1956-10-13

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	3	1	Newcastle United	Villa Park	35,038
Sewell, Smith 2	Lineups		Eastham
Blackpool	4	0	Preston North End	Bloomfield Road	36,006	Largest home game 1956-57
Fenton, Dunn OG, Mudie 2	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	24,969
Stevens	Lineups		Griffin
Charlton Athletic	1	3	Arsenal	The Valley	40,051	Largest home game 1956-57
Ayre	Lineups		Tapscott 2, Clapton
Everton	0	3	Chelsea	Goodison Park	34,897
	Lineups		Stubbs 2, Tindall
Leeds United	1	1	Birmingham City	Elland Road	34,460
Ripley	Lineups		Larkin
Luton Town	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Kenilworth Road	19,202
Turner (p), Legate	Lineups
Manchester City	0	1	Burnley	Maine Road	35,981
	Lineups		Gray
Sunderland	1	3	Manchester United	Roker Park	49,487
Purdon	Lineups		Whelan, Viollet, OG
Tottenham Hotspur	5	0	Cardiff City	White Hart Lane	52,429
Stokes 2, Robb 3	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	0	Portsmouth	Molineux	35,248
Wilshaw 2, Flowers, Hooper, Murray, Gunter OG	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	12	5	1	0	18	7	5	1	0	14	7	2.286	22	W	W	W	W	W	1956-10-20	Everton	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	12	5	0	0	22	4	4	1	2	17	12	2.438	19	W	W	W	W	W	1956-10-20	Arsenal	A
3	2	Blackpool	12	6	0	0	23	7	2	1	3	13	16	1.565	17	W	D	W	W	L	1956-10-20	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	0	Burnley	13	5	2	0	16	6	1	3	2	7	9	1.533	17	W	D	W	D	D	1956-10-20	Leeds United	H
5	-2	Leeds United	13	5	2	0	16	4	2	1	3	8	14	1.333	17	D	L	D	W	W	1956-10-20	Burnley	A
6	0	Birmingham City	12	5	1	0	18	5	1	2	3	7	12	1.471	15	D	D	L	W	L	1956-10-20	Luton Town	H
7	1	Luton Town	12	5	2	0	16	6	1	1	3	8	17	1.043	15	W	D	D	L	W	1956-10-20	Birmingham City	A
8	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	5	1	1	24	10	1	1	3	7	9	1.632	14	W	D	W	W	L	1956-10-20	Chelsea	A
9	-2	Bolton Wanderers	13	5	1	1	12	6	0	3	3	5	10	1.063	14	D	D	D	L	L	1956-10-20	Preston North End	A
10	2	Arsenal	13	3	1	3	15	9	3	0	3	13	15	1.167	13	W	W	L	W	L	1956-10-20	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	0	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	0	1	22	11	0	2	5	8	19	1	12	L	W	L	L	D	1956-10-20	Blackpool	H
12	2	Aston Villa	12	3	2	1	11	8	1	2	3	6	9	1	12	W	L	D	L	L	1956-10-27	Birmingham City	H
13	-3	Preston North End	13	4	1	2	15	9	1	1	4	6	14	0.913	12	L	D	W	D	W	1956-10-20	Bolton Wanderers	H
14	1	West Bromwich Albion	12	3	2	1	11	8	0	3	3	6	12	0.85	11	D	D	D	W	L	1956-10-20	Sunderland	H
15	-2	Newcastle United	12	2	3	0	7	5	2	0	5	7	20	0.56	11	L	D	L	D	W	1956-10-20	Manchester City	H
16	1	Chelsea	12	2	2	2	8	9	1	2	3	5	9	0.722	10	W	L	D	L	D	1956-10-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
17	-1	Cardiff City	13	3	3	0	15	8	0	1	6	4	21	0.655	10	L	W	D	L	L	1956-10-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	0	Everton	13	2	1	3	7	13	1	1	5	7	17	0.467	8	L	D	W	W	L	1956-10-20	Manchester United	A
19	0	Sunderland	12	3	0	3	18	10	0	1	5	9	18	0.964	7	L	L	L	L	W	1956-10-20	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	0	Portsmouth	12	2	1	2	15	11	0	2	5	7	20	0.71	7	L	W	D	D	D	1956-10-20	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Manchester City	13	2	2	2	7	8	0	0	7	8	23	0.484	6	L	L	L	L	L	1956-10-20	Newcastle United	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	13	2	1	4	11	14	0	0	6	6	24	0.447	5	L	L	L	L	W	1956-10-20	Portsmouth	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	2	Bristol Rovers	Oakwell	15,052
	Lineups		Hooper, Ward
Blackburn Rovers	3	3	Leyton Orient	Ewood Park	20,320
Briggs 2, Douglas	Lineups		Heckman 2, Johnston
Bristol City	2	1	Liverpool	Ashton Gate	26,042
Rogers, Williams C	Lineups		Wheeler
Fulham	3	1	Grimsby Town	Craven Cottage	31,727
Stevens 3 (2p)	Lineups		Scott
Lincoln City	0	1	Stoke City	Sincil Bank	13,066
	Lineups		Coleman
Nottingham Forest	5	1	Bury	City Ground	21,967
Lishman, Baily 2, Morley, Higham	Lineups		Robinson
Port Vale	2	3	Leicester City	Vale Park	21,690
Hayward 2	Lineups		Hogg, Rowley 2
Rotherham United	2	3	Middlesbrough	Millmoor	13,644
Selkirk, Stephenson	Lineups		Clough, McLean, Burbeck
Sheffield United	5	1	Notts County	Bramall Lane	21,737
Iley 2 (2p), Grainger, Wilkinson, Hagan	Lineups		Wills
Swansea Town	4	2	Doncaster Rovers	Vetch Field	15,790
Griffiths 3, Charles	Lineups		Jeffrey, Cavanagh
West Ham United	0	2	Huddersfield Town	Upton Park	22,643
	Lineups		Marriott, Hickson

				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	Stoke City	14	6	1	0	27	4	2	2	3	7	15	1.789	19	W	W	W	D	W	1956-10-20	Sheffield United	H
2	0	Leicester City	13	4	2	0	20	9	4	1	2	14	14	1.478	19	W	W	L	W	W	1956-10-20	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Nottingham Forest	12	4	2	0	17	8	3	1	2	16	8	2.063	17	W	L	D	W	L	1956-10-20	Notts County	A
4	0	Bristol Rovers	13	5	0	1	16	5	3	1	3	15	13	1.722	17	W	W	W	L	L	1956-10-20	West Ham United	H
5	1	Sheffield United	12	4	2	0	17	7	3	0	3	15	12	1.684	16	W	L	W	L	D	1956-10-20	Stoke City	A
6	1	Huddersfield Town	13	4	1	1	11	6	3	1	3	10	14	1.05	16	W	W	D	L	W	1956-10-20	Lincoln City	H
7	-2	Doncaster Rovers	13	3	2	1	15	7	2	3	2	12	14	1.286	15	L	W	D	W	D	1956-10-20	Barnsley	H
8	1	Middlesbrough	13	3	3	0	12	8	2	2	3	13	13	1.19	15	W	W	D	D	L	1956-10-20	Bristol City	H
9	2	Fulham	13	5	0	2	18	12	2	0	4	8	11	1.13	14	W	W	L	W	L	1956-10-20	Liverpool	A
10	-2	West Ham United	12	1	2	3	6	9	4	1	1	10	3	1.333	13	L	W	L	W	D	1956-10-20	Bristol Rovers	A
11	-1	Lincoln City	12	3	1	2	7	4	2	2	2	11	14	1	13	L	L	W	W	W	1956-10-20	Huddersfield Town	A
12	2	Swansea Town	12	4	0	3	20	13	2	0	3	9	21	0.853	12	W	L	L	L	W	1956-10-20	Leyton Orient	A
13	0	Bristol City	13	4	0	3	14	15	0	4	2	7	10	0.84	12	W	D	W	W	D	1956-10-20	Middlesbrough	A
14	-2	Liverpool	12	2	1	3	12	13	1	4	1	7	6	1	11	L	L	W	D	L	1956-10-20	Fulham	H
15	1	Blackburn Rovers	12	1	1	3	11	14	3	1	3	13	16	0.8	10	D	W	L	W	D	1956-10-20	Leicester City	A
16	-1	Grimsby Town	13	4	1	1	14	5	0	0	7	5	13	1.056	9	L	W	L	L	L	1956-10-20	Port Vale	H
17	1	Port Vale	12	2	3	1	8	6	1	0	5	10	20	0.692	9	L	L	L	W	L	1956-10-20	Grimsby Town	A
18	-1	Barnsley	12	1	2	4	13	20	2	1	2	7	10	0.667	9	L	L	D	L	D	1956-10-20	Doncaster Rovers	A
19	0	Leyton Orient	12	1	3	2	9	12	1	2	3	9	17	0.621	9	D	L	D	L	D	1956-10-20	Swansea Town	H
20	0	Bury	13	1	1	4	12	17	1	2	4	9	19	0.583	7	L	L	D	W	L	1956-10-20	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Rotherham United	11	2	0	4	11	13	0	2	3	4	13	0.577	6	L	L	W	L	W	1956-10-20	Bury	A
22	0	Notts County	12	1	3	3	8	12	0	1	4	8	22	0.471	6	L	D	L	L	W	1956-10-20	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	2	York City	Holker Street	5,908
Keen	Lineups		Brown, Hughes
Bradford	2	0	Accrington Stanley	Park Avenue	12,415
Brown, Smith	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Hartlepools United	Gresty Road	5,676
Connor	Lineups		Rayment, Stamper
Darlington	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Feethams Ground	5,615
Morton	Lineups		Dodd
Derby County	0	2	Bradford City	Baseball Ground	19,303
	Lineups		Samuels 2
Gateshead	4	2	Carlisle United	Redheugh Park	6,034
Ingham 3, Lydon	Lineups		Kerr, Bond
Halifax Town	3	1	Southport	The Shay	5,938
Darbyshire, South, Smith	Lineups		Gryba
Hull City	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Boothferry Park	9,400
Clarke, Gerrie	Lineups		Campbell (p)
Rochdale	1	0	Chesterfield	Spotland	9,011
Lewis	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	0	Chester	Old Showground	6,377
Brown, McGill, Gill OG	Lineups
Workington	3	3	Mansfield Town	Borough Park	7,159
Robson 3	Lineups		Jepson 2, Chapman
Wrexham	2	3	Stockport County	Racecourse Ground	13,524
Hewitt, Anderson	Lineups		Daley, Cox 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	15	7	0	0	23	7	5	1	2	20	12	2.263	25	W	W	L	W	W	1956-10-20	Darlington	H
2	1	Bradford City	15	6	1	1	17	9	4	1	2	12	8	1.706	22	W	W	W	W	D	1956-10-20	Barrow	H
3	-1	Accrington Stanley	15	5	2	1	18	10	5	0	2	16	12	1.545	22	L	W	W	L	W	1956-10-20	Halifax Town	H
4	0	Workington	14	5	2	0	19	13	3	2	2	7	7	1.3	20	D	L	L	W	W	1956-10-20	Carlisle United	A
5	3	Stockport County	15	5	1	1	15	8	3	2	3	15	15	1.304	19	W	D	L	D	D	1956-10-20	Hull City	H
6	3	Rochdale	14	5	2	1	11	3	3	0	3	11	10	1.692	18	W	W	W	W	W	1956-10-20	Tranmere Rovers	A
7	-2	Chesterfield	14	4	2	0	12	4	3	2	3	16	16	1.4	18	L	W	W	W	D	1956-10-20	Gateshead	H
8	-2	Derby County	15	6	1	1	20	6	1	2	4	11	14	1.55	17	L	L	W	L	L	1956-10-20	Mansfield Town	A
9	-2	Oldham Athletic	14	5	1	1	17	12	2	2	3	12	11	1.261	17	L	W	W	W	D	1956-10-20	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	15	4	2	2	19	8	2	2	3	9	12	1.4	16	W	L	L	W	L	1956-10-20	York City	A
11	-1	Wrexham	15	4	2	2	19	11	3	0	4	13	12	1.391	16	L	L	W	W	W	1956-10-20	Southport	A
12	0	Gateshead	15	4	1	3	18	14	3	1	3	12	12	1.154	16	W	D	W	L	W	1956-10-20	Chesterfield	A
13	1	York City	14	4	1	2	10	6	2	2	3	10	14	1	15	W	W	L	W	D	1956-10-20	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
14	-1	Mansfield Town	14	4	0	2	17	9	1	4	3	12	15	1.208	14	D	W	W	L	D	1956-10-20	Derby County	H
15	2	Bradford	15	5	0	2	17	9	1	1	6	8	16	1	13	W	L	W	L	W	1956-10-20	Chester	A
16	0	Hull City	15	5	0	2	13	6	1	1	6	10	17	1	13	W	L	L	W	L	1956-10-20	Stockport County	A
17	-2	Darlington	14	2	2	3	9	14	3	1	3	10	14	0.679	13	D	W	L	W	L	1956-10-20	Hartlepool United	A
18	1	Halifax Town	15	5	2	1	12	7	0	0	7	7	25	0.594	12	W	L	L	L	W	1956-10-20	Accrington Stanley	A
19	-1	Barrow	15	3	1	3	12	10	1	2	5	8	19	0.69	11	L	W	L	W	L	1956-10-20	Bradford City	A
20	0	Carlisle United	14	2	2	3	13	14	1	1	5	7	17	0.645	9	L	L	W	L	D	1956-10-20	Workington	H
21	1	Southport	14	0	3	4	8	17	1	1	5	8	16	0.485	6	L	L	L	D	D	1956-10-20	Wrexham	H
22	-1	Chester	15	1	1	5	13	18	1	1	6	4	18	0.472	6	L	W	L	L	L	1956-10-20	Bradford	H
23	1	Tranmere Rovers	14	2	1	4	9	12	0	1	6	4	18	0.433	6	D	L	W	L	L	1956-10-20	Rochdale	H
24	-1	Crewe Alexandra	15	2	1	5	7	18	0	1	6	3	18	0.278	6	L	L	L	L	L	1956-10-20	Oldham Athletic	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Colchester United	3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Layer Road	9,363
McCurley, Plant, Smith	Lineups
Coventry City	1	2	Millwall	Highfield Road	20,227
Sambrook	Lineups		Pulley, Tyrell
Crystal Palace	0	0	Swindon Town	Selhurst Park	13,459
	Lineups
Exeter City	4	0	Gillingham	St James Park	6,524
Currie 2, Thomas, Mitchell	Lineups
Newport County	1	0	Ipswich Town	Somerton Park	12,673
Terry	Lineups
Northampton Town	4	2	Aldershot	County Ground	8,825
English, Fowler, Mills, Smith	Lineups		Lacey, Flint
Norwich City	1	2	Torquay United	Carrow Road	14,819
Hunt	Lineups		Collins R 2
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Home Park	14,953
Rowley	Lineups		O'Donnell
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Watford	Loftus Road	14,211	Largest home game 1956-57
Hellawell, Balogun, Brown OG	Lineups		Cook
Reading	3	0	Walsall	Elm Park	9,620
Dixon 2, Penford	Lineups
Southampton	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Dell	22,103	Largest home game 1956-57
Reeves	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Brentford	Roots Hall	11,463
Hollis	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	0	Southampton	14	6	2	0	16	4	3	1	2	10	7	2.364	21	W	D	W	D	W	1956-10-20	Gillingham	A
2	0	Torquay United	15	5	2	0	23	8	3	3	2	8	14	1.409	21	W	W	W	D	D	1956-10-20	Colchester United	H
3	0	Colchester United	15	6	2	0	26	9	2	1	4	10	11	1.8	19	W	L	W	W	L	1956-10-20	Torquay United	A
4	0	Newport County	15	6	2	0	17	5	0	5	2	6	9	1.643	19	W	D	D	D	W	1956-10-20	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
5	3	Reading	15	5	2	1	13	7	2	2	3	11	12	1.263	18	W	D	W	W	W	1956-10-20	Ipswich Town	A
6	-1	Gillingham	15	6	0	2	19	11	1	3	3	9	14	1.12	17	L	W	L	W	D	1956-10-20	Southampton	H
7	-1	Brentford	15	5	1	2	24	19	3	0	4	10	12	1.097	17	L	W	D	L	L	1956-10-20	Crystal Palace	H
8	1	Shrewsbury Town	15	4	3	0	9	4	1	4	3	9	20	0.75	17	D	D	L	D	W	1956-10-20	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	-2	Watford	15	5	0	2	15	7	2	2	4	12	14	1.286	16	L	L	W	D	L	1956-10-20	Northampton Town	H
10	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	15	4	2	1	21	11	2	1	5	17	17	1.357	15	L	W	L	D	L	1956-10-20	Coventry City	H
11	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	15	3	4	0	18	5	1	3	4	6	13	1.333	15	L	D	D	D	W	1956-10-20	Newport County	H
12	2	Northampton Town	15	6	1	0	18	3	0	2	6	7	16	1.316	15	W	L	D	L	D	1956-10-20	Watford	A
13	2	Queens Park Rangers	15	5	1	1	15	5	1	2	5	6	16	1	15	W	L	D	W	L	1956-10-20	Shrewsbury Town	A
14	-2	Norwich City	14	5	1	1	12	4	0	3	4	5	11	1.133	14	L	D	L	D	L	1956-10-20	Millwall	A
15	-2	Coventry City	15	5	1	2	15	8	0	3	4	3	16	0.75	14	L	L	L	D	D	1956-10-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	2	Millwall	15	2	3	2	10	13	3	1	4	11	18	0.677	14	W	D	W	D	W	1956-10-20	Norwich City	H
17	-1	Aldershot	15	3	2	2	12	10	2	1	5	15	24	0.794	13	L	W	W	D	L	1956-10-20	Southend United	H
18	-1	Crystal Palace	15	1	6	1	9	10	1	3	3	9	15	0.72	13	D	L	D	D	D	1956-10-20	Brentford	A
19	2	Exeter City	15	3	3	2	13	8	0	3	4	2	11	0.789	12	W	L	D	L	D	1956-10-20	Swindon Town	A
20	-1	Ipswich Town	15	4	2	1	15	6	0	1	7	6	18	0.875	11	L	W	L	D	W	1956-10-20	Reading	H
21	1	Swindon Town	15	3	0	5	13	15	2	1	4	7	21	0.556	11	D	W	L	L	L	1956-10-20	Exeter City	H
22	1	Plymouth Argyle	15	1	4	2	8	14	2	1	5	6	18	0.438	11	D	W	D	W	D	1956-10-20	Walsall	A
23	1	Southend United	15	3	3	2	13	8	0	1	6	8	19	0.778	10	W	L	W	L	D	1956-10-20	Aldershot	A
24	-4	Walsall	15	3	2	2	11	6	0	2	6	7	19	0.72	10	L	D	L	D	W	1956-10-20	Plymouth Argyle	H