1956-01-07

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 3						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 3S	Aldershot	1	2	Barnsley	D 2	Recreation Ground	12,285
	Flint	Lineups		Brown 2 (1p)
D 1	Arsenal	2	2	Bedford Town	SL	Highbury	55,178
	Tapscott, Groves	Lineups		Steel, Moore
D 1	Aston Villa	1	1	Hull City	D 2	Villa Park	33,284
	McParland	Lineups		Clarke
D 1	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Huddersfield Town	D 1	Burnden Park	33,336	Abandoned 47 Min. - fog
		Lineups
D 3N	Bradford	0	4	Middlesbrough	D 2	Park Avenue	18,524
		Lineups		Scott 2, Delapenha, Wayman
D 2	Bristol Rovers	4	0	Manchester United	D 1	Eastville	35,872
	Biggs 2, Meyer, Bradford (p)	Lineups
D 2	Bury	2	2	Burnley	D 1	Gigg Lane	22,216	Abandoned 65 Min
	Nielson, Lawson	Lineups		McKay 2
D 1	Charlton Athletic	7	0	Burton Albion	Bir	The Valley	29,610
	Leary 3, Kiernan 2, Gauld, Hurst	Lineups
D 2	Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Nottingham Forest	D 2	Belle Vue	18,717
	McMorran 2, Jeffrey	Lineups
D 1	Everton	3	1	Bristol City	D 2	Goodison Park	46,493
	Eglington, Wainwright, Harris J	Lineups		Atyeo
D 3S	Exeter City	0	0	Stoke City	D 2	St James Park	16,919
		Lineups
D 3N	Hartlepools United	0	1	Chelsea	D 1	Victoria Park	16,862
		Lineups		Moore OG
D 2	Leeds United	1	2	Cardiff City	D 1	Elland Road	40,000
	Brook	Lineups		Hitchens, McSeveney
D 3S	Leyton Orient	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	D 2	Brisbane Road	15,619
	Hartburn	Lineups
D 2	Lincoln City	2	3	Southend United	D 3S	Sincil Bank	11,229
	Bannan (p), Troops	Lineups		Hollis 2, McCrory
D 2	Liverpool	2	0	Accrington Stanley	D 3N	Anfield Road	48,385
	Liddell 2	Lineups
D 1	Manchester City	1	1	Blackpool	D 1	Maine Road	32,577	Abandoned 56 Min. - fog
	Dyson (p)	Lineups		Taylor
D 3S	Northampton Town	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	D 2	County Ground	14,887
	English	Lineups		Briggs 2
D 2	Notts County	0	1	Fulham	D 2	Meadow Lane	21,500
		Lineups		Haynes
D 1	Portsmouth	3	1	Grimsby Town	D 3N	Fratton Park	34,598
	Mansell, Dickinson, Harris (p)	Lineups		Maddison
D 2	Rotherham United	1	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	D 3N	Millmoor	16,144
	Grainger	Lineups		Brown
D 1	Sheffield United	5	0	Barrow	D 3N	Bramall Lane	20,475
	Hoyland 2, Wragg, Hawksworth, Grainger	Lineups
D 2	Sheffield Wednesday	1	3	Newcastle United	D 1	Hillsborough	48,198
	Gibson	Lineups		Curry, Keeble, Milburn
D 1	Sunderland	4	2	Norwich City	D 3S	Roker Park	46,380
	Fleming 3, Elliott	Lineups		McCrohan, Gordon
D 2	Swansea Town	1	2	York City	D 3N	Vetch Field	25,636
	Griffiths	Lineups		Colbridge, Bottom
D 3S	Swindon Town	1	0	Worksop Town	ML	County Ground	16,060
	Edwards	Lineups
D 3S	Torquay United	1	7	Birmingham City	D 1	Plainmoor	18,739
	Shaw	Lineups		Astall, Brown 3, Kinsey, Murphy 2
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	Boston United	ML	White Hart Lane	46,185
	Duquemin, Smith 2, Robb	Lineups
D 3S	Walsall	0	1	Port Vale	D 2	Fellows Park	21,836
		Lineups		Stephenson
D 2	West Ham United	5	2	Preston North End	D 1	Upton Park	28,854
	Dare 2, Foan 3	Lineups		Finney (p), Thompson T
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	West Bromwich Albion	D 1	Molineux	55,564
	Slater	Lineups		Lee, Griffin

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	5	0	Tranmere Rovers	Valley Parade	6,560
Simm 2, Webb 2, Jackson D	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	0	Chesterfield	The Shay	7,939
Dubois, Hampson, Lonsdale	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Gateshead	Boundary Park	2,549
King	Lineups		Ingham, Oliver
Workington	2	0	Darlington	Borough Park	6,110
Bertolini, Jones	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	6,679
	Lineups

				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	27	12	1	0	32	4	5	3	6	12	15	2.316	38	D	W	L	W	W	1956-01-21	Gateshead	A
2	0	Accrington Stanley	25	11	1	0	35	6	5	3	5	18	21	1.963	36	W	D	W	L	W	1956-01-14	Barrow	A
3	0	Southport	26	8	4	2	24	14	7	0	5	16	18	1.25	34	W	W	D	W	W	1956-01-21	Bradford	H
4	0	Derby County	26	10	3	0	40	12	3	3	7	23	25	1.703	32	D	W	L	W	D	1956-01-14	Bradford City	H
5	2	Bradford City	27	10	3	1	32	15	2	5	6	15	18	1.424	32	W	W	L	W	L	1956-01-14	Derby County	A
6	-1	Hartlepools United	27	11	1	2	28	9	4	1	8	15	27	1.194	32	W	L	W	W	D	1956-01-14	Wrexham	H
7	-1	Chesterfield	28	11	1	3	37	16	3	2	8	14	27	1.186	31	L	W	W	L	W	1956-01-21	Workington	A
8	3	Workington	27	9	1	3	32	10	4	2	8	18	28	1.316	29	W	L	W	W	W	1956-01-14	Oldham Athletic	H
9	-1	York City	26	6	2	4	22	13	6	3	5	27	26	1.256	29	L	D	L	W	W	1956-01-21	Oldham Athletic	A
10	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	26	9	3	1	26	8	3	1	9	18	25	1.333	28	W	W	L	L	W	1956-01-21	Derby County	H
11	1	Rochdale	27	7	4	2	34	24	2	6	6	14	28	0.923	28	D	D	W	W	D	1956-01-21	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	-2	Darlington	27	7	3	3	24	14	5	1	8	12	26	0.9	28	L	W	D	W	L	1956-01-14	Chester	A
13	3	Halifax Town	27	9	3	2	33	13	1	2	10	12	32	1	25	W	D	W	W	L	1956-01-14	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	4	Gateshead	28	6	4	3	29	21	2	5	8	11	27	0.833	25	W	L	D	D	L	1956-01-14	Carlisle United	A
15	-2	Tranmere Rovers	28	8	2	5	24	13	2	3	8	14	36	0.776	25	L	L	L	D	D	1956-01-21	Rochdale	H
16	-2	Stockport County	26	8	2	3	31	14	2	2	9	11	25	1.077	24	L	L	W	D	W	1956-01-14	Mansfield Town	H
17	-2	Carlisle United	26	7	2	4	28	15	3	2	8	13	30	0.911	24	W	L	L	L	L	1956-01-14	Gateshead	H
18	-1	Wrexham	27	6	3	5	23	21	3	3	7	16	26	0.83	24	D	W	L	L	L	1956-01-14	Hartlepools United	A
19	0	Chester	26	6	4	3	21	18	2	3	8	12	30	0.688	23	D	W	L	L	L	1956-01-14	Darlington	H
20	0	Oldham Athletic	28	5	5	4	25	22	1	5	8	12	26	0.771	22	L	L	D	L	L	1956-01-14	Workington	A
21	0	Mansfield Town	26	5	6	3	23	15	0	3	9	10	29	0.75	19	W	D	W	L	D	1956-01-14	Stockport County	A
22	0	Bradford	26	7	3	2	23	18	0	2	12	10	52	0.471	19	L	L	W	L	D	1956-01-21	Southport	A
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	26	6	1	6	19	19	0	4	9	12	36	0.564	17	L	L	L	W	L	1956-01-14	Halifax Town	H
24	0	Barrow	27	6	3	4	25	11	0	1	13	10	37	0.729	16	D	L	D	D	W	1956-01-14	Accrington Stanley	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Crystal Palace	1	1	Colchester United	Selhurst Park	6,488
Tilston	Lineups		Plant
Ipswich Town	1	0	Coventry City	Portman Road	14,991
Garneys	Lineups
Newport County	2	3	Reading	Somerton Park	7,605
Harris, Beech	Lineups		Anderton, Kirkup 2
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Gillingham	Loftus Road	7,345
Smith 2	Lineups		Crossan, Petchey OG
Southampton	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	The Dell	10,218
Day	Lineups		O'Donnell

				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	1	Ipswich Town	27	10	3	1	37	19	5	5	3	26	20	1.615	38	W	W	W	D	W	1956-01-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
2	-1	Leyton Orient	25	10	3	0	44	6	5	4	3	14	11	3.412	37	W	D	D	D	W	1956-01-14	Coventry City	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	11	1	0	43	5	4	4	6	22	19	2.708	35	W	L	W	W	L	1956-01-14	Crystal Palace	H
4	0	Torquay United	26	7	5	1	28	11	7	2	4	23	19	1.7	35	W	L	W	W	D	1956-01-14	Newport County	H
5	0	Northampton Town	26	10	1	2	31	14	5	2	6	15	23	1.243	33	W	L	D	L	D	1956-01-14	Shrewsbury Town	A
6	0	Norwich City	26	10	3	0	36	12	3	4	6	18	35	1.149	33	W	D	D	L	W	1956-01-14	Watford	A
7	0	Coventry City	28	12	2	0	40	12	2	2	10	7	22	1.382	32	L	L	W	W	W	1956-01-14	Leyton Orient	H
8	0	Southend United	26	10	2	1	34	13	4	1	8	23	39	1.096	31	L	W	D	W	L	1956-01-14	Exeter City	H
9	1	Gillingham	27	7	2	5	24	17	4	4	5	20	22	1.128	28	D	W	L	D	W	1956-01-14	Millwall	A
10	1	Shrewsbury Town	27	7	4	2	31	15	4	2	8	15	26	1.122	28	D	D	L	W	D	1956-01-14	Northampton Town	H
11	-2	Brentford	26	7	3	3	22	18	4	3	6	16	25	0.884	28	L	L	D	W	W	1956-01-14	Colchester United	H
12	0	Colchester United	27	7	3	3	30	23	3	4	7	11	28	0.804	27	D	W	L	D	L	1956-01-14	Brentford	A
13	1	Southampton	27	9	3	1	38	14	1	2	11	14	36	1.04	25	D	L	W	L	W	1956-01-14	Aldershot	H
14	-1	Newport County	28	8	1	6	22	17	2	4	7	18	32	0.816	25	L	W	W	L	L	1956-01-14	Torquay United	A
15	0	Exeter City	26	5	4	4	16	15	3	4	6	14	24	0.769	24	L	W	D	D	L	1956-01-14	Southend United	A
16	0	Aldershot	26	4	5	4	23	24	2	5	6	22	28	0.865	22	L	D	L	L	D	1956-01-14	Southampton	A
17	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	26	6	4	4	20	12	2	2	8	10	23	0.857	22	W	L	D	L	L	1956-01-14	Reading	A
18	2	Reading	27	5	2	6	25	25	3	3	8	19	28	0.83	21	W	L	W	D	W	1956-01-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
19	0	Crystal Palace	27	4	3	7	18	18	2	6	5	16	28	0.739	21	D	D	L	D	W	1956-01-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	-2	Watford	26	5	3	5	24	24	2	4	7	9	28	0.635	21	L	W	D	L	D	1956-01-14	Norwich City	H
21	0	Queens Park Rangers	27	4	6	4	23	21	1	4	8	11	28	0.694	20	D	D	D	W	L	1956-01-14	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Walsall	26	6	3	3	22	20	1	0	13	13	39	0.593	17	L	W	L	L	L	1956-01-14	Swindon Town	H
23	0	Millwall	25	6	2	4	24	13	0	2	11	16	47	0.667	16	D	L	L	L	D	1956-01-14	Gillingham	H
24	0	Swindon Town	26	2	6	5	11	13	2	1	10	9	36	0.408	15	L	W	D	D	D	1956-01-14	Walsall	A