1958-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	6	1	Manchester City	St Andrew's	34,263
Jackson 2, Gordon, Larkin 2, Taylor	Lineups		Barlow
Everton	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Goodison Park	61,692
Hickson	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	Burnley	Filbert Street	32,182
Leek	Lineups		Pointer
Luton Town	6	3	Arsenal	Kenilworth Road	21,870
Adam, Gregory, Bingham 2, Brown 2	Lineups		Julians, Evans (p), Bloomfield
Manchester United	2	1	Aston Villa	Old Trafford	63,098
Quixall, Viollet	Lineups		Myerscough
Newcastle United	1	3	Nottingham Forest	St James' Park	49,360
Curry	Lineups		Wilson, Dwight, Imlach
Portsmouth	3	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fratton Park	28,022
Dickinson, Newman, Saunders	Lineups		Broadbent 3, Booth, Deeley
Preston North End	0	3	Blackpool	Deepdale	36,435	Largest home gate 1958-59
	Lineups		Chanley 2, Kelly J
Tottenham Hotspur	1	4	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	43,817
Stokes	Lineups		Dick, Bond, Keeble, OG
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Leeds United	The Hawthorns	34,878
Gibson OG	Lineups		Humphries, Crowe (p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	8	1	2	26	8	6	1	5	21	20	1.679	30	W	W	L	W	W	1958-12-27	Portsmouth	H
2	-1	Bolton Wanderers	23	8	1	2	29	13	3	6	3	15	19	1.375	29	L	W	D	D	W	1958-12-27	Everton	H
3	3	Blackpool	24	5	7	0	19	8	4	3	5	17	18	1.385	28	W	W	D	L	W	1959-01-03	Manchester United	A
4	-1	Preston North End	25	7	1	4	25	18	5	3	5	19	23	1.073	28	L	L	W	L	W	1959-01-03	Manchester City	H
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	22	4	3	4	22	19	6	4	1	31	15	1.559	27	L	W	D	W	W	1958-12-27	Leeds United	A
6	-1	Arsenal	24	8	1	3	35	19	4	2	6	22	22	1.39	27	L	L	L	W	L	1958-12-27	Luton Town	H
7	0	Manchester United	24	6	3	3	29	18	5	2	5	26	26	1.25	27	W	W	W	W	W	1958-12-27	Aston Villa	A
8	1	Nottingham Forest	23	6	2	3	23	11	5	1	6	20	21	1.344	25	W	L	L	D	W	1958-12-27	Newcastle United	H
9	-1	Blackburn Rovers	23	6	2	4	30	18	3	5	3	19	22	1.225	25	L	W	D	D	W	1958-12-27	Chelsea	A
10	0	West Ham United	24	8	1	3	34	18	3	2	7	16	26	1.136	25	W	W	W	L	L	1959-01-03	Aston Villa	A
11	0	Burnley	23	5	2	4	22	17	4	3	5	19	22	1.051	23	D	W	W	L	W	1958-12-27	Leicester City	H
12	2	Leeds United	23	3	6	2	14	13	5	1	6	19	26	0.846	23	W	L	W	W	W	1958-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
13	2	Luton Town	22	6	4	2	27	14	1	4	5	10	18	1.156	22	W	D	L	L	L	1958-12-27	Arsenal	A
14	-2	Newcastle United	23	6	1	4	21	17	4	1	7	23	27	1	22	L	L	D	W	L	1958-12-27	Nottingham Forest	A
15	1	Birmingham City	23	7	1	4	27	24	2	3	6	13	19	0.93	22	W	W	W	L	L	1958-12-27	Manchester City	A
16	-3	Chelsea	23	8	0	3	32	20	2	1	9	14	36	0.821	21	W	L	L	W	L	1958-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
17	0	Everton	23	6	2	5	22	26	3	1	6	18	27	0.755	21	W	L	W	L	W	1958-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
18	1	Leicester City	23	5	4	3	24	21	2	1	8	14	34	0.691	19	D	W	W	L	L	1958-12-27	Burnley	A
19	-1	Manchester City	23	5	4	3	26	20	1	2	8	11	36	0.661	18	L	L	W	D	L	1958-12-27	Birmingham City	H
20	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	4	1	6	25	25	2	4	7	19	34	0.746	17	L	L	D	L	L	1959-01-03	Blackburn Rovers	H
21	0	Portsmouth	23	5	3	4	28	25	1	2	8	12	30	0.727	17	L	L	L	L	L	1958-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	0	Aston Villa	24	4	3	5	19	23	2	1	9	17	38	0.59	16	L	L	W	D	L	1958-12-27	Manchester United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	2	3	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate	27,570
Atyeo, Etheridge	Lineups		Bonson 2, Walsh
Derby County	3	1	Swansea Town	Baseball Ground	23,949
Davies E, Parry, Darwin	Lineups		Charles
Fulham	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Craven Cottage	28,639
Johnson, Cohen, Langley	Lineups		Thorne
Ipswich Town	0	2	Bristol Rovers	Portman Road	15,808
	Lineups		Hooper (p), Bradford
Leyton Orient	0	1	Stoke City	Brisbane Road	12,173
	Lineups		Ward
Middlesbrough	3	1	Barnsley	Ayresome Park	31,720
Clough 2, Peacock	Lineups		Kaye
Rotherham United	0	1	Liverpool	Millmoor	13,092
	Lineups		Melia
Scunthorpe United	3	2	Sunderland	Old Showground	14,509
Ashurst OG, Neale, Sharpe	Lineups		Kichenbrand, Nelson
Sheffield Wednesday	7	0	Lincoln City	Hillsborough	34,486
Froggatt 2, Shiner 2, Fantham 2, Finney	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	11	0	1	45	7	5	3	3	24	21	2.464	35	W	L	W	W	W	1958-12-27	Lincoln City	A
2	0	Fulham	23	10	1	1	40	18	5	3	3	18	19	1.568	34	W	L	W	L	W	1958-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	0	Stoke City	24	11	1	1	35	12	3	2	6	14	23	1.4	31	W	W	W	D	W	1958-12-27	Leyton Orient	H
4	0	Liverpool	23	8	1	1	29	11	6	1	6	18	22	1.424	30	W	W	W	W	L	1958-12-27	Rotherham United	H
5	0	Sheffield United	23	8	1	2	28	6	3	4	5	15	20	1.654	27	W	W	D	W	L	1958-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
6	0	Bristol City	23	6	1	5	29	19	6	1	4	20	20	1.256	26	L	W	W	L	L	1958-12-27	Cardiff City	A
7	1	Bristol Rovers	23	6	2	3	23	14	4	3	5	25	26	1.2	25	W	L	D	L	W	1958-12-27	Ipswich Town	H
8	-1	Ipswich Town	23	7	2	3	21	14	4	1	6	17	23	1.027	25	L	W	W	W	W	1958-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
9	1	Cardiff City	22	7	1	3	25	17	4	1	6	15	18	1.143	24	W	L	L	W	W	1958-12-27	Bristol City	H
10	-1	Charlton Athletic	23	7	2	1	28	15	2	3	8	22	37	0.962	23	L	L	L	W	L	1958-12-27	Huddersfield Town	H
11	1	Derby County	24	7	1	4	24	23	2	4	6	13	25	0.771	23	W	W	L	W	W	1958-12-27	Swansea Town	A
12	-1	Huddersfield Town	23	7	2	3	23	11	1	3	7	13	23	1.059	21	W	L	L	L	L	1958-12-27	Charlton Athletic	A
13	4	Middlesbrough	23	5	3	3	30	11	3	1	8	22	31	1.238	20	W	W	L	L	L	1958-12-27	Barnsley	A
14	-1	Swansea Town	22	6	3	2	30	15	1	3	7	12	28	0.977	20	L	W	W	L	D	1958-12-27	Derby County	H
15	-1	Barnsley	23	6	2	3	26	18	2	2	8	12	29	0.809	20	L	W	L	L	L	1958-12-27	Middlesbrough	H
16	3	Scunthorpe United	23	5	4	3	21	19	2	2	7	11	28	0.681	20	W	L	W	L	W	1958-12-27	Sunderland	A
17	-2	Leyton Orient	23	5	2	5	22	19	2	3	6	14	23	0.857	19	L	W	L	L	W	1958-12-27	Stoke City	A
18	-2	Grimsby Town	23	5	4	3	25	19	1	3	7	15	33	0.769	19	L	L	W	D	D	1958-12-27	Sheffield United	A
19	-1	Sunderland	23	6	2	4	21	17	1	2	8	12	32	0.673	18	L	W	L	L	W	1958-12-27	Scunthorpe United	H
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	2	7	2	21	21	3	1	8	16	39	0.617	18	L	L	W	W	L	1958-12-27	Fulham	H
21	0	Lincoln City	23	5	3	3	23	18	0	1	11	12	40	0.603	14	L	L	L	L	W	1958-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	0	Rotherham United	23	4	3	5	21	22	1	1	9	6	30	0.519	14	L	L	L	W	L	1958-12-27	Liverpool	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	4	2	Halifax Town	Peel Park	9,838
Anders J 2, Scott, Mulkerrin	Lineups		Blackburn, Roscoe
Bury	4	2	Tranmere Rovers	Gigg Lane	11,460
Robertson 2, May, Watson	Lineups		McDonnell 2
Chesterfield	1	1	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,157
Frear	Lineups		Weston
Colchester United	3	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Layer Road	9,182
Langman, McLeod, Williams	Lineups		Burgess
Hull City	5	2	Mansfield Town	Boothferry Park	20,836
Bradbury 3, Clarke, Smith	Lineups		Thomas B 2
Norwich City	1	0	Reading	Carrow Road	13,281
McCrohan	Lineups
Notts County	1	3	Bradford City	Meadow Lane	8,376
Loxley	Lineups		McCole 2, Webb
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	Home Park	30,665
Carter, Gauld 2	Lineups		Angell, Tomkys
Rochdale	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Spotland	4,075
Wainwright	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Brentford	County Ground	12,692
Micklewright	Lineups		Francis

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	10	3	0	36	14	4	5	2	20	18	1.75	36	W	D	D	L	D	1958-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	0	Hull City	25	10	2	1	37	14	4	3	5	13	18	1.563	33	W	D	W	L	W	1958-12-27	Mansfield Town	A
3	0	Southampton	24	7	4	1	34	14	3	4	5	20	22	1.5	28	L	W	W	W	L	1958-12-27	Newport County	H
4	0	Southend United	24	6	4	1	26	11	5	2	6	18	24	1.257	28	W	W	L	W	D	1958-12-27	Stockport County	H
5	5	Colchester United	23	8	1	3	25	15	2	6	3	16	17	1.281	27	W	D	D	W	W	1958-12-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
6	-1	Swindon Town	24	8	2	2	21	11	2	5	5	11	14	1.28	27	D	D	L	W	W	1959-01-03	Southampton	H
7	4	Accrington Stanley	24	7	4	2	29	18	3	3	5	14	17	1.229	27	W	W	W	W	D	1958-12-27	Halifax Town	A
8	1	Brentford	25	6	4	2	19	11	3	5	5	11	17	1.071	27	D	D	L	W	D	1959-01-03	Wrexham	H
9	3	Bury	24	5	6	1	28	13	4	2	6	15	19	1.344	26	W	D	W	D	D	1958-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	-4	Reading	24	7	4	0	22	8	2	4	7	14	22	1.2	26	L	L	L	L	W	1958-12-27	Norwich City	H
11	-3	Newport County	24	9	1	3	26	16	1	5	5	13	20	1.083	26	W	D	W	W	L	1958-12-27	Southampton	A
12	-5	Tranmere Rovers	24	6	3	2	21	11	4	3	6	19	26	1.081	26	L	L	W	L	W	1958-12-27	Bury	H
13	1	Wrexham	23	8	3	1	24	17	1	4	6	10	19	0.944	25	D	W	L	W	D	1958-12-27	Chesterfield	H
14	-1	Queens Park Rangers	24	6	4	1	22	13	3	2	8	18	30	0.93	24	L	W	L	L	L	1958-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	0	Halifax Town	22	7	1	2	21	13	4	0	8	18	31	0.886	23	L	W	W	L	W	1958-12-27	Accrington Stanley	H
16	1	Bradford City	24	5	3	4	23	16	3	3	6	20	26	1.024	22	W	W	D	W	W	1958-12-27	Notts County	H
17	1	Norwich City	23	4	4	4	21	21	3	4	4	13	15	0.944	22	W	D	D	D	L	1958-12-27	Reading	A
18	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	25	9	1	2	22	7	1	1	11	15	36	0.86	22	L	L	L	W	L	1958-12-27	Colchester United	H
19	0	Stockport County	24	4	3	5	15	14	3	2	7	22	31	0.822	19	W	L	L	D	D	1958-12-27	Southend United	A
20	1	Chesterfield	24	4	5	4	20	16	1	3	7	10	19	0.857	18	D	L	D	D	L	1958-12-27	Wrexham	A
21	-1	Mansfield Town	22	5	1	4	19	24	2	3	7	18	29	0.698	18	L	L	L	L	D	1958-12-27	Hull City	H
22	0	Notts County	24	2	7	4	19	23	1	3	7	10	27	0.58	16	L	L	L	W	D	1958-12-27	Bradford City	A
23	1	Rochdale	24	4	4	5	12	17	0	1	10	9	28	0.467	13	W	L	L	L	L	1958-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
24	-1	Doncaster Rovers	24	5	0	6	16	17	1	1	11	7	33	0.46	13	L	W	L	L	L	1958-12-27	Rochdale	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	2	Crystal Palace	Recreation Ground	6,080
Pacey	Lineups		Deakin 2
Bradford	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Park Avenue	9,692	Largest home gate 1958-59
Buchanan, Ward	Lineups		John
Carlisle United	3	2	Workington	Brunton Park	11,659	Largest home gate 1958-59
Fletcher 2, Ackerman	Lineups		Robson 2
Coventry City	3	0	Torquay United	Highfield Road	27,238
Kirk, Straw 2	Lineups
Gillingham	4	1	Northampton Town	Priestfield Stadium	6,947
Terry 2, Edgar, Bacon	Lineups		Mills
Hartlepools United	1	0	Darlington	Victoria Park	5,689
Anderson (p)	Lineups
Port Vale	8	0	Gateshead	Vale Park	16,899
Cunliffe 2, Poole 2, Steele 2, Jackson (p), Barnett	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	6	2	Southport	Gay Meadow	10,597
Whitaker 4, Edgley, Russell	Lineups		Smith, McDermott
Walsall	3	2	Watford	Fellows Park	10,324
Richards, Taylor, Faulkner	Lineups		Gordon, Fleming
York City	1	0	Barrow	Bootham Crescent	10,382	Largest home gate 1958-59
Wardle	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Coventry City	24	11	1	1	33	6	3	4	4	17	16	2.273	33	W	W	W	W	D	1958-12-27	Torquay United	A
2	0	Port Vale	24	5	4	3	30	19	8	2	2	29	15	1.735	32	W	W	L	L	W	1959-01-01	Gateshead	A
3	1	York City	24	8	3	1	22	7	4	4	4	21	20	1.593	31	W	W	L	L	W	1958-12-27	Barrow	A
4	1	Shrewsbury Town	25	7	3	2	31	17	5	4	4	16	15	1.469	31	W	W	W	W	W	1959-01-01	Darlington	A
5	-2	Exeter City	21	10	1	0	29	6	3	2	5	14	18	1.792	29	W	W	L	L	W	1958-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	0	Millwall	24	9	1	3	29	15	4	2	5	14	17	1.344	29	L	W	W	W	D	1958-12-27	Chester	A
7	1	Carlisle United	22	6	4	2	21	12	4	3	3	12	13	1.32	27	W	L	W	W	W	1958-12-27	Workington	A
8	2	Walsall	23	6	2	4	27	17	5	2	4	23	18	1.429	26	W	L	W	L	L	1958-12-27	Watford	A
9	-2	Chester	24	6	3	3	26	20	4	3	5	16	25	0.933	26	W	L	D	L	W	1958-12-27	Millwall	H
10	-1	Watford	24	5	4	2	25	14	4	3	6	21	24	1.211	25	L	W	L	L	D	1958-12-27	Walsall	H
11	2	Gillingham	23	7	3	2	27	13	3	2	6	13	23	1.111	25	W	L	W	D	L	1958-12-27	Northampton Town	A
12	0	Crystal Palace	24	6	4	1	27	13	3	3	7	19	30	1.07	25	W	L	W	L	D	1958-12-27	Aldershot	H
13	-2	Northampton Town	23	6	3	2	23	15	3	3	6	21	30	0.978	24	L	L	D	L	W	1958-12-27	Gillingham	H
14	0	Torquay United	23	6	2	3	23	16	2	4	6	18	25	1	22	L	W	D	W	D	1958-12-27	Coventry City	H
15	0	Darlington	24	2	5	5	15	20	4	4	4	16	14	0.912	21	L	L	D	W	W	1958-12-27	Hartlepools United	H
16	3	Bradford	24	8	0	3	23	11	1	2	10	14	32	0.86	20	W	L	D	L	L	1958-12-27	Oldham Athletic	A
17	-1	Workington	25	5	7	1	27	20	0	3	9	8	25	0.778	20	L	W	L	W	L	1958-12-27	Carlisle United	H
18	-1	Aldershot	24	4	3	6	22	26	3	2	6	12	23	0.694	19	L	W	D	W	L	1958-12-27	Crystal Palace	A
19	-1	Barrow	24	3	3	5	15	21	3	4	6	13	23	0.636	19	L	L	D	D	D	1958-12-27	York City	H
20	2	Hartlepools United	24	5	1	6	21	23	2	3	7	12	28	0.647	18	W	L	L	L	L	1958-12-27	Darlington	A
21	-1	Gateshead	24	5	1	6	20	17	2	3	7	13	38	0.6	18	L	W	W	L	W	1959-01-01	Port Vale	H
22	-1	Oldham Athletic	23	7	0	4	20	15	0	2	10	13	30	0.733	16	L	L	W	W	L	1958-12-27	Bradford	H
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	23	5	3	4	23	18	1	1	9	6	32	0.58	16	W	L	L	D	W	1958-12-27	Exeter City	A
24	0	Southport	25	6	4	2	17	10	0	0	13	10	42	0.519	16	L	L	L	L	L	1959-01-01	Crystal Palace	H