SHERIDAN DICTATES

SEASON STATISTICS: 1958-59

Back Row: Jim Ashall, Archie Gibson, Royden Wood, Jack Charlton, Grenville Hair.

Front Row: Billy Humphries, Chris Crowe, Don Revie, Wilbur Cush, Alan Shackleton, Jackie Overfield.

SATURDAY 23rd AUGUST 1958

BOLTON WANDERERS 4

Lofthouse 21', 47', Birch 50', Parry 89'

Hopkinson, Hartle, Banks, Hennin, Higgins, G. Edwards, Birch, Stevens, Lofthouse, Parry, Holden

J. Williams

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 0

Wood, Dunn, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, Cush, Crowe, Peyton, Forrest, O'Brien, Overfield

Attendance: 25,922

TUESDAY 26th AUGUST 1958

LEEDS UNITED 1

Crowe penalty 62'

Wood, Dunn, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, Cush, Crowe, Peyton, Forrest, O'Brien, Overfield

T. Cooper

DIVISION ONE

LUTON TOWN 1

Turner 22'

Baynham, Dunne, Hawkes, Morton, Owen, Pacey, Bingham, Turner, Brown, Groves, Adam

Attendance: 25,498

SATURDAY 30th AUGUST 1958

LEEDS UNITED 1

Forrest 86'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, Cush, Crowe, Peyton, Baird, Forrest, Overfield

N. Hough

DIVISION ONE

BURNLEY 1

Robson 16'

McDonald, Smith, Winton, Seith, Cummings, Shannon, Connelly, Mcllroy, Pointer, Robson, Pilkington

Attendance: 22,739

WEDNESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 1958

LUTON TOWN 1

Brown 27'

Baynham, Dunne, Hawkes, Morton, Owen, Pacey, Bingham, Turner, Brown, Groves, Adam

V. Jennings

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 1

Baird 70'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, Kerfoot, Meek, Forrest, Baird, Cush, Overfield

Attendance: 13,497

SATURDAY 6th SEPTEMBER 1958

PRESTON NORTH END 1

Finney 2'

Else, Cunningham, Walton, Milne, Dunn, Wylie, Mayers, Thompson, Hatsell, Baxter, Finney

Finney, saved by Wood - Finney scored from the rebound 2'

R. Wood

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 2

Overfield 8', Baird penalty 58'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, Kerfoot, Meek, Forrest, Baird, Cush, Overfield

Attendance: 22,765

WEDNESDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 0

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, Kerfoot, Meek, Forrest, Baird, Cush, Overfield

unknown

DIVISION ONE

BIRMINGHAM CITY 0

Merrick, Hall, Green, Watts, Sissons, Neal, Hooper, Jones, Brown, Murphy, Taylor

Attendance: 25,288

SATURDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 1

Meek 12'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, Kerfoot, Meek, Forrest, Baird, Cush, Overfield

R. Langdale

DIVISION ONE

LEICESTER CITY 1

McDonald 73'

Maclaren, Baillie, Cunningham, Knapp, Newman, Willis, McDonald, Walsh, Keyworth, McNeill, Kelly

Attendance: 23,847

WEDNESDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 1958

BIRMINGHAM CITY 4

Brown 24', 32', 49', 69'

Merrick, Hall, Green, Watts, Sissons, Neal, Hooper, Jones, Brown, Murphy, Taylor

unknown

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 1

Forrest 19'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Marsden, Cush, Meek, Crowe, Forrest, O'Brien, Overfield

Attendance: 24,068

SATURDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 1958

EVERTON 3

King 24', Jones penalty 40',

O'Brien own goal 88'

O'Neill, Sanders, Bramwell, King, Jones, B. Harris, Fielding, J. Harris, Hickson, Ashworth, O'Hara

F. Collinge

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 2

Crowe 57', Cush 61'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Marsden, Cush, Meek, Crowe, Forrest, O'Brien, Overfield

Attendance: 31,105

SATURDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 2

Overfield 64', Crowe penalty 88'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Forrest, Peyton, Overfield

J. Swain

DIVISION ONE

ARSENAL 1

Herd 8'

Kelsey, Willis, Evans, Ward, Dodgin, Docherty, Clapton, Groves✙29', Herd, Bloomfield, Nutt

Attendance: 33,961

SATURDAY 4th OCTOBER 1958

MANCHESTER CITY 2

Hayes 16', Barlow 22'

Trautmann, Leivers, Sear, Cheetham, Ewing, Barnes, Barlow, Hayes, Hannah, McAdams, Fagan

D. Martin

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 1

Leivers own goal 89'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, O'Brien, Humphries, Crowe, Baird, Peyton, Overfield

Attendance: 31,989

SATURDAY 11th OCTOBER 1958

PORTSMOUTH 2

Newman 70', Ashall own goal 86'

Uprichard, Gunter, Wilson, Phillips, Dickinson, Casey, Cutler, Newman, Saunders, Harris, Barnard

J. Williams

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 0

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, O'Brien, Humphries, Cush, Forrest, Crowe, Overfield

Attendance: 22,570

SATURDAY 18th OCTOBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 0

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Forrest, O'Brien, Overfield

W. Surtees

DIVISION ONE

ASTON VILLA 0

Sims, Lynn, Sharples, Lee, Dugdale, Crowe, Barrett, Sewell, Hazelden, Myerscough, McParland

Attendance: 21,088

SATURDAY 25th OCTOBER 1958

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2

Smith 30', Iley 39'

Hollowbread, Baker, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Ryden, Iley, Medwin, Harmer, Smith, Stokes, Dyson

W. Clements

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 3

O'Brien 34', Cush 57', Overfield 89'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Forrest, O'Brien, Overfield

Crowe, hit the bar 25'

Attendance: 38,691

SATURDAY 1st NOVEMBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 1

Shackleton 30'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, O'Brien, Overfield

R. Wood

DIVISION ONE

MANCHESTER UNITED 2

Scanlon 67', Goodwin 73'

Gregg, Foulkes, Greaves, Goodwin, Harrop, McGuinness, Morgans, Quixall, Dawson, Charlton, Scanlon

Attendance: 48,574

SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER 1958

CHELSEA 2

Greaves 16', 71'

Matthews, P. Sillett, J. Sillett, Mortimore, Scott, Saunders, Brabrook, Greaves, Allen, Tindall, Block

D. Martin

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 0

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Meek, Crowe, Shackleton, O'Brien, Overfield

Attendance: 33,357

SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 1

Crowe 58'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Forrest, Overfield

F. Coultas

DIVISION ONE

BLACKPOOL 1

Mudie 40'

Farm✙71', Armfield, Wright, J. Kelly, Gratix, H. Kelly, Matthews, Mudie, Charnley, Durie, Perry

ℹ When George Farm left the field through injury, Jackie Mudie took over in goal

Attendance: 29,252

SATURDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 1958

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2

MacLeod 5', Vernon 84'

Jones, Taylor, Eckersley, R. Clayton, Woods, McGrath, Douglas✙25', Dobbing, Johnston, Vernon, MacLeod

R. Chandler

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 4

Shackleton 35', 51', 63', Humphries 88'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Forrest, Overfield

Attendance: 28,727

SATURDAY 29th NOVEMBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 3

Scott own goal 55', Crowe 56', Overfield 80'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

A. Jobling

DIVISION ONE

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2

Allchurch 30', 83'

Harvey, Keith, McMichael, Scott, Scoular, Bell, Hughes, White, Mitten, Eastham, Allchurch

Attendance: 23,732

SATURDAY 6th DECEMBER 1958

WEST HAM UNITED 2

Dick 77', Keeble 89'

Gregory, Bond, Cantwell, Malcolm, Brown, Nelson, Grice, Woosnam, Keeble, Dick, Musgrove

J. Kelly

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 3

Overfield 7', Bond own goal 10',

Crowe penalty 54'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

Attendance: 22,022

SATURDAY 13th DECEMBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 1

Crowe 69'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

F. Cowen

DIVISION ONE

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0

Thomson, Whare, McDonald, Whitefoot, McKinlay, Burkitt, Dwight, Quigley, Wilson, Gray, Imlach

Attendance: 26,341

SATURDAY 20th DECEMBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 3

Shackleton 26', Crowe penalty 46', Gibson 76'

Wood, Ashall, Dunn, McConnell, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

L. Hamer

DIVISION ONE

BOLTON WANDERERS 4

G. Edwards 16', Lofthouse 20', 55',

Gibson own goal 37'

Hopkinson, Hartle, Banks, Hennin, Higgins, Edwards. G, Birch, Hill, Lofthouse, Parry, Holden

Attendance: 28,534

FRIDAY 26th DECEMBER 1958

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1

Gibson own goal 36'

Potter, Howe, Williams, Setters, Barlow, Drury, Forrester, Robson, Allen, Kevan, Hogg

unknown

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 2

Crowe penalty 40', Humphries 78'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

Attendance: 34,878

SATURDAY 27th DECEMBER 1958

LEEDS UNITED 0

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson▮88', Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

L. Hamer

DIVISION ONE

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1

Kevan 61'

Potter, Howe, Williams, Setters, Barlow, Drury, Forrester, Jackson, Allen, Kevan, Hogg▮88'

Attendance: 44,929

SATURDAY 3rd JANUARY 1959

BURNLEY 3

Mcllroy 32', Pointer 59', Harris 81'

McDonald, Shackleton, Smith, Seith, Miller, Adamson, Connelly, Mcllroy, Pointer, Robson, Harris

C. Sant

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 1

Shackleton 61'

Wood, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

Attendance: 26,013

SATURDAY 10th JANUARY 1959

LUTON TOWN 5

Bingham 15', 76', Gregory 53', 83', Morton 62'

Baynham, McNally, Hawkes, Groves, Owen, Pacey, Bingham, Brown, Morton, Cummins, Gregory

Gregory, saved by Wood - Gregory scored from the rebound 53'

R. Leafe

FA CUP 3rd ROUND

LEEDS UNITED 1

Shackleton 61'

Wood, Dunn, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

Attendance: 18,354

SATURDAY 17th JANUARY 1959

LEEDS UNITED 1

Revie 87'

Wood, Mitchell, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Revie, Shackleton, O'Brien, Meek

A. Sparling

DIVISION ONE

PRESTON NORTH END 3

Thompson 23', Mayers 75', Farrall 82'

Else, Cunningham, Walton, O'Farrell, Dunn, Smith, Campbell, Thompson, Hatsell, Farrall, Mayers

Attendance: 22,043

SATURDAY 31st JANUARY 1959

LEICESTER CITY 0

Maclaren, Baillie, Cunningham, King, Newman, Riley, Walsh, Leek, Hines, Keyworth, Kelly

K. Aston

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 1

Shackleton 59'

Burgin, Mitchell, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Kerfoot, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

Attendance: 23,376

SATURDAY 7th FEBRUARY 1959

LEEDS UNITED 1

Shackleton 11'

Burgin, Mitchell, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Kerfoot, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

R. Jordan

DIVISION ONE

EVERTON 0

Dunlop, Sanders, Bramwell, Parker, Jones, Meagan, J. Harris, Thomas, Hickson, Collins, O'Hara

Attendance: 18,200

SATURDAY 14th FEBRUARY 1959

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 6

Deeley 1', 55', Murray 15', 17',

Broadbent 20', 58'

Finlayson, Stuart, Harris, Clamp, Wright, Flowers, Lill, Mason, Murray, Broadbent, Deeley

H. Husband

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 2

Shackleton 36', Overfield 45'

Burgin, Mitchell, Hair, Kerfoot, Charlton, Cush, Humphries, Revie, Shackleton, O'Brien, Overfield

Attendance: 26,790

SATURDAY 21st FEBRUARY 1959

LEEDS UNITED 0

Burgin, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Kemp

J. Howley

DIVISION ONE

MANCHESTER CITY 4

Barlow 36', 74', Barnes penalty 71', Fidler 72'

Trautmann, Leivers, Branagan, Barnes, McTavish, Phoenix, Sambrook, Hannah, Barlow, Hayes, Fidler

Attendance: 18,515

TUESDAY 24th FEBRUARY 1959

ARSENAL 1

Herd 29'

Goy, Willis, Evans, Docherty, Dodgin, Bowen, Herd, Goulden, Goring, Barnwell, Haverty

R. Mann

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 0

Burgin, Ashall, Hair, Cush, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, Revie, Overfield

Attendance: 30,034

SATURDAY 28th FEBRUARY 1959

LEEDS UNITED 1

Cush 4'

Burgin, Ashall, Kilford, Revie, Charlton, Gibson, Humphries, Cush, Shackleton, O'Brien, Meek

K. Stokes

DIVISION ONE

PORTSMOUTH 1

Casey 69'

Brown, Morrison, Gunter, Carter, Hayward, Dickinson, Dougan, Newman, Saunders, Harris, Casey

Attendance: 14,900

SATURDAY 7th MARCH 1959

ASTON VILLA 2

Sewell 73', Hitchens 90'

Sims, Aldis, Winton, Dixon, Dugdale, Crowe, Smith, Sewell, Hitchens, Wylie, McParland

J. McLoughlin

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 1

Overfield 51'

Burgin, Dunn, Ashall, Kerfoot, Charlton, O'Brien, Meek, Crowe, Shackleton, Cush, Overfield

Attendance: 27,631

SATURDAY 14th MARCH 1959

LEEDS UNITED 3

Crowe 8', Overfield 30', Shackleton 42'

Burgin, Dunn, Ashall, Revie, Charlton, Kerfoot, Meek, Crowe, Shackleton, Cush, Overfield

F. Stringer

DIVISION ONE

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1

Norman 69'

Hollowbread, Baker, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Norman, Ryden, Harmer, Brooks, Medwin, Dunmore, Jones

Attendance: 17,010

SATURDAY 21st MARCH 1959

MANCHESTER UNITED 4

Viollet 40', 60', 85', Charlton penalty 53'

Gregg, Greaves, Carolan, Goodwin, Cope, McGuinness, Bradley, Quixall, Viollet, Charlton, Scanlon

A. Bond

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 0

Burgin, Dunn, Ashall, Revie, Charlton, Kerfoot, Meek, Crowe, Shackleton, Cush, Overfield

Attendance: 45,473

SATURDAY 28th MARCH 1959

LEEDS UNITED 4

Shackleton 25', Crowe 42', O'Brien 71', 82'

Burgin, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, Kerfoot, Meek, Crowe, Shackleton, O'Brien, Overfield

J. Mitchell

DIVISION ONE

CHELSEA 0

Matthews, P. Sillett, Holton, Anderton, Scott, Crowther, Blunstone, Greaves, Tindall, Nicholas, Harrison

Attendance: 16,676

TUESDAY 31st MARCH 1959

LEEDS UNITED 1

Crowe 17'

Burgin, Ashall, Hair, Gibson, Charlton, Kerfoot, Meek, Crowe, Shackleton, O'Brien, Overfield

W. Hickson

DIVISION ONE

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 3

Broadbent 37', Murray 44', Clamp 76'

Finlayson, Showell, Harris, Clamp, Wright, Flowers, Lill, Mason, Murray, Broadbent, Deeley

Attendance: 35,819

SATURDAY 4th APRIL 1959

BLACKPOOL 3

Charnley 17', 51', 70'

Farm, Gratix, Martin, Hauser, Snowdon, J. Kelly, Peterson, Mudie, Charnley, Durie, Perry

J. Pickles

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 0

Burgin, Ashall, Hair, McConnell, Charlton, Kerfoot, Humphries, Crowe, Shackleton, O'Brien, Overfield

Attendance: 14,089

SATURDAY 11th APRIL 1959

LEEDS UNITED 2

Shackleton 33', Charlton 82'

Burgin, Dunn, Hair, McConnell, Charlton, Kerfoot, Crowe, Cush, Shackleton, Revie, Meek

unknown

DIVISION ONE

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1

Isherwood 13'

Leyland, Taylor, Whelan, McGrath, Woods, K. Clayton, Isherwood, Cairns, Dobbing, Vernon, MacLeod

Attendance: 15,232

SATURDAY 18th APRIL 1959

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2

Allchurch 54', Curry 89'

Harvey, Keith, McMichael, Scott, Franks, Scoular, Mitchell, Taylor, Curry, Allchurch, Hale

H. Haworth

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 2

Revie 24', Peyton 46'

Burgin, Dunn, Hair, McConnell, Cush, Kerfoot, Crowe, Revie, Shackleton, Peyton, Meek

Attendance: 19,321

WEDNESDAY 22nd APRIL 1959

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0

Armstrong, Thomas, McDonald, Whitefoot, Watson, Burkitt, Dwight, Kelly, Wilson, Quigley, Martin

I. Rosekilly

DIVISION ONE

LEEDS UNITED 3

Shackleton 18', 27', 39'

Burgin, Dunn, Hair, McConnell, Charlton, Kerfoot, Crowe, Revie, Shackleton, Peyton, Meek

Attendance: 18,650

SATURDAY 25th APRIL 1959

LEEDS UNITED 1

Shackleton 71'

Burgin, Dunn, Hair, McConnell, Charlton, Cush, Crowe, Revie, Shackleton, Peyton, Meek

J. Swain

DIVISION ONE

WEST HAM UNITED 0

Dwyer, Kirkup, Bond, Malcolm, Brown, Moore, Grice, Smith, Cantwell, Dick, Musgrove

Attendance: 11,257

P
W
D
L
F
A
PTS
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
42
28
5
9
110
49
61
2 Manchester United
42
24
7
11
103
66
55
3 Arsenal
42
21
8
13
88
68
50
4 Bolton Wanderers
42
20
10
12
79
66
50
5 West Bromwich Albion
42
18
13
11
88
68
49
6 West Ham United
42
21
6
15
85
70
48
7 Burnley
42
19
10
13
81
70
48
8 Blackpool
42
18
11
13
66
49
47
9 Birmingham City
42
20
6
16
84
68
46
10 Blackburn Rovers
42
17
10
15
76
70
44
11 Newcastle United
42
17
7
18
80
80
41
12 Preston North End
42
17
7
18
70
77
41
13 Nottingham Forest
42
17
6
19
71
74
40
14 Chelsea
42
18
4
20
77
98
40
15 LEEDS UNITED
42
15
9
18
57
74
39
16 Everton
42
14
4
21
71
87
38
17 Luton Town
42
12
13
17
68
71
37
18 Tottenham Hotspur
42
13
10
19
85
95
36
19 Leicester City
42
11
10
21
67
98
32
20 Manchester City
42
11
9
22
64
95
31
⇩
 Aston Villa
42
11
8
23
58
87
30
⇩
 Portsmouth
42
6
9
27
64
112
21