1958–59 Aston Villa F.C. season

1958–59 season of Aston Villa

Aston Villa 1958–59 football season

Aston Villa
1958–59 season
Manager	Eric Houghton Joe Mercer
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	21st
FA Cup	Semi finals
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Second City Derby Football team season

Second City Derby
25--17--21
← 1957–58 1960-61 →

The 1958–59 English football season was Aston Villa's 58th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division. Villa were relegated for the second time in their history.

Local rival "Wolves" achieved the double over Villa, part of a run of seven between 1957 and 1960.^[1]

In the second City derby Villa could only manage a draw at home before being defeated at St Andrews.^[2]

There were exits for Les Smith, Billy Myerscough, Peter Aldis and Wally Hazelden.

There were debuts for Ron Wylie (196), Gordon Lee (118), Doug Winton (37) , John Sharples (13), Ken Barrett (5), Bill Beaton (1), and Jack Willis (1).^[3]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

League results

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BUR	CHE	EVE	LEE	LEI	LUT	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	POR	PNE	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		1–2
Aston Villa	1–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–4	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–3
Birmingham		4–1
Blackburn Rovers		2–3
Blackpool		2–1
Bolton Wanderers		1–3
Burnley		3–1
Chelsea		2–1
Everton		2–1
Leeds United		0–0
Leicester City		6–3
Luton Town		2–1
Manchester City		0–0
Manchester United		2–1
Newcastle United		1–0
Nottingham Forest		2–0
Portsmouth		5–2
Preston North End		4–2
Tottenham Hotspur		3–2
West Bromwich Albion		1–1
West Ham United		7–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers		4–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Appearances

Peter McParland, 47 appearances
Jimmy Dugdale, 47 appearances
Nigel Sims, 47 appearances, conceded 85
Gerry Hitchens, 41 appearances
Vic Crowe, 39 appearances
Jackie Sewell, 38 appearances
Les Smith, 35 appearances
Johnny Dixon, 34 appearances
Peter Aldis, 33 appearances
Billy Myerscough, 32 appearances
Stan Crowther, 29 appearances
Stan Lynn, 27 appearances
Ron Wylie, 26 appearances
Doug Winton, 18 appearances
Pat Saward, 14 appearances
Gordon Lee, 14 appearances
John Sharples, 13 appearances
Derek Pace, 12 appearances
George Ashfield, 9 appearances
Wally Hazelden, 8 appearances
Roy Chapman, 8 appearances
Dennis Jackson, 5 appearances
Ken Barrett, 5 appearances
Les Jones, 5 appearances
Ken Roberts, 2 appearances
Trevor Birch, 2 appearances
Jackie Hinchliffe, 2 appearances
Arthur Sabin, 1 appearance, conceded 1
Tommy Southren, 1 appearance
Jack Willis, 1 appearance
Bill Beaton, 1 appearance, conceded 6 ^[4]

References

^ "Villa snatch win at Wolves with late penalty". BBC Sport.
^ "All Aston Villa's Matches". AVFC History. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
^ AVFC History: 1958–59 season

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