Southern Professional Floodlit Cup

1957-58

 

 

Winners: Portsmouth

Runners-up: Reading

Winners from previous season: Luton Town

 

First round
23 September 1957West Ham United1-0Leyton Orient10,000Boleyn Ground, London
 John Dick
      
9 October 1957Aldershot0-0Millwall3,496Recreation Ground, Aldershot
14 October 1957Portsmouth4-1Charlton Athletic Fratton Park, Portsmouth
 Johnny Gordon (2), Jack Mansell (2)
   Johnny Summers
  
14 October 1957Queen's Park Rangers0-0Reading Loftus Road, London
15 October 1957Chelsea1-2Fulham15,056Stamford Bridge, London
 Ron Tindall
   Johnny Doherty, Roy Bentley
  
22 October 1957Watford4-1Crystal Palace2,370Vicarage Road, Watford
 Bryan Atkinson (2), Tony Collins, Tommy McMillan
   George Cooper
  
28 October 1957Southampton0-2Luton Town6,712The Dell, Southampton
     Gordon Turner, George Cummins
  
30 October 1957Brentford4-1Arsenal13,000Griffin Park, London
 George Francis, Eric Parsons (2), George Bristow
   Cliff Holton
  

Replay

14 October 1957Millwall2-1Aldershot The Den, London
 Roy Summersby (2)
      
        
6 November 1957Reading5-2Queen's Park Rangers6,377Elm Park, Reading
 Jimmy Whitehouse (3), Jimmy Wheeler, Tommy Dixon
   Pat Kerrins, Les Locke
  
Quarter-finals
12 November 1957Watford4-2Fulham4,927

Vicarage Road, Watford

 Maurice Cook, Bobby Howfield, Jimmy Meadows, Bill Shipwright
   Roy Dwight, Tony Barton
 

 

25 November 1957Millwall2-3Portsmouth 

The Den, London

 John Shepherd
   Ray Crawford (2), Jack Mansell
 

 

10 December 1957Brentford0-0Luton Town 4,350

Griffin Park, London 

13 January 1958West Ham United3-3Reading5,000

Boleyn Ground, London

 John Smith, Vic Keeble, John Dick
   Tommy Dixon (2) Duggie Webb
 

 

Replays

29 January 1958Luton Town7-1Brentford4,010

Kenilworth Road, Luton

 Gordon Turner (2), George McLeod (2), Jimmy Adam, Allan Brown, John Groves
   Jim Towers
 

 

29 January 1958Reading5-3West Ham United13,000

Elm Park, Reading

 Harry Gunning, Tommy Dixon (2), Ray Reeves, Peter Harrison
   Billy Neville, John Dick, Malcolm Musgrove
 

 

Semi-Finals

25 March 1958Reading3-3Luton Town10,881

Elm Park, Reading

 Tommy Dixon, Jimmy Wheeler (2)
   Gordon Turner (2, 1 pen.), John Groves
 

 

31 March 1958Watford0-1Portsmouth4,466

Vicarage Road, Watford

     Derek Dougan
 

 

Replay

31 March 1958Luton Town0-1Reading4,606

Kenilworth Road, Luton

     Tommy Dixon
 

 

Final
30 April 1958Reading0-2Portsmouth15,000

Elm Park Reading

     Michael Watts, Derek Weddle