1957–58 Football League

The 1957–58 season was the 59th completed season of The Football League. The first division title went to Wolverhampton Wanderers for the second time, while Sunderland were relegated to the second division for the first time in the club's history, after 57 consecutive seasons in the top flight of English football. The season was marred by the Munich air disaster, in which eight Manchester United players died as a result of the crash with two others suffering career-ending injuries. Manchester United were chasing a hat-trick of league championships, but they dropped 21 points in 14 matches after the Munich crash and finished 21 points behind the champions Wolves.

The Football League

Season	1957–58
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

This was the final season in which the Football League was organized into two regional sections on the third tier. Following the season, the bottom twelve clubs of Third Division North and South were assigned to the new, national Fourth Division. The clubs placed second through twelfth, in addition to the two clubs relegated from the Second Division, joined the re-organized national Third Division.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.

First Division

First Division

Season	1957–58
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers 2nd English title
Relegated	Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday
European Cup	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Chelsea Birmingham City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,721 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobby Smith (36 goals)
Biggest home win	Preston North End 8–0 Birmingham City (1 February 1958)
Biggest away win	Sunderland 1–6 Birmingham City (5 April 1958)
Highest scoring	Leicester City 8–4 Manchester City (22 February 1958)
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (C)	42	28	8	6	103	47	2.191	64	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Preston North End	42	26	7	9	100	51	1.961	59
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	9	12	93	77	1.208	51
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	14	10	92	70	1.314	50
5	Manchester City	42	22	5	15	104	100	1.040	49
6	Burnley	42	21	5	16	80	74	1.081	47
7	Blackpool	42	19	6	17	80	67	1.194	44
8	Luton Town	42	19	6	17	69	63	1.095	44
9	Manchester United	42	16	11	15	85	75	1.133	43
10	Nottingham Forest	42	16	10	16	69	63	1.095	42	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
11	Chelsea	42	15	12	15	83	79	1.051	42
12	Arsenal	42	16	7	19	73	85	0.859	39
13	Birmingham City	42	14	11	17	76	89	0.854	39	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
14	Aston Villa	42	16	7	19	73	86	0.849	39
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	10	18	65	87	0.747	38
16	Everton	42	13	11	18	65	75	0.867	37
17	Leeds United	42	14	9	19	51	63	0.810	37
18	Leicester City	42	14	5	23	91	112	0.813	33
19	Newcastle United	42	12	8	22	73	81	0.901	32
20	Portsmouth	42	12	8	22	73	88	0.830	32
21	Sunderland (R)	42	10	12	20	54	97	0.557	32	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	42	12	7	23	69	92	0.750	31

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHE	EVE	LEE	LEI	LUT	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	POR	PNE	SHW	SUN	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		4–0	1–3	2–3	1–2	0–0	5–4	2–3	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–5	2–3	1–1	3–2	4–2	1–0	3–0	4–4	2–2	0–2
Aston Villa	3–0		0–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	4–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	5–2	1–1	2–1	2–3
Birmingham City	4–1	3–1		0–0	5–1	2–3	3–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	3–3	1–4	0–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–3	0–0	3–5	1–5
Blackpool	1–0	1–1	4–2		2–3	2–4	2–1	0–1	3–0	5–1	1–2	2–5	1–4	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	7–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
Bolton Wanderers	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–0		2–1	3–3	1–5	0–2	2–3	1–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–4	5–4	2–2	3–2	2–2	1–1
Burnley	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–1		2–1	0–2	3–1	7–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–0	2–2	1–1
Chelsea	0–0	4–2	5–1	1–4	2–2	6–1		3–1	2–1	4–0	1–3	2–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	7–4	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–4	2–2	1–2
Everton	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0		0–1	2–2	0–2	2–5	3–3	1–2	1–1	4–2	4–2	1–1	3–1	3–4	1–1	1–0
Leeds United	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0		2–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Leicester City	0–1	6–1	2–2	2–1	2–3	5–3	3–2	2–2	3–0		4–1	8–4	0–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	4–1	4–1	1–3	3–3	2–3
Luton Town	4–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1		1–2	2–2	0–3	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	7–1	0–0	5–1	3–1
Manchester City	2–4	1–2	1–1	4–3	2–1	4–1	5–2	6–2	1–0	4–3	2–2		2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–1	4–1	3–4
Manchester United	4–2	4–1	0–2	1–2	7–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	5–0	4–0	3–0	4–1		1–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–4	0–4	0–4
Newcastle United	3–3	2–4	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3	2–3	1–2	5–3	3–2	4–1	1–2		1–4	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	1–1
Nottingham Forest	4–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	7–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–3		2–0	2–1	5–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–4
Portsmouth	5–4	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	5–0	2–1	3–3	2–2	1–4		0–2	3–2	0–2	5–1	2–2	1–1
Preston North End	3–0	1–1	8–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	5–2	3–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	6–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–0		3–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–2
Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	2–5	5–3	0–3	1–0	1–2	2–3	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–5	1–0	1–0	1–2	4–2	4–4		3–3	2–0	1–2	2–1
Sunderland	0–1	1–1	1–6	1–4	1–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–3		1–1	2–0	0–2
Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	6–2	7–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–4	3–1	5–1	1–0	3–3	3–4	3–5	3–3	4–2	0–1		0–0	1–0
West Bromwich Albion	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	6–2	4–2	9–2	4–3	2–1	3–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	0–2		0–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	2–1	5–1	3–1	6–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	5–1	1–1	3–3	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–3	5–0	4–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Tottenham

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1957–1958

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Chelsea

Everton

Manchester City

Leeds United

Leicester City

Luton Town

Manchester United

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield Wednesday

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1957–1958 teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1957–58
Champions	West Ham United
Promoted	West Ham United Blackburn Rovers
Relegated	Notts County Doncaster Rovers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,637 (3.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Johnston (43 goals)
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	West Ham United (C, P)	42	23	11	8	101	54	1.870	57	Promotion to the First Division
2	Blackburn Rovers (P)	42	22	12	8	93	57	1.632	56
3	Charlton Athletic	42	24	7	11	107	69	1.551	55
4	Liverpool	42	22	10	10	79	54	1.463	54
5	Fulham	42	20	12	10	97	59	1.644	52
6	Sheffield United	42	21	10	11	75	50	1.500	52
7	Middlesbrough	42	19	7	16	83	74	1.122	45
8	Ipswich Town	42	16	12	14	68	69	0.986	44
9	Huddersfield Town	42	14	16	12	63	66	0.955	44
10	Bristol Rovers	42	17	8	17	85	80	1.063	42
11	Stoke City	42	18	6	18	75	73	1.027	42
12	Leyton Orient	42	18	5	19	77	79	0.975	41
13	Grimsby Town	42	17	6	19	86	83	1.036	40
14	Barnsley	42	14	12	16	70	74	0.946	40
15	Cardiff City	42	14	9	19	63	77	0.818	37
16	Derby County	42	14	8	20	60	81	0.741	36
17	Bristol City	42	13	9	20	63	88	0.716	35
18	Rotherham United	42	14	5	23	65	101	0.644	33
19	Swansea Town	42	11	9	22	72	99	0.727	31
20	Lincoln City	42	11	9	22	55	82	0.671	31
21	Notts County (R)	42	12	6	24	44	80	0.550	30	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Doncaster Rovers (R)	42	8	11	23	56	88	0.636	27

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLB	BRI	BRR	CAR	CHA	DER	DON	FUL	GRI	HUD	IPS	LEY	LIN	LIV	MID	NTC	ROT	SHU	STK	SWA	WHU
Barnsley		0–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–3	5–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–0
Blackburn Rovers	3–1		5–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–1	3–3	3–3	3–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1
Bristol City	5–0	0–0		3–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–5	3–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–4	2–1	1–2	1–1
Bristol Rovers	1–1	4–0	3–3		0–2	1–0	5–2	2–1	2–2	0–7	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–0	3–1	5–0	5–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–3
Cardiff City	7–0	4–3	2–3	0–2		0–3	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	6–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	5–2	0–0	0–3
Charlton Athletic	4–2	3–4	1–0	2–3	3–1		2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	7–6	4–1	3–2	4–1	5–1	6–2	4–1	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–3
Derby County	1–4	0–3	5–2	2–1	0–2	1–3		1–0	3–3	1–0	2–4	2–2	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–4	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–3
Doncaster Rovers	1–1	1–5	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	1–2		1–6	3–3	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	4–0	3–2	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–2
Fulham	1–1	1–1	3–4	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–1		6–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	6–3	3–4	2–0	2–2
Grimsby Town	2–1	3–4	1–1	3–2	1–1	4–2	3–2	3–1	3–1		4–1	0–2	7–2	4–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–2
Huddersfield Town	0–5	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–0		3–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1
Ipswich Town	3–0	2–1	4–2	3–2	3–1	1–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	4–0		5–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–1
Leyton Orient	2–1	5–1	4–0	1–3	4–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	5–1	3–1	2–0		1–0	1–0	4–0	2–2	6–2	0–1	0–2	5–1	1–4
Lincoln City	1–3	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–4	1–1	2–1	2–0		0–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–6
Liverpool	1–1	2–0	4–3	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	5–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–0		0–2	4–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–1
Middlesbrough	3–1	2–3	0–0	4–3	4–1	2–0	3–2	5–0	2–0	5–1	0–1	5–2	2–0	3–1	2–2		3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–3
Notts County	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	5–2	2–1	1–0	0–5	1–5	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–0		1–0	1–0	1–2	2–4	1–0
Rotherham United	4–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–5	0–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–4	1–3		1–6	0–2	5–2	1–2
Sheffield United	0–0	4–2	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–0		3–0	2–2	2–1
Stoke City	3–1	2–4	3–0	3–5	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	5–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	4–1	0–1	4–1	2–3		6–2	1–4
Swansea Town	4–2	0–4	5–1	6–4	0–1	1–3	7–0	4–3	4–4	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	5–1	0–2	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	4–1		3–2
West Ham United	1–1	1–1	3–2	6–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	5–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	8–0	0–3	5–0	6–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Fulham

Leyton Orient

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1957–1958

Barnsley

Blackburn Rovers

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Cardiff City

Charlton

Derby County

Doncaster

Fulham

Grimsby Town

Huddersfield

Ipswich Town

Leyton Orient

Lincoln City

Liverpool

Middlesbrough

Notts County

Rotherham

Sheffield United

Stoke

Swansea Town

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division 1957–1958 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1957–58
Champions	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,783 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alf Ackerman (Carlisle United), 35
← 1956–57 1958–59 (Third Division) 1958–59 (Fourth Division) →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	16	5	2	46	19	13	3	7	42	31	1.760	66	Division Champions, promoted
2	Accrington Stanley	46	16	4	3	53	28	9	5	9	30	33	1.361	59
3	Bradford City	46	13	7	3	42	19	8	8	7	31	30	1.490	57
4	Bury	46	17	4	2	61	18	6	6	11	33	44	1.516	56
5	Hull City	46	15	6	2	49	20	4	9	10	29	47	1.164	53
6	Mansfield Town	46	16	3	4	68	42	6	5	12	32	50	1.087	52
7	Halifax Town	46	15	5	3	52	20	5	6	12	31	49	1.203	51
8	Chesterfield	46	12	8	3	39	28	6	7	10	32	41	1.029	51
9	Stockport County	46	15	4	4	54	28	3	7	13	20	39	1.104	47
10	Rochdale	46	14	4	5	50	25	5	4	14	29	42	1.179	46
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	6	5	51	32	6	4	13	31	44	1.079	46
12	Wrexham	46	13	8	2	39	18	4	4	15	22	45	0.968	46	Welsh Cup winners
13	York City	46	11	8	4	40	26	6	4	13	28	50	0.895	46	Moved to 4th Division
14	Gateshead	46	12	5	6	41	27	3	10	10	27	49	0.895	45
15	Oldham Athletic	46	11	7	5	44	32	3	10	10	28	52	0.857	45
16	Carlisle United	46	13	3	7	56	35	6	3	14	24	43	1.026	44
17	Hartlepools United	46	11	6	6	45	26	5	6	12	28	50	0.961	44
18	Barrow	46	9	7	7	36	32	4	8	11	30	42	0.892	41
19	Workington	46	11	6	6	46	33	3	7	13	26	48	0.889	41
20	Darlington	46	15	3	5	53	25	2	4	17	25	64	0.876	41
21	Chester	46	7	10	6	38	26	6	3	14	35	55	0.901	39
22	Bradford Park Avenue	46	8	6	9	41	41	5	5	13	27	54	0.716	37
23	Southport	46	8	3	12	29	40	3	3	17	23	48	0.591	28	Re-elected, moved to 4th Division
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	6	5	12	29	41	2	2	19	18	52	0.505	23

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	BRA	BPA	BRY	CRL	CHE	CHF	CRE	DAR	GAT	HAL	HAR	HUL	MAN	OLD	ROC	SCU	SOU	STP	TRA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		3–2	2–2	5–2	3–0	3–2	1–2	0–4	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	4–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0
Barrow	3–1		1–2	0–0	4–2	2–3	4–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	3–3	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	2–2	1–0
Bradford City	1–1	4–1		2–1	3–3	1–1	5–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–2
Bradford Park Avenue	1–3	1–1	0–0		1–4	4–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	2–3	4–4	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	3–5	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	0–2
Bury	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0		3–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	5–0	4–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	8–2	3–0	3–0	4–1
Carlisle United	6–1	2–1	0–3	2–3	0–2		3–2	2–2	2–0	5–2	5–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–4	1–1	1–0	3–4	4–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–1
Chester	5–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0		0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–3	4–3	0–1	9–2
Chesterfield	1–0	4–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1		1–1	2–0	5–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–4	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–0
Crewe Alexandra	4–1	1–4	2–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–2		2–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–2	0–4	0–3	2–0	3–4
Darlington	0–2	3–0	4–0	4–0	3–2	1–2	2–3	2–0	3–0		2–2	5–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0
Gateshead	1–3	0–2	0–0	2–4	1–2	3–2	3–2	3–0	3–1	4–0		0–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–3	3–0	1–1	0–0
Halifax Town	0–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	5–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	4–1		3–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	4–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1
Hartlepools United	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	5–1	2–2	5–0		5–1	2–0	4–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–2
Hull City	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–3	2–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	5–2	1–1		1–1	9–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–1
Mansfield Town	0–2	4–2	5–2	2–1	6–4	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	5–1	1–3		4–4	2–4	3–5	3–0	2–2	4–1	6–3	2–1	2–1
Oldham Athletic	0–3	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–3	1–0	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–4	4–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	3–2	2–4	1–0	4–1	4–1	2–3
Rochdale	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–4	3–0	5–4	0–0	5–1	7–0	2–1	3–0	1–3		1–4	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1–0	1–0	0–2	6–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–0		1–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2
Southport	3–3	0–4	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–4	5–2	2–0	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	0–2	1–2		1–0	0–3	0–1	1–3	0–1
Stockport County	0–0	2–0	0–4	3–0	4–0	4–1	2–2	4–1	5–1	4–1	5–1	4–2	2–1	1–0	3–3	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–2		2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1
Tranmere Rovers	0–1	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	5–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	4–4	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–4	2–1	2–2		1–0	2–1	6–1
Workington	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	5–3	0–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	4–4	1–0	3–2	4–0	4–2	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–2		4–2	0–0
Wrexham	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	6–0	4–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1		2–2
York City	0–3	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–5	1–2	3–3	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Bradford C.

Bradford Park Avenue

Bury

Carlisle United

Chester

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Gateshead

Halifax

Hartlepool

Hull

Mansfield Town

Oldham

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Workington

Wrexham

York City

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Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1957–1958

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1957–58
Champions	Brighton & Hove Albion (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,701 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Derek Reeves (Southampton), Sammy McCrory (Southend United), 31
← 1956–57 1958–59 (Third Division) 1958–59 (Fourth Division) →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	13	6	4	52	30	11	6	6	36	34	1.375	60	Division Champions, promoted
2	Brentford	46	15	5	3	52	24	9	5	9	30	32	1.464	58
3	Plymouth Argyle	46	17	4	2	43	17	8	4	11	24	31	1.396	58
4	Swindon Town	46	14	7	2	47	16	7	8	8	32	34	1.580	57
5	Reading	46	14	5	4	52	23	7	8	8	27	28	1.549	55
6	Southampton	46	16	3	4	78	31	6	7	10	34	41	1.556	54
7	Southend United	46	14	5	4	56	26	7	7	9	34	32	1.552	54
8	Norwich City	46	11	9	3	41	28	8	6	9	34	42	1.071	53
9	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	16	5	2	54	24	5	4	14	27	50	1.095	51
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	6	2	40	14	3	8	12	24	51	0.985	50
11	Newport County	46	12	6	5	40	24	5	8	10	33	43	1.090	48
12	Colchester United	46	13	5	5	45	27	4	8	11	32	52	0.975	47
13	Northampton Town	46	13	1	9	60	33	6	5	12	27	46	1.101	44	Moved to 4th Division
14	Crystal Palace	46	12	5	6	46	30	3	8	12	24	42	0.972	43
15	Port Vale	46	12	6	5	49	24	4	4	15	18	34	1.155	42
16	Watford	46	9	8	6	34	27	4	8	11	25	50	0.766	42
17	Shrewsbury Town	46	10	6	7	29	25	5	4	14	20	46	0.690	40
18	Aldershot	46	7	9	7	31	34	5	7	11	28	55	0.663	40
19	Coventry City	46	10	9	4	41	24	3	4	16	20	57	0.753	39
20	Walsall	46	10	7	6	37	24	4	2	17	24	51	0.813	37
21	Torquay United	46	9	7	7	33	34	2	6	15	16	40	0.662	35
22	Gillingham	46	12	5	6	33	24	1	4	18	19	57	0.642	35
23	Millwall	46	6	6	11	37	36	5	3	15	26	55	0.692	31	Re-elected, moved to 4th Division
24	Exeter City	46	10	4	9	37	35	1	5	17	20	64	0.576	31

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	COL	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	PTV	QPR	REA	SHR	SOU	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Aldershot		0–0	0–2	2–3	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–5	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–2
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5–1		1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	4–3	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	4–1	3–1	5–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1
Brentford	4–2	4–2		1–0	3–3	1–3	0–3	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	7–1	7–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	2–1	1–1		5–2	3–0	3–2	2–2	5–2	4–2	5–3	1–4	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	6–0
Colchester United	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–2		4–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–3	3–0	4–2	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	4–0
Coventry City	6–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–0		2–2	6–1	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	5–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–2
Crystal Palace	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–4	1–1	2–0		2–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–3	3–0	1–0	2–3	2–2	3–0	1–4	2–0	4–1	1–1	4–1	4–2
Exeter City	3–0	1–2	3–5	2–0	4–3	1–0	0–1		1–3	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–5	0–1	5–1	2–1	1–2
Gillingham	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–3	3–2	3–0	1–1		1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1
Millwall	3–3	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–4	4–1	3–0	3–0	3–1		1–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	5–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–3
Newport County	3–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	5–0	1–2		0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	4–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	2–1
Northampton Town	0–0	4–0	3–1	2–4	4–1	4–0	1–2	9–0	3–1	7–2	0–3		0–1	5–0	3–2	1–5	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–3	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–3
Norwich City	1–3	2–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	5–2	2–2		1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	4–2	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1		1–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	2–3	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1
Port Vale	6–1	2–3	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–2	0–0		2–1	1–2	0–0	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	5–0
Queens Park Rangers	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0
Reading	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	7–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	5–2	1–2	1–3	3–0	3–0		2–2	1–0	1–1	0–4	1–0	3–1	1–1
Shrewsbury Town	5–1	0–4	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2		1–3	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	1–1
Southampton	2–2	7–0	4–2	5–0	3–2	7–1	2–1	6–0	5–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	7–3	0–1	0–3	5–0	0–1	2–2		2–2	1–3	4–2	4–1	5–0
Southend United	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–3	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	6–3	5–2	2–1	1–1	6–0	2–1	5–1	3–2		2–3	0–0	4–1	2–1
Swindon Town	3–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	5–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1		3–1	2–3	0–0
Torquay United	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–3	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2		2–1	1–0
Walsall	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–3	3–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		1–3
Watford	1–3	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	5–4	3–0	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1957–1958

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Colchester

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Gillingham

Millwall

Newport County

Norwich City

Northampton Town

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

QPR

Reading

Shrewsbury

Southampton

Southend

Swindon

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1957–1958

See also

• 1957-58 in English football

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.