1958–59 Football League

60th season of the Football League The Football League 1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1957–58 1959–60 The 1958–59 season was the 60th completed season of The Football League. This season saw the introduction of the Fourth Division. Final league tables The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1958-59.html England 1958-59 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. with home and away statistics separated. Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From this season, the bottom four teams of the Fourth Division were required to apply for re-election. First Division First Division 1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers3rd English title Aston VillaPortsmouth European Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers Jimmy Greaves(33 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 Portsmouth(27 December 1958) Birmingham City 0–6 West Bromwich Albion(3 September 1958)Nottingham Forest 1–7 Birmingham City(7 March 1959) Tottenham Hotspur 10–4 Everton(11 October 1958) 462 1692 1957–58 1959–60 main WDL First Division World Football WOL, MUN, ARS, BOL, WBA, WHU, BUR, BLP, BIR, BLA, NEW, PNE, NFO, CHE, LEE, EVE, LUT, TOT, LEI, MCI, AVL, POR ECPR REL REL complete 21 8 13 88 68 11 8 23 58 87 20 6 16 84 68 17 10 15 76 70 18 11 13 66 49 20 10 12 79 66 19 10 13 81 70 18 4 20 77 98 17 4 21 71 87 15 9 18 57 74 11 10 21 67 98 12 13 17 68 71 11 9 22 64 95 24 7 11 103 66 17 7 18 80 80 17 6 19 71 74 6 9 27 64 112 17 7 18 70 77 13 10 19 85 95 18 13 11 88 68 21 6 15 85 70 28 5 9 110 49 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Everton Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BLB BLP BOL BUR CHE EVE LEE LEI LUT MCI MUN NEW NOT POR PNE TOT WBA WHU WOL Arsenal 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 6–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 3–2 3–1 5–2 1–2 3–1 4–3 1–2 1–1 Aston Villa 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–4 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–3 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–3 Birmingham City 4–1 4–1 3–0 4–2 1–3 2–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 4–2 0–1 6–1 0–4 1–0 0–3 2–2 5–1 5–1 0–6 3–0 0–3 Blackburn Rovers 4–2 2–3 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–3 2–1 2–4 5–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 5–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 Blackpool 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 6–0 0–3 4–0 3–3 4–2 4–1 6–3 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 Burnley 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 3–3 2–2 3–4 4–2 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 Chelsea 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 2–0 5–2 3–3 2–0 2–3 6–5 4–1 2–2 3–1 4–2 0–2 3–2 6–2 Everton 1–6 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–4 2–1 3–3 2–2 0–1 Leeds United 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 Leicester City 2–3 6–3 2–4 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 3–1 2–2 3–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 Luton Town 6–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 6–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–3 5–1 0–0 4–2 5–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–1 Manchester City 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 0–2 3–3 1–4 5–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 0–2 3–1 1–4 Manchester United 1–1 2–1 1–0 6–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 5–2 2–1 4–0 4–1 2–1 4–1 4–4 1–1 6–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 4–1 2–1 Newcastle United 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–5 1–0 2–0 5–2 1–2 4–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 3–4 Nottingham Forest 1–1 2–0 1–7 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–4 3–1 4–0 0–3 3–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–3 Portsmouth 0–1 5–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–3 2–0 4–1 2–2 3–4 1–3 1–5 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–6 1–2 3–5 Preston North End 2–1 4–2 3–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–4 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–4 3–4 3–5 3–1 2–2 2–4 2–1 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur 1–4 3–2 0–4 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 4–0 10–4 2–3 6–0 3–0 3–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 4–4 1–2 5–0 1–4 2–1 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–4 4–0 2–3 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 4–3 2–1 2–1 West Ham United 0–0 7–2 1–2 6–3 1–0 4–3 1–0 4–2 3–2 2–3 0–3 0–0 5–1 3–2 3–0 5–3 6–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 4–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–0 6–2 3–0 5–0 2–0 4–0 1–3 5–1 7–0 2–0 1–1 5–2 1–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1958–1959 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham West Ham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1958–1959 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Burnley Chelsea Everton Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division Second Division 1958–59 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield WednesdayFulham Grimsby TownBarnsley Brian Clough(42 goals) 462 1604 1957–58 1959–60 main WDL Second Division SHW, FUL, SHU, LIV, STK, BRV, DER, CHA, CAR, BRC, SWA, BHA, MID, HUD, SUN, IPS, LEY, SCU, LIN, ROT, GRI, BAR PRO PRO REL REL complete 10 7 25 55 91 15 11 16 74 90 17 7 18 74 70 18 12 12 80 64 18 7 17 65 65 18 7 17 92 90 20 8 14 74 71 27 6 9 96 61 9 10 23 62 90 16 8 18 62 55 17 6 19 62 77 14 8 20 71 78 11 7 24 63 93 24 5 13 87 62 15 10 17 87 71 10 9 23 42 82 12 9 21 55 84 23 7 12 82 48 28 6 8 106 48 21 7 14 72 58 16 8 18 64 75 16 9 17 79 81 C, P P R R Barnsley Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Liverpool Middlesbrough Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division Results main FBR grey BAR B&HA BRI BRR CAR CHA DER FUL GRI HUD IPS LEY LIN LIV MID ROT SCU SHU SHW STK SUN SWA Barnsley 0–2 4–7 0–0 3–2 7–1 0–0 2–4 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 4–6 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 Bristol City 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–3 2–4 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 6–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–0 Bristol Rovers 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 7–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–4 Cardiff City 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–4 1–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 Charlton Athletic 4–0 2–3 4–1 4–3 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–1 4–1 3–2 2–3 1–0 5–2 2–3 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–2 2–1 Derby County 3–0 1–3 4–1 3–2 1–3 3–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–4 3–0 2–0 3–1 Fulham 5–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–0 1–0 3–2 5–2 4–2 0–1 3–2 4–0 1–1 4–2 6–2 6–1 6–2 1–2 Grimsby Town 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 5–1 1–5 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 2–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 Huddersfield Town 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 5–0 5–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 Ipswich Town 3–1 5–3 1–1 0–2 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–2 Leyton Orient 5–1 2–2 4–2 1–3 3–0 6–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–5 2–0 0–0 1–3 5–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 6–0 0–0 Lincoln City 2–1 4–2 0–2 4–1 4–2 3–3 1–4 2–4 4–4 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 Liverpool 3–2 5–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–0 3–3 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–2 1–2 4–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 3–4 3–1 4–0 Middlesbrough 3–1 9–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 5–0 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–3 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 6–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 6–2 Rotherham United 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 4–3 3–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–4 3–3 Scunthorpe United 1–0 2–3 3–3 0–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–3 0–3 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 1–3 1–4 1–1 3–2 3–1 Sheffield United 5–0 3–1 4–0 5–2 1–1 5–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–3 6–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday 5–0 2–0 2–3 3–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 6–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 7–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 6–0 2–1 Stoke City 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 4–0 5–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 4–3 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 Sunderland 2–2 4–1 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 3–3 3–1 2–1 Swansea Town 2–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 4–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–2 3–3 3–1 3–3 5–2 3–0 3–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 5–0 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1958–1959 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Charlton Athletic Fulham Leyton Orient England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1958–1959 teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.62 -3.95 right Barnsley Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Charlton Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Liverpool Middlesbrough Rotherham Scunthorpe & Lindsey Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke Sunderland Swansea Town Third Division Football LeagueThird Division 1958–59 Plymouth Argyle (1st title) Promoted Hull City Relegated Doncaster Rovers,Notts County,RochdaleStockport County Jim Towers (Brentford), 32 552 1733 1957–58 (North)1957–58 (South) 1959–60 main WDL Third Division PR y 5 2 PLY Plymouth Argyle HUL Hull City BRE Brentford NWC Norwich City COL Colchester United REA Reading TRA Tranmere Rovers STD Southend United HAL Halifax Town BRY Bury BRA Bradford City B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic QPR Queens Park Rangers SOU Southampton SWI Swindon Town CHF Chesterfield NPC Newport County WRE Wrexham ACC Accrington Stanley MAN Mansfield Town STP Stockport County DON Doncaster Rovers NTC Notts County ROC Rochdale 23 16 7 89 59 26 9 11 90 55 21 15 10 76 49 22 13 11 89 62 21 10 15 71 67 21 8 17 78 63 21 8 17 82 67 21 8 17 85 80 21 8 17 80 77 17 14 15 69 58 18 11 17 84 76 17 12 17 69 69 19 8 19 74 77 17 11 18 88 80 16 13 17 59 57 17 10 19 67 64 17 9 20 69 68 14 14 18 63 77 15 12 19 71 87 14 13 19 73 98 13 10 23 65 78 14 5 27 50 90 8 13 25 55 96 8 12 26 37 79 CP P R R R R green1 Promotion to the Second Division P P red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division R R R R complete Results main FBR grey ACC B&BA BRA BRE BRY CHF COL DON HAL HUL MAN NPC NWC NTC PLY QPR REA ROC SOU STD STP SWI TRA WRE Accrington Stanley 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–4 4–3 4–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 5–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–0 3–3 4–0 0–0 Bradford City 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 7–1 2–3 6–1 4–2 1–2 2–0 3–2 Brentford 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–4 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 6–1 1–4 2–2 5–2 2–1 Bury 3–1 5–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 6–1 1–0 2–3 3–3 0–0 4–2 3–0 Chesterfield 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–3 4–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–1 Colchester United 1–0 3–1 3–2 0–4 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–3 3–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 8–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 Doncaster Rovers 3–0 5–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–6 2–0 2–5 1–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 Halifax Town 0–2 0–1 3–3 0–0 4–2 3–2 4–1 5–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–3 1–0 3–0 4–1 Hull City 4–2 5–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 5–1 4–0 5–2 2–3 3–3 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 Mansfield Town 3–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–4 3–4 1–0 0–0 1–6 1–4 2–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 Newport County 2–1 4–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 Norwich City 2–4 2–2 4–2 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–3 1–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 Notts County 1–1 4–3 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 4–4 1–1 3–4 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 Plymouth Argyle 2–4 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 8–3 3–2 0–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–2 Queens Park Rangers 3–1 0–4 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 Reading 5–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–3 1–3 3–1 3–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 Rochdale 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–4 3–1 Southampton 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–6 4–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 6–1 3–2 3–3 1–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 3–3 6–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 Southend 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–5 1–1 5–0 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 5–2 0–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 4–1 Stockport County 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 Swindon Town 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–3 3–1 3–4 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 Tranmere 9–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 Wrexham 2–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 0–0 3–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–5 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1958–1959 Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Brentford Queens Park Rangers England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1958–1959 England 53.75 -2.36 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 53.03 -2.98 right Accrington Stanley Bournemouth Bradford C. Brentford Bury Chesterfield Colchester Doncaster Halifax T. Hull Mansfield Town Newport County Norwich City Notts County Plymouth Argyle QPR Reading Rochdale Southampton Southend Stockport Swindon Tranmere Wrexham Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1958–59 Port Vale (1st title) Promoted Coventry City,York CityShrewsbury Town Failed re-election none Arthur Rowley (Shrewsbury Town), 37 552 1794 1957–58 (North)1957–58 (South) 1959–60 main WDL Fourth Division 5 2 y PR PTV Port Vale C, P COV Coventry City P YOR York City P SHR Shrewsbury Town P EXE Exeter City WAL Walsall CRY Crystal Palace NOR Northampton Town MIL Millwall CRL Carlisle United GIL Gillingham TOR Torquay United CHE Chester BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) WAT Watford DAR Darlington WRK Workington CRE Crewe Alexandra HAR Hartlepools United GAT Gateshead OLD Oldham Athletic ALD Aldershot BRW Barrow SOU Southport 26 12 8 110 58 24 12 10 84 47 21 18 7 73 52 24 10 12 101 63 23 11 12 87 61 21 10 15 95 64 20 12 14 90 71 21 9 16 85 78 20 10 16 76 69 19 12 15 62 65 20 9 17 82 77 16 12 18 78 77 16 12 18 72 84 18 7 21 75 77 16 10 20 81 79 13 16 17 66 68 12 17 17 63 78 15 10 21 70 82 15 10 21 74 88 16 8 22 56 85 16 4 26 59 84 14 7 25 63 97 9 10 27 51 104 7 12 27 41 86 Division Champions green1 Promotion to the Third Division P P P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ALD BRW BPA CRL CHE COV CRE CRY DAR EXE GAT GIL HAR MIL NOR OLD PTV SHR SOU TOR WAL WAT WRK YOR Aldershot 0–1 3–3 4–0 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–2 1–4 1–0 8–1 4–2 2–4 4–2 1–3 1–3 0–4 0–0 3–2 1–4 0–5 0–0 2–0 0–1 Barrow 3–4 2–3 1–3 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–4 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–4 2–2 2–3 Bradford Park Avenue 5–1 0–2 0–3 3–0 2–0 0–2 5–0 1–2 0–3 4–1 2–0 4–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 Carlisle United 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–3 1–6 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 Chester 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 4–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 5–2 1–2 3–5 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 Coventry City 7–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 5–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 Crewe Alexandra 5–0 5–0 4–1 3–1 2–4 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 4–1 1–2 5–0 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 5–3 1–3 2–0 2–4 Crystal Palace 4–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 6–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 4–3 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 0–0 Darlington 2–3 5–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 1–4 1–1 3–2 1–2 3–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 Exeter City 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–4 3–2 3–4 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 Gateshead 1–0 4–0 1–4 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 Gillingham 3–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 4–1 1–2 4–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–2 2–1 5–1 2–2 Hartlepool 0–3 10–1 3–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 1–5 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 4–3 0–3 1–5 Millwall 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 3–0 4–2 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 4–1 1–1 5–2 Northampton Town 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 3–3 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 Oldham Athletic 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–5 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 3–5 1–0 0–1 Port Vale 3–2 4–1 4–2 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 5–3 8–0 3–1 1–1 5–2 1–4 0–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–2 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 1–2 0–1 4–1 3–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 4–3 6–2 5–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–2 Southport 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 3–0 1–0 Torquay United 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 6–2 0–2 4–1 3–4 0–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–2 2–3 4–1 1–1 Walsall 2–4 3–1 3–2 5–0 2–2 3–0 6–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–3 5–1 2–2 3–2 3–0 5–0 Watford 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–2 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 5–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–4 5–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–3 Workington 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–4 3–3 2–2 4–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–1 3–1 2–2 York City 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. The match between Watford and Shrewsbury Town on the 28th of April 1959 was abandoned after 74 minutes due to floodlight failure, with Shrewbsury leading 4-1. It was discovered that the fuses for the floodlights had been deliberately removed. The match was replayed on the 7th of May, with Shrewsbury winning 4-1.28th April 1959- Division Four, Watford 2 Shrewsbury Town 5 (Abandoned after 74 minutes due to floodlight failure) https://oldwatford.com/1959/04/28/28th-april-1959-division-four-watford-2-shrewsbury-town-5-abandoned-after-74-minutes-due-to-floodlight-failure/ oldwatford.com 18 January 2026 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1958–1959 Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Crystal Palace Millwall Watford England none 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1958–1959 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 54.64 -3.55 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Aldershot Barrow Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Coventry Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Darlington Exeter City Gateshead Gillingham Hartlepool Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Port Vale Shrewsbury Southport Torquay Walsall Watford Workington York City Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1959.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk June 24, 2026 Division One No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Manchester United 53,258 15.6% 65,187 38,482 2 Arsenal FC 45,227 13.5% 67,162 24,369 3 Chelsea FC 40,857 6.3% 62,118 24,356 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 40,453 -5.8% 60,241 27,237 5 Newcastle United FC 39,458 8.9% 60,670 17,451 6 Everton FC 39,171 0.0% 64,079 23,875 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38,439 3.0% 52,656 26,790 8 Aston Villa FC 33,880 17.5% 56,450 21,684 9 Manchester City FC 32,568 -0.6% 62,912 16,405 10 West Bromwich Albion FC 31,398 -3.1% 48,771 16,950 11 Blackburn Rovers FC 30,544 34.5% 43,192 17,613 12 Nottingham Forest FC 28,717 -8.3% 44,971 18,339 13 West Ham United FC 28,368 14.1% 37,871 21,129 14 Leicester City FC 27,860 -11.2% 38,551 15,413 15 Bolton Wanderers FC 27,659 25.6% 42,200 16,472 16 Birmingham City FC 26,686 -9.7% 37,725 17,241 17 Leeds United FC 24,905 -0.1% 48,574 11,257 18 Portsmouth FC 24,016 -15.7% 40,470 12,714 19 Burnley FC 23,733 6.7% 44,577 14,923 20 Preston North End FC 22,435 -10.3% 36,435 10,548 21 Blackpool FC 20,860 -2.6% 36,719 11,479 22 Luton Town FC 19,872 7.9% 27,025 11,592 Division Two No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Liverpool FC 36,749 -4.5% 52,546 13,976 2 Sunderland AFC 27,772 -23.2% 45,954 12,024 3 Sheffield Wednesday FC 26,982 18.6% 44,591 17,017 4 Fulham FC 26,260 8.4% 39,377 17,861 5 Middlesbrough FC 24,876 2.0% 42,866 12,019 6 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 22,517 37.1% 36,342 17,795 7 Bristol City FC 22,506 2.0% 32,378 10,369 8 Sheffield United FC 19,580 1.7% 43,915 11,306 9 Derby County FC 18,990 -4.2% 24,343 11,796 10 Bristol Rovers FC 17,890 -13.2% 32,129 10,004 11 Cardiff City FC 17,776 12.2% 27,146 10,734 12 Stoke City FC 17,550 -14.4% 30,080 6,855 13 Charlton Athletic FC 16,806 -24.4% 23,369 10,364 14 Huddersfield Town AFC 14,846 4.9% 20,301 9,604 15 Swansea City AFC 14,612 -7.0% 25,215 6,743 16 Ipswich Town FC 14,261 -22.0% 19,837 10,455 17 Leyton Orient FC 13,323 -10.2% 24,431 7,772 18 Grimsby Town FC 13,108 -7.5% 22,408 8,014 19 Scunthorpe United FC 12,377 27.9% 17,488 9,035 20 Lincoln City FC 11,334 11.7% 19,631 7,041 21 Barnsley FC 11,212 -19.7% 23,184 4,976 22 Rotherham United FC 10,482 3.0% 18,221 6,653 Division Three No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Plymouth Argyle FC 22,926 16.6% 30,665 10,099 2 Norwich City FC 21,098 4.0% 29,976 13,281 3 Hull City AFC 14,380 31.0% 24,156 8,521 4 Brentford FC 13,924 6.4% 28,725 9,432 5 Southampton FC 13,717 -7.6% 21,893 5,782 6 Reading FC 12,674 -1.0% 17,841 6,588 7 Tranmere Rovers 11,815 13.9% 16,878 7,296 8 Swindon Town FC 11,359 -5.8% 19,856 7,303 9 Southend United FC 11,229 0.4% 15,661 5,774 10 Bradford City AFC 11,090 -11.5% 16,230 6,223 11 AFC Bournemouth 10,680 -15.4% 18,448 6,381 12 Wrexham AFC 10,338 13.8% 16,905 5,244 13 Notts County FC 9,529 -34.1% 16,510 4,381 14 Bury FC 9,441 -19.8% 15,973 5,072 15 Stockport County FC 9,255 -7.4% 17,315 4,060 16 Queens Park Rangers FC 9,155 -2.5% 15,768 5,007 17 Chesterfield FC 9,028 7.7% 12,774 3,419 18 Mansfield Town FC 8,467 4.5% 15,952 3,703 19 Colchester United FC 7,756 -9.4% 10,033 4,404 20 Doncaster Rovers FC 6,664 -40.1% 10,725 2,786 21 Halifax Town AFC 6,663 2.7% 11,938 3,260 22 Newport County AFC 6,606 -7.9% 10,968 2,447 23 Accrington Stanley FC 6,267 -12.8% 9,918 3,109 24 Rochdale AFC 4,810 -24.3% 8,442 2,191 Division Four No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Coventry City FC 16,939 42.3% 28,429 10,059 2 Crystal Palace FC 14,885 12.5% 20,707 8,848 3 Port Vale FC 12,757 22.0% 20,916 8,851 4 Millwall FC 11,855 -2.1% 20,446 6,446 5 Exeter City FC 9,374 20.4% 13,102 6,464 6 Walsall FC 9,072 3.1% 15,152 5,125 7 Watford FC 8,384 1.2% 14,156 4,182 8 York City FC 8,124 11.7% 10,382 5,246 9 Northampton Town FC 8,090 -0.5% 14,365 3,450 10 Shrewsbury Town FC 8,081 13.2% 15,318 4,135 11 Crewe Alexandra FC 7,443 62.4% 15,330 4,387 12 Carlisle United FC 7,172 -15.9% 11,659 3,076 13 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 7,016 -19.8% 9,692 3,177 14 Gillingham FC 6,928 -1.5% 12,023 3,817 15 Chester City FC 6,866 1.9% 9,723 3,220 16 Hartlepool United FC 5,499 -30.0% 9,799 3,169 17 Torquay United FC 5,393 -24.2% 11,574 3,120 18 Oldham Athletic FC 5,322 -28.7% 8,400 2,671 19 Workington AFC 5,042 -24.2% 8,765 3,185 20 Darlington FC 5,004 -6.9% 9,172 1,944 21 Barrow AFC 4,325 -24.6% 6,026 2,532 22 Aldershot Town FC 4,189 -16.2% 6,211 2,567 23 Gateshead AFC 4,142 -12.0% 7,623 2,242 24 Southport FC 3,388 -10.9% 4,693 2,042 See also 1958-59 in English football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1958–59 League