Football League First Division 1958/59
| Football League First Division 1958/59 | |
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| master | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| European Cup of National Champions |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Cup winners | Nottingham Forest |
| Relegated | Aston Villa , Portsmouth FC |
| Teams | 22nd |
| Games | 462 |
| Gates | 1,692 (ø 3.66 per game) |
| Top scorer | Jimmy Greaves ( Chelsea FC ) / Bobby Smith ( Tottenham Hotspur ) |
| ← Football League First Division 1957/58 | |
The Football League First Division 1958/59 was the 60th season of the highest English football league . It began on August 23, 1958 and ended on May 4, 1959.
The Wolverhampton Wanderers won the third English championship in their club history by six points ahead of Manchester United and defended the title from the previous year. Both newly promoted West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers were able to hold the class; instead Aston Villa and Portsmouth FC had to move into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham FC .
A total of 515 players were used, with West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United and Burnley FC with 20 the fewest and Newcastle United with 29 the most players in league games. 126 newcomers opposed 132 footballers who last came into play in the 1958/59 season. 13 players were able to play all 42 league games in their club.
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points | EgS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers (M) | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 110: 49 | 2.24 | 61:23 | 22nd |
| 2. | Manchester United | 42 | 24 | 7th | 11 | 103: 66 | 1.56 | 55:29 | 22nd |
| 3. | Arsenal FC | 42 | 21st | 8th | 13 | 88:68 | 1.29 | 50:34 | 26th |
| 4th | Bolton Wanderers (P) | 42 | 20th | 10 | 12 | 79:66 | 1.20 | 50:34 | 21st |
| 5. | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 18th | 13 | 11 | 88:68 | 1.29 | 49:35 | 20th |
| 6th | West Ham United (N) | 42 | 21st | 6th | 15th | 85:70 | 1.21 | 48:36 | 20th |
| 7th | Burnley FC | 42 | 19th | 10 | 13 | 81:70 | 1.16 | 48:36 | 20th |
| 8th. | Blackpool FC | 42 | 18th | 11 | 13 | 66:49 | 1.35 | 47:37 | 21st |
| 9. | Birmingham City | 42 | 20th | 6th | 16 | 84:68 | 1.24 | 46:38 | 24 |
| 10. | Blackburn Rovers (N) | 42 | 17th | 10 | 15th | 76:70 | 1.09 | 44:40 | 24 |
| 11. | Newcastle United | 42 | 17th | 7th | 18th | 80:80 | 1.00 | 41:43 | 29 |
| 12. | Preston North End | 42 | 17th | 7th | 18th | 70:77 | 0.91 | 41:43 | 25th |
| 13. | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17th | 6th | 19th | 71:74 | 0.96 | 40:44 | 25th |
| 14th | Chelsea FC | 42 | 18th | 4th | 20th | 77:98 | 0.79 | 40:44 | 28 |
| 15th | Leeds United | 42 | 15th | 9 | 18th | 57:74 | 0.77 | 39:45 | 24 |
| 16. | Everton FC | 42 | 17th | 4th | 21st | 71:87 | 0.82 | 38:46 | 24 |
| 17th | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17th | 68:71 | 0.96 | 37:47 | 24 |
| 18th | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19th | 85:95 | 0.89 | 36:48 | 24 |
| 19th | Leicester City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21st | 67:98 | 0.68 | 32:52 | 24 |
| 20th | Manchester City | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22nd | 64:95 | 0.67 | 31:53 | 26th |
| 21st | Aston Villa | 42 | 11 | 8th | 23 | 58:87 | 0.67 | 30:54 | 23 |
| 22nd | Portsmouth FC | 42 | 6th | 9 | 27 | 64: 112 | 0.57 | 21:63 | 26th |
| (M) | reigning English champion |
| (P) | reigning FA Cup winner |
| (N) | Newcomers last season |
| EgS | used players |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
| ARS | AST | BIR | BLA | BLP | BOL | BUR | CHE | EVE | LEE | LEI | LUT | MNC | MNU | NEW | NOF | POR | PNE | DEAD | WBA | WHU | WOL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal FC | 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 City | 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 FC | 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 FC | 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 FC | 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 FC | 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 FC | 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 |
List of goalscorers
| player | society | Gates | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Bobby Smith
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Tottenham Hotspur | 32 | 36 |
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Jimmy Greaves
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Chelsea FC | = | 42 |
| 3 |
Nat Lofthouse
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Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 37 |
| = |
Bobby Charlton
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Manchester United | = | 38 |
| 5 |
Ray Pointer
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Burnley FC | 27 | 37 |
| = |
 John Dick
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West Ham United | = | 41 |
| 7th |
Derek Kevan
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West Bromwich Albion | 26th | = |
| 8th |
Len White
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Newcastle United | 25th | 30th |
| 9 |
Peter Dobing
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Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 40 |
The Wolverhampton Wanderers' championship team
The following table lists all players who were used in a league game for the Wolverhampton Wanderers during the 1958/59 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.
| 1. | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
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Colin Booth (13/7) | Peter Broadbent (40/20) | Eddie Clamp (26/3) | Norman Deeley (38/17) | Cliff Durandt * (1/0) | Malcolm Finlayson (39/0) | Ron Flowers (31/0) | Gerry Harris (40/1) | Jackie Henderson * (8/3) | The horn * (8/3) | Alan Jackson * (2/1) | Gwyn Jones * (4/0) | Phil Kelly * (1/0) | Mickey Lill (18/12) | Bobby Mason (34/13) | Jimmy Mullen (16/4) | Jimmy Murray (28/21) | George Showell * (8/2) | Geoff Sidebottom * (3/0) | Bill Slater (27/1) | Eddie Stuart (38/0) | Billy Wright (39/0).
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Special occurrences
- Jimmy Greaves scored five goals for Chelsea against Wolverhampton Wanderers on August 30, 1958.
- Peter Harris scored five goals for Portsmouth FC against Aston Villa on September 3, 1958.
literature
- Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-1998. 5th edition. Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1998, ISBN 1-85291-585-4 .
- Tony Matthews, L. Smith: Wolves. The Complete Record. Breedon, Derby 1994, ISBN 1-85983-000-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1958/1959 (Fussballdaten.de)