1955-09-03

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	3	Preston North End	St Andrew's	47,014
	Lineups		Finney, Foster, Baxter
Blackpool	7	3	Sunderland	Bloomfield Road	34,546
Perry 3, Mudie 2, Mortensen 2	Lineups		Shackleton, Purdon, Chisholm
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Arsenal	Burnden Park	26,324
Lofthouse 3, Parry	Lineups		Lawton
Cardiff City	1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ninian Park	42,546	Largest home gate 1955-56
Stockin	Lineups		Hancocks 3, Swinbourne 3, Broadbent 2, Mullen
Chelsea	1	5	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge	48,273	Largest home gate 1955-56
O'Connell	Lineups		Harris 2, Henderson, Rees 2
Everton	0	1	Luton Town	Goodison Park	44,237
	Lineups		MacEwan
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Aston Villa	Leeds Road	19,805
Glazzard	Lineups		McParland
Manchester City	1	0	Manchester United	Maine Road	59,162
Hayes	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	1	Burnley	St James' Park	41,272
Davies, Mitchell, Scoular	Lineups		Pilkington
Tottenham Hotspur	2	3	Charlton Athletic	White Hart Lane	33,198
Clarke, Brooks	Lineups		Gauld, Clarke OG, Leary
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Sheffield United	The Hawthorns	19,944
Kevan, Nicholls	Lineups		Hagan

				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	2	Preston North End	5	2	0	0	6	4	2	0	1	8	2	2.333	8	W	L	W	W	W	1955-09-07	Charlton Athletic	H
2	2	Blackpool	5	2	1	0	11	5	1	1	0	5	3	2	8	W	D	D	W	W	1955-09-05	Chelsea	H
3	2	Charlton Athletic	5	1	1	0	5	4	2	1	0	6	3	1.571	8	W	W	W	D	D	1955-09-07	Preston North End	A
4	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	2	0	0	10	3	1	1	1	11	4	3	7	W	W	W	L	D	1955-09-10	Huddersfield Town	H
5	3	Luton Town	5	2	0	0	4	2	1	1	1	4	4	1.333	7	W	W	W	L	D	1955-09-05	Burnley	A
6	-5	Sunderland	5	2	0	0	9	2	1	0	2	8	11	1.308	6	L	W	W	W	L	1955-09-10	Chelsea	H
7	-1	Manchester United	5	1	1	0	5	3	1	1	1	4	4	1.286	6	L	W	W	D	D	1955-09-07	Everton	H
8	-6	Birmingham City	5	1	1	1	5	6	1	1	0	5	2	1.25	6	L	W	W	D	D	1955-09-05	Aston Villa	A
9	5	Portsmouth	5	1	1	0	5	4	1	0	2	6	5	1.222	5	W	L	D	W	L	1955-09-10	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	3	Newcastle United	5	2	1	0	9	5	0	0	2	4	7	1.083	5	W	L	L	D	W	1955-09-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	4	West Bromwich Albion	5	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	2	1	5	0.857	5	W	L	L	W	D	1955-09-07	Newcastle United	H
12	7	Bolton Wanderers	4	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	1	2	1	1.4	4	W	L	L	W	#	1955-09-07	Cardiff City	H
13	-4	Arsenal	5	1	1	0	4	2	0	1	2	4	9	0.727	4	L	D	D	W	L	1955-09-06	Manchester City	H
14	6	Manchester City	4	1	2	0	5	4	0	0	1	2	7	0.636	4	W	D	L	D	#	1955-09-06	Arsenal	A
15	1	Aston Villa	5	1	0	1	3	4	0	2	1	4	8	0.583	4	D	L	W	L	D	1955-09-05	Birmingham City	H
16	-6	Chelsea	5	0	1	2	1	7	1	1	0	4	2	0.556	4	L	D	D	W	L	1955-09-05	Blackpool	A
17	1	Huddersfield Town	5	1	1	1	3	4	0	1	1	1	4	0.5	4	D	D	L	L	W	1955-09-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	-6	Everton	5	1	0	2	2	5	1	0	1	1	2	0.429	4	L	W	W	L	L	1955-09-07	Manchester United	A
19	-8	Cardiff City	5	2	0	1	5	10	0	0	2	1	5	0.4	4	L	W	L	L	W	1955-09-07	Bolton Wanderers	A
20	-3	Burnley	5	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	3	4	0.429	3	L	D	L	L	W	1955-09-05	Luton Town	H
21	0	Tottenham Hotspur	5	0	0	3	3	6	0	1	1	3	4	0.6	1	L	L	L	D	L	1955-09-05	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Sheffield United	5	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	5	9	0.417	1	L	L	L	D	L	1955-09-05	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	3	Bury	Oakwell	17,149
Brown, Graham 2	Lineups		Kelly 2, Pearson
Blackburn Rovers	3	3	Liverpool	Ewood Park	30,013
Langton, Crossan 2	Lineups		Arnell 2, Liddell
Bristol City	0	1	Leeds United	Ashton Gate	31,060
	Lineups		Forrest
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Rotherham United	Belle Vue	15,284
Jeffrey	Lineups		Wilson
Hull City	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Boothferry Park	17,815
	Lineups		Anderson
Lincoln City	7	1	Leicester City	Sincil Bank	16,547
Finch 2, Munro 2, Graver, Northcott 2	Lineups		Hines
Middlesbrough	1	1	Fulham	Ayresome Park	26,275	Largest home gate 1955-56
Delapenha (p)	Lineups		Mitten
Nottingham Forest	2	3	Stoke City	City Ground	16,620
Higham 2	Lineups		Bowyer 2, Oscroft
Port Vale	3	0	Swansea Town	Vale Park	21,769
Cunliffe, Conway, Done	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	4	2	Bristol Rovers	Hillsborough	30,526
Shiner 2, Froggatt, Sewell	Lineups		Bradford, Watling
West Ham United	6	1	Notts County	Upton Park	16,710
Hooper 2, Dare 2, O'Farrell, Dick	Lineups		Abthorpe

				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	2	Lincoln City	5	3	0	0	13	3	1	0	1	3	2	3.2	8	W	L	W	W	W	1955-09-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Fulham	5	2	0	0	8	1	1	1	1	6	3	3.5	7	D	L	W	W	W	1955-09-07	Notts County	H
3	3	Port Vale	5	2	1	0	6	2	1	0	1	2	1	2.667	7	W	W	L	W	D	1955-09-10	Notts County	A
4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	5	2	1	0	10	5	1	0	1	3	2	1.857	7	W	D	L	W	W	1955-09-07	Lincoln City	A
5	-4	Bristol Rovers	5	2	0	0	8	4	1	1	1	5	6	1.3	7	L	W	W	W	D	1955-09-07	Liverpool	A
6	4	Leeds United	5	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	3	1.667	6	W	L	W	W	L	1955-09-05	Hull City	H
7	-3	Bristol City	5	2	0	1	7	4	1	0	1	5	4	1.5	6	L	W	L	W	W	1955-09-06	West Ham United	H
8	-1	Liverpool	5	1	0	1	3	3	1	2	0	7	5	1.25	6	D	D	W	L	W	1955-09-07	Bristol Rovers	H
9	3	Stoke City	5	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	1	9	8	1.2	6	W	L	W	L	W	1955-09-05	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	-2	Barnsley	5	2	1	0	8	5	0	1	1	3	7	0.917	6	D	W	L	D	W	1955-09-05	Rotherham United	A
11	-2	Middlesbrough	5	2	1	0	8	2	0	0	2	1	4	1.5	5	D	W	L	L	W	1955-09-10	Bury	A
12	3	Blackburn Rovers	5	1	1	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	3	0.75	5	D	W	W	L	L	1955-09-10	Plymouth Argyle	A
13	3	Doncaster Rovers	5	1	1	1	6	6	0	1	1	4	6	0.833	4	D	W	L	D	L	1955-09-05	Leicester City	H
14	0	Nottingham Forest	5	1	0	2	5	6	1	0	1	4	6	0.75	4	L	W	W	L	L	1955-09-10	Bristol Rovers	A
15	-4	Leicester City	5	1	0	1	5	4	1	0	2	5	11	0.667	4	L	L	L	W	W	1955-09-05	Doncaster Rovers	A
16	-3	Swansea Town	5	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	3	2	9	0.667	4	L	L	W	W	L	1955-09-08	Bury	H
17	1	Rotherham United	5	1	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	4	7	0.6	4	D	L	W	L	D	1955-09-05	Barnsley	H
18	4	West Ham United	5	1	1	1	7	4	0	0	2	3	6	1	3	W	L	L	L	D	1955-09-06	Bristol City	A
19	2	Plymouth Argyle	5	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	2	4	8	0.583	3	W	L	L	D	L	1955-09-05	Stoke City	H
20	-1	Bury	5	1	0	1	2	5	0	1	2	5	8	0.538	3	D	W	L	L	L	1955-09-08	Swansea Town	A
21	-4	Notts County	5	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	3	2	12	0.438	3	L	L	W	D	L	1955-09-07	Fulham	A
22	-2	Hull City	5	1	0	2	4	6	0	0	2	0	5	0.364	2	L	W	L	L	L	1955-09-05	Leeds United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	3	1	Stockport County	Peel Park	8,834
Wright, Stewart 2	Lineups		Jackson
Barrow	0	1	Darlington	Holker Street	7,110
	Lineups		Davis
Bradford	0	5	Chesterfield	Park Avenue	10,328
	Lineups		Keen, Sowden 3, Williams
Carlisle United	4	0	Southport	Brunton Park	9,513
Whitehouse, Atkinson, Broadis, Kinloch (p)	Lineups
Chester	3	0	Gateshead	Sealand Road	7,900
Allman 2, Collins	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Wrexham	Gresty Road	9,114
Lees	Lineups		Richards, Evans E
Derby County	4	1	Halifax Town	Baseball Ground	18,767
Parry 2, Buchanan 2	Lineups		Rodger
Grimsby Town	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park	9,852
Richardson	Lineups
Hartlepools United	4	2	Mansfield Town	Victoria Park	7,714
Smith 3, Luke	Lineups		Lee, Gaskell
Rochdale	4	4	Oldham Athletic	Spotland	10,824	Largest home gate 1955-56
Lynn, Mitcheson, Kendall, Black	Lineups		Chaytor 2, Travis, King
Workington	1	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Borough Park	7,087
Dailey	Lineups		Callaghan, Gregory
York City	0	2	Bradford City	Bootham Crescent	11,960
	Lineups		Webb, Kelly

				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	5	3	0	0	10	1	1	0	1	6	5	2.667	8	W	W	L	W	W	1955-09-05	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	0	Wrexham	5	2	0	0	5	2	2	0	1	8	6	1.625	8	W	W	W	L	W	1955-09-07	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
3	1	Chesterfield	5	2	0	0	3	1	1	1	1	7	3	2.5	7	W	L	W	W	D	1955-09-07	Accrington Stanley	H
4	1	Carlisle United	5	1	2	0	7	3	1	1	0	3	2	2	7	W	D	W	D	D	1955-09-06	Grimsby Town	A
5	-2	Bradford City	5	2	0	0	6	3	1	1	1	4	3	1.667	7	W	L	W	W	D	1955-09-07	Halifax Town	H
6	4	Accrington Stanley	5	2	1	0	8	3	0	1	1	1	3	1.5	6	W	D	L	W	D	1955-09-07	Chesterfield	A
7	5	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	5	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	2	4	6	1.286	6	W	W	W	L	L	1955-09-07	Wrexham	H
8	7	Darlington	5	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	2	2	5	1	6	W	W	W	L	L	1955-09-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	8	Hartlepools United	5	3	0	0	8	2	0	0	2	1	9	0.818	6	W	W	L	L	W	1955-09-05	York City	H
10	8	Grimsby Town	5	2	1	0	8	2	0	0	2	0	3	1.6	5	W	L	L	W	D	1955-09-06	Carlisle United	H
11	2	Oldham Athletic	5	1	1	0	4	3	0	2	1	5	6	1	5	D	W	L	D	D	1955-09-05	Mansfield Town	A
12	2	Rochdale	5	1	2	0	9	7	0	1	1	1	4	0.909	5	D	D	W	L	D	1955-09-05	Barrow	H
13	-7	York City	5	0	1	2	2	6	2	0	0	6	3	0.889	5	L	D	W	W	L	1955-09-05	Hartlepools United	A
14	7	Chester	5	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	2	1	7	0.857	5	W	W	L	L	D	1955-09-07	Bradford	H
15	-7	Gateshead	5	1	1	0	6	5	0	2	1	3	6	0.818	5	L	D	W	D	D	1955-09-06	Southport	A
16	-9	Bradford	5	2	0	1	5	7	0	1	1	4	6	0.692	5	L	W	L	D	W	1955-09-07	Chester	A
17	-8	Workington	5	2	0	1	8	3	0	0	2	0	3	1.333	4	L	L	L	W	W	1955-09-05	Stockport County	A
18	-7	Crewe Alexandra	5	1	0	2	5	5	0	2	0	2	2	1	4	L	D	D	L	W	1955-09-05	Derby County	H
19	-3	Southport	5	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	2	2	6	0.455	4	L	L	W	L	W	1955-09-06	Gateshead	H
20	-1	Stockport County	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	4	9	0.889	3	L	L	W	D	L	1955-09-05	Workington	H
21	-1	Tranmere Rovers	5	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	3	4	0.667	3	L	D	L	D	D	1955-09-06	Darlington	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	5	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	3	2	11	0.429	3	L	L	D	W	L	1955-09-05	Oldham Athletic	H
23	0	Halifax Town	5	0	1	1	4	6	0	1	2	3	8	0.5	2	L	D	L	D	L	1955-09-07	Bradford City	A
24	0	Barrow	5	0	1	2	2	5	0	0	2	4	6	0.545	1	L	L	L	D	L	1955-09-05	Rochdale	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	2	Norwich City	Griffin Park	12,565
Dudley	Lineups		Ashman, Hunt
Brighton & Hove Albion	5	2	Aldershot	Goldstone Ground	12,722
Monk OG, Harburn, Mundy, Howard, Tennant	Lineups		Ball, Gaynor J
Coventry City	2	0	Colchester United	Highfield Road	23,171
Hill P, Stewart OG	Lineups
Exeter City	0	0	Torquay United	St James Park	13,991	Largest home gate 1955-56
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	6	2	Swindon Town	Portman Road	13,238
Reed, Garneys, Parker 3, Grant	Lineups		Edwards, Owen
Millwall	1	1	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	16,497
Summers	Lineups		Belcher
Reading	1	2	Gillingham	Elm Park	9,276
Wheeler	Lineups		Millar, Crossan
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Gay Meadow	11,223
Price	Lineups		Shepherd
Southampton	2	3	Northampton Town	The Dell	12,263
Day 2	Lineups		English, Newman, Smith E
Southend United	0	0	Leyton Orient	Roots Hall	21,000	Largest home gate 1955-56
	Lineups
Walsall	3	3	Newport County	Fellows Park	14,443
McLaren, Walsh, Richards	Lineups		Johnston 2, Beech
Watford	0	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	12,684
	Lineups		Norris, Littlejohn

				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	Northampton Town	5	2	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	7	4	2.4	10	W	W	W	W	W	1955-09-08	Aldershot	H
2	1	Leyton Orient	5	1	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	3	0	6	8	D	W	D	W	W	1955-09-08	Colchester United	H
3	-1	Aldershot	5	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	8	5	1.667	7	L	W	D	W	W	1955-09-08	Northampton Town	A
4	0	Southend United	5	2	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	7	7	1.375	7	D	L	W	W	W	1955-09-07	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
5	2	Coventry City	5	3	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	1	3	2.25	6	W	W	L	L	W	1955-09-07	Gillingham	A
6	2	Gillingham	5	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	1	6	4	1.8	6	W	L	W	L	W	1955-09-07	Coventry City	H
7	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	2	1	0	9	3	0	1	1	2	5	1.375	6	W	D	L	W	D	1955-09-07	Swindon Town	A
8	-3	Torquay United	5	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	1	6	D	L	W	D	W	1955-09-07	Shrewsbury Town	H
9	7	Norwich City	5	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	2	3	10	0.636	6	W	L	W	W	L	1955-09-07	Exeter City	H
10	-4	Shrewsbury Town	5	2	1	0	12	1	0	0	2	2	5	2.333	5	D	W	L	L	W	1955-09-07	Torquay United	A
11	-2	Queens Park Rangers	5	1	1	0	5	1	0	2	1	2	4	1.4	5	D	L	W	D	D	1955-09-05	Crystal Palace	H
12	-2	Crystal Palace	5	1	0	1	5	3	0	3	0	3	3	1.333	5	D	W	D	D	L	1955-09-05	Queens Park Rangers	A
13	4	Ipswich Town	5	2	0	1	10	6	0	1	1	3	4	1.3	5	W	D	L	W	L	1955-09-07	Walsall	H
14	-3	Millwall	5	2	1	0	7	1	0	0	2	3	7	1.25	5	D	L	W	W	L	1955-09-05	Brentford	H
15	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	2	3	4	1.2	5	W	L	D	W	L	1955-09-07	Southend United	H
16	-3	Exeter City	5	1	2	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	3	1	5	D	W	D	L	D	1955-09-07	Norwich City	A
17	-3	Brentford	5	1	0	2	4	6	0	2	0	1	1	0.714	4	L	W	D	D	L	1955-09-05	Millwall	A
18	-3	Watford	5	2	0	1	6	5	0	0	2	0	6	0.545	4	L	L	L	W	W	1955-09-06	Reading	H
19	1	Southampton	5	1	1	1	6	6	0	0	2	2	8	0.571	3	L	D	L	L	W	1955-09-08	Newport County	A
20	-1	Colchester United	5	1	0	1	4	6	0	1	2	1	5	0.455	3	L	W	L	L	D	1955-09-08	Leyton Orient	A
21	2	Newport County	5	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	2	3	9	0.455	3	D	L	W	L	L	1955-09-08	Southampton	H
22	2	Walsall	5	0	2	1	5	7	0	0	2	2	6	0.538	2	D	D	L	L	L	1955-09-07	Ipswich Town	A
23	-2	Swindon Town	5	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	3	4	10	0.5	2	L	L	W	L	L	1955-09-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
24	-2	Reading	5	1	0	2	5	8	0	0	2	0	5	0.385	2	L	W	L	L	L	1955-09-06	Watford	A