1956-08-20

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Preston North End	1	3	Manchester United	Deepdale	32,569
Waterhouse	Lineups		Taylor 2, Whelan

				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	10	Manchester United	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	1.667	3	W	D	#	#	#	1956-08-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	-1	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Charlton Athletic	A
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Luton Town	A
4	-1	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Sunderland	A
5	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Manchester City	A
6	-1	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	-1	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	West Bromwich Albion	A
8	-1	Burnley	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Arsenal	A
9	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Chelsea	H
10	-1	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Cardiff City	A
11	-1	Birmingham City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Portsmouth	H
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	1	Preston North End	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.286	0	L	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Chelsea	A
19	-1	Blackpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Everton	A
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
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Leicester City	Leeds Road	18,978	Largest home game 1956-57
Simpson	Lineups		McNeill, Rowley
Sheffield United	5	2	Fulham	Bramall Lane	22,747
Hawksworth 2, Grainger 2, Hagan	Lineups		Stapleton, Dwight
Stoke City	1	0	Grimsby Town	Victoria Ground	20,921
Coleman	Lineups
West Ham United	1	3	Blackburn Rovers	Upton Park	19,727
Tucker	Lineups		Douglas 2, MacLeod

				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	1	Sheffield United	2	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	4	0	4.5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Port Vale	H
2	3	Leicester City	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	2.5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Stoke City	A
3	10	Stoke City	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	W	D	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Leicester City	H
4	-3	Swansea Town	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Barnsley	A
5	-2	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Bristol City	A
6	-2	West Ham United	2	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	1.25	2	L	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Swansea Town	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	-2	Huddersfield Town	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	L	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Leyton Orient	H
9	11	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	0.667	2	W	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Lincoln City	H
10	-2	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Middlesbrough	H
11	-2	Notts County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Liverpool	H
12	-2	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Nottingham Forest	H
13	-2	Lincoln City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Port Vale	H
14	-2	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Bury	A
15	-1	Barnsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Swansea Town	H
16	-1	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Lincoln City	A
17	-1	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Notts County	A
18	0	Fulham	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	5	0.333	0	L	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Nottingham Forest	A
19	-2	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Rotherham United	H
20	-1	Leyton Orient	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Bristol Rovers	H
21	0	Grimsby Town	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	L	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Notts County	H
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	Notes
Barrow	3	1	Accrington Stanley	Holker Street	8,706
Gordon 2, Armstrong	Lineups		Millar
Bradford	3	2	Stockport County	Park Avenue	11,152
Redfearn 2, Smith	Lineups		Clempson (p), Moran
Gateshead	1	2	Bradford City	Redheugh Park	3,414
Oliver	Lineups		Simm, Samuels
Hull City	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	Boothferry Park	12,222
Mortensen 2, Bradbury, Jensen	Lineups		Gwatkin
Mansfield Town	2	3	Rochdale	Field Mill	13,441
Smith, Berry	Lineups		Lewis 2, Todd
York City	2	2	Workington	Bootham Crescent	15,318	Largest home game 1956-57
Monkhouse, Colbridge	Lineups		Dailey 2

				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	2	Bradford City	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	2.5	4	W	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Chesterfield	A
2	7	Rochdale	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	4	W	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Hull City	A
3	-2	Hartlepool United	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Wrexham	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	16	Hull City	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	W	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Rochdale	H
6	-1	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Carlisle United	H
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	11	Barrow	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.5	2	W	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
9	-7	Accrington Stanley	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	1.333	2	L	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Oldham Athletic	A
10	-2	Halifax Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Oldham Athletic	A
11	-5	Stockport County	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	L	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Southport	A
12	8	Bradford	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	0.75	2	W	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Derby County	H
13	-3	Carlisle United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Darlington	A
14	-3	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Derby County	H
15	-3	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Halifax Town	H
16	7	Workington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Halifax Town	H
17	-4	Wrexham	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Hartlepool United	H
18	6	York City	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0.4	1	D	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	-4	Mansfield Town	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	0.6	0	L	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Carlisle United	H
20	-6	Gateshead	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	5	0.571	0	L	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Wrexham	H
21	-5	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Southport	A
22	-5	Southport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
23	-1	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-25	York City	A
24	-6	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Crewe Alexandra	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Coventry City	2	1	Southampton	Highfield Road	20,235
Hill, McPherson	Lineups		Mulgrew
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Home Park	15,718
Mitchell	Lineups		Angell, Longbottom
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Millwall	Gay Meadow	9,523
Whitaker (p), Rodgers	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	8	Coventry City	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	W	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Crystal Palace	A
2	-1	Brentford	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Swindon Town	H
3	-1	Torquay United	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Walsall	A
4	-1	Newport County	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Southend United	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	-2	Southampton	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	L	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Exeter City	A
7	-1	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Gillingham	H
8	-1	Colchester United	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Crystal Palace	A
9	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.333	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Watford	A
10	3	Shrewsbury Town	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	4	1.25	2	W	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Gillingham	H
11	0	Reading	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Northampton Town	A
12	11	Queens Park Rangers	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	W	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Newport County	H
13	-1	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Exeter City	A
14	-4	Millwall	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.5	2	L	W	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Ipswich Town	A
15	-1	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Newport County	H
16	-1	Swindon Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-21	Brentford	A
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	4	0.333	0	L	L	#	#	#	1956-08-25	Reading	H
18	-2	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
19	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Ipswich Town	H
20	-1	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Colchester United	H
21	-1	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Norwich City	H
22	-1	Gillingham	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-22	Aldershot	A
23	-1	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Reading	H
24	0	Walsall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1956-08-23	Torquay United	H