# 1957–58 Middlesbrough F.C. season

The 1957–58 season was Middlesbrough's 75th year in existence and 4th consecutive season in the Division Two. Also the club competed in the FA Cup.

## Summary

In his fourth season as manager Bob Dennison took off Boro to the 7th place nine points below promotion to Division One. Forward Brian Clough repeated another great performance with 41 goals scored −40 in Division Two just 3 below topscorer T.Johnston (Leyton Orient/Blackburn Rovers)- forming a brilliant partnership with Alan Peacock now in his first season as starter. Dennison reinfored the midfield with Holliday as left winger, meanwhile McLean retained his position as right winger providing the duo a lot of assists. As central midfielders, Harris and Burbeck completed a decent campaign, on the contrary the defensive line was chaotic -even with the arrival of central back Brian Phillips- allowing a lot of goals against both Goalkeepers Taylor and Million. Also, the squad reached the FA Cup fourth round being eliminated by Stoke City.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | Peter Taylor |
| — | GK | ENG | Esmond Million |
| — | DF | ENG | Frank Mulholland |
| — | DF | ENG | Ray Bilcliff |
| — | DF | ENG | Brian Phillips |
| — | DF | ENG | Ronnie Dicks (c) |
| — | DF | ENG | Dicky Robinson |
| — | DF | ENG | Derek Stonehouse |
| — | DF | ENG | Tom Brown |
| — | DF | ENG | Joe Birbeck |
| — | MF | ENG | Ray Henderson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | WAL | Bill Harris |
| — | MF | ENG | Carl Taylor |
| — | FW | ENG | Ron Burbeck |
| — | FW | ENG | Billy Day |
| — | FW | ENG | Derek McLean |
| — | FW | ENG | Brian Clough |
| — | FW | ENG | Alan Peacock |
| — | FW | IRL | Arthur Fitzsimons |
| — | FW | ENG | Joe Scott |
| — | FW | JAM | Lindy Delapenha |
| — | FW | ENG | Eddie Holliday |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | Type |
| DF | Joe Birbeck | loan ended |
| FW | Eddie Holliday | |
| MF | Carl Taylor | |
| MF | Ray Henderson | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| MF | Bobby Corbett | Northampton Town |
| MF | Sam Lawrie | Charlton Athletic |
| FW | Doug Cooper | |

## Results
### Second Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 5 | Fulham | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 97 | 59 | 1.644 | 52 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 75 | 50 | 1.500 | 52 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 83 | 74 | 1.122 | 45 |
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 68 | 69 | 0.986 | 44 |
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 63 | 66 | 0.955 | 44 |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 20 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

* .- Source: Middlesbrough match record: 1958

### FA Cup
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Football League Division Two | Football League Division Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ENG | Peter Taylor | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Ray Bilcliff | 42 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Brian Phillips | 42 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Dicky Robinson | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | WAL | Bill Harris | 41 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Ronnie Dicks | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Ron Burbeck | 24 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Derek McLean | 36 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Brian Clough | 42 | 43 | 40 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Alan Peacock | 24 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Eddie Holliday | 24 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Esmond Million | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Arthur Fitzsimons | 21 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Joe Birbeck | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Billy Day | 20 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JAM | Lindy Delapenha | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Derek Stonehouse | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Tom Brown | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Joe Scott | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Carl Taylor | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Ray Henderson | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Frank Mulholland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesborugh/tab/matches/season/1958/