1956-04-16

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

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Stoke City	0	2	Bury	Victoria Ground	11,229
	Lineups		Kelly, Pearson

				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	40	12	5	3	55	25	7	8	5	36	32	1.596	51	L	D	W	W	D	1956-04-21	Bury	A
2	0	Bristol Rovers	40	13	3	4	52	31	8	3	9	30	35	1.242	48	W	W	W	L	W	1956-04-21	Leeds United	A
3	0	Leeds United	39	16	3	1	49	17	4	3	12	23	41	1.241	46	W	W	W	L	W	1956-04-21	Bristol Rovers	H
4	0	Blackburn Rovers	39	12	4	4	52	28	8	1	10	28	33	1.311	45	W	L	W	W	W	1956-04-21	Bristol City	A
5	0	Liverpool	39	14	3	4	52	25	5	3	10	30	35	1.367	44	W	L	L	W	L	1956-04-21	Rotherham United	A
6	0	Leicester City	40	14	3	3	60	23	5	3	12	28	53	1.158	44	W	L	L	D	L	1956-04-21	Port Vale	A
7	0	Nottingham Forest	38	9	3	7	29	25	10	3	6	34	32	1.105	44	L	W	D	W	W	1956-04-18	West Ham United	H
8	0	Bristol City	40	13	4	3	47	20	5	3	12	31	41	1.279	43	L	W	D	L	L	1956-04-21	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	0	Port Vale	40	11	4	4	33	16	4	9	8	22	37	1.038	43	L	L	D	D	W	1956-04-21	Leicester City	H
10	0	Fulham	40	13	2	4	51	24	5	4	12	30	52	1.066	42	W	W	L	D	L	1956-04-21	Doncaster Rovers	H
11	0	Swansea Town	39	13	3	3	44	20	5	2	13	31	56	0.987	41	L	W	L	L	W	1956-04-21	Plymouth Argyle	H
12	0	Lincoln City	37	12	5	2	45	16	3	5	10	21	37	1.245	40	W	D	D	L	W	1956-04-18	Middlesbrough	A
13	0	Stoke City	38	13	2	6	47	27	5	2	10	17	29	1.143	40	L	W	L	W	D	1956-04-21	Notts County	A
14	0	Bury	41	9	5	6	42	34	7	3	11	42	51	0.988	40	W	W	W	L	L	1956-04-21	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	0	West Ham United	39	11	4	4	47	23	2	6	12	22	42	1.062	36	L	D	L	W	W	1956-04-18	Nottingham Forest	A
16	0	Doncaster Rovers	39	11	5	4	45	29	1	6	12	24	59	0.784	35	L	D	L	W	W	1956-04-21	Fulham	A
17	0	Middlesbrough	38	9	4	6	37	28	4	4	11	27	44	0.889	34	L	L	L	L	D	1956-04-18	Lincoln City	H
18	0	Rotherham United	37	7	5	5	27	27	5	4	11	26	38	0.815	33	L	L	W	W	W	1956-04-21	Liverpool	H
19	0	Barnsley	40	10	4	6	32	34	1	7	12	13	46	0.563	33	L	W	W	L	D	1956-04-21	Nottingham Forest	H
20	0	Notts County	41	8	5	7	38	34	3	4	14	16	45	0.684	31	L	D	W	L	L	1956-04-21	Stoke City	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	41	7	6	8	33	25	3	1	16	19	60	0.612	27	W	L	L	L	L	1956-04-21	Swansea Town	A
22	0	Hull City	39	5	4	10	28	39	4	2	14	20	47	0.558	24	W	D	W	L	D	1956-04-21	Middlesbrough	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	5	0	Bradford	Valley Parade	11,658
Jackson D, Samuels 2, Webb, Jackson P	Lineups
York City	0	1	Accrington Stanley	Bootham Crescent	8,016
	Lineups		Wright

				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	41	17	1	2	49	10	10	4	7	21	19	2.414	59	W	W	W	W	L	1956-04-17	Darlington	H
2	0	Derby County	43	16	4	1	62	21	10	3	9	43	31	2.019	59	L	W	D	W	W	1956-04-21	Rochdale	H
3	0	Accrington Stanley	41	16	3	2	57	17	8	4	8	31	35	1.692	55	W	W	L	W	D	1956-04-21	Halifax Town	A
4	0	Southport	41	12	9	2	39	18	9	2	7	23	25	1.442	53	D	D	W	W	D	1956-04-18	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
5	0	Hartlepools United	42	16	1	3	40	15	8	3	11	32	42	1.263	52	L	W	W	W	L	1956-04-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	0	Chesterfield	43	18	1	4	61	21	5	3	12	24	41	1.371	50	W	W	W	W	L	1956-04-18	Rochdale	A
7	2	Bradford City	43	15	4	2	52	22	2	8	12	21	37	1.237	46	W	L	L	D	L	1956-04-21	Barrow	H
8	-1	Stockport County	43	14	4	3	57	21	4	5	13	20	38	1.305	45	W	W	D	D	W	1956-04-21	Southport	H
9	-1	Workington	43	12	3	6	45	19	6	5	11	27	41	1.2	44	D	W	L	L	L	1956-04-21	Grimsby Town	H
10	0	Rochdale	42	12	5	4	44	34	4	7	10	20	43	0.831	44	W	D	W	D	W	1956-04-18	Chesterfield	H
11	0	York City	43	10	4	7	38	24	7	5	10	40	44	1.147	43	L	L	D	W	L	1956-04-21	Bradford	H
12	0	Gateshead	44	14	4	4	52	31	2	7	13	20	49	0.9	43	W	L	L	W	W	1956-04-21	Mansfield Town	A
13	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	41	11	4	5	37	19	6	4	11	27	34	1.208	42	L	D	W	L	L	1956-04-18	Southport	H
14	0	Darlington	42	11	6	5	41	27	5	3	12	18	41	0.868	41	W	L	D	W	L	1956-04-17	Grimsby Town	A
15	0	Wrexham	43	10	5	6	34	25	5	4	13	28	44	0.899	39	L	W	D	W	W	1956-04-21	Darlington	H
16	0	Chester	42	10	7	4	32	28	3	6	12	15	43	0.662	39	L	D	L	W	D	1956-04-21	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
17	0	Tranmere Rovers	43	11	4	8	33	25	4	4	12	21	51	0.711	38	L	L	D	L	L	1956-04-18	Bradford	A
18	0	Mansfield Town	43	12	6	4	56	20	1	5	15	22	54	1.054	37	L	W	L	L	L	1956-04-21	Gateshead	H
19	0	Oldham Athletic	44	7	10	4	45	33	3	6	14	28	50	0.88	36	W	D	L	W	D	1956-04-21	Carlisle United	H
20	0	Halifax Town	42	9	6	5	38	23	3	5	14	24	48	0.873	35	D	D	L	L	L	1956-04-21	Accrington Stanley	H
21	0	Carlisle United	42	10	3	9	41	35	4	4	12	23	52	0.736	35	W	L	D	L	D	1956-04-21	Oldham Athletic	A
22	0	Barrow	44	10	6	6	41	24	1	2	19	16	57	0.704	30	W	W	D	W	L	1956-04-21	Bradford City	A
23	0	Bradford	42	11	4	5	40	32	0	3	19	14	79	0.486	29	L	D	L	L	W	1956-04-18	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	8	4	9	30	31	0	6	16	17	66	0.485	26	L	D	L	L	L	1956-04-21	Chesterfield	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Walsall	2	0	Northampton Town	Fellows Park	11,934
McPherson 2 (2p)	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	Leyton Orient	40	17	3	1	73	17	11	4	4	28	18	2.886	63	W	W	W	L	W	1956-04-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	18	1	1	65	12	9	5	8	38	32	2.341	60	D	W	W	W	W	1956-04-18	Leyton Orient	H
3	0	Ipswich Town	42	14	6	1	55	27	8	7	6	44	30	1.737	57	D	W	L	L	W	1956-04-21	Leyton Orient	H
4	0	Southend United	40	15	4	2	55	22	5	5	9	27	45	1.224	49	W	L	D	W	D	1956-04-19	Newport County	A
5	0	Norwich City	41	15	4	3	56	29	3	8	8	23	45	1.068	48	D	W	L	W	L	1956-04-18	Aldershot	A
6	0	Torquay United	42	10	9	2	41	19	8	2	11	33	37	1.321	47	W	W	L	L	L	1956-04-21	Southend United	H
7	0	Coventry City	43	16	3	3	54	20	4	4	13	16	35	1.273	47	L	L	W	W	W	1956-04-21	Newport County	A
8	0	Brentford	42	11	7	4	39	29	5	6	9	24	35	0.984	45	D	L	L	W	D	1956-04-21	Swindon Town	A
9	0	Colchester United	43	13	4	5	53	35	4	7	10	18	40	0.947	45	W	L	D	L	D	1956-04-21	Shrewsbury Town	A
10	0	Northampton Town	43	13	3	5	38	25	6	4	12	21	41	0.894	45	L	L	W	L	W	1956-04-21	Reading	H
11	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	6	4	36	13	5	4	11	20	31	1.273	44	W	L	W	D	D	1956-04-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	0	Southampton	44	13	6	3	58	25	4	2	16	28	50	1.147	42	L	L	L	D	W	1956-04-21	Norwich City	H
13	0	Gillingham	42	10	3	8	34	26	6	7	8	27	40	0.924	42	W	W	D	L	L	1956-04-21	Crystal Palace	A
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	42	10	7	2	41	18	5	3	15	22	45	1	40	L	W	D	L	L	1956-04-21	Colchester United	H
15	0	Watford	43	8	5	9	31	37	5	6	10	19	42	0.633	37	W	W	D	W	D	1956-04-21	Queens Park Rangers	A
16	0	Reading	43	10	2	10	39	35	4	6	11	28	41	0.882	36	W	D	W	W	W	1956-04-21	Northampton Town	A
17	0	Aldershot	42	8	7	5	33	31	3	7	12	34	52	0.807	36	L	L	D	W	D	1956-04-18	Norwich City	H
18	0	Exeter City	43	9	6	7	37	29	4	4	13	16	43	0.736	36	D	W	L	W	L	1956-04-21	Walsall	A
19	0	Newport County	42	10	2	9	26	24	3	7	11	26	47	0.732	35	D	W	L	L	L	1956-04-19	Southend United	H
20	1	Walsall	42	11	5	3	34	22	2	3	18	25	56	0.756	34	W	L	L	W	D	1956-04-21	Exeter City	H
21	-1	Queens Park Rangers	43	8	7	6	38	28	3	4	15	19	54	0.695	33	L	W	L	W	L	1956-04-21	Watford	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	42	6	3	12	25	29	5	7	9	27	45	0.703	32	L	W	L	W	L	1956-04-21	Gillingham	H
23	0	Millwall	41	10	4	6	45	31	2	2	17	25	65	0.729	30	W	L	L	D	L	1956-04-21	Aldershot	A
24	0	Swindon Town	43	4	10	7	18	20	4	3	15	15	55	0.44	29	L	L	D	D	D	1956-04-21	Brentford	H