First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1957-58 Division 2

General notes

Season Summary

Attendance Summary

Final League Table

since 1878

Final League Position 8th

Date	Opponent	V	F-A	WDL	Competition	Att.	Scorers	Manager
19570824Sat 24/8	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	D		24,406		Ramsey
19570828Wed 28/8	BARNSLEY	H	3-0	W		20,468	Rees, Pickett, Garneys	Ramsey
19570831Sat 31/8	ROTHERHAM UNITED	H	1-2	L		21,436	Leadbetter	Ramsey
19570904Wed 4/9	Barnsley	A	1-5	L		12,272	Siddall	Ramsey
19570907Sat 7/9	NOTTS COUNTY	H	2-1	W		17,018	Siddall, Millward	Ramsey
19570911Wed 11/9	FULHAM	H	1-1	D		19,645	Acres	Ramsey
19570914Sat 14/9	Lincoln City	A	1-2	L		12,579	Millward	Ramsey
19570918Wed 18/9	Fulham	A	0-0	D		16,221		Ramsey
19570921Sat 21/9	BRISTOL ROVERS	H	3-2	W		20,441	Rees, Millward, Phillips	Ramsey
19570928Sat 28/9	Derby County	A	2-2	D		18,510	Phillips²	Ramsey
19571005Sat 5/10	SWANSEA CITY	H	0-1	L		19,861		Ramsey
19571012Sat 12/10	Huddersfield Town	A	0-3	L		15,276		Ramsey
19571019Sat 19/10	GRIMSBY TOWN	H	3-2	W		18,734	Millward, Elsworthy, Garneys	Ramsey
19571026Sat 26/10	Stoke City	A	1-5	L		17,482	Millward	Ramsey
19571102Sat 2/11	BRISTOL CITY	H	4-2	W		17,681	Phillips³, Garneys	Ramsey
19571104Mon 4/11	Crystal Palace	A	P-P
19571109Sat 9/11	Cardiff City	A	1-1	D		16,490	Garneys	Ramsey
19571116Sat 16/11	LIVERPOOL	H	3-1	W		20,591	Phillips², Garneys	Ramsey
19571123Sat 23/11	Middlesbrough	A	2-5	L		20,522	Phillips, Garneys	Ramsey
19571130Sat 30/11	LEYTON ORIENT	H	5-3	W		17,412	Millward², Phillips², Garneys	Ramsey
19571207Sat 7/12	Charlton Athletic	A	1-4	L		9,813	Garneys	Ramsey
19571214Sat 14/12	DONCASTER ROVERS	H	2-0	W		13,576	Johnstone, Garneys	Ramsey
19571221Sat 21/12	BLACKBURN ROVERS	H	2-1	W		16,023	Millward, Garneys	Ramsey
19571225Wed 25/12	West Ham United	A	1-1	D		25,515	Rees	Ramsey
19571226Thu 26/12	WEST HAM UNITED	H	2-1	W		21,899	Siddall²	Ramsey
19571228Sat 28/12	Rotherham United	A	4-1	W		11,612	Rees², Garneys²	Ramsey
19580104Sat 4/1	Crystal Palace	A	1-0	W	FA Cup 3rd Round	21,939	McLuckie	Ramsey
19580111Sat 11/1	Notts County	A	3-0	W		13,612	Reed, Rees, Garneys	Ramsey
19580118Sat 18/1	LINCOLN CITY	H	1-1	D		16,384	Leadbetter	Ramsey
19580125Sat 25/1	Manchester United	A	0-2	L	FA Cup 4th Round	53,550		Ramsey
19580201Sat 1/2	Bristol Rovers	A	1-3	L		21,524	Reed	Ramsey
19580208Sat 8/2	DERBY COUNTY	H	2-2	D		15,951	Rees, Millward	Ramsey
19580215Sat 15/2	Swansea City	A	0-0	D		10,136		Ramsey
19580222Sat 22/2	MIDDLESBROUGH	H	1-1	D		17,768	Garneys	Ramsey
19580301Sat 1/3	Grimsby Town	A	2-0	W		13,263	Millward, Garneys	Ramsey
19580308Sat 8/3	STOKE CITY	H	1-3	L		17,169	Rees	Ramsey
19580315Sat 15/3	Bristol City	A	0-1	L		20,101		Ramsey
19580319Wed 19/3	Norwich City	A	2-2	D	Friendly	17,887	Millward, Garneys	Ramsey
19580322Sat 22/3	CARDIFF CITY	H	3-1	W		13,469	Rees², Garneys	Ramsey
19580329Sat 29/3	Liverpool	A	1-3	L		24,026	Rees	Ramsey
19580405Sat 5/4	HUDDERSFIELD TOWN	H	4-0	W		15,712	Rees, Millward, Pickett, Garneys	Ramsey
19580407Mon 7/4	SHEFFIELD UNITED	H	1-0	W		20,126	Siddall	Ramsey
19580408Tue 8/4	Sheffield United	A	1-1	D		20,991	Garneys	Ramsey
19580412Sat 12/4	Leyton Orient	A	0-2	L		10,105		Ramsey
19580419Sat 19/4	CHARLTON ATHLETIC	H	1-4	L		22,615	Garneys	Ramsey
19580426Sat 26/4	Doncaster Rovers	A	1-1	D		7,045	Rees	Ramsey
19580428Mon 28/4	NORWICH CITY	H	2-1	W	Testimonial A Scott Duncan	9,983	Millward²	Ramsey
19580502Fri 2/5	Colchester United	A	0-1	L	Testimonial Bob Dale	4,908		Ramsey
19580509Fri 9/5	Brantham Athletic	A	7-4	W	Brantham Charity Cup		Unknown⁷	Ramsey

The following practice game was also staged:

Sat 17/8/1957 Blues 2 Reds 4 (7,645 at Portman Road)

Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

	Home Average	Home Total	Away Average	Away Total
League	18,285	383,979	16,262	341,501
Cup/Play-offs	-	-	37,745	75,489

Brantham Charity Cup

Final League Table Division 2

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. WEST HAM UNITED          42  12  8  1  56  25  11  3  7  45  29   57
 2. BLACKBURN ROVERS         42  13  7  1  50  18   9  5  7  43  39   56
 3. Charlton Athletic        42  15  3  3  65  33   9  4  8  42  36   55
 4. Liverpool                42  17  3  1  50  13   5  7  9  29  41   54
 5. Fulham                   42  13  5  3  53  24   7  7  7  44  35   52
 6. Sheffield United         42  12  5  4  38  22   9  5  7  37  28   52
 7. Middlesbrough            42  13  3  5  52  29   6  4 11  31  45   45
 8. Ipswich Town             42  13  4  4  45  29   3  8 10  23  40   44
 9. Huddersfield Town        42   9  8  4  28  24   5  8  8  35  42   44
10. Bristol Rovers           42  12  5  4  52  31   5  3 13  33  49   42
11. Stoke City               42   9  4  8  49  36   9  2 10  26  37   42
12. Leyton Orient            42  14  2  5  53  27   4  3 14  24  52   41
13. Grimsby Town             42  13  4  4  54  30   4  2 15  32  53   40
14. Barnsley                 42  10  6  5  40  25   4  6 11  30  49   40
15. Cardiff City             42  10  5  6  44  31   4  4 13  19  46   37
16. Derby County             42  11  3  7  37  36   3  5 13  23  45   36
17. Bristol City             42   9  5  7  35  31   4  4 13  28  57   35
18. Rotherham United         42   8  3 10  38  44   6  2 13  27  57   33
19. Swansea City             42   8  3 10  48  45   3  6 12  24  54   31
20. Lincoln City             42   6  6  9  33  35   5  3 13  22  47   31
21. NOTTS COUNTY             42   9  3  9  24  31   3  3 15  20  49   30
22. DONCASTER ROVERS         42   7  5  9  34  40   1  6 14  22  48   27

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