1955-08-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	2	Manchester United	St Andrew's	37,994
Kinsey, Astall	Lineups		Viollet 2
Blackpool	3	1	Arsenal	Bloomfield Road	30,928
Taylor, Perry, Mortensen	Lineups		Tapscott
Cardiff City	3	1	Sunderland	Ninian Park	36,098
McSeveney 2, Ford	Lineups		Fleming
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Luton Town	The Valley	28,460
Leary, Gauld	Lineups		Turner, MacEwan
Chelsea	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	44,454
	Lineups		Stevens, Holden
Everton	0	4	Preston North End	Goodison Park	54,357
	Lineups		Finney 2, Thompson T, Morrison
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Portsmouth	Leeds Road	21,062
Watson	Lineups
Manchester City	2	2	Aston Villa	Maine Road	38,099
Cunliffe, Revie (p)	Lineups		Dixon 2
Newcastle United	4	2	Sheffield United	St James' Park	42,559
Davies 2, Hannah, Keeble	Lineups		Waldock, Ringstead
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Burnley	White Hart Lane	33,178
	Lineups		Pilkington
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	45,306	Largest home gate 1955-56
Nicholls	Lineups		Swinbourne

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Luton Town	H
2	0	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Burnley	A
3	0	Cardiff City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-23	Arsenal	A
4	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-27	Charlton Athletic	H
5	0	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Birmingham City	H
6	0	Burnley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Blackpool	H
7	0	Huddersfield Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Chelsea	H
8	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Sunderland	A
9	0	Birmingham City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Newcastle United	A
10	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Sheffield United	A
11	0	Luton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Preston North End	A
12	0	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Everton	H
15	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Portsmouth	A
16	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Charlton Athletic	H
17	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-23	Cardiff City	H
18	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Aston Villa	H
19	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Huddersfield Town	A
20	0	Everton	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Manchester United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Leeds United	Oakwell	19,341
Kaye, Wood	Lineups		Brook
Blackburn Rovers	0	2	Lincoln City	Ewood Park	22,397
	Lineups		Graver, Munro
Bristol City	2	1	Swansea Town	Ashton Gate	31,618
Rogers, Williams	Lineups		Jones C
Bury	1	5	Fulham	Gigg Lane	13,570
Fairclough	Lineups		Haynes 2, Jezzard 2, Stevens
Doncaster Rovers	2	4	Stoke City	Belle Vue	13,087
Mooney 2	Lineups		King 3, Malkin
Hull City	2	4	Leicester City	Boothferry Park	20,431
Gerrie, Jensen	Lineups		Morris, Rowley 2, Hines
Middlesbrough	3	0	Notts County	Ayresome Park	20,291
Delapenha, Fitzsimons 2	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	3	Liverpool	City Ground	21,389
Higham	Lineups		A'Court 2, Evans
Port Vale	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Vale Park	21,270
Cunliffe	Lineups		Meyer
Sheffield Wednesday	5	2	Plymouth Argyle	Hillsborough	30,623
Sewell 3, Quixall 2	Lineups		Anderson 2
West Ham United	1	1	Rotherham United	Upton Park	18,952
Dare	Lineups		Allison OG

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Fulham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	0	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-25	Swansea Town	A
3	0	Liverpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Sheffield Wednesday	H
4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Liverpool	A
5	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Hull City	H
6	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Nottingham Forest	H
7	0	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Bristol Rovers	A
8	0	Barnsley	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-25	Notts County	A
9	0	Bristol City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Rotherham United	A
10	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Stoke City	H
11	0	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	West Ham United	H
12	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Bristol City	H
13	0	West Ham United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Port Vale	A
14	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Plymouth Argyle	A
15	0	Hull City	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Lincoln City	A
16	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Bury	H
17	0	Swansea Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-25	Middlesbrough	H
18	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0.4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Leicester City	A
20	0	Bury	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Leeds United	A
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Fulham	A
22	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-25	Barnsley	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	2	Gateshead	Peel Park	10,795
Dick, Hunter	Lineups		Callender T 2
Barrow	0	2	Southport	Holker Street	8,112
	Lineups		Holmes, Bromilow
Bradford	2	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Park Avenue	12,624
Ward W, Pickard	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Chesterfield	Brunton Park	10,478
Atkinson	Lineups		Keating
Chester	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Sealand Road	9,784
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Stockport County	Gresty Road	5,786
Samuels 2, Rolfe	Lineups		Jackson
Derby County	4	0	Mansfield Town	Baseball Ground	24,159
Ackerman 2, Mays, Pye	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Rochdale	Blundell Park	11,694
Evans	Lineups		McClelland
Hartlepools United	3	0	Darlington	Victoria Park	10,194
Smith, Rayment, Luke	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Bradford City	Boundary Park	8,488
Walker	Lineups		Jackson D
Workington	2	0	Halifax Town	Borough Park	6,731
Dailey 2	Lineups
York City	1	3	Wrexham	Bootham Crescent	12,332
Wilkinson	Lineups		Hewitt, Littler, Evans E

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Derby County	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-23	Southport	A
2	0	Hartlepools United	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Workington	A
3	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	York City	H
4	0	Wrexham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Bradford City	A
5	0	Bradford	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-25	Barrow	A
6	0	Southport	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-23	Derby County	H
7	0	Workington	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Hartlepools United	H
8	0	Accrington Stanley	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Rochdale	H
9	0	Gateshead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	0	Bradford City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Wrexham	H
11	0	Carlisle United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Halifax Town	A
12	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Darlington	H
13	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-23	Chester	H
14	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Stockport County	A
15	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Accrington Stanley	A
16	0	Chester	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-23	Grimsby Town	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Gateshead	A
18	0	Stockport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	York City	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Crewe Alexandra	A
20	0	Barrow	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-25	Bradford	H
21	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Chesterfield	A
22	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Carlisle United	H
23	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
24	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Mansfield Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	4	Gillingham	Griffin Park	12,247
Towers (p)	Lineups		Morgan, Maher, Bragg OG, Crossan
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Goldstone Ground	14,510
Langley	Lineups		Clark
Coventry City	3	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Highfield Road	24,234
Hawkings, Capel, Collindridge	Lineups		Norris
Crystal Palace	2	3	Northampton Town	Selhurst Park	13,841
Deakin, Tilston	Lineups		Dawson, English 2
Exeter City	0	0	Colchester United	St James Park	11,871
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	2	Torquay United	Portman Road	15,796
	Lineups		Collins R, Collins T
Reading	0	5	Aldershot	Elm Park	12,828
	Lineups		Lacey, Gaynor J, Cheney, Menzies 2
Shrewsbury Town	5	0	Newport County	Gay Meadow	9,987
O'Donnell 2, Weigh 2, Lever OG	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Swindon Town	The Dell	17,773
Mulgrew, Walker	Lineups		Edwards
Southend United	3	1	Norwich City	Roots Hall	17,700
McCrory, Hollis, Dowsett	Lineups		Reagan
Walsall	0	2	Leyton Orient	Fellows Park	18,786	Largest home gate 1955-56
	Lineups		Woosnam, Morgan
Watford	4	2	Millwall	Vicarage Road	15,486	Largest home gate 1955-56
Marden, Graham, Cook, Bowie	Lineups		Shepherd 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Newport County	H
2	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Norwich City	A
3	0	Gillingham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Leyton Orient	H
4	0	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-23	Watford	A
5	0	Southend United	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Reading	H
6	0	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Gillingham	A
7	0	Torquay United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Crystal Palace	H
8	0	Watford	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-23	Coventry City	H
9	0	Southampton	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Ipswich Town	A
10	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Swindon Town	A
11	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Walsall	H
12	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Brentford	H
13	0	Colchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
14	0	Exeter City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Millwall	A
15	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Torquay United	A
16	0	Millwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Exeter City	H
17	0	Swindon Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Northampton Town	H
18	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Colchester United	H
19	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Shrewsbury Town	H
20	0	Brentford	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-22	Queens Park Rangers	A
21	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Southampton	H
22	0	Newport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Aldershot	A
23	0	Reading	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Southend United	A
24	0	Walsall	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1955-08-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	A