The City Ground

SEASON: 1957-58

Prev Season: 1956-57
Next Season: 1958-59

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)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

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

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
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	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	European Cup	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	European Cup Preliminary Round	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	Relegated	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	Relegated	5-2	2-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 24, 1957	Preston North End	H	2-1	Win	33,285	7	Gray (?), Barrett (?)
2	Wed Aug 28, 1957	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	29,705	6	Wilson (?)
3	Sat Aug 31, 1957	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-1	Win	31,236	3	Barrett (?), Imlach (?)
4	Wed Sep 04, 1957	Birmingham City	A	2-0	Win	26,852	2	Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
5	Sat Sep 07, 1957	Manchester City	H	2-1	Win	37,191	2	Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
6	Mon Sep 09, 1957	Burnley	A	1-3	Loss	15,818	2	Barrett (?)
7	Sat Sep 14, 1957	Leeds United	A	2-1	Win	25,566	3	Barrett (?), Wilson (?)
8	Wed Sep 18, 1957	Burnley	H	7-0	Win	26,842	1	Gray (?), Baily (?), Wilson (?, ?), Barrett (?), Imlach (?, ?)
9	Sat Sep 21, 1957	Portsmouth	A	4-1	Win	33,801	1	Gray (?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?, ?)
10	Sat Sep 28, 1957	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	Loss	41,825	1
11	Sat Oct 05, 1957	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4-3	Win	51,429	3	Gray (?), Quigley (?), Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
12	Sat Oct 12, 1957	Manchester United	H	1-2	Loss	47,804	4	Imlach (?)
13	Sat Oct 19, 1957	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	36,836	5	Wilson (? pen)
14	Sat Oct 26, 1957	Blackpool	H	1-2	Loss	41,586	6	Barrett (?)
15	Sat Nov 02, 1957	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	47,858	8
16	Sat Nov 09, 1957	Arsenal	H	4-0	Win	34,366	6	Barrett (?), Wilson (?, ?), Imlach (?)
17	Sat Nov 16, 1957	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-2	Loss	24,562	8
18	Sat Nov 23, 1957	Aston Villa	H	4-1	Win	30,382	5	Whare (?), Quigley (?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?)
19	Sat Nov 30, 1957	Luton Town	A	1-3	Loss	18,391	6	Gray (?)
20	Sat Dec 07, 1957	Sunderland	H	2-0	Win	24,262	5	Wilson (?, ?)
21	Sat Dec 14, 1957	Everton	A	1-1	Draw	29,099	6	Gray (?)
22	Sat Dec 21, 1957	Preston North End	A	0-2	Loss	20,945	8
23	Wed Dec 25, 1957	Newcastle United	A	4-1	Win	25,214	6	Wilson (?), Baily (?), Imlach (?, ?)
24	Thu Dec 26, 1957	Newcastle United	H	2-3	Loss	32,509	7	Wilson (?), Baily (?)
25	Sat Dec 28, 1957	Sheffield Wednesday	H	5-2	Win	31,903	7	Gray (?), Wilson (?), Baily (?), Imlach (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 11, 1958	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	34,837	7	McKinlay (?)
27	Sat Jan 18, 1958	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	23,368	7	Baily (?)
28	Sat Feb 01, 1958	Portsmouth	H	2-0	Win	23,344	7	Baily (?), Imlach (?)
29	Sat Feb 08, 1958	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-3	Loss	32,735	7	Quigley (?), Simcoe (?)
30	Sat Feb 15, 1958	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	Loss	32,334	7	Wilson (?)
31	Sat Feb 22, 1958	Manchester United	A	1-1	Draw	66,346	6	Imlach (?)
32	Sat Mar 01, 1958	Leicester City	H	3-1	Win	38,341	6	Gray (?), Baily (?), Imlach (?)
33	Sat Mar 08, 1958	Blackpool	A	0-3	Loss	16,492	7
34	Sat Mar 15, 1958	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-4	Loss	40,197	9	Baily (?)
35	Sat Mar 29, 1958	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-0	Draw	24,060	10
36	Fri Apr 04, 1958	Chelsea	A	0-0	Draw	44,288	10
37	Mon Apr 07, 1958	Chelsea	H	1-1	Draw	25,130	10	Imlach (?)
38	Sat Apr 12, 1958	Luton Town	H	1-0	Win	22,085	10	Wilson (?)
39	Sat Apr 19, 1958	Sunderland	A	0-3	Loss	28,753	10
40	Mon Apr 21, 1958	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	23,217	10	Gray (?)
41	Sat Apr 26, 1958	Everton	H	0-3	Loss	16,879	11
42	Wed Apr 30, 1958	Aston Villa	A	1-1	Draw	21,043	10	Quigley (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
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	Notes
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 (?), Baily (?)
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	Notes
Mon Sep 23, 1957	All Stars XI	USA	H	4-0	Win	-	Quigley (?, ?), Wilson (?), Barrett (?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
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

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1957-58

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
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