Season

1958-59

Manchester UnitedSir Matt Busby

2ndleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.8
goal difference
2.4 scored · 1.6 conceded
43
Played
56%
Win rate

Season in brief

2nd of 22 in the First Division, up from 9th the year before. Bobby Charlton led the scoring with 29 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 103 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Wolverhampton Wanderers42P · 28W 5D 9L · GD +6161
  2. 2Manchester United42P · 24W 7D 11L · GD +3755
  3. 3Arsenal42P · 21W 8D 13L · GD +2050
  4. 4Bolton Wanderers42P · 20W 10D 12L · GD +1350
  6. 21Aston Villa42P · 11W 8D 23L · GD -2930
  7. 22Portsmouth42P · 6W 9D 27L · GD -4821

Slice: the final First Division table for 1958-59, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

43 matches
23 Aug 1958 v Chelsea: 5–227 Aug 1958 @ Nottingham Forest: 3–030 Aug 1958 @ Blackpool: 1–23 Sep 1958 v Nottingham Forest: 1–16 Sep 1958 v Blackburn Rovers: 6–18 Sep 1958 @ West Ham United: 2–313 Sep 1958 @ Newcastle United: 1–117 Sep 1958 v West Ham United: 4–120 Sep 1958 v Tottenham Hotspur: 2–227 Sep 1958 @ Manchester City: 1–14 Oct 1958 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 0–48 Oct 1958 v Preston North End: 0–211 Oct 1958 v Arsenal: 1–118 Oct 1958 @ Everton: 2–325 Oct 1958 v West Bromwich Albion: 1–21 Nov 1958 @ Leeds United: 2–18 Nov 1958 v Burnley: 1–315 Nov 1958 @ Bolton Wanderers: 3–622 Nov 1958 v Luton Town: 2–129 Nov 1958 @ Birmingham City: 4–06 Dec 1958 v Leicester City: 4–113 Dec 1958 @ Preston North End: 4–320 Dec 1958 @ Chelsea: 3–226 Dec 1958 v Aston Villa: 2–127 Dec 1958 @ Aston Villa: 2–03 Jan 1959 v Blackpool: 3–110 Jan 1959 @ Norwich City: 0–331 Jan 1959 v Newcastle United: 4–47 Feb 1959 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 3–114 Feb 1959 v Manchester City: 4–121 Feb 1959 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–128 Feb 1959 @ Arsenal: 2–32 Mar 1959 @ Blackburn Rovers: 3–17 Mar 1959 v Everton: 2–114 Mar 1959 @ West Bromwich Albion: 3–121 Mar 1959 v Leeds United: 4–027 Mar 1959 v Portsmouth: 6–128 Mar 1959 @ Burnley: 2–430 Mar 1959 @ Portsmouth: 3–14 Apr 1959 v Bolton Wanderers: 3–011 Apr 1959 @ Luton Town: 0–018 Apr 1959 v Birmingham City: 1–025 Apr 1959 @ Leicester City: 1–2
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.