1956-09-22

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	1	Cardiff City	St Andrew's	39,931
Kinsey, Govan	Lineups		O'Halloran
Blackpool	3	2	Charlton Athletic	Bloomfield Road	34,199
Mudie 2, Kelly J	Lineups		Hewie (p), Gauld
Bolton Wanderers	0	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	35,720
	Lineups		Booth, Mullen, Wilshaw
Everton	2	1	Sunderland	Goodison Park	41,595
Kirby, Mayers	Lineups		Fleming
Leeds United	1	0	Aston Villa	Elland Road	35,388
Charles	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Manchester City	Old Trafford	53,515
Whelan, Viollet	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	1	Burnley	St James' Park	36,790
Keeble	Lineups		Pilkington
Portsmouth	2	2	Preston North End	Fratton Park	28,197
Harris, Henderson	Lineups		Thompson, Finney
Sheffield Wednesday	2	4	Arsenal	Hillsborough	40,629
Quixall 2	Lineups		Bloomfield 2, Tapscott, Tiddy
Tottenham Hotspur	5	0	Luton Town	White Hart Lane	58,960
Harmer (p), Stokes, Robb 2, Dunne OG	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Chelsea	The Hawthorns	24,525
Griffin, Kevan	Lineups		Stubbs

				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	9	4	1	0	14	5	3	1	0	9	5	2.3	16	W	W	D	W	W	1956-09-29	Arsenal	A
2	0	Leeds United	10	5	1	0	15	3	2	0	2	5	8	1.818	15	W	W	W	W	L	1956-09-29	Luton Town	A
3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	9	4	0	0	17	4	2	1	2	11	10	2	13	W	W	W	L	L	1956-09-29	Sunderland	A
4	-1	Birmingham City	9	5	0	0	18	5	1	1	2	6	8	1.846	13	W	L	W	W	L	1956-09-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	0	Burnley	10	4	1	0	10	3	0	3	2	6	9	1.333	12	D	D	L	D	W	1956-09-29	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	3	Blackpool	9	5	0	0	19	7	1	0	3	8	14	1.286	12	W	L	W	W	L	1956-09-29	Manchester City	A
7	-1	Bolton Wanderers	10	5	0	1	11	5	0	1	3	5	10	1.067	11	L	L	W	W	L	1956-09-29	Aston Villa	A
8	-1	Luton Town	9	4	1	0	12	4	1	0	3	6	15	0.947	11	L	W	L	D	W	1956-09-29	Leeds United	H
9	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	10	4	0	1	19	9	0	2	3	7	13	1.182	10	L	D	L	W	D	1956-09-29	Burnley	A
10	1	Newcastle United	9	2	2	0	5	3	2	0	3	6	16	0.579	10	D	W	D	L	L	1956-09-29	Preston North End	A
11	-1	Aston Villa	9	2	1	1	8	7	1	2	2	5	4	1.182	9	L	L	W	D	W	1956-09-29	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	3	1	1	15	10	1	0	3	6	8	1.167	9	W	L	D	L	W	1956-09-29	Birmingham City	H
13	-1	Preston North End	10	3	0	2	14	9	1	1	3	6	10	1.053	9	D	W	W	L	W	1956-09-29	Newcastle United	H
14	1	Arsenal	10	2	1	2	7	4	2	0	3	10	14	0.944	9	W	L	L	W	L	1956-09-29	Manchester United	H
15	3	West Bromwich Albion	9	3	1	1	10	7	0	1	3	5	11	0.833	8	W	L	D	W	L	1956-09-29	Cardiff City	A
16	-3	Sunderland	9	3	0	1	17	5	0	1	4	7	15	1.2	7	L	W	D	L	L	1956-09-29	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	-1	Cardiff City	10	2	2	0	11	7	0	1	5	4	16	0.652	7	L	L	L	D	W	1956-09-29	West Bromwich Albion	H
18	-1	Chelsea	9	2	1	1	3	2	0	2	3	2	9	0.455	7	L	D	W	D	L	1956-09-29	Portsmouth	H
19	0	Manchester City	10	2	2	0	7	4	0	0	6	5	16	0.6	6	L	L	L	W	W	1956-09-29	Blackpool	H
20	2	Everton	10	2	1	2	7	10	0	0	5	5	16	0.462	5	W	L	W	L	L	1956-09-29	Charlton Athletic	A
21	-1	Charlton Athletic	10	2	1	2	9	9	0	0	5	4	20	0.448	5	L	W	W	L	D	1956-09-29	Everton	H
22	-1	Portsmouth	9	1	1	2	10	10	0	1	4	4	11	0.667	4	D	D	L	L	L	1956-09-29	Chelsea	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	3	1	Sheffield United	Ewood Park	21,150
Briggs 3	Lineups		Grainger
Bristol City	5	3	Bristol Rovers	Ashton Gate	36,981	Largest home game 1956-57
Atyeo 2, Williams C 2, Hinshelwood	Lineups		Ward 2, Biggs
Doncaster Rovers	4	0	Huddersfield Town	Belle Vue	19,692	Largest home game 1956-57
Walker R, Gavin, Mooney, Jeffrey	Lineups
Fulham	3	1	Rotherham United	Craven Cottage	31,104
Bentley, Chamberlain, Stevens	Lineups		Williams
Grimsby Town	0	1	Bury	Blundell Park	15,698
	Lineups		Pearson
Leicester City	6	3	Notts County	Filbert Street	28,806
Rowley 3, McDonald, Gardiner, McNeill	Lineups		Jackson, Wills, Bradley
Middlesbrough	1	1	Liverpool	Ayresome Park	21,912
Clough	Lineups		Robinson OG
Nottingham Forest	4	2	Port Vale	City Ground	18,699
Morley, Burkitt, Lishman, Hayward OG	Lineups		Smith, Baily
Stoke City	7	1	Leyton Orient	Victoria Ground	19,957
Cairns (p), Coleman, Kelly, Oscroft 2, King, Bowyer	Lineups		Johnston
Swansea Town	1	2	Lincoln City	Vetch Field	12,941
Allchurch I	Lineups		Gibson, Middleton
West Ham United	2	0	Barnsley	Upton Park	19,412
Dick, Dare	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	Leicester City	10	3	2	0	15	7	3	1	1	11	10	1.529	15	W	W	W	W	D	1956-09-29	Liverpool	A
2	0	Nottingham Forest	9	3	2	0	12	7	3	0	1	15	6	2.077	14	W	L	D	W	W	1956-09-29	Barnsley	A
3	0	Sheffield United	9	2	2	0	11	6	3	0	2	14	9	1.667	12	L	D	L	D	W	1956-09-29	West Ham United	H
4	3	Doncaster Rovers	10	2	2	1	12	6	2	2	1	6	6	1.5	12	W	D	W	D	D	1956-09-29	Bury	A
5	3	Stoke City	10	4	1	0	18	3	1	1	3	4	13	1.375	12	W	W	L	W	D	1956-09-29	Huddersfield Town	A
6	3	West Ham United	9	1	2	2	6	7	3	1	0	8	1	1.75	11	W	D	D	D	W	1956-09-29	Sheffield United	A
7	-3	Bristol Rovers	10	4	0	1	13	4	1	1	3	11	13	1.412	11	L	L	W	L	L	1956-09-29	Notts County	A
8	2	Lincoln City	9	2	1	1	6	3	2	2	1	10	11	1.143	11	W	W	D	L	L	1956-09-29	Grimsby Town	H
9	-4	Huddersfield Town	10	3	0	1	8	4	2	1	3	8	14	0.889	11	L	W	L	W	W	1956-09-29	Stoke City	H
10	-4	Swansea Town	9	3	0	3	16	11	2	0	1	8	10	1.143	10	L	W	W	L	L	1956-09-29	Rotherham United	A
11	0	Middlesbrough	10	2	3	0	9	7	1	1	3	9	10	1.059	10	D	L	W	W	L	1956-09-29	Leyton Orient	A
12	1	Fulham	10	4	0	2	15	11	1	0	3	6	9	1.05	10	W	L	W	W	W	1956-09-29	Port Vale	A
13	-1	Liverpool	9	1	1	2	8	10	1	4	0	6	4	1	9	D	L	D	D	W	1956-09-29	Leicester City	H
14	0	Barnsley	9	1	1	3	12	17	2	1	1	5	5	0.773	8	L	D	W	W	L	1956-09-29	Nottingham Forest	H
15	0	Grimsby Town	10	3	1	1	9	5	0	0	5	4	9	0.929	7	L	L	L	D	W	1956-09-29	Lincoln City	A
16	2	Blackburn Rovers	9	1	0	3	8	11	2	1	2	10	11	0.818	7	W	D	L	L	W	1956-09-29	Bristol City	A
17	-1	Port Vale	8	1	3	0	4	2	1	0	3	8	14	0.75	7	L	D	W	W	D	1956-09-29	Fulham	H
18	2	Bristol City	10	2	0	3	9	14	0	3	2	6	9	0.652	7	W	D	L	L	L	1956-09-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	-2	Leyton Orient	9	1	2	1	7	9	1	1	3	6	14	0.565	7	L	D	W	D	W	1956-09-29	Middlesbrough	H
20	1	Bury	10	1	0	3	8	12	1	2	3	8	14	0.615	6	W	L	L	L	L	1956-09-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	-2	Notts County	9	1	2	2	7	9	0	1	3	7	17	0.538	5	L	W	L	L	L	1956-09-29	Bristol Rovers	H
22	0	Rotherham United	8	1	0	3	3	9	0	2	2	4	7	0.438	4	L	W	D	L	L	1956-09-29	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	2	Gateshead	Holker Street	6,166
Gordon	Lineups		Smith, Lydon
Bradford City	1	1	Stockport County	Valley Parade	13,560
Robb	Lineups		Moir
Chester	0	2	Accrington Stanley	Sealand Road	8,850
	Lineups		Stewart, Millar
Chesterfield	3	1	Tranmere Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,538
Sowden, Smallwood, Smith G	Lineups		Jones
Darlington	0	5	Bradford	Feethams Ground	6,326
	Lineups		Smith 3, Ward W, Anders
Halifax Town	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	The Shay	6,744
Hutchinson	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	1	Carlisle United	Victoria Park	12,267
Robinson, Luke	Lineups		Kerr
Hull City	1	2	Wrexham	Boothferry Park	10,667
Duncan	Lineups		Evans E 2
Mansfield Town	2	4	Oldham Athletic	Field Mill	9,793
Mitten 2	Lineups		Pearson 2, Travis, Betts
Rochdale	3	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Spotland	6,320
Devlin, McLaren, Wainwright	Lineups
Southport	1	1	York City	Haig Avenue	4,019
Charlton (p)	Lineups		Bottom
Workington	2	1	Derby County	Borough Park	13,919
Jones 2	Lineups		Straw

				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	11	5	0	0	16	5	4	1	1	17	9	2.357	19	W	W	W	W	W	1956-09-24	Tranmere Rovers	H
2	0	Accrington Stanley	11	3	2	0	12	5	5	0	1	16	10	1.867	18	W	W	D	W	W	1956-09-24	Bradford City	H
3	1	Workington	10	4	1	0	14	9	3	2	0	7	3	1.75	17	W	W	W	W	D	1956-09-26	Gateshead	H
4	-1	Derby County	11	5	1	0	14	4	1	2	2	9	9	1.769	15	L	W	W	W	D	1956-09-26	Rochdale	A
5	0	Stockport County	11	5	0	1	14	7	2	1	2	8	7	1.571	15	D	W	L	L	W	1956-09-25	Carlisle United	A
6	2	Chesterfield	11	3	2	0	11	4	2	2	2	14	14	1.389	14	W	D	D	W	D	1956-09-29	York City	A
7	-1	Bradford City	11	5	1	1	15	8	1	1	2	4	7	1.267	14	D	L	W	W	L	1956-09-24	Accrington Stanley	A
8	1	Oldham Athletic	11	3	1	1	14	11	2	2	2	11	9	1.25	13	W	D	W	W	W	1956-09-29	Southport	H
9	1	Wrexham	11	3	2	1	14	8	2	0	3	10	9	1.412	12	W	W	W	L	W	1956-09-24	Halifax Town	A
10	-3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	11	2	2	1	11	6	2	2	2	9	11	1.176	12	L	L	W	D	D	1956-09-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	2	Gateshead	11	2	1	3	12	12	3	0	2	10	9	1.048	11	W	L	L	D	W	1956-09-26	Workington	A
12	4	Rochdale	10	3	2	1	7	2	1	0	3	4	9	1	10	W	L	L	W	L	1956-09-26	Derby County	H
13	4	Halifax Town	11	4	2	0	8	4	0	0	5	7	17	0.714	10	W	L	L	W	W	1956-09-24	Wrexham	H
14	-3	Mansfield Town	11	3	0	2	15	9	0	3	3	8	12	1.095	9	L	D	L	L	W	1956-09-29	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
15	-3	Hull City	11	3	0	2	9	5	1	1	4	9	13	1	9	L	L	L	L	W	1956-09-24	Bradford	H
16	2	Bradford	11	3	0	2	11	8	1	1	4	7	12	0.9	9	W	W	L	D	L	1956-09-24	Hull City	A
17	-3	York City	10	3	1	1	7	3	0	2	3	4	10	0.846	9	D	L	W	L	W	1956-09-26	Chester	A
18	-3	Darlington	9	1	1	3	5	12	2	1	1	5	6	0.556	8	L	D	W	L	L	1956-09-24	Barrow	A
19	0	Barrow	11	2	1	2	8	7	0	2	4	5	15	0.591	7	L	D	L	L	D	1956-09-24	Darlington	H
20	0	Carlisle United	9	1	1	1	6	4	1	1	4	5	13	0.647	6	L	L	W	D	L	1956-09-25	Stockport County	H
21	1	Southport	11	0	3	3	8	16	1	1	3	6	11	0.519	6	D	D	D	L	L	1956-09-29	Oldham Athletic	A
22	-1	Crewe Alexandra	11	2	1	3	5	10	0	1	4	1	9	0.316	6	L	W	L	D	L	1956-09-27	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
23	0	Chester	11	0	1	4	6	13	1	1	4	3	12	0.36	4	L	W	L	L	L	1956-09-26	York City	H
24	0	Tranmere Rovers	10	1	1	3	6	9	0	0	5	2	12	0.381	3	L	L	D	L	L	1956-09-24	Hartlepool United	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	7	0	Swindon Town	Dean Court	10,638
Cutler, Newsham 2, Norris 2, Arnott, Siddall	Lineups
Ipswich Town	4	0	Brentford	Portman Road	12,888
Garneys, Grant 2, Millward	Lineups
Millwall	4	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Den, New Cross	15,577
Shepherd 2, Tyrell, Anslow (p)	Lineups		Harburn, Foreman, Howard
Newport County	1	0	Colchester United	Somerton Park	12,426
Sheppeard	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	1	Exeter City	County Ground	9,421
Draper	Lineups		John
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Coventry City	Home Park	11,922
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Southampton	Loftus Road	12,792
Hellawell	Lineups		Shields 2
Reading	2	1	Norwich City	Elm Park	9,897
Whitehouse, Wheeler	Lineups		Bacon
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Watford	Gay Meadow	9,352
O'Donnell	Lineups
Southend United	1	1	Crystal Palace	Roots Hall	10,504
Duchart	Lineups		Cooper
Torquay United	3	3	Gillingham	Plainmoor	7,123
Shaw, Mills, Calland	Lineups		Marks (p), Smith JV OG, Taylor J
Walsall	5	1	Aldershot	Fellows Park	11,154
Dorman, Morris, Brown, Taylor D, Hodgkisson	Lineups		Costello

				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	10	4	1	0	11	2	3	0	2	10	7	2.333	15	W	W	L	W	W	1956-09-29	Plymouth Argyle	H
2	5	Newport County	11	5	1	0	14	3	0	3	2	5	8	1.727	14	W	L	W	D	D	1956-09-27	Crystal Palace	H
3	2	Torquay United	11	4	1	0	19	6	1	3	2	4	12	1.278	14	D	D	L	W	W	1956-09-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
4	-3	Brentford	11	4	0	2	20	16	3	0	2	9	9	1.16	14	L	W	W	W	L	1956-09-26	Gillingham	A
5	5	Shrewsbury Town	11	4	2	0	8	3	1	2	2	7	12	1	14	W	D	D	D	W	1956-09-26	Torquay United	A
6	-3	Watford	11	4	0	1	14	6	2	1	3	10	10	1.5	13	L	W	L	L	W	1956-09-24	Millwall	A
7	2	Gillingham	11	4	0	1	12	6	1	3	2	9	10	1.313	13	D	L	W	W	D	1956-09-26	Brentford	H
8	-4	Colchester United	11	3	2	0	13	9	2	1	3	9	8	1.294	13	L	W	W	W	D	1956-09-24	Exeter City	H
9	2	Coventry City	11	5	0	0	13	4	0	3	3	2	13	0.882	13	D	L	W	W	L	1956-09-24	Ipswich Town	H
10	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	11	3	3	0	17	4	1	1	3	4	8	1.75	12	W	D	L	D	D	1956-09-27	Walsall	A
11	1	Northampton Town	11	5	1	0	14	1	0	1	4	2	9	1.6	12	D	W	L	L	W	1956-09-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	-6	Norwich City	10	5	0	0	10	1	0	2	3	4	8	1.556	12	L	W	L	L	W	1956-09-29	Newport County	H
13	-5	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	3	1	1	16	9	2	1	3	16	13	1.455	12	L	W	W	L	D	1956-09-26	Aldershot	H
14	1	Reading	11	3	2	1	7	5	1	1	3	9	11	1	11	W	L	L	L	D	1956-09-26	Southend United	H
15	-1	Queens Park Rangers	11	3	1	1	9	4	1	1	4	4	12	0.813	10	L	L	L	W	W	1956-09-24	Swindon Town	H
16	0	Crystal Palace	11	1	4	1	8	9	1	2	2	6	9	0.778	10	D	W	D	W	D	1956-09-27	Newport County	A
17	0	Exeter City	11	2	2	2	9	8	0	3	2	2	4	0.917	9	D	L	W	D	D	1956-09-24	Colchester United	A
18	2	Ipswich Town	11	3	2	1	12	5	0	0	5	4	13	0.889	8	W	W	L	D	D	1956-09-24	Coventry City	A
19	2	Walsall	11	3	0	2	11	6	0	2	4	7	15	0.857	8	W	D	L	D	L	1956-09-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
20	-2	Aldershot	11	1	2	2	5	7	2	0	4	11	18	0.64	8	L	L	D	W	L	1956-09-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	-2	Swindon Town	11	2	0	4	9	11	2	0	3	7	18	0.552	8	L	W	W	L	W	1956-09-24	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	0	Millwall	11	2	1	2	9	12	1	1	4	6	16	0.536	8	W	L	D	L	L	1956-09-24	Watford	H
23	0	Southend United	11	1	3	2	9	7	0	1	4	4	13	0.65	6	D	W	L	D	L	1956-09-26	Reading	A
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	11	0	3	2	3	10	1	0	5	3	16	0.231	5	D	L	L	D	D	1956-09-24	Northampton Town	H