1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

Event	1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
London XI Barcelona XI 2 8
on aggregate
First leg
London XI Barcelona XI 2 2
Date	5 March 1958
Venue	Stamford Bridge, London
Referee	Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Attendance	45,466
Second leg
Barcelona XI London XI 6 0
Date	1 May 1958
Venue	Camp Nou, Barcelona
Referee	Albert Dusch (West Germany)
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 XI (represented by Barcelona). Barcelona XI won the tie 8–2 on aggregate.

Barcelona XI scoring the fourth goal in the eventual 6–0 win that secured the series

Match details

First leg

5 March 1958

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

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 45,466

Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

London XI

Barcelona XI

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: not known

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

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Second leg

1 May 1958

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

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Barcelona XI

London XI

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

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

See also

• 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
• FC Barcelona in international football competitions

References

• RSSSF