1956-11-10

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	0	Burnley	Villa Park	23,097
Sewell	Lineups
Blackpool	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Bloomfield Road	18,839
	Lineups		Robson
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Manchester United	Burnden Park	39,922	Largest home game 1956-57
Allcock, Holden	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	2	Cardiff City	The Valley	17,642
	Lineups		Hitchens, Reynolds
Everton	2	2	Portsmouth	Goodison Park	37,406
Fielding, Gauld	Lineups		Gordon, Rafferty
Leeds United	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Elland Road	31,857
Charles 3	Lineups		Finney
Luton Town	1	1	Preston North End	Kenilworth Road	18,721
Cullen	Lineups		Baxter
Manchester City	3	1	Birmingham City	Maine Road	21,005
Johnstone 2, Hayes	Lineups		Kinsey
Sunderland	1	3	Chelsea	Roker Park	27,182
Shackleton	Lineups		Nicholas A, Tindall 2
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Newcastle United	White Hart Lane	51,722
Smith 2, Robb	Lineups		White
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	2	Arsenal	Molineux	34,019
Booth 4, Murray	Lineups		Tapscott, Haverty

				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	1	Tottenham Hotspur	16	7	0	0	27	5	5	1	3	21	17	2.182	25	W	W	W	L	W	1956-11-17	Sheffield Wednesday	A
2	-1	Manchester United	16	6	1	1	23	12	5	2	1	16	11	1.696	25	L	W	D	L	W	1956-11-17	Leeds United	H
3	1	Leeds United	17	6	2	1	20	7	3	2	3	11	16	1.348	22	W	W	L	D	D	1956-11-17	Manchester United	A
4	-1	Blackpool	16	6	1	1	25	10	3	2	3	17	19	1.448	21	L	D	D	W	W	1956-11-17	Portsmouth	A
5	2	Bolton Wanderers	17	6	2	1	16	8	1	4	3	9	13	1.19	20	W	W	D	D	D	1956-11-17	Arsenal	A
6	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	7	1	1	32	13	1	2	4	10	15	1.5	19	W	L	W	D	W	1956-11-17	Burnley	A
7	-2	Burnley	17	5	4	0	17	7	1	3	4	7	12	1.263	19	L	D	L	D	W	1956-11-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	2	West Bromwich Albion	16	5	2	1	16	8	2	3	3	8	12	1.2	19	W	W	W	W	D	1956-11-17	Manchester City	H
9	-3	Birmingham City	16	6	2	0	23	7	1	2	5	9	18	1.28	18	L	D	L	W	D	1956-11-17	Charlton Athletic	H
10	-1	Preston North End	17	5	2	2	23	11	2	2	4	9	16	1.185	18	D	W	W	D	L	1956-11-17	Aston Villa	H
11	0	Arsenal	17	5	1	3	20	11	3	0	5	15	24	1	17	L	W	L	W	W	1956-11-17	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	0	Luton Town	16	5	3	1	17	8	1	2	4	9	21	0.897	17	D	D	L	L	W	1956-11-17	Chelsea	A
13	0	Aston Villa	15	5	2	1	15	9	1	2	4	7	11	1.1	16	W	L	W	W	L	1956-11-17	Preston North End	A
14	1	Chelsea	16	2	3	3	12	15	2	3	3	10	12	0.815	14	W	L	D	D	W	1956-11-17	Luton Town	H
15	3	Manchester City	17	4	2	2	14	11	1	1	7	12	24	0.743	13	W	D	W	W	L	1956-11-17	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	3	Cardiff City	16	3	4	0	16	9	1	1	7	7	24	0.697	13	W	D	L	L	W	1956-11-17	Sunderland	H
17	-1	Everton	17	3	2	3	13	15	2	1	6	12	22	0.676	13	D	L	W	W	L	1956-11-17	Newcastle United	A
18	-4	Sheffield Wednesday	17	5	0	3	24	15	0	2	7	11	26	0.854	12	L	L	L	L	L	1956-11-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	-2	Newcastle United	16	2	3	2	9	11	2	1	6	9	24	0.514	12	L	L	D	L	L	1956-11-17	Everton	H
20	0	Portsmouth	16	3	1	3	18	14	0	4	5	12	25	0.769	11	D	L	D	W	L	1956-11-17	Blackpool	H
21	0	Sunderland	16	3	1	4	22	16	0	1	7	9	26	0.738	8	L	L	D	L	L	1956-11-17	Cardiff City	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	17	2	2	5	12	17	1	0	7	9	26	0.488	8	L	W	D	L	L	1956-11-17	Birmingham City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	5	Huddersfield Town	Oakwell	15,234
	Lineups		Hickson, Massie, Marriott, Simpson 2
Blackburn Rovers	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Ewood Park	16,588
Dobing, MacLeod	Lineups		Mooney, Gavin (p)
Bristol City	0	2	Grimsby Town	Ashton Gate	18,976
	Lineups		Scott, Maddison
Fulham	2	2	Leicester City	Craven Cottage	33,700	Largest home game 1956-57
Bentley 2	Lineups		Rowley, Hogg
Lincoln City	1	0	Notts County	Sincil Bank	11,615
Gibson	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	4	Middlesbrough	City Ground	20,862
	Lineups		Clough 3, Fitzsimons
Port Vale	1	2	Leyton Orient	Vale Park	8,404
Tucker OG	Lineups		Johnston, White
Rotherham United	2	2	Liverpool	Millmoor	11,668
Grainger, Stephenson	Lineups		Bimpson, A'Court
Sheffield United	1	1	Bury	Bramall Lane	18,735
Hawksworth	Lineups		Robinson
Swansea Town	2	3	Bristol Rovers	Vetch Field	16,833
Allchurch I, Charles	Lineups		Biggs 2, Meyer
West Ham United	1	0	Stoke City	Upton Park	17,668
Tucker	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	17	5	3	0	27	10	5	2	2	19	18	1.643	25	D	D	W	W	W	1956-11-17	Nottingham Forest	H
2	0	Stoke City	18	7	2	0	32	8	2	2	5	7	17	1.56	22	L	W	L	D	W	1956-11-17	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	1	Middlesbrough	17	5	3	0	19	10	3	3	3	19	15	1.52	22	W	W	D	W	W	1956-11-17	West Ham United	H
4	1	Bristol Rovers	17	5	1	2	17	7	4	2	3	18	15	1.591	21	W	L	D	D	W	1956-11-17	Fulham	H
5	-2	Nottingham Forest	16	5	2	1	19	13	4	1	3	19	11	1.583	21	L	L	W	W	W	1956-11-17	Leicester City	A
6	0	Sheffield United	16	4	3	1	20	11	4	1	3	22	16	1.556	20	D	W	L	D	W	1956-11-17	Grimsby Town	A
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	17	5	2	1	23	9	2	4	3	15	18	1.407	20	D	W	L	W	L	1956-11-17	Bristol City	H
8	0	Lincoln City	16	4	1	3	10	7	4	2	2	13	14	1.095	19	W	W	L	W	L	1956-11-17	Liverpool	A
9	1	Huddersfield Town	17	4	1	3	12	11	4	1	4	16	16	1.037	18	W	L	L	L	W	1956-11-17	Port Vale	H
10	-1	Fulham	17	6	1	2	21	14	2	0	6	12	18	1.031	17	D	L	W	L	W	1956-11-17	Bristol Rovers	A
11	2	Leyton Orient	16	3	3	2	14	12	3	2	3	14	20	0.875	17	W	W	W	W	D	1956-11-17	Rotherham United	H
12	2	West Ham United	16	2	2	4	7	10	4	2	2	11	7	1.059	16	W	L	L	D	L	1956-11-17	Middlesbrough	A
13	-1	Liverpool	16	4	1	3	20	17	1	5	2	10	12	1.034	16	D	W	L	W	L	1956-11-17	Lincoln City	H
14	-3	Bristol City	17	5	0	4	16	18	1	4	3	11	16	0.794	16	L	W	W	L	W	1956-11-17	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	2	Grimsby Town	17	5	1	2	16	8	2	0	7	8	13	1.143	15	W	L	W	W	L	1956-11-17	Sheffield United	H
16	-1	Blackburn Rovers	16	2	2	3	19	18	4	1	4	16	23	0.854	15	D	W	W	L	D	1956-11-17	Stoke City	A
17	-1	Swansea Town	16	4	1	4	24	18	2	1	4	10	25	0.791	14	L	D	D	L	W	1956-11-17	Notts County	A
18	0	Rotherham United	15	2	2	4	13	15	2	2	3	13	15	0.867	12	D	W	D	W	L	1956-11-17	Leyton Orient	A
19	0	Barnsley	16	2	2	5	17	26	2	1	4	9	17	0.605	11	L	L	W	L	L	1956-11-17	Bury	A
20	0	Port Vale	16	2	3	3	10	10	1	0	7	11	25	0.6	9	L	L	L	L	L	1956-11-17	Huddersfield Town	A
21	1	Bury	17	1	1	6	15	24	1	3	5	12	26	0.54	8	D	L	L	L	L	1956-11-17	Barnsley	H
22	-1	Notts County	16	1	3	5	10	19	1	1	5	10	24	0.465	8	L	L	W	L	L	1956-11-17	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	2	1	Chesterfield	Holker Street	5,652
Capel OG, Birch	Lineups		Smith G
Bradford	1	4	Mansfield Town	Park Avenue	6,456
Kendall	Lineups		Murray, Mitten, Hindle OG, Perry OG
Crewe Alexandra	3	4	Accrington Stanley	Gresty Road	5,375
Mosby, Griffiths, Leaver	Lineups		Stewart 2, Scott, Dick
Darlington	1	0	Southport	Feethams Ground	3,357
Morton	Lineups
Derby County	4	0	Tranmere Rovers	Baseball Ground	13,915
Straw 3, Parry	Lineups
Gateshead	2	3	Oldham Athletic	Redheugh Park	3,145
Smith, Coatsworth	Lineups		Walker, Pearson 2
Halifax Town	0	2	Bradford City	The Shay	9,703	Largest home game 1956-57
	Lineups		Samuels, Liversidge
Hull City	2	0	Chester	Boothferry Park	8,571
Bradbury, Stephens	Lineups
Rochdale	2	2	Stockport County	Spotland	10,394
Lord, Lewis	Lineups		Daley, Grant OG
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	2	Carlisle United	Old Showground	5,546
Luke	Lineups		Broadis 2
Workington	1	1	Hartlepools United	Borough Park	7,658
Bertolini	Lineups		Luke
Wrexham	1	1	York City	Racecourse Ground	12,577
Hewitt	Lineups		Fenton

				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	19	8	0	1	25	9	5	2	3	21	14	2	28	D	L	L	W	W	1956-11-24	Barrow	A
2	0	Accrington Stanley	19	6	3	1	22	10	6	0	3	22	20	1.467	27	W	D	L	W	L	1956-11-24	Rochdale	A
3	0	Bradford City	19	6	2	2	18	12	5	2	2	15	9	1.571	26	W	D	D	L	W	1956-11-24	Hull City	A
4	1	Derby County	19	8	1	1	27	6	2	3	4	13	15	1.905	24	W	D	W	W	L	1956-11-24	Oldham Athletic	H
5	-1	Workington	18	6	3	0	22	15	3	3	3	8	9	1.25	24	D	L	W	D	D	1956-11-24	Stockport County	H
6	1	Rochdale	18	6	3	1	14	5	3	2	3	14	13	1.556	23	D	D	W	D	W	1956-11-24	Accrington Stanley	H
7	3	Oldham Athletic	18	7	1	1	22	13	3	2	4	15	14	1.37	23	W	W	L	W	L	1956-11-24	Derby County	A
8	-2	Chesterfield	18	6	2	0	21	5	3	2	5	18	20	1.56	22	L	W	L	W	L	1956-11-24	Bradford	A
9	0	Wrexham	19	5	3	2	25	14	4	1	4	18	15	1.483	22	D	W	W	D	L	1956-11-24	Mansfield Town	H
10	1	Stockport County	19	5	1	3	17	13	4	3	3	18	17	1.167	22	D	L	W	L	W	1956-11-24	Workington	A
11	-3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	19	4	3	3	21	11	4	2	3	14	13	1.458	21	L	W	D	W	W	1956-11-24	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	0	York City	18	5	1	3	11	8	3	3	3	13	15	1.043	20	D	W	W	L	W	1956-11-24	Crewe Alexandra	A
13	1	Hull City	19	7	0	2	17	7	2	1	7	13	21	1.071	19	W	L	W	W	W	1956-11-24	Bradford City	H
14	1	Mansfield Town	18	5	0	3	25	14	2	4	4	16	18	1.281	18	W	W	L	L	D	1956-11-24	Wrexham	A
15	-2	Gateshead	19	5	1	4	23	18	3	1	5	12	19	0.946	18	L	L	W	L	W	1956-11-24	Southport	H
16	0	Barrow	19	5	1	3	16	11	2	3	5	10	19	0.867	18	W	D	W	W	L	1956-11-24	Hartlepool United	H
17	1	Darlington	18	4	2	3	11	14	3	1	5	14	23	0.676	17	W	L	W	L	D	1956-11-24	Chester	H
18	-1	Halifax Town	19	6	2	2	14	10	1	0	8	8	29	0.564	16	L	W	W	L	W	1956-11-24	Carlisle United	H
19	1	Carlisle United	18	3	3	3	16	16	2	1	6	9	21	0.676	14	W	W	L	D	L	1956-11-24	Halifax Town	A
20	-1	Bradford	19	5	0	4	18	15	1	1	8	9	21	0.75	13	L	L	L	L	W	1956-11-24	Chesterfield	H
21	0	Chester	19	3	1	5	16	18	1	1	8	5	22	0.525	10	L	W	L	W	L	1956-11-24	Darlington	A
22	0	Southport	18	0	5	4	9	18	1	1	7	9	19	0.486	8	L	D	L	D	L	1956-11-24	Gateshead	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	18	2	2	5	13	18	0	1	8	5	25	0.419	7	L	L	L	D	D	1956-11-24	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	2	1	7	10	23	0	1	8	4	22	0.311	6	L	L	L	L	L	1956-11-24	York City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Colchester United	0	0	Gillingham	Layer Road	8,891
	Lineups
Coventry City	1	1	Brentford	Highfield Road	10,008
Hill	Lineups		Peplow (p)
Crystal Palace	0	1	Shrewsbury Town	Selhurst Park	13,700
	Lineups		Rodgers
Exeter City	1	2	Watford	St James Park	7,391
Currie	Lineups		Graham, Allen
Newport County	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Somerton Park	9,082
	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Ipswich Town	County Ground	9,655
Fowler, Leek	Lineups		Myles
Norwich City	2	4	Swindon Town	Carrow Road	11,025
Hunt 2	Lineups		Richards, Edwards 2 (1p), D'Arcy
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Torquay United	Home Park	20,617
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Loftus Road	8,554
Petchey, Locke	Lineups		Norris
Reading	3	0	Millwall	Elm Park	8,142
Whitehouse, Wheeler, Dixon	Lineups
Southampton	1	0	Aldershot	The Dell	14,852
Reeves	Lineups
Southend United	2	0	Walsall	Roots Hall	7,941
Thomson, McCrory	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	1	Southampton	18	8	2	0	19	5	3	2	3	10	11	1.813	26	W	L	W	D	W	1956-11-24	Shrewsbury Town	H
2	-1	Torquay United	19	7	2	0	30	11	3	4	3	8	17	1.357	26	D	W	L	W	W	1956-11-24	Northampton Town	A
3	0	Colchester United	19	7	3	0	28	10	2	2	5	12	15	1.6	23	D	D	W	L	W	1956-11-24	Brentford	H
4	1	Newport County	19	7	3	0	20	5	0	5	4	7	12	1.588	22	D	L	W	L	W	1956-11-24	Swindon Town	H
5	1	Brentford	19	6	2	2	29	20	3	2	4	12	14	1.206	22	D	W	D	D	L	1956-11-24	Colchester United	A
6	1	Shrewsbury Town	19	4	5	0	9	4	2	5	3	11	21	0.8	22	W	D	D	D	D	1956-11-24	Southampton	A
7	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	5	4	0	22	7	2	3	5	11	15	1.5	21	L	W	W	W	L	1956-11-24	Southend United	A
8	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	5	3	1	23	12	2	3	5	18	18	1.367	20	D	D	D	W	L	1956-11-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	1	Watford	19	6	0	3	18	12	3	2	5	14	17	1.103	20	W	L	L	W	L	1956-11-24	Coventry City	A
10	-1	Gillingham	19	6	2	2	20	12	1	4	4	10	18	1	20	D	D	L	D	L	1956-11-24	Reading	A
11	0	Reading	19	6	2	2	16	11	2	2	5	14	19	1	20	W	L	L	L	W	1956-11-24	Gillingham	H
12	1	Queens Park Rangers	19	7	1	1	18	6	1	3	6	6	20	0.923	20	W	L	W	D	W	1956-11-24	Millwall	H
13	2	Northampton Town	19	7	2	0	21	5	0	3	7	10	20	1.24	19	W	D	D	L	W	1956-11-24	Torquay United	H
14	4	Coventry City	19	6	2	2	20	10	0	4	5	6	20	0.867	18	D	D	W	L	L	1956-11-24	Watford	H
15	-3	Crystal Palace	19	2	6	2	11	12	2	4	3	14	17	0.862	18	L	W	W	D	D	1956-11-24	Ipswich Town	H
16	-2	Millwall	19	4	3	2	16	14	3	1	6	12	23	0.757	18	L	W	L	W	W	1956-11-24	Queens Park Rangers	A
17	-1	Ipswich Town	19	6	2	1	23	8	1	1	8	9	21	1.103	17	L	W	W	W	L	1956-11-24	Crystal Palace	A
18	-1	Exeter City	19	3	4	3	15	11	2	3	4	11	15	1	17	L	W	D	W	W	1956-11-24	Walsall	H
19	0	Norwich City	18	5	2	2	15	9	0	4	5	7	17	0.846	16	L	D	D	L	L	1956-11-24	Aldershot	H
20	1	Southend United	19	5	3	2	17	8	0	2	7	11	24	0.875	15	W	D	W	L	W	1956-11-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
21	-1	Aldershot	19	4	2	3	18	17	2	1	7	16	27	0.773	15	L	L	L	W	L	1956-11-24	Norwich City	A
22	1	Swindon Town	19	3	1	6	18	22	3	1	5	12	25	0.638	14	W	D	L	L	D	1956-11-24	Newport County	A
23	-1	Walsall	19	4	3	2	14	8	0	2	8	7	22	0.7	13	L	D	L	W	L	1956-11-24	Exeter City	A
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	19	1	5	3	9	16	2	1	7	7	21	0.432	12	D	L	L	L	D	1956-11-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H