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
	Home colours
	← 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.

24 August 1957 1	Everton	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showLiverpool
15:15 BST	Harris			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 58,229

28 August 1957 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6–1	Bolton Wanderers	showWolverhampton
18:15 BST	Deeley Murray Booth Broadbent		Lofthouse	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,790

31 August 1957 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–0	Sunderland	showWolverhampton
15:00 BST	Murray Booth Deeley Mullen			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 38,645

4 September 1957 4	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showBolton
18:30 BST			Deeley	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 22,938

7 September 1957 5	Luton Town	3–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showLuton
15:00 BST			Wilshaw	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 21,998

14 September 1957 6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Blackpool	showWolverhampton
15:00 BST	Broadbent Mullen Murray			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 38,496

16 September 1957 7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Aston Villa	showWolverhampton
17:30 BST	Deeley Murray			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 26,033

21 September 1957 8	Leicester City	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showLeicester
15:00 BST			Murray Clamp (pen.)'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 35,388

23 September 1957 9	Aston Villa	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showBirmingham
17:15 BST			Broadbent Deeley Murray	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 21,336

28 September 1957 10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Manchester United	showWolverhampton
15:00 BST	Deeley Wilshaw		Doherty	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 48,825

2 October 1957 11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur	showWolverhampton
19:00 BST	Broadbent Flowers Murray			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 36,024

5 October 1957 12	Leeds United	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showLeeds
15:00 BST	Baird		Deeley	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 28,635

12 October 1957 13	Birmingham City	1–5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showBirmingham
15:00 GMT			Clamp (pen.)' (pen.)' Deeley Murray Wilshaw	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 43,005

19 October 1957 14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Chelsea	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Deeley Wilshaw		Nicholas	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 37,524

26 October 1957 15	Newcastle United	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showNewcastle upon Tyne
14:45 GMT			Deeley	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 44,361

2 November 1957 16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Nottingham Forest	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Broadbent Deeley			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 47,858

9 November 1957 17	Portsmouth	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showPortsmouth
15:00 GMT			Clamp	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 38,320

16 November 1957 18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Clamp (pen.)'		Kevan	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 55,418

23 November 1957 19	Manchester City	3–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showManchester
15:00 GMT	Barnes McAdams		Murray Broadbent Mason	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 45,121

30 November 1957 20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Burnley	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Broadbent Murray			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 32,888

7 December 1957 21	Preston North End	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showPreston
15:00 GMT			Lill Murray	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 22,741

14 December 1957 22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–3	Sheffield Wednesday	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Broadbent Mason Murray Clamp (pen.)'		Finney Shiner Wilkinson	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 28,082

21 December 1957 23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Everton	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Clamp Mullen			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 29,447

26 December 1957 24	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showLondon
14:15 GMT	Smith			Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 58,393

28 December 1957 25	Sunderland	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showSunderland
14:45 GMT			Broadbent Murray	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 46,479

11 January 1958 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Luton Town	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Mason			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,805

18 January 1958 27	Blackpool	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showBlackpool
14:45 GMT			Deeley Murray	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 17,983

1 February 1958 28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	Leicester City	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Murray Broadbent Deeley Mason		Walsh	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 36,400

19 February 1958 29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Leeds United	showWolverhampton
19:00 GMT	Broadbent Deeley Mason		Peyton Forrest	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 35,527

22 February 1958 30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	Birmingham City	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Murray Deeley			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 36,941

8 March 1958 31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Newcastle United	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Broadbent Deeley Mason		White	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 34,058

11 March 1958 32	Chelsea	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showLondon
19:30 GMT	Greaves		Deeley Showell	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 46,835

15 March 1958 33	Nottingham Forest	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showNottingham
15:00 GMT	Baily		Broadbent Murray	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 40,407

22 March 1958 34	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–3	Manchester City	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Deeley Mullen Ewing (o.g.)'		Barlow (o.g.)'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 34,932

29 March 1958 35	West Bromwich Albion	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showWest Bromwich
15:00 GMT			Murray Mason	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 56,904

5 April 1958 36	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Portsmouth	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Clamp (pen.)'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,259

7 April 1958 37	Arsenal	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showLondon
15:00 GMT			Broadbent Murray	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 51,318

8 April 1958 38	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Arsenal	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Broadbent		Groves Wills	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 47,501

12 April 1958 39	Burnley	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showBurnley
15:00 GMT			Clamp (pen.)'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 28,539

19 April 1958 40	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Preston North End	showWolverhampton
15:00 BST	Deeley Milne (o.g.)'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 46,001

21 April 1958 41	Manchester United	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showManchester
19:00 BST			Broadbent Clamp Deeley Flowers	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 33,267

26 April 1958 42	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showSheffield
15:00 BST	Shiner Wilkinson		Flowers	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 25,254

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Result	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L
Position	18	9	4	5	8	10	5	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup[]

4 January 1958 R3	Lincoln City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showLincoln
14:15 GMT			Mullen	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 21,741

25 January 1958 R4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	Portsmouth	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Broadbent Mason Mullen o.g.'		Crawford	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 43,522

15 February 1958 R5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6–1	Darlington	showWolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Murray Broadbent Mason		Bell	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 55,778

1 March 1958 QF	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	showBolton
15:00 GMT	Stevens Parry		Mason	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 56,306 Referee: A. Holland (Barnsley)

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
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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	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	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[]

^ "Villa snatch win at Wolves with late penalty". BBC Sport.

[1] "Villa snatch win at Wolves with late penalty". BBC Sport.

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