Football League Second Division 1957/58

Football League Second Division 1957/58
master	West Ham United
Climbers	West Ham United, Blackburn Rovers
Relegated	Notts County , Doncaster Rovers
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,637  (ø 3.54 per game)
Top scorer	Tommy Johnston ( Leyton Orient / Blackburn Rovers )
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The Football League Second Division 1957/58 was the 55th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 24, 1957 and ended on May 1, 1958.

West Ham United became second division champions and the second-placed Blackburn Rovers were promoted to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1958/59, the two first division clubs AFC Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday ranked in the table below . Notts County and the Doncaster Rovers had to relegate from the Second Division , with both clubs having to compete in the Football League Third Division, which has been single-track since 1958 . Instead of the two clubs in the following season 1958/59 the last Third Division North champion Scunthorpe United (until 1958: "Scunthorpe & Lindsey United") and from the Third Division South the last winner Brighton & Hove Albion took the free Positions.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	West Ham United	42	23	11	8th	101: 540	1.87	57:27
2.	Blackburn Rovers	42	22nd	12	8th	093:570	1.63	56:28
3.	Charlton Athletic (A)	42	24	7th	11	107: 690	1.55	55:29
4th	Liverpool FC	42	22nd	10	10	079:540	1.46	54:30
5.	Fulham FC	42	20th	12	10	097:590	1.64	52:32
6th	Sheffield United	42	21st	10	11	075:500	1.50	52:32
7th	Middlesbrough FC	42	19th	7th	16	083:740	1.12	45:39
8th.	Ipswich Town (N)	42	16	12	14th	068:690	0.99	44:40
9.	Huddersfield Town	42	14th	16	12	063:660	0.95	44:40
10.	Bristol Rovers	42	17th	8th	17th	085:800	1.06	42:42
11.	Stoke City	42	18th	6th	18th	075:730	1.03	42:42
12.	Leyton Orient	42	18th	5	19th	077:790	0.97	41:43
13.	Grimsby Town	42	17th	6th	19th	086:830	1.04	40:44
14th	Barnsley FC	42	14th	12	16	070:740	0.95	40:44
15th	Cardiff City (A)	42	14th	9	19th	063:770	0.82	37:47
16.	Derby County (N)	42	14th	8th	20th	060:810	0.74	36:48
17th	Bristol City	42	13	9	20th	063:880	0.72	35:49
18th	Rotherham United	42	14th	5	23	065: 101	0.64	33:51
19th	Swansea Town	42	11	9	22nd	072:990	0.73	31:53
20th	Lincoln City	42	11	9	22nd	055:820	0.67	31:53
21st	Notts County	42	12	6th	24	044:800	0.55	30:54
22nd	Doncaster Rovers	42	8th	11	23	056:880	0.64	27:57

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1958/59

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1958/59

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1956/57
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1956/57

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1957/58	BAR	BLA	BRC	BRR	CAR	CHA	OF THE	DON	FUL	GRI	HUD	IPS	LEY	LIN	LIV	MID	NOC	RED	SHU	STO	SWA	WHU
Barnsley FC		0: 2	4: 1	2: 2	1: 1	4: 1	3-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 3	2: 3	5: 1	3-0	1: 3	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	1-0
Blackburn Rovers	3: 1		5-0	2-0	4-0	1: 1	3: 1	3: 2	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	0-0	4: 1	0: 1	3: 3	3: 3	3-0	5-0	1-0	1-0	2: 2	2: 1
Bristol City	5-0	0-0		3: 2	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	2: 2	0: 5	3: 2	1: 3	1-0	2: 2	4-0	1: 2	0-0	3: 1	0: 1	1: 4	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1
Bristol Rovers	1: 1	4-0	3: 3		0: 2	1-0	5: 2	2: 1	2: 2	0: 7	1: 1	3: 1	4-0	3-0	3: 1	5-0	5: 2	1: 3	2: 2	2-0	3-0	2: 3
Cardiff City	7-0	4: 3	2: 3	0: 2		0: 3	3: 2	3: 1	3-0	1: 3	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	6: 1	0: 2	2-0	2: 2	0-0	5: 2	0-0	0: 3
Charlton Athletic	4: 2	3: 4	1-0	2: 3	3: 1		2: 2	2-0	2: 2	2-0	7: 6	4: 1	3: 2	4: 1	5: 1	6: 2	4: 1	4-0	3: 1	3-0	1: 1	0: 3
Derby County	1: 4	0: 3	5: 2	2: 1	0: 2	1: 3		1-0	3: 3	1-0	2: 4	2: 2	2-0	3: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3: 4	2-0	0-0	1-0	2: 3
Doncaster Rovers	1: 1	1: 5	2: 1	3: 2	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2		1: 6	3: 3	0: 3	1: 1	2-0	1: 3	1: 1	3: 2	4-0	3: 2	2: 2	0: 1	3-0	1: 2
Fulham FC	1: 1	1: 1	3: 4	3-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0	4: 1		6-0	2: 1	0-0	3: 1	4: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	6: 3	3: 4	2-0	2: 2
Grimsby Town	2: 1	3: 4	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	4: 2	3: 2	3: 1	3: 1		4: 1	0: 2	7: 2	4-0	3: 1	4: 1	2-0	3: 1	1: 3	0-0	2: 2	1: 2
Huddersfield Town	0: 5	2: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	3: 3	0-0	2: 2	0: 3	1-0		3-0	2-0	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	3: 1
Ipswich Town	3-0	2: 1	4: 2	3: 2	3: 1	1: 4	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	3: 2	4-0		5: 3	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1-0	1: 3	0: 1	2: 1
Leyton Orient	2: 1	5: 1	4-0	1: 3	4: 2	3: 2	1: 1	2-0	1: 3	5: 1	3: 1	2-0		1-0	1-0	4-0	2: 2	6: 2	0: 1	0: 2	5: 1	1: 4
Lincoln City FC	1: 3	1: 1	4-0	0: 1	3: 1	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 4	1: 1	2: 1	2-0		0: 1	2: 3	2: 2	2-0	2: 2	1: 3	4-0	1: 6
Liverpool FC	1: 1	2-0	4: 3	2-0	3-0	3: 1	2-0	5-0	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	1-0		0: 2	4-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	4-0	1: 1
Middlesbrough FC	3: 1	2: 3	0-0	4: 3	4: 1	2-0	3: 2	5-0	2-0	5: 1	0: 1	5: 2	2-0	3: 1	2: 2		3: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1: 3	2: 1	1: 3
Notts County	2: 3	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	5: 2	2: 1	1-0	0: 5	1: 5	2-0	1: 1	0: 3	0: 1	1-0	0: 2	2-0		1-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 4	1-0
Rotherham United	4: 1	1: 2	4: 1	2-0	3: 1	1: 5	0: 2	2: 1	3: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 4	2: 2	1: 2	2: 2	1: 4	1: 3		1: 6	0: 2	5: 2	1: 2
Sheffield United	0-0	4: 2	0: 3	2-0	3-0	0: 3	0: 1	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0: 2	4-0	1: 1	3: 2	1-0	2-0		3-0	2: 2	2: 1
Stoke City	3: 1	2: 4	3-0	3: 5	3-0	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 2	4: 1	1: 1	5: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1: 2	4: 1	0: 1	4: 1	2: 3		6: 2	1: 4
Swansea Town	4: 2	0: 4	5: 1	6: 4	0: 1	1: 3	7-0	4: 3	4: 4	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	5: 1	0: 2	1: 4	1: 3	1: 3	0: 2	4: 1		3: 2
West Ham United	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	6: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2-0	5: 2	1: 1	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	8-0	0: 3	5-0	6: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Tommy Johnston	Leyton Orient / Blackburn Rovers	43

Web links

• England 1957-58 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1957/58 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .