1956-09-08

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	3	0	Preston North End	St Andrew's	44,458
Govan 3	Lineups
Blackpool	4	0	Luton Town	Bloomfield Road	32,112
Mudie, Brown, Durie, Wright	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	1	Chelsea	Ninian Park	26,568
Armstrong OG	Lineups		McNichol
Charlton Athletic	4	4	Sheffield Wednesday	The Valley	21,435
Gauld, Kiernan, Leary, Hewie (p)	Lineups		Shiner 2, Finney, Froggatt
Everton	0	4	Aston Villa	Goodison Park	43,762
	Lineups		Sewell 2, Dixon, Smith
Leeds United	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	Elland Road	40,010
Meek, Charles, Brook	Lineups		Lofthouse, Holden
Manchester City	3	1	Sunderland	Maine Road	35,753
McAdams, Revie, Hayes	Lineups		Daniel (p)
Newcastle United	1	1	Manchester United	St James' Park	50,130	Largest home game 1956-57
Milburn	Lineups		Whelan
Portsmouth	2	3	Arsenal	Fratton Park	30,768
Harris, Rees	Lineups		Bloomfield, Tiddy, Holton
Tottenham Hotspur	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	62,592
Smith 2, Brooks 2	Lineups		Hooper
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Burnley	The Hawthorns	23,611
Allen, Griffin	Lineups		McKay 2

				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	7	2	1	0	8	4	3	1	0	9	5	1.889	12	D	W	W	W	W	1956-09-15	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Birmingham City	7	4	0	0	16	4	1	1	1	6	7	2	11	W	W	L	W	W	1956-09-15	Chelsea	A
3	2	Blackpool	7	4	0	0	16	5	1	0	2	6	9	1.571	10	W	W	L	W	W	1956-09-15	Sunderland	A
4	-1	Burnley	7	4	0	0	9	2	0	2	1	5	7	1.556	10	D	W	W	W	D	1956-09-12	Everton	A
5	4	Aston Villa	7	2	1	0	6	3	1	2	1	5	3	1.833	9	W	D	W	D	D	1956-09-15	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	1	Tottenham Hotspur	7	3	0	0	12	4	1	1	2	7	8	1.583	9	W	L	L	W	W	1956-09-15	Aston Villa	A
7	-1	Leeds United	7	3	1	0	12	3	1	0	2	3	7	1.5	9	W	L	D	W	L	1956-09-12	Manchester City	H
8	-4	Luton Town	7	3	1	0	10	4	1	0	2	6	10	1.143	9	L	D	W	L	W	1956-09-15	Everton	H
9	1	Sheffield Wednesday	6	3	0	0	12	2	0	1	2	6	9	1.636	7	D	L	W	L	W	1956-09-12	Cardiff City	H
10	-2	Bolton Wanderers	6	3	0	0	7	2	0	1	2	4	8	1.1	7	L	W	W	D	L	1956-09-12	Charlton Athletic	H
11	3	Arsenal	7	2	1	1	7	3	1	0	2	6	9	1.083	7	W	L	W	L	L	1956-09-10	Preston North End	A
12	0	Cardiff City	7	2	2	0	11	7	0	1	2	0	7	0.786	7	D	W	L	L	D	1956-09-12	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	0	Newcastle United	7	2	1	0	4	2	1	0	3	5	16	0.5	7	D	L	L	W	W	1956-09-15	Arsenal	A
14	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	3	0	0	12	6	0	0	3	3	8	1.071	6	L	W	W	L	L	1956-09-12	Sunderland	H
15	3	Manchester City	7	2	2	0	7	4	0	0	3	5	11	0.8	6	W	W	L	L	D	1956-09-12	Leeds United	A
16	-1	West Bromwich Albion	7	2	1	1	8	6	0	1	2	3	8	0.786	6	D	W	L	D	L	1956-09-15	Preston North End	A
17	-1	Sunderland	6	2	0	1	12	3	0	0	3	4	11	1.143	4	L	L	W	L	W	1956-09-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	-1	Preston North End	7	1	0	2	8	7	1	0	3	4	8	0.8	4	L	W	W	L	L	1956-09-10	Arsenal	H
19	0	Chelsea	6	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	2	1	7	0.333	4	D	L	D	W	L	1956-09-15	Birmingham City	H
20	0	Portsmouth	7	1	0	2	8	8	0	0	4	3	10	0.611	2	L	L	L	L	W	1956-09-15	Burnley	A
21	0	Everton	7	0	1	2	4	9	0	0	4	5	14	0.391	1	L	L	L	L	D	1956-09-12	Burnley	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	6	0	1	2	6	8	0	0	3	2	15	0.348	1	D	L	L	L	L	1956-09-12	Bolton Wanderers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	4	Port Vale	Ewood Park	20,753
Briggs (p), Crossan	Lineups		Smith 2, Stephenson, Leyland OG
Bristol City	1	2	Barnsley	Ashton Gate	19,863
Atyeo	Lineups		Brown, McCann
Bury	1	3	Huddersfield Town	Gigg Lane	17,434
Kelly	Lineups		Hickson 2, Frear
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Liverpool	Belle Vue	13,580
Jeffrey	Lineups		Liddell
Fulham	7	3	Swansea Town	Craven Cottage	25,375
Dwight 3, Chamberlain, Stevens 2 (1p), King OG	Lineups		Griffiths 2 (1p), Lowe OG
Grimsby Town	0	0	Leyton Orient	Blundell Park	18,251
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Ayresome Park	19,149
Scott, Clough, Peacock	Lineups		Biggs, Hooper
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Lincoln City	City Ground	26,780
Lishman	Lineups		Hawkings
Sheffield United	1	1	Leicester City	Bramall Lane	32,141	Largest home game 1956-57
Howitt	Lineups		Rowley
Stoke City	6	0	Notts County	Victoria Ground	18,564
Kelly, Oscroft, Bowyer, Coleman 2, Cairns (p)	Lineups
West Ham United	1	1	Rotherham United	Upton Park	19,448
Dare	Lineups		Jackson B

				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	Nottingham Forest	7	2	2	0	8	5	3	0	0	13	3	2.625	12	D	W	W	D	W	1956-09-15	Rotherham United	A
2	0	Sheffield United	6	2	1	0	10	5	3	0	0	12	2	3.143	11	D	W	W	W	W	1956-09-13	Swansea Town	A
3	0	Bristol Rovers	7	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	2	8	8	1.6	9	L	L	W	W	W	1956-09-10	Huddersfield Town	H
4	1	Huddersfield Town	7	2	0	1	6	3	2	1	1	8	6	1.556	9	W	W	L	D	W	1956-09-10	Bristol Rovers	A
5	-1	West Ham United	7	0	2	2	4	7	3	0	0	8	1	1.5	8	D	D	W	W	L	1956-09-15	Port Vale	A
6	0	Liverpool	7	1	1	1	8	8	1	3	0	5	3	1.182	8	D	D	W	D	W	1956-09-15	Stoke City	H
7	5	Stoke City	7	3	1	0	11	2	0	1	2	2	9	1.182	8	W	D	L	L	W	1956-09-10	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	-1	Grimsby Town	7	3	1	0	9	4	0	0	3	2	5	1.222	7	D	W	L	W	W	1956-09-12	Middlesbrough	A
9	0	Leicester City	6	1	2	0	6	4	1	1	1	4	5	1.111	7	D	D	D	L	W	1956-09-12	Bury	H
10	3	Middlesbrough	7	1	2	0	6	5	1	1	2	8	8	1.077	7	W	L	D	D	W	1956-09-12	Grimsby Town	H
11	-1	Lincoln City	7	1	1	1	5	3	1	2	1	8	10	1	7	D	L	L	D	W	1956-09-15	Fulham	H
12	2	Barnsley	7	1	0	3	9	14	2	1	0	5	3	0.824	7	W	W	L	W	L	1956-09-15	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	-2	Doncaster Rovers	7	0	2	1	4	6	2	1	1	5	5	0.818	7	D	D	W	W	L	1956-09-10	Stoke City	H
14	3	Fulham	7	2	0	2	10	9	1	0	2	6	8	0.941	6	W	W	W	L	L	1956-09-12	Bristol City	H
15	-7	Swansea Town	6	1	0	2	8	8	2	0	1	8	10	0.889	6	L	L	L	W	W	1956-09-13	Sheffield United	H
16	2	Port Vale	6	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	2	6	10	0.833	6	W	W	D	L	L	1956-09-15	West Ham United	H
17	-2	Bury	6	1	0	2	4	7	0	2	1	7	8	0.733	4	L	L	D	L	W	1956-09-12	Leicester City	A
18	-2	Blackburn Rovers	7	0	0	3	5	10	2	0	2	7	8	0.667	4	L	L	W	L	L	1956-09-15	Barnsley	A
19	2	Leyton Orient	6	1	1	1	6	8	0	1	2	2	6	0.571	4	D	W	L	L	D	1956-09-13	Notts County	A
20	-1	Bristol City	7	1	0	3	4	11	0	2	1	4	6	0.471	4	L	L	L	D	W	1956-09-12	Fulham	A
21	-1	Notts County	6	0	2	1	4	5	0	1	2	4	11	0.5	3	L	L	D	L	D	1956-09-13	Leyton Orient	H
22	0	Rotherham United	6	0	0	3	0	7	0	2	1	3	4	0.273	2	D	L	L	L	D	1956-09-15	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	2	2	Derby County	Holker Street	8,658
Gordon, Roberts	Lineups		Straw, Ackerman
Bradford	0	1	Gateshead	Park Avenue	9,431
	Lineups		Ingham
Chester	1	4	Stockport County	Sealand Road	9,948
Whitlock	Lineups		Wilson 2, Moran, Finney
Chesterfield	2	2	Carlisle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,890
Sowden 2	Lineups		Broadis, Devlin
Darlington	1	5	Wrexham	Feethams Ground	7,904
Moran	Lineups		Thompson 2, Hewitt, Anderson, Morgans
Halifax Town	2	1	Rochdale	The Shay	8,137
Darbyshire 2	Lineups		Lord
Hartlepools United	2	0	Bradford City	Victoria Park	10,821
Johnson, McGuigan	Lineups
Hull City	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Boothferry Park	12,947
Bradbury, Jensen	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Field Mill	11,383
Jepson 2, Darwin	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	1	York City	Boundary Park	8,608
Crook, Pearson, Campbell	Lineups		Hughes
Southport	3	5	Accrington Stanley	Haig Avenue	7,376
McIlvenny, Miles, Bromilow	Lineups		Sowden, Dick, Stewart 3
Workington	2	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Borough Park	11,073
Chisholm, Dailey	Lineups		Haigh, Jones

				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	Stockport County	7	4	0	0	10	3	2	0	1	7	4	2.429	12	W	W	W	W	W	1956-09-10	Oldham Athletic	A
2	0	Hartlepool United	7	3	0	0	9	2	2	1	1	12	7	2.333	11	W	W	L	W	W	1956-09-10	Southport	H
3	0	Accrington Stanley	7	2	1	0	10	4	3	0	1	12	9	1.692	11	W	W	D	W	W	1956-09-12	Tranmere Rovers	H
4	4	Hull City	7	3	0	1	8	3	1	1	1	5	4	1.857	9	W	L	D	W	W	1956-09-12	Workington	A
5	0	Workington	6	2	1	0	8	5	1	2	0	4	2	1.714	9	D	W	D	W	W	1956-09-12	Hull City	H
6	0	Derby County	7	2	1	0	9	4	1	2	1	8	7	1.545	9	D	W	D	W	L	1956-09-12	Wrexham	H
7	-3	Bradford City	7	3	0	0	7	2	1	1	2	4	7	1.222	9	L	L	W	W	D	1956-09-12	Mansfield Town	H
8	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	7	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	0	8	6	1.222	9	D	W	D	W	W	1956-09-13	Bradford	H
9	1	Mansfield Town	7	3	0	1	13	5	0	2	1	4	5	1.7	8	W	W	D	D	W	1956-09-12	Bradford City	A
10	-1	Chesterfield	7	2	2	0	8	3	1	0	2	6	7	1.4	8	D	W	L	W	D	1956-09-12	Chester	A
11	0	Gateshead	7	2	0	1	9	7	2	0	2	8	8	1.133	8	W	W	W	L	W	1956-09-10	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	5	Wrexham	7	1	2	1	6	6	1	0	2	8	7	1.077	6	W	L	W	L	L	1956-09-12	Derby County	A
13	3	Oldham Athletic	7	2	0	1	9	8	0	2	2	5	7	0.933	6	W	L	L	D	L	1956-09-10	Stockport County	H
14	-2	Rochdale	6	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	6	0.833	6	L	D	D	L	W	1956-09-12	Darlington	H
15	0	Barrow	7	2	1	1	7	5	0	1	2	2	6	0.818	6	D	W	D	L	L	1956-09-10	Halifax Town	A
16	2	Halifax Town	7	2	2	0	4	2	0	0	3	4	8	0.8	6	W	L	D	D	L	1956-09-10	Barrow	H
17	-4	York City	7	2	1	0	5	2	0	1	3	3	9	0.727	6	L	W	D	L	W	1956-09-15	Mansfield Town	H
18	-4	Darlington	5	1	0	2	4	6	1	1	0	3	2	0.875	5	L	D	W	L	W	1956-09-12	Rochdale	A
19	1	Carlisle United	6	0	1	1	3	4	1	1	2	4	9	0.538	4	D	L	L	L	W	1956-09-15	Chester	H
20	-1	Bradford	7	2	0	2	7	7	0	0	3	0	8	0.467	4	L	L	L	L	W	1956-09-13	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
21	0	Southport	7	0	1	3	6	14	1	0	2	3	5	0.474	3	L	L	W	L	L	1956-09-10	Hartlepool United	A
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	7	1	1	2	3	8	0	0	3	0	7	0.2	3	L	L	D	L	L	1956-09-10	Gateshead	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	6	1	0	2	5	7	0	0	3	1	8	0.4	2	L	L	W	L	L	1956-09-12	Accrington Stanley	A
24	0	Chester	7	0	1	2	3	7	0	1	3	2	9	0.313	2	L	L	L	L	L	1956-09-12	Chesterfield	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dean Court	13,941
Newsham	Lineups		Gordon
Crystal Palace	0	0	Exeter City	Selhurst Park	11,801
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Gillingham	Portman Road	11,659
Phillips	Lineups		Taylor J
Northampton Town	4	0	Coventry City	County Ground	15,291	Largest home game 1956-57
Draper 2, Morrow 2	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Colchester United	Home Park	10,152
Rowley, Kearns	Lineups		Smith, Wright
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Norwich City	Loftus Road	12,631
Angell, Locke, Quigley	Lineups		Hunt
Reading	0	0	Newport County	Elm Park	11,654
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	2	Brentford	Gay Meadow	8,953
Shields, Whitaker, Wallace	Lineups		Francis, Taylor
Southend United	1	2	Southampton	Roots Hall	12,500
Tulloch	Lineups		Elliott, Shields
Torquay United	7	2	Millwall	Plainmoor	7,594
Collins R 4, Collins T, Mills, Calland	Lineups		Hurley, Smith
Walsall	1	2	Swindon Town	Fellows Park	12,763
Leverton	Lineups		Owen, Edwards
Watford	3	0	Aldershot	Vicarage Road	15,648	Largest home game 1956-57
Cook, Graham, Marden	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	1	Southampton	7	3	1	0	9	2	2	0	1	7	3	3.2	11	W	W	W	D	W	1956-09-10	Colchester United	A
2	1	Watford	7	3	0	1	12	6	2	1	0	10	3	2.444	11	W	W	W	D	L	1956-09-12	Torquay United	A
3	3	Torquay United	7	3	0	0	13	3	1	2	1	3	5	2	10	W	L	D	W	D	1956-09-12	Watford	H
4	-3	Norwich City	7	4	0	0	7	1	0	2	1	1	3	2	10	L	W	W	W	D	1956-09-10	Coventry City	A
5	5	Northampton Town	7	4	0	0	11	0	0	1	2	2	6	2.167	9	W	W	L	D	W	1956-09-10	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	-2	Reading	7	2	2	0	4	2	1	1	1	7	4	1.833	9	D	D	W	D	W	1956-09-12	Crystal Palace	H
7	-2	Newport County	7	3	0	0	9	2	0	3	1	4	6	1.625	9	D	L	W	W	D	1956-09-13	Exeter City	H
8	5	Shrewsbury Town	7	3	0	0	6	2	1	1	2	6	11	0.923	9	W	L	W	D	W	1956-09-10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
9	0	Gillingham	7	3	0	1	11	6	0	2	1	1	2	1.5	8	D	W	W	W	L	1956-09-12	Swindon Town	A
10	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	7	2	2	0	8	2	1	0	2	4	7	1.333	8	D	W	W	L	D	1956-09-10	Shrewsbury Town	A
11	4	Queens Park Rangers	7	2	1	0	7	2	1	1	2	3	6	1.25	8	W	L	D	W	D	1956-09-10	Northampton Town	H
12	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	2	1	0	9	7	1	1	2	9	8	1.2	8	D	W	W	D	L	1956-09-12	Brentford	H
13	-6	Brentford	7	2	0	2	11	12	2	0	1	7	4	1.125	8	L	L	L	W	W	1956-09-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	-6	Coventry City	7	3	0	0	5	1	0	2	2	2	9	0.7	8	L	L	W	D	D	1956-09-10	Norwich City	H
15	-1	Colchester United	7	1	2	0	7	6	1	1	2	7	7	1.077	7	D	L	D	D	L	1956-09-10	Southampton	H
16	0	Aldershot	7	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	3	5	12	0.571	5	L	W	L	L	L	1956-09-10	Millwall	A
17	0	Millwall	7	1	1	1	4	4	1	0	3	4	12	0.5	5	L	L	L	D	W	1956-09-10	Aldershot	H
18	1	Exeter City	7	1	2	1	3	5	0	1	2	0	2	0.429	5	D	W	D	L	L	1956-09-13	Newport County	A
19	-1	Walsall	7	2	0	2	6	5	0	0	3	1	5	0.7	4	L	W	L	L	W	1956-09-12	Ipswich Town	A
20	2	Swindon Town	7	0	0	3	3	7	2	0	2	7	11	0.556	4	W	L	L	L	W	1956-09-12	Gillingham	H
21	-1	Crystal Palace	7	0	3	1	4	6	0	1	2	3	7	0.538	4	D	D	L	D	D	1956-09-12	Reading	A
22	1	Ipswich Town	7	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	4	3	10	0.385	3	D	L	L	W	L	1956-09-12	Walsall	H
23	1	Plymouth Argyle	7	0	1	2	3	10	1	0	3	3	11	0.286	3	D	W	L	L	L	1956-09-10	Southend United	H
24	-3	Southend United	7	0	2	2	4	6	0	0	3	3	7	0.538	2	L	L	L	L	D	1956-09-10	Plymouth Argyle	A