1957–58 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1957–58 Stan Cullis Manager Jimmy Baker Jr Chairman First Division 1st (2nd title) FA Cup Quarter-Final Jimmy Murray (29) Jimmy Murray (32) 55,778 (vs Darlington, 15 February 1958) 26,033 (vs Aston Villa, 16 September 1957) 37,307 (league only) _vneckblack _hoops_black F9C20D F9C20D F9C20D 000000 F9C20D 1956–57 1958–59 The 1957–58 season was the 59th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the First Division, then the highest level of English football, for a 21st consecutive year. The club won the League championship for a second time, four years after their first title, scoring over 100 goals in the process. Wolves achieved the double over local rivals Aston Villa, part of a run of seven between 1957 and 1960.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55197157 Villa snatch win at Wolves with late penalty BBC Sport Results Football League 1957–58 Football League A total of 22 teams competed in the First Division in the 1957–58 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Two points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Everton v Wolves 1 24 August 1957 15:15 BST Everton 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Harris Goodison Park Liverpool 58,229 L Wolves v Bolton Wanderers 2 28 August 1957 18:15 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Bolton Wanderers Deeley Murray Booth Broadbent Lofthouse Molineux Wolverhampton 30,790 W Wolves v Sunderland 3 31 August 1957 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Sunderland Murray Booth Deeley Mullen Molineux Wolverhampton 38,645 W Bolton Wanderers v Wolves 4 4 September 1957 18:30 BST Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Deeley Burnden Park Bolton 22,938 D Luton Town v Wolves 5 7 September 1957 15:00 BST Luton Town 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wilshaw Kenilworth Road Luton 21,998 L Wolves v Blackpool 6 14 September 1957 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Blackpool Broadbent Mullen Murray Molineux Wolverhampton 38,496 W Wolves v Aston Villa 7 16 September 1957 17:30 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Aston Villa Deeley Murray Molineux Wolverhampton 26,033 W Leicester City v Wolves 8 21 September 1957 15:00 BST Leicester City 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Murray Clamp (pen.) Filbert Street Leicester 35,388 W Aston Villa v Wolves 9 23 September 1957 17:15 BST Aston Villa 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Broadbent Deeley Murray Villa Park Birmingham 21,336 W Wolves v Manchester United 10 28 September 1957 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Manchester United Deeley Wilshaw Doherty Molineux Wolverhampton 48,825 W Wolves v Tottenham Hotspur 11 2 October 1957 19:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur Broadbent Flowers Murray Molineux Wolverhampton 36,024 W Leeds United v Wolves 12 5 October 1957 15:00 BST Leeds United 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Baird Deeley Elland Road Leeds 28,635 D Birmingham City v Wolves 13 12 October 1957 15:00 GMT Birmingham City 1–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers Clamp (pen.)(pen.)Deeley Murray Wilshaw St Andrew's Birmingham 43,005 W Wolves v Chelsea 14 19 October 1957 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Chelsea Deeley Wilshaw Nicholas Molineux Wolverhampton 37,524 W Newcastle United v Wolves 15 26 October 1957 14:45 GMT Newcastle United 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Deeley St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 44,361 D Wolves v Nottingham Forest 16 2 November 1957 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Nottingham Forest Broadbent Deeley Molineux Wolverhampton 47,858 W Portsmouth v Wolves 17 9 November 1957 15:00 GMT Portsmouth 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Clamp Fratton Park Portsmouth 38,320 D Wolves v West Bromwich Albion 18 16 November 1957 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Clamp (pen.) Kevan Molineux Wolverhampton 55,418 D Manchester City v Wolves 19 23 November 1957 15:00 GMT Manchester City 3–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Barnes McAdams Murray Broadbent Mason Maine Road Manchester 45,121 W Wolves v Burnley 20 30 November 1957 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Burnley Broadbent Murray Molineux Wolverhampton 32,888 W Preston North End v Wolves 21 7 December 1957 15:00 GMT Preston North End 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Lill Murray Deepdale Preston 22,741 W Wolves v Sheffield Wednesday 22 14 December 1957 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–3 Sheffield Wednesday Broadbent Mason Murray Clamp (pen.) Finney Shiner Wilkinson Molineux Wolverhampton 28,082 W Wolves v Everton 23 21 December 1957 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Everton Clamp Mullen Molineux Wolverhampton 29,447 W Tottenham Hotspur v Wolves 24 26 December 1957 14:15 GMT Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Smith White Hart Lane London 58,393 L Sunderland v Wolves 25 28 December 1957 14:45 GMT Sunderland 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Broadbent Murray Roker Park Sunderland 46,479 W Wolves v Luton Town 26 11 January 1958 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Luton Town Mason Molineux Wolverhampton 30,805 D Blackpool v Wolves 27 18 January 1958 14:45 GMT Blackpool 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Deeley Murray Bloomfield Road Blackpool 17,983 L Wolves v Leicester City 28 1 February 1958 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–1 Leicester City Murray Broadbent Deeley Mason Walsh Molineux Wolverhampton 36,400 W Wolves v Leeds United 29 19 February 1958 19:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 Leeds United Broadbent Deeley Mason Peyton Forrest Molineux Wolverhampton 35,527 W Wolves v Birmingham City 30 22 February 1958 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–1 Birmingham City Murray Deeley Molineux Wolverhampton 36,941 W Wolves v Newcastle United 31 8 March 1958 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Newcastle United Broadbent Deeley Mason White Molineux Wolverhampton 34,058 W Chelsea v Wolves 32 11 March 1958 19:30 GMT Chelsea 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Greaves Deeley Showell Stamford Bridge London 46,835 W Nottingham Forest v Wolves 33 15 March 1958 15:00 GMT Nottingham Forest 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Baily Broadbent Murray City Ground Nottingham 40,407 W Wolves v Manchester City 34 22 March 1958 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–3 Manchester City Deeley Mullen Ewing (o.g.) Barlow (o.g.) Molineux Wolverhampton 34,932 D West Bromwich Albion v Wolves 35 29 March 1958 15:00 GMT West Bromwich Albion 0–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Murray Mason The Hawthorns West Bromwich 56,904 W Wolves v Portsmouth 36 5 April 1958 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Portsmouth Clamp (pen.) Molineux Wolverhampton 31,259 W Arsenal v Wolves 37 7 April 1958 15:00 GMT Arsenal 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Broadbent Murray Highbury London 51,318 W Wolves v Arsenal 38 8 April 1958 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Arsenal Broadbent Groves Wills Molineux Wolverhampton 47,501 L Burnley v Wolves 39 12 April 1958 15:00 GMT Burnley 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Clamp (pen.) Turf Moor Burnley 28,539 D Wolves v Preston North End 40 19 April 1958 15:00 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Preston North End Deeley Milne (o.g.) Molineux Wolverhampton 46,001 W Manchester United v Wolves 41 21 April 1958 19:00 BST Manchester United 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Broadbent Clamp Deeley Flowers Old Trafford Manchester 33,267 W Sheffield Wednesday v Wolves 42 26 April 1958 15:00 BST Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Shiner Wilkinson Flowers Hillsborough Sheffield 25,254 L Final table Pos Position Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost F Goals for A Goals against GA Goal average Pts Points 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 28 8 6 103 47 2.191 64 2 Preston North End 42 26 7 9 100 51 1.961 59 3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 21 9 12 93 77 1.208 51 Results by round table b Round Result L/W/W/D/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/D/W/D/D/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/L/D/W/W/L Position 18/9/4/5/8/10/5/5/3/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 FA Cup 1957–58 FA Cup Lincoln City v Wolves R3 4 January 1958 14:15 GMT Lincoln City 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Mullen Sincil Bank Lincoln 21,741 W R4 25 January 1958 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–1 Portsmouth Broadbent Mason Mullen Rutter o.g. Crawford Molineux Wolverhampton 43,522 W Wolves v Darlington R5 15 February 1958 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Darlington Murray Broadbent Mason Bell Molineux Wolverhampton 55,778 W QF 1 March 1958 15:00 GMT Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stevens Parry Mason Burnden Park Bolton 56,306 A. Holland (Barnsley) L Players Used Pos.NationalityPlayerFootball LeagueFA CupTotal1ScotlandMalcolm Finlayson2843202Union of South Africa South AfricaEddie Stuart4044403EnglandGerry Harris3944304EnglandEddie Clamp41445105EnglandBilly Wright Billy Wright (footballer born 1924) (Captain)3844206EnglandRon Flowers2812937EnglandNorman Deeley41445238EnglandColin Booth1301329EnglandJimmy Murray Jimmy Murray (English footballer)414453210EnglandPeter Broadbent Peter Broadbent (footballer)404442111EnglandJimmy Mullen Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1923)384426120130140150160170180190200210 Eddie Clamp 41 4 45 Norman Deeley 41 4 45 Jimmy Murray 41 4 45 Peter Broadbent 40 4 44 Eddie Stuart 40 4 44 Gerry Harris 39 4 43 Jimmy Mullen 38 4 42 Billy Wright 38 4 42 Malcolm Finlayson 28 4 32 Ron Flowers 28 1 29 Bobby Mason 20 4 24 Bill Slater 14 3 17 Colin Booth 13 0 13 Dennis Wilshaw 12 0 12 George Showell 7 0 7 Noel Dwyer 5 0 5 Ron Howells 2 0 2 Alan Jackson 2 0 2 Gwyn Jones 2 0 2 Jackie Henderson 1 0 1 Micky Lill 1 0 1 Top scorer P.NationalityPlayerPositionFootball LeagueFA CupTotal1EnglandJimmy Murray293322EnglandNorman Deeley230233EnglandPeter Broadbent174214EnglandEddie Clamp100105EnglandBobby Mason7310 Most appearances P.NationalityPlayerPositionFootball LeagueFA CupTotal1EnglandEddie Clamp414452EnglandNorman Deeley414453EnglandJimmy Murray414454EnglandPeter Broadbent404445South Africa 1928Eddie Stuart40444 Transfers In DatePlayerFrom March 1958 SCO Jackie Henderson Portsmouth Out DatePlayerTo December 1957 ENG Dennis Wilshaw Stoke City References 1957–58 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 1958