1955-10-01

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Aston Villa	Highbury	43,824
Nutt	Lineups
Birmingham City	3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's	31,320
Brown, Murphy, Clarke OG	Lineups
Blackpool	2	1	Cardiff City	Bloomfield Road	33,451
Fenton (p), Perry	Lineups		Ford
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	34,134
Stevens, Webster	Lineups		Slater
Chelsea	2	1	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge	44,583
McNichol, Smith	Lineups		Marsden
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Preston North End	Leeds Road	23,892
Watson, Glazzard	Lineups		Thompson T, Baxter (p)
Manchester United	3	1	Luton Town	Old Trafford	34,661
Taylor 2, Webster	Lineups		Cummins
Newcastle United	1	2	Everton	St James' Park	40,493
Tait	Lineups		Eglington, Harris J
Portsmouth	2	1	Sunderland	Fratton Park	38,396	Largest home gate 1955-56
Harris, Gordon	Lineups		Chisholm
Sheffield United	1	2	Burnley	Bramall Lane	22,559
Wragg	Lineups		Cheesebrough, Burke
West Bromwich Albion	3	3	Charlton Athletic	The Hawthorns	31,013
Allen 2 (1p), Kennedy	Lineups		Gauld, Leary (p), Williams OG

				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	Blackpool	10	5	1	0	17	8	1	2	1	6	6	1.643	15	W	L	W	D	W	1955-10-08	Luton Town	A
2	0	Charlton Athletic	11	3	1	1	9	7	2	3	1	12	12	1.105	14	D	W	L	W	L	1955-10-08	Chelsea	H
3	1	West Bromwich Albion	10	3	3	0	10	6	2	0	2	4	5	1.273	13	D	W	W	W	D	1955-10-08	Aston Villa	H
4	2	Manchester United	11	4	1	0	13	7	1	2	3	6	9	1.188	13	W	D	W	L	L	1955-10-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	-2	Sunderland	9	4	0	0	16	6	2	0	3	12	13	1.474	12	L	W	W	W	L	1955-10-08	Birmingham City	A
6	1	Portsmouth	9	3	2	0	11	8	2	0	2	9	6	1.429	12	W	W	W	D	W	1955-10-08	Newcastle United	A
7	3	Everton	11	3	0	2	8	8	3	0	3	6	6	1	12	W	L	W	W	W	1955-10-08	Arsenal	H
8	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	4	0	0	16	4	1	1	3	13	8	2.417	11	L	W	L	W	W	1955-10-08	Manchester United	A
9	2	Bolton Wanderers	9	3	0	2	11	8	2	1	1	7	4	1.5	11	W	W	L	D	W	1955-10-08	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	3	Birmingham City	11	2	3	1	10	8	1	2	2	7	7	1.133	11	W	L	D	D	L	1955-10-08	Sunderland	H
11	1	Preston North End	11	2	1	2	8	9	2	1	3	13	9	1.167	10	D	L	L	L	L	1955-10-08	Cardiff City	H
12	-4	Manchester City	9	3	2	0	10	5	0	2	2	6	12	0.941	10	L	W	D	W	D	1955-10-08	Sheffield United	A
13	2	Burnley	10	2	1	2	6	6	2	1	2	5	6	0.917	10	W	D	L	W	W	1955-10-08	Huddersfield Town	H
14	-5	Luton Town	10	3	0	1	8	6	1	2	3	6	10	0.875	10	L	L	D	W	L	1955-10-08	Blackpool	H
15	-1	Newcastle United	10	3	1	1	14	8	0	1	4	8	15	0.957	8	L	L	W	L	D	1955-10-08	Portsmouth	H
16	2	Huddersfield Town	9	1	3	1	8	9	1	1	2	3	9	0.611	8	D	W	D	L	D	1955-10-08	Burnley	A
17	-1	Aston Villa	11	1	2	2	4	7	0	4	2	6	11	0.556	8	L	L	D	D	D	1955-10-08	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	-1	Sheffield United	10	2	1	2	4	5	1	0	4	9	12	0.765	7	L	W	L	W	W	1955-10-08	Manchester City	H
19	2	Chelsea	10	1	2	2	3	8	1	1	3	9	10	0.667	7	W	L	D	L	L	1955-10-08	Charlton Athletic	A
20	2	Arsenal	10	2	2	1	6	5	0	1	4	6	15	0.6	7	W	L	L	L	D	1955-10-08	Everton	A
21	-2	Cardiff City	10	3	0	2	9	14	0	0	5	3	14	0.429	6	L	L	W	L	L	1955-10-08	Preston North End	A
22	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	10	2	0	3	9	8	0	1	4	4	11	0.684	5	L	W	L	W	L	1955-10-08	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Ewood Park	24,493
Quigley	Lineups		Walker J
Bristol City	2	0	Middlesbrough	Ashton Gate	28,788
Atyeo, Rodgers	Lineups
Hull City	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Boothferry Park	16,748
Bulless, Cripsey	Lineups		Froggatt, Quixall
Leicester City	3	1	Stoke City	Filbert Street	28,631
Hogg, Gardiner, Rowley	Lineups		Bowyer
Lincoln City	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Sincil Bank	15,202
Garvie, Neal	Lineups
Liverpool	4	1	Plymouth Argyle	Anfield Road	34,397
Twentyman 2, A'Court 2	Lineups		Williams
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Notts County	City Ground	26,373	Largest home gate 1955-56
	Lineups		Crookes 2
Port Vale	1	1	Bury	Vale Park	20,691
Leake	Lineups		Robinson
Rotherham United	2	3	Fulham	Millmoor	12,879
Grainger, Moore	Lineups		Robson, Jezzard 2
Swansea Town	1	1	Leeds United	Vetch Field	29,477	Largest home gate 1955-56
Griffiths	Lineups		Brook
West Ham United	4	0	Barnsley	Upton Park	20,863
Dare 2, Jackson OG, Hooper	Lineups

				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	Bristol Rovers	10	4	0	0	13	5	3	1	2	9	9	1.571	15	L	W	W	W	W	1955-10-08	Rotherham United	A
2	3	Fulham	11	3	1	1	13	6	3	1	2	14	10	1.688	14	W	L	L	W	W	1955-10-08	Hull City	H
3	-1	Stoke City	11	4	0	1	14	4	3	0	3	11	14	1.389	14	L	W	L	W	W	1955-10-08	Port Vale	A
4	-1	Swansea Town	11	4	1	0	16	8	2	1	3	13	14	1.318	14	D	W	W	D	W	1955-10-08	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	-1	Port Vale	9	3	2	0	9	3	2	1	1	6	2	3	13	D	W	W	D	W	1955-10-08	Stoke City	H
6	1	Lincoln City	10	5	1	0	18	5	1	0	3	4	7	1.833	13	W	L	W	L	D	1955-10-08	Barnsley	A
7	2	Bristol City	10	5	0	1	15	6	1	1	2	5	7	1.538	13	W	D	W	L	W	1955-10-08	Liverpool	H
8	0	Leeds United	10	4	1	0	11	4	1	1	3	3	6	1.4	12	D	W	L	D	W	1955-10-08	Nottingham Forest	H
9	1	Sheffield Wednesday	11	2	3	1	14	10	1	3	1	9	8	1.278	12	D	L	D	D	D	1955-10-08	Notts County	A
10	1	Leicester City	11	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	3	9	18	0.833	12	W	W	W	D	D	1955-10-08	Middlesbrough	A
11	-5	Barnsley	11	3	2	0	11	7	0	4	2	4	12	0.789	12	L	D	D	W	D	1955-10-08	Lincoln City	H
12	1	Liverpool	10	3	1	2	10	8	1	2	1	8	8	1.125	11	W	D	L	W	L	1955-10-08	Bristol City	A
13	-1	Doncaster Rovers	10	3	2	1	17	10	0	2	2	5	12	1	10	D	W	L	D	W	1955-10-08	Swansea Town	A
14	2	West Ham United	10	3	1	1	13	5	0	2	3	8	13	1.167	9	W	D	W	D	L	1955-10-08	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	-1	Middlesbrough	9	2	2	0	9	3	0	2	3	3	8	1.091	8	L	D	D	D	D	1955-10-08	Leicester City	H
16	1	Blackburn Rovers	9	2	2	1	8	6	1	0	3	2	5	0.909	8	D	L	W	L	D	1955-10-08	Bury	A
17	-2	Nottingham Forest	9	2	0	3	10	8	2	0	2	7	11	0.895	8	L	W	W	L	L	1955-10-08	Leeds United	A
18	1	Notts County	11	1	2	2	9	13	1	2	3	6	14	0.556	8	W	L	D	L	D	1955-10-08	Sheffield Wednesday	H
19	1	Bury	11	1	2	2	6	11	0	2	4	10	17	0.571	6	D	D	L	L	D	1955-10-08	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	-2	Rotherham United	11	1	2	2	5	7	0	2	4	8	18	0.52	6	L	L	D	L	L	1955-10-08	Bristol Rovers	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	11	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	5	6	17	0.435	5	L	L	L	L	W	1955-10-08	West Ham United	A
22	0	Hull City	10	1	1	3	7	10	0	0	5	1	13	0.348	3	D	L	L	L	L	1955-10-08	Fulham	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	3	0	Darlington	Park Avenue	6,790
Deplidge, Brickley, Ward W	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	0	Barrow	Brunton Park	9,719
Atkinson, Bond	Lineups
Chester	2	1	Wrexham	Sealand Road	15,202	Largest home gate 1955-56
Haines 2	Lineups		Griffiths D
Chesterfield	5	1	Southport	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,077
Boyle 2, Williams, Woodhead, Sowden	Lineups		Beadnell
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Oldham Athletic	Gresty Road	5,828
Samuels	Lineups		Walker, Garland
Derby County	2	2	Workington	Baseball Ground	17,424
Parry, Powell	Lineups		Whittle 2
Grimsby Town	3	0	Accrington Stanley	Blundell Park	19,069
Maddison, Reeson, Crosbie	Lineups
Hartlepools United	0	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Victoria Park	8,170
	Lineups		Gregory, Jones
Mansfield Town	3	1	Halifax Town	Field Mill	5,673
Gaskell, Griffiths OG, Watkin	Lineups		Griffiths (p)
Rochdale	1	1	Gateshead	Spotland	5,358
Andrews	Lineups		Robson
Stockport County	1	0	Bradford City	Edgeley Park	11,869
Moir	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	York City	Prenton Park	6,888
McDevitt, Davies	Lineups		Bottom

				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	1	Grimsby Town	13	6	1	0	18	3	3	0	3	5	6	2.556	19	W	W	W	W	W	1955-10-08	Oldham Athletic	A
2	-1	Accrington Stanley	13	6	1	0	23	4	1	2	3	4	11	1.8	17	L	W	W	L	D	1955-10-08	Wrexham	A
3	0	Bradford City	13	5	0	1	12	6	2	2	3	10	8	1.571	16	L	D	W	L	W	1955-10-08	Chester	H
4	2	Chesterfield	13	5	0	2	19	9	2	2	2	12	11	1.55	16	W	D	W	W	L	1955-10-08	Derby County	A
5	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	13	3	3	0	9	4	3	1	3	11	11	1.333	16	W	L	D	W	D	1955-10-08	Carlisle United	H
6	-1	Workington	13	3	1	2	9	4	3	2	2	12	11	1.4	15	D	W	D	D	W	1955-10-08	Bradford	H
7	-3	York City	13	3	1	2	8	6	3	2	2	11	9	1.267	15	L	L	D	W	W	1955-10-08	Rochdale	H
8	4	Chester	13	3	4	0	11	5	2	1	3	7	13	1	15	W	D	W	L	D	1955-10-08	Bradford City	A
9	4	Carlisle United	12	3	2	1	12	5	2	2	2	9	9	1.5	14	W	D	L	W	L	1955-10-08	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
10	0	Derby County	13	4	3	0	20	10	1	1	4	9	12	1.318	14	D	W	D	L	D	1955-10-08	Chesterfield	H
11	-4	Darlington	13	4	0	2	12	5	3	0	4	4	10	1.067	14	L	W	L	W	L	1955-10-08	Mansfield Town	A
12	-3	Southport	13	5	0	2	10	6	2	0	4	6	13	0.842	14	L	W	W	L	W	1955-10-08	Hartlepools United	A
13	-2	Wrexham	13	3	1	2	9	7	2	2	3	11	14	0.952	13	L	D	W	D	L	1955-10-08	Accrington Stanley	H
14	1	Stockport County	13	4	1	1	16	7	1	1	5	7	13	1.15	12	W	W	L	L	W	1955-10-08	Gateshead	H
15	3	Oldham Athletic	13	2	3	1	9	8	1	3	3	8	12	0.85	12	W	W	D	D	L	1955-10-08	Grimsby Town	H
16	-2	Hartlepools United	13	5	0	2	13	7	1	0	5	6	18	0.76	12	L	L	L	W	W	1955-10-08	Southport	H
17	2	Tranmere Rovers	13	3	1	3	11	7	1	2	3	8	12	1	11	W	L	L	W	W	1955-10-08	Crewe Alexandra	A
18	-2	Gateshead	13	3	2	1	16	11	0	3	4	5	13	0.875	11	D	D	W	L	L	1955-10-08	Stockport County	A
19	3	Mansfield Town	13	3	4	0	11	6	0	1	5	4	18	0.625	11	W	D	L	D	L	1955-10-08	Darlington	H
20	-3	Crewe Alexandra	13	3	0	4	10	12	0	4	2	6	9	0.762	10	L	L	D	W	L	1955-10-08	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	-1	Rochdale	13	3	3	1	20	14	0	1	5	3	17	0.742	10	D	L	L	W	L	1955-10-08	York City	A
22	-1	Halifax Town	13	3	2	1	11	9	0	1	6	6	17	0.654	9	L	D	W	L	L	1955-10-08	Barrow	H
23	0	Bradford	12	3	1	2	9	11	0	2	4	5	20	0.452	9	W	L	L	L	D	1955-10-08	Workington	A
24	0	Barrow	13	2	1	3	9	8	0	0	7	5	20	0.5	5	L	L	L	L	W	1955-10-08	Halifax Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	3	Southampton	Dean Court	10,561
Harrison	Lineups		Reeves 2, Mulgrew
Brentford	2	1	Southend United	Griffin Park	14,329
Taylor, Towers	Lineups		Hollis
Coventry City	6	0	Swindon Town	Highfield Road	17,202
Harvey, Sambrook 2, Hawkings 3	Lineups
Gillingham	3	1	Norwich City	Priestfield Stadium	13,022
Phoenix, Morgan, Sowden	Lineups		Gordon
Ipswich Town	3	3	Crystal Palace	Portman Road	15,332
Reed, Parker 2	Lineups		Berry, Belcher, Deakin
Millwall	0	1	Colchester United	The Den, New Cross	11,807
	Lineups		Grice
Newport County	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Somerton Park	7,375
Harris 2,	Lineups		Smith
Reading	0	1	Leyton Orient	Elm Park	14,258	Largest home gate 1955-56
	Lineups		Morgan
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Gay Meadow	9,390
Price, Arnott	Lineups		Mundy
Torquay United	3	1	Northampton Town	Plainmoor	9,686
Dobbie, Shaw 2	Lineups		Draper
Walsall	4	2	Aldershot	Fellows Park	11,090
Richards 2, Love, Morris	Lineups		Alison, Billington
Watford	2	3	Exeter City	Vicarage Road	10,275
Graham, Hernon	Lineups		John 2, Simpson

				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	13	6	0	0	17	6	4	0	3	9	10	1.625	20	L	W	W	W	L	1955-10-08	Coventry City	H
2	2	Leyton Orient	12	5	1	0	18	3	3	1	2	5	3	3.833	18	W	W	W	L	L	1955-10-08	Newport County	A
3	4	Gillingham	13	5	1	1	14	7	3	1	2	9	8	1.533	18	W	D	W	W	W	1955-10-08	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	4	Torquay United	13	4	2	0	16	4	3	1	3	8	10	1.714	17	W	W	L	D	W	1955-10-08	Colchester United	H
5	-3	Southend United	13	6	1	0	18	4	2	0	4	12	16	1.5	17	L	L	W	W	W	1955-10-08	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	0	Ipswich Town	13	5	1	1	21	12	2	2	2	10	9	1.476	17	D	L	W	W	W	1955-10-08	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
7	-4	Norwich City	13	5	1	0	15	5	2	2	3	8	16	1.095	17	L	W	W	D	D	1955-10-08	Walsall	A
8	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	5	1	0	19	3	1	3	3	5	9	2	16	L	W	W	D	L	1955-10-08	Reading	H
9	2	Coventry City	13	6	1	0	20	4	0	1	5	3	11	1.533	14	W	W	L	L	D	1955-10-08	Northampton Town	A
10	3	Brentford	13	3	2	2	9	9	2	2	2	8	9	0.944	14	W	L	W	D	W	1955-10-08	Aldershot	A
11	-1	Crystal Palace	13	2	1	3	9	7	2	4	1	11	9	1.25	13	D	W	L	W	L	1955-10-08	Watford	H
12	-3	Aldershot	13	3	1	2	8	8	2	2	3	16	16	1	13	L	L	L	D	D	1955-10-08	Brentford	H
13	3	Shrewsbury Town	13	4	2	1	20	7	1	0	5	4	13	1.2	12	W	W	W	L	D	1955-10-08	Gillingham	H
14	-2	Queens Park Rangers	13	3	2	1	10	6	0	4	3	8	14	0.9	12	L	W	W	L	D	1955-10-08	Southend United	H
15	2	Newport County	13	4	0	3	7	6	1	2	3	9	17	0.696	12	W	L	W	L	L	1955-10-08	Leyton Orient	H
16	-2	Reading	13	3	1	3	14	12	2	0	4	6	8	1	11	L	W	W	W	D	1955-10-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	-2	Millwall	12	4	1	1	15	2	0	1	5	10	20	1.136	10	L	L	L	W	D	1955-10-08	Southampton	A
18	2	Southampton	13	3	2	1	16	11	1	0	6	7	20	0.742	10	W	L	L	W	W	1955-10-08	Millwall	H
19	-1	Watford	13	4	1	2	13	11	0	1	5	3	19	0.533	10	L	W	L	D	D	1955-10-08	Crystal Palace	A
20	1	Colchester United	13	2	1	3	7	14	1	3	3	4	13	0.407	10	W	D	L	D	D	1955-10-08	Torquay United	A
21	1	Exeter City	13	1	3	3	6	8	1	2	3	8	11	0.737	9	W	L	L	L	D	1955-10-08	Swindon Town	A
22	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	13	3	1	3	11	9	1	0	5	4	15	0.625	9	L	L	L	L	L	1955-10-08	Ipswich Town	A
23	0	Walsall	13	1	3	2	12	14	1	0	6	8	21	0.571	7	W	L	L	L	D	1955-10-08	Norwich City	H
24	0	Swindon Town	13	1	2	3	5	7	0	0	7	4	23	0.3	4	L	L	L	D	L	1955-10-08	Exeter City	H