1956-04-11

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Manchester City	3	1	Sheffield United	Maine Road	16,991
Hayes, Faulkner, Spurdle	Lineups		Grainger

				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	40	17	3	0	50	20	7	6	7	30	29	1.633	57	W	D	W	W	W	1956-04-14	Sunderland	A
2	0	Blackpool	39	13	4	3	56	25	7	5	7	29	32	1.491	49	L	W	D	D	W	1956-04-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
3	1	Manchester City	39	11	5	4	39	24	6	5	8	36	37	1.23	44	W	L	W	D	W	1956-04-14	Burnley	H
4	-1	Birmingham City	39	11	4	5	46	24	6	5	8	24	29	1.321	43	W	W	W	D	L	1956-04-14	Arsenal	A
5	0	Arsenal	39	12	4	4	37	22	4	6	9	19	36	0.966	42	W	W	W	W	W	1956-04-14	Birmingham City	H
6	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	12	3	5	47	22	5	4	10	18	26	1.354	41	W	L	L	D	L	1956-04-14	Newcastle United	H
7	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	2	4	41	24	4	6	9	33	34	1.276	40	L	D	D	W	W	1956-04-14	Preston North End	H
8	0	Newcastle United	40	12	3	5	48	23	5	3	12	34	43	1.242	40	W	D	L	L	D	1956-04-14	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	0	Burnley	39	11	3	6	36	18	5	5	9	21	31	1.163	40	L	W	W	L	W	1956-04-14	Manchester City	A
10	0	Luton Town	39	11	4	4	39	22	5	4	11	22	35	1.07	40	W	D	L	D	W	1956-04-14	Cardiff City	A
11	0	Portsmouth	39	9	7	3	43	33	7	1	12	32	46	0.949	40	L	W	W	D	L	1956-04-14	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	0	Charlton Athletic	40	13	1	6	47	26	4	4	12	28	51	0.974	39	W	L	L	W	L	1956-04-14	Huddersfield Town	A
13	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	12	3	5	35	24	5	1	13	20	41	0.846	38	L	L	L	W	W	1956-04-14	Portsmouth	A
14	0	Everton	40	10	5	5	36	29	4	5	11	17	34	0.841	38	W	D	L	L	W	1956-04-14	Chelsea	A
15	0	Sunderland	38	9	7	3	41	34	6	1	12	32	54	0.83	38	L	L	W	L	L	1956-04-14	Manchester United	H
16	0	Preston North End	40	6	5	9	32	35	8	3	9	40	34	1.043	36	L	D	W	W	W	1956-04-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	0	Cardiff City	38	10	3	5	33	30	4	4	12	19	37	0.776	35	L	L	L	D	L	1956-04-14	Luton Town	H
18	0	Chelsea	39	8	4	7	24	24	4	6	10	31	50	0.743	34	L	D	L	D	L	1956-04-14	Everton	H
19	1	Tottenham Hotspur	37	8	4	7	33	30	5	2	11	21	33	0.857	32	W	D	L	L	W	1956-04-14	Blackpool	A
20	-1	Sheffield United	38	8	5	6	26	29	4	3	12	29	36	0.846	32	L	W	D	D	W	1956-04-14	Aston Villa	A
21	0	Aston Villa	39	7	6	6	26	27	1	7	12	19	40	0.672	29	L	D	D	W	L	1956-04-14	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Huddersfield Town	39	7	4	8	25	29	4	3	13	20	52	0.556	29	W	L	L	L	D	1956-04-14	Charlton Athletic	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Chester	Gresty Road	3,076
	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	Derby County	42	16	4	1	62	21	10	3	8	43	30	2.059	59	W	D	W	W	W	1956-04-14	Darlington	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	40	16	1	2	48	10	10	4	7	21	19	2.379	57	W	W	W	L	W	1956-04-14	Wrexham	H
3	0	Southport	40	12	8	2	39	18	9	2	7	23	25	1.442	52	D	W	W	D	L	1956-04-14	Workington	H
4	0	Hartlepools United	41	16	1	3	40	15	8	3	10	30	39	1.296	52	W	W	W	L	L	1956-04-14	Barrow	A
5	0	Accrington Stanley	39	15	3	2	52	16	7	4	8	30	35	1.608	51	L	W	D	L	D	1956-04-14	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	0	Chesterfield	42	17	1	4	59	21	5	3	12	24	41	1.339	48	W	W	W	L	L	1956-04-14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
7	0	Bradford City	41	14	4	2	47	22	2	8	11	20	34	1.196	44	L	D	L	D	W	1956-04-14	Rochdale	A
8	0	Stockport County	42	14	4	3	57	21	3	5	13	16	37	1.259	43	W	D	D	W	D	1956-04-14	Chester	A
9	0	Workington	42	12	3	6	45	19	6	4	11	27	41	1.2	43	W	L	L	L	D	1956-04-14	Southport	A
10	0	York City	41	10	4	6	38	23	7	5	9	38	41	1.188	43	D	W	L	D	W	1956-04-14	Gateshead	A
11	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	40	11	4	5	37	19	6	4	10	27	32	1.255	42	D	W	L	L	W	1956-04-14	Chesterfield	A
12	0	Rochdale	41	11	5	4	41	33	4	7	10	20	43	0.803	42	D	W	D	W	L	1956-04-14	Bradford City	H
13	0	Gateshead	43	13	4	4	49	29	2	7	13	20	49	0.885	41	L	L	W	W	D	1956-04-14	York City	H
14	0	Wrexham	42	10	5	6	34	25	5	4	12	28	43	0.912	39	W	D	W	W	W	1956-04-14	Grimsby Town	A
15	0	Darlington	41	10	6	5	40	27	5	3	12	18	41	0.853	39	L	D	W	L	D	1956-04-14	Derby County	H
16	1	Chester	41	10	7	3	31	24	3	6	12	15	43	0.687	39	D	L	W	D	W	1956-04-14	Stockport County	H
17	-1	Tranmere Rovers	42	11	4	7	33	22	4	4	12	21	51	0.74	38	L	D	L	L	W	1956-04-14	Oldham Athletic	H
18	0	Mansfield Town	42	12	6	4	56	20	1	5	14	20	49	1.101	37	W	L	L	L	W	1956-04-12	Carlisle United	A
19	0	Halifax Town	41	9	6	5	38	23	3	4	14	23	47	0.871	34	D	L	L	L	L	1956-04-14	Bradford	A
20	0	Oldham Athletic	43	7	10	4	45	33	2	6	14	25	50	0.843	34	D	L	W	D	D	1956-04-14	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	0	Carlisle United	41	9	3	9	36	33	4	4	12	23	52	0.694	33	L	D	L	D	L	1956-04-12	Mansfield Town	H
22	0	Barrow	43	9	6	6	38	22	1	2	19	16	57	0.684	28	W	D	W	L	L	1956-04-14	Hartlepools United	H
23	0	Bradford	40	11	3	5	39	31	0	3	18	14	74	0.505	28	L	L	W	L	L	1956-04-14	Halifax Town	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	42	8	4	9	30	31	0	6	15	16	61	0.5	26	D	L	L	L	D	1956-04-14	Accrington Stanley	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Exeter City	3	2	Southampton	St James Park	6,933
Iggleden, Burke 2	Lineups		Brown, Reeves

				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	Leyton Orient	39	16	3	1	68	15	11	4	4	28	18	2.909	61	W	W	L	W	W	1956-04-14	Shrewsbury Town	H
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	18	1	1	65	12	9	4	8	35	29	2.439	59	W	W	W	W	W	1956-04-14	Norwich City	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	41	14	6	1	55	27	8	6	6	42	28	1.764	56	W	L	L	W	D	1956-04-14	Exeter City	A
4	0	Coventry City	42	16	3	2	53	18	4	4	13	16	35	1.302	47	L	W	W	W	L	1956-04-14	Torquay United	H
5	0	Southend United	39	14	4	2	52	20	5	5	9	27	45	1.215	47	L	D	W	D	D	1956-04-14	Walsall	H
6	0	Torquay United	41	10	9	2	41	19	7	2	11	31	36	1.309	45	W	L	L	L	D	1956-04-14	Coventry City	A
7	0	Norwich City	39	14	3	3	50	24	3	8	8	23	45	1.058	45	L	W	L	L	D	1956-04-12	Walsall	H
8	0	Brentford	41	11	6	4	38	28	5	6	9	24	35	0.984	44	L	L	W	D	D	1956-04-14	Newport County	H
9	0	Northampton Town	40	12	3	5	36	24	6	4	10	20	35	0.949	43	L	W	L	D	D	1956-04-12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
10	0	Colchester United	42	12	4	5	50	33	4	7	10	18	40	0.932	43	L	D	L	D	L	1956-04-14	Southampton	H
11	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	11	6	4	35	13	5	4	10	19	29	1.286	42	W	D	D	W	W	1956-04-12	Northampton Town	A
12	0	Southampton	43	13	6	3	58	25	4	2	15	26	47	1.167	42	L	L	D	W	W	1956-04-14	Colchester United	A
13	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	10	7	2	41	18	5	3	14	20	40	1.052	40	W	D	L	L	W	1956-04-14	Leyton Orient	A
14	0	Gillingham	41	9	3	8	32	26	6	7	8	27	40	0.894	40	W	D	L	L	W	1956-04-14	Aldershot	H
15	0	Aldershot	41	8	7	5	33	31	3	7	11	34	50	0.827	36	L	D	W	D	W	1956-04-14	Gillingham	A
16	3	Exeter City	42	9	5	7	35	27	4	4	13	16	43	0.729	35	W	L	W	L	W	1956-04-14	Ipswich Town	H
17	-1	Watford	42	7	5	9	29	36	5	6	10	19	42	0.615	35	W	D	W	D	L	1956-04-14	Swindon Town	H
18	-1	Reading	42	9	2	10	36	34	4	6	11	28	41	0.853	34	D	W	W	W	D	1956-04-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	-1	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	7	6	38	28	3	4	14	18	51	0.709	33	W	L	W	L	L	1956-04-14	Reading	A
20	0	Walsall	39	10	5	3	32	22	2	3	16	21	50	0.736	32	W	D	D	D	W	1956-04-12	Norwich City	A
21	0	Newport County	40	9	2	9	25	24	3	6	11	25	46	0.714	32	L	L	L	L	L	1956-04-12	Swindon Town	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	41	6	3	12	25	29	5	7	8	27	44	0.712	32	W	L	W	L	L	1956-04-14	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
23	0	Swindon Town	41	4	10	7	18	20	4	3	13	14	52	0.444	29	D	D	D	D	L	1956-04-12	Newport County	A
24	0	Millwall	40	9	4	6	41	30	2	2	17	25	65	0.695	28	L	L	D	L	W	1956-04-14	Northampton Town	H