1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

Event	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955–58
London XI CF Barcelona 2 8
First leg
London XI CF Barcelona 2 2
Date	5 March 1958
Venue	Stamford Bridge, London
Referee	Albert Dusch (Switzerland)
Attendance	45,466
Second leg
CF Barcelona London XI 6 0
Date	1 May 1958
Venue	Camp Nou, Barcelona
Referee	Albert Dusch (Switzerland)
Attendance	70,000

The 1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was the final of the first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It was played on 5 March and 1 May 1958 between London XI of England and Barcelona of Spain. Barcelona won the tie 8–2 on aggregate.

Match details

First leg

London XI v CF Barcelona

5 March 1958

London XI	2–2	CF Barcelona
Greaves  10' Langley  88' (pen.)		Martínez  7' Tejada  35'

Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 45,466 Referee: Albert Dusch (Switzerland)

London XI

CF Barcelona

GK 1 Jack Kelsey RB 2 Peter Sillett LB 3 Jim Langley RH 4 Danny Blanchflower CH 5 Maurice Norman LH 6 Ken Coote OR 7 Vic Groves IR 8 Jimmy Greaves CF 9 Bobby Smith IL 10 Johnny Haynes OL 11 George Robb Manager: Joe Mears

GK 1 Pedro Estrems Ferran Olivella Joan Segarra Martí Vergés Enric Gensana Enrique Ribelles Estanislao Basora Evaristo Eulogio Martínez Ramón Villaverde Justo Tejada Manager: Domènec Balmanya

Second leg

Barcelona v London XI

1 May 1958

Barcelona	6–0	London XI
Suárez  6', 8' Martínez  42' Evaristo  52', 75' Vergés  63'

Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Albert Dusch (Switzerland)

CF Barcelona

London XI

GK 1 Antoni Ramallets Ferran Olivella Joan Segarra Martí Vergés Joaquin Brugue Enric Gensana Justo Tejada Evaristo Eulogio Martínez Luis Suárez Estanislao Basora Manager: Helenio Herrera

GK 1 Jack Kelsey George Wright Noel Cantwell Danny Blanchflower Kenneth Brown Dave Bowen Terry Medwin Vic Groves Bobby Smith Jimmy Bloomfield Jim Lewis Manager: Billy Milne

See also

• 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

References

• RSSSF