1958–59 in English football
The Football League First Division 1958/59 was the 60th season of the Football League First Division English as the highest football league. The Wolverhampton Wanderers won by six points behind Manchester United are the third English championship in their history and defended the title from the previous year. Both newly promoted West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers were able to get the class; instead had to play the course in the Second Division Aston Villa and Portsmouth. These two teams should be in the following season replaced by the two second-division promoted Sheffield Wednesday FC and Fulham.
A total of 515 players were used, with West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United and Burnley FC and Newcastle United at the least 29 aufboten 20 most players in league games. 126 newcomers were offset by 132 footballers who most recently came into play in the season 1958/59.
Final Table
Results Table
In the left column of the home teams are listed.
Top scorers
The champion team of Wolverhampton Wanderers
In the following list, all players were listed for the Wolverhampton Wanderers came in a league match for use during the 1958/59 season. It must be noted that in most cases a minimum number of games will be provided in English football to accept the official champion medal allowed. As regards the specific control before the introduction of the Premier League, there is lack of clarity, all the players with an asterisk (*) have been provided which have received no champion medal presumably because of their small contribution. In brackets the number of bets as well as the goals achieved are called.
Colin Booth (13/ 7) | Peter Broadbent (40/ 20) | Eddie Clamp ( 26/3 ) | Norman Deeley (38/ 17) | Clifford Durandt * (1/0 ) | Malcolm Finlayson (39/ 0 ) | Ron Flowers (31/ 0 ) | Gerald Harris ( 40/1 ) | Jackie Henderson * ( 8/3 ) | Desmond Horne * ( 8/3 ) | Alan Jackson * (2/1 ) | Gwyn Jones * (4/ 0) | Philip Kelly * (1/0 ) | Michael Lill (18/ 12) | Bobby Mason (34/ 13) | Jimmy Mullen (16/ 4) | Jimmy Murray (28/ 21) | George Showell * ( 8/2) | Geoff Sidebottom * ( 3/0 ) | Bill Slater ( 27/1 ) | Eddie Stuart (38/ 0 ) | Billy Wright (39/ 0).
- Coach: Stan Cullis
Special events
- Jimmy Greaves scored on 30 August in 1958 for Chelsea against Wolverhampton Wanderers five goals.
- Peter Harris scored on 3 September 1958 at Portsmouth to Aston Villa five goals.