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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>August 1958: The <a href="/wiki/Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League">Football League</a> season begins with the new national <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division" title="Football League Third Division">Third</a> and <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth</a> divisions that have been created from the old Third Division North and Third Division South. </p><p>30 August 1958: <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The Football Association</a> snub <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>'s wish to participate in the <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_European_Cup" title="1958–59 European Cup">1958–59</a> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">European Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>September 1958: Manchester United pay a national record fee of £45,000 for <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a> inside-forward <a href="/wiki/Albert_Quixall" title="Albert Quixall">Albert Quixall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>12 November 1958: <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> play their first European Cup game, drawing 2–2 at home to <a href="/wiki/Schalke_04" class="mw-redirect" title="Schalke 04">Schalke 04</a> in the first round first leg. </p><p>18 November 1958: Wolverhampton Wanderers lose 2–1 to Schalke 04 in the European Cup first round second leg in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>, ending their hopes of being the first team other than <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid">Real Madrid</a> (winners of the first three competitions) to win the European Cup. </p><p>15 January 1959: Second Division <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> suffer a shock <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> third round exit when they lose 2-1 to non league <a href="/wiki/Worcester_City_F.C." title="Worcester City F.C.">Worcester City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>4 April 1959: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Hall_(footballer)" title="Jeff Hall (footballer)">Jeff Hall</a>, 29, right-back for <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a> and <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>, dies from <a href="/wiki/Polio" title="Polio">polio</a>, prompting widespread takeup of the <a href="/wiki/Polio_vaccine" title="Polio vaccine">polio vaccine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2 May 1959: <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> defeat <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> 2–1 in the <a href="/wiki/1959_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1959 FA Cup Final">1959 FA Cup Final</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_debutants">Notable debutants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable debutants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>8 September 1958: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Moore" title="Bobby Moore">Bobby Moore</a>, 17-year-old wing-half, makes his debut for West Ham United against Manchester United in the First Division.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_retirements">Notable retirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable retirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>May 1959: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wright_(footballer_born_1924)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Wright (footballer born 1924)">Billy Wright</a>, 35, Wolverhampton Wanderers and England captain, after more than 500 appearances for his club and a record 105 for his country.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>June 1959: <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Blanchflower" title="Jackie Blanchflower">Jackie Blanchflower</a>, 26, Manchester United and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a> centre-half, who announced his retirement as a player after failing to recover sufficiently from injuries sustained in the <a href="/wiki/Munich_air_disaster" title="Munich air disaster">Munich air disaster</a> 16 months earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:15em">Competition</th> <th style="width:15em">Winner</th> <th style="width:15em">Runner-up </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Football League First Division">First Division</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> (3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League" title="1958–59 Football League">Second Division</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League" title="1958–59 Football League">Third Division</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League" title="1958–59 Football League">Fourth Division</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1959 FA Cup Final">FA Cup</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> (2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1958_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1958 FA Charity Shield">Charity Shield</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_British_Home_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="1959 British Home Championship">Home Championship</a></td> <td colspan="2">Shared by <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span> & <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition</small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Football_Writers%27_Association" title="Football Writers' Association">Football Writers' Association</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_Writers%27_Association_Footballer_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year">Footballer of the Year</a> – <a href="/wiki/Syd_Owen" title="Syd Owen">Syd Owen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football_League">Football League</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Football League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League" title="1958–59 Football League">1958–59 Football League</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Division">First Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: First Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the last season of captain <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wright_(footballer,_born_1924)" title="Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924)">Billy Wright's</a> playing career, Wolves retained their First Division title - the third time they had been league champions in six seasons. There was every reason to hope for continued success in the post-Wright era, though, with younger players like <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mason" title="Bobby Mason">Bobby Mason</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Lill" title="Mickey Lill">Mickey Lill</a> excelling in the team. Manchester United enjoyed a good return in the season following the Munich tragedy, as new signings and younger players integrated with crash survivors to achieve runners-up spot in the league. Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion completed the top five, while newly promoted West Ham United recorded their highest league finish yet by finishing sixth. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal average">GAv</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">28 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">110 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2.245 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;" rowspan="1">Qualified for the <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_European_Cup" title="1959–60 European Cup">European Cup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">103 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.561 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="19"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">88 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.294 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">79 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.197 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">88 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.294 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">85 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.214 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">81 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.157 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.347 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">47 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">84 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.235 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.086 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.000 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.909 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.959 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">98 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.786 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.770 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">39 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">87 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.816 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">38 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.958 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">37 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">85 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">95 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.895 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">98 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.684 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">32 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">95 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.674 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">31 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">87 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0.667 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">30 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="2">Relegated to the <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Football_League#Second_Division" title="1959–60 Football League">Second Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">112 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0.571 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">21 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1958-59.html">rsssf.com</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Division">Second Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Second Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sheffield Wednesday sealed an immediate return to the First Division as Second Division champions, being joined by runners-up Fulham. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal average">GAv</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">28 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">106 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2.208 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;" rowspan="2">Promoted to the <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Football_League#First_Division" title="1959–60 Football League">First Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">96 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1.574 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">60 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">82 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.708 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="18"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">87 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.403 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">53 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">72 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.241 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Rovers_F.C." title="Bristol Rovers F.C.">Bristol Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.250 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.042 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">92 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">90 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.022 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.000 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.057 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">79 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">81 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.975 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">90 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.822 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">87 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.225 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.127 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">75 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.853 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.805 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.910 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">84 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.655 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">33 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">93 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.677 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">29 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_United_F.C." title="Rotherham United F.C.">Rotherham United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">82 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.512 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">29 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">90 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0.689 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">28 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="2">Relegated to the <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Football_League#Third_Division" title="1959–60 Football League">Third Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">42 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">91 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0.604 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">27 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1958-59.html">rsssf.com</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_Division">Third Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Third Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plymouth Argyle won the first championship of the new national Third Division, with Hull City finishing one point behind them in second place. Norwich City made the headlines with their run to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but the cup run distracted them from the league as fourth place in the final table was not enough for promotion. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal average">GAv</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">89 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1.508 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;" rowspan="2">Promoted to the <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Football_League#Second_Division" title="1959–60 Football League">Second Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">26 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">90 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1.636 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">61 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.551 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="18"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">89 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.435 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Colchester_United_F.C." title="Colchester United F.C.">Colchester United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.060 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.238 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C." title="Tranmere Rovers F.C.">Tranmere Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">82 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.224 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">85 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.063 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Town_A.F.C." title="Halifax Town A.F.C.">Halifax Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.039 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.190 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C." title="Bradford City A.F.C.">Bradford City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">84 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.105 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">47 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_%26_Boscombe_Athletic_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic F.C.">Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.000 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.961 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Southampton_F.C." title="Southampton F.C.">Southampton</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">88 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">80 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.100 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.035 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">45 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.047 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Newport_County_A.F.C." title="Newport County A.F.C.">Newport County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.015 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Wrexham F.C.">Wrexham</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.818 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)" title="Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891)">Accrington Stanley</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">87 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.816 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">73 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">98 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.745 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0.833 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">36 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="4">Relegated to the <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Football_League#Fourth_Division" title="1959–60 Football League">Fourth Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">90 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0.556 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">33 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">23 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">55 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">96 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0.573 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">29 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">24 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">26 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">37 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">79 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0.468 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">28 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1958-59.html">rsssf.com</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fourth_Division">Fourth Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Fourth Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Port Vale were champions of the new Fourth Division, and were joined in promotion by Coventry City, York City and Shrewsbury Town. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal average">GAv</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification or relegation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">26 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">110 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">58 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1.897 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;" rowspan="4">Promoted to the <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Football_League#Third_Division" title="1959–60 Football League">Third Division</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Coventry_City_F.C." title="Coventry City F.C.">Coventry City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">84 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">47 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1.787 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">60 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">73 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">52 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1.404 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">60 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">24 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">101 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1.603 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">58 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Exeter_City_F.C." title="Exeter City F.C.">Exeter City</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">87 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">61 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.426 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">57 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;" rowspan="16"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">95 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.484 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">90 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">71 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.268 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">85 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.090 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">69 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.101 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">62 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">65 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.954 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Gillingham_F.C." title="Gillingham F.C.">Gillingham</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">82 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.065 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">49 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.013 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">72 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">84 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.857 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">44 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.">Bradford Park Avenue</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">75 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.974 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Watford_F.C." title="Watford F.C.">Watford</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">81 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">79 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1.025 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C.">Darlington</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">68 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.971 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Workington_A.F.C." title="Workington A.F.C.">Workington</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">78 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.808 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">18 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">70 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">82 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.854 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">19 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepools United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">74 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">88 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.841 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_A.F.C." title="Gateshead A.F.C.">Gateshead</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">22 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">56 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">85 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0.659 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">21 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">26 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">84 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">0.702 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCCCCC;">36 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;" rowspan="4">Re-elected </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">22 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_F.C." title="Aldershot F.C.">Aldershot</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">97 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">0.649 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCCCCC;">35 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">23 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Barrow_A.F.C." title="Barrow A.F.C.">Barrow</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">51 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">104 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">0.490 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCCCCC;">28 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">24 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Southport_F.C." title="Southport F.C.">Southport</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">27 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">41 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">86 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCCCCC;">0.477 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCCCCC;">26 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1958-59.html">rsssf.com</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_goalscorers">Top goalscorers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Top goalscorers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>First Division</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Greaves" title="Jimmy Greaves">Jimmy Greaves</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>) – 33 goals<sup id="cite_ref-topscorers1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topscorers1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Second Division</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Clough" title="Brian Clough">Brian Clough</a> (<a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a>) – 42 goals<sup id="cite_ref-topscorers1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topscorers1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Third Division</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Towers" title="Jim Towers">Jim Towers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a>) – 32 goals<sup id="cite_ref-topscorers1_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topscorers1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Fourth Division</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rowley" title="Arthur Rowley">Arthur Rowley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a>) – 37 goals<sup id="cite_ref-topscorers1_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topscorers1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_team">National team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: National team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England national football team</a> eventually shared victory in the <a href="/wiki/1959_British_Home_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="1959 British Home Championship">1959 British Home Championship</a> with <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a>, it was a tough year without so many of the squad's key players lost in the <a href="/wiki/Munich_air_disaster" title="Munich air disaster">Munich air disaster</a> the year before. The season concluded with a disastrous tour of the Americas, in which the team lost three successive games before restoring some pride in the final match against the <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team">USA</a>. The final game against the USA was also the last match for veteran defender and captain <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wright_(footballer_born_1924)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Wright (footballer born 1924)">Billy Wright</a> after a then record 105 caps. The match was played in front of just 13,000 fans on a gravel pitch in Los Angeles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tour_of_the_Americas">Tour of the Americas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Tour of the Americas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997937747">.mw-parser-output .footballbox{clear:both;overflow:auto}.mw-parser-output .footballbox tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .footballbox time{display:block;overflow:auto}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .ftitle{text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent{width:100%;table-layout:fixed;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fright{margin-bottom:10px}.mw-parser-output .footballbox 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itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="1959-05-13T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">13 May 1959</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">2–0</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/Henrique_Frade" title="Henrique Frade">Henrique</a>, <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BAlio_Botelho" class="mw-redirect" title="Júlio Botelho">Julinho</a></td> <td></td> <td class="fagoal"> </td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Maracan%C3%A3_Stadium" title="Maracanã Stadium">Maracanã Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a></span></div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="1959-05-17T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">17 May 1959</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Peru_national_football_team" title="Peru national football team">Peru</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">4–1</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></span></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"><a href="/wiki/Juan_Seminario" title="Juan Seminario">Juan Seminario</a> 3, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Joya" title="Juan Joya">Juan Joya</a></td> <td></td> <td class="fagoal"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Greaves" title="Jimmy Greaves">Jimmy Greaves</a></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name address"><a href="/wiki/Estadio_Nacional_(Lima)" class="mw-redirect" title="Estadio Nacional (Lima)">Estadio Nacional</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lima" title="Lima">Lima</a></span></div></div></div> <hr /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r997937747"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="1959-05-24T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">24 May 1959</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">2–1</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" 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class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="1959-05-28T00:00:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">28 May 1959</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></span></th><th class="fscore">1–8</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" 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football">1906–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1907%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" title="1907–08 in English football">1907–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_in_English_football" title="1908–09 in English football">1908–09</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1909%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" title="1909–10 in English football">1909–10</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_in_English_football" title="1910–11 in English football">1910–11</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1911%E2%80%9312_in_English_football" title="1911–12 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1929%E2%80%9330_in_English_football" title="1929–30 in English football">1929–30</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_in_English_football" title="1930–31 in English football">1930–31</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_in_English_football" title="1931–32 in English football">1931–32</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_in_English_football" title="1932–33 in English football">1932–33</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_in_English_football" title="1933–34 in English football">1933–34</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_in_English_football" title="1934–35 in English football">1934–35</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_in_English_football" title="1935–36 in English football">1935–36</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_in_English_football" title="1936–37 in English football">1936–37</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_in_English_football" title="1937–38 in English football">1937–38</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_in_English_football" title="1938–39 in English football">1938–39</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_in_English_football" title="1939–40 in English football">1939–40</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1940%E2%80%9341_in_English_football" title="1940–41 in English football">1940–41</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_in_English_football" title="1941–42 in English football">1941–42</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1942%E2%80%9343_in_English_football" title="1942–43 in English football">1942–43</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1943%E2%80%9344_in_English_football" title="1943–44 in English football">1943–44</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1944%E2%80%9345_in_English_football" title="1944–45 in English football">1944–45</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <i><a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_in_English_football" title="1945–46 in English football">1945–46</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_in_English_football" title="1946–47 in English football">1946–47</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_in_English_football" title="1947–48 in English football">1947–48</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_in_English_football" title="1948–49 in English football">1948–49</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_in_English_football" title="1949–50 in English football">1949–50</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_in_English_football" title="1950–51 in English football">1950–51</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_in_English_football" title="1951–52 in English football">1951–52</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_in_English_football" title="1952–53 in English football">1952–53</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_in_English_football" title="1953–54 in English football">1953–54</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_in_English_football" title="1954–55 in English football">1954–55</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_in_English_football" title="1955–56 in English football">1955–56</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_in_English_football" title="1956–57 in English football">1956–57</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_in_English_football" title="1957–58 in English football">1957–58</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">1958–59</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_in_English_football" title="1959–60 in English football">1959–60</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_in_English_football" title="1960–61 in English football">1960–61</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_in_English_football" title="1961–62 in English football">1961–62</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_in_English_football" title="1962–63 in English football">1962–63</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_in_English_football" title="1963–64 in English football">1963–64</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_in_English_football" title="1964–65 in English football">1964–65</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_in_English_football" title="1965–66 in English football">1965–66</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_in_English_football" title="1966–67 in English football">1966–67</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_in_English_football" title="1967–68 in English football">1967–68</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_in_English_football" title="1968–69 in English football">1968–69</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_in_English_football" title="1969–70 in English football">1969–70</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_in_English_football" title="1970–71 in English football">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_in_English_football" title="1971–72 in English football">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_in_English_football" title="1972–73 in English football">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_in_English_football" title="1973–74 in English football">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_in_English_football" title="1974–75 in English football">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_in_English_football" title="1975–76 in English football">1975–76</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_in_English_football" title="1976–77 in English football">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_in_English_football" title="1977–78 in English football">1977–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_in_English_football" title="1978–79 in English football">1978–79</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_in_English_football" title="1979–80 in English football">1979–80</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_in_English_football" title="1980–81 in English football">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_in_English_football" title="1981–82 in English football">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_in_English_football" title="1982–83 in English football">1982–83</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_in_English_football" title="1983–84 in English football">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_in_English_football" title="1984–85 in English football">1984–85</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_in_English_football" title="1985–86 in English football">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1986–87 in English football">1986–87</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_in_English_football" title="1987–88 in English football">1987–88</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_in_English_football" title="1988–89 in English football">1988–89</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_in_English_football" title="1989–90 in English football">1989–90</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_in_English_football" title="1990–91 in English football">1990–91</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_in_English_football" title="1991–92 in English football">1991–92</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_in_English_football" title="1992–93 in English football">1992–93</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_in_English_football" title="1993–94 in English football">1993–94</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_in_English_football" title="1994–95 in English football">1994–95</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_in_English_football" title="1995–96 in English football">1995–96</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_in_English_football" title="1996–97 in English football">1996–97</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_in_English_football" title="1997–98 in English football">1997–98</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_in_English_football" title="1998–99 in English football">1998–99</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_in_English_football" title="1999–2000 in English football">1999–2000</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_in_English_football" title="2000–01 in English football">2000–01</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_in_English_football" title="2001–02 in English football">2001–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_in_English_football" title="2002–03 in English football">2002–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_in_English_football" title="2003–04 in English football">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_in_English_football" title="2004–05 in English football">2004–05</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_in_English_football" title="2005–06 in English football">2005–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_in_English_football" title="2006–07 in English football">2006–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_in_English_football" title="2007–08 in English football">2007–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_in_English_football" title="2008–09 in English football">2008–09</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_in_English_football" title="2009–10 in English football">2009–10</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_in_English_football" title="2010–11 in English football">2010–11</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_in_English_football" title="2011–12 in English football">2011–12</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_in_English_football" title="2012–13 in English football">2012–13</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_in_English_football" title="2013–14 in English football">2013–14</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_in_English_football" title="2014–15 in English football">2014–15</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_in_English_football" title="2015–16 in English football">2015–16</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_in_English_football" title="2016–17 in English football">2016–17</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_in_English_football" title="2017–18 in English football">2017–18</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_in_English_football" title="2018–19 in English football">2018–19</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_in_English_football" title="2019–20 in English football">2019–20</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_in_English_football" title="2020–21 in English football">2020–21</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_in_English_football" title="2021–22 in English football">2021–22</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_in_English_football" title="2022–23 in English football">2022–23</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_in_English_football" title="2023–24 in English football">2023–24</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_in_English_football" title="2024–25 in English football">2024–25</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>Italics</i> denote wartime and nationally suspended seasons.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1958–59_in_English_football" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_in_English_football" title="1957–58 in English football">1957–58</a></div> <div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_in_English_football" title="1959–60 in English football">1959–60</a> » </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">FA</a> competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_FA_Cup" title="1958–59 FA Cup">FA Cup</a> (<a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_FA_Cup_qualifying_rounds" title="1958–59 FA Cup qualifying rounds">Qualifying rounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_FA_Cup_final" title="1959 FA Cup final">Final</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1958 FA Charity Shield">Charity Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_FA_Amateur_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 FA Amateur Cup (page does not exist)">FA Amateur Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League" title="1958–59 Football League">Football League</a> (<a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Football League First Division">First Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Football League Second Division">Second Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Football League Third Division">Third Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League_Fourth_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lower leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Hellenic_Football_League" title="1958–59 Hellenic Football League">Hellenic League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Isthmian_League" title="1958–59 Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Northern_Football_League" title="1958–59 Northern Football League">Northern League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Southern_Football_League" title="1958–59 Southern Football League">Southern League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Spartan_League" title="1958–59 Spartan League">Spartan League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Western_Football_League" title="1958–59 Western Football League">Western League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">European competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_European_Cup" title="1958–59 European Cup">European Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9360_Inter-Cities_Fairs_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup">Inter-Cities Fairs Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related to <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">national team</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Winterbottom" title="Walter Winterbottom">Walter Winterbottom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_British_Home_Championship" title="1958–59 British Home Championship">Home Championship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Club_seasons"><b>Club seasons</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Football League First Division">First Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Arsenal F.C. season">Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Aston_Villa_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Aston Villa F.C. season">Aston Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Birmingham_City_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Birmingham City F.C. season">Birmingham City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Blackburn_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Blackpool F.C. season">Blackpool</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Bolton_Wanderers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bolton Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Burnley_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Burnley F.C. season (page does not exist)">Burnley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Chelsea_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Chelsea F.C. season">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Everton_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Everton F.C. season">Everton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Leeds_United_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Leeds United A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Leeds United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Leicester_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Leicester City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Luton_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Luton Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Luton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Manchester City F.C. season">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Manchester United F.C. season">Manchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Newcastle_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Newcastle United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Newcastle United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Nottingham_Forest_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Nottingham Forest F.C. season (page does not exist)">Nottingham Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Portsmouth_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Portsmouth F.C. season (page does not exist)">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Preston_North_End_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Preston North End F.C. season (page does not exist)">Preston North End</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season (page does not exist)">Tottenham Hotspur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season (page does not exist)">West Bromwich Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1958–59 West Ham United F.C. season">West Ham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Football League Second Division">Second Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Barnsley_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Barnsley F.C. season (page does not exist)">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season (page does not exist)">Brighton & Hove Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Bristol_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Bristol City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bristol City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Bristol Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bristol Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Cardiff_City_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Cardiff City F.C. season">Cardiff City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Charlton_Athletic_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Charlton Athletic F.C. season (page does not exist)">Charlton Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Derby_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Derby County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Derby County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Fulham_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Fulham F.C. season (page does not exist)">Fulham</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Grimsby_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Grimsby Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Grimsby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C._season" title="1958–59 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season">Huddersfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Ipswich_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Ipswich Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Ipswich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Leyton_Orient_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Leyton Orient F.C. season (page does not exist)">Leyton Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Lincoln_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Lincoln City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Lincoln City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Liverpool_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Liverpool F.C. season">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Middlesbrough_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Middlesbrough F.C. season">Middlesbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Rotherham_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Rotherham United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Rotherham United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Scunthorpe_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Scunthorpe United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Sheffield_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Sheffield United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sheffield United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sheffield Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Stoke City F.C. season">Stoke City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Sunderland_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Sunderland A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Swansea_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Swansea Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Swansea Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League_Third_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Football League Third Division">Third Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Accrington_Stanley_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Accrington Stanley F.C. season (page does not exist)">Accrington Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Bournemouth_%26_Boscombe_Athletic_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Bradford_City_A.F.C._season" title="1958–59 Bradford City A.F.C. season">Bradford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Brentford_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Brentford F.C. season">Brentford</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Bury_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Bury F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Chesterfield_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Chesterfield F.C. season (page does not exist)">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Colchester_United_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Colchester United F.C. season">Colchester United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Doncaster_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Doncaster Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Doncaster Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Halifax_Town_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Halifax Town A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Halifax Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Hull_City_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Hull City A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hull City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Mansfield_Town_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Mansfield Town F.C. season">Mansfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Newport_County_A.F.C._season" title="1958–59 Newport County A.F.C. season">Newport County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Norwich_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Norwich City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Norwich City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Notts_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Notts County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Notts County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Plymouth_Argyle_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season (page does not exist)">Plymouth Argyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season">Queens Park Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Reading_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Reading F.C. season (page does not exist)">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Rochdale_A.F.C._season" title="1958–59 Rochdale A.F.C. season">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Southampton_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Southampton F.C. season (page does not exist)">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Southend_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Southend United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Stockport_County_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Stockport County F.C. season (page does not exist)">Stockport County</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Swindon_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Swindon Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Swindon Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Tranmere_Rovers_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season (page does not exist)">Tranmere Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Wrexham_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Wrexham F.C. season (page does not exist)">Wrexham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Football_League_Fourth_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Aldershot_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Aldershot F.C. season (page does not exist)">Aldershot</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Barrow_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Barrow F.C. season (page does not exist)">Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Bradford Park Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Carlisle_United_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Carlisle United F.C. season">Carlisle United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Chester_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Chester F.C. season">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Coventry_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Coventry City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Coventry City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season (page does not exist)">Crewe Alexandra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Crystal_Palace_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Crystal Palace F.C. season (page does not exist)">Crystal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Darlington_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Darlington F.C. season (page does not exist)">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Exeter_City_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Exeter City F.C. season (page does not exist)">Exeter City</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Gateshead_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Gateshead F.C. season (page does not exist)">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Gillingham_F.C._season" class="mw-redirect" title="1958–59 Gillingham F.C. season">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Hartlepools_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Hartlepools United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Hartlepools United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Millwall_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Millwall F.C. season (page does not exist)">Millwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Northampton_Town_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Northampton Town F.C. season">Northampton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season (page does not exist)">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Port_Vale_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Port Vale F.C. season">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Shrewsbury_Town_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season (page does not exist)">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Southport_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Southport F.C. season (page does not exist)">Southport</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Torquay_United_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Torquay United F.C. season (page does not exist)">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958%E2%80%9359_Walsall_F.C._season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958–59 Walsall F.C. season (page does not exist)">Walsall</a></li> <li><a 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