SEASON: 1957-58
- DIVISION:
- English First Division (Tier 1)
- MANAGER(s):
- Billy Walker
- FA Cup:
- 4th Round (West Bromwich Albion (H) 1-5)
- League Cup:
- -
- Top Goalscorer:
- Tommy Wilson (22 goals)
- Competitive Games:
- 45
- Competitive Goals:
- 75
- Goals per game:
- 1.7
- League Games:
- 42
- League Points:
- 42 out of 84 (2 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 50.0%
ALL GAMES
LEAGUE GAMES
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
Friendly
Testimonial
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
SQUAD
Competitive goals only
LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season
Goal count: | 1 goal | 2 goals | 3 goals | 4 goals | 5+ goals | Scored | 17 times | 10 times | 2 times | 5 times | 2 times | Conceded | 16 times | 8 times | 10 times | 1 time | 1 time | Won By | 6 times | 5 times | 4 times | 1 time | 1 time | Lost By | 5 times | 7 times | 4 times | 1 time |
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Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
- Highest League Attendance:
- 47,804
- Lowest League Attendance:
- 16,879
- Average League Attendance:
- 31,304
- Highest Cup Attendance:
- 0
- Lowest Cup Attendance:
- 0
MISCELLANEOUS
- Clean Sheets:
- 9
- Red cards:
- 0
- Yellow cards:
- 0
- Own goals (for):
- (scored by opponents for us)
- Own goals (against):
- (scored by us for opponents)
- Yellow cards:
- 0
- Penalties scored:
- 1
- Penalties conceded:
- 0
- Penalties missed:
- 0
- Penalties saved:
- 0
END OF SEASON TABLE (1957-58)
FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) | Home | Away | Results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Result | Home | Away |
1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 103 | 47 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 2.191 | 64 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2 | Preston North End | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 100 | 51 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 1.961 | 59 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 93 | 77 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 44 | 1.208 | 51 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 92 | 70 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 41 | 1.314 | 50 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 5 | Manchester City | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 104 | 100 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 46 | 67 | 1.040 | 49 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 6 | Burnley | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 80 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 53 | 1.081 | 47 | 7-0 | 1-3 | 7 | Blackpool | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 80 | 67 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 1.194 | 44 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 8 | Luton Town | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 69 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 1.095 | 44 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 9 | Manchester United | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 44 | 1.133 | 43 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 10 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 69 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 1.095 | 42 | 11 | Chelsea | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 83 | 79 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 1.051 | 42 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 12 | Arsenal | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 73 | 85 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 46 | .859 | 39 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 13 | Birmingham City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 76 | 89 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 52 | .854 | 39 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 14 | Aston Villa | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 73 | 86 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 60 | .849 | 39 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 87 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 52 | .747 | 38 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 16 | Everton | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 75 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 40 | .867 | 37 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 17 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 63 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 40 | .810 | 37 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 18 | Leicester City | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 91 | 112 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 32 | 71 | .813 | 33 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 19 | Newcastle United | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 73 | 81 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 39 | .901 | 32 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 20 | Portsmouth | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 73 | 88 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 28 | 54 | .830 | 32 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 21 | Sunderland | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 97 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 64 | .557 | 32 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 69 | 92 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 52 | .750 | 31 | 5-2 | 2-1 |
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | Count | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Jan 04, 1958 | Gillingham | 3 | H | 2-0 | Win | - | Quigley (?), Imlach (?) | ||
Sat Jan 25, 1958 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | A | 3-3 | Draw | - | Wilson (?, ?), Imlach (?) | ||
Wed Jan 29, 1958 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | Y | 1 | H | 1-5 | Loss | - | Wilson (?) |
Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wed May 14, 1958 | Berlin | Germany | A | 4-3 | Win | - | Quigley (?), Gray (?), Baily (?, ?) |
Sat May 17, 1958 | RW Oberhausen | Germany | A | 3-1 | Win | - | Gray (?), Wilson (?, ?) |
Sun May 18, 1958 | Flamengo | Brazil | N | 2-2 | Draw | - | Wilson (25), Baily (70) |
Mon May 19, 1958 | Fiorentina | Italy | A | 0-0 | Draw | - | |
Wed May 21, 1958 | Netherlands XI | Netherlands | A | 0-1 | Loss | - |
Testimonial
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mon Sep 23, 1957 | All Stars XI | USA | H | 4-0 | Win | - | Quigley (?, ?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (8) | Out (8) | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | 1957 | Arthur Lightening | Bought | Chris Joyce | Sold | Jun 1957 | Billy Gray | Bought | £4,500 | Eric Jones | Sold | Billy Younger | Bought | 1958 | Harry Nicholson | Sold | Chic Thomson | Bought | Harry Sharratt | Sold | Harry Sharratt | Bought | Ken Simcoe | Sold | Ken Simcoe | Bought | 1958 | Ronald Farmer | Sold | Jul 01, 1957 | Johnny Quigley | Bought | Mar 08, 1958 | Peter Higham | Sold | Apr 04, 1958 | Fay Coyle | Bought | Apr 19, 1958 | Fay Coyle | Sold |
SQUAD
Season Record (Competitive Games only) | |||||||||||||
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Pos | Num | Player | P | W | D | L | Goals | Yellows | Reds | Went Off | Came On | Unused Sub | Notes |
GK | Arthur Lightening | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
GK | Chic Thomson | 43 | 16 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||
GK | Harry Sharratt | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
D | Bob McKinlay | 43 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 1 | |||||||
D | Geoff Thomas (1944-60) | 44 | 16 | 11 | 17 | ||||||||
M | Bill Whare | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 1 | |||||||
M | Fay Coyle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
M | Jack Burkitt | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | ||||||||
M | Jack Hutchinson | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
M | Ken Simcoe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
M | Peter Higham | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
M | Peter Watson (1956) | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
M | Ronald Farmer | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
F | Billy Gray | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 9 | |||||||
F | Billy Younger | ||||||||||||
F | Chris Joyce | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||
F | Eddie Baily | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 8 | |||||||
F | Eric Jones | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
F | Jim Barrett | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
F | Johnny Quigley | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | |||||||
F | Stewart Imlach | 43 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 16 | |||||||
F | Tommy Wilson | 43 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 22 | |||||||
F | William Morley | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 |
GOALSCORERS
Competitive goals only
Goals | Player | Games |
---|---|---|
22 | Tommy Wilson | 43 |
16 | Stewart Imlach | 43 |
12 | Jim Barrett | 17 |
9 | Billy Gray | 38 |
8 | Eddie Baily | 40 |
5 | Johnny Quigley | 25 |
1 | Bill Whare | 38 |
1 | Bob McKinlay | 43 |
1 | Ken Simcoe | 2 |
Own Goals | 45 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season
1957-58
Opponent | Date | H/A | Score | Date | H/A | Score |
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Portsmouth | Sat Sep 21, 1957 | A | 4-1 | Sat Feb 01, 1958 | H | 2-0 |
Sheffield Wednesday | Sat Aug 31, 1957 | A | 2-1 | Sat Dec 28, 1957 | H | 5-2 |