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:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Tommy Wilson (28 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1958-59								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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Competitive Games:: 51
Competitive Goals:: 92
Goals per game:: 1.8
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 40 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 47.6%

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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	1	-	1	5	3	2	West Ham United (4-0), Arsenal (1-3)
2		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3		3	4	2	1	1	9	5	5	Bolton Wanderers (2-3), Luton Town (3-1), Bolton Wanderers (3-0), Arsenal (1-1)
4		4	2	-	1	1	2	4	1	West Bromwich Albion (1-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-3)
5		5	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	Manchester United (1-1), Preston North End (0-1)
6	28	6	2	-	-	2	0	4	0	Manchester United (0-3), Blackpool (0-1)
7	28	7	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Blackpool (2-0), West Bromwich Albion (0-2)
8	43	8	2	-	-	2	1	10	0	Birmingham City (1-7), Blackburn Rovers (0-3)
9	20	9	2	-	1	1	2	5	1	Chelsea (1-4), Blackburn Rovers (1-1)
10	14	10	3	1	-	2	9	10	2	West Ham United (3-5), Preston North End (5-3), Burnley (1-2)
11	24	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	39	12	2	2	-	-	5	1	4	Burnley (2-0), Newcastle United (3-1)
13	37	13	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Everton (3-1)
14		14	2	1	-	1	3	1	2	Leeds United (0-1), Newcastle United (3-0)
15	6	15	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Chelsea (1-3)
16	8	16	1	1	-	-	3	2	2	Aston Villa (3-2)
17		17	5	4	-	1	14	4	8	Portsmouth (5-0), Birmingham City (3-0), Manchester City (4-0), Everton (2-1), Leeds United (0-3)
18		18	1	-	-	1	1	5	0	Luton Town (1-5)
19	1	19	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Manchester City (1-1)
20	3	20	4	1	1	2	4	6	3	Tottenham Hotspur (1-1), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1), Leicester City (1-4), Aston Villa (2-0)
21		21	2	2	-	-	4	0	4	Leicester City (3-0), Portsmouth (1-0)
22	3	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-5) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 44,971 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 18,339 (Chelsea)
Average League Attendance:: 28,917
Highest Cup Attendance:: 44,414 (Bolton Wanderers)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 34,289 (Grimsby Town)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 14
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 2 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Billy Walker
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	15	Dwight (?), Quigley (?, ?), Wilson (?, ?)
4	Wed Sep 03, 1958	Manchester United	A	1-1	Draw	51,880	15	Wilson (60)
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	12	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 (10), Imlach (63), Wilson (65)
24	Sat Dec 27, 1958	Newcastle United	H	3-0	Win	40,057	8	Imlach (32, 37), Wilson (47)
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	34,289	Whitefoot (?), Wilson (?), Gray (?, ?)
Sat Feb 14, 1959	Birmingham City	5			A	1-1	Draw	55,300	Wilson (?)
Wed Feb 18, 1959	Birmingham City	5	Y	1	H	1-1	Draw	39,431	Dwight (?)
Mon Feb 23, 1959	Birmingham City	5	Y	2	N	5-0	Win	34,458	Dwight (?, ?, ?), Gray (?, ?)
Sat Feb 28, 1959	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter			H	2-1	Win	44,414	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	15,000	Gray (32 pen)
Sun May 24, 1959	Oviedo	Spain	A	0-1	Loss	-
Wed May 27, 1959	Valencia	Spain	A	1-0	Win	75,000	Barrett (33)
Thu May 28, 1959	Atletico Madrid	Spain	A	1-6	Loss	45,000	Barrett (28)
Sat May 30, 1959	Athletico Bilbao	Spain	A	0-3	Loss	22,000

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Billy Walker
Sat Aug 23, 1958	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	1-5	52,656	Dwight (?)
Wed Aug 27, 1958	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	0-3	44,971
Sat Aug 30, 1958	League Tier 1	Portsmouth			H	5-0	23,719	Dwight (?), Quigley (?, ?), Wilson (?, ?)
Wed Sep 03, 1958	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	1-1	51,880	Wilson (60)
Sat Sep 06, 1958	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	3-2	31,014	Burkitt (?), Wilson (?, ?)
Wed Sep 10, 1958	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	1-1	30,307	Dwight (?)
Sat Sep 13, 1958	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	4-0	30,307	Dwight (?, ?), Quigley (?), Wilson (?)
Wed Sep 17, 1958	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	0-1	39,431
Sat Sep 20, 1958	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	2-3	28,486	Dwight (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Sep 27, 1958	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	1-4	48,093	Gray (?)
Sat Oct 04, 1958	League Tier 1	Blackpool			H	2-0	31,934	Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Oct 11, 1958	League Tier 1	Luton Town			H	3-1	30,337	Dwight (?), Wilson (?), Gray (?)
Sat Oct 18, 1958	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			A	3-0	31,610	Dwight (?), Wilson (?), Imlach (?)
Sat Oct 25, 1958	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	0-1	33,583
Sat Nov 01, 1958	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	2-0	22,644	Dwight (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Nov 08, 1958	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	4-0	31,154	Quigley (?, ?, ?), Imlach (?)
Sat Nov 15, 1958	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	1-3	48,897	Wilson (?)
Sat Nov 22, 1958	League Tier 1	Everton			H	2-1	26,440	Dwight (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Nov 29, 1958	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	3-0	26,322	Dwight (?, ?, ?)
Sat Dec 06, 1958	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	1-1	34,784	Quigley (?)
Sat Dec 13, 1958	League Tier 1	Leeds United			A	0-1	26,341
Sat Dec 20, 1958	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	1-3	28,079	Quigley (?)
Fri Dec 26, 1958	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	3-1	48,949	Dwight (10), Imlach (63), Wilson (65)
Sat Dec 27, 1958	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	3-0	40,057	Imlach (32, 37), Wilson (47)
Sat Jan 03, 1959	League Tier 1	Portsmouth			A	1-0	21,070	Dwight (?)
Sat Jan 10, 1959	FA Cup	Tooting and Mitcham United	3		A	2-2	14,000	Gray (? pen), Murphy (57 OG)
Sat Jan 24, 1959	FA Cup	Tooting and Mitcham United	3	1	H	3-0	42,362	Wilson (?), Imlach (?), Dwight (30)
Wed Jan 28, 1959	FA Cup	Grimsby Town	4		H	4-1	34,289	Whitefoot (?), Wilson (?), Gray (?, ?)
Sat Jan 31, 1959	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	3-5	26,769	Dwight (?), Wilson (?), Gray (?)
Sat Feb 07, 1959	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	3-0	29,703	Whitefoot (?), Dwight (?), Wilson (?)
Sat Feb 14, 1959	FA Cup	Birmingham City	5		A	1-1	55,300	Wilson (?)
Wed Feb 18, 1959	FA Cup	Birmingham City	5	1	H	1-1	39,431	Dwight (?)
Sat Feb 21, 1959	League Tier 1	Blackpool			A	0-1	13,228
Mon Feb 23, 1959	FA Cup	Birmingham City	5	2	N	5-0	34,458	Dwight (?, ?, ?), Gray (?, ?)
Sat Feb 28, 1959	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	Quarter		H	2-1	44,414	Wilson (?, ?)
Sat Mar 07, 1959	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			H	1-7	18,977	Dwight (?)
Sat Mar 14, 1959	FA Cup	Aston Villa	Semi		N	1-0	65,107	Quigley (?)
Mon Mar 16, 1959	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	5-3	15,438	Quigley (?), Gray (?, ?), Imlach (?), Watson (? OG)
Sat Mar 21, 1959	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	1-2	27,811	Wilson (?)
Fri Mar 27, 1959	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	0-3	26,589
Sat Mar 28, 1959	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	1-1	28,146	Wilson (?)
Tue Mar 31, 1959	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-1	27,917	Quigley (?)
Sat Apr 04, 1959	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	1-1	32,708	Wilson (?)
Thu Apr 09, 1959	League Tier 1	Luton Town			A	1-5	22,352	Quigley (?)
Sat Apr 11, 1959	League Tier 1	Everton			A	3-1	26,208	Wilson (?, ?), Gray (?)
Wed Apr 15, 1959	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	1-3	18,339	Gray (?)
Sat Apr 18, 1959	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	1-4	28,535	Dwight (?)
Mon Apr 20, 1959	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	2-0	18,953	Dwight (?), Imlach (?)
Wed Apr 22, 1959	League Tier 1	Leeds United			H	0-3	18,650
Sat Apr 25, 1959	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-2	16,950
Sat May 02, 1959	FA Cup	Luton Town	Final		N	2-1	100,000	Dwight (10), Wilson (14)
Wed May 20, 1959	Friendly	Sporting Lisbon			A	1-0	15,000	Gray (32 pen)
Sun May 24, 1959	Friendly	Oviedo			A	0-1	-
Wed May 27, 1959	Friendly	Valencia			A	1-0	75,000	Barrett (33)
Thu May 28, 1959	Friendly	Atletico Madrid			A	1-6	45,000	Barrett (28)
Sat May 30, 1959	Friendly	Athletico Bilbao			A	0-3	22,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £0				Out (8) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bernie Kelly	Bought			Jack Hutchinson	Sold
	James Martin	Bought			James Martin	Sold
	Jeff Whitefoot	Bought			Peter Watson (1956)	Sold
	Joe McDonald	Bought			William Morley	Sold
1958	Robert Morrison	Bought			Willie Fraser	Sold
Aug 23, 1958	Roy Dwight	Bought		1958	Arthur Lightening	Sold
Apr 22, 1959	John Armstrong	Bought		Nov 22, 1958	Eddie Baily	Sold
				1959	Robert Morrison	Sold

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		S. Africa	Arthur Lightening	4	2	2
GK		Scotland	Chic Thomson	44	21	7	16
GK		Scotland	John Armstrong	1			1
GK		Scotland	Willie Fraser	2			2
Defenders
D		England	Bill Whare	47	22	9	16
D		Scotland	Bob McKinlay	48	22	9	17
D		England	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	10	3	1	6
D		England	Jack Hutchinson	1			1
D		Scotland	Joe McDonald	44	21	8	15
Midfielders
M		England	Calvin Palmer	2		1	1
M		England	Jack Burkitt	48	23	9	16	1
M		England	Jeff Whitefoot	47	22	7	18	2
M		England	Peter Watson (1956)	3	1		2	1
M		Scotland	Robert Morrison	1			1
M		England	Roy Dwight	50	23	9	18	26
M		England	William Morley	5	1	1	3
Forwards
F		Scotland	Bernie Kelly	2			2
F		England	Billy Gray	49	23	9	17	12
F		England	Billy Younger	1			1
F		England	Eddie Baily	4	3		1
F		Scotland	James Martin	1			1
F		England	Jim Barrett	3	1	1	1
F		Scotland	Johnny Quigley	48	22	9	17	12
F		Scotland	Stewart Imlach	46	20	8	18	9
F		England	Tommy Wilson	50	23	9	18	28

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
28	Tommy Wilson	50
26	Roy Dwight	50
12 (1)	Billy Gray	49
12	Johnny Quigley	48
9	Stewart Imlach	46
2	Jeff Whitefoot	47
2	Own Goals	51
1	Jack Burkitt	48
1	Peter Watson (1956)	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

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