1957–58 League of Ireland

The 1957–58 League of Ireland was the 37th season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland.

League of Ireland

Season	1957–58
Champions	Drumcondra (3rd title)
European Cup	Drumcondra
Matches played	132
Goals scored	492 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Donal Leahy (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Dundalk 8–2 Cork Hibernians Shamrock Rovers 8–2 Transport
Biggest away win	Sligo Rovers 0–6 Transport
Highest scoring	Bohemians 3–7 Drumcondra Dundalk 8–2 Cork Hibernians Shamrock Rovers 8–2 Transport
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

Shamrock Rovers were the defending champions.

Changes from 1956–57 season

Cork Athletic resigned from the League, and were replaced by Cork Hibernians.

Teams

Dublin

Cork

Dundalk

Sligo

Limerick

Waterford

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Locations of the 1957–58 League of Ireland teams

Team	Location	Stadium
Bohemians	Dublin (Phibsborough)	Dalymount Park
Cork Hibernians	Cork (Mardyke)	Mardyke
Drumcondra	Dublin (Drumcondra)	Tolka Park
Dundalk	Dundalk	Oriel Park
Evergreen United	Cork (Turners Cross)	Turners Cross
Limerick	Limerick	Markets Field
Shamrock Rovers	Dublin (Milltown)	Glenmalure Park
Shelbourne	Dublin (Ringsend)	Shelbourne Park
Sligo Rovers	Sligo	The Showgrounds
St Patrick's Athletic	Dublin (Phibsborough)	Dalymount Park
Transport	Dublin (Harold's Cross)	Harold's Cross Stadium
Waterford	Waterford	Kilcohan Park

Season overview

Drumcondra won their third title and qualified for the following season's European Cup.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Drumcondra	22	15	3	4	51	23	+28	33	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Shamrock Rovers	22	15	1	6	55	26	+29	31
3	Evergreen United	22	13	3	6	53	30	+23	29
4	St Patrick's Athletic	22	10	6	6	45	32	+13	26
5	Shelbourne	22	11	3	8	41	29	+12	25
6	Waterford	22	10	3	9	43	37	+6	23
7	Limerick	22	7	5	10	31	40	−9	19
8	Dundalk	22	7	3	12	38	46	−8	17
9	Bohemians	22	6	4	12	36	52	−16	16
10	Transport	22	6	4	12	30	50	−20	16
11	Sligo Rovers	22	5	5	12	32	61	−29	15
12	Cork Hibernians	22	6	2	14	37	66	−29	14

Source: RSSSF, foot.dk

Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CHB	DRU	DUN	EVE	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	STP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	3–1	3–7	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–4	0–3	6–1	0–2	2–2	1–1
Cork Hibernians	3–3	—	3–2	4–2	2–7	2–0	2–1	2–4	3–1	3–5	0–1	1–3
Drumcondra	3–2	5–0	—	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–0
Dundalk	3–2	8–2	0–1	—	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–2
Evergreen United	4–2	2–1	1–2	4–2	—	1–0	1–2	3–0	5–1	4–1	4–1	3–0
Limerick	2–0	5–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	—	2–4	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2
Shamrock Rovers	6–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	6–2	2–0	—	1–0	5–1	1–2	8–2	3–2
Shelbourne	0–1	3–0	0–1	5–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	—	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–3
Sligo Rovers	3–0	3–0	2–3	4–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–2	0–6	1–5
St Patrick's Athletic	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–3	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–2	—	5–0	4–1
Transport	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–5	3–4	2–2	—	3–2
Waterford	1–2	4–3	0–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	—

Source: Extratime.ie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Donal Leahy	Evergreen United	16
2	Johnny McGeehan	Transport	15
	Austin Noonan	Evergreen United
4	Ronnie Whelan	St Patrick's Athletic	14
5	Jack Fitzgerald	Waterford	12
6	Christy Doyle	Shelbourne	11
	Vic Meldrum	Sligo Rovers
8	Dermot Cross	Drumcondra	10
9	Willie Coleman		9
	Maxie McCann	Shamrock Rovers
	Donal O'Leary	Evergreen United