1958–59 Aston Villa F.C. season
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1958–59 season | |
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Manager | ![]() ![]() |
Stadium | Villa Park |
First Division | 21st |
FA Cup | Semi finals |
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]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 58 | 87 | 0.667 | 30 | Relegated |
22 | Portsmouth | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 64 | 112 | 0.571 | 21 |
Source:[citation needed]
League results
Results
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 appearances
- Bill Beaton, 1 appearances, conceded 6 [2]
Exits
References
- ^ "Villa snatch win at Wolves with late penalty" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ AVFC History: 1958–59 season
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