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1958–59 Football League

The Football League
Season 1958–59
Champions Wolverhampton Wanderers
Football League
First Division
Season 1958–59
Champions Wolverhampton Wanderers (3rd English title)
Relegated Aston Villa
Portsmouth
European Cup 1959–60 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958-60 Birmingham City
Chelsea
FA Cup winners Nottingham Forest (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1,692 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea), 33
Football League
Second Division
Season 1958–59
Champions Sheffield Wednesday (5th title)
Promoted Fulham
Relegated Barnsley,
Grimsby Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1,604 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorer Brian Clough (Middlesbrough), 42
Football League
Third Division
Season 1958–59
Champions Plymouth Argyle (1st title)
Promoted Hull City
Relegated Doncaster Rovers,
Notts County,
Rochdale
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,733 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer Jim Towers (Brentford), 32
1957–58 (North)
1957–58 (South)
Football League
Fourth Division
Season 1958–59
Champions Port Vale (1st title)
Promoted Coventry City,
York City
Shrewsbury Town
Failed re-election none
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,794 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer Arthur Rowley (Shrewsbury Town), 37
1957–58 (North)
1957–58 (South)

The 19581959 season was the 60th completed season of The Football League.

This season saw the introduction of the Fourth Division.

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

Re-election: During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established on the eve of this season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


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