1958–59 Football League

The 1958–59 season was the 60th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

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

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.

From this season, the bottom four teams of the Fourth Division were required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division

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)[3]
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

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

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

Locations of the Football League First Division 1958–1959 teams

Second Division

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)[3]
← 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
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

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

Charlton Athletic

Fulham

Leyton Orient

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1958–1959 teams

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	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Plymouth Argyle (C, P)	46	23	16	7	89	59	1.508	62	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Hull City (P)	46	26	9	11	90	55	1.636	61
3	Brentford	46	21	15	10	76	49	1.551	57
4	Norwich City	46	22	13	11	89	62	1.435	57
5	Colchester United	46	21	10	15	71	67	1.060	52
6	Reading	46	21	8	17	78	63	1.238	50
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	8	17	82	67	1.224	50
8	Southend United	46	21	8	17	85	80	1.063	50
9	Halifax Town	46	21	8	17	80	77	1.039	50
10	Bury	46	17	14	15	69	58	1.190	48
11	Bradford City	46	18	11	17	84	76	1.105	47
12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	17	12	17	69	69	1.000	46
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	19	8	19	74	77	0.961	46
14	Southampton	46	17	11	18	88	80	1.100	45
15	Swindon Town	46	16	13	17	59	57	1.035	45
16	Chesterfield	46	17	10	19	67	64	1.047	44
17	Newport County	46	17	9	20	69	68	1.015	43
18	Wrexham	46	14	14	18	63	77	0.818	42
19	Accrington Stanley	46	15	12	19	71	87	0.816	42
20	Mansfield Town	46	14	13	19	73	98	0.745	41
21	Stockport County (R)	46	13	10	23	65	78	0.833	36	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	14	5	27	50	90	0.556	33
23	Notts County (R)	46	8	13	25	55	96	0.573	29
24	Rochdale (R)	46	8	12	26	37	79	0.468	28

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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

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

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1958–1959

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	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Port Vale (C, P)	46	26	12	8	110	58	1.897	64	Promotion to the Third Division
2	Coventry City (P)	46	24	12	10	84	47	1.787	60
3	York City (P)	46	21	18	7	73	52	1.404	60
4	Shrewsbury Town (P)	46	24	10	12	101	63	1.603	58
5	Exeter City	46	23	11	12	87	61	1.426	57
6	Walsall	46	21	10	15	95	64	1.484	52
7	Crystal Palace	46	20	12	14	90	71	1.268	52
8	Northampton Town	46	21	9	16	85	78	1.090	51
9	Millwall	46	20	10	16	76	69	1.101	50
10	Carlisle United	46	19	12	15	62	65	0.954	50
11	Gillingham	46	20	9	17	82	77	1.065	49
12	Torquay United	46	16	12	18	78	77	1.013	44
13	Chester	46	16	12	18	72	84	0.857	44
14	Bradford (Park Avenue)	46	18	7	21	75	77	0.974	43
15	Watford	46	16	10	20	81	79	1.025	42
16	Darlington	46	13	16	17	66	68	0.971	42
17	Workington	46	12	17	17	63	78	0.808	41
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	10	21	70	82	0.854	40
19	Hartlepools United	46	15	10	21	74	88	0.841	40
20	Gateshead	46	16	8	22	56	85	0.659	40
21	Oldham Athletic	46	16	4	26	59	84	0.702	36	Re-elected
22	Aldershot	46	14	7	25	63	97	0.649	35
23	Barrow	46	9	10	27	51	104	0.490	28
24	Southport	46	7	12	27	41	86	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

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

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Watford

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

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1958–1959

See also

• 1958-59 in English football