The City Ground

SEASON: 1958-59

Prev Season: 1957-58
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

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	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

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 23, 1958	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-5	Loss	52,656	19	Dwight (?)
2	Wed Aug 27, 1958	Manchester United	H	0-3	Loss	44,971	21
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	14	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	Notes
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	Notes
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	-

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