# 1958–59 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1958–59 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.
In the second City derby Villa could only manage a draw at home before being defeated at St Andrews.
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).

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Relegation to the Second Division |

## League results
### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BLP | BOL | BUR | CHE | EVE | LEE | LEI | LUT | MCI | MUN | NEW | NOT | POR | PNE | TOT | WBA | WHU | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 1–2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aston Villa | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Birmingham | | 4–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Blackburn Rovers | | 2–3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Blackpool | | 2–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bolton Wanderers | | 1–3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Burnley | | 3–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chelsea | | 2–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Everton | | 2–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leeds United | | 0–0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leicester City | | 6–3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Luton Town | | 2–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Manchester City | | 0–0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Manchester United | | 2–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Newcastle United | | 1–0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nottingham Forest | | 2–0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Portsmouth | | 5–2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Preston North End | | 4–2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | | 3–2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| West Bromwich Albion | | 1–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| West Ham United | | 7–2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | | 4–0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Appearances

* Peter McParland, 47 appearances
* Jimmy Dugdale, 47 appearances
* Nigel Sims, 47 appearances, conceded 85
* Gerry Hitchens, 41 appearances
* Vic Crowe, 39 appearances
* Jackie Sewell, 38 appearances
* Les Smith, 35 appearances
* Johnny Dixon, 34 appearances
* Peter Aldis, 33 appearances
* Billy Myerscough, 32 appearances
* Stan Crowther, 29 appearances
* Stan Lynn, 27 appearances
* Ron Wylie, 26 appearances
* Doug Winton, 18 appearances
* Pat Saward, 14 appearances
* Gordon Lee, 14 appearances
* John Sharples, 13 appearances
* Derek Pace, 12 appearances
* George Ashfield, 9 appearances
* Wally Hazelden, 8 appearances
* Roy Chapman, 8 appearances
* Dennis Jackson, 5 appearances
* Ken Barrett, 5 appearances
* Les Jones, 5 appearances
* Ken Roberts, 2 appearances
* Trevor Birch, 2 appearances
* Jackie Hinchliffe, 2 appearances
* Arthur Sabin, 1 appearance, conceded 1
* Tommy Southren, 1 appearance
* Jack Willis, 1 appearance
* Bill Beaton, 1 appearance, conceded 6