NUFC 1957/58 - Season Review

NUFC Squad 1957/58

Div 1	19th
FA Cup	R4
Attendance	36,246
Chairman	W Taylor > W McKeag
Manager	S Seymour
Trainer	N Smith
Captain	B Stokoe
Top Scorer	L White (25)

In The summer of 1957 William McKeag replaced Wilf Taylor as Chairman; a move which was to gradually tear the club apart. McKeag believed that a full-time manager was required but was convinced no one would come whilst Seymour was still around.

During the season he branded Seymour as a "traitor" for refusing to step down and put a "gagging" order on all the other directors.

Turmoil in the boardroom was mirrored on the pitch where United spent the season battling against the drop.

They eventually finished in 19th on the same points as Sunderland, avoiding relegation on goal average only. In contrast to the previous year it was a disastrous home record (only 6 wins) that threatened their top flight status.

The team was regularly chopped and changed and many of the players became increasingly incensed by the directors' team selection policies.

For the third season running they suffered an end of season collapse; winning only one of their last eight. They became heavily reliant on Len White's goalscoring prowess although Arthur Bottom also assisted admirably with seven goals in only eight games after he was signed from York.

A 6-1 thrashing of Plymouth in the FA Cup Third Round was followed by a disastrous home defeat by Scunthorpe United of the Third Division North.

At the end of the season McKeag got his way and appointed controversial Mansfield manager Charlie Mitten on a twelve month contract. Seymour was not happy and publicly stated his objections whenever possible.

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Competitions

League Division 1

D1	24/8	A	WBA	L	1-2
D1	31/8	H	Tottenham	W	3-1
D1	04/9	A	Sheff Wed	L	0-1
D1	07/9	A	Birmingham	W	4-1
D1	11/9	H	Portsmouth	W	2-0
D1	14/9	H	Chelsea	L	1-3
D1	18/9	A	Portsmouth	D	2-2
D1	21/9	A	Sunderland	L	0-2
D1	25/9	H	Sheff Wed	D	0-0
D1	28/9	A	Burnley	W	2-0
D1	05/10	H	Preston	L	0-2
D1	12/10	H	Everton	L	2-3
D1	19/10	A	Aston Villa	L	3 - 4
D1	26/10	H	Wolves	D	1-1
D1	02/11	A	Leicester	L	1-2
D1	09/11	H	Blackpool	L	1-2
D1	16/11	A	Luton	W	3-0
D1	23/11	H	Man Utd	L	1-2
D1	30/11	A	Arsenal	W	3-2
D1	07/12	H	Bolton	L	1-2
D1	14/12	A	Leeds	L	0-3
D1	21/12	H	WBA	W	3-0
D1	25/12	H	Nottm F	L	1-4
D1	26/12	A	Nottm F	W	3-2
D1	28/12	A	Tottenham	D	3-3
D1	11/1	H	Birmingham	L	1-2
D1	18/1	A	Chelsea	L	1-2
D1	01/2	H	Sunderland	D	2-2
D1	22/2	A	Everton	W	2-1
D1	01/3	H	Aston Villa	L	2-4
D1	08/3	A	Wolves	L	1-3
D1	15/3	H	Leicester	W	5-3
D1	19/3	A	Preston	L	1-2
D1	29/3	H	Luton	W	3-2
D1	05/4	A	Blackpool	L	2-3
D1	07/4	A	Man City	L	1-2
D1	12/4	H	Arsenal	D	3-3
D1	14/4	H	Man City	W	4-1
D1	19/4	A	Bolton	D	1-1
D1	23/4	A	Man Utd	D	1-1
D1	26/4	H	Leeds	L	1-2
D1	28/4	H	Burnley	L	1-3

		W	D	L	F	A	Pts
01	Wolves	28	8	6	103	47	64
02	Preston	26	7	9	100	51	59
03	Tottenham	21	9	12	93	77	51
04	West Brom	18	14	10	92	70	50
05	Man City	22	5	15	104	100	49
06	Burnley	21	5	16	80	74	47
07	Blackpool	19	6	17	80	67	44
08	Luton	19	6	17	69	63	44
09	Man Utd	16	11	15	85	75	43
10	Nottm Forest	16	10	16	69	63	42
11	Chelsea	15	12	15	83	79	42
12	Arsenal	16	7	19	73	85	39
13	Birmingham	14	11	17	76	89	39
14	Aston Villa	16	7	19	73	86	39
15	Bolton	14	10	18	65	87	38
16	Everton	13	11	18	65	75	37
17	Leeds	14	9	19	51	63	37
18	Leicester	14	5	23	91	112	33
19	Newcastle	12	8	22	73	81	32
20	Portsmouth	12	8	22	73	88	32
21	Sunderland	10	12	20	54	97	32
22	Sheffield Wed	12	7	23	69	92	31

FA Cup

FAC	04/1	A	Plymouth	W	6-1
FAC	25/1	H	Scunthorpe Utd	L	1-3

Squad and Team

Player	A	G
Batty R	14	1
Bell J	4	1
Bottom A	8	7
Casey T	12	1
Cooper J	1
Curry B	23	11
Davies R	22	5
Eastham G	31	5
Franks A	35	2
Hale K	3
Harker Cs	1
Hill J	11	2
Hughes G	26	2
Keeble V	6	1
Keith D	27
McKinney B	10
McMichael A	37
Mitchell B	38	13
Mitchell S	7
Nesbitt J	3
Paterson B	3	1
Punton B	5
Scott M	1
Scoular J	43
Simpson R	36
Stokoe B	36	1
Tait Alex	8	1
White L	32	25
Whitehead B	1
Own goals		1