Chelsea
1957–58 season
ChairmanJoe Mears
ManagerTed Drake
StadiumStamford Bridge
First Division11th
FA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Greaves (22)
All: Jimmy Greaves (22)
Highest home attendance66,007 vs Arsenal
(26 October 1957)
Lowest home attendance17,038 vs Leeds United
(7 December 1957)
Average home league attendance38,430
Biggest win6–1 v Burnley
(21 September 1957)
Biggest defeat1–4 (two matches)

The 1957–58 season was Chelsea Football Club's forty-fourth competitive season. The season saw the debut of teenage prodigy Jimmy Greaves, who would go on to score 132 goals in 157 matches for Chelsea and become the youngest-ever player to score 100 goals in the English top-flight.[1]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Manchester United 42 16 11 15 85 75 1.133 43
10 Nottingham Forest 42 16 10 16 69 63 1.095 42 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
11 Chelsea 42 15 12 15 83 79 1.051 42
12 Arsenal 42 16 7 19 73 85 0.859 39
13 Birmingham City 42 14 11 17 76 89 0.854 39 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Notes

  1. "Jimmy Greaves". www.chelseafc.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

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.
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