1958–59 Middlesbrough F.C. season

February 2024 February 2015 Middlesbrough 1958–59 Bob Dennison Eric Thomas Ayresome Park Division Two 13th FA Cup 3rd round _whitecollarplain _red stripes _hoops_white ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ffffff ff0000 _redborder _collarred _redborder _hoops_white ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 ff0000 Brian Clough (43) Clough (43) 1957–58 1959–60 The 1958–59 season was Middlesbrough's 76th year in existence and 5th consecutive season in the Division Two. Also the club competed in the FA Cup. Summary In his fifth season as manager Bob Dennison took off Boro to the 13th place a massive twenty points below promotion to Division One. Forward Brian Clough scored 43 goals being Division Two topscorer with another brilliant partnership among Alan Peacock.The worst scandal of them all 14 July 2006 Dan Warren https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/5172576.stm BBC Sport After the departure of Jamaican Lindy Delapenha during summer, the offensive line was hit with several injuries such as Mc Lean and Fitzsimons, forcing Dennison and the staff coach to line up Scottish Forward Willie FernieWillie Fernie: Footballer whose beguiling skills earned him the sobriquet 'Scotland's Stanley Matthews', The Independent, 16 July 2011 who delivered a decent performance after arriving from the Scot squad playing the 1958 FIFA World Cup.http://www.11v11.com/players/ronald-burbeck-64970/ Ronald Burbeck: International stats 11v11.com AFS Enterprises 17 December 2014 In spite of a premier class offensive line, Boro again collapsed due to a weak defensive line despite the arrival of Ray Yeomanhttps://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/6997311.darlington-ace-yeoman-dies/ Darlington ace Yeoman dies 17 March 2004 and future starter Left-back Defender Mick McNeilEngland statistics for Mick McNeil at englandstats.com allowing a lot of goals against both Goalkeepers Taylor and Million. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/derby-county/5060483/Brian-Clough-a-man-not-afraid-to-make-enemies.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/derby-county/5060483/Brian-Clough-a-man-not-afraid-to-make-enemies.html 11 January 2022 subscription live Brian Clough: a man not afraid to make enemies Rob Stewart The Daily Telegraph 27 March 2009 15 April 2019 Also, the squad reached the FA Cup third round being eliminated by Birmingham City.BBC Four – Timeshift, Series 7, A Game of Two Eras: 1957 v 2007 Squad yes yes GK ENG Peter Taylor yes GK ENG Esmond Million yes DF Wales 1953 Bill Harris yes DF ENG Ray Bilcliff yes DF ENG Brian Phillips yes DF ENG Derek Stonehouse yes DF SCO Ray Yeoman yes DF ENG Dicky Robinson yes DF ENG Ray Barnard yes DF ENG Mick McNeil yes DF ENG Brian Jordan yes DF ENG Joe Birbeck yes MF ENG Ernie Walley yes yes MF ENG Billy Day yes MF ENG Ronnie Dicks yes MF ENG Carl Taylor yes MF SCO Billy Wilkinson yes FW ENG Ron Burbeck yes FW ENG Eddie Holliday yes FW SCO Willie Fernie yes FW ENG Derek McLean yes FW ENG Brian Clough c yes FW ENG Alan Peacock yes FW ENG Alan Rodgerson yes FW Republic of Ireland Arthur Fitzsimons yes FW ENG Joe Scott yes FW ENG George Crook August 2023 Lotto Transfers In Pos. Name from Type DF Ray Yeoman Northampton Town MF Ernie Walley Tottenham Hotspur DF Mick McNeil Youth team DF Brian Jordan Rotherham United MF Billy Wilkinson FW Willie Fernie Celtic FW Alan Rodgerson FW George Crook Out Pos. Name To TypeMFLindy Delapenha Mansfield TownMFArthur Fitzsimons Lincoln City Results Second Division 1958–59 Football League League table Second Division MID Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A Result W/W/L/D/W/W/L/L/L/D/L/D/D/L/L/W/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/W/D/L/D/D/W/L/W/L/W/D/L/W/W/W/D/D/L Position 1/1/4/5/4/3/4/4/7/9/11/10/9/15/17/13/16/13/15/16/18/17/13/15/12/14/15/16/16/15/16/14/16/13/14/15/15/13/10/11/12/13 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Champions, Promoted to 1959-60 Division One blue2 Promoted to 1959–60 Division One red1 Relegated to 1959–60 Division Three complete https://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesbrough/tab/matches/season/1959/ September 2023 Matches .- Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesbrough/tab/matches/season/1959/ Matches W 9–0 1 23 August 1958 1 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Brighton & Hove Albion Harris 5 pen, 26 penClough 15, 41, 50, 60, 82Peacock 18, 73 K Dagnall 32,367 W 0–1 1 25 August 1958 2 Bramall Lane Sheffield Sheffield United Middlesbrough 57 Clough 25,666 L 3–2 4 30 August 1958 3 Blundell Park Cleethorpes Grimsby Town Middlesbrough Mick Cullen 35, 40Ron Rafferty 88 25 Clough 36 Billy Day M McCoy 21,327 3 September 1958 4 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Sheffield United 42,866 D 0–0 5 W 2–1 4 6 September 1958 5 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Liverpool Clough 35, 57 34 Jimmy Harrower L Howarth 34,714 W 1–4 3 11 September 1958 6 Millmoor Rotherham Rotherham United Middlesbrough Barry Webster 5 25, 61 Alan Rodgerson 75, 89 Clough 12,089 L 3–1 4 13 September 1958 7 Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent Stoke City Middlesbrough Harry Oscroft 20Johnny King 23 Don Ratcliffe 89 9 Clough F Collinge 24,866 L 1–2 4 17 September 1958 8 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Rotherham United Clough 55 10 pen Albert Broadbent 30 Ken Twidle 34,231 L 1–0 7 20 September 1958 9 The Valley Charlton (Southeast London) Charlton Athletic Middlesbrough Buck Ryan 69 BM Griffiths 19,407 D 0–0 9 27 September 1958 10 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Bristol City R Ryalls 29,498 L 3–2 11 4 October 1958 12 Ninian Park Cardiff Cardiff City Middlesbrough Brian Jenkins 35Ron Hewitt 55Brian Walsh 56 71 Peacock 81 Brian Phillips KA Collinge 20,560 D 0–0 10 11 October 1958 12 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Sunderland LN Peake 37,223 D 1–1 9 18 October 1958 13 Sincil Bank Lincoln Lincoln City Middlesbrough Ron Harbertson 54 16 Peacock J Powell 10,803 L 2–3 15 25 October 1958 14 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Fulham Clough 44, 60 9, 11, 34 Graham Leggat F Cowen 31,973 L 5–2 17 1 November 1958 15 Vetch Field Swansea Swansea Town Middlesbrough Herbie Williams 4Norman Lawson 36Mel Charles 55, 79, 84 12 Alan Peacock 89 Eddie Holliday NC Taylor 15,741 W 6–1 13 8 November 1958 16 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Scunthorpe United Alan Peacock 1, 13, 21Clough 40, 62, 88 16 Peter Neale 23,020 L 5–2 16 15 November 1958 17 Brisbane Road Leyton (East London) Leyton Orient Middlesbrough Len Julians 42, 74, 84Phil White 77Mark Lazarus 89 10, 80 Peacock K Dagnall 10,234 W 5–0 13 22 November 1958 18 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Derby County Eddie Holliday 19 Bill Harris 24 Peacock 52Joe Scott 69Glyn Davies 76 o.g. 16,773 L 3–1 15 29 November 1958 19 Eastville Stadium Bristol Bristol Rovers Middlesbrough Peter Hooper 53Geoff Bradford 67, 89 10 Clough KG Aston 15,767 L 2–3 16 6 December 1958 20 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Ipswich Town Clough 2Ron Burbeck 17 7, 63 Ray Crawford 42 Peter Berry LJ Tirebuck 25,946 L 2–0 18 13 December 1958 21 Hillsborough Sheffield Sheffield Wednesday Middlesbrough Ray Bilcliff 27 o.g.Norman Curtis 52 pen J Mitchell attendance=25,127 W 4–6 17 20 December 1958 22 Goldstone Ground Brighton Brighton & Hove Albion Middlesbrough John Shepherd 67, 70Freddie Jones 81Dave Sexton 85 20, 36 Alan Peacock 53, 55, 65 Clough 75 o.g. Jack Bertolini AE Moore 21,063 W 3–1 13 26 December 1958 23 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Barnsley Clough 30, 55Peacock 75 1 Arthur Kaye 31,720 L 1–0 15 27 December 1958 24 Oakwell Barnsley Barnsley Middlesbrough Lol Chappell 58 14,917 W 3–1 12 1 January 1959 25 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Huddersfield Town Clough 36, 52Willie Fernie 41 1 Stan Howard 28,154 D 0–0 14 31 January 1959 26 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Stoke City AW Luty 19,077 L 1–3 15 7 February 1959 27 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Charlton Athletic Peacock 27 60 Sam Lawrie Johnny Summers 63, 82 JS McLoughlin 16,210 D 2–2 16 14 February 1959 28 Ashton Gate Bristol Bristol City Middlesbrough John Atyeo 37Bobby Etheridge 79 49 pen Bill Harris 73 Clough ER Hill 18,336 D 1–1 16 21 February 1959 29 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Cardiff City Peacock 32 35 Brian Walsh H Webb 12,986 W 0–3 15 28 February 1959 30 Old Show Ground Scunthorpe Scunthorpe United Middlesbrough 10, 53, 64 Clough RM Jordan 11,171 L 1–2 16 7 March 1959 31 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Lincoln City Peacock 50 20 Brian Wright 67 John McClelland TH Cooper 14,396 W 1–0 14 11 March 1959 32 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Grimsby Town Clough 4 E Crawford 12,019 L 3–2 16 14 March 1959 33 Craven Cottage Fulham (West London) Fulham Middlesbrough Graham Leggat 35Johnny Haynes 72Tony Barton 74 46 Clough 54 Bill Harris AW Sparling 26,800 W 6–2 13 21 March 1959 34 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Swansea Town Clough 5, 32, 42, 52 Fernie 77Bill Harris 83 pen 20 Mel Charles 65 Reg Davies 15,272 D 0–0 14 28 March 1959 35 Roker Park Sunderland Sunderland Middlesbrough KA Collinge 45,954 L 5–1 15 30 March 1959 36 Leeds Road Huddersfield Huddersfield Town Middlesbrough Stan Howard Gordon Low Les Massie Willie Sinclair Kevin McHale 62 Clough ER Hill 14,671 W 4–2 15 4 April 1959 37 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Leyton Orient Peacock 9, 66Bill Harris 19 Clough 68 72 pen George Wright 88 Joe Elwood LJ Hamer 20,683 W 1–2 13 8 April 1959 38 Anfield Liverpool Liverpool Middlesbrough Eddie Holliday 53Clough 65 79 Jimmy Melia JW Topliss 36,288 W 0–3 10 11 April 1959 39 Baseball Ground Derby Derby County Middlesbrough 22, 46 Clough 42 Ron Burbeck D Martin 19,911 D 2–2 11 18 April 1959 40 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Bristol Rovers Ronnie Burbeck 38Clough 65 34 Dai Ward 50 o.g. Derek Stonehouse G McCabe 17,451 D 2–2 12 22 April 1959 41 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Sheffield Wednesday Alan Rodgerson 13Eddie Holliday 68 32 John Fantham 65 Roy Shiner L Howarth 25,822 L 2–1 13 25 April 1959 42 Portman Road Ipswich Ipswich Town Middlesbrough Ted Phillips 73, 80 pen 6 Ron Burbeck W.O.RAF Baxter 11,927 FA Cup 1958-59 FA Cup L 0–1 24 January 1959 3 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Birmingham City 19 o.g. Bill Harris LJ Hamer 36,587 Statistics Squad statistics Football LeagueDivision Two FA Cup Other GK ENG Peter Taylor 30 0 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Ray Bilcliff 21 0 1 0 0 0 DF ENG Brian Phillips 37 1 1 0 0 0 DF ENG Derek Stonehouse 39 0 1 0 0 0 MF Wales 1953 Bill Harris 36 7 1 0 0 0 MF SCO Ray Yeoman 22 0 1 0 0 0 FW ENG Ron Burbeck 26 4 1 0 0 0 FW SCO Willie Fernie 23 2 1 0 0 0 FW ENG Brian Clough 42 43 1 0 0 0 FW ENG Alan Peacock 34 19 1 0 0 0 FW ENG Eddie Holliday 29 4 0 0 0 0 GK ENG Esmond Million 12 0 1 0 0 0 FW ENG Billy Day 14 1 1 0 0 0 DF ENG Dicky Robinson 14 0 0 0 0 0 FW ENG Alan Rodgerson 11 3 0 0 0 0 FW ENG Derek McLean 11 0 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Ray Barnard 11 0 0 0 0 0 FW Republic of Ireland Arthur Fitzsimons 10 0 0 0 0 0 MF ENG Ronnie Dicks 8 0 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Ernie Walley 8 0 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Mick McNeil 7 0 0 0 0 0 MF ENG Carl Taylor 6 0 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Brian Jordan 5 0 0 0 0 0 FW ENG Joe Scott 4 1 0 0 0 0 DF ENG Joe Birbeck 2 0 0 0 0 0 FW ENG George Crook 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF SCO Billy Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 2023 https://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesbrough/tab/matches/season/1959/ References Category:Middlesbrough F.C. seasons Middlesbrough