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1957–58 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Wolverhampton Wanderers
season	1957–58
manager	Stan Cullis
mgrtitle	Manager
chairman	Jimmy Baker Jr
chrtitle	Chairman
league	First Division
league result	1st (2nd title)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Quarter-Final
league topscorer	Jimmy Murray (29)
season topscorer	Jimmy Murray (32)
highest attendance	55,778 (vs Darlington, 15 February 1958)
lowest attendance	26,033 (vs Aston Villa, 16 September 1957)
average attendance	37,307 (league only)
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nextseason	1958–59

The 1957–58 season was the 59th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the First Division, then the highest level of English football, for a 21st consecutive year.

The club won the League championship for a second time, four years after their first title, scoring over 100 goals in the process.

Wolves achieved the double over local rivals Aston Villa, part of a run of seven between 1957 and 1960.

Results

Football League

A total of 22 teams competed in the First Division in the 1957–58 season. Each team would play every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Two points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Murray Booth Broadbent Booth Deeley Mullen Mullen Murray Murray Clamp Deeley Murray Wilshaw Flowers Murray Deeley Murray Wilshaw Wilshaw Deeley McAdams Broadbent Mason Murray Murray Mason Murray Clamp Shiner Wilkinson Mullen Murray Murray Broadbent Deeley Mason Deeley Mason Forrest Deeley Deeley Mason Showell Murray Mullen Ewing

Mason Murray Wills Milne Clamp Deeley Flowers Wilkinson

;Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	28	8	6	103	47	2.191	64
2	Preston North End	42	26	7	9	100	51	1.961	59
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	9	12	93	77	1.208	51

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FA Cup

Mason Mullen Rutter Broadbent Mason Parry

Players Used

Pos.	Nationality	Player	Football League	FA Cup	Total
1	Scotland	{{sortname	Malcolm Finlayson}}	28	4
2	Union of South Africa	{{sortname	Eddie Stuart}}	40	4
3	England	{{sortname	Gerry Harris}}	39	4
4	England	{{sortname	Eddie Clamp}}	41	4
5	England	{{sortname	Billy Wright	Billy Wright (footballer born 1924)}} (Captain)	38	4
6	England	{{sortname	Ron Flowers}}	28	1
7	England	{{sortname	Norman Deeley}}	41	4
8	England	{{sortname	Colin Booth}}	13	0
9	England	{{sortname	Jimmy Murray	Jimmy Murray (English footballer)}}	41	4
10	England	{{sortname	Peter Broadbent	Peter Broadbent (footballer)}}	40	4
11	England	{{sortname	Jimmy Mullen	Jimmy Mullen (footballer born 1923)}}	38	4
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Eddie Clamp 41 4 45 Norman Deeley 41 4 45 Jimmy Murray 41 4 45 Peter Broadbent 40 4 44 Eddie Stuart 40 4 44 Gerry Harris 39 4 43 Jimmy Mullen 38 4 42 Billy Wright 38 4 42 Malcolm Finlayson 28 4 32 Ron Flowers 28 1 29 Bobby Mason 20 4 24 Bill Slater 14 3 17 Colin Booth 13 0 13 Dennis Wilshaw 12 0 12 George Showell 7 0 7 Noel Dwyer 5 0 5 Ron Howells 2 0 2 Alan Jackson 2 0 2 Gwyn Jones 2 0 2 Jackie Henderson 1 0 1 Micky Lill 1 0 1

Top scorer

P.	Nationality	Player	Football League	FA Cup	Total
1	England	Jimmy Murray	29	3	32
2	England	Norman Deeley	23	0	23
3	England	Peter Broadbent	17	4	21
4	England	Eddie Clamp	10	0	10
5	England	Bobby Mason	7	3	10

Most appearances

P.	Nationality	Player	Football League	FA Cup	Total
1	England	Eddie Clamp	41	4	45
2	England	Norman Deeley	41	4	45
3	England	Jimmy Murray	41	4	45
4	England	Peter Broadbent	40	4	44
5	South Africa	Eddie Stuart	40	4	44

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From
March 1958	SCO Jackie Henderson	Portsmouth

Out

Date	Player	To
December 1957	ENG Dennis Wilshaw	Stoke City

References

"Villa snatch win at Wolves with late penalty". BBC Sport.

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