1958–59 FA Cup

September 2020 1958–59 FA Cup EnglandWales Nottingham Forest 2 Luton Town 1957–58 1959–60 The 1958–59 FA Cup was the 78th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Nottingham Forest won the competition for their second time, as of 2025, beating Luton Town 2–1 in the final at Wembley. This was Luton Town's only appearance in an FA Cup final as of 2025. Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played. The competition saw the remarkable progress of Norwich City, then a Division Three team, to the semi-finals, defeating Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur along the way, before losing in a replay to Luton Town. The "59 Cup Run" takes a notable place in Norwich's club history. Calendar Round DatePreliminary round Saturday 6 September 1958 First qualifying round Saturday 20 September 1958 Second qualifying round Saturday 4 October 1958 Third qualifying round Saturday 18 October 1958 Fourth qualifying round Saturday 1 November 1958 First round proper Saturday 15 November 1958 Second round Saturday 6 December 1958 Third round Saturday 10 January 1959 Fourth round Saturday 24 January 1959 Fifth round Saturday 14 February 1959 Sixth round Saturday 28 February 1959 Semi finals Saturday 14 March 1959 Final Saturday 2 May 1959 Qualifying rounds Most participating clubs that were not members of the Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 30 places available in the first round. The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Bishop Auckland, Consett, South Shields, Blyth Spartans, Crook Town, Rhyl, Morecambe, Buxton, Worcester City, Boston United, Denaby United, Heanor Town, Kettering Town, Hereford United, Peterborough United, Wisbech Town, Chelmsford City, King's Lynn, Hitchin Town, Ashford Town (Kent), Margate, Guildford City, Wycombe Wanderers, Headington United, Tooting & Mitcham United, Newport (IOW), Bath City, Weymouth, Yeovil Town and Merthyr Tydfil. Consett was the only qualifying club appearing in the competition proper for the first time. Of the others, Ashford Town had not featured at this stage since 1934–35, Denaby United since 1932-33 and Heanor Town since 1898-99. Tooting & Mitcham featured in seven rounds of the tournament, defeating Bromley, Redhill, Sutton United, Horsham, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Northampton Town before losing to eventual champions Nottingham Forest in a third round replay, but the achievements of the non-league clubs were all ultimately overshadowed by the heroics of Norwich City. all qualifying round results 1958–59 FA Cup qualifying rounds First round proper At this stage the 48 clubs from the newly instituted Third and Fourth divisions joined the 30 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. To complete this round, non-league sides Woking and Ilford were given byes as the champions and runners-up from the previous season's FA Amateur Cup. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 15 November 1958, although the Bury–York City match was postponed. Ten were drawn and went to replays, with one of those going to a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Ashford Town (Kent)0–1Crystal Palace15 November 19582Chester3–2Boston United15 November 19583Chesterfield3–0Rhyl15 November 19584Bury1–0York City18 November 19585Southampton4–1Woking15 November 19586Watford1–1Reading15 November 1958ReplayReading0–2Watford19 November 19587Weymouth2–5Coventry City15 November 19588Walsall0–1Queens Park Rangers15 November 19589Wisbech Town2–2Newport County15 November 1958ReplayNewport County4–1Wisbech Town17 November 195810Notts County1–2Barrow15 November 195811Crewe Alexandra2–2South Shields15 November 1958ReplaySouth Shields5–0Crewe Alexandra19 November 195812Swindon Town5–0Aldershot15 November 195813Doncaster Rovers5–0Consett15 November 195814Wrexham1–2Darlington15 November 195815Heanor Town1–5Carlisle United15 November 195816Buxton4–1Crook Town15 November 195817Tranmere Rovers8–1Bishop Auckland15 November 195818Accrington Stanley5–1Workington15 November 195819Brentford3–2Exeter City15 November 195820Northampton Town2–0Wycombe Wanderers15 November 195821Denaby United0–2Oldham Athletic15 November 195822King's Lynn2–1Merthyr Tydfil15 November 195823Norwich City3–1Ilford15 November 195824Plymouth Argyle2–2Gillingham15 November 1958ReplayGillingham1–4Plymouth Argyle19 November 195825Hull City0–1Stockport County15 November 195826Hitchin Town1–1Millwall15 November 1958ReplayMillwall2–1Hitchin Town17 November 195827Southend United0–0Yeovil Town15 November 1958ReplayYeovil Town1–0Southend United21 November 195828Hartlepools United1–1Rochdale15 November 1958ReplayRochdale3–3Hartlepools United19 November 1958ReplayHartlepools United2–1Rochdale27 November 195829Mansfield Town3–4Bradford City15 November 195830Southport0–2Halifax Town15 November 195831Morecambe1–2Blyth Spartans15 November 195832Torquay United1–0Port Vale15 November 195833Guildford City1–2Hereford United15 November 195834Newport (IOW)0–0Shrewsbury Town15 November 1958ReplayShrewsbury Town5–0Newport (IOW)20 November 195835Gateshead1–4Bradford Park Avenue15 November 195836Headington United3–2Margate15 November 195837Tooting & Mitcham United3–1Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic15 November 195838Peterborough United2–2Kettering Town15 November 1958ReplayKettering Town2–3Peterborough United20 November 195839Colchester United2–0Bath City15 November 195840Chelmsford City0–0Worcester City15 November 1958ReplayWorcester City3–1Chelmsford City21 November 1958 Second round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 6 December 1958. Six matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week. One match went to a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Chester1–1Bury6 December 1958ReplayBury2–1Chester9 December 19582Barrow2–0Hartlepools United6 December 19583Swindon Town1–1Norwich City6 December 1958ReplayNorwich City1–0Swindon Town11 December 19584Tranmere Rovers1–2Doncaster Rovers6 December 19585Queens Park Rangers0–1Southampton6 December 19586Accrington Stanley6–1Buxton6 December 19587Brentford3–1King's Lynn6 December 19588Coventry City1–3Plymouth Argyle6 December 19589Carlisle United0–0Chesterfield6 December 1958ReplayChesterfield1–0Carlisle United10 December 195810Oldham Athletic2–0South Shields6 December 195811Crystal Palace2–2Shrewsbury Town6 December 1958ReplayShrewsbury Town2–2Crystal Palace11 December 1958ReplayCrystal Palace4–1Shrewsbury Town15 December 195812Worcester City5–2Millwall6 December 195813Bradford Park Avenue0–2Bradford City6 December 195814Blyth Spartans3–4Stockport County6 December 195815Halifax Town1–1Darlington6 December 1958ReplayDarlington3–0Halifax Town10 December 195816Torquay United2–0Watford6 December 195817Hereford United0–2Newport County6 December 195818Tooting & Mitcham United2–1Northampton Town6 December 195819Peterborough United4–2Headington United6 December 195820Colchester United1–1Yeovil Town6 December 1958ReplayYeovil Town1–7Colchester United11 December 1958 Third round proper The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 10 January 1959, although six matches were postponed until later dates. Six matches were drawn and went to replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Barrow2–4Wolverhampton Wanderers10 January 19592Bury0–1Arsenal10 January 19593Southampton1–2Blackpool10 January 19594Leicester City1–1Lincoln City10 January 1959ReplayLincoln City0–2Leicester City14 January 19595Blackburn Rovers4–2Leyton Orient10 January 19596Aston Villa2–1Rotherham United10 January 19597Sheffield Wednesday0–2West Bromwich Albion19 January 19598Grimsby Town2–2Manchester City10 January 1959ReplayManchester City1–2Grimsby Town24 January 19599Middlesbrough0–1Birmingham City24 January 195910Derby County2–2Preston North End10 January 1959ReplayPreston North End4–2Derby County19 January 195911Luton Town5–1Leeds United10 January 195912Everton4–0Sunderland10 January 195913Doncaster Rovers0–2Bristol City19 January 195914Sheffield United2–0Crystal Palace10 January 195915Ipswich Town1–0Huddersfield Town10 January 195916Stockport County1–3Burnley14 January 195917Newcastle United1–4Chelsea19 January 195918Tottenham Hotspur2–0West Ham United10 January 195919Fulham0–0Peterborough United10 January 1959ReplayPeterborough United0–1Fulham24 January 195920Accrington Stanley3–0Darlington10 January 195921Brentford2–0Barnsley10 January 195922Bristol Rovers0–4Charlton Athletic10 January 195923Portsmouth3–1Swansea Town10 January 195924Brighton & Hove Albion0–2Bradford City10 January 195925Norwich City3–0Manchester United10 January 195926Plymouth Argyle0–3Cardiff City10 January 195927Worcester City2–1Liverpool15 January 195928Scunthorpe United0–2Bolton Wanderers10 January 195929Newport County0–0Torquay United10 January 1959ReplayTorquay United0–1Newport County14 January 195930Stoke City5–1Oldham Athletic10 January 195931Tooting & Mitcham United2–2Nottingham Forest10 January 1959ReplayNottingham Forest3–0Tooting & Mitcham United24 January 195932Colchester United2–0Chesterfield10 January 1959 Fourth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 24 January 1959, with three matches taking place on later dates. Six matches were drawn and went to replays, which were all played in the following midweek match. Worcester City was the last non-league club left in the competition. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Bristol City1–1Blackpool24 January 1959ReplayBlackpool1–0Bristol City28 January 19592Preston North End3–2Bradford City24 January 19593Leicester City1–1Luton Town24 January 1959ReplayLuton Town4–1Leicester City28 January 19594Nottingham Forest4–1Grimsby Town28 January 19595Blackburn Rovers1–2Burnley28 January 19596Wolverhampton Wanderers1–2Bolton Wanderers24 January 19597West Bromwich Albion2–0Brentford24 January 19598Tottenham Hotspur4–1Newport County24 January 19599Accrington Stanley0–0Portsmouth24 January 1959ReplayPortsmouth4–1Accrington Stanley28 January 195910Norwich City3–2Cardiff City24 January 195911Chelsea1–2Aston Villa24 January 195912Worcester City0–2Sheffield United24 January 195913Charlton Athletic2–2Everton24 January 1959ReplayEverton4–1Charlton Athletic28 January 195914Stoke City0–1Ipswich Town24 January 195915Colchester United2–2Arsenal24 January 1959ReplayArsenal4–0Colchester United28 January 195916Birmingham City1–1Fulham28 January 1959ReplayFulham2–3Birmingham City4 February 1959 Fifth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 14 February 1959. Four matches went to replays in the following midweek fixture, with two of these requiring a second replay to settle the tie. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Blackpool3–1West Bromwich Albion14 February 19592Burnley1–0Portsmouth14 February 19593Bolton Wanderers2–2Preston North End14 February 1959ReplayPreston North End1–1Bolton Wanderers18 February 1959ReplayBolton Wanderers1–0Preston North End23 February 19594Everton1–4Aston Villa14 February 19595Ipswich Town2–5Luton Town14 February 19596Tottenham Hotspur1–1Norwich City14 February 1959ReplayNorwich City1–0Tottenham Hotspur18 February 19597Arsenal2–2Sheffield United14 February 1959ReplaySheffield United3–0Arsenal18 February 19598Birmingham City1–1Nottingham Forest14 February 1959ReplayNottingham Forest1–1Birmingham City18 February 1959ReplayBirmingham City0–5Nottingham Forest23 February 1959 Sixth round proper The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 28 February 1959. Three of the four games went to replays. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Blackpool1–1Luton Town28 February 1959ReplayLuton Town1–0Blackpool4 March 19592Nottingham Forest2–1Bolton Wanderers28 February 19593Aston Villa0–0Burnley28 February 1959ReplayBurnley0–2Aston Villa3 March 19594Sheffield United1–1Norwich City28 February 1959ReplayNorwich City3–2Sheffield United4 March 1959 Semi finals The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 14 March 1959. Nottingham Forest and Luton Town won their matches to meet in the final at Wembley. 14 March 1959 15:00 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Aston Villa Hillsborough, Sheffield 14 March 1959 15:00 Luton Town 1–1 Norwich City White Hart Lane, London Replay 18 March 1959 Norwich City 0–1 Luton Town St. Andrew's, Birmingham Final 1959 FA Cup Final The FA Cup final took place on 2 May 1959, at Wembley Stadium and was won by Nottingham Forest, beating Luton Town 2–1. 2 May 195915:00 BST Nottingham Forest 2–1 Luton Town Report Dwight 10Wilson 14 Pacey 66 Wembley, London 100,000 Jack Clough _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder _red_stripes _redtop ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF Nottingham Forest _whitehalf _white_stripes _twostripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Luton Town References General The FA Cup Archive at TheFA.com F.A. Cup results 1958/59 at Footballsite Specific Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup