1958-59 in English football
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The 1958-59 season was the 79th season of competitive football in England.
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[edit] Overview
[edit] Events
- The Football League was re-organised - Divisions Three North and South were discontinued. The top half of each regional Division Three from the previous season formed a new Division Three, while the lower halves formed the new Division Four.
[edit] Awards
- Jimmy Greaves, (Chelsea), 33
[edit] Honours
[edit] League table
[edit] First Division
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 110 | 49 | 2.245 | 61 |
2 | Manchester United | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 103 | 66 | 1.561 | 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 |
[edit] Second Division
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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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 City | 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 |
[edit] Third Division
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 |
[edit] Fourth Division
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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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 City | 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Tour of the Americas
May 13, 1959 | Brazil | 2–0 | England | Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro |
Henrique, Julinho |
May 17, 1959 | Peru | 4–1 | England | Estadio Nacional, Lima |
Juan Seminario 3, Juan Joya | Jimmy Greaves |
May 24, 1959 | Mexico | 2–1 | England | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City |
Raul Cardenas, Salvador Reyes | Derek Kevan |
May 28, 1959 | USA | 1–8 | England | Wrigley Field, Los Angeles |
Ed Murphy | Bobby Charlton 3 (1P), Ron Flowers 2, Warren Bradley, Derek Kevan, Johnny Haynes |
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