1955-10-08

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	2	Sunderland	St Andrew's	37,946
Hudgell OG	Lineups		Fleming 2
Burnley	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Turf Moor	22,109
Gray, McKay	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Chelsea	The Valley	40,980
Gauld	Lineups		Smith 2
Everton	1	1	Arsenal	Goodison Park	47,794
Wainwright	Lineups		Lishman
Luton Town	3	1	Blackpool	Kenilworth Road	24,493
Turner 2, MacEwan	Lineups		Mudie
Manchester United	4	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Old Trafford	48,890
Taylor 2, Doherty, Pegg	Lineups		Swinbourne 2, Slater
Newcastle United	2	1	Portsmouth	St James' Park	42,320
Mitchell 2	Lineups		Rees
Preston North End	1	2	Cardiff City	Deepdale	19,433
Finney (p)	Lineups		Ford, Stockin
Sheffield United	1	1	Manchester City	Bramall Lane	25,984
Wragg	Lineups		Dyson
Tottenham Hotspur	0	3	Bolton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	35,237
	Lineups		Lofthouse, Gubbins 2
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	37,395
Nicholls	Lineups

				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	11	5	1	0	17	8	1	2	2	7	9	1.412	15	L	W	L	W	D	1955-10-15	Charlton Athletic	H
2	1	West Bromwich Albion	11	4	3	0	11	6	2	0	2	4	5	1.364	15	W	D	W	W	W	1955-10-15	Sunderland	A
3	1	Manchester United	12	5	1	0	17	10	1	2	3	6	9	1.211	15	W	W	D	W	L	1955-10-15	Aston Villa	A
4	1	Sunderland	10	4	0	0	16	6	3	0	3	14	14	1.5	14	W	L	W	W	W	1955-10-15	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	-3	Charlton Athletic	12	3	1	2	10	9	2	3	1	12	12	1.048	14	L	D	W	L	W	1955-10-15	Blackpool	A
6	3	Bolton Wanderers	10	3	0	2	11	8	3	1	1	10	4	1.75	13	W	W	W	L	D	1955-10-15	Everton	H
7	0	Everton	12	3	1	2	9	9	3	0	3	6	6	1	13	D	W	L	W	W	1955-10-15	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	-2	Portsmouth	10	3	2	0	11	8	2	0	3	10	8	1.313	12	L	W	W	W	D	1955-10-15	Birmingham City	H
9	4	Burnley	11	3	1	2	8	6	2	1	2	5	6	1.083	12	W	W	D	L	W	1955-10-15	Cardiff City	A
10	4	Luton Town	11	4	0	1	11	7	1	2	3	6	10	1	12	W	L	L	D	W	1955-10-15	Huddersfield Town	A
11	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	0	0	16	4	1	1	4	16	12	2	11	L	L	W	L	W	1955-10-15	Sheffield United	H
12	-2	Birmingham City	12	2	3	2	11	10	1	2	2	7	7	1.059	11	L	W	L	D	D	1955-10-15	Portsmouth	A
13	-1	Manchester City	10	3	2	0	10	5	0	3	2	7	13	0.944	11	D	L	W	D	W	1955-10-15	Preston North End	H
14	-3	Preston North End	12	2	1	3	9	11	2	1	3	13	9	1.1	10	L	D	L	L	L	1955-10-15	Manchester City	A
15	0	Newcastle United	11	4	1	1	16	9	0	1	4	8	15	1	10	W	L	L	W	L	1955-10-15	Arsenal	A
16	3	Chelsea	11	1	2	2	3	8	2	1	3	11	11	0.737	9	W	W	L	D	L	1955-10-15	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	1	Sheffield United	11	2	2	2	5	6	1	0	4	9	12	0.778	8	D	L	W	L	W	1955-10-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	2	Arsenal	11	2	2	1	6	5	0	2	4	7	16	0.619	8	D	W	L	L	L	1955-10-15	Newcastle United	H
19	-3	Huddersfield Town	10	1	3	1	8	9	1	1	3	3	11	0.55	8	L	D	W	D	L	1955-10-15	Luton Town	H
20	-3	Aston Villa	12	1	2	2	4	7	0	4	3	6	12	0.526	8	L	L	L	D	D	1955-10-15	Manchester United	H
21	0	Cardiff City	11	3	0	2	9	14	1	0	5	5	15	0.483	8	W	L	L	W	L	1955-10-15	Burnley	H
22	0	Tottenham Hotspur	11	2	0	4	9	11	0	1	4	4	11	0.591	5	L	L	W	L	W	1955-10-15	Chelsea	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	0	Lincoln City	Oakwell	14,819
Lumley	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Liverpool	Ashton Gate	25,279
Atyeo 2	Lineups		Rowley
Bury	0	4	Blackburn Rovers	Gigg Lane	16,946
	Lineups		Briggs 2, Douglas, Langton (p)
Fulham	5	0	Hull City	Craven Cottage	21,207
Jezzard 5	Lineups
Leeds United	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Elland Road	21,272
Ripley, Brook, Charles	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	3	Leicester City	Ayresome Park	20,642
Clough, Fitzsimons, Delapenha (p), Harris	Lineups		Rowley, Gardiner 2
Notts County	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Meadow Lane	23,356
Roby	Lineups		Froggatt
Port Vale	1	0	Stoke City	Vale Park	37,261	Largest home gate 1955-56
Done	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Millmoor	12,399
Farmer	Lineups
Swansea Town	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Vetch Field	20,871
Allchurch I, Thomas	Lineups
West Ham United	4	0	Plymouth Argyle	Upton Park	19,669
Tucker 3, Allison	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	1	Fulham	12	4	1	1	18	6	3	1	2	14	10	2	16	W	W	L	L	W	1955-10-15	Nottingham Forest	A
2	2	Swansea Town	12	5	1	0	18	8	2	1	3	13	14	1.409	16	W	D	W	W	D	1955-10-15	Bristol Rovers	A
3	2	Port Vale	10	4	2	0	10	3	2	1	1	6	2	3.2	15	W	D	W	W	D	1955-10-15	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	3	Bristol City	11	6	0	1	17	7	1	1	2	5	7	1.571	15	W	W	D	W	L	1955-10-15	Leicester City	A
5	-4	Bristol Rovers	11	4	0	0	13	5	3	1	3	9	10	1.467	15	L	L	W	W	W	1955-10-15	Swansea Town	H
6	2	Leeds United	11	5	1	0	14	4	1	1	3	3	6	1.7	14	W	D	W	L	D	1955-10-15	Sheffield Wednesday	A
7	-4	Stoke City	12	4	0	1	14	4	3	0	4	11	15	1.316	14	L	L	W	L	W	1955-10-15	Rotherham United	H
8	3	Barnsley	12	4	2	0	12	7	0	4	2	4	12	0.842	14	W	L	D	D	W	1955-10-15	Blackburn Rovers	A
9	-3	Lincoln City	11	5	1	0	18	5	1	0	4	4	8	1.692	13	L	W	L	W	L	1955-10-15	Middlesbrough	H
10	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	12	2	3	1	14	10	1	4	1	10	9	1.263	13	D	D	L	D	D	1955-10-15	Leeds United	H
11	-1	Leicester City	12	3	1	1	11	6	2	1	4	12	22	0.821	12	L	W	W	W	D	1955-10-15	Bristol City	H
12	2	West Ham United	11	4	1	1	17	5	0	2	3	8	13	1.389	11	W	W	D	W	D	1955-10-15	Liverpool	A
13	-1	Liverpool	11	3	1	2	10	8	1	2	2	9	10	1.056	11	L	W	D	L	W	1955-10-15	West Ham United	H
14	2	Blackburn Rovers	10	2	2	1	8	6	2	0	3	6	5	1.273	10	W	D	L	W	L	1955-10-15	Barnsley	H
15	0	Middlesbrough	10	3	2	0	13	6	0	2	3	3	8	1.143	10	W	L	D	D	D	1955-10-15	Lincoln City	A
16	-3	Doncaster Rovers	11	3	2	1	17	10	0	2	3	5	14	0.917	10	L	D	W	L	D	1955-10-15	Notts County	H
17	1	Notts County	12	1	3	2	10	14	1	2	3	6	14	0.571	9	D	W	L	D	L	1955-10-15	Doncaster Rovers	A
18	-1	Nottingham Forest	10	2	0	3	10	8	2	0	3	7	14	0.773	8	L	L	W	W	L	1955-10-15	Fulham	H
19	1	Rotherham United	12	2	2	2	6	7	0	2	4	8	18	0.56	8	W	L	L	D	L	1955-10-15	Stoke City	A
20	-1	Bury	12	1	2	3	6	15	0	2	4	10	17	0.5	6	L	D	D	L	L	1955-10-15	Hull City	A
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	12	1	1	3	4	6	1	0	6	6	21	0.37	5	L	L	L	L	L	1955-10-15	Port Vale	H
22	0	Hull City	11	1	1	3	7	10	0	0	6	1	18	0.286	3	L	D	L	L	L	1955-10-15	Bury	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	1	Chester	Valley Parade	12,122
Lee OG	Lineups		Allman
Crewe Alexandra	4	0	Tranmere Rovers	Gresty Road	5,216
Samuels 2, Stewart, McGuigan	Lineups
Derby County	3	0	Chesterfield	Baseball Ground	22,616
Pye, Powell, Cresswell	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	0	Barrow	The Shay	5,718
Rodger	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	0	Southport	Victoria Park	5,650
Smith	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	3	Darlington	Field Mill	5,609
Murray, Gaskell, Darwin	Lineups		Reynolds (p), Clark H, Morton
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Grimsby Town	Boundary Park	10,300
Travis	Lineups		Crosbie
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	4	0	Carlisle United	Old Showground	8,623
Gregory 2, Davies, Haigh	Lineups
Stockport County	1	2	Gateshead	Edgeley Park	9,204
Connor	Lineups		Ingham, Oliver
Workington	4	0	Bradford	Borough Park	6,339
Whittle 2, Bertolini, Dailey	Lineups
Wrexham	1	4	Accrington Stanley	Racecourse Ground	9,971
Richards	Lineups		Stewart 3, Cocker
York City	1	2	Rochdale	Bootham Crescent	9,742
Brown	Lineups		Gemmell 2

				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	Grimsby Town	14	6	1	0	18	3	3	1	3	6	7	2.4	20	D	W	W	W	W	1955-10-15	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Accrington Stanley	14	6	1	0	23	4	2	2	3	8	12	1.938	19	W	L	W	W	L	1955-10-15	Hartlepools United	H
3	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	14	4	3	0	13	4	3	1	3	11	11	1.6	18	W	W	L	D	W	1955-10-15	Rochdale	A
4	2	Workington	14	4	1	2	13	4	3	2	2	12	11	1.667	17	W	D	W	D	D	1955-10-15	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	-2	Bradford City	14	5	1	1	13	7	2	2	3	10	8	1.533	17	D	L	D	W	L	1955-10-15	Bradford	A
6	4	Derby County	14	5	3	0	23	10	1	1	4	9	12	1.455	16	W	D	W	D	L	1955-10-15	Gateshead	A
7	-3	Chesterfield	14	5	0	2	19	9	2	2	3	12	14	1.348	16	L	W	D	W	W	1955-10-15	Oldham Athletic	H
8	0	Chester	14	3	4	0	11	5	2	2	3	8	14	1	16	D	W	D	W	L	1955-10-15	Mansfield Town	H
9	-2	York City	14	3	1	3	9	8	3	2	2	11	9	1.176	15	L	L	L	D	W	1955-10-15	Southport	A
10	1	Darlington	14	4	0	2	12	5	3	1	4	7	13	1.056	15	D	L	W	L	W	1955-10-15	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	-2	Carlisle United	13	3	2	1	12	5	2	2	3	9	13	1.167	14	L	W	D	L	W	1955-10-15	Wrexham	H
12	4	Hartlepools United	14	6	0	2	14	7	1	0	5	6	18	0.8	14	W	L	L	L	W	1955-10-15	Accrington Stanley	A
13	-1	Southport	14	5	0	2	10	6	2	0	5	6	14	0.8	14	L	L	W	W	L	1955-10-15	York City	H
14	4	Gateshead	14	3	2	1	16	11	1	3	4	7	14	0.92	13	W	D	D	W	L	1955-10-15	Derby County	H
15	0	Oldham Athletic	14	2	4	1	10	9	1	3	3	8	12	0.857	13	D	W	W	D	D	1955-10-15	Chesterfield	A
16	-3	Wrexham	14	3	1	3	10	11	2	2	3	11	14	0.84	13	L	L	D	W	D	1955-10-15	Carlisle United	A
17	-3	Stockport County	14	4	1	2	17	9	1	1	5	7	13	1.091	12	L	W	W	L	L	1955-10-15	Barrow	A
18	2	Crewe Alexandra	14	4	0	4	14	12	0	4	2	6	9	0.952	12	W	L	L	D	W	1955-10-15	Darlington	A
19	2	Rochdale	14	3	3	1	20	14	1	1	5	5	18	0.781	12	W	D	L	L	W	1955-10-15	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
20	-1	Mansfield Town	14	3	5	0	14	9	0	1	5	4	18	0.667	12	D	W	D	L	D	1955-10-15	Chester	A
21	-4	Tranmere Rovers	14	3	1	3	11	7	1	2	4	8	16	0.826	11	L	W	L	L	W	1955-10-15	Workington	H
22	0	Halifax Town	14	4	2	1	12	9	0	1	6	6	17	0.692	11	W	L	D	W	L	1955-10-15	Grimsby Town	A
23	0	Bradford	13	3	1	2	9	11	0	2	5	5	24	0.4	9	L	W	L	L	L	1955-10-15	Bradford City	H
24	0	Barrow	14	2	1	3	9	8	0	0	8	5	21	0.483	5	L	L	L	L	L	1955-10-15	Stockport County	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	4	1	Brentford	Recreation Ground	7,395
Ball 2, Menzies 2	Lineups		Towers
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Reading	Goldstone Ground	15,677
Stephens 2, Gordon	Lineups		Cross
Crystal Palace	1	2	Watford	Selhurst Park	13,993
Belcher	Lineups		Hernon, Cook
Ipswich Town	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Portman Road	17,084
Garneys	Lineups
Newport County	3	0	Leyton Orient	Somerton Park	8,904
Johnston 3,	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Coventry City	County Ground	20,370	Largest home gate 1955-56
Draper 2	Lineups		Hawkings
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Southend United	Loftus Road	11,885	Largest home gate 1955-56
Shepherd	Lineups		McCrory, Baron
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Gillingham	Gay Meadow	9,724
Price, Weigh 2	Lineups		Sowden
Southampton	3	0	Millwall	The Dell	12,461
Reeves, Day, Mulgrew	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Exeter City	County Ground	6,783
	Lineups		Buckle
Torquay United	1	2	Colchester United	Plainmoor	7,479
Dobbie	Lineups		Plant, Wright
Walsall	2	0	Norwich City	Fellows Park	12,784
Love 2	Lineups

				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	14	7	0	0	19	7	4	0	3	9	10	1.647	22	W	L	W	W	W	1955-10-15	Southend United	A
2	4	Ipswich Town	14	6	1	1	22	12	2	2	2	10	9	1.524	19	W	D	L	W	W	1955-10-15	Gillingham	A
3	2	Southend United	14	6	1	0	18	4	3	0	4	14	17	1.524	19	W	L	L	W	W	1955-10-15	Northampton Town	H
4	-2	Leyton Orient	13	5	1	0	18	3	3	1	3	5	6	2.556	18	L	W	W	W	L	1955-10-15	Swindon Town	H
5	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	6	1	0	22	4	1	3	3	5	9	2.077	18	W	L	W	W	D	1955-10-15	Watford	A
6	-3	Gillingham	14	5	1	1	14	7	3	1	3	10	11	1.333	18	L	W	D	W	W	1955-10-15	Ipswich Town	H
7	-3	Torquay United	14	4	2	1	17	6	3	1	3	8	10	1.563	17	L	W	W	L	D	1955-10-15	Norwich City	A
8	-1	Norwich City	14	5	1	0	15	5	2	2	4	8	18	1	17	L	L	W	W	D	1955-10-15	Torquay United	H
9	3	Aldershot	14	4	1	2	12	9	2	2	3	16	16	1.12	15	W	L	L	L	D	1955-10-15	Coventry City	A
10	-1	Coventry City	14	6	1	0	20	4	0	1	6	4	13	1.412	14	L	W	W	L	L	1955-10-15	Aldershot	H
11	2	Shrewsbury Town	14	5	2	1	23	8	1	0	5	4	13	1.286	14	W	W	W	W	L	1955-10-15	Millwall	A
12	3	Newport County	14	5	0	3	10	6	1	2	3	9	17	0.826	14	W	W	L	W	L	1955-10-15	Colchester United	A
13	-3	Brentford	14	3	2	2	9	9	2	2	3	9	13	0.818	14	L	W	L	W	D	1955-10-15	Crystal Palace	H
14	-3	Crystal Palace	14	2	1	4	10	9	2	4	1	11	9	1.167	13	L	D	W	L	W	1955-10-15	Brentford	A
15	-1	Queens Park Rangers	14	3	2	2	11	8	0	4	3	8	14	0.864	12	L	L	W	W	L	1955-10-15	Exeter City	A
16	2	Southampton	14	4	2	1	19	11	1	0	6	7	20	0.839	12	W	W	L	L	W	1955-10-15	Reading	A
17	2	Watford	14	4	1	2	13	11	1	1	5	5	20	0.581	12	W	L	W	L	D	1955-10-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	2	Colchester United	14	2	1	3	7	14	2	3	3	6	14	0.464	12	W	W	D	L	D	1955-10-15	Newport County	H
19	-3	Reading	14	3	1	3	14	12	2	0	5	7	11	0.913	11	L	L	W	W	W	1955-10-15	Southampton	H
20	1	Exeter City	14	1	3	3	6	8	2	2	3	9	11	0.789	11	W	W	L	L	L	1955-10-15	Queens Park Rangers	H
21	-4	Millwall	13	4	1	1	15	2	0	1	6	10	23	1	10	L	L	L	L	W	1955-10-15	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	1	Walsall	14	2	3	2	14	14	1	0	6	8	21	0.629	9	W	W	L	L	L	1955-10-15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
23	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	14	3	1	3	11	9	1	0	6	4	16	0.6	9	L	L	L	L	L	1955-10-15	Walsall	H
24	0	Swindon Town	14	1	2	4	5	8	0	0	7	4	23	0.29	4	L	L	L	L	D	1955-10-15	Leyton Orient	A