Chelsea
1958–59 season
ChairmanJoe Mears
ManagerTed Drake
StadiumStamford Bridge
First Division14th
FA CupFourth round
Inter-Cities Fairs CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Greaves (32)
All: Jimmy Greaves (37)
Highest home attendance62,118 vs Wolves
(30 August 1958)
Lowest home attendance13,104 vs BK Frem
(4 November 1958)
Average home league attendance40,794
Biggest win6–2 v Wolves
(30 August 1958)
Biggest defeat0–6 v Bolton Wanderers
(4 March 1959)

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.

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

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.
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