1956-01-21

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	4	Chelsea	Villa Park	24,732
Lynn (p)	Lineups		Parsons, Blunstone, Stubbs 2
Burnley	1	2	West Bromwich Albion	Turf Moor	23,749
Burke	Lineups		Lee, Griffin
Charlton Athletic	0	2	Newcastle United	The Valley	34,264
	Lineups		Casey, Mitchell
Luton Town	0	1	Birmingham City	Kenilworth Road	18,970
	Lineups		Brown
Manchester City	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Maine Road	21,976
Spurdle (p)	Lineups
Portsmouth	5	2	Arsenal	Fratton Park	30,513
Mansell, Harris 2, Dale,WillsOG	Lineups		Tapscott 2
Preston North End	3	1	Manchester United	Deepdale	28,047
Thompson T, Lewis, Foster	Lineups		Whelan
Sheffield United	2	1	Cardiff City	Bramall Lane	22,921
Howitt, Hoyland	Lineups		Sherwood
Sunderland	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Roker Park	38,871
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Everton	White Hart Lane	37,119
Smith	Lineups		Wainwright
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	3	Blackpool	Molineux	46,322
Hancocks (p), Murray	Lineups		Mudie, Brown (p), Taylor

				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	Manchester United	28	12	2	0	38	16	3	4	7	19	26	1.357	36	L	W	W	L	W	1956-02-04	Burnley	H
2	0	Blackpool	27	10	2	2	42	19	4	4	5	18	23	1.429	34	W	W	D	L	W	1956-02-04	Manchester City	H
3	0	Burnley	27	8	2	4	24	13	4	5	4	18	21	1.235	31	L	W	W	L	L	1956-02-04	Manchester United	A
4	0	Sunderland	27	7	6	1	31	23	5	1	7	26	37	0.95	31	D	W	D	D	L	1956-02-04	Arsenal	A
5	4	Newcastle United	28	10	1	3	39	16	4	1	9	27	30	1.435	30	W	W	L	L	W	1956-02-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	5	West Bromwich Albion	28	9	3	2	25	15	4	1	9	15	24	1.026	30	W	W	W	D	W	1956-02-04	Luton Town	H
7	0	Everton	28	7	4	2	29	20	4	4	7	14	24	0.977	30	D	W	D	W	L	1956-02-04	Portsmouth	H
8	0	Bolton Wanderers	27	8	3	3	36	15	4	2	7	15	20	1.457	29	D	W	D	L	L	1956-02-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	10	1	2	34	17	2	4	8	27	30	1.298	29	L	W	D	L	D	1956-02-04	Chelsea	A
10	-4	Luton Town	27	9	2	2	33	15	3	3	8	15	24	1.231	29	L	L	D	W	W	1956-02-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	1	Chelsea	27	7	3	3	16	13	4	4	6	26	32	0.933	29	W	L	D	W	D	1956-02-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	1	Portsmouth	27	7	5	2	34	28	5	0	8	21	33	0.902	29	W	L	L	D	D	1956-02-04	Everton	A
13	-3	Charlton Athletic	28	9	1	4	35	19	3	3	8	23	37	1.036	28	L	L	L	W	L	1956-02-04	Birmingham City	A
14	0	Manchester City	27	8	3	3	26	16	2	5	6	23	32	1.021	28	W	L	W	L	W	1956-02-04	Blackpool	A
15	0	Preston North End	28	5	3	6	23	22	6	2	6	29	23	1.156	27	W	L	D	W	W	1956-02-04	Sheffield United	A
16	0	Birmingham City	28	7	3	4	34	19	3	3	8	17	26	1.133	26	W	L	D	L	W	1956-02-04	Charlton Athletic	H
17	0	Arsenal	27	7	3	4	22	16	1	5	7	14	31	0.766	24	L	L	W	D	D	1956-02-04	Sunderland	H
18	0	Cardiff City	27	8	2	3	25	22	2	2	10	12	30	0.712	24	L	W	W	L	D	1956-02-04	Huddersfield Town	A
19	0	Tottenham Hotspur	27	5	3	5	22	20	4	1	9	12	23	0.791	22	D	W	W	L	W	1956-02-04	Newcastle United	A
20	1	Sheffield United	27	5	4	5	17	23	3	0	10	20	27	0.74	20	W	L	D	L	L	1956-02-04	Preston North End	H
21	-1	Aston Villa	28	5	3	6	20	25	0	6	8	12	30	0.582	19	L	L	W	D	L	1956-02-11	Arsenal	H
22	0	Huddersfield Town	27	5	3	5	21	23	1	2	11	12	43	0.5	17	L	L	D	L	W	1956-02-04	Cardiff City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	4	Middlesbrough	Oakwell	15,934
	Lineups		Wayman 3, Betts OG
Bristol Rovers	4	2	Hull City	Eastville	23,801
Bradford 3, Hooper	Lineups		Clarke 2
Bury	1	1	Bristol City	Gigg Lane	13,820
Fairclough	Lineups		Rogers
Doncaster Rovers	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Belle Vue	10,477
Walker R	Lineups		French 2, Burkitt (p)
Fulham	3	1	West Ham United	Craven Cottage	24,322
Chamberlain, Hill, Jezzard	Lineups		Dare
Leeds United	1	1	Port Vale	Elland Road	23,680
Brook	Lineups		Griffiths
Liverpool	3	1	Leicester City	Anfield Road	39,917
Liddell 2 (1p), Arnell	Lineups		Rowley
Notts County	1	2	Rotherham United	Meadow Lane	12,616
Taylor (p)	Lineups		Bambridge, Grainger
Plymouth Argyle	1	4	Lincoln City	Home Park	13,632
Robertson	Lineups		Neal, Bannan 2 (1p), Gibson
Stoke City	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Victoria Ground	18,714
King	Lineups		Briggs, Smith
Swansea Town	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Vetch Field	14,285
Allchurch I, Charles	Lineups		Quixall

				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	Sheffield Wednesday	28	7	5	2	39	20	4	6	4	24	22	1.5	33	L	W	L	W	D	1956-02-04	Nottingham Forest	A
2	1	Bristol City	27	11	1	2	40	17	3	3	7	22	30	1.319	32	D	W	L	W	L	1956-02-04	Barnsley	H
3	2	Bristol Rovers	27	10	1	2	41	20	4	3	7	24	30	1.3	32	W	D	W	L	W	1956-02-04	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	-2	Leicester City	28	9	2	2	42	16	5	2	8	25	37	1.264	32	L	W	W	W	L	1956-02-04	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	-1	Leeds United	27	12	2	0	30	9	2	2	9	17	33	1.119	32	D	D	W	L	W	1956-02-11	Swansea Town	H
6	0	Swansea Town	27	10	3	1	30	14	4	1	8	20	35	1.02	32	W	D	W	L	L	1956-02-04	Notts County	H
7	2	Liverpool	26	9	3	3	36	18	3	3	5	21	22	1.425	30	W	L	L	D	W	1956-02-04	Middlesbrough	A
8	2	Fulham	28	10	1	3	41	20	4	1	9	20	36	1.089	30	W	L	W	L	W	1956-02-04	Port Vale	A
9	-1	Port Vale	27	6	4	3	20	11	4	6	4	17	23	1.088	30	D	W	D	D	W	1956-02-04	Fulham	H
10	1	Nottingham Forest	27	7	2	4	22	16	6	2	6	25	30	1.022	30	W	D	D	D	W	1956-02-04	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	-4	Stoke City	27	9	1	4	32	18	4	2	7	16	24	1.143	29	L	D	W	D	L	1956-02-11	Leicester City	H
12	0	Lincoln City	26	8	4	1	33	11	3	2	8	15	25	1.333	28	W	L	L	D	D	1956-02-11	Bristol Rovers	A
13	0	Blackburn Rovers	27	6	4	4	37	25	6	0	7	18	22	1.17	28	W	W	D	W	L	1956-02-04	Bristol Rovers	H
14	2	Middlesbrough	27	8	3	2	31	19	2	3	9	15	35	0.852	26	W	L	D	L	L	1956-02-04	Liverpool	H
15	-1	Bury	28	5	4	5	23	27	4	3	7	29	37	0.813	25	D	W	W	W	W	1956-02-11	Port Vale	H
16	4	Rotherham United	27	6	4	3	21	19	3	3	8	18	29	0.813	25	W	D	L	L	L	1956-02-11	Fulham	A
17	-2	Doncaster Rovers	27	8	4	2	34	20	0	4	9	16	46	0.758	24	L	L	D	W	D	1956-02-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	-1	Barnsley	28	7	2	5	23	23	1	6	7	11	29	0.654	24	L	L	L	L	W	1956-02-04	Bristol City	A
19	-1	West Ham United	27	7	2	4	34	16	1	5	8	17	30	1.109	23	L	D	W	W	L	1956-02-11	Barnsley	A
20	-1	Notts County	28	5	4	5	28	23	3	3	8	14	26	0.857	23	L	L	L	W	L	1956-02-04	Swansea Town	A
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	28	4	4	6	22	21	2	1	11	11	38	0.559	17	L	L	D	L	W	1956-02-04	Leicester City	A
22	0	Hull City	26	3	2	7	17	24	2	1	11	12	37	0.475	13	L	D	L	L	L	1956-02-11	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	4	0	Chester	Peel Park	6,862
Turner, Devlin, Stewart 2	Lineups
Bradford City	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade	8,005
Jackson P, Simm (p), Samuels	Lineups		Frost
Darlington	3	5	Carlisle United	Feethams Ground	4,026
Morton, Davis, Clark H (p)	Lineups		Whitehouse 2, Ashman, Broadis, Kinloch (p)
Gateshead	2	0	Grimsby Town	Redheugh Park	4,247
Callender T, Ingham	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	2	Hartlepools United	The Shay	7,346
	Lineups		Johnson 2
Mansfield Town	4	0	Barrow	Field Mill	5,423
Darwin 2, Jepson, Daley	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	2	York City	Boundary Park	5,224
Walker (p), Scrine	Lineups		Hughes, Wilkinson
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	0	2	Derby County	Old Showground	10,361
	Lineups		Parry, Upton
Southport	3	0	Bradford	Haig Avenue	4,050
Miles 2, Beadnell	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Rochdale	Prenton Park	4,732
Stephens, Parnell	Lineups		Andrews
Workington	0	1	Chesterfield	Borough Park	4,911
	Lineups		Sowden
Wrexham	0	1	Stockport County	Racecourse Ground	5,093
	Lineups		Moir

				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	28	12	1	0	32	4	5	3	7	12	17	2.095	38	L	D	W	L	W	1956-01-28	Workington	H
2	0	Accrington Stanley	27	12	1	0	39	6	5	3	6	19	24	1.933	38	W	L	W	D	W	1956-01-28	Halifax Town	H
3	0	Derby County	28	11	3	0	44	13	4	3	7	25	25	1.816	36	W	W	D	W	L	1956-01-28	Rochdale	A
4	0	Southport	27	9	4	2	27	14	7	0	5	16	18	1.344	36	W	W	W	D	W	1956-01-28	Stockport County	H
5	0	Hartlepools United	29	12	1	2	31	11	5	1	8	17	27	1.263	36	W	W	W	L	W	1956-01-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	0	Bradford City	29	11	3	1	35	16	2	5	7	16	22	1.342	34	W	L	W	W	L	1956-01-28	Barrow	A
7	1	Chesterfield	29	11	1	3	37	16	4	2	8	15	27	1.209	33	W	L	W	W	L	1956-01-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	-1	Workington	29	10	1	4	36	14	4	2	8	18	28	1.286	31	L	W	W	L	W	1956-01-28	Grimsby Town	A
9	0	York City	27	6	2	4	22	13	6	4	5	29	28	1.244	30	D	L	D	L	W	1956-02-04	Workington	H
10	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	27	9	3	2	26	10	3	1	9	18	25	1.257	28	L	W	W	L	L	1956-02-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	3	Stockport County	28	9	2	3	38	16	3	2	9	12	25	1.22	28	W	W	L	L	W	1956-01-28	Southport	A
12	3	Carlisle United	28	8	2	4	30	16	4	2	8	18	33	0.98	28	W	W	W	L	L	1956-01-28	Oldham Athletic	H
13	-2	Rochdale	28	7	4	2	34	24	2	6	7	15	30	0.907	28	L	D	D	W	W	1956-01-28	Derby County	H
14	-2	Darlington	29	7	3	4	27	19	5	1	9	13	28	0.851	28	L	L	L	W	D	1956-01-28	Wrexham	H
15	-2	Halifax Town	29	9	3	3	33	15	2	2	10	16	33	1.021	27	L	W	W	D	W	1956-01-28	Accrington Stanley	A
16	0	Gateshead	30	7	4	3	31	21	2	5	9	12	29	0.86	27	W	L	W	L	D	1956-01-28	Mansfield Town	H
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	29	9	2	5	26	14	2	3	8	14	36	0.8	27	W	L	L	L	D	1956-01-28	Hartlepools United	H
18	0	Chester	28	7	4	3	23	19	2	3	9	12	34	0.66	25	L	W	D	W	L	1956-02-04	Barrow	H
19	0	Wrexham	29	6	3	6	23	22	3	3	8	18	29	0.804	24	L	L	D	W	L	1956-01-28	Darlington	A
20	0	Oldham Athletic	30	5	6	4	27	24	1	5	9	15	30	0.778	23	D	L	L	L	D	1956-01-28	Carlisle United	A
21	0	Mansfield Town	28	6	6	3	27	15	0	3	10	12	36	0.765	21	W	L	W	D	W	1956-01-28	Gateshead	A
22	0	Bradford	27	7	3	2	23	18	0	2	13	10	55	0.452	19	L	L	L	W	L	1956-02-04	Gateshead	H
23	0	Barrow	29	7	3	4	28	12	0	1	14	10	41	0.717	18	L	W	D	L	D	1956-01-28	Bradford City	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	28	6	1	7	20	23	0	4	10	13	39	0.532	17	L	L	L	L	L	1956-01-28	Chesterfield	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Recreation Ground	4,876
Huggins 2	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	0	Millwall	Dean Court	5,645
Harrison 2, Newsham 2 (1p)	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	5	0	Gillingham	Goldstone Ground	17,192
Mundy 2, Stephens, Harburn 2	Lineups
Colchester United	4	1	Watford	Layer Road	7,699
McCurley, Plant, Wright, Grice	Lineups		Brown
Crystal Palace	0	2	Southampton	Selhurst Park	8,848
	Lineups		Reeves 2
Exeter City	2	3	Coventry City	St James Park	7,472
Rees, Murphy	Lineups		Uphill 2, McPherson
Leyton Orient	2	1	Brentford	Brisbane Road	14,009
Julians 2	Lineups		Morgan
Northampton Town	0	5	Ipswich Town	County Ground	13,103
	Lineups		Reed, Garneys 3, Parker
Norwich City	2	1	Reading	Carrow Road	15,610
Hunt 2	Lineups		Kirkup
Queens Park Rangers	3	2	Walsall	Loftus Road	6,591
Petchey 2, Pounder	Lineups		Morris, Dorman
Swindon Town	2	1	Torquay United	County Ground	7,148
Edwards, Gibson	Lineups		Collins R

				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	Ipswich Town	29	11	3	1	41	20	6	5	3	31	20	1.8	42	W	W	W	W	W	1956-02-04	Aldershot	H
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	13	1	0	53	5	4	4	6	22	19	3.125	39	W	W	W	L	W	1956-01-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
3	0	Leyton Orient	27	11	3	0	46	7	5	4	4	14	14	2.857	39	W	L	W	D	D	1956-02-04	Watford	A
4	0	Torquay United	28	7	6	1	29	12	7	2	5	24	21	1.606	36	L	D	W	L	W	1956-02-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	0	Coventry City	30	13	2	0	43	12	3	2	10	10	24	1.472	36	W	W	L	L	W	1956-02-11	Swindon Town	A
6	1	Norwich City	28	11	3	0	38	13	3	5	6	19	36	1.163	36	W	D	W	D	D	1956-01-28	Southampton	H
7	-1	Northampton Town	28	10	1	3	31	19	5	3	6	16	24	1.093	34	L	D	W	L	D	1956-01-28	Reading	A
8	0	Southend United	27	11	2	1	40	13	4	1	8	23	39	1.212	33	W	L	W	D	W	1956-02-11	Brentford	H
9	3	Colchester United	29	8	3	3	34	24	3	5	7	13	30	0.87	30	W	D	D	W	L	1956-01-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	3	Southampton	29	10	3	1	41	15	2	2	11	16	36	1.118	29	W	W	D	L	W	1956-01-28	Norwich City	A
11	-2	Shrewsbury Town	29	7	5	2	32	16	4	2	9	15	28	1.068	29	L	D	D	D	L	1956-01-28	Colchester United	A
12	-2	Brentford	28	7	4	3	24	20	4	3	7	17	27	0.872	29	L	D	L	L	D	1956-02-04	Exeter City	H
13	-2	Gillingham	29	7	2	5	24	17	4	4	7	20	32	0.898	28	L	L	D	W	L	1956-01-28	Crystal Palace	H
14	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	28	7	4	4	24	12	3	2	8	12	23	1.029	26	W	W	W	L	D	1956-01-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	-1	Newport County	29	8	1	6	22	17	2	5	7	19	33	0.82	26	D	L	W	W	L	1956-02-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
16	1	Aldershot	28	5	5	4	25	24	2	5	7	23	31	0.873	24	W	L	L	D	L	1956-01-28	Millwall	A
17	-1	Exeter City	28	5	4	5	18	18	3	4	7	14	30	0.667	24	L	L	L	W	D	1956-01-28	Walsall	H
18	3	Queens Park Rangers	29	5	6	4	26	23	1	4	9	12	32	0.691	22	W	L	D	D	D	1956-01-28	Watford	A
19	-1	Watford	28	5	4	5	25	25	2	4	8	10	32	0.614	22	L	D	L	W	D	1956-01-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	-1	Reading	29	5	2	7	25	27	3	3	9	20	30	0.789	21	L	L	W	L	W	1956-01-28	Northampton Town	H
21	-1	Crystal Palace	29	4	3	8	18	20	2	6	6	16	33	0.642	21	L	L	D	D	L	1956-01-28	Gillingham	A
22	0	Walsall	28	7	3	3	26	20	1	0	14	15	42	0.661	19	L	W	L	W	L	1956-01-28	Exeter City	A
23	0	Millwall	27	7	2	4	29	13	0	2	12	16	51	0.703	18	L	W	D	L	L	1956-01-28	Aldershot	H
24	0	Swindon Town	28	3	6	5	13	14	2	1	11	9	40	0.407	17	W	L	L	W	D	1956-02-11	Coventry City	H