1956-09-29

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	2	Manchester United	Highbury	62,429	Largest home game 1956-57
Evans (p)	Lineups		Berry, Whelan
Aston Villa	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Villa Park	34,632
	Lineups
Burnley	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Turf Moor	23,559
McIlroy 2, McKay 2	Lineups		Shiner
Cardiff City	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Ninian Park	22,362
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Everton	The Valley	18,894
Gauld	Lineups		Fielding, Mayers
Chelsea	3	3	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge	31,620
Lewis 3	Lineups		Gordon, Henderson, Barnard
Luton Town	2	2	Leeds United	Kenilworth Road	20,949
Turner 2	Lineups		Charles 2
Manchester City	0	3	Blackpool	Maine Road	39,358
	Lineups		Mudie, Fenton, Taylor
Preston North End	1	0	Newcastle United	Deepdale	29,199
Thompson	Lineups
Sunderland	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Roker Park	41,657
	Lineups		Smith, Stokes
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Birmingham City	Molineux	44,191
Hooper (p), Murray, Wilshaw	Lineups

				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	10	4	1	0	14	5	4	1	0	11	6	2.273	18	W	W	W	D	W	1956-10-06	Charlton Athletic	H
2	0	Leeds United	11	5	1	0	15	3	2	1	2	7	10	1.692	16	D	W	W	W	W	1956-10-06	Cardiff City	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	10	4	0	0	17	4	3	1	2	13	10	2.143	15	W	W	W	W	L	1956-10-06	Chelsea	A
4	1	Burnley	11	5	1	0	14	4	0	3	2	6	9	1.538	14	W	D	D	L	D	1956-10-06	Blackpool	H
5	1	Blackpool	10	5	0	0	19	7	2	0	3	11	14	1.429	14	W	W	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Burnley	A
6	-2	Birmingham City	10	5	0	0	18	5	1	1	3	6	11	1.5	13	L	W	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	0	Bolton Wanderers	11	5	0	1	11	5	0	2	3	5	10	1.067	12	D	L	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Birmingham City	A
8	0	Luton Town	10	4	2	0	14	6	1	0	3	6	15	0.952	12	D	L	W	L	D	1956-10-06	Newcastle United	A
9	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	4	1	1	18	10	1	0	3	6	8	1.333	11	W	W	L	D	L	1956-10-06	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	3	Preston North End	11	4	0	2	15	9	1	1	3	6	10	1.105	11	W	D	W	W	L	1956-10-06	Everton	H
11	0	Aston Villa	10	2	2	1	8	7	1	2	2	5	4	1.182	10	D	L	L	W	D	1956-10-06	Portsmouth	A
12	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	11	4	0	1	19	9	0	2	4	8	17	1.038	10	L	L	D	L	W	1956-10-06	Sunderland	H
13	-3	Newcastle United	10	2	2	0	5	3	2	0	4	6	17	0.55	10	L	D	W	D	L	1956-10-06	Luton Town	H
14	0	Arsenal	11	2	1	3	8	6	2	0	3	10	14	0.9	9	L	W	L	L	W	1956-10-06	Manchester City	H
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	10	3	1	1	10	7	0	2	3	5	11	0.833	9	D	W	L	D	W	1956-10-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	1	Cardiff City	11	2	3	0	11	7	0	1	5	4	16	0.652	8	D	L	L	L	D	1956-10-06	Leeds United	H
17	1	Chelsea	10	2	2	1	6	5	0	2	3	2	9	0.571	8	D	L	D	W	D	1956-10-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	-2	Sunderland	10	3	0	2	17	7	0	1	4	7	15	1.091	7	L	L	W	D	L	1956-10-06	Sheffield Wednesday	A
19	1	Everton	11	2	1	2	7	10	1	0	5	7	17	0.519	7	W	W	L	W	L	1956-10-06	Preston North End	A
20	-1	Manchester City	11	2	2	1	7	7	0	0	6	5	16	0.522	6	L	L	L	L	W	1956-10-06	Arsenal	A
21	1	Portsmouth	10	1	1	2	10	10	0	2	4	7	14	0.708	5	D	D	D	L	L	1956-10-06	Aston Villa	H
22	-1	Charlton Athletic	11	2	1	3	10	11	0	0	5	4	20	0.452	5	L	L	W	W	L	1956-10-06	Manchester United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Oakwell	15,666
McCann	Lineups		Lishman
Bristol City	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	Ashton Gate	23,323
Rogers 2, Atyeo	Lineups
Bury	4	4	Doncaster Rovers	Gigg Lane	10,788
Quigley 2, Conroy, Nielson	Lineups		Jeffrey 3, Ewing
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Stoke City	Leeds Road	16,202
Hickson, McHale	Lineups		Oscroft, Bowyer
Leyton Orient	1	1	Middlesbrough	Brisbane Road	17,146
Facey	Lineups		Clough
Lincoln City	1	0	Grimsby Town	Sincil Bank	18,973
Munro	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Leicester City	Anfield Road	41,126
Melia, Liddell	Lineups
Notts County	0	2	Bristol Rovers	Meadow Lane	12,720
	Lineups		Ward, Biggs
Port Vale	2	1	Fulham	Vale Park	21,281
Askey, Done	Lineups		Stevens
Rotherham United	6	1	Swansea Town	Millmoor	13,777
Brown 2, Grainger 2, Johnson 2	Lineups		Allchurch L
Sheffield United	1	0	West Ham United	Bramall Lane	23,529
Grainger	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	1	Nottingham Forest	10	3	2	0	12	7	3	1	1	16	7	2	15	D	W	L	D	W	1956-10-06	Huddersfield Town	A
2	-1	Leicester City	11	3	2	0	15	7	3	1	2	11	12	1.368	15	L	W	W	W	W	1956-10-06	Barnsley	H
3	0	Sheffield United	10	3	2	0	12	6	3	0	2	14	9	1.733	14	W	L	D	L	D	1956-10-06	Bristol Rovers	A
4	3	Bristol Rovers	11	4	0	1	13	4	2	1	3	13	13	1.529	13	W	L	L	W	L	1956-10-06	Sheffield United	H
5	-1	Doncaster Rovers	11	2	2	1	12	6	2	3	1	10	10	1.375	13	D	W	D	W	D	1956-10-06	Lincoln City	H
6	-1	Stoke City	11	4	1	0	18	3	1	2	3	6	15	1.333	13	D	W	W	L	W	1956-10-06	Rotherham United	H
7	1	Lincoln City	10	3	1	1	7	3	2	2	1	10	11	1.214	13	W	W	W	D	L	1956-10-06	Doncaster Rovers	A
8	1	Huddersfield Town	11	3	1	1	10	6	2	1	3	8	14	0.9	12	D	L	W	L	W	1956-10-06	Nottingham Forest	H
9	-3	West Ham United	10	1	2	2	6	7	3	1	1	8	2	1.556	11	L	W	D	D	D	1956-10-06	Leyton Orient	A
10	3	Liverpool	10	2	1	2	10	10	1	4	0	6	4	1.143	11	W	D	L	D	D	1956-10-06	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	0	Middlesbrough	11	2	3	0	9	7	1	2	3	10	11	1.056	11	D	D	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Port Vale	H
12	0	Fulham	11	4	0	2	15	11	1	0	4	7	11	1	10	L	W	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Bury	A
13	-3	Swansea Town	10	3	0	3	16	11	2	0	2	9	16	0.926	10	L	L	W	W	L	1956-10-06	Grimsby Town	A
14	3	Port Vale	9	2	3	0	6	3	1	0	3	8	14	0.824	9	W	L	D	W	W	1956-10-06	Middlesbrough	A
15	-1	Barnsley	10	1	2	3	13	18	2	1	1	5	5	0.783	9	D	L	D	W	W	1956-10-06	Leicester City	A
16	2	Bristol City	11	3	0	3	12	14	0	3	2	6	9	0.783	9	W	W	D	L	L	1956-10-06	Notts County	A
17	2	Leyton Orient	10	1	3	1	8	10	1	1	3	6	14	0.583	8	D	L	D	W	D	1956-10-06	West Ham United	H
18	-3	Grimsby Town	11	3	1	1	9	5	0	0	6	4	10	0.867	7	L	L	L	L	D	1956-10-06	Swansea Town	H
19	-3	Blackburn Rovers	10	1	0	3	8	11	2	1	3	10	14	0.72	7	L	W	D	L	L	1956-10-06	Liverpool	A
20	0	Bury	11	1	1	3	12	16	1	2	3	8	14	0.667	7	D	W	L	L	L	1956-10-06	Fulham	H
21	1	Rotherham United	9	2	0	3	9	10	0	2	2	4	7	0.765	6	W	L	W	D	L	1956-10-06	Stoke City	A
22	-1	Notts County	10	1	2	3	7	11	0	1	3	7	17	0.5	5	L	L	W	L	L	1956-10-06	Bristol City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Hartlepools United	Peel Park	10,969
Dick, Stewart	Lineups		Johnson
Bradford	4	1	Barrow	Park Avenue	8,694
Atkinson 2, Kendall, Anders	Lineups		Gordon
Carlisle United	1	4	Bradford City	Brunton Park	6,487
Mooney	Lineups		Samuels 2, Jackson P (p), Kelly
Crewe Alexandra	1	6	Rochdale	Gresty Road	5,947
Mountford	Lineups		Lewis 2, Lord, Devlin, Wainwright 2 (1p)
Darlington	3	1	Stockport County	Feethams Ground	4,680
Lumley 2 (1p), Moran	Lineups		Rutherford OG
Derby County	6	0	Halifax Town	Baseball Ground	16,340
Straw 3, Mays, Crowshaw, Pye	Lineups
Gateshead	2	0	Hull City	Redheugh Park	5,535
Coatsworth, Oliver (p)	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Southport	Boundary Park	9,945
Campbell, Crook	Lineups		McDermott
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	0	1	Mansfield Town	Old Showground	7,774
	Lineups		Jepson
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Chester	Prenton Park	6,982
Williams T, Dodd, McDevitt	Lineups		Hansell
Wrexham	3	0	Workington	Racecourse Ground	14,257	Largest home game 1956-57
Hewitt 2, Anderson	Lineups
York City	1	2	Chesterfield	Bootham Crescent	8,820
Bottom	Lineups		Havenhand 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	0	Hartlepool United	13	6	0	0	21	6	4	1	2	18	11	2.294	21	L	W	W	W	W	1956-10-06	Derby County	H
2	1	Accrington Stanley	13	4	2	1	14	8	5	0	1	16	10	1.667	20	W	L	W	W	D	1956-10-06	Darlington	H
3	-1	Workington	12	5	1	0	16	10	3	2	1	7	6	1.438	19	L	W	W	W	W	1956-10-06	Oldham Athletic	A
4	1	Bradford City	13	5	1	1	15	8	3	1	2	10	8	1.563	18	W	W	D	L	W	1956-10-06	Wrexham	H
5	1	Derby County	13	6	1	0	20	4	1	2	3	10	12	1.875	17	W	L	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Hartlepool United	A
6	1	Wrexham	13	4	2	1	17	8	3	0	3	12	10	1.611	16	W	W	W	W	W	1956-10-06	Bradford City	A
7	1	Chesterfield	12	3	2	0	11	4	3	2	2	16	15	1.421	16	W	W	D	D	W	1956-10-06	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
8	-4	Stockport County	13	5	0	1	14	7	2	2	3	12	13	1.3	16	L	D	D	W	L	1956-10-06	Gateshead	H
9	1	Oldham Athletic	12	4	1	1	16	12	2	2	2	11	9	1.286	15	W	W	D	W	W	1956-10-06	Workington	H
10	1	Rochdale	12	4	2	1	10	3	2	0	3	10	10	1.538	14	W	W	W	L	L	1956-10-06	Southport	A
11	-2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	13	3	2	2	16	8	2	2	2	9	11	1.316	14	L	W	L	L	W	1956-10-06	Chesterfield	A
12	1	Gateshead	13	3	1	3	14	12	3	0	3	11	11	1.087	13	W	L	W	L	L	1956-10-06	Stockport County	A
13	3	Mansfield Town	12	3	0	2	15	9	1	3	3	9	12	1.143	11	W	L	D	L	L	1956-10-06	Halifax Town	H
14	-2	Hull City	13	4	0	2	11	5	1	1	5	9	15	1	11	L	W	L	L	L	1956-10-06	York City	A
15	2	Bradford	13	4	0	2	15	9	1	1	5	7	14	0.957	11	W	L	W	W	L	1956-10-06	Carlisle United	A
16	-2	York City	12	3	1	2	8	5	1	2	3	8	13	0.889	11	L	W	D	L	W	1956-10-06	Hull City	H
17	2	Darlington	11	2	1	3	8	13	2	1	2	6	9	0.636	10	W	L	L	D	W	1956-10-06	Accrington Stanley	A
18	-3	Halifax Town	13	4	2	1	9	6	0	0	6	7	23	0.552	10	L	L	W	L	L	1956-10-06	Mansfield Town	A
19	-1	Barrow	13	3	1	2	11	8	0	2	5	6	19	0.63	9	L	W	L	D	L	1956-10-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
20	0	Carlisle United	11	1	2	2	10	11	1	1	4	5	13	0.625	7	L	D	L	L	W	1956-10-06	Bradford	H
21	0	Southport	12	0	3	3	8	16	1	1	4	7	13	0.517	6	L	D	D	D	L	1956-10-06	Rochdale	H
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	13	2	1	4	6	16	0	1	5	2	14	0.267	6	L	L	L	W	L	1956-10-06	Chester	A
23	1	Tranmere Rovers	12	2	1	3	9	10	0	0	6	3	17	0.444	5	W	L	L	L	D	1956-10-06	Barrow	H
24	-1	Chester	13	0	1	5	9	17	1	1	5	4	15	0.406	4	L	L	L	W	L	1956-10-06	Crewe Alexandra	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	1	Ipswich Town	Recreation Ground	5,223
Gaynor J, Menzies, Acres OG	Lineups		Millward
Brentford	2	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Griffin Park	12,604
Francis, Newcombe	Lineups		Newsham, Norris
Colchester United	6	0	Shrewsbury Town	Layer Road	9,784
Plant 2, McCurley 3, Fisher	Lineups
Coventry City	0	1	Reading	Highfield Road	16,136
	Lineups		Wheeler
Crystal Palace	1	1	Northampton Town	Selhurst Park	13,904
Berry	Lineups		Woan
Exeter City	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	St James Park	7,312
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	3	Millwall	Priestfield Stadium	11,758	Largest home game 1956-57
Baxter	Lineups		Summers 2, Pulley
Norwich City	1	1	Newport County	Carrow Road	16,920
Gavin	Lineups		Terry
Southampton	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	The Dell	17,192
Shields, Mulgrew	Lineups		Twissell 2
Southend United	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Roots Hall	10,150
Hollis 2, Barker	Lineups		Langley
Swindon Town	1	2	Torquay United	County Ground	8,260
Richards	Lineups		Calland, Collins T
Watford	1	0	Walsall	Vicarage Road	11,334
Walker	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	2	Colchester United	13	5	2	0	23	9	2	1	3	9	8	1.882	17	W	W	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Ipswich Town	A
2	3	Torquay United	13	4	2	0	20	7	2	3	2	6	13	1.3	17	W	D	D	D	L	1956-10-06	Coventry City	H
3	-2	Southampton	11	4	2	0	13	4	3	0	2	10	7	2.091	16	D	W	W	L	W	1956-10-03	Norwich City	H
4	-2	Newport County	13	5	2	0	16	5	0	4	2	6	9	1.571	16	D	D	W	L	W	1956-10-06	Walsall	A
5	2	Watford	13	5	0	1	15	6	2	2	3	11	11	1.529	16	W	D	L	W	L	1956-10-06	Plymouth Argyle	H
6	-2	Gillingham	13	5	0	2	15	10	1	3	2	9	10	1.2	15	L	W	D	L	W	1956-10-06	Crystal Palace	H
7	5	Reading	13	4	2	1	10	7	2	1	3	10	11	1.111	15	W	W	W	L	L	1956-10-06	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	0	Brentford	13	4	1	2	22	18	3	0	3	10	11	1.103	15	D	L	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Northampton Town	H
9	-3	Shrewsbury Town	13	4	2	0	8	3	1	3	3	8	19	0.727	15	L	D	W	D	D	1956-10-06	Reading	H
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	13	3	3	0	17	4	1	3	3	6	10	1.643	14	D	D	W	D	L	1956-10-06	Norwich City	H
11	-2	Coventry City	13	5	1	1	14	6	0	3	3	2	13	0.842	14	L	D	D	L	W	1956-10-06	Torquay United	A
12	1	Norwich City	11	5	1	0	11	2	0	2	3	4	8	1.5	13	D	L	W	L	L	1956-10-03	Southampton	A
13	1	Northampton Town	13	5	1	0	14	1	0	2	5	6	14	1.333	13	D	L	D	W	L	1956-10-06	Brentford	A
14	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	3	2	1	18	11	2	1	4	17	16	1.296	13	L	D	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Exeter City	H
15	0	Queens Park Rangers	13	4	1	1	12	4	1	2	4	4	12	1	13	D	W	L	L	L	1956-10-06	Aldershot	A
16	0	Crystal Palace	13	1	5	1	9	10	1	3	2	8	11	0.81	12	D	D	D	W	D	1956-10-06	Gillingham	A
17	3	Aldershot	13	2	2	2	8	8	2	1	4	13	20	0.75	11	W	D	L	L	D	1956-10-06	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	3	Millwall	13	2	2	2	10	13	2	1	4	9	17	0.633	11	W	D	W	L	D	1956-10-06	Southampton	H
19	0	Exeter City	13	2	3	2	9	8	0	3	3	2	8	0.688	10	D	L	D	L	W	1956-10-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	-3	Ipswich Town	13	3	2	1	12	5	0	1	6	6	17	0.818	9	L	D	W	W	L	1956-10-06	Colchester United	H
21	-3	Walsall	13	3	1	2	11	6	0	2	5	7	16	0.818	9	L	D	W	D	L	1956-10-06	Newport County	H
22	2	Southend United	13	2	3	2	12	8	0	1	5	6	16	0.75	8	W	L	D	W	L	1956-10-06	Swindon Town	A
23	-1	Swindon Town	13	2	0	5	10	13	2	0	4	7	21	0.5	8	L	L	L	W	W	1956-10-06	Southend United	H
24	-1	Plymouth Argyle	13	1	3	2	7	13	1	1	5	5	18	0.387	8	D	W	D	L	L	1956-10-06	Watford	A