# Third Division 1958-1959

La Third Division 1958-1959 è stato il 32º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Stagione

Il regolamento della rinnovata Third Division, tornata a girone unico dopo 38 anni (l'ultima volta nella prima edizione del campionato, stagione 1920-21), prevedeva la promozione delle prime due classificate e la retrocessione delle ultime quattro.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Accrington Stanley | Accrington | Peel Park | 2º posto in Third Division North |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 9º posto in Third Division South |
| Bradford City | Bradford | Valley Parade | 3º posto in Third Division North |
| Brentford | Londra (Hounslow) | Griffin Park | 2º posto in Third Division South |
| Bury | Bury | Gigg Lane | 4º posto in Third Division North |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Saltergate | 8º posto in Third Division North |
| Colchester United | Colchester | Layer Road | 12º posto in Third Division South |
| Doncaster Rovers | Doncaster | Belle Vue | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Halifax Town | Halifax | The Shay | 7º posto in Third Division North |
| Hull City | Kingston upon Hull | Boothferry Park | 5º posto in Third Division North |
| Mansfield Town | Mansfield | Field Mill | 6º posto in Third Division North |
| Newport County | Newport | Somerton Park | 11º posto in Third Division South |
| Norwich City | Norwich | Carrow Road | 8º posto in Third Division South |
| Notts County | Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth | Home Park | 3º posto in Third Division South |
| Queens Park Rangers | Londra (Hammersmith and Fulham) | Loftus Road | 10º posto in Third Division South |
| Reading | Reading | Elm Park | 5º posto in Third Division South |
| Rochdale | Rochdale | Spotland Stadium | 10º posto in Third Division North |
| Southampton | Southampton | The Dell | 6º posto in Third Division South |
| Southend United | Southend on Sea | Roots Hall | 7º posto in Third Division South |
| Stockport County | Stockport | Edgeley Park | 9º posto in Third Division North |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 4º posto in Third Division South |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 11º posto in Third Division North |
| Wrexham | Wrexham | Racecourse Ground | 12º posto in Third Division North |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| 1 | Plymouth | 62 | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 89 | 59 | 1.508 |
| 2 | Hull City | 61 | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 90 | 55 | 1.636 |
| 3 | Brentford | 57 | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 76 | 49 | 1.551 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 57 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 89 | 62 | 1.435 |
| 5 | Colchester Utd | 52 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 71 | 67 | 1.060 |
| 6 | Reading | 50 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 78 | 63 | 1.238 |
| 7 | Tranmere | 50 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 82 | 67 | 1.224 |
| 8 | Southend Utd | 50 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 85 | 80 | 1.063 |
| 9 | Halifax Town | 50 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 80 | 77 | 1.039 |
| 10 | Bury | 48 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 69 | 58 | 1.190 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 47 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 84 | 76 | 1.105 |
| 12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 69 | 69 | 1.000 |
| 13 | QPR | 46 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 74 | 77 | 0.961 |
| 14 | Southampton | 45 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 88 | 80 | 1.100 |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 45 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 57 | 1.035 |
| 16 | Chesterfield | 44 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 67 | 64 | 1.047 |
| 17 | Newport County | 43 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 69 | 68 | 1.015 |
| 18 | Wrexham | 42 | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 77 | 0.818 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 71 | 87 | 0.816 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 73 | 98 | 0.745 |
| 21 | Stockport County | 36 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 65 | 78 | 0.833 |
| 22 | Doncaster | 33 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 50 | 90 | 0.556 |
| 23 | Notts County | 29 | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 96 | 0.573 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 28 | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 79 | 0.468 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1959-1960.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1959-1960.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | ACC | BOU | BRC | BRE | BUR | CHF | COL | DON | HAL | HUL | MFT | NPC | NOR | NOC | PLY | QPR | REA | ROC | SOT | SEU | STC | SWI | TRA | WRE |
| Accrington Stanley | | 3-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 5-2 | | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 4-0 | 0-0 |
| Bradford City | 0-0 | 0-1 | | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 7-1 | 2-3 | 6-1 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-2 |
| Brentford | 2-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-4 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 6-1 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 2-1 |
| Bury | 3-1 | 5-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 6-1 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 3-0 |
| Chesterfield | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Colchester United | 1-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 1-0 | | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 8-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 3-0 | 5-1 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 4-6 | 2-0 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Halifax Town | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 5-1 | | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 4-3 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-1 |
| Hull City | 4-2 | 5-3 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 5-1 | 4-0 | | 5-2 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Mansfield Town | 3-2 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 1-1 | | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3-1 |
| Newport County | 2-1 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 |
| Norwich City | 2-4 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | | 3-3 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Notts County | 1-1 | 4-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-3 | | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2-4 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 8-3 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 3-0 | | 3-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 2-2 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3-1 | 0-4 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 5-0 |
| Reading | 5-0 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | | 3-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Rochdale | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 3-1 |
| Southampton | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 6-1 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 6-1 | | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| Southend United | 4-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 4-1 |
| Stockport County | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 0-1 | | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Swindon Town | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | | 1-2 | 1-0 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 9-0 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | | 1-2 |
| Wrexham | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-5 | |