1958/59 First Division (League Champions)

First Team Overall First Team Appearances & Scorers Reserves Youth 1 Youth 2 Youth 3
First Team Player Pics & Profiles

 

Directors: James S Baker (Chairman), CH Hunter (Vice-Chairman), JH Ireland, JH Marshall, WC Sproson, JT Howley (Secretary).
Manager: Stan Cullis.
Trainers: Jack Dowen, Jack Gardiner, Bill Shorthouse, George Palmer.
Captains: Billy Wright & Ron Flowers.

Playing Staff: Robert Allen, Eric Bailey, Philip Bates, Cyril Beavon, Gwyn Birchall, William Bishop, Boddy, Colin Booth, Raymond Bradbury, George Brazier, Anthony Bridges, Frank Broadbent, Gary Brown, Alan Butcher, Chopper Clamp, Barry Clark, Joseph Clark, John Clarke, Les Cocker, Herbert Cockroft, Collinge, Collins, Michael Connolly, Ian Cooper, Anthony Corbett, Cork, Michael Crawford, John Cullen, Davenport, Fred Davies, Norman Deeley, Cliff Durandt, Michael Dwyer, Michael Edge, Alan Edwards, Ted Farmer, Peter Faulkner, Malcolm Finlayson, John Fitchett, Ron Flowers, Frank Foster, William Fowkes, Gillespie, Frederick Green, John Greenwood,  Gerry Harris, Johnny Harris, Colin Helsby, Jackie Henderson, Kenneth Hickman, Thomas Hinton, Hopton, Des Horne, Leslie Howell, Ron Howells, David Hughes, Leslie Hughes, Alan Jackson, Keith Jenkins, Graham Jones, Gwyn Jones, Vincent Kelly, Kenneth Kirkham, Maurice Kyle, Wilfrid Lawson, Mickey Lill, Gerry Mannion, Marks, David Martin, Bobby Mason, Alan McIntosh, Harry Middleton, Robin Mills, Molineux, Jimmy Mullen, Jimmy Murray, Pat Neil, Wilfred Newton, S Nicholls, Patrick Nicklin, David Oliphant, William Owen, Granville Palin, Patten, Brian Perry, John Pugh, John Purslow, Dave Read, Rhodes, John Rigby, Riley, Thomas Robinson, Stanley Round, Alexander Royle, John Salisbury, Kenneth Satchwell, Robert Saunders, Bryan Shelley, George Showell, Geoff Sidebottom, Kenny Sill, Bill Slater, John Stamp, Roy Stearn, Henry Stobart, Eddie Stuart, Colin Taylor, Colin Tether, John Thompson, Bobby Thomson, Terence Thornton, Brian Train, Tony Turnock, Anthony Walters, Alan Ward, Harris Weir, Roy Welsby, Terry Wharton, James Whitehouse, Raymond Whitehouse, Thomas Whitlock, John Winder, Billy Wright, Gordon Yates.

Club Finances: Profit of £13,289.

August

16 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
23 (H) Nottingham Forest W 5-1 Details*
25 (a) West Ham United L 0-2 Details
30 (a) Chelsea L 2-6 Details

September

3 (H) West Ham United D 1-1 Details
6 (H) Blackpool W 2-0 Details
8 (a) Aston Villa W 3-1 Details
13 (a) Blackburn Rovers W 2-1 Details
17 (H) Aston Villa W 4-0 Details
20 (H) Newcastle United L 1-3 Details
27 (a) Tottenham Hotspur L 1-2 Details
29 (H) South Africa XI W 1-0 Details [Friendly]

October

4 (H) Manchester United W 4-0 Details
6 (a) Bolton Wanderers L 1-4 Details [CS]
11 (H) Manchester City W 2-0 Details
18 (a) Arsenal D 1-1 Details
25 (H) Birmingham City W 3-1 Details

November

1 (a) West Bromwich Albion L 1-2 Details
8 (H) Preston North End W 2-0 Details
12 (H) Schalke 04 D 2-2 Details [EC1/1]
15 (a) Burnley W 2-0 Details
18 (a) Schalke 04 L 1-2 Details [EC1/2]
22 (H) Bolton Wanderers L 1-2 Details
29 (a) Luton Town W 1-0 Details

December

6 (H) Everton W 1-0 Details
13 (a) Leicester City L 0-1 Details
15 (H) FA Cup Details
20 (a) Nottingham Forest W 3-1 Details
26 (a) Portsmouth W 5-3 Details
27 (H) Portsmouth W 7-0 Details

January

3 (H) Chelsea L 1-2 Details
10 (a) Barrow W 4-2 Details [FAC3]
17 (a) Blackpool P-P
24 (H) Bolton Wanderers L 1-2 Details [FAC4]
31 (H) Blackburn Rovers W 5-0 Details

February

7 (a) Newcastle United W 4-2 Details
14 (H) Leeds United W 6-2 Details
21 (a) Manchester United L 1-2 Details
28 (a) Manchester City W 4-1 Details

March

2 (H) Tottenham Hotspur D 1-1 Details
7 (H) Arsenal W 6-1 Details
14 (a) Birmingham City W 3-0 Details
21 (H) West Bromwich Albion W 5-2 Details
25 (H) Inter Services Match Details
28 (a) Preston North End W 2-1 Details
30 (H) Leeds United M-M
31 (a) Leeds United W 3-1 Details

April

4 (H) Burnley D 3-3 Details
11 (a) Bolton Wanderers D 2-2 Details
13 (a) Blackpool W 1-0 Details
18 (H) Luton Town W 5-0 Details
22 (H) Leicester City W 3-0 Details
25 (a) Everton W 1-0 Details

May

1 (a) VfB Stuttgart L 1-3 Details [Friendly]
6 (a) Grasshoppers W 6-2 Details [Friendly]
13 (a) First Nuremberg W 3-1 Details [Friendly]

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