The City Ground

SEASON: 1958-59

Prev Season: 1957-58
This Season: 1958-59
Next Season: 1959-60

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Billy Walker
FA Cup:: Winners (Luton Town (Wembley) 2-1)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Tommy Wilson (28 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	19 times	8 times	10 times	3 times	3 times
Conceded	19 times	4 times	8 times	2 times	4 times
Won By	6 times	7 times	6 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	6 times	5 times	5 times	2 times	1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 44,971
Lowest League Attendance:: 18,339
Average League Attendance:: 28,917
Highest Cup Attendance:: 42,362
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 42,362

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 14
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
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	5	9	110	49	15	3	3	68	19	13	2	6	42	30	2.245	61	European Cup Preliminary Round	1-3	1-5
2	Manchester United	42	24	7	11	103	66	14	4	3	58	27	10	3	8	45	39	1.561	55		0-3	1-1
3	Arsenal	42	21	8	13	88	68	14	3	4	53	29	7	5	9	35	39	1.294	50		1-1	1-3
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	10	12	79	66	14	3	4	56	30	6	7	8	23	36	1.197	50		3-0	2-3
5	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	13	11	88	68	8	7	6	41	33	10	6	5	47	35	1.294	49		1-1	0-2
6	West Ham United	42	21	6	15	85	70	15	3	3	59	29	6	3	12	26	41	1.214	48		4-0	3-5
7	Burnley	42	19	10	13	81	70	11	4	6	41	29	8	6	7	40	41	1.157	48		1-2	2-0
8	Blackpool	42	18	11	13	66	49	12	7	2	39	13	6	4	11	27	36	1.347	47		2-0	0-1
9	Birmingham City	42	20	6	16	84	68	14	1	6	54	35	6	5	10	30	33	1.235	46		1-7	3-0
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	10	15	76	70	12	3	6	48	28	5	7	9	28	42	1.086	44		1-1	0-3
11	Newcastle United	42	17	7	18	80	80	11	3	7	40	29	6	4	11	40	51	1.000	41		3-0	3-1
12	Preston North End	42	17	7	18	70	77	9	3	9	40	39	8	4	9	30	38	.909	41		0-1	5-3
13	Nottingham Forest	42	17	6	19	71	74	9	4	8	37	32	8	2	11	34	42	.959	40
14	Chelsea	42	18	4	20	77	98	13	2	6	52	37	5	2	14	25	61	.786	40		1-3	1-4
15	Leeds United	42	15	9	18	57	74	8	7	6	28	27	7	2	12	29	47	.770	39		0-3	0-1
16	Everton	42	17	4	21	71	87	11	3	7	39	38	6	1	14	32	49	.816	38		2-1	3-1
17	Luton Town	42	12	13	17	68	71	11	6	4	50	26	1	7	13	18	45	.958	37		3-1	1-5
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	10	19	85	95	10	3	8	56	42	3	7	11	29	53	.895	36		1-1	0-1
19	Leicester City	42	11	10	21	67	98	7	6	8	34	36	4	4	13	33	62	.684	32		1-4	3-0
20	Manchester City	42	11	9	22	64	95	8	7	6	40	32	3	2	16	24	63	.674	31		4-0	1-1
21	Aston Villa	42	11	8	23	58	87	8	5	8	31	33	3	3	15	27	54	.667	30	Relegated	2-0	3-2
22	Portsmouth	42	6	9	27	64	112	5	4	12	38	47	1	5	15	26	65	.571	21	Relegated	5-0	1-0

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 23, 1958	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-5	Loss	52,656	20	Dwight (?)
2	Wed Aug 27, 1958	Manchester United	H	0-3	Loss	44,971	22
3	Sat Aug 30, 1958	Portsmouth	H	5-0	Win	23,719	14	Dwight (?), Quigley (?, ?), Wilson (?, ?)
4	Wed Sep 03, 1958	Manchester United	A	1-1	Draw	51,880	15	Wilson (?)
5	Sat Sep 06, 1958	Aston Villa	A	3-2	Win	31,014	13	Burkitt (?), Wilson (?, ?)
6	Wed Sep 10, 1958	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	Draw	30,307	12	Dwight (?)
7	Sat Sep 13, 1958	West Ham United	H	4-0	Win	30,307	11	Dwight (?, ?), Quigley (?), Wilson (?)
8	Wed Sep 17, 1958	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	Loss	39,431	12
9	Sat Sep 20, 1958	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-3	Loss	28,486	13	Dwight (?), Wilson (?)
10	Sat Sep 27, 1958	Chelsea	A	1-4	Loss	48,093	16	Gray (?)
11	Sat Oct 04, 1958	Blackpool	H	2-0	Win	31,934	13	Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
12	Sat Oct 11, 1958	Luton Town	H	3-1	Win	30,337	13	Dwight (?), Wilson (?), Gray (?)
13	Sat Oct 18, 1958	Birmingham City	A	3-0	Win	31,610	8	Dwight (?), Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
14	Sat Oct 25, 1958	Preston North End	H	0-1	Loss	33,583	11
15	Sat Nov 01, 1958	Burnley	A	2-0	Win	22,644	9	Dwight (?), Wilson (?)
16	Sat Nov 08, 1958	Manchester City	H	4-0	Win	31,154	8	Quigley (?, ?, ?), Imlach (?)
17	Sat Nov 15, 1958	Arsenal	A	1-3	Loss	48,897	10	Wilson (?)
18	Sat Nov 22, 1958	Everton	H	2-1	Win	26,440	6	Dwight (?), Wilson (?)
19	Sat Nov 29, 1958	Leicester City	A	3-0	Win	26,322	6	Dwight (?, ?, ?)
20	Sat Dec 06, 1958	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	Draw	34,784	6	Quigley (?)
21	Sat Dec 13, 1958	Leeds United	A	0-1	Loss	26,341	6
22	Sat Dec 20, 1958	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-3	Loss	28,079	9	Quigley (?)
23	Fri Dec 26, 1958	Newcastle United	A	3-1	Win	48,949	8	Dwight (?), Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
24	Sat Dec 27, 1958	Newcastle United	H	3-0	Win	40,057	8	Wilson (?), Imlach (?, ?)
25	Sat Jan 03, 1959	Portsmouth	A	1-0	Win	21,070	7	Dwight (?)
26	Sat Jan 31, 1959	West Ham United	A	3-5	Loss	26,769	8	Dwight (?), Wilson (?), Gray (?)
27	Sat Feb 07, 1959	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-0	Win	29,703	8	Whitefoot (?), Dwight (?), Wilson (?)
28	Sat Feb 21, 1959	Blackpool	A	0-1	Loss	13,228	9
29	Sat Mar 07, 1959	Birmingham City	H	1-7	Loss	18,977	11	Dwight (?)
30	Mon Mar 16, 1959	Preston North End	A	5-3	Win	15,438	11	Quigley (?), Gray (?, ?), Imlach (?), Watson (? OG)
31	Sat Mar 21, 1959	Burnley	H	1-2	Loss	27,811	12	Wilson (?)
32	Fri Mar 27, 1959	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-3	Loss	26,589	12
33	Sat Mar 28, 1959	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	28,146	11	Wilson (?)
34	Tue Mar 31, 1959	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	27,917	12	Quigley (?)
35	Sat Apr 04, 1959	Arsenal	H	1-1	Draw	32,708	11	Wilson (?)
36	Thu Apr 09, 1959	Luton Town	A	1-5	Loss	22,352	12	Quigley (?)
37	Sat Apr 11, 1959	Everton	A	3-1	Win	26,208	12	Wilson (?, ?), Gray (?)
38	Wed Apr 15, 1959	Chelsea	H	1-3	Loss	18,339	12	Gray (?)
39	Sat Apr 18, 1959	Leicester City	H	1-4	Loss	28,535	13	Dwight (?)
40	Mon Apr 20, 1959	Aston Villa	H	2-0	Win	18,953	11	Dwight (?), Imlach (?)
41	Wed Apr 22, 1959	Leeds United	H	0-3	Loss	18,650	11
42	Sat Apr 25, 1959	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	Loss	16,950	13

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 10, 1959	Tooting and Mitcham United	3			A	2-2	Draw	14,000	Gray (? pen), Murphy (57 OG)
Sat Jan 24, 1959	Tooting and Mitcham United	3	Y	1	H	3-0	Win	42,362	Wilson (?), Imlach (?), Dwight (30)
Wed Jan 28, 1959	Grimsby Town	4			H	4-1	Win	-	Whitefoot (?), Wilson (?), Gray (?, ?)
Sat Feb 14, 1959	Birmingham City	5			A	1-1	Draw	-	Wilson (?)
Wed Feb 18, 1959	Birmingham City	5	Y	1	H	1-1	Draw	-	Dwight (?)
Mon Feb 23, 1959	Birmingham City	5	Y	2	N	5-0	Win	-	Dwight (?, ?, ?), Gray (?, ?)
Sat Feb 28, 1959	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter			H	2-1	Win	-	Wilson (?, ?)
Sat Mar 14, 1959	Aston Villa	Semi			N	1-0	Win	65,107	Quigley (?)
Sat May 02, 1959	Luton Town	Final			N	2-1	Win	100,000	Dwight (10), Wilson (14)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed May 20, 1959	Sporting Lisbon	Portugal	A	1-0	Win	-	Gray (? pen)
Sun May 24, 1959	Oviedo	Spain	A	0-1	Loss	-
Wed May 27, 1959	Valencia	Spain	A	1-0	Win	-	Barrett (?)
Thu May 28, 1959	Atletico Madrid	Spain	A	1-6	Loss	-	Barrett (?)
Sat May 30, 1959	Athletico Bilbao	Spain	A	0-3	Loss	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7)				Out (8)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bernie Kelly	Bought			Arthur Lightening	Sold
	James Martin	Bought			Jack Hutchinson	Sold
	Jeff Whitefoot	Bought			James Martin	Sold
	Joe McDonald	Bought			Peter Watson (1956)	Sold
	Robert Morrison	Bought			Robert Morrison	Sold
Aug 23, 1958	Roy Dwight	Bought			William Morley	Sold
Apr 22, 1959	John Armstrong	Bought			Willie Fraser	Sold
				Nov 22, 1958	Eddie Baily	Sold

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	4	2	2
GK		Chic Thomson	44	21	7	16
GK		John Armstrong	1			1
GK		Willie Fraser	2			2
D		Bob McKinlay	48	22	9	17
D		Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	10	3	1	6
D		Joe McDonald	44	21	8	15
M		Bill Whare	47	22	9	16
M		Jack Burkitt	48	23	9	16	1
M		Jack Hutchinson	1			1
M		Jeff Whitefoot	47	22	7	18	2
M		Peter Watson (1956)	3	1		2	1
M		Robert Morrison	1			1
M		Roy Dwight	50	23	9	18	26
F		Bernie Kelly	2			2
F		Billy Gray	49	23	9	17	12
F		Billy Younger	1			1
F		Calvin Palmer	2		1	1
F		Eddie Baily	4	3		1
F		James Martin	1			1
F		Jim Barrett	3	1	1	1
F		Johnny Quigley	48	22	9	17	12
F		Stewart Imlach	46	20	8	18	9
F		Tommy Wilson	50	23	9	18	28
F		William Morley	5	1	1	3

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
28	Tommy Wilson	50
26	Roy Dwight	50
12	Billy Gray	49
12	Johnny Quigley	48
9	Stewart Imlach	46
2	Jeff Whitefoot	47
1	Jack Burkitt	48
1	Peter Watson (1956)	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1958-59

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Sat Sep 06, 1958	A	3-2	Mon Apr 20, 1959	H	2-0
Everton	Sat Nov 22, 1958	H	2-1	Sat Apr 11, 1959	A	3-1
Newcastle United	Fri Dec 26, 1958	A	3-1	Sat Dec 27, 1958	H	3-0
Portsmouth	Sat Aug 30, 1958	H	5-0	Sat Jan 03, 1959	A	1-0