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1958–59 Football League
60th season of the Football League
60th season of the Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | The Football League |
| season | [1958–59](1958-59-in-english-football) |
| winners | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| prevseason | [1957–58](1957-58-football-league) |
| nextseason | [1959–60](1959-60-football-league) |
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
3rd English title Portsmouth (33 goals) (27 December 1958) (3 September 1958) Nottingham Forest 1–7 Birmingham City (7 March 1959) (11 October 1958)
Results
Maps
Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham West Ham
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
Second Division
Fulham Barnsley (42 goals)
Results
|match_BAR_B&HA=0–2
|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_BAR=1–1 |match_B&HA_BRI=2–2 |match_B&HA_BRR=1–1 |match_B&HA_CAR=2–2 |match_B&HA_CHA=2–2 |match_B&HA_DER=3–1 |match_B&HA_FUL=3–0 |match_B&HA_GRI=2–0 |match_B&HA_HUD=2–0 |match_B&HA_IPS=4–1 |match_B&HA_LEY=2–2 |match_B&HA_LIN=2–1 |match_B&HA_LIV=2–2 |match_B&HA_MID=4–6 |match_B&HA_ROT=3–0 |match_B&HA_SCU=2–0 |match_B&HA_SHU=2–0 |match_B&HA_SHW=1–3 |match_B&HA_STK=2–2 |match_B&HA_SUN=2–0 |match_B&HA_SWA=2–2
|match_BRI_B&HA=3–0
|match_BRR_B&HA=2–0
|match_CAR_B&HA=3–1
|match_CHA_B&HA=2–3
|match_DER_B&HA=1–3
|match_FUL_B&HA=3–1
|match_GRI_B&HA=1–1
|match_HUD_B&HA=3–2
|match_IPS_B&HA=5–3
|match_LEY_B&HA=2–2
|match_LIN_B&HA=4–2
|match_LIV_B&HA=5–0
|match_MID_B&HA=9–0
|match_ROT_B&HA=0–1
|match_SCU_B&HA=2–3
|match_SHU_B&HA=3–1
|match_SHW_B&HA=2–0
|match_STK_B&HA=3–0
|match_SUN_B&HA=4–1
|match_SWA_B&HA=4–2
Maps
Charlton Athletic Fulham Leyton Orient
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
Third Division
Third Division Notts County, Rochdale Stockport County 1957–58 (South)
|win_B&BA=17|draw_B&BA=12|loss_B&BA=17|gf_B&BA=69|ga_B&BA=69
Results
|match_ACC_B&BA=3–2
|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_ACC=5–2 |match_B&BA_BRA=4–0 |match_B&BA_BRE=0–0 |match_B&BA_BRY=2–0 |match_B&BA_CHF=2–1 |match_B&BA_COL=1–1 |match_B&BA_DON=1–0 |match_B&BA_HAL=3–0 |match_B&BA_HUL=1–0 |match_B&BA_MAN=3–3 |match_B&BA_NPC=1–1 |match_B&BA_NWC=2–0 |match_B&BA_NTC=0–0 |match_B&BA_PLY=1–1 |match_B&BA_QPR=2–0 |match_B&BA_REA=0–1 |match_B&BA_ROC=0–0 |match_B&BA_SOU=2–1 |match_B&BA_STD=1–4 |match_B&BA_STP=2–0 |match_B&BA_SWI=3–3 |match_B&BA_TRA=4–0 |match_B&BA_WRE=0–0
|match_BRA_B&BA=0–1
|match_BRE_B&BA=1–1
|match_BRY_B&BA=5–1
|match_CHF_B&BA=1–0
|match_COL_B&BA=3–1
|match_DON_B&BA=5–1
|match_HAL_B&BA=0–1
|match_HUL_B&BA=5–3
|match_MAN_B&BA=1–4
|match_NPC_B&BA=4–1
|match_NWC_B&BA=2–2
|match_NTC_B&BA=4–3
|match_PLY_B&BA=3–1
|match_QPR_B&BA=0–4
|match_REA_B&BA=2–0
|match_ROC_B&BA=2–1
|match_SOU_B&BA=0–0
|match_STD_B&BA=2–0
|match_STP_B&BA=3–1
|match_SWI_B&BA=0–1
|match_TRA_B&BA=4–0
|match_WRE_B&BA=1–0
Maps
Brentford Queens Park Rangers
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
Fourth Division
Fourth Division York City Shrewsbury Town 1957–58 (South)
Results
- The match between Watford and Shrewsbury Town on the 28th of April 1959 was abandoned after 74 minutes due to floodlight failure, with Shrewbsury leading 4-1. It was discovered that the fuses for the floodlights had been deliberately removed. The match was replayed on the 7th of May, with Shrewsbury winning 4-1.
Maps
Crystal Palace Millwall Watford
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
Attendances
Source:
Division One
| No. | Club | Average | ± | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United | 53,258 | 15.6% | 65,187 | 38,482 |
| 2 | Arsenal FC | 45,227 | 13.5% | 67,162 | 24,369 |
| 3 | Chelsea FC | 40,857 | 6.3% | 62,118 | 24,356 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 40,453 | -5.8% | 60,241 | 27,237 |
| 5 | Newcastle United FC | 39,458 | 8.9% | 60,670 | 17,451 |
| 6 | Everton FC | 39,171 | 0.0% | 64,079 | 23,875 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 38,439 | 3.0% | 52,656 | 26,790 |
| 8 | Aston Villa FC | 33,880 | 17.5% | 56,450 | 21,684 |
| 9 | Manchester City FC | 32,568 | -0.6% | 62,912 | 16,405 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion FC | 31,398 | -3.1% | 48,771 | 16,950 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 30,544 | 34.5% | 43,192 | 17,613 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest FC | 28,717 | -8.3% | 44,971 | 18,339 |
| 13 | West Ham United FC | 28,368 | 14.1% | 37,871 | 21,129 |
| 14 | Leicester City FC | 27,860 | -11.2% | 38,551 | 15,413 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers FC | 27,659 | 25.6% | 42,200 | 16,472 |
| 16 | Birmingham City FC | 26,686 | -9.7% | 37,725 | 17,241 |
| 17 | Leeds United FC | 24,905 | -0.1% | 48,574 | 11,257 |
| 18 | Portsmouth FC | 24,016 | -15.7% | 40,470 | 12,714 |
| 19 | Burnley FC | 23,733 | 6.7% | 44,577 | 14,923 |
| 20 | Preston North End FC | 22,435 | -10.3% | 36,435 | 10,548 |
| 21 | Blackpool FC | 20,860 | -2.6% | 36,719 | 11,479 |
| 22 | Luton Town FC | 19,872 | 7.9% | 27,025 | 11,592 |
Division Two
| No. | Club | Average | ± | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool FC | 36,749 | -4.5% | 52,546 | 13,976 |
| 2 | Sunderland AFC | 27,772 | -23.2% | 45,954 | 12,024 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday FC | 26,982 | 18.6% | 44,591 | 17,017 |
| 4 | Fulham FC | 26,260 | 8.4% | 39,377 | 17,861 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough FC | 24,876 | 2.0% | 42,866 | 12,019 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 22,517 | 37.1% | 36,342 | 17,795 |
| 7 | Bristol City FC | 22,506 | 2.0% | 32,378 | 10,369 |
| 8 | Sheffield United FC | 19,580 | 1.7% | 43,915 | 11,306 |
| 9 | Derby County FC | 18,990 | -4.2% | 24,343 | 11,796 |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers FC | 17,890 | -13.2% | 32,129 | 10,004 |
| 11 | Cardiff City FC | 17,776 | 12.2% | 27,146 | 10,734 |
| 12 | Stoke City FC | 17,550 | -14.4% | 30,080 | 6,855 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic FC | 16,806 | -24.4% | 23,369 | 10,364 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town AFC | 14,846 | 4.9% | 20,301 | 9,604 |
| 15 | Swansea City AFC | 14,612 | -7.0% | 25,215 | 6,743 |
| 16 | Ipswich Town FC | 14,261 | -22.0% | 19,837 | 10,455 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient FC | 13,323 | -10.2% | 24,431 | 7,772 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town FC | 13,108 | -7.5% | 22,408 | 8,014 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United FC | 12,377 | 27.9% | 17,488 | 9,035 |
| 20 | Lincoln City FC | 11,334 | 11.7% | 19,631 | 7,041 |
| 21 | Barnsley FC | 11,212 | -19.7% | 23,184 | 4,976 |
| 22 | Rotherham United FC | 10,482 | 3.0% | 18,221 | 6,653 |
Division Three
| No. | Club | Average | ± | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle FC | 22,926 | 16.6% | 30,665 | 10,099 |
| 2 | Norwich City FC | 21,098 | 4.0% | 29,976 | 13,281 |
| 3 | Hull City AFC | 14,380 | 31.0% | 24,156 | 8,521 |
| 4 | Brentford FC | 13,924 | 6.4% | 28,725 | 9,432 |
| 5 | Southampton FC | 13,717 | -7.6% | 21,893 | 5,782 |
| 6 | Reading FC | 12,674 | -1.0% | 17,841 | 6,588 |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 11,815 | 13.9% | 16,878 | 7,296 |
| 8 | Swindon Town FC | 11,359 | -5.8% | 19,856 | 7,303 |
| 9 | Southend United FC | 11,229 | 0.4% | 15,661 | 5,774 |
| 10 | Bradford City AFC | 11,090 | -11.5% | 16,230 | 6,223 |
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 10,680 | -15.4% | 18,448 | 6,381 |
| 12 | Wrexham AFC | 10,338 | 13.8% | 16,905 | 5,244 |
| 13 | Notts County FC | 9,529 | -34.1% | 16,510 | 4,381 |
| 14 | Bury FC | 9,441 | -19.8% | 15,973 | 5,072 |
| 15 | Stockport County FC | 9,255 | -7.4% | 17,315 | 4,060 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers FC | 9,155 | -2.5% | 15,768 | 5,007 |
| 17 | Chesterfield FC | 9,028 | 7.7% | 12,774 | 3,419 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town FC | 8,467 | 4.5% | 15,952 | 3,703 |
| 19 | Colchester United FC | 7,756 | -9.4% | 10,033 | 4,404 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers FC | 6,664 | -40.1% | 10,725 | 2,786 |
| 21 | Halifax Town AFC | 6,663 | 2.7% | 11,938 | 3,260 |
| 22 | Newport County AFC | 6,606 | -7.9% | 10,968 | 2,447 |
| 23 | Accrington Stanley FC | 6,267 | -12.8% | 9,918 | 3,109 |
| 24 | Rochdale AFC | 4,810 | -24.3% | 8,442 | 2,191 |
Division Four
| No. | Club | Average | ± | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coventry City FC | 16,939 | 42.3% | 28,429 | 10,059 |
| 2 | Crystal Palace FC | 14,885 | 12.5% | 20,707 | 8,848 |
| 3 | Port Vale FC | 12,757 | 22.0% | 20,916 | 8,851 |
| 4 | Millwall FC | 11,855 | -2.1% | 20,446 | 6,446 |
| 5 | Exeter City FC | 9,374 | 20.4% | 13,102 | 6,464 |
| 6 | Walsall FC | 9,072 | 3.1% | 15,152 | 5,125 |
| 7 | Watford FC | 8,384 | 1.2% | 14,156 | 4,182 |
| 8 | York City FC | 8,124 | 11.7% | 10,382 | 5,246 |
| 9 | Northampton Town FC | 8,090 | -0.5% | 14,365 | 3,450 |
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town FC | 8,081 | 13.2% | 15,318 | 4,135 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra FC | 7,443 | 62.4% | 15,330 | 4,387 |
| 12 | Carlisle United FC | 7,172 | -15.9% | 11,659 | 3,076 |
| 13 | Bradford Park Avenue AFC | 7,016 | -19.8% | 9,692 | 3,177 |
| 14 | Gillingham FC | 6,928 | -1.5% | 12,023 | 3,817 |
| 15 | Chester City FC | 6,866 | 1.9% | 9,723 | 3,220 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United FC | 5,499 | -30.0% | 9,799 | 3,169 |
| 17 | Torquay United FC | 5,393 | -24.2% | 11,574 | 3,120 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic FC | 5,322 | -28.7% | 8,400 | 2,671 |
| 19 | Workington AFC | 5,042 | -24.2% | 8,765 | 3,185 |
| 20 | Darlington FC | 5,004 | -6.9% | 9,172 | 1,944 |
| 21 | Barrow AFC | 4,325 | -24.6% | 6,026 | 2,532 |
| 22 | Aldershot Town FC | 4,189 | -16.2% | 6,211 | 2,567 |
| 23 | Gateshead AFC | 4,142 | -12.0% | 7,623 | 2,242 |
| 24 | Southport FC | 3,388 | -10.9% | 4,693 | 2,042 |
References
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
References
- "England 1958-59". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- "English League Leading Goalscorers".
- "28th April 1959- Division Four, Watford 2 Shrewsbury Town 5 (Abandoned after 74 minutes due to floodlight failure)".
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1959.htm
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