1958-12-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Luton Town	Highbury	56,277
Bloomfield	Lineups
Aston Villa	0	2	Manchester United	Villa Park	56,450	Largest home gate 1958-59
	Lineups		Pearson, Viollet
Bolton Wanderers	0	3	Everton	Burnden Park	37,263
	Lineups		Harris J, Hickson, Williams
Burnley	3	3	Leicester City	Turf Moor	24,468
Pointer 2, Connelly	Lineups		Riley 2, Leek
Chelsea	0	2	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge	46,312
	Lineups		Dobing, Vernon
Leeds United	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Elland Road	44,929
	Lineups		Kevan
Manchester City	4	1	Birmingham City	Maine Road	29,276
Hayes 2, Barlow, Sambrook	Lineups		Jackson
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Newcastle United	City Ground	39,907
Imlach 2, Wilson	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	0	Portsmouth	Molineux	41,347
Booth 3, Deeley 3, Horne	Lineups

				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	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	9	1	2	33	8	6	1	5	21	20	1.929	32	W	W	W	L	W	1959-01-03	Chelsea	H
2	3	West Bromwich Albion	23	4	3	4	22	19	7	4	1	32	15	1.588	29	W	L	W	D	W	1959-01-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	3	Arsenal	25	9	1	3	36	19	4	2	6	22	22	1.415	29	W	L	L	L	W	1959-01-03	Leicester City	A
4	3	Manchester United	25	6	3	3	29	18	6	2	5	28	26	1.295	29	W	W	W	W	W	1959-01-03	Blackpool	H
5	-3	Bolton Wanderers	24	8	1	3	29	16	3	6	3	15	19	1.257	29	L	L	W	D	D	1959-01-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	-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
7	-3	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
8	0	Nottingham Forest	24	7	2	3	26	11	5	1	6	20	21	1.438	27	W	W	L	L	D	1959-01-03	Portsmouth	A
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	24	6	2	4	30	18	4	5	3	21	22	1.275	27	W	L	W	D	D	1959-01-03	Tottenham Hotspur	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	24	5	3	4	25	20	4	3	5	19	22	1.048	24	D	D	W	W	L	1959-01-03	Leeds United	H
12	0	Leeds United	24	3	6	3	14	14	5	1	6	19	26	0.825	23	L	W	L	W	W	1959-01-03	Burnley	A
13	4	Everton	24	6	2	5	22	26	4	1	6	21	27	0.811	23	W	W	L	W	L	1959-01-03	Newcastle United	A
14	-1	Luton Town	23	6	4	2	27	14	1	4	6	10	19	1.121	22	L	W	D	L	L	1959-01-03	Birmingham City	H
15	-1	Newcastle United	24	6	1	4	21	17	4	1	8	23	30	0.936	22	L	L	L	D	W	1959-01-03	Everton	H
16	-1	Birmingham City	24	7	1	4	27	24	2	3	7	14	23	0.872	22	L	W	W	W	L	1959-01-03	Luton Town	A
17	-1	Chelsea	24	8	0	4	32	22	2	1	9	14	36	0.793	21	L	W	L	L	W	1959-01-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	1	Manchester City	24	6	4	3	30	21	1	2	8	11	36	0.719	20	W	L	L	W	D	1959-01-03	Preston North End	A
19	-1	Leicester City	24	5	4	3	24	21	2	2	8	17	37	0.707	20	D	D	W	W	L	1959-01-03	Arsenal	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	24	5	3	4	28	25	1	2	9	12	37	0.645	17	L	L	L	L	L	1959-01-03	Nottingham Forest	H
22	0	Aston Villa	25	4	3	6	19	25	2	1	9	17	38	0.571	16	L	L	L	W	D	1959-01-03	West Ham United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	0	Middlesbrough	Oakwell	14,917
Chappell	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Fulham	Goldstone Ground	36,747	Largest home gate 1958-59
Dixon 2, Thorne	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Ipswich Town	Eastville	20,587
Ward	Lineups		Myles
Cardiff City	1	0	Bristol City	Ninian Park	27,146	Largest home gate 1958-59
Burden OG	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Huddersfield Town	The Valley	20,381
Hewie, Taylor OG	Lineups		Massie
Lincoln City	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Sincil Bank	15,629
	Lineups		Shiner
Liverpool	4	0	Rotherham United	Anfield Road	44,729
Morris, Bimpson 2, Harrower	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	1	Grimsby Town	Bramall Lane	27,551
Pace, Shaw G (p)	Lineups		Rafferty
Stoke City	3	2	Leyton Orient	Victoria Ground	30,070	Largest home gate 1958-59
Wilshaw 2, Asprey	Lineups		Burridge, White
Sunderland	3	1	Scunthorpe United	Roker Park	27,550
Taylor, Anderson, Maltby	Lineups		Neale
Swansea Town	4	4	Derby County	Vetch Field	19,942
Davies E E 3, Nurse (p)	Lineups		Hannigan, Powell, Cargill, Darwin

				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	24	11	0	1	45	7	6	3	3	25	21	2.5	37	W	W	L	W	W	1959-01-03	Ipswich Town	H
2	0	Fulham	24	10	1	1	40	18	5	3	4	18	22	1.45	34	L	W	L	W	L	1959-01-03	Swansea Town	H
3	0	Stoke City	25	12	1	1	38	14	3	2	6	14	23	1.405	33	W	W	W	W	D	1959-01-03	Lincoln City	A
4	0	Liverpool	24	9	1	1	33	11	6	1	6	18	22	1.545	32	W	W	W	W	W	1959-01-03	Sunderland	H
5	0	Sheffield United	24	9	1	2	30	7	3	4	5	15	20	1.667	29	W	W	W	D	W	1959-01-03	Bristol City	A
6	0	Bristol City	24	6	1	5	29	19	6	1	5	20	21	1.225	26	L	L	W	W	L	1959-01-03	Sheffield United	H
7	0	Bristol Rovers	24	6	3	3	24	15	4	3	5	25	26	1.195	26	D	W	L	D	L	1959-01-03	Scunthorpe United	A
8	1	Cardiff City	23	8	1	3	26	17	4	1	6	15	18	1.171	26	W	W	L	L	W	1959-01-03	Rotherham United	H
9	-1	Ipswich Town	24	7	2	3	21	14	4	2	6	18	24	1.026	26	D	L	W	W	W	1959-01-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	0	Charlton Athletic	24	8	2	1	30	16	2	3	8	22	37	0.981	25	W	L	L	L	W	1959-01-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	0	Derby County	25	7	1	4	24	23	2	5	6	17	29	0.788	24	D	W	W	L	W	1959-01-03	Leyton Orient	A
12	3	Barnsley	24	7	2	3	27	18	2	2	8	12	29	0.83	22	W	L	W	L	L	1959-01-03	Huddersfield Town	A
13	-1	Huddersfield Town	24	7	2	3	23	11	1	3	8	14	25	1.028	21	L	W	L	L	L	1959-01-01	Middlesbrough	A
14	0	Swansea Town	23	6	4	2	34	19	1	3	7	12	28	0.979	21	D	L	W	W	L	1959-01-03	Fulham	A
15	-2	Middlesbrough	24	5	3	3	30	11	3	1	9	22	32	1.209	20	L	W	W	L	L	1959-01-01	Huddersfield Town	H
16	3	Sunderland	24	7	2	4	24	18	1	2	8	12	32	0.72	20	W	L	W	L	L	1959-01-01	Leyton Orient	H
17	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	3	7	2	24	21	3	1	8	16	39	0.667	20	W	L	L	W	W	1959-01-03	Charlton Athletic	A
18	-2	Scunthorpe United	24	5	4	3	21	19	2	2	8	12	31	0.66	20	L	W	L	W	L	1959-01-03	Bristol Rovers	H
19	-2	Leyton Orient	24	5	2	5	22	19	2	3	7	16	26	0.844	19	L	L	W	L	L	1959-01-01	Sunderland	A
20	-2	Grimsby Town	24	5	4	3	25	19	1	3	8	16	35	0.759	19	L	L	L	W	D	1959-02-07	Cardiff City	H
21	0	Lincoln City	24	5	3	4	23	19	0	1	11	12	40	0.593	14	L	L	L	L	L	1959-01-03	Stoke City	H
22	0	Rotherham United	24	4	3	5	21	22	1	1	10	6	34	0.482	14	L	L	L	L	W	1959-01-03	Cardiff City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Colchester United	Dean Court	12,504
Burgess	Lineups		Williams
Bradford City	4	1	Notts County	Valley Parade	16,230	Largest home gate 1958-59
McCole, Jackson D, Webb, Stokes	Lineups		Roby
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Rochdale	Belle Vue	7,237
Callan	Lineups		Vizard
Halifax Town	0	2	Accrington Stanley	The Shay	7,285
	Lineups		Mulkerrin 2
Mansfield Town	1	1	Hull City	Field Mill	7,916
Delapenha	Lineups		Coates
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Loftus Road	15,768	Largest home gate 1958-59
Pearson, Longbottom	Lineups		Gauld
Reading	3	1	Norwich City	Elm Park	15,568
Penford 2, Anderton	Lineups		Crossan
Southampton	3	3	Newport County	The Dell	21,495
Paine 2, Clifton	Lineups		Sherwood, McSeveney, McPherson
Southend United	3	1	Stockport County	Roots Hall	15,315
McCrory, Costello, Houghton	Lineups		Clarke
Tranmere Rovers	4	0	Bury	Prenton Park	12,777
McDonnell, Dodd 3	Lineups
Wrexham	3	4	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	11,198
Weston, Cripsey, Jones G	Lineups		Havenhand, Hutchinson, Lewis 2

				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	25	10	3	0	36	14	4	5	3	21	20	1.676	36	L	W	D	D	L	1959-01-17	Stockport County	H
2	0	Hull City	26	10	2	1	37	14	4	4	5	14	19	1.545	34	D	W	D	W	L	1959-01-01	Chesterfield	A
3	1	Southend United	25	7	4	1	29	12	5	2	6	18	24	1.306	30	W	W	W	L	W	1959-01-03	Norwich City	A
4	-1	Southampton	25	7	5	1	37	17	3	4	5	20	22	1.462	29	D	L	W	W	W	1959-01-03	Swindon Town	A
5	2	Accrington Stanley	25	7	4	2	29	18	4	3	5	16	17	1.286	29	W	W	W	W	W	1959-01-03	Mansfield Town	A
6	-1	Colchester United	24	8	1	3	25	15	2	7	3	17	18	1.273	28	D	W	D	D	W	1959-01-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	3	Reading	25	8	4	0	25	9	2	4	7	14	22	1.258	28	W	L	L	L	L	1959-01-03	Rochdale	H
8	4	Tranmere Rovers	25	7	3	2	25	11	4	3	6	19	26	1.189	28	W	L	L	W	L	1959-01-01	Wrexham	H
9	-3	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
10	1	Newport County	25	9	1	3	26	16	1	6	5	16	23	1.077	27	D	W	D	W	W	1959-01-03	Chesterfield	A
11	-3	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
12	-3	Bury	25	5	6	1	28	13	4	2	7	15	23	1.194	26	L	W	D	W	D	1959-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	1	Queens Park Rangers	25	7	4	1	24	14	3	2	8	18	30	0.955	26	W	L	W	L	L	1959-01-03	Colchester United	A
14	-1	Wrexham	24	8	3	2	27	21	1	4	6	10	19	0.925	25	L	D	W	L	W	1959-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	1	Bradford City	25	6	3	4	27	17	3	3	6	20	26	1.093	24	W	W	W	D	W	1959-01-03	Hull City	A
16	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	26	9	2	2	23	8	1	1	11	15	36	0.864	23	D	L	L	L	W	1959-01-03	Bury	H
17	-2	Halifax Town	23	7	1	3	21	15	4	0	8	18	31	0.848	23	L	L	W	W	L	1959-01-03	Notts County	A
18	-1	Norwich City	24	4	4	4	21	21	3	4	5	14	18	0.897	22	L	W	D	D	D	1959-01-03	Southend United	H
19	1	Chesterfield	25	4	5	4	20	16	2	3	7	14	22	0.895	20	W	D	L	D	D	1959-01-01	Hull City	H
20	-1	Stockport County	25	4	3	5	15	14	3	2	8	23	34	0.792	19	L	W	L	L	D	1959-01-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	0	Mansfield Town	23	5	2	4	20	25	2	3	7	18	29	0.704	19	D	L	L	L	L	1959-01-03	Accrington Stanley	H
22	0	Notts County	25	2	7	4	19	23	1	3	8	11	31	0.556	16	L	L	L	L	W	1959-01-03	Halifax Town	H
23	0	Rochdale	25	4	4	5	12	17	0	2	10	10	29	0.478	14	D	W	L	L	L	1959-01-03	Reading	A
24	0	Doncaster Rovers	25	5	1	6	17	18	1	1	11	7	33	0.471	14	D	L	W	L	L	1959-01-01	Bury	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	2	3	York City	Holker Street	5,732
Robertson, Ritchie	Lineups		Hughes, Addison, Powell
Chester	0	0	Millwall	Sealand Road	9,273
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	4	1	Aldershot	Selhurst Park	19,344
Byrne 2, Collins, Priestley	Lineups		Stepney
Darlington	3	1	Hartlepools United	Feethams Ground	6,861
McGrath, Morton, Milner	Lineups		Anderson
Exeter City	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	St James Park	11,478
Rees 2, Calland	Lineups
Northampton Town	4	2	Gillingham	County Ground	9,538
Fowler 3, Woan	Lineups		Smith, Claypole OG
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Bradford	Boundary Park	5,942
Duffy	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Coventry City	Plainmoor	8,673
Mills	Lineups		Straw
Watford	1	2	Walsall	Vicarage Road	11,933
Gordon	Lineups		Askey, Taylor
Workington	0	1	Carlisle United	Borough Park	8,765	Largest home gate 1958-59
	Lineups		Fletcher

				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	25	11	1	1	33	6	3	5	4	18	17	2.217	34	D	W	W	W	W	1959-01-03	Shrewsbury Town	H
2	1	York City	25	8	3	1	22	7	5	4	4	24	22	1.586	33	W	W	W	L	L	1959-01-03	Bradford	A
3	-1	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
4	1	Exeter City	22	11	1	0	32	6	3	2	5	14	18	1.917	31	W	W	W	L	L	1959-01-03	Darlington	H
5	-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
6	0	Millwall	25	9	1	3	29	15	4	3	5	14	17	1.344	30	D	L	W	W	W	1959-01-03	Carlisle United	A
7	0	Carlisle United	23	6	4	2	21	12	5	3	3	13	13	1.36	29	W	W	L	W	W	1959-01-03	Millwall	H
8	0	Walsall	24	6	2	4	27	17	6	2	4	25	19	1.444	28	W	W	L	W	L	1959-01-03	Gillingham	A
9	3	Crystal Palace	25	7	4	1	31	14	3	3	7	19	30	1.136	27	W	W	L	W	L	1959-01-01	Southport	A
10	-1	Chester	25	6	4	3	26	20	4	3	5	16	25	0.933	27	D	W	L	D	L	1959-01-01	Hartlepools United	A
11	2	Northampton Town	24	7	3	2	27	17	3	3	6	21	30	1.021	26	W	L	L	D	L	1959-01-03	Crystal Palace	A
12	-2	Watford	25	5	4	3	26	16	4	3	6	21	24	1.175	25	L	L	W	L	L	1959-01-03	Torquay United	H
13	-2	Gillingham	24	7	3	2	27	13	3	2	7	15	27	1.05	25	L	W	L	W	D	1959-01-03	Walsall	H
14	0	Torquay United	24	6	3	3	24	17	2	4	6	18	25	1	23	D	L	W	D	W	1959-01-03	Watford	A
15	0	Darlington	25	3	5	5	18	21	4	4	4	16	14	0.971	23	W	L	L	D	W	1959-01-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
16	0	Bradford	25	8	0	3	23	11	1	2	11	14	33	0.841	20	L	W	L	D	L	1959-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
17	0	Workington	26	5	7	2	27	21	0	3	9	8	25	0.761	20	L	L	W	L	W	1959-01-01	Barrow	A
18	0	Aldershot	25	4	3	6	22	26	3	2	7	13	27	0.66	19	L	L	W	D	W	1959-01-03	Barrow	A
19	0	Barrow	25	3	3	6	17	24	3	4	6	13	23	0.638	19	L	L	L	D	D	1959-01-01	Workington	H
20	2	Oldham Athletic	24	8	0	4	21	15	0	2	10	13	30	0.756	18	W	L	L	W	W	1959-01-03	Gateshead	H
21	-1	Hartlepools United	25	5	1	6	21	23	2	3	8	13	31	0.63	18	L	W	L	L	L	1959-01-01	Chester	H
22	-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
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	24	5	3	4	23	18	1	1	10	6	35	0.547	16	L	W	L	L	D	1959-01-01	Bradford	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