1956-10-10
| Second Division |
| Second Division | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke City | 3 | 1 | Port Vale | Victoria Ground | 39,446 | Largest home game 1956-57 |
| Coleman 2, Kelly | Lineups | Smith | ||||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ptn |  |
Second Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | Stoke City | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1.737 | 17 | W | W | D | W | W | 1956-10-13 | Lincoln City | A |
| 2 | -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 |
| 3 | -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 |
| 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 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 |
| 18 | -1 | Port Vale | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 0.696 | 9 | L | L | W | L | D | 1956-10-13 | Leicester City | H |
| 19 | 0 | 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 |
