1957–58 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
1957–58 season
Chairman	Reg Pratt
Manager	Ted Fenton
Stadium	Boleyn Ground
Second Division	Second Division 1st
FA Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: John Dick (21) All: John Dick (26)
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

Season summary

The 1957–58 season was West Ham's nineteenth season in the Second Division since their relegation in season 1931–32. The club were managed by Ted Fenton and the team captain was Noel Cantwell.^[1]^[2]

The season started badly for West Ham with only three wins from their first 10 games. However after September 1957 they lost only three games hitting the first place in the league on 18 January 1958. They were in first place for all but one week until the end of the season as they finished as champions.^[3] John Dick was the top scorer with 26 goals in all competitions and 21 in the league. The next highest scorer was Vic Keeble with 24. Dick and Ken Brown made the most appearances; 48 in all competitions.^[3] West Ham made the fifth round of the FA Cup before being eliminated 3-2 by Fulham.

The season saw the last West Ham appearance for future football manager Malcolm Allison who had to retire following the removal of a lung after contracting tuberculosis. ^[4] It also saw the first appearance by 1965 Cup Winners' Cup winner, Joe Kirkup.^[5] In this season, West Ham created a player of the season award, the Hammer of the Year award. The first winner was Andy Malcolm.^[6] This season also saw the club break its record for the biggest victory. On 8 March 1958 they beat Rotherham United, 8-0 with John Dick scoring four goals.^[7]

Equal highest number of appearances this season - Ken Brown

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	West Ham United	42	12	8	1	56	25	11	3	7	45	29	101	54	1.870	+47	57
2	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	7	1	50	18	9	5	7	43	39	93	57	1.632	+36	56
3	Charlton Athletic	42	15	3	3	65	33	9	4	8	42	36	107	69	1.551	+38	55
4	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	50	13	5	7	9	29	41	79	54	1.463	+25	54
5	Fulham	42	13	5	3	53	24	7	7	7	44	35	97	59	1.644	+38	52
6	Sheffield United	42	12	5	4	38	22	9	5	7	37	28	75	50	1.500	+25	52
7	Middlesbrough	42	13	3	5	52	29	6	4	11	31	45	83	74	1.122	+9	45
8	Ipswich Town	42	13	4	4	45	29	3	8	10	23	40	68	69	0.986	–1	44
9	Huddersfield Town	42	9	8	4	28	24	5	8	8	35	42	63	66	0.955	–3	44
10	Bristol Rovers	42	12	5	4	52	31	5	3	13	33	49	85	80	1.063	+5	42
11	Stoke City	42	9	4	8	49	36	9	2	10	26	37	75	73	1.027	+2	42
12	Leyton Orient	42	14	2	5	53	27	4	3	14	24	52	77	79	0.975	–2	41
13	Grimsby Town	42	13	4	4	54	30	4	2	15	32	53	86	83	1.036	+3	40
14	Barnsley	42	10	6	5	40	25	4	6	11	30	49	70	74	0.946	–4	40
15	Cardiff City	42	10	5	6	44	31	4	4	13	19	46	63	77	0.818	–14	37
16	Derby County	42	11	3	7	37	36	3	5	13	23	45	60	81	0.741	–21	36
17	Bristol City	42	9	5	7	35	31	4	4	13	28	57	63	88	0.716	–25	35
18	Rotherham United	42	8	3	10	38	44	6	2	13	27	57	65	101	0.644	–36	33
19	Swansea Town	42	8	3	10	48	45	3	6	12	24	54	72	99	0.727	–27	31
20	Lincoln City	42	6	6	9	33	35	5	3	13	22	47	55	82	0.671	–27	31
21	Notts County	42	9	3	9	24	31	3	3	15	20	49	44	80	0.550	–36	30
22	Doncaster Rovers	42	7	5	9	34	40	1	6	14	22	48	56	88	0.636	–32	27

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 August 1957	Lincoln City	H	2-2	18,907	Allison, Dare
26 August 1957	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	18,845	Dare
31 August 1957	Bristol Rovers	A	3-2	26,110	Dare (3)
2 September 1957	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	24,009	Dare
7 September 1957	Derby County	H	2-1	18,955	Cantwell, Smith
9 September 1957	Sheffield United	H	0-3	21,746
14 September 1957	Swansea City	A	2-3	19,352	Malcolm, Dare
16 September 1957	Sheffield United	A	1-2	7,710	Dare
21 September 1957	Fulham	H	3-2	23,855	Cantwell, Dare (2)
28 September 1957	Barnsley	A	0-1	12,182
5 October 1957	Leyton Orient	H	3-2	25,990	Lansdowne, Smith, Lewis
12 October 1957	Charlton Athletic	A	3-0	30,437	Smith, Dare, Musgrove
19 October 1957	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-1	20,216	Keeble
26 October 1957	Rotherham United	A	2-1	8,971	Bond, Dick
2 November 1957	Huddersfield Town	H	5-2	21,525	Cantwell, Keeble, Dick, Musgrove (2)
9 November 1957	Grimsby Town	A	2-1	12,088	Smith, Dick
16 November 1957	Stoke City	H	5-0	23,171	Dare, Keeble (3), Dick
23 November 1957	Bristol City	A	1-1	22,305	Dick
30 November 1957	Cardiff City	H	1-1	23,954	Dick
7 December 1957	Liverpool	A	1-1	34,030	Dick
14 December 1957	Middlesbrough	H	2-1	20,737	Bond, Musgrove
21 December 1957	Lincoln City	A	6-1	8,384	Newman, Dick (2), Keeble (2), Musgrove
25 December 1957	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	25,515	Newman
26 December 1957	Ipswich Town	A	1-2	21,899	Bond
28 December 1957	Bristol Rovers	H	6-1	28,095	Smith (3), Keeble (2), Dick
11 January 1958	Derby County	A	3-2	21,564	Bond, Dick, Musgrove
18 January 1958	Swansea City	H	6-2	27,277	Bond, Cantwell, Musgrove, Dick, Keeble (2)
1 February 1958	Fulham	A	2-2	42,195	Lewis, Musgrove
8 February 1958	Barnsley	H	1-1	27,182	Lewis
20 February 1958	Leyton Orient	A	4-1	25,284	Dare, Smith, Keeble, Dick
22 February 1958	Bristol City	H	3-2	22,795	Malcolm, Dare, Keeble
1 March 1958	Rotherham United	A	2-1	12,411	Smith, Keeble
8 March 1958	Doncaster Rovers	H	8-0	25,0450	Smith (2), Dick (2), Keeble (4)
15 March 1958	Huddersfield Town	A	1-3	19,093	Grice
22 March 1958	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	25,152	Musgrove, Richardson (og)
29 March 1958	Stoke City	A	4-1	14,517	Grice, Keeble (2), Dick
4 April 1958	Notts County	H	3-1	29,866	Bond (2), Cruickshank (og)
5 April 1958	Charlton Athletic	H	0-0	30,208
8 April 1958	Notts County	A	0-1	18,317
12 April 1958	Cardiff City	A	3-0	17,596	Malcolm, Dick (2)
19 April 1958	Liverpool	H	1-1	37,734	Bond
26 April 1958	Middlesbrough	A	3-1	30,526	Keeble, Dick, Musgrove

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1958	Blackpool	H	5-1	34,000	Keeble (3), Dick (2)
R4	25 January 1958	Stockport County	H	3-2	25,924	Lewis (2), Keeble
R5	15 February 1958	Fulham	H	2-3	37,500	Bond, Grice

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Malcolm Allison
		FW	Alan Blackburn
		DF	John Bond
		DF	Ken Brown
		DF	Noel Cantwell (captain)
		DF	Fred Cooper
		FW	Billy Dare
		FW	John Dick
		GK	Ernie Gregory
		MF	Mike Grice
		FW	Vic Keeble
		DF	Joe Kirkup

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Bill Lansdowne
		FW	Eddie Lewis
		MF	Andy Malcolm
		MF	Malcolm Musgrove
		DF	Andy Nelson
		FW	Mick Newman
		MF	Malcolm Pyke
		GK	Brian Rhodes
		MF	John Smith
		MF	Doug Wragg
		DF	George Wright
		GK	Bob Wyllie

References

↑ "Ted Fenton". www.leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
↑ "Noel Cantwell". www.independent.ie. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - 1st Division 1957-58". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
↑ "Malcolm Allison obituary". The Guardian. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
↑ "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics — Joe Kirkup". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
↑ "Andy Malcolm". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
↑ "On this day 8 March". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

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