- 1957–58 Manchester United F.C. season
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Manchester United 1957–58 season Chairman Harold Hardman Manager Matt Busby First Division 9th FA Cup Runners-up Charity Shield Winners European Cup Semi-finals Top goalscorer League:
Dennis Viollet (16)
Tommy Taylor (16)
All:
Dennis Viollet (23)Highest home attendance 66,124 vs Nottingham Forest (22 February 1958) Lowest home attendance 27,293 vs Aston Villa (22 October 1957) Average home attendance 46,866 ← 1956–57 1958–59 → The 1957–58 season was Manchester United's 55th season in the Football League, and their 13th consecutive season in the top division of English football. The season marked the biggest tragedy in the club's history as eight players, three club officials and ten other passengers lost their lives in the Munich air disaster on their way back from a European Cup quarter-final away to Red Star Belgrade.
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FA Charity Shield
Main article: 1957 FA Charity ShieldDate Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 22 October 1957 Aston Villa H 4 – 0 T. Taylor (3), Berry 27,293 First Division
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 24 August 1957 Leicester City A 3 – 0 Whelan (3) 40,214 28 August 1957 Everton H 3 – 0 T. Taylor, Viollet, own goal 59,103 31 August 1957 Manchester City H 4 – 1 Berry, Edwards, T. Taylor, Viollet 63,347 4 September 1957 Everton A 3 – 3 Berry, Viollet, Whelan 72,077 7 September 1957 Leeds United H 5 – 0 Berry (2), T. Taylor (2), Viollet 50,842 9 September 1957 Blackpool A 4 – 1 Viollet (2), Whelan (2) 34,181 14 September 1957 Bolton Wanderers A 0 – 4 48,003 18 September 1957 Blackpool H 1 – 2 Edwards 40,763 21 September 1957 Arsenal H 4 – 2 Whelan (2), Pegg, T. Taylor 47,142 28 September 1957 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 3 Doherty 48,825 5 October 1957 Aston Villa H 4 – 1 T. Taylor, Pegg, own goal 43,102 12 October 1957 Nottingham Forest A 2 – 1 Viollet, Whelan 47,654 19 October 1957 Portsmouth H 0 – 3 38,253 26 October 1957 West Bromwich Albion A 3 – 4 T. Taylor, Whelan 52,160 2 November 1957 Burnley H 1 – 0 T. Taylor 49,449 9 November 1957 Preston North End A 1 – 1 Whelan 39,063 16 November 1957 Sheffield Wednesday H 2 – 1 Webster (2) 40,366 23 November 1957 Newcastle United A 2 – 1 Edwards, T. Taylor 53,890 30 November 1957 Tottenham Hotspur H 3 – 4 Pegg (2), Whelan 43,077 7 December 1957 Birmingham City H 3 – 3 Viollet (2), T. Taylor 35,791 14 December 1957 Chelsea H 0 – 1 36,853 21 December 1957 Leicester City H 4 – 0 Viollet (2), Charlton, Scanlon 41,631 25 December 1957 Luton Town H 3 – 0 Charlton, Edwards, T. Taylor 39,444 26 December 1957 Luton Town A 2 – 2 Scanlon, T. Taylor 26,458 28 December 1957 Manchester City A 2 – 2 Charlton, Viollet 70,483 11 January 1958 Leeds United A 1 – 1 Viollet 39,401 18 January 1958 Bolton Wanderers H 7 – 2 Charlton (3), Viollet (2), Edwards, Scanlon 41,141 1 February 1958 Arsenal A 5 – 4 T. Taylor (2), Charlton, Edwards, Viollet 63,578 22 February 1958 Nottingham Forest H 1 – 1 Dawson 66,124 8 March 1958 West Bromwich Albion H 0 – 4 63,278 15 March 1958 Burnley A 0 – 3 37,247 29 March 1958 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 – 1 35,608 31 March 1958 Aston Villa A 2 – 3 Dawson, Webster 16,631 4 April 1958 Sunderland H 2 – 2 Charlton, Dawson 47,421 5 April 1958 Preston North End H 0 – 0 47,816 7 April 1958 Sunderland A 2 – 1 Webster (2) 51,302 12 April 1958 Tottenham Hotspur A 0 – 1 59,836 16 April 1958 Portsmouth A 3 – 3 Dawson, E. Taylor, Webster 39,975 19 April 1958 Birmingham City H 0 – 2 38,991 21 April 1958 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0 – 4 33,267 23 April 1958 Newcastle United H 1 – 1 Dawson 28,393 26 April 1958 Chelsea A 1 – 2 E. Taylor 45,011 Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts 8 Luton Town 42 19 6 17 69 63 44 9 Manchester United 42 16 11 15 85 75 43 10 Nottingham Forest 42 16 10 16 69 63 42 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 4 January 1958 Round 3 Workington A 3 – 1 Viollet 21,000 25 January 1958 Round 4 Ipswich Town H 2 – 0 Charlton 53,550 19 February 1958 Round 5 Sheffield Wednesday H 3 – 0 Brennan (2), Dawson 59,848 1 March 1958 Round 6 West Bromwich Albion A 2 – 2 Dawson, E. Taylor 58,250 5 March 1958 Round 6
ReplayWest Bromwich Albion H 1 – 0 Webster 60,000 22 March 1958 Semi-final Fulham N 2 – 2 Charlton 69,745 26 March 1958 Semi-final
ReplayFulham N 5 – 3 Dawson (3), Brennan, Charlton 38,000 3 May 1958 Final Bolton Wanderers N 0 – 2 100,000 European Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 25 September 1957 Preliminary round
First legShamrock Rovers A 6 – 0 T. Taylor (2), Whelan (2), Berry, Pegg 45,000 2 October 1957 Preliminary round
Second legShamrock Rovers H 3 – 2 Viollet (2), Pegg 33,754 20 November 1957 First round
First legDukla Prague H 3 – 0 Pegg, T. Taylor, Webster 60,000 4 December 1957 First round
Second legDukla Prague A 0 – 1 35,000 14 January 1958 Quarter-final
First legRed Star Belgrade H 2 – 1 Charlton, Colman 60,000 5 February 1958 Quarter-final
Second legRed Star Belgrade A 3 – 3 Charlton (2), Viollet 55,000 8 May 1958 Semi-final
First legMilan H 2 – 1 E. Taylor, Viollet 44,880 14 May 1958 Semi-final
Second legMilan A 0 – 4 80,000 Squad statistics
Pos. Name League FA Cup European Cup Other Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK David Gaskell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 GK Harry Gregg 19 0 8 0 4 0 1 0 31 0 GK Ray Wood 20 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 25 0 FB Shay Brennan 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 FB Roger Byrne 26 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 35 0 FB Bill Foulkes 42 0 8 0 8 0 1 0 59 0 FB Ian Greaves 12 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 20 0 FB Bobby Harrop 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 FB Tommy Heron 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 FB Peter Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 HB Jackie Blanchflower 18 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 21 0 HB Eddie Colman 24 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 31 1 HB Ronnie Cope 13 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 21 0 HB Stan Crowther 11 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 18 0 HB Duncan Edwards 26 6 2 0 5 0 1 0 34 6 HB Freddie Goodwin 16 0 6 0 3 0 1 0 26 0 HB Mark Jones 10 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 16 0 HB Wilf McGuinness 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 FW Johnny Berry 20 4 0 0 3 1 1 1 24 6 FW Bobby Charlton 21 8 7 5 2 3 0 0 30 16 FW Alex Dawson 12 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 18 10 FW John Doherty 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 FW Kenny Morgans 13 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 19 0 FW Mark Pearson 8 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 14 0 FW David Pegg 21 4 0 0 4 3 1 0 26 7 FW Albert Scanlon 9 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 14 3 FW Ernie Taylor 11 2 6 1 2 1 0 0 19 4 FW Tommy Taylor 25 16 2 0 6 3 1 3 34 22 FW Dennis Viollet 22 16 3 3 6 4 1 0 32 23 FW Colin Webster 20 6 6 1 5 1 0 0 31 8 FW Billy Whelan 20 12 0 0 3 2 1 0 24 14 Notes and references
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