1957–58 Chelsea F.C. season

44th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 1957–58 football season

Chelsea

1957–58 season

Chairman

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Jimmy Greaves (22)
All: Jimmy Greaves (22)

Highest home attendance

66,007 vs Arsenal
(26 October 1957)

Lowest home attendance

17,038 vs Leeds United
(7 December 1957)

Average home league attendance

38,430

Biggest win

6–1 v Burnley
(21 September 1957)

Biggest defeat

1–4 (two matches)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 season was Chelsea Football Club's forty-fourth competitive season. The season saw the debut of teenage prodigy Jimmy Greaves, who would go on to score 132 goals in 157 matches for Chelsea and become the youngest-ever player to score 100 goals in the English top-flight.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Manchester United	42	16	11	15	85	75	1.133	43
10	Nottingham Forest	42	16	10	16	69	63	1.095	42	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
11	Chelsea	42	15	12	15	83	79	1.051	42
12	Arsenal	42	16	7	19	73	85	0.859	39
13	Birmingham City	42	14	11	17	76	89	0.854	39	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Notes

"Jimmy Greaves". www.chelseafc.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

References

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

1957–58 season at stamford-bridge.com

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