BPA	CRL	CHE	COV	CRE	CRY	DAR	EXE	GAT	GIL	HAR	MIL	NOR	OLD	PTV	SHR	SOU	TOR	WAL	WAT	WRK	YOR
Aldershot		0–1	3–3	4–0	1–0	0–4	0–0	1–2	1–4	1–0	8–1	4–2	2–4	4–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–0	3–2	1–4	0–5	0–0	2–0	0–1
Barrow	3–4		2–3	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–4	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–4	2–2	2–3
Bradford Park Avenue	5–1	0–2		0–3	3–0	2–0	0–2	5–0	1–2	0–3	4–1	2–0	4–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–1
Carlisle United	1–0	1–0	1–1		4–3	1–6	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–2	4–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	5–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–0
Chester	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1		1–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	4–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	5–2	1–2	3–5	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2
Coventry City	7–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	5–1		3–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–0
Crewe Alexandra	5–0	5–0	4–1	3–1	2–4	1–1		4–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	4–1	1–2	5–0	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	5–3	1–3	2–0	2–4
Crystal Palace	4–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	6–2		4–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	4–3	1–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	0–0
Darlington	2–3	5–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	1–4		1–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1
Exeter City	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–2		1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–4	3–2	3–4	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–2
Gateshead	1–0	4–0	1–4	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–3	1–2		2–0	3–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–0
Gillingham	3–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–0		4–1	1–2	4–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	4–2	2–1	5–1	2–2
Hartlepool	0–3	10–1	3–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–3	0–0	3–1		3–1	3–0	4–0	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	4–3	0–3	1–5
Millwall	4–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–2		3–0	4–2	4–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	4–1	1–1	5–2
Northampton Town	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–1		2–1	2–4	3–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–2
Oldham Athletic	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–5	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–3	2–1		0–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–4	3–5	1–0	0–1
Port Vale	3–2	4–1	4–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	5–3	8–0	3–1	1–1	5–2	1–4	0–0		2–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–2
Shrewsbury Town	3–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	3–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	4–3		6–2	5–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–2
Southport	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1		2–2	1–1	0–3	3–0	1–0
Torquay United	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	6–2	0–2	4–1	3–4	0–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–4	1–0		1–2	2–3	4–1	1–1
Walsall	2–4	3–1	3–2	5–0	2–2	3–0	6–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–3	5–1	2–2		3–2	3–0	5–0
Watford	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–4	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	5–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–4	5–1	1–2	1–2		3–0	2–3
Workington	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–4	3–3	2–2	4–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	0–1	3–1		2–2
York City	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1958–1959

Aldershot

Barrow

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Coventry

Crewe Alexandra

Crystal Palace

Darlington

Exeter City

Gateshead

Gillingham

Hartlepool

Millwall

Northampton Town

Oldham

Port Vale

Shrewsbury

Southport

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

Workington

York City

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Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1958–1959

See also

• 1958-59 in English football

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.