1956-10-06

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

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Northern Ireland	1	1	England		Windsor Park, Belfast	58,420
	McIlroy	Lineups		Matthews S

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	7	3	Manchester City	Highbury	33,651
Holton 4, Evans (p), Bloomfield, Haverty	Lineups		Clarke 2, Dyson
Birmingham City	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's	29,614
	Lineups
Burnley	2	2	Blackpool	Turf Moor	27,694
Robson, Cheesebrough	Lineups		Booth, Mudie
Cardiff City	4	1	Leeds United	Ninian Park	38,333	Largest home game 1956-57
Hitchens 2, Ford, McSeveney	Lineups		Forrest
Chelsea	2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge	55,788	Largest home game 1956-57
Armstrong (p), Lewis	Lineups		Stokes 3, Robb
Manchester United	4	2	Charlton Athletic	Old Trafford	41,439
Charlton 2, Berry, Whelan	Lineups		Lucas, Ayre
Newcastle United	2	2	Luton Town	St James' Park	36,941
Hannah, Milburn	Lineups		Turner 2
Portsmouth	5	1	Aston Villa	Fratton Park	23,613
Harris, Gordon 2, Henderson 2	Lineups		Smith
Preston North End	0	0	Everton	Deepdale	21,778
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	2	Sunderland	Hillsborough	32,248
Shiner, Broadbent, Froggatt	Lineups		Elliott, Fleming (p)
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	34,379
Allen	Lineups		Hooper

				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	11	5	1	0	18	7	4	1	0	11	6	2.231	20	W	W	W	W	D	1956-10-13	Sunderland	A
2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	11	4	0	0	17	4	4	1	2	17	12	2.125	17	W	W	W	W	W	1956-10-13	Cardiff City	H
3	-1	Leeds United	12	5	1	0	15	3	2	1	3	8	14	1.353	16	L	D	W	W	W	1956-10-13	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Burnley	12	5	2	0	16	6	0	3	2	6	9	1.467	15	D	W	D	D	L	1956-10-13	Manchester City	A
5	0	Blackpool	11	5	0	0	19	7	2	1	3	13	16	1.391	15	D	W	W	L	W	1956-10-13	Preston North End	H
6	0	Birmingham City	11	5	1	0	18	5	1	1	3	6	11	1.5	14	D	L	W	L	W	1956-10-13	Leeds United	A
7	0	Bolton Wanderers	12	5	0	1	11	5	0	3	3	5	10	1.067	13	D	D	L	L	W	1956-10-13	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	0	Luton Town	11	4	2	0	14	6	1	1	3	8	17	0.957	13	D	D	L	W	L	1956-10-13	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	4	1	1	18	10	1	1	3	7	9	1.316	12	D	W	W	L	D	1956-10-13	Portsmouth	H
10	0	Preston North End	12	4	1	2	15	9	1	1	3	6	10	1.105	12	D	W	D	W	W	1956-10-13	Blackpool	A
11	1	Sheffield Wednesday	12	5	0	1	22	11	0	2	4	8	17	1.071	12	W	L	L	D	L	1956-10-13	Luton Town	A
12	2	Arsenal	12	3	1	3	15	9	2	0	3	10	14	1.087	11	W	L	W	L	L	1956-10-13	Charlton Athletic	A
13	0	Newcastle United	11	2	3	0	7	5	2	0	4	6	17	0.591	11	D	L	D	W	D	1956-10-13	Aston Villa	A
14	-3	Aston Villa	11	2	2	1	8	7	1	2	3	6	9	0.875	10	L	D	L	L	W	1956-10-13	Newcastle United	H
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	11	3	2	1	11	8	0	2	3	5	11	0.842	10	D	D	W	L	D	1956-10-13	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	0	Cardiff City	12	3	3	0	15	8	0	1	5	4	16	0.792	10	W	D	L	L	L	1956-10-13	Tottenham Hotspur	A
17	0	Chelsea	11	2	2	2	8	9	0	2	3	2	9	0.556	8	L	D	L	D	W	1956-10-13	Everton	A
18	1	Everton	12	2	1	2	7	10	1	1	5	7	17	0.519	8	D	W	W	L	W	1956-10-13	Chelsea	H
19	-1	Sunderland	11	3	0	2	17	7	0	1	5	9	18	1.04	7	L	L	L	W	D	1956-10-13	Manchester United	H
20	1	Portsmouth	11	2	1	2	15	11	0	2	4	7	14	0.88	7	W	D	D	D	L	1956-10-13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	-1	Manchester City	12	2	2	1	7	7	0	0	7	8	23	0.5	6	L	L	L	L	L	1956-10-13	Burnley	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	12	2	1	3	10	11	0	0	6	6	24	0.457	5	L	L	L	W	W	1956-10-13	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Sheffield United	Eastville	28,393
Bradford 2, Biggs	Lineups		Wilkinson
Bury	0	1	Fulham	Gigg Lane	11,853
	Lineups		Dwight
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Lincoln City	Belle Vue	16,197
Jeffrey 2, Walker R	Lineups		Gibson
Grimsby Town	5	0	Swansea Town	Blundell Park	13,507
Crosbie 2, Evans 2, Johnston (p)	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Leeds Road	17,600
Hickson	Lineups
Leicester City	5	2	Barnsley	Filbert Street	27,360
McNeill 2, Rowley 2, Hines	Lineups		Duggins, Kaye (p)
Leyton Orient	1	2	West Ham United	Brisbane Road	24,685
Heckman	Lineups		Musgrove, Willemse OG
Liverpool	2	3	Blackburn Rovers	Anfield Road	41,538
Anderson, Liddell	Lineups		Vernon, Crossan, Douglas
Middlesbrough	3	1	Port Vale	Ayresome Park	18,586
Delapenha 2 (2p), Clough	Lineups		Stephenson
Notts County	1	1	Bristol City	Meadow Lane	12,005
Lane	Lineups		Williams C
Stoke City	6	0	Rotherham United	Victoria Ground	21,590
Coleman 2, Oscroft, King 2, Bowyer	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	Leicester City	12	4	2	0	20	9	3	1	2	11	12	1.476	17	W	L	W	W	W	1956-10-13	Port Vale	A
2	-1	Nottingham Forest	11	3	2	0	12	7	3	1	2	16	8	1.867	15	L	D	W	L	D	1956-10-13	Bury	H
3	3	Stoke City	12	5	1	0	24	3	1	2	3	6	15	1.667	15	W	D	W	W	L	1956-10-10	Port Vale	H
4	0	Bristol Rovers	12	5	0	1	16	5	2	1	3	13	13	1.611	15	W	W	L	L	W	1956-10-13	Barnsley	A
5	0	Doncaster Rovers	12	3	2	1	15	7	2	3	1	10	10	1.471	15	W	D	W	D	W	1956-10-13	Swansea Town	A
6	-3	Sheffield United	11	3	2	0	12	6	3	0	3	15	12	1.5	14	L	W	L	D	L	1956-10-13	Notts County	H
7	1	Huddersfield Town	12	4	1	1	11	6	2	1	3	8	14	0.95	14	W	D	L	W	L	1956-10-13	West Ham United	A
8	1	West Ham United	11	1	2	2	6	7	4	1	1	10	3	1.6	13	W	L	W	D	D	1956-10-13	Huddersfield Town	H
9	2	Middlesbrough	12	3	3	0	12	8	1	2	3	10	11	1.158	13	W	D	D	L	W	1956-10-13	Rotherham United	A
10	-3	Lincoln City	11	3	1	1	7	3	2	2	2	11	14	1.059	13	L	W	W	W	D	1956-10-13	Stoke City	H
11	1	Fulham	12	4	0	2	15	11	2	0	4	8	11	1.045	12	W	L	W	L	W	1956-10-13	Grimsby Town	H
12	-2	Liverpool	11	2	1	3	12	13	1	4	0	6	4	1.059	11	L	W	D	L	D	1956-10-13	Bristol City	A
13	3	Bristol City	12	3	0	3	12	14	0	4	2	7	10	0.792	10	D	W	W	D	L	1956-10-13	Liverpool	H
14	-1	Swansea Town	11	3	0	3	16	11	2	0	3	9	21	0.781	10	L	L	L	W	W	1956-10-13	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	3	Grimsby Town	12	4	1	1	14	5	0	0	6	4	10	1.2	9	W	L	L	L	L	1956-10-13	Fulham	A
16	3	Blackburn Rovers	11	1	0	3	8	11	3	1	3	13	16	0.778	9	W	L	W	D	L	1956-10-13	Leyton Orient	H
17	-3	Port Vale	10	2	3	0	6	3	1	0	4	9	17	0.75	9	L	W	L	D	W	1956-10-10	Stoke City	A
18	-3	Barnsley	11	1	2	3	13	18	2	1	2	7	10	0.714	9	L	D	L	D	W	1956-10-13	Bristol Rovers	H
19	-2	Leyton Orient	11	1	3	2	9	12	1	1	3	6	14	0.577	8	L	D	L	D	W	1956-10-13	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	0	Bury	12	1	1	4	12	17	1	2	3	8	14	0.645	7	L	D	W	L	L	1956-10-13	Nottingham Forest	A
21	0	Rotherham United	10	2	0	3	9	10	0	2	3	4	13	0.565	6	L	W	L	W	D	1956-10-13	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Notts County	11	1	3	3	8	12	0	1	3	7	17	0.517	6	D	L	L	W	L	1956-10-13	Sheffield United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	4	2	Darlington	Peel Park	8,255
Dick 2, Stewart, Turner	Lineups		Lumley (p), Moran
Bradford City	2	1	Wrexham	Valley Parade	13,772
Webb, Kelly	Lineups		Hewitt
Carlisle United	2	1	Bradford	Brunton Park	4,713
Mooney, Atkinson	Lineups		Smith
Chester	4	1	Crewe Alexandra	Sealand Road	6,653
Foulkes 2, Hansell, Bullock	Lineups		Mosby
Chesterfield	1	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,017
Smith G	Lineups
Hartlepools United	2	1	Derby County	Victoria Park	12,072
Anderson, Johnson	Lineups		Parry
Mansfield Town	2	0	Halifax Town	Field Mill	9,039
Chapman, Murray	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Workington	Boundary Park	11,695
Crook	Lineups
Southport	0	1	Rochdale	Haig Avenue	5,501
	Lineups		Lewis
Stockport County	1	1	Gateshead	Edgeley Park	9,337
Jackson	Lineups		Coatsworth
Tranmere Rovers	0	2	Barrow	Prenton Park	5,617
	Lineups		Coole, Callaghan
York City	2	1	Hull City	Bootham Crescent	10,763
Wilkinson, Fenton	Lineups		Clarke

				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	14	7	0	0	23	7	4	1	2	18	11	2.278	23	W	L	W	W	W	1956-10-13	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	0	Accrington Stanley	14	5	2	1	18	10	5	0	1	16	10	1.7	22	W	W	L	W	W	1956-10-13	Bradford	A
3	1	Bradford City	14	6	1	1	17	9	3	1	2	10	8	1.588	20	W	W	W	D	L	1956-10-13	Derby County	A
4	-1	Workington	13	5	1	0	16	10	3	2	2	7	7	1.353	19	L	L	W	W	W	1956-10-13	Mansfield Town	H
5	2	Chesterfield	13	4	2	0	12	4	3	2	2	16	15	1.474	18	W	W	W	D	D	1956-10-13	Rochdale	A
6	-1	Derby County	14	6	1	0	20	4	1	2	4	11	14	1.722	17	L	W	L	L	W	1956-10-13	Bradford City	H
7	2	Oldham Athletic	13	5	1	1	17	12	2	2	2	11	9	1.333	17	W	W	W	D	W	1956-10-13	Hull City	A
8	0	Stockport County	14	5	1	1	15	8	2	2	3	12	13	1.286	17	D	L	D	D	W	1956-10-13	Wrexham	A
9	1	Rochdale	13	4	2	1	10	3	3	0	3	11	10	1.615	16	W	W	W	W	L	1956-10-13	Chesterfield	H
10	-4	Wrexham	14	4	2	1	17	8	3	0	4	13	12	1.5	16	L	W	W	W	W	1956-10-13	Stockport County	H
11	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	14	3	2	2	16	8	2	2	3	9	12	1.25	14	L	L	W	L	L	1956-10-13	Chester	H
12	0	Gateshead	14	3	1	3	14	12	3	1	3	12	12	1.083	14	D	W	L	W	L	1956-10-13	Carlisle United	H
13	0	Mansfield Town	13	4	0	2	17	9	1	3	3	9	12	1.238	13	W	W	L	D	L	1956-10-13	Workington	A
14	2	York City	13	4	1	2	10	6	1	2	3	8	13	0.947	13	W	L	W	D	L	1956-10-13	Barrow	A
15	-1	Hull City	14	4	0	2	11	5	1	1	6	10	17	0.955	11	L	L	W	L	L	1956-10-13	Oldham Athletic	H
16	-1	Bradford	14	4	0	2	15	9	1	1	6	8	16	0.92	11	L	W	L	W	W	1956-10-13	Accrington Stanley	H
17	2	Barrow	14	3	1	2	11	8	1	2	5	8	19	0.704	11	W	L	W	L	D	1956-10-13	York City	H
18	-1	Darlington	12	2	1	3	8	13	2	1	3	8	13	0.615	10	L	W	L	L	D	1956-10-09	Carlisle United	A
19	-1	Halifax Town	14	4	2	1	9	6	0	0	7	7	25	0.516	10	L	L	L	W	L	1956-10-13	Southport	H
20	0	Carlisle United	12	2	2	2	12	12	1	1	4	5	13	0.68	9	W	L	D	L	L	1956-10-09	Darlington	H
21	3	Chester	14	1	1	5	13	18	1	1	5	4	15	0.515	6	W	L	L	L	W	1956-10-13	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
22	-1	Southport	13	0	3	4	8	17	1	1	4	7	13	0.5	6	L	L	D	D	D	1956-10-13	Halifax Town	A
23	-1	Crewe Alexandra	14	2	1	4	6	16	0	1	6	3	18	0.265	6	L	L	L	L	W	1956-10-13	Hartlepool United	H
24	-1	Tranmere Rovers	13	2	1	4	9	12	0	0	6	3	17	0.414	5	L	W	L	L	L	1956-10-13	Darlington	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	4	2	Queens Park Rangers	Recreation Ground	5,609
Jackson, Gaynor J, Costello, Menzies	Lineups		Cameron, Hellawell
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Norwich City	Dean Court	12,032
Newsham (p)	Lineups		Gordon
Brentford	2	1	Northampton Town	Griffin Park	10,733
Coleman OG, Francis	Lineups		English
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Exeter City	Goldstone Ground	13,349
Bissett 2, Foreman	Lineups
Gillingham	4	1	Crystal Palace	Priestfield Stadium	8,567
Taylor J 2, Boswell, Morgan	Lineups		Cooper
Ipswich Town	3	1	Colchester United	Portman Road	20,321
Phillips 3	Lineups		Plant
Millwall	0	0	Southampton	The Den, New Cross	14,520
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Reading	Gay Meadow	8,365
Weigh	Lineups		Dixon
Swindon Town	3	2	Southend United	County Ground	7,572
Pembery, Richards, Gibson	Lineups		McGuigan, McCrory
Torquay United	3	1	Coventry City	Plainmoor	8,234
Collins T, Mills, Collins R (p)	Lineups		Uphill
Walsall	0	0	Newport County	Fellows Park	10,894
	Lineups
Watford	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Vicarage Road	11,601
	Lineups		Rowley

				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	0	Southampton	13	5	2	0	15	4	3	1	2	10	7	2.273	19	D	W	D	W	W	1956-10-13	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	1	Torquay United	14	5	2	0	23	8	2	3	2	6	13	1.381	19	W	W	D	D	D	1956-10-13	Norwich City	A
3	-1	Colchester United	14	5	2	0	23	9	2	1	4	10	11	1.65	17	L	W	W	L	W	1956-10-13	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
4	0	Newport County	14	5	2	0	16	5	0	5	2	6	9	1.571	17	D	D	D	W	L	1956-10-13	Ipswich Town	H
5	1	Gillingham	14	6	0	2	19	11	1	3	2	9	10	1.333	17	W	L	W	D	L	1956-10-13	Exeter City	A
6	2	Brentford	14	5	1	2	24	19	3	0	3	10	11	1.133	17	W	D	L	L	W	1956-10-13	Southend United	A
7	-2	Watford	14	5	0	2	15	7	2	2	3	11	11	1.444	16	L	W	D	L	W	1956-10-13	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	-1	Reading	14	4	2	1	10	7	2	2	3	11	12	1.105	16	D	W	W	W	L	1956-10-13	Walsall	H
9	0	Shrewsbury Town	14	4	3	0	9	4	1	3	3	8	19	0.739	16	D	L	D	W	D	1956-10-13	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	14	3	4	0	18	5	1	3	3	6	10	1.6	15	D	D	D	W	D	1956-10-13	Colchester United	A
11	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	4	2	1	21	11	2	1	4	17	16	1.407	15	W	L	D	L	W	1956-10-13	Southampton	A
12	2	Norwich City	13	5	1	0	11	2	0	3	4	5	11	1.231	14	D	L	D	L	W	1956-10-13	Torquay United	H
13	-2	Coventry City	14	5	1	1	14	6	0	3	4	3	16	0.773	14	L	L	D	D	L	1956-10-13	Millwall	H
14	-2	Northampton Town	14	5	1	0	14	1	0	2	6	7	16	1.235	13	L	D	L	D	W	1956-10-13	Aldershot	H
15	0	Queens Park Rangers	14	4	1	1	12	4	1	2	5	6	16	0.9	13	L	D	W	L	L	1956-10-13	Watford	H
16	1	Aldershot	14	3	2	2	12	10	2	1	4	13	20	0.833	13	W	W	D	L	L	1956-10-13	Northampton Town	A
17	-1	Crystal Palace	14	1	5	1	9	10	1	3	3	9	15	0.72	12	L	D	D	D	W	1956-10-13	Swindon Town	H
18	0	Millwall	14	2	3	2	10	13	2	1	4	9	17	0.633	12	D	W	D	W	L	1956-10-13	Coventry City	A
19	1	Ipswich Town	14	4	2	1	15	6	0	1	6	6	17	0.913	11	W	L	D	W	W	1956-10-13	Newport County	A
20	1	Walsall	14	3	2	2	11	6	0	2	5	7	16	0.818	10	D	L	D	W	D	1956-10-13	Reading	A
21	-2	Exeter City	14	2	3	2	9	8	0	3	4	2	11	0.579	10	L	D	L	D	L	1956-10-13	Gillingham	H
22	1	Swindon Town	14	3	0	5	13	15	2	0	4	7	21	0.556	10	W	L	L	L	W	1956-10-13	Crystal Palace	A
23	1	Plymouth Argyle	14	1	3	2	7	13	2	1	5	6	18	0.419	10	W	D	W	D	L	1956-10-13	Shrewsbury Town	H
24	-2	Southend United	14	2	3	2	12	8	0	1	6	8	19	0.741	8	L	W	L	D	W	1956-10-13	Brentford	H