# 1957–58 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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.

#### 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 |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### FA Cup
## Players Used

| Pos. | Nationality | Player | Football League | FA Cup | Total | |
| 1 | Scotland | Malcolm Finlayson | 28 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| 2 | South Africa | Eddie Stuart | 40 | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| 3 | England | Gerry Harris | 39 | 4 | 43 | 0 |
| 4 | England | Eddie Clamp | 41 | 4 | 45 | 10 |
| 5 | England | Billy Wright (Captain) | 38 | 4 | 42 | 0 |
| 6 | England | Ron Flowers | 28 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
| 7 | England | Norman Deeley | 41 | 4 | 45 | 23 |
| 8 | England | Colin Booth | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 9 | England | Jimmy Murray | 41 | 4 | 45 | 32 |
| 10 | England | Peter Broadbent | 40 | 4 | 44 | 21 |
| 11 | England | Jimmy Mullen | 38 | 4 | 42 | 6 |
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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 | Jackie Henderson | Portsmouth |

### Out

| Date | Player | To |
| December 1957 | Dennis Wilshaw | Stoke City |