1958β59 season | |
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Manager |
Eric Houghton Joe Mercer |
Stadium | Villa Park |
First Division | 21st |
FA Cup | Semi finals |
25--17--21 | |
The 1958β59 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]
In the second City derby Villa could only manage a draw at home before being defeated at St Andrews. [2]
There were exits for Les Smith, Billy Myerscough, Peter Aldis and Wally Hazelden.
There were debuts for Ron Wylie (196), Gordon Lee (118), Doug Winton (37) , John Sharples (13), Ken Barrett (5), Bill Beaton (1), and Jack Willis (1). [3]
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 (R) | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 58 | 87 | 0.667 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | Portsmouth (R) | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 64 | 112 | 0.571 | 21 |