1958–59 Chelsea F.C. season

The 1958–59 season was Chelsea Football Club's 45th competitive season. The club played in the European competition for the first time, and reached the quarter-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where they lost on aggregate to a Belgrade XI. With 32 league goals, Jimmy Greaves was the First Division's top goalscorer, becoming the first Chelsea played to achieve this.

Chelsea

1958–59 season
Chairman	Joe Mears
Manager	Ted Drake
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Greaves (32) All: Jimmy Greaves (37)
Highest home attendance	62,118 vs Wolves (30 August 1958)
Lowest home attendance	13,104 vs BK Frem (4 November 1958)
Average home league attendance	40,794
Biggest win	6–2 v Wolves (30 August 1958)
Biggest defeat	0–6 v Bolton Wanderers (4 March 1959)
Home colours Away colours

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (C)	42	28	5	9	110	49	2.245	61	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Manchester United	42	24	7	11	103	66	1.561	55
3	Arsenal	42	21	8	13	88	68	1.294	50
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	10	12	79	66	1.197	50
5	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	13	11	88	68	1.294	49
6	West Ham United	42	21	6	15	85	70	1.214	48
7	Burnley	42	19	10	13	81	70	1.157	48
8	Blackpool	42	18	11	13	66	49	1.347	47
9	Birmingham City	42	20	6	16	84	68	1.235	46
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	10	15	76	70	1.086	44
11	Newcastle United	42	17	7	18	80	80	1.000	41
12	Preston North End	42	17	7	18	70	77	0.909	41
13	Nottingham Forest	42	17	6	19	71	74	0.959	40
14	Chelsea	42	18	4	20	77	98	0.786	40
15	Leeds United	42	15	9	18	57	74	0.770	39
16	Everton	42	17	4	21	71	87	0.816	38
17	Luton Town	42	12	13	17	68	71	0.958	37
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	10	19	85	95	0.895	36
19	Leicester City	42	11	10	21	67	98	0.684	32
20	Manchester City	42	11	9	22	64	95	0.674	31
21	Aston Villa (R)	42	11	8	23	58	87	0.667	30	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Portsmouth (R)	42	6	9	27	64	112	0.571	21

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

References

• Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
• Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

• 1958–59 season at stamford-bridge.com