1958–59 Chelsea F.C. season
The 1958–59 season was Chelsea Football Club's forty-fifth competitive season. The club played in 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.
| 1958–59 season | |||
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| 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) | ||
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Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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 | 1958–59 FA Cup winners |
| 14 | Chelsea | 42 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 77 | 98 | 0.786 | 40 | Participated in 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 15 | Leeds United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 74 | 0.770 | 39 | |
| 16 | Everton | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 71 | 87 | 0.816 | 38 |
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Notes
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
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