1956-09-15

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	1	Newcastle United	Highbury	46,318
	Lineups		Hannah
Aston Villa	2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	44,847
Pace, McParland	Lineups		Harmer, Smith, Stokes, Robb
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Cardiff City	Burnden Park	28,738
Lofthouse, Parry	Lineups
Burnley	1	1	Portsmouth	Turf Moor	22,756
Pilkington	Lineups		Rees
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Manchester City	The Valley	18,333
Leivers OG	Lineups
Chelsea	1	0	Birmingham City	Stamford Bridge	40,530
Parsons	Lineups
Luton Town	2	0	Everton	Kenilworth Road	18,076
Turner, Pearce	Lineups
Manchester United	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Old Trafford	48,078
Berry, Taylor, Viollet, Whelan	Lineups		Quixall
Preston North End	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	Deepdale	28,380
Thompson, Finney, Taylor	Lineups		Robson 2
Sunderland	5	2	Blackpool	Roker Park	45,914
Fleming 2, Bingham, Anderson, Purdon	Lineups		Mudie 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Leeds United	Molineux	40,824
Broadbent	Lineups		Charles 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	8	3	1	0	12	5	3	1	0	9	5	2.1	14	W	D	W	W	W	1956-09-22	Manchester City	H
2	1	Leeds United	9	4	1	0	14	3	2	0	2	5	8	1.727	13	W	W	W	L	D	1956-09-22	Aston Villa	H
3	-1	Birmingham City	8	4	0	0	16	4	1	1	2	6	8	1.833	11	L	W	W	L	W	1956-09-22	Cardiff City	H
4	4	Tottenham Hotspur	8	3	0	0	12	4	2	1	2	11	10	1.643	11	W	W	L	L	W	1956-09-22	Luton Town	H
5	4	Bolton Wanderers	8	5	0	0	11	2	0	1	2	4	8	1.5	11	W	W	L	W	W	1956-09-20	Charlton Athletic	A
6	-1	Burnley	9	4	1	0	10	3	0	2	2	5	8	1.364	11	D	L	D	W	W	1956-09-22	Newcastle United	A
7	3	Luton Town	8	4	1	0	12	4	1	0	2	6	10	1.286	11	W	L	D	W	L	1956-09-22	Tottenham Hotspur	A
8	-4	Blackpool	8	4	0	0	16	5	1	0	3	8	14	1.263	10	L	W	W	L	W	1956-09-22	Charlton Athletic	H
9	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	8	4	0	0	17	5	0	1	3	7	13	1.333	9	L	W	D	L	W	1956-09-19	Chelsea	A
10	-4	Aston Villa	8	2	1	1	8	7	1	2	1	5	3	1.3	9	L	W	D	W	D	1956-09-22	Leeds United	A
11	3	Newcastle United	8	2	1	0	4	2	2	0	3	6	16	0.556	9	W	D	L	L	W	1956-09-22	Burnley	H
12	3	Preston North End	9	3	0	2	14	9	1	0	3	4	8	1.059	8	W	W	L	W	W	1956-09-22	Portsmouth	A
13	5	Sunderland	8	3	0	1	17	5	0	1	3	6	13	1.278	7	W	D	L	L	W	1956-09-22	Everton	A
14	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	3	1	1	15	10	0	0	3	3	8	1	7	L	D	L	W	W	1956-09-22	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	-3	Arsenal	9	2	1	2	7	4	1	0	3	6	12	0.813	7	L	L	W	L	W	1956-09-22	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	-3	Cardiff City	9	2	2	0	11	7	0	1	4	3	14	0.667	7	L	L	D	W	L	1956-09-22	Birmingham City	A
17	-1	West Bromwich Albion	8	2	1	1	8	6	0	1	3	5	11	0.765	6	L	D	W	L	D	1956-09-22	Chelsea	H
18	-1	Manchester City	9	2	2	0	7	4	0	0	5	5	14	0.667	6	L	L	W	W	L	1956-09-22	Manchester United	A
19	0	Chelsea	7	2	0	1	3	2	0	2	2	1	7	0.444	6	W	D	L	D	W	1956-09-19	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	1	Portsmouth	8	1	0	2	8	8	0	1	4	4	11	0.632	3	D	L	L	L	L	1956-09-22	Preston North End	H
21	-1	Everton	9	1	1	2	5	9	0	0	5	5	16	0.4	3	L	W	L	L	L	1956-09-22	Sunderland	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	8	1	1	2	7	8	0	0	4	2	17	0.36	3	W	L	D	L	L	1956-09-20	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	3	Blackburn Rovers	Oakwell	14,605
Kaye 2, Graham	Lineups		Douglas, Briggs 2
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Leicester City	Eastville	28,004
Meyer	Lineups		Rowley, McDonald
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Grimsby Town	Leeds Road	18,312
Frear, McHale	Lineups		Maddison
Leyton Orient	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Brisbane Road	19,998
Woosnam	Lineups		Mooney
Lincoln City	1	0	Fulham	Sincil Bank	11,476
Munro	Lineups
Liverpool	0	2	Stoke City	Anfield Road	47,119
	Lineups		Kelly, King
Notts County	2	1	Middlesbrough	Meadow Lane	10,190
Russell, Jackson	Lineups		Harris
Port Vale	0	0	West Ham United	Vale Park	17,582
	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	2	Nottingham Forest	Millmoor	12,512
Grainger, Johnson, Williams	Lineups		Scott, Lishman
Sheffield United	1	1	Bristol City	Bramall Lane	22,490
Wilkinson	Lineups		Atyeo
Swansea Town	3	0	Bury	Vetch Field	19,544
Griffiths, Palmer, Price	Lineups

				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	8	2	2	0	8	5	3	0	1	15	6	2.091	12	L	D	W	W	D	1956-09-22	Port Vale	H
2	0	Sheffield United	8	2	2	0	11	6	3	0	1	13	6	2	12	D	L	D	W	W	1956-09-22	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	0	Bristol Rovers	9	4	0	1	13	4	1	1	2	8	8	1.75	11	L	W	L	L	W	1956-09-22	Bristol City	A
4	0	Leicester City	8	2	2	0	9	4	2	1	1	6	6	1.5	11	W	W	D	D	D	1956-09-17	Bury	A
5	2	Huddersfield Town	9	3	0	1	8	4	2	1	2	8	10	1.143	11	W	L	W	W	L	1956-09-22	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	4	Swansea Town	8	3	0	2	15	9	2	0	1	8	10	1.211	10	W	W	L	L	L	1956-09-22	Lincoln City	H
7	-2	Doncaster Rovers	9	1	2	1	8	6	2	2	1	6	6	1.167	10	D	W	D	D	W	1956-09-22	Huddersfield Town	H
8	4	Stoke City	9	3	1	0	11	2	1	1	3	4	13	1	10	W	L	W	D	L	1956-09-22	Leyton Orient	H
9	-1	West Ham United	8	0	2	2	4	7	3	1	0	8	1	1.5	9	D	D	D	W	W	1956-09-22	Barnsley	H
10	4	Lincoln City	8	2	1	1	6	3	1	2	1	8	10	1.077	9	W	D	L	L	D	1956-09-22	Swansea Town	A
11	-5	Middlesbrough	9	2	2	0	8	6	1	1	3	9	10	1.063	9	L	W	W	L	D	1956-09-22	Liverpool	H
12	-3	Liverpool	8	1	1	2	8	10	1	3	0	5	3	1	8	L	D	D	W	D	1956-09-22	Middlesbrough	A
13	-2	Fulham	9	3	0	2	12	10	1	0	3	6	9	0.947	8	L	W	W	W	W	1956-09-22	Rotherham United	H
14	1	Barnsley	8	1	1	3	12	17	2	1	0	5	3	0.85	8	D	W	W	L	W	1956-09-22	West Ham United	A
15	-2	Grimsby Town	9	3	1	0	9	4	0	0	5	4	9	1	7	L	L	D	W	L	1956-09-22	Bury	H
16	0	Port Vale	7	1	3	0	4	2	1	0	2	6	10	0.833	7	D	W	W	D	L	1956-09-22	Nottingham Forest	A
17	0	Leyton Orient	8	1	2	1	7	9	1	1	2	5	7	0.75	7	D	W	D	W	L	1956-09-22	Stoke City	A
18	0	Blackburn Rovers	8	0	0	3	5	10	2	1	2	10	11	0.714	5	D	L	L	W	L	1956-09-22	Sheffield United	H
19	2	Notts County	8	1	2	2	7	9	0	1	2	4	11	0.55	5	W	L	L	L	D	1956-09-22	Leicester City	A
20	0	Bristol City	9	1	0	3	4	11	0	3	2	6	9	0.5	5	D	L	L	L	L	1956-09-22	Bristol Rovers	H
21	-2	Bury	8	1	0	2	4	7	0	2	3	7	14	0.524	4	L	L	L	L	D	1956-09-17	Leicester City	H
22	0	Rotherham United	7	1	0	3	3	9	0	2	1	3	4	0.462	4	W	D	L	L	L	1956-09-22	Fulham	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Chesterfield	Peel Park	8,977
Galley OG	Lineups		Hunter OG
Bradford City	2	0	Bradford	Valley Parade	20,523
Webb, Hampson	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	0	Chester	Brunton Park	6,306
Mooney 3	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Workington	Gresty Road	5,544
	Lineups		Chisholm
Derby County	1	0	Hull City	Baseball Ground	20,124
Straw	Lineups
Gateshead	1	2	Darlington	Redheugh Park	5,447
Oliver	Lineups		Davis, Morton
Rochdale	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Spotland	10,353
	Lineups		Pearson, Crook
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	6	1	Halifax Town	Old Showground	7,143
Luke 2, Jones 2, Fletcher, Brown	Lineups		Smith
Stockport County	2	4	Hartlepools United	Edgeley Park	13,577
Moir, Moran	Lineups		Stamper, McGuigan, Johnson, Luke
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Southport	Prenton Park	6,722
Jones	Lineups		Gryba
Wrexham	5	0	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	8,132
Hewitt 3, Thompson, Jones G	Lineups
York City	2	0	Mansfield Town	Bootham Crescent	9,835
Colbridge, Fenton	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	Hartlepool United	9	4	0	0	14	4	3	1	1	16	9	2.308	15	W	W	W	W	L	1956-09-18	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Accrington Stanley	9	3	2	0	12	5	3	0	1	12	9	1.714	14	D	W	W	W	D	1956-09-19	Bradford City	A
3	1	Derby County	9	4	1	0	11	4	1	2	1	8	7	1.727	13	W	W	D	W	D	1956-09-19	Rochdale	H
4	1	Workington	8	3	1	0	12	8	2	2	0	5	2	1.7	13	W	W	D	W	D	1956-09-17	Gateshead	A
5	1	Bradford City	9	5	0	0	13	5	1	1	2	4	7	1.417	13	W	W	L	L	W	1956-09-19	Accrington Stanley	H
6	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	9	2	2	1	11	6	2	2	0	8	6	1.583	12	W	D	D	W	D	1956-09-19	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	-4	Stockport County	9	4	0	1	12	7	2	0	2	7	6	1.462	12	L	L	W	W	W	1956-09-17	Carlisle United	H
8	-1	Chesterfield	9	2	2	0	8	3	2	1	2	11	11	1.357	11	D	W	D	W	L	1956-09-18	Oldham Athletic	A
9	4	Oldham Athletic	9	3	0	1	11	8	1	2	2	7	7	1.2	10	W	W	W	L	L	1956-09-18	Chesterfield	H
10	-1	Hull City	9	3	0	1	8	3	1	1	3	8	9	1.333	9	L	L	W	L	D	1956-09-17	Bradford	A
11	-1	Gateshead	9	2	1	2	11	10	2	0	2	8	8	1.056	9	L	D	W	W	W	1956-09-17	Workington	H
12	3	Wrexham	9	2	2	1	11	6	1	0	3	8	8	1.357	8	W	L	W	L	W	1956-09-19	Halifax Town	H
13	-2	Mansfield Town	9	3	0	1	13	5	0	2	3	7	11	1.25	8	L	L	W	W	D	1956-09-18	Southport	A
14	-2	Rochdale	8	2	2	1	4	2	1	0	2	4	6	1	8	L	W	L	D	D	1956-09-19	Derby County	A
15	2	York City	8	3	1	0	7	2	0	1	3	3	9	0.909	8	W	L	W	D	L	1956-09-17	Chester	H
16	-2	Halifax Town	9	3	2	0	7	4	0	0	4	5	14	0.667	8	L	W	W	L	D	1956-09-19	Wrexham	A
17	1	Darlington	7	1	0	2	4	6	2	1	1	5	6	0.75	7	W	L	L	D	W	1956-09-19	Barrow	H
18	2	Carlisle United	7	1	1	1	6	4	1	1	2	4	9	0.769	6	W	D	L	L	L	1956-09-17	Stockport County	A
19	-3	Barrow	9	2	1	1	7	5	0	1	4	4	14	0.579	6	L	L	D	W	D	1956-09-19	Darlington	A
20	-1	Bradford	9	2	0	2	7	7	0	1	4	2	12	0.474	5	L	D	L	L	L	1956-09-17	Hull City	H
21	1	Southport	9	0	1	3	6	14	1	1	3	6	11	0.48	4	D	L	L	L	W	1956-09-18	Mansfield Town	H
22	-1	Crewe Alexandra	9	1	1	3	3	9	0	1	3	1	8	0.235	4	L	D	L	L	D	1956-09-19	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
23	1	Tranmere Rovers	8	1	1	2	6	8	0	0	4	1	9	0.412	3	D	L	L	L	W	1956-09-18	Hartlepool United	H
24	-1	Chester	9	0	1	3	6	11	0	1	4	2	12	0.348	2	L	L	L	L	L	1956-09-17	York City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Recreation Ground	5,715
Menzies	Lineups		Whitaker
Brentford	6	2	Walsall	Griffin Park	11,492
Taylor 3, Bristow, Goundry, Francis	Lineups		Morris 2
Brighton & Hove Albion	6	0	Torquay United	Goldstone Ground	15,856
Foreman 2, Howard, Mundy 2, Harburn	Lineups
Colchester United	3	2	Reading	Layer Road	8,908
Fenton (p), Dale, Plant	Lineups		Fenton OG, Dixon
Coventry City	5	1	Queens Park Rangers	Highfield Road	18,120
McPherson 2, Sambrook, Churms, Woods OG	Lineups		Quigley
Crystal Palace	2	2	Millwall	Selhurst Park	16,112
Harrison, Deakin	Lineups		Shepherd, Summers
Exeter City	6	1	Southend United	St James Park	7,809
Beer 2, Buckle 2, Currie, Burke	Lineups		Duthie
Gillingham	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Priestfield Stadium	9,646
Taylor J	Lineups
Newport County	3	0	Watford	Somerton Park	11,547
Terry, Burgess, Beech	Lineups
Norwich City	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	Carrow Road	15,880
Hunt 2, Gavin	Lineups
Southampton	2	0	Northampton Town	The Dell	16,018
Mulgrew, Walker	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	1	Ipswich Town	County Ground	8,409
Owen, Edwards 2	Lineups		Phillips

				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	9	4	1	0	11	2	2	0	2	8	6	2.375	13	W	L	W	W	W	1956-09-22	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	2	Newport County	9	4	1	0	13	3	0	3	1	4	6	1.889	12	W	D	D	L	W	1956-09-19	Crystal Palace	A
3	3	Norwich City	9	5	0	0	10	1	0	2	2	3	6	1.857	12	W	L	L	W	W	1956-09-22	Reading	A
4	1	Gillingham	9	4	0	1	12	6	1	2	1	4	4	1.6	12	W	W	D	W	W	1956-09-18	Brentford	A
5	3	Brentford	9	3	0	2	17	14	3	0	1	9	5	1.368	12	W	W	L	L	L	1956-09-18	Gillingham	H
6	-5	Torquay United	9	4	0	0	16	3	1	2	2	3	11	1.357	12	L	W	W	L	D	1956-09-17	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	3	Coventry City	9	5	0	0	13	4	0	2	2	2	9	1.154	12	W	W	L	L	W	1956-09-19	Ipswich Town	A
8	-5	Watford	9	3	0	1	12	6	2	1	2	10	9	1.467	11	L	L	W	W	W	1956-09-18	Millwall	H
9	5	Colchester United	9	3	2	0	13	9	1	1	2	7	7	1.25	11	W	W	D	L	D	1956-09-19	Exeter City	A
10	-1	Shrewsbury Town	9	3	1	0	6	2	1	2	2	7	12	0.929	11	D	D	W	L	W	1956-09-17	Torquay United	H
11	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	3	1	1	16	9	1	1	2	9	8	1.471	10	W	L	D	W	W	1956-09-19	Aldershot	A
12	-5	Queens Park Rangers	9	3	1	0	8	2	1	1	3	4	11	0.923	10	L	W	W	L	D	1956-09-19	Swindon Town	A
13	-2	Northampton Town	9	4	0	0	11	0	0	1	4	2	9	1.444	9	L	L	W	W	L	1956-09-17	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	-2	Reading	9	2	2	1	5	4	1	1	2	9	7	1.273	9	L	L	D	D	W	1956-09-19	Southend United	A
15	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	2	2	0	8	2	1	1	3	4	8	1.2	9	L	D	D	W	W	1956-09-19	Walsall	H
16	2	Exeter City	9	2	2	1	9	6	0	2	2	1	3	1.111	8	W	D	D	W	D	1956-09-19	Colchester United	H
17	-1	Aldershot	9	1	2	1	4	3	2	0	3	10	13	0.875	8	D	W	L	W	L	1956-09-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	-1	Crystal Palace	9	0	4	1	6	8	1	1	2	5	8	0.688	7	D	W	D	D	L	1956-09-19	Newport County	H
19	2	Swindon Town	9	1	0	4	8	11	2	0	2	7	11	0.682	6	W	L	W	L	L	1956-09-19	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	0	Millwall	9	1	1	2	5	9	1	1	3	6	14	0.478	6	D	L	L	L	L	1956-09-18	Watford	A
21	-2	Walsall	9	2	0	2	6	5	0	1	4	5	13	0.611	5	L	D	L	W	L	1956-09-19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
22	0	Ipswich Town	9	1	2	1	4	5	0	0	5	4	13	0.444	4	L	D	D	L	L	1956-09-19	Coventry City	H
23	0	Plymouth Argyle	9	0	2	2	3	10	1	0	4	3	14	0.25	4	L	D	D	W	L	1956-09-17	Northampton Town	A
24	0	Southend United	9	0	2	2	4	6	0	1	4	4	13	0.421	3	L	D	L	L	L	1956-09-19	Reading	H