Division 11958/1959

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1692 (3.66 goals per match )

Red cards : 2

52%
Home victories

20%
Draws

29%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.62 years

Number of players participating : 518

Promoted : Blackburn, West Ham

Relegated to lower tier : Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday

Division 1 1958/1959's fixtures and results

Round 2

August 25, 1958

0'David Nigel Sims (o.g)

75'Dave Durie

45'John Dick

72'John Smith

August 26, 1958

Leeds United

1 1

Luton Town

62'Christopher Crowe (p)

August 27, 1958

18'Ron Tindall

45+7'Jimmy Greaves

45+30'Tony Nicholas

51'Bobby Smith

89'Tom Finney

89'Ken Barnes

60'Brian Birch

0'Ronald Allen (p)

General rankingLast updated on 04/05/1959

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Wolverhampton	61	42	28	5	9	110	49	+61
2	Man United	55	42	24	7	11	103	66	+37
3	Arsenal	50	42	21	8	13	88	68	+20
4	Bolton Wanderers	50	42	20	10	12	79	66	+13
5	WBA	49	42	18	13	11	88	68	+20
6	West Ham	48	42	21	6	15	85	70	+15
7	Burnley	48	42	19	10	13	81	70	+11
8	Blackpool	47	42	18	11	13	66	49	+17
9	Birmingham City	46	42	20	6	16	84	68	+16
10	Blackburn	44	42	17	10	15	76	70	+6
11	Newcastle United	41	42	17	7	18	80	80	0
12	Preston NE	41	42	17	7	18	70	77	-7
13	Nottingham	40	42	17	6	19	71	74	-3
14	Chelsea	40	42	18	4	20	77	98	-21
15	Leeds United	39	42	15	9	18	57	74	-17
16	Everton	38	42	17	4	21	71	87	-16
17	Luton Town	37	42	12	13	17	68	71	-3
18	Tottenham	36	42	13	10	19	85	95	-10
19	Leicester	32	42	11	10	21	67	98	-31
20	Manchester City	31	42	11	9	22	64	95	-31
21	Aston Villa	30	42	11	8	23	58	87	-29
22	Portsmouth	21	42	6	9	27	64	112	-48

Latest transfers

May 01, 1959
Arthur Kaye ( Barnsley)		Blackpool

April 01, 1959
Bernie Kelly ( Leicester)		Nottingham
John Kilgannon ( Stenhousemuir)		Luton
David Sneddon ( Dundee FC)		Preston NE

March 13, 1959
Derek Dougan ( Portsmouth)		Blackburn

March 10, 1959
Roy A. Stephenson ( Blackburn)		Leicester

March 01, 1959
John Green ( Tranmere)		Blackpool

February 17, 1959
Bobby Laverick ( Chelsea)		Everton

January 01, 1959
Ron Howells ( Wolves)		Portsmouth
John Kilford ( Notts)		Leeds
Jim Gibson ( Linfield)		Newcastle
Doug Winton ( Burnley)		Aston Villa

All transfers

One match scorers

Bobby Charltonhas scored 3 goals during the match Man United 5-2 Chelsea (23/08/1958)

Bobby Masonhas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 5-1 Nottingham (23/08/1958)

Jimmy Greaveshas scored 5 goals during the match Chelsea 6-2 Wolverhampton (30/08/1958)

Peter Harrishas scored 5 goals during the match Portsmouth 5-2 Aston Villa (03/09/1958)

Terry Medwinhas scored 3 goals during the match Tottenham 4-0 Chelsea (03/09/1958)

David Herdhas scored 4 goals during the match Everton 1-6 Arsenal (06/09/1958)

Albert Scanlonhas scored 3 goals during the match Man United 4-1 West Ham (17/09/1958)

Eddy Brownhas scored 4 goals during the match Birmingham City 4-1 Leeds United (17/09/1958)

Jimmy Greaveshas scored 3 goals during the match Chelsea 4-1 Nottingham (27/09/1958)

Vic Keeblehas scored 4 goals during the match West Ham 6-3 Blackburn (04/10/1958)

Derek Kevanhas scored 3 goals during the match Arsenal 4-3 WBA (04/10/1958)

Jimmy Harrishas scored 3 goals during the match Tottenham 10-4 Everton (11/10/1958)

Bobby Smithhas scored 4 goals during the match Tottenham 10-4 Everton (11/10/1958)

Len Whitehas scored 3 goals during the match Preston NE 3-4 Newcastle United (18/10/1958)

Peter Dobinghas scored 3 goals during the match Blackburn 4-2 Arsenal (25/10/1958)

Colin Barlowhas scored 3 goals during the match Manchester City 5-1 Tottenham (01/11/1958)

Johnny Quigleyhas scored 3 goals during the match Nottingham 4-0 Manchester City (08/11/1958)

Derek Hineshas scored 4 goals during the match Leicester 6-3 Aston Villa (15/11/1958)

Alan Shackletonhas scored 3 goals during the match Blackburn 2-4 Leeds United (22/11/1958)

Roy Dwighthas scored 3 goals during the match Leicester 0-3 Nottingham (29/11/1958)

Colin Barlowhas scored 3 goals during the match Manchester City 3-1 West Ham (13/12/1958)

Tommy Johnstonhas scored 3 goals during the match Blackburn 3-0 Newcastle United (20/12/1958)

Bill Perryhas scored 3 goals during the match Blackpool 4-2 Preston NE (25/12/1958)

Peter Broadbenthas scored 3 goals during the match Portsmouth 3-5 Wolverhampton (26/12/1958)

Norman Deeleyhas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 7-0 Portsmouth (27/12/1958)

Colin Boothhas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 7-0 Portsmouth (27/12/1958)

Nat Lofthousehas scored 3 goals during the match Bolton Wanderers 4-2 Luton Town (31/01/1959)

Allan Brownhas scored 3 goals during the match Luton Town 6-2 Burnley (07/02/1959)

Ron Saundershas scored 3 goals during the match Tottenham 4-4 Portsmouth (21/02/1959)

Jimmy Robsonhas scored 3 goals during the match Chelsea 1-3 Burnley (21/02/1959)

Terry Medwinhas scored 4 goals during the match Tottenham 6-0 Leicester (07/03/1959)

John Dickhas scored 3 goals during the match West Ham 3-1 WBA (07/03/1959)

Bill Curryhas scored 3 goals during the match Portsmouth 1-5 Newcastle United (11/03/1959)

Robin Stubbshas scored 3 goals during the match Leicester 2-4 Birmingham City (18/03/1959)

Gerald Hitchenshas scored 3 goals during the match Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Aston Villa (18/03/1959)

Mickey Lillhas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 5-2 WBA (21/03/1959)

Dennis Viollethas scored 3 goals during the match Man United 4-0 Leeds United (21/03/1959)

Ray Charnleyhas scored 3 goals during the match Blackpool 3-0 Leeds United (04/04/1959)

Allan Brownhas scored 4 goals during the match Luton Town 5-1 Nottingham (09/04/1959)

Bobby Smithhas scored 4 goals during the match Tottenham 5-0 WBA (18/04/1959)

Alan Shackletonhas scored 3 goals during the match Nottingham 0-3 Leeds United (22/04/1959)

Vic Groveshas scored 3 goals during the match Arsenal 5-2 Portsmouth (25/04/1959)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 28/02/2025 at 02:43

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Jimmy Greaves	32	1	118	3780	42	42	22	10	31	1	42%	18/04/1959
Bobby Smith	32	0	101	3240	36	36	22	10	16	16	38%	25/04/1959
Bobby Charlton	29	5	118	3420	38	38	16	13	19	10	29%	04/04/1959
Nat Lofthouse	29	1	115	3330	37	37	20	9	18	11	38%	25/04/1959
Derek Kevan	27	0	137	3690	41	41	11	16	14	13	32%	11/04/1959
John Dick	27	0	137	3690	41	41	19	8	14	13	33%	20/04/1959
Ray Pointer	26	0	128	3330	37	37	11	15	15	11	32%	04/04/1959
Len White	25	0	108	2700	30	30	12	13	14	11	32%	14/03/1959
Peter Dobing	24	2	150	3600	40	40	18	6	10	14	32%	25/04/1959
Dennis Viollet	21	0	159	3330	37	37	15	6	11	10	21%	04/04/1959
Tommy Wilson	21	0	171	3600	40	40	10	11	8	13	30%	11/04/1959
Jimmy Murray	21	0	120	2520	28	28	11	10	12	9	19%	25/04/1959
Ron Saunders	21	0	154	3240	36	36	12	9	10	11	34%	25/04/1959
Vic Keeble	20	0	144	2880	32	32	13	7	14	6	24%	21/02/1959
Peter Broadbent	20	0	180	3600	40	40	13	7	10	10	19%	18/04/1959

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Wolverhampton	D 3-3 Burnley04/04/1959	DBolton Wanderers 2-2 11/04/1959	VBlackpool 0-1 13/04/1959	V 5-0 Luton Town18/04/1959	V 3-0 Leicester22/04/1959	VEverton 0-1 25/04/1959
2	Bolton Wanderers	VBirmingham City 1-3 08/04/1959	D 2-2 Wolverhampton11/04/1959	VBurnley 0-1 14/04/1959	VPortsmouth 0-1 18/04/1959	LNewcastle United 2-0 22/04/1959	V 3-1 Blackburn25/04/1959
3	Arsenal	DNottingham 1-1 04/04/1959	D 1-1 Chelsea11/04/1959	LBirmingham City 4-1 14/04/1959	VBlackpool 1-2 18/04/1959	V 5-2 Portsmouth25/04/1959	V 2-1 Birmingham City04/05/1959
4	WBA	D 2-2 Newcastle United11/04/1959	V 2-0 Luton Town15/04/1959	LTottenham 5-0 18/04/1959	VChelsea 0-2 22/04/1959	V 2-0 Nottingham25/04/1959	D 1-1 Aston Villa29/04/1959
5	Leeds United	L 1-3 Wolverhampton31/03/1959	LBlackpool 3-0 04/04/1959	V 2-1 Blackburn11/04/1959	DNewcastle United 2-2 18/04/1959	VNottingham 0-3 22/04/1959	V 1-0 West Ham25/04/1959
6	Blackpool	V 3-0 Leeds United04/04/1959	VManchester City 0-2 11/04/1959	L 0-1 Wolverhampton13/04/1959	L 1-2 Arsenal18/04/1959	V 2-0 Birmingham City20/04/1959	DLuton Town 1-1 25/04/1959
7	Newcastle United	V 3-1 West Ham30/03/1959	DWBA 2-2 11/04/1959	D 2-2 Leeds United18/04/1959	V 2-0 Bolton Wanderers22/04/1959	DBurnley 2-2 25/04/1959	D 1-1 Birmingham City29/04/1959
8	Man United	LBurnley 4-2 28/03/1959	VPortsmouth 1-3 30/03/1959	V 3-0 Bolton Wanderers04/04/1959	DLuton Town 0-0 11/04/1959	V 1-0 Birmingham City18/04/1959	LLeicester 2-1 25/04/1959
9	Leicester	VAston Villa 1-2 04/04/1959	D 1-1 West Ham11/04/1959	VNottingham 1-4 18/04/1959	LWolverhampton 3-0 22/04/1959	V 2-1 Man United25/04/1959	LManchester City 3-1 29/04/1959
10	Chelsea	V 2-0 Manchester City04/04/1959	DArsenal 1-1 11/04/1959	VNottingham 1-3 15/04/1959	V 3-1 Everton18/04/1959	L 0-2 WBA22/04/1959	LBirmingham City 4-1 25/04/1959
11	Tottenham	DAston Villa 1-1 30/03/1959	V 3-0 Luton Town04/04/1959	D 2-2 Burnley08/04/1959	LBirmingham City 5-1 11/04/1959	V 5-0 WBA18/04/1959	DPreston NE 2-2 25/04/1959
12	Preston NE	L 0-4 Burnley30/03/1959	VPortsmouth 1-2 04/04/1959	D 0-0 Luton Town06/04/1959	V 4-2 Aston Villa11/04/1959	DWest Ham 1-1 18/04/1959	D 2-2 Tottenham25/04/1959
13	West Ham	V 3-2 Everton04/04/1959	DLeicester 1-1 11/04/1959	D 0-0 Luton Town13/04/1959	D 1-1 Preston NE18/04/1959	V 5-1 Manchester City20/04/1959	LLeeds United 1-0 25/04/1959
14	Burnley	DWolverhampton 3-3 04/04/1959	DTottenham 2-2 08/04/1959	V 2-1 Portsmouth11/04/1959	L 0-1 Bolton Wanderers14/04/1959	DAston Villa 0-0 18/04/1959	D 2-2 Newcastle United25/04/1959
15	Birmingham City	LMan United 1-0 18/04/1959	LBlackpool 2-0 20/04/1959	V 3-0 Blackburn22/04/1959	V 4-1 Chelsea25/04/1959	DNewcastle United 1-1 29/04/1959	LArsenal 2-1 04/05/1959
16	Blackburn	D 0-0 WBA04/04/1959	LLeeds United 2-1 11/04/1959	V 2-1 Manchester City18/04/1959	V 3-1 Luton Town20/04/1959	LBirmingham City 3-0 22/04/1959	LBolton Wanderers 3-1 25/04/1959
17	Everton	V 3-1 Luton Town30/03/1959	LWest Ham 3-2 04/04/1959	L 1-3 Nottingham11/04/1959	VPortsmouth 2-3 15/04/1959	LChelsea 3-1 18/04/1959	L 0-1 Wolverhampton25/04/1959
-	Nottingham	VEverton 1-3 11/04/1959	L 1-3 Chelsea15/04/1959	L 1-4 Leicester18/04/1959	V 2-0 Aston Villa20/04/1959	L 0-3 Leeds United22/04/1959	LWBA 2-0 25/04/1959
19	Luton Town	DWest Ham 0-0 13/04/1959	LWBA 2-0 15/04/1959	LWolverhampton 5-0 18/04/1959	LBlackburn 3-1 20/04/1959	V 3-1 Portsmouth22/04/1959	D 1-1 Blackpool25/04/1959
20	Manchester City	LChelsea 2-0 04/04/1959	L 0-2 Blackpool11/04/1959	LBlackburn 2-1 18/04/1959	LWest Ham 5-1 20/04/1959	D 0-0 Aston Villa25/04/1959	V 3-1 Leicester29/04/1959
21	Aston Villa	L 1-2 Leicester04/04/1959	LPreston NE 4-2 11/04/1959	D 0-0 Burnley18/04/1959	LNottingham 2-0 20/04/1959	DManchester City 0-0 25/04/1959	DWBA 1-1 29/04/1959
22	Portsmouth	L 1-2 Preston NE04/04/1959	LBurnley 2-1 11/04/1959	L 2-3 Everton15/04/1959	L 0-1 Bolton Wanderers18/04/1959	LLuton Town 3-1 22/04/1959	LArsenal 5-2 25/04/1959

Longest streaksLast updated on 02/03/2025 at 17:32

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Man United	8
Burnley	7
Birmingham City	6
West Ham	5
Wolverhampton	5	4
Arsenal	4	3
WBA	4
Leeds United	4	2
Blackpool	3
Blackburn	3
Bolton Wanderers	3
Aston Villa	3
Chelsea	3
Nottingham	3
Newcastle United	3
Everton	3
Preston NE	2
Leicester	2
Manchester City	2
Luton Town	2
Tottenham	2
Portsmouth	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 02/03/2025 at 17:32

Team \ Rd	34	40	42
Wolverhampton	1	1	1
Man United	2	2	2
Arsenal	3	3	3
Bolton Wanderers	4	4	4
WBA	5	5	5
West Ham	6	6	6
Burnley	7	7	7
Blackpool	8	8	8
Birmingham City	9	9	9
Blackburn	10	10	10
Newcastle United	11	11	11
Preston NE	12	12	12
Nottingham	13	13	13
Chelsea	14	14	14
Leeds United	15	15	15
Everton	16	16	16
Luton Town	17	17	17
Tottenham	18	18	18
Leicester	19	19	19
Manchester City	20	20	20
Aston Villa	21	21	21
Portsmouth	22	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 02/03/2025 at 17:32

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	454
Best scorer : Jimmy Greaves - 16 Goals
16 - 30	249
Best scorer : Bobby Charlton - 8 Goals
31 - 45+	254
Best scorer : Jimmy Greaves - 14 Goals
46 - 60	237
Best scorer : Nat Lofthouse - 6 Goals
61 - 75	248
Best scorer : Len White - 8 Goals
76 - 90+	250
Best scorer : Peter Dobing - 8 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 02/03/2025 at 17:32

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	17 times
1 - 0	40 times
1 - 1	48 times
2 - 0	30 times
2 - 1	70 times
2 - 2	18 times
3 - 0	28 times
3 - 1	59 times
3 - 2	23 times
3 - 3	6 times
4 - 0	17 times
4 - 1	26 times
4 - 2	16 times
4 - 3	11 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 4	2 times
5 - 0	7 times
5 - 1	12 times
5 - 2	6 times
5 - 3	3 times
6 - 0	4 times
6 - 1	6 times
6 - 2	4 times
6 - 3	4 times
6 - 5	1 times
7 - 0	1 times
7 - 1	1 times
7 - 2	1 times
10 - 4	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 02/03/2025 at 17:32

General statistics by teamLast updated on 28/02/2025 at 02:43

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Newcastle United	30	33	13	Len White (25 goals)
Chelsea	28	30	14	Jimmy Greaves (32 goals)
Arsenal	27	30	15	David Herd (15 goals)
Manchester City	26	31	13	Colin Barlow (17 goals)
Portsmouth	26	29	11	Ron Saunders (21 goals)
Preston NE	25	29	14	Thomas Thompson (19 goals)
Nottingham	25	19	7	Tommy Wilson (21 goals)
Luton Town	25	26	12	Allan Brown (20 goals)
Everton	24	23	14	David Hickson (17 goals)
Leeds United	24	26	13	Alan Shackleton (16 goals)
Blackburn	24	22	15	Peter Dobing (24 goals)
Tottenham	24	25	14	Bobby Smith (32 goals)
Birmingham City	24	29	13	Bunny Larkin (18 goals)
Leicester	24	27	12	Jimmy Walsh (20 goals)
Aston Villa	23	27	9	Gerald Hitchens (16 goals)
Blackpool	22	32	11	Ray Charnley (20 goals)
Wolverhampton	22	27	14	Jimmy Murray (21 goals)
Man United	22	18	11	Bobby Charlton (29 goals)
Bolton Wanderers	21	23	9	Nat Lofthouse (29 goals)
WBA	20	26	11	Derek Kevan (27 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 19/02/2025 at 21:57

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Chelsea	22.1	Derek Saunders (29 years)	Robert Tambling (16 years)
Man United	23.6	Ernie Taylor (32 years)	Alex Dawson (17 years)
Burnley	24.4	Les Shannon (31 years)	John Talbut (17 years)
Everton	24.6	Wally Fielding (38 years)	Brian Labone (17 years)
WBA	24.7	Joe Kennedy (32 years)	Tony Forrester (17 years)
Blackburn	24.8	William Eckersley (31 years)	Peter Dobing (19 years)
Leicester	24.9	John Ogilvie (29 years)	Jack Lornie (18 years)
Newcastle United	25	Bobby Mitchell (33 years)	John Mitten (16 years)
Bolton Wanderers	25.1	Nat Lofthouse (32 years)	Syd Farrimond (17 years)
West Ham	25.4	Ernie Gregory (36 years)	Bobby Moore (16 years)
Leeds United	25.5	Jimmy Dunn (35 years)	Christopher Crowe (18 years)
Tottenham	25.5	Ted Ditchburn (36 years)	Fred Sharpe (20 years)
Wolverhampton	25.6	Jimmy Mullen (34 years)	Cliff Durandt (17 years)
Arsenal	25.7	Peter Goring (30 years)	Dennis Clapton (18 years)
Portsmouth	26	Jimmy Dickinson (32 years)	Jimmy White (15 years)
Manchester City	26.1	Bert Trautmann (34 years)	David Shawcross (16 years)
Birmingham City	26.4	Gilbert Merrick (35 years)	Robin Stubbs (16 years)
Luton Town	27.1	Syd Owen (35 years)	Alan Daniel (17 years)
Aston Villa	27.1	Johnny Dixon (34 years)	Wally Hazelden (16 years)
Nottingham	27.7	Jack Hutchinson (36 years)	Calvin Palmer (17 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 28/02/2025 at 02:43

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	7237	366	1271
Scotland	1493	79	236
Northern Ireland	450	18	41
Wales	449	24	82
Republic of Ireland	346	20	23
South Africa	86	6	4
Brazil	61	4	6
Germany	41	1	0

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