1958–59 Football League

The Football League

Season	1958–59
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The 1958–1959 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^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] 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.^[2]

First Division

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 [3]
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		15	3	3	68	19		13	2	6	42	30		110	49	2.245	+61		61	European Cup 1959–60 Premliminary Round
2	Manchester United	42		14	4	3	58	27		10	3	8	45	39		103	66	1.561	+37		55
3	Arsenal	42		14	3	4	53	29		7	5	9	35	39		88	68	1.294	+20		50
4	Bolton Wanderers	42		14	3	4	56	30		6	7	8	23	36		79	66	1.197	+13		50
5	West Bromwich Albion	42		8	7	6	41	33		10	6	5	47	35		88	68	1.294	+20		49
6	West Ham United	42		15	3	3	59	29		6	3	12	26	41		85	70	1.214	+15		48
7	Burnley	42		11	4	6	41	29		8	6	7	40	41		81	70	1.157	+11		48
8	Blackpool	42		12	7	2	39	13		6	4	11	27	36		66	49	1.347	+17		47
9	Birmingham City	42		14	1	6	54	35		6	5	10	30	33		84	68	1.235	+16		46	Participated in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958-60
10	Blackburn Rovers	42		12	3	6	48	28		5	7	9	28	42		76	70	1.086	+6		44
11	Newcastle United	42		11	3	7	40	29		6	4	11	40	51		80	80	1.000	±0		41
12	Preston North End	42		9	3	9	40	39		8	4	9	30	38		70	77	0.909	–7		41
13	Nottingham Forest	42		9	4	8	37	32		8	2	11	34	42		71	74	0.959	–3		40	1958–59 FA Cup winners
14	Chelsea	42		13	2	6	52	37		5	2	14	25	61		77	98	0.786	–21		40	Participated in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958-60
15	Leeds United	42		8	7	6	28	27		7	2	12	29	47		57	74	0.770	–17		39
16	Everton	42		11	3	7	39	38		6	1	14	32	49		71	87	0.816	–16		38
17	Luton Town	42		11	6	4	50	26		1	7	13	18	45		68	71	0.958	–3		37
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42		10	3	8	56	42		3	7	11	29	53		85	95	0.895	–10		36
19	Leicester City	42		7	6	8	34	36		4	4	13	33	62		67	98	0.684	–31		32
20	Manchester City	42		8	7	6	40	32		3	2	16	24	63		64	95	0.674	–31		31
21	Aston Villa	42		8	5	8	31	33		3	3	15	27	54		58	87	0.667	–29		30
22	Portsmouth	42		5	4	12	38	47		1	5	15	26	65		64	112	0.571	–48		21

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
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958-60
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away

Arsenal !ARS

Aston Villa !AST

Birmingham !BIR

Blackburn Rovers !BLB

Blackpool !BLP

Bolton Wanderers !BOL

Burnley !BUR

Chelsea !CHE

Everton !EVE

Leeds United !LEE

Leicester City !LEI

Luton Town !LUT

Manchester City !MCI

Manchester United !MUN

Newcastle United !NEW

Nottingham Forest !NOT

Portsmouth !POR

Preston North End !PNE

Tottenham Hotspur !TOT

West Bromwich Albion !WBA

West Ham United !WHU

Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL

Arsenal !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 !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 !Birmingham

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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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

Maps

Second Division

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 [3]
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42		18	2	1	68	13		10	4	7	38	35		106	48	2.208	+58		62
2	Fulham	42		18	1	2	65	26		9	5	7	31	35		96	61	1.574	+35		60
3	Sheffield United	42		16	2	3	54	15		7	5	9	28	33		82	48	1.708	+34		53
4	Liverpool	42		15	3	3	57	25		9	2	10	30	37		87	62	1.403	+25		53
5	Stoke City	42		16	2	3	48	19		5	5	11	24	39		72	58	1.241	+14		49
6	Bristol Rovers	42		13	5	3	46	23		5	7	9	34	41		80	64	1.250	+16		48
7	Derby County	42		15	1	5	46	29		5	7	9	28	42		74	71	1.042	+3		48
8	Charlton Athletic	42		13	3	5	53	33		5	4	12	39	57		92	90	1.022	+2		43
9	Cardiff City	42		12	2	7	37	26		6	5	10	28	39		65	65	1.000	±0		43
10	Bristol City	42		11	3	7	43	27		6	4	11	31	43		74	70	1.057	+4		41
11	Swansea Town	42		12	5	4	52	30		4	4	13	27	51		79	81	0.975	–2		41
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	42		10	9	2	46	29		5	2	14	28	61		74	90	0.822	–16		41
13	Middlesbrough	42		9	7	5	51	26		6	3	12	36	45		87	71	1.225	+16		40
14	Huddersfield Town	42		12	3	6	39	20		4	5	12	23	35		62	55	1.127	+7		40
15	Sunderland	42		13	4	4	42	23		3	4	14	22	52		64	75	0.853	–11		40
16	Ipswich Town	42		12	4	5	37	27		5	2	14	25	50		62	77	0.805	–15		40
17	Leyton Orient	42		9	4	8	43	30		5	4	12	28	48		71	78	0.910	–7		36
18	Scunthorpe United	42		7	6	8	32	37		5	3	13	23	47		55	84	0.655	–29		33
19	Lincoln City	42		10	5	6	45	37		1	2	18	18	56		63	93	0.677	–30		29
20	Rotherham United	42		9	5	7	32	28		1	4	16	10	54		42	82	0.512	–40		29
21	Grimsby Town	42		7	7	7	41	36		2	3	16	21	54		62	90	0.689	–28		28
22	Barnsley	42		8	4	9	34	34		2	3	16	21	57		55	91	0.604	–36		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
	Welsh Cup winners
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away

Barnsley !BAR

Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA

Bristol City !BRI

Bristol Rovers !BRO

Cardiff City !CAR

Charlton Athletic !CHA

Derby County !DER

Fulham !FUL

Grimsby Town !GRI

Huddersfield Town !HUD

Ipswich Town !IPS

Leyton Orient !LEY

Lincoln City !LIN

Liverpool !LIV

Middlesbrough !MID

Rotherham United !ROT

Scunthorpe United !SCU

Sheffield United !SHU

Sheffield Wednesday !SHW

Stoke City !STK

Sunderland !SUN

Swansea Town !SWA

Barnsley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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

Maps

Third Division

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 [3]
← 1957–58 (North) 1957–58 (South) 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Plymouth Argyle	46		14	7	2	55	27		9	9	5	34	32		89	59	1.508	+30		62
2	Hull City	46		19	3	1	65	21		7	6	10	25	34		90	55	1.636	+35		61
3	Brentford	46		15	5	3	49	22		6	10	7	27	27		76	49	1.551	+27		57
4	Norwich City	46		13	6	4	51	29		9	7	7	38	33		89	62	1.435	+27		57
5	Colchester United	46		15	2	6	46	31		6	8	9	25	36		71	67	1.060	+4		52
6	Reading	46		16	4	3	51	21		5	4	14	27	42		78	63	1.238	+15		50
7	Tranmere Rovers	46		15	3	5	53	22		6	5	12	29	45		82	67	1.224	+15		50
8	Southend United	46		14	6	3	52	26		7	2	14	33	54		85	80	1.063	+5		50
9	Halifax Town	46		14	5	4	48	25		7	3	13	32	52		80	77	1.039	+3		50
10	Bury	46		12	9	2	51	24		5	5	13	18	34		69	58	1.190	+11		48
11	Bradford City	46		13	4	6	47	25		5	7	11	37	51		84	76	1.105	+8		47
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46		12	9	2	40	18		5	3	15	29	51		69	69	1.000	±0		46
13	Queens Park Rangers	46		14	6	3	49	28		5	2	16	25	49		74	77	0.961	–3		46
14	Southampton	46		12	7	4	57	33		5	4	14	31	47		88	80	1.100	+8		45
15	Swindon Town	46		13	4	6	39	25		3	9	11	20	32		59	57	1.035	+2		45
16	Chesterfield	46		12	5	6	40	26		5	5	13	27	38		67	64	1.047	+3		44
17	Newport County	46		15	2	6	43	24		2	7	14	26	44		69	68	1.015	+1		43
18	Wrexham	46		12	6	5	40	30		2	8	13	23	47		63	77	0.818	–14		42
19	Accrington Stanley	46		10	8	5	42	31		5	4	14	29	56		71	87	0.816	–16		42
20	Mansfield Town	46		11	5	7	38	42		3	8	12	35	56		73	98	0.745	–25		41
21	Stockport County	46		9	7	7	33	23		4	3	16	32	55		65	78	0.833	–13		36
22	Doncaster Rovers	46		13	2	8	40	32		1	3	19	10	58		50	90	0.556	–40		33
23	Notts County	46		5	9	9	33	39		3	4	16	22	57		55	96	0.573	–41		29
24	Rochdale	46		8	7	8	21	26		0	5	18	16	53		37	79	0.468	–42		28

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

Home ╲ Away

Accrington Stanley !ACC

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU

Bradford City !BRA

Brentford !BRE

Bury !BRY

Chesterfield !CHF

Colchester United !COL

Doncaster Rovers !DON

Halifax Town !HAL

Hull City !HUL

Mansfield Town !MAN

Newport County !NPC

Norwich City !NOR

Notts County !NTC

Plymouth Argyle !PLY

Queens Park Rangers !QPR

Reading !REA

Rochdale !ROC

Southampton !SOU

Southend !STD

Stockport County !STP

Swindon Town !SWI

Tranmere !TRA

Wrexham !WRE

Accrington Stanley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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

Maps

Fourth Division

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 [3]
← 1957–58 (North) 1957–58 (South) 1959–60 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Port Vale	46		14	6	3	62	30		12	6	5	48	28		110	58	1.897	+52		64
2	Coventry City	46		18	4	1	50	11		6	8	9	34	36		84	47	1.787	+37		60
3	York City	46		12	10	1	37	17		9	8	6	36	35		73	52	1.404	+21		60
4	Shrewsbury Town	46		15	5	3	59	24		9	5	9	42	39		101	63	1.603	+38		58
5	Exeter City	46		16	4	3	55	24		7	7	9	32	37		87	61	1.426	+26		57
6	Walsall	46		13	5	5	56	25		8	5	10	39	39		95	64	1.484	+31		52
7	Crystal Palace	46		12	8	3	54	27		8	4	11	36	44		90	71	1.268	+19		52
8	Northampton Town	46		14	5	4	48	25		7	4	12	37	53		85	78	1.090	+7		51
9	Millwall	46		13	6	4	46	23		7	4	12	30	46		76	69	1.101	+7		50
10	Carlisle United	46		11	6	6	37	30		8	6	9	25	35		62	65	0.954	–3		50
11	Gillingham	46		14	6	3	53	27		6	3	14	29	50		82	77	1.065	+5		49
12	Torquay United	46		11	5	7	45	32		5	7	11	33	45		78	77	1.013	+1		44
13	Chester	46		10	5	8	39	33		6	7	10	33	51		72	84	0.857	–12		44
14	Bradford Park Avenue	46		15	1	7	51	29		3	6	14	24	48		75	77	0.974	–2		43
15	Watford	46		10	6	7	46	36		6	4	13	35	43		81	79	1.025	+2		42
16	Darlington	46		7	8	8	37	36		6	8	9	29	32		66	68	0.971	–2		42
17	Workington	46		9	10	4	40	32		3	7	13	23	46		63	78	0.808	–15		41
18	Crewe Alexandra	46		11	5	7	52	32		4	5	14	18	50		70	82	0.854	–12		40
19	Hartlepools United	46		11	4	8	50	41		4	6	13	24	47		74	88	0.841	–14		40
20	Gateshead	46		11	3	9	33	30		5	5	13	23	55		56	85	0.659	–29		40
21	Oldham Athletic	46		15	0	8	39	29		1	4	18	20	55		59	84	0.702	–25		36
22	Aldershot	46		8	4	11	37	45		6	3	14	26	52		63	97	0.649	–34		35
23	Barrow	46		6	6	11	34	45		3	4	16	17	59		51	104	0.490	–53		28
24	Southport	46		7	8	8	26	25		0	4	19	15	61		41	86	0.477	–45		26

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
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home ╲ Away

Aldershot !ALD

Barrow !BRW

Bradford Park Avenue !BPA

Carlisle United !CRL

Chester !CHE

Coventry City !COV

Crewe Alexandra !CRE

Crystal Palace !CRY

Darlington !DAR

Exeter City !EXE

Gateshead !GAT

Gillingham !GIL

Hartlepool !HAR

Millwall !MIL

Northampton Town !NOR

Oldham Athletic !OLD

Port Vale !PTV

Shrewsbury Town !SHR

Southport !SOU

Torquay United !TOR

Walsall !WAL

Watford !WAT

Workington !WRK

York City !YOR

Aldershot !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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

Maps

See also

• 1958-59 in English football

References

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