1957–58 Chelsea F.C. season

44th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 1957–58 football season

Chelsea

1957–58 season

Chairman

Joe Mears

Manager

Ted Drake

Stadium

Stamford Bridge

First Division

11th

FA Cup

Fourth round

Top goalscorer

League: Jimmy Greaves (22)
All: Jimmy Greaves (22)

Highest home attendance

66,007 vs Arsenal
(26 October 1957)

Lowest home attendance

17,038 vs Leeds United
(7 December 1957)

Average home league attendance

38,430

Biggest win

6–1 v Burnley
(21 September 1957)

Biggest defeat

1–4 (two matches)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1956–57

1958–59 →

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 v t e	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

^ "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.

External links

1957–58 season at stamford-bridge.com

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