1957–58 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers

1957–58 season
Chairman	Jimmy Baker Jr
Manager	Stan Cullis
First Division	1st (2nd title)
FA Cup	Quarter-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Murray (29) All: Jimmy Murray (32)
Highest home attendance	55,778 (vs Darlington, 15 February 1958)
Lowest home attendance	26,033 (vs Aston Villa, 16 September 1957)
Average home league attendance	37,307 (league only)
Home colours
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 season was the 59th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the First Division, then the highest level of English football, for a 21st consecutive year.

The club won the League championship for a second time, four years after their first title, scoring over 100 goals in the process.

Wolves achieved the double over local rivals Aston Villa, part of a run of seven between 1957 and 1960.^[1]

Results

Football League

A total of 22 teams competed in the First Division in the 1957–58 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Two points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	28	8	6	103	47	2.191	64
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

Results by round

FA Cup

Players Used

Pos.	Nationality	Player	Football League	FA Cup	Total
1	Scotland	Malcolm Finlayson	28	4	32	0
2	South Africa	Eddie Stuart	40	4	44	0
3	England	Gerry Harris	39	4	43	0
4	England	Eddie Clamp	41	4	45	10
5	England	Billy Wright (Captain)	38	4	42	0
6	England	Ron Flowers	28	1	29	3
7	England	Norman Deeley	41	4	45	23
8	England	Colin Booth	13	0	13	2
9	England	Jimmy Murray	41	4	45	32
10	England	Peter Broadbent	40	4	44	21
11	England	Jimmy Mullen	38	4	42	6
12	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
13	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
14	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
15	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
16	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
17	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
18	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
19	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
20	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0
21	[[|]]	[[| ]]			0

Eddie Clamp 41 4 45 Norman Deeley 41 4 45 Jimmy Murray 41 4 45 Peter Broadbent 40 4 44 Eddie Stuart 40 4 44 Gerry Harris 39 4 43 Jimmy Mullen 38 4 42 Billy Wright 38 4 42 Malcolm Finlayson 28 4 32 Ron Flowers 28 1 29 Bobby Mason 20 4 24 Bill Slater 14 3 17 Colin Booth 13 0 13 Dennis Wilshaw 12 0 12 George Showell 7 0 7 Noel Dwyer 5 0 5 Ron Howells 2 0 2 Alan Jackson 2 0 2 Gwyn Jones 2 0 2 Jackie Henderson 1 0 1 Micky Lill 1 0 1

Top scorer

P.	Nationality	Player	Position	Football League	FA Cup	Total
1	England	Jimmy Murray		29	3	32
2	England	Norman Deeley		23	0	23
3	England	Peter Broadbent		17	4	21
4	England	Eddie Clamp		10	0	10
5	England	Bobby Mason		7	3	10

Most appearances

P.	Nationality	Player	Position	Football League	FA Cup	Total
1	England	Eddie Clamp		41	4	45
2	England	Norman Deeley		41	4	45
3	England	Jimmy Murray		41	4	45
4	England	Peter Broadbent		40	4	44
5	South Africa	Eddie Stuart		40	4	44

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From
March 1958	Jackie Henderson	Portsmouth

Out

Date	Player	To
December 1957	Dennis Wilshaw	Stoke City

References