1956-08-18

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	0	Cardiff City	Highbury	51,069
	Lineups
Aston Villa	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Villa Park	32,869
Dixon, Baxter, O'Linn OG	Lineups		Ayre
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Blackpool	Burnden Park	33,310
Lofthouse 3, Stevens	Lineups		Durie
Burnley	2	0	Chelsea	Turf Moor	21,960
McIlroy, Cheesebrough	Lineups
Leeds United	5	1	Everton	Elland Road	31,379
Overfield, Charles, Brook 3	Lineups		Farrell
Luton Town	6	2	Sunderland	Kenilworth Road	23,049
Turner 4, Groves, Cullen	Lineups		Bingham, Purdon
Manchester United	2	2	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	32,752
Viollet 2	Lineups		Govan, Jones OG
Newcastle United	2	1	Portsmouth	St James' Park	30,191
Crowe, Taylor	Lineups		Gordon
Preston North End	1	4	Tottenham Hotspur	Deepdale	22,752
Finney (p)	Lineups		Medwin 2, Brooks 2
Sheffield Wednesday	4	2	West Bromwich Albion	Hillsborough	22,013
Shiner 2, Finney, Quixall	Lineups		Lee G, Allen
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	1	Manchester City	Molineux	43,406
Murray 4, Hooper	Lineups		Revie (p)

				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	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Luton Town	A
3	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Sunderland	A
4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Manchester City	A
5	0	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	0	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	West Bromwich Albion	A
7	0	Burnley	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Arsenal	A
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Chelsea	H
9	0	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Cardiff City	A
10	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Portsmouth	H
11	0	Manchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Preston North End	A
12	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Newcastle United	H
13	0	Arsenal	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Burnley	H
14	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Aston Villa	H
15	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Birmingham City	A
16	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
17	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Leeds United	H
18	0	Blackpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Everton	A
19	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Manchester United	H
20	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Blackpool	H
21	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Grimsby Town	Eastville	27,818
Ward	Lineups
Fulham	1	4	West Ham United	Craven Cottage	25,809
Dwight	Lineups		Dare 2, Grice, Tucker
Leicester City	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Filbert Street	26,165
McDonald 2, Hogg	Lineups		Jeffrey
Leyton Orient	1	4	Nottingham Forest	Brisbane Road	25,272	Largest home game 1956-57
Sexton	Lineups		Barrett 2 (1p), Lishman, Wilson
Lincoln City	1	1	Bristol City	Sincil Bank	12,727
Bannan	Lineups		Atyeo
Liverpool	2	3	Huddersfield Town	Anfield Road	49,344	Largest home & D 2 game 1956-57
Liddell 2 (1p)	Lineups		Simpson, Hickson, Davie
Middlesbrough	1	1	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	13,413
Harris	Lineups		Cairns (p)
Notts County	2	2	Bury	Meadow Lane	14,857
Taylor, Jackson	Lineups		Lawson, Nielson (p)
Port Vale	0	0	Barnsley	Vale Park	14,336
	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	4	Sheffield United	Millmoor	11,865
	Lineups		Ringstead 2, Grainger 2
Swansea Town	5	1	Blackburn Rovers	Vetch Field	20,513
Allchurch I, Charles 4	Lineups		Briggs

				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	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Barnsley	A
2	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Fulham	H
3	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Bristol City	A
4	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	0	Leicester City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Huddersfield Town	A
6	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Leicester City	H
7	0	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Leyton Orient	A
8	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Middlesbrough	H
9	0	Notts County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Liverpool	H
10	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Nottingham Forest	H
11	0	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Port Vale	H
12	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Bury	A
13	0	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Grimsby Town	H
14	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Swansea Town	H
15	0	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Lincoln City	A
16	0	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Notts County	A
17	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Rotherham United	H
18	0	Fulham	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Sheffield United	A
19	0	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Bristol Rovers	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	West Ham United	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Stoke City	A
22	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Doncaster Rovers	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	3	0	York City	Peel Park	11,026
Millar, Stewart, Devlin	Lineups
Bradford City	3	1	Southport	Valley Parade	10,499
Jackson D, Kelly, Samuels	Lineups		Mitchell
Carlisle United	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Brunton Park	9,027
Garvie, Broadis	Lineups		Travis 2
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Bradford	Gresty Road	5,029
Rolfe, Shaw	Lineups
Derby County	5	3	Gateshead	Baseball Ground	19,059
Parry 2, Woodhead 2, Ackerman	Lineups		Ingham, Oliver, Robson
Halifax Town	1	0	Hull City	The Shay	8,402
Darbyshire	Lineups
Hartlepools United	5	1	Chesterfield	Victoria Park	5,444
Lumley, Rayment, Johnson, McGuigan, Stamper	Lineups		Cunliffe
Rochdale	1	0	Barrow	Spotland	3,546
Lewis	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	2	Darlington	Old Showground	7,923
Brown	Lineups		Tulip 2
Stockport County	2	1	Mansfield Town	Edgeley Park	6,375
Daley, Moran	Lineups		Darwin
Wrexham	2	2	Chester	Racecourse Ground	13,506
Anderson, Jones D	Lineups		Bullock, Allman

				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	Hartlepool United	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Wrexham	A
2	0	Accrington Stanley	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Barrow	A
3	0	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Gateshead	A
4	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Chesterfield	A
5	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Carlisle United	H
6	0	Stockport County	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Bradford	A
7	0	Derby County	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.667	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Chester	A
8	0	Halifax Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Oldham Athletic	A
9	0	Rochdale	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Mansfield Town	A
10	0	Carlisle United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Darlington	A
11	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Derby County	H
12	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Halifax Town	H
13	0	Wrexham	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Hartlepool United	H
14	0	Gateshead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0.6	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Bradford City	H
15	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Rochdale	H
16	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Southport	A
17	0	Southport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
18	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	0	Barrow	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Accrington Stanley	H
20	0	Bradford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Stockport County	H
21	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Hull City	A
23	0	Workington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	York City	A
24	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Workington	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	4	1	Plymouth Argyle	Griffin Park	13,710
Newcombe, Goundry, Taylor, Towers	Lineups		Davies
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	3	Shrewsbury Town	Goldstone Ground	17,430	Largest home game 1956-57
Foreman, Harburn, Mundy 2	Lineups		Hobson, O'Donnell, Whitaker
Colchester United	3	2	Southend United	Layer Road	11,454
Wright, McCurley, Barrell	Lineups		Duthie, Tulloch
Coventry City	1	0	Exeter City	Highfield Road	20,100
Churms	Lineups
Gillingham	0	3	Watford	Priestfield Stadium	9,934
	Lineups		Graham, Cook, Marden
Millwall	1	0	Walsall	The Den, New Cross	14,301
Shepherd	Lineups
Newport County	3	0	Northampton Town	Somerton Park	11,371
Terry 2, Harris	Lineups
Norwich City	1	0	Crystal Palace	Carrow Road	16,057
Gavin	Lineups
Reading	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Elm Park	11,417
Whitehouse	Lineups
Southampton	3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	The Dell	18,121
McLaughlin, Reeves, Shields	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	2	Aldershot	County Ground	10,966
Edwards (p)	Lineups		Muir, Flint
Torquay United	4	1	Ipswich Town	Plainmoor	9,842
Anderton, Mills 2, Shaw	Lineups		Leadbetter

				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	Brentford	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Torquay United	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Walsall	A
3	0	Newport County	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Southend United	A
4	0	Southampton	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Coventry City	A
5	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Gillingham	H
7	0	Colchester United	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Crystal Palace	A
8	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.333	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Watford	A
9	0	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Southampton	H
10	0	Millwall	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	0	Reading	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Northampton Town	A
12	0	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Exeter City	A
13	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0.75	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Millwall	H
14	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Newport County	H
15	0	Swindon Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Brentford	A
16	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Colchester United	H
20	0	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Norwich City	H
21	0	Gillingham	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Aldershot	A
22	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Reading	H
23	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-20	Plymouth Argyle	A
24	0	Walsall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Torquay United	H