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The Football League
Season	1958–59
Champions	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 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.

From this season, the bottom four teams of the Fourth Division were required to apply for re-election.

First Division

Football league season

First Division
Season	1958–59
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers 3rd English title
Relegated	Aston Villa Portsmouth
European Cup	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,692 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (33 goals)
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 Portsmouth (27 December 1958)
Biggest away win	Birmingham City 0–6 West Bromwich Albion (3 September 1958) Nottingham Forest 1–7 Birmingham City (7 March 1959)
Highest scoring	Tottenham Hotspur 10–4 Everton (11 October 1958)
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (C)	42	28	5	9	110	49	2.245	61	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Manchester United	42	24	7	11	103	66	1.561	55
3	Arsenal	42	21	8	13	88	68	1.294	50
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	10	12	79	66	1.197	50
5	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	13	11	88	68	1.294	49
6	West Ham United	42	21	6	15	85	70	1.214	48
7	Burnley	42	19	10	13	81	70	1.157	48
8	Blackpool	42	18	11	13	66	49	1.347	47
9	Birmingham City	42	20	6	16	84	68	1.235	46
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	10	15	76	70	1.086	44
11	Newcastle United	42	17	7	18	80	80	1.000	41
12	Preston North End	42	17	7	18	70	77	0.909	41
13	Nottingham Forest	42	17	6	19	71	74	0.959	40
14	Chelsea	42	18	4	20	77	98	0.786	40
15	Leeds United	42	15	9	18	57	74	0.770	39
16	Everton	42	17	4	21	71	87	0.816	38
17	Luton Town	42	12	13	17	68	71	0.958	37
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	10	19	85	95	0.895	36
19	Leicester City	42	11	10	21	67	98	0.684	32
20	Manchester City	42	11	9	22	64	95	0.674	31
21	Aston Villa (R)	42	11	8	23	58	87	0.667	30	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Portsmouth (R)	42	6	9	27	64	112	0.571	21	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham West Ham class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1958–1959

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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League First Division 1958–1959 teams

Second Division

Football league season

Second Division
Season	1958–59
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday
Promoted	Sheffield Wednesday Fulham
Relegated	Grimsby Town Barnsley
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,604 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian Clough (42 goals)
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield Wednesday (C, P)	42	28	6	8	106	48	2.208	62	Promotion to the First Division
2	Fulham (P)	42	27	6	9	96	61	1.574	60	Promotion to the First Division
3	Sheffield United	42	23	7	12	82	48	1.708	53
4	Liverpool	42	24	5	13	87	62	1.403	53
5	Stoke City	42	21	7	14	72	58	1.241	49
6	Bristol Rovers	42	18	12	12	80	64	1.250	48
7	Derby County	42	20	8	14	74	71	1.042	48
8	Charlton Athletic	42	18	7	17	92	90	1.022	43
9	Cardiff City	42	18	7	17	65	65	1.000	43
10	Bristol City	42	17	7	18	74	70	1.057	41
11	Swansea Town	42	16	9	17	79	81	0.975	41
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	11	16	74	90	0.822	41
13	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	87	71	1.225	40
14	Huddersfield Town	42	16	8	18	62	55	1.127	40
15	Sunderland	42	16	8	18	64	75	0.853	40
16	Ipswich Town	42	17	6	19	62	77	0.805	40
17	Leyton Orient	42	14	8	20	71	78	0.910	36
18	Scunthorpe United	42	12	9	21	55	84	0.655	33
19	Lincoln City	42	11	7	24	63	93	0.677	29
20	Rotherham United	42	10	9	23	42	82	0.512	29
21	Grimsby Town (R)	42	9	10	23	62	90	0.689	28	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Barnsley (R)	42	10	7	25	55	91	0.604	27	Relegation to the Third Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	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

Maps

Charlton Athletic Fulham Leyton Orient class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1958–1959

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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division 1958–1959 teams

Third Division

Football league season

Football League
Third Division
Season	1958–59
Champions	Plymouth Argyle (1st title)
Promoted	Hull City
Relegated	Doncaster Rovers, Notts County, Rochdale Stockport County
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,733 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jim Towers (Brentford), 32
← 1957–58 (North) 1957–58 (South) 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Plymouth Argyle	46	14	7	2	55	27	9	9	5	34	32	1.508	62	Division Champions, promoted
2	Hull City	46	19	3	1	65	21	7	6	10	25	34	1.636	61	Promoted
3	Brentford	46	15	5	3	49	22	6	10	7	27	27	1.551	57
4	Norwich City	46	13	6	4	51	29	9	7	7	38	33	1.435	57
5	Colchester United	46	15	2	6	46	31	6	8	9	25	36	1.060	52
6	Reading	46	16	4	3	51	21	5	4	14	27	42	1.238	50
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	3	5	53	22	6	5	12	29	45	1.224	50
8	Southend United	46	14	6	3	52	26	7	2	14	33	54	1.063	50
9	Halifax Town	46	14	5	4	48	25	7	3	13	32	52	1.039	50
10	Bury	46	12	9	2	51	24	5	5	13	18	34	1.190	48
11	Bradford City	46	13	4	6	47	25	5	7	11	37	51	1.105	47
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	12	9	2	40	18	5	3	15	29	51	1.000	46
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	6	3	49	28	5	2	16	25	49	0.961	46
14	Southampton	46	12	7	4	57	33	5	4	14	31	47	1.100	45
15	Swindon Town	46	13	4	6	39	25	3	9	11	20	32	1.035	45
16	Chesterfield	46	12	5	6	40	26	5	5	13	27	38	1.047	44
17	Newport County	46	15	2	6	43	24	2	7	14	26	44	1.015	43
18	Wrexham	46	12	6	5	40	30	2	8	13	23	47	0.818	42
19	Accrington Stanley	46	10	8	5	42	31	5	4	14	29	56	0.816	42
20	Mansfield Town	46	11	5	7	38	42	3	8	12	35	56	0.745	41
21	Stockport County	46	9	7	7	33	23	4	3	16	32	55	0.833	36	Relegated
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	2	8	40	32	1	3	19	10	58	0.556	33
23	Notts County	46	5	9	9	33	39	3	4	16	22	57	0.573	29
24	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	21	26	0	5	18	16	53	0.468	28

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	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

Maps

Brentford Queens Park Rangers class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1958–1959

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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1958–1959

Fourth Division

Football league season

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) 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Port Vale (C, P)	46	14	6	3	62	30	12	6	5	48	28	1.897	64	Promoted to the Third Division
2	Coventry City (P)	46	18	4	1	50	11	6	8	9	34	36	1.787	60
3	York City (P)	46	12	10	1	37	17	9	8	6	36	35	1.404	60
4	Shrewsbury Town (P)	46	15	5	3	59	24	9	5	9	42	39	1.603	58
5	Exeter City	46	16	4	3	55	24	7	7	9	32	37	1.426	57
6	Walsall	46	13	5	5	56	25	8	5	10	39	39	1.484	52
7	Crystal Palace	46	12	8	3	54	27	8	4	11	36	44	1.268	52
8	Northampton Town	46	14	5	4	48	25	7	4	12	37	53	1.090	51
9	Millwall	46	13	6	4	46	23	7	4	12	30	46	1.101	50
10	Carlisle United	46	11	6	6	37	30	8	6	9	25	35	0.954	50
11	Gillingham	46	14	6	3	53	27	6	3	14	29	50	1.065	49
12	Torquay United	46	11	5	7	45	32	5	7	11	33	45	1.013	44
13	Chester	46	10	5	8	39	33	6	7	10	33	51	0.857	44
14	Bradford Park Avenue	46	15	1	7	51	29	3	6	14	24	48	0.974	43
15	Watford	46	10	6	7	46	36	6	4	13	35	43	1.025	42
16	Darlington	46	7	8	8	37	36	6	8	9	29	32	0.971	42
17	Workington	46	9	10	4	40	32	3	7	13	23	46	0.808	41
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	5	7	52	32	4	5	14	18	50	0.854	40
19	Hartlepools United	46	11	4	8	50	41	4	6	13	24	47	0.841	40
20	Gateshead	46	11	3	9	33	30	5	5	13	23	55	0.659	40
21	Oldham Athletic	46	15	0	8	39	29	1	4	18	20	55	0.702	36	Re-elected
22	Aldershot	46	8	4	11	37	45	6	3	14	26	52	0.649	35
23	Barrow	46	6	6	11	34	45	3	4	16	17	59	0.490	28
24	Southport	46	7	8	8	26	25	0	4	19	15	61	0.477	26

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Division Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	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

Maps

Crystal Palace Millwall Watford class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1958–1959

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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1958–1959

References

"England 1958-59". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.

v t e English Football League seasons
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1958–59 in English football

« 1957–58 1959–60 »

FA competitions

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Related to national team

Club seasons
First Division	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
Second Division	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
Third Division	Accrington Stanley Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Bradford City Brentford Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hull City Mansfield Town Newport County Norwich City Notts County Plymouth Argyle Queens Park Rangers Reading Rochdale Southampton Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Wrexham
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Darlington Exeter City Gateshead Gillingham Hartlepools United Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Walsall Watford Workington York City

v t e 1958–59 in European football (UEFA)
« 1957–58 1959–60 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '58 '59 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark '58 '59 England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '58 '59 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '58 '59 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '58 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany Greece Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '58 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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