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Summary of Season 1957-58

Football League Division 1

Home Away
Pl W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
  1.  Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 17 3 1 60 21 11 5 5 43 26 2.191 64
  2.  Preston North End 42 18 2 1 63 14 8 5 8 37 37 1.96 59
  3.  Tottenham Hotspur 42 13 4 4 58 33 8 5 8 35 44 1.207 51
  4.  West Bromwich Albion 42 14 4 3 59 29 4 10 7 33 41 1.314 50
  5.  Manchester City 42 14 4 3 58 33 8 1 12 46 67 1.04 49
  6.  Burnley 42 16 2 3 52 21 5 3 13 28 53 1.081 47
  7.  Blackpool 42 11 2 8 47 35 8 4 9 33 32 1.194 44
  8.  Luton Town 42 13 3 5 45 22 6 3 12 24 41 1.095 44
  9.  Manchester United 42 10 4 7 45 31 6 7 8 40 44 1.133 43
10.  Nottingham Forest 42 10 4 7 41 27 6 6 9 28 36 1.095 42
11.  Chelsea 42 10 5 6 47 34 5 7 9 36 45 1.05 42
12.  Arsenal 42 10 4 7 48 39 6 3 12 25 46 0.858 39
13.  Birmingham City 42 8 6 7 43 37 6 5 10 33 52 0.853 39
14.  Aston Villa 42 12 4 5 46 26 4 3 14 27 60 0.848 39
15.  Bolton Wanderers 42 9 5 7 38 35 5 5 11 27 52 0.747 38
16.  Everton 42 5 9 7 34 35 8 2 11 31 40 0.866 37
17.  Leeds United 42 10 6 5 33 23 4 3 14 18 40 0.809 37
18.  Leicester City 42 11 4 6 59 41 3 1 17 32 71 0.812 33
19.  Newcastle United 42 6 4 11 38 42 6 4 11 35 39 0.901 32
20.  Portsmouth 42 10 6 5 45 34 2 2 17 28 54 0.829 32
21.  Sunderland 42 7 7 7 32 33 3 5 13 22 64 0.556 32
22.  Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 2 7 45 40 0 5 16 24 52 0.75 31

Matches

Aug 24 Tottenham Hotspur Away 1-1 Greaves
Aug 28 Manchester City Home 2-3 Greaves, Lewis
Aug 31 Birmingham City Home 5-1 Brabrook, Allen, Greaves(2), Lewis
Sep 4 Manchester City Away 2-5 Brabrook, Lewis
Sep 7 Everton Away 0-3
Sep 11 West Bromwich Albion Home 2-2 Tindall(2)
Sep 14 Newcastle United Away 3-1 Tindall(2), Block
Sep 18 West Bromwich Albion Away 1-1 Greaves
Sep 21 Burnley Home 6-1 Brabrook, Greaves, Tindall, Nicholas(2), Block
Sep 28 Preston North End Away 2-5 Tindall, Nicholas
Oct 5 Sheffield Wednesday Home 1-0 Tindall
Oct 12 Aston Villa Home 4-2 Tindall(2), Nicholas(2)
Oct 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away 1-2 Nicholas
Oct 26 Arsenal Home 0-0
Nov 2 Blackpool Away 1-2 Greaves
Nov 9 Luton Town Home 1-3 Block
Nov 16 Sunderland Away 2-2 Stubbs, Lewis
Nov 23 Leicester City Home 4-0 McNichol, Tindall, Lewis(2)
Nov 30 Bolton Wanderers Away 3-3 Brabrook, Stubbs, Lewis
Dec 7 Leeds United Home 2-1 McNichol, Stubbs
Dec 14 Manchester United Away 1-0 Tindall
Dec 21 Tottenham Hotspur Home 2-4 Bellett, McNichol
Dec 25 Portsmouth Home 7-4 Sillett, Tindall, Greaves(4), O.G.
Dec 26 Portsmouth Away 0-3
Dec 28 Birmingham City Away 3-3 Sillett, Brabrook, Greaves
Jan 11 Everton Home 3-1 McNichol, Greaves(2)
Jan 18 Newcastle United Home 2-1 Greaves, Lewis
Feb 1 Burnley Away 1-2 Allen
Feb 8 Preston North End Home 0-2
Feb 15 Sheffield Wednesday Away 3-2 Greaves(3)
Feb 22 Aston Villa Away 3-1 Mortimore, Brabrook, Tindall
Mar 8 Arsenal Away 4-5 Tindall, Greaves(2), Block
Mar 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home 1-2 Greaves
Mar 15 Blackpool Home 1-4 Greaves
Mar 22 Leicester City Away 2-3 Sillett, Tindall
Mar 29 Sunderland Home 0-0
Apr 4 Nottingham Forest Home 0-0
Apr 5 Luton Town Away 2-0 Brabrook, Tindall
Apr 7 Nottingham Forest Away 1-1 Gibbs
Apr 12 Bolton Wanderers Home 2-2 Sillett(P), Brabrook
Apr 19 Leeds United Away 0-0
Apr 26 Manchester United Home 2-1 Cliss, Allen

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 807,028 66,007 17,038 38,430
Away 626,544 52,580 15,285 29,835
Total 1,433,572 66,007 15,285 34,133

F.A. Cup

Round 4 (replay)

Matches

Jan 4 Doncaster Rovers Away 2-0 McNichol(2)
Jan 25 Darlington Home 3-3 McNichol, Tindall, Lewis
Jan 29 Darlington Away 1-4 McNichol

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 40,759 40,759 40,759 40,759
Away 35,038 19,888 15,150 17,519
Total 75,797 40,759 15,150 25,266

Diary

00/07/1957 Bobby Tambling transfered from Youth

00/07/1957 Terry Bradbury transfered from Youth

05/07/1957 Chris Hutchings born

00/08/1957 John Mortimore signed professional forms

18/08/1957 Chelsea beat Ajax 4-2 in a friendly

20/08/1957 Chick Thomson transfered to Notts Forest for 2,000

24/08/1957 Chelsea drew with Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 in Football League Division 1

28/08/1957 Chelsea lost to Manchester City 2-3 in Football League Division 1

31/08/1957 Chelsea beat Birmingham City 5-1 in Football League Division 1

04/09/1957 Chelsea lost to Manchester City 2-5 in Football League Division 1

07/09/1957 Chelsea lost to Everton 0-3 in Football League Division 1

11/09/1957 Chelsea drew with West Bromwich Albion 2-2 in Football League Division 1

13/09/1957 Mal Donaghy born

14/09/1957 Chelsea beat Newcastle United 3-1 in Football League Division 1

18/09/1957 Chelsea drew with West Bromwich Albion 1-1 in Football League Division 1

21/09/1957 Chelsea beat Burnley 6-1 in Football League Division 1

28/09/1957 Chelsea lost to Preston North End 2-5 in Football League Division 1

05/10/1957 Chelsea beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 in Football League Division 1

06/10/1957 Harry Burgess died

12/10/1957 Chelsea beat Aston Villa 4-2 in Football League Division 1

15/10/1957 Chelsea lost to Fulham 1-2 in Southern Floodlight Cup Round 1

19/10/1957 Chelsea lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 in Football League Division 1

23/10/1957 Graham Rix born

26/10/1957 Chelsea drew with Arsenal 0-0 in Football League Division 1

27/10/1957 Glenn Hoddle born

02/11/1957 Chelsea lost to Blackpool 1-2 in Football League Division 1

07/11/1957 Chelsea lost to CDSA Moscow 1-4 in a friendly

09/11/1957 Chelsea lost to Luton Town 1-3 in Football League Division 1

12/11/1957 Chelsea beat Beogradski Belgrade 2-1 in a friendly

16/11/1957 Chelsea drew with Sunderland 2-2 in Football League Division 1

23/11/1957 Chelsea beat Leicester City 4-0 in Football League Division 1

26/11/1957 Trevor Aylott born

30/11/1957 Chelsea drew with Bolton Wanderers 3-3 in Football League Division 1

00/12/1957 Peter Corthine transfered from Leytonstone

04/12/1957 Lee Frost born

07/12/1957 Chelsea beat Leeds United 2-1 in Football League Division 1

14/12/1957 Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in Football League Division 1

21/12/1957 Chelsea lost to Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 in Football League Division 1

25/12/1957 Chelsea beat Portsmouth 7-4 in Football League Division 1

26/12/1957 Chelsea lost to Portsmouth 0-3 in Football League Division 1

28/12/1957 Chelsea drew with Birmingham City 3-3 in Football League Division 1

00/00/1958 Jim Lewis transfered to Walthamstow Avenue

04/01/1958 Chelsea beat Doncaster Rovers 2-0 in F.A. Cup Round 3

11/01/1958 Chelsea beat Everton 3-1 in Football League Division 1

18/01/1958 Chelsea beat Newcastle United 2-1 in Football League Division 1

25/01/1958 Chelsea drew with Darlington 3-3 in F.A. Cup Round 4

25/01/1958 Brian Nicholas transfered to Coventry

29/01/1958 Chelsea lost to Darlington 1-4 in F.A. Cup Round 4 (replay)

01/02/1958 Chelsea lost to Burnley 1-2 in Football League Division 1

08/02/1958 Chelsea lost to Preston North End 0-2 in Football League Division 1

08/02/1958 Tommy Langley born

15/02/1958 Chelsea beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in Football League Division 1

22/02/1958 Chelsea beat Aston Villa 3-1 in Football League Division 1

08/03/1958 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 4-5 in Football League Division 1

11/03/1958 Chelsea lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 in Football League Division 1

13/03/1958 Johnny McNichol transfered to Crystal Palace

14/03/1958 David Stride born

15/03/1958 Chelsea lost to Blackpool 1-4 in Football League Division 1

22/03/1958 Chelsea lost to Leicester City 2-3 in Football League Division 1

25/03/1958 Chelsea drew with CDNA Bulgaria 1-1 in a friendly

29/03/1958 Chelsea drew with Sunderland 0-0 in Football League Division 1

00/04/1958 Eric McMillan transfered from R.A.F.

04/04/1958 Chelsea drew with Nottingham Forest 0-0 in Football League Division 1

05/04/1958 Chelsea beat Luton Town 2-0 in Football League Division 1

07/04/1958 Chelsea drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in Football League Division 1

12/04/1958 Chelsea drew with Bolton Wanderers 2-2 in Football League Division 1

18/04/1958 Eamonn Bannon born

19/04/1958 Chelsea drew with Leeds United 0-0 in Football League Division 1

22/04/1958 Chelsea beat Canto Do Rio 3-2 in a friendly

26/04/1958 Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-1 in Football League Division 1

28/04/1958 Chelsea drew with Reading 0-0 in Benefit for Sylvan Anderton, Eddie McLaren and Jimmy Wheeler

00/05/1958 Ian MacFarlane transfered to Leicester

00/05/1958 Barry Bridges signed professional forms

Players Statistics

 

Appearances

Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
RD Matthews 42 3 45
P Brabrook 41 8 3 44 8
PR Sillett 40 4 3 43 4
JA Mortimore 39 1 3 42 1
RA Tindall 36 16 2 1 38 17
J Greaves 35 22 2 37 22
DW Saunders 31 3 34
LJ Casey 21 3 24
MJ Block 20 4 20 4
W Bellett 20 1 20 1
JL Lewis 17 8 3 1 20 9
J McNichol 13 4 3 4 16 8
L Stubbs 13 3 1 14 3
I MacFarlane 10 3 13
R Whittaker 12 12
A Nicholas 11 6 11 6
LW Allen 9 3 1 10 3
M Scott 9 9
D Cliss 9 1 9 1
CB Nicholas 9 9
W Livingstone 8 8
A Dicks 6 6
DW Gibbs 4 1 4 1
J Compton 3 3
M Harrison 1 1
JC Sillett 1 1
R Laverick 1 1
P Berry 1 1
Own Goal 1 1

Disciplinary

SY=Single Yellow    DY=Double Yellow (Red)

SR=Straight Red

Sq Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR
I MacFarlane 1 1
Total 1 1