1956-11-24

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	1	Chelsea	Villa Park	27,006
Sewell	Lineups		Armstrong
Blackpool	2	3	Newcastle United	Bloomfield Road	18,258
Mudie, Durie	Lineups		Casey, Milburn, White
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Burnley	Burnden Park	26,062
Stevens, Parry, Gubbins	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	The Valley	16,361
Leary, Ayre, Kinsey	Lineups		Barlow, Kevan
Everton	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Goodison Park	34,247
Kirby	Lineups
Leeds United	3	3	Arsenal	Elland Road	39,113
Charles 2, Forrest	Lineups		Tapscott 2, Holton
Luton Town	3	0	Cardiff City	Kenilworth Road	13,674
Morton 2, Gregory	Lineups
Manchester City	5	1	Portsmouth	Maine Road	24,364
Fagan, Hayes 2, Johnstone, Clarke	Lineups		Ewing OG
Sunderland	0	1	Birmingham City	Roker Park	33,807
	Lineups		Orritt
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	57,724
Harmer (p), Robb	Lineups		Berry, Colman
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	3	Preston North End	Molineux	30,254
Hooper 3 (1p), Mason	Lineups		Finney 2, Baxter

				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	18	7	1	1	26	14	5	3	1	18	13	1.63	28	D	W	L	W	D	1956-12-01	Luton Town	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	18	7	1	0	29	7	5	1	4	22	21	1.821	26	D	L	W	W	W	1956-12-01	Birmingham City	A
3	1	Leeds United	19	6	3	1	23	10	3	2	4	13	19	1.241	23	D	L	W	W	L	1956-12-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	-1	Blackpool	18	6	1	2	27	13	3	3	3	17	19	1.375	22	L	D	L	D	D	1956-12-01	Chelsea	A
5	1	Birmingham City	18	7	2	0	27	9	2	2	5	10	18	1.37	22	W	W	L	D	L	1956-12-01	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	2	Bolton Wanderers	19	7	2	1	19	8	1	4	4	9	16	1.167	22	W	L	W	W	D	1956-12-01	Portsmouth	A
7	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	8	1	1	36	16	1	2	5	10	18	1.353	21	W	L	W	L	W	1956-12-01	Newcastle United	A
8	-3	Burnley	19	6	4	0	20	7	1	3	5	7	15	1.227	21	L	W	L	D	L	1956-12-01	Charlton Athletic	H
9	-2	West Bromwich Albion	18	5	3	1	17	9	2	3	4	10	15	1.125	20	L	D	W	W	W	1956-12-01	Leeds United	H
10	1	Arsenal	19	6	1	3	23	11	3	1	5	18	27	1.079	20	D	W	L	W	L	1956-12-01	Sunderland	H
11	-1	Preston North End	19	5	3	2	26	14	2	2	5	12	20	1.118	19	L	D	D	W	W	1956-12-01	Manchester City	H
12	1	Luton Town	18	6	3	1	20	8	1	2	5	10	25	0.909	19	W	L	D	D	L	1956-12-01	Manchester United	A
13	-1	Aston Villa	17	5	3	1	16	10	1	3	4	10	14	1.083	18	D	D	W	L	W	1956-12-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
14	0	Chelsea	18	3	3	3	16	16	2	4	3	11	13	0.931	17	D	W	W	L	D	1956-12-01	Blackpool	H
15	2	Manchester City	19	5	2	2	19	12	1	2	7	13	25	0.865	16	W	D	W	D	W	1956-12-01	Preston North End	A
16	2	Everton	19	4	2	3	14	15	2	2	6	12	22	0.703	16	W	D	D	L	W	1956-12-01	Cardiff City	A
17	-2	Cardiff City	18	4	4	0	17	9	1	1	8	7	27	0.667	15	L	W	W	D	L	1956-12-01	Everton	H
18	1	Newcastle United	18	2	4	2	9	11	3	1	6	12	26	0.568	15	W	D	L	L	D	1956-12-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	19	6	0	3	28	16	0	2	8	11	27	0.907	14	L	W	L	L	L	1956-12-01	Aston Villa	H
20	0	Portsmouth	18	3	2	3	18	14	0	4	6	13	30	0.705	12	L	D	D	L	D	1956-12-01	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	1	Charlton Athletic	19	3	2	5	15	19	1	0	8	11	30	0.531	10	W	L	L	W	D	1956-12-01	Burnley	A
22	-1	Sunderland	18	3	1	5	22	17	0	1	8	9	27	0.705	8	L	L	L	L	D	1956-12-01	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	0	Grimsby Town	Oakwell	11,371
Kaye 2	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Middlesbrough	Ewood Park	21,066
Briggs	Lineups
Bristol City	1	2	Stoke City	Ashton Gate	17,796
Watkins	Lineups		Kelly, Coleman
Fulham	5	1	Notts County	Craven Cottage	15,360
Dwight 3, Stevens 2	Lineups		McGrath
Lincoln City	0	2	Leyton Orient	Sincil Bank	10,386
	Lineups		Smith 2
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Bristol Rovers	City Ground	17,996
Lishman	Lineups		Biggs
Port Vale	3	2	Bury	Vale Park	11,840
Askey, Spurdle, Stephenson	Lineups		Atherton, Kelly
Rotherham United	3	3	Huddersfield Town	Millmoor	12,977
Johnson 2, Noble	Lineups		Hickson, Metcalfe, Quested
Sheffield United	4	0	Doncaster Rovers	Bramall Lane	24,088
Hawksworth 3, Wilkinson	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	1	Liverpool	Vetch Field	16,719
Charles	Lineups		Arnell
West Ham United	2	1	Leicester City	Upton Park	19,789
Lewis, Tucker	Lineups		Rowley

				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	Stoke City	20	8	2	0	36	9	3	2	5	9	18	1.667	26	W	W	L	W	L	1956-12-01	Swansea Town	H
2	-1	Leicester City	19	5	4	0	27	10	5	2	3	20	20	1.567	26	L	D	D	D	W	1956-12-01	Rotherham United	H
3	1	Bristol Rovers	19	6	1	2	21	7	4	3	3	19	16	1.739	24	D	W	W	L	D	1956-12-01	Port Vale	H
4	2	Sheffield United	18	5	3	1	24	11	5	1	3	24	17	1.714	24	W	W	D	W	L	1956-12-01	Liverpool	A
5	-2	Middlesbrough	19	6	3	0	22	11	3	3	4	19	16	1.519	24	L	W	W	W	D	1956-12-01	Lincoln City	H
6	-1	Nottingham Forest	18	5	3	1	20	14	4	2	3	19	11	1.56	23	D	D	L	L	W	1956-12-01	Grimsby Town	A
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	19	6	2	1	27	10	2	4	4	15	22	1.313	22	L	W	D	W	L	1956-12-01	Fulham	H
8	0	Huddersfield Town	19	5	1	3	15	12	4	2	4	19	19	1.097	21	D	W	W	L	L	1956-12-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	1	Leyton Orient	18	4	3	2	16	13	4	2	3	16	20	0.97	21	W	W	W	W	W	1956-12-01	Bristol City	H
10	1	Liverpool	18	5	1	3	24	17	1	6	2	11	13	1.167	19	D	W	D	W	L	1956-12-01	Sheffield United	H
11	1	Fulham	19	7	1	2	26	15	2	0	7	12	22	1.027	19	W	L	D	L	W	1956-12-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	-3	Lincoln City	18	4	1	4	10	9	4	2	3	13	18	0.852	19	L	L	W	W	L	1956-12-01	Middlesbrough	A
13	0	West Ham United	18	3	2	4	9	11	4	2	3	12	10	1	18	W	L	W	L	L	1956-12-01	Bury	A
14	0	Swansea Town	18	4	2	4	25	19	3	1	4	14	26	0.867	17	D	W	L	D	D	1956-12-01	Stoke City	A
15	2	Blackburn Rovers	18	3	2	3	20	18	4	1	5	17	27	0.822	17	W	L	D	W	W	1956-12-01	Huddersfield Town	A
16	-1	Bristol City	19	5	0	5	17	20	1	4	4	12	20	0.725	16	L	L	L	W	W	1956-12-01	Leyton Orient	A
17	-1	Grimsby Town	19	5	1	3	17	10	2	0	8	8	15	1	15	L	L	W	L	W	1956-12-01	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Barnsley	18	3	2	5	19	26	3	1	4	11	18	0.682	15	W	W	L	L	W	1956-12-01	Notts County	A
19	0	Rotherham United	17	2	3	4	16	18	2	2	4	14	17	0.857	13	D	L	D	W	D	1956-12-01	Leicester City	A
20	0	Port Vale	18	3	3	3	13	12	1	0	8	12	28	0.625	11	W	L	L	L	L	1956-12-01	Bristol Rovers	A
21	0	Bury	19	1	1	7	16	26	1	3	6	14	29	0.545	8	L	L	D	L	L	1956-12-01	West Ham United	H
22	0	Notts County	18	1	3	6	11	23	1	1	6	11	29	0.423	8	L	L	L	L	W	1956-12-01	Barnsley	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	3	1	Hartlepools United	Holker Street	6,033
Birch, Roberts, Armstrong	Lineups		Luke
Bradford	2	0	Chesterfield	Park Avenue	6,895
Smith 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	York City	Gresty Road	4,699
Mountford	Lineups		Bottom
Darlington	5	1	Chester	Feethams Ground	4,097
Tulip 2, Morton 2, Davis	Lineups		Davies (p)
Derby County	3	2	Oldham Athletic	Baseball Ground	15,329
Straw 2, Ryan	Lineups		Walker, Neale
Gateshead	3	1	Southport	Redheugh Park	2,831
Smith, Lydon 2	Lineups		McDermott
Halifax Town	1	3	Carlisle United	The Shay	4,515
Waters OG	Lineups		Ackerman 2, Garvie
Hull City	1	0	Bradford City	Boothferry Park	11,825
Currie OG	Lineups
Rochdale	0	2	Accrington Stanley	Spotland	11,071
	Lineups		Sowden, Dick
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	1	4	Tranmere Rovers	Old Showground	5,228
Gregory	Lineups		Davies, Gwatkin, Godwin, Hill
Workington	4	1	Stockport County	Borough Park	6,715
Mitchell 3, Chisholm	Lineups		Moran
Wrexham	0	0	Mansfield Town	Racecourse Ground	10,482
	Lineups

				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	1	Accrington Stanley	20	6	3	1	22	10	7	0	3	24	20	1.533	29	W	W	D	L	W	1956-12-01	Gateshead	H
2	-1	Hartlepool United	20	8	0	1	25	9	5	2	4	22	17	1.808	28	L	D	L	L	W	1956-12-01	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
3	1	Derby County	20	9	1	1	30	8	2	3	4	13	15	1.87	26	W	W	D	W	W	1956-12-01	Stockport County	A
4	-1	Bradford City	20	6	2	2	18	12	5	2	3	15	10	1.5	26	L	W	D	D	L	1956-12-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	0	Workington	19	7	3	0	26	16	3	3	3	8	9	1.36	26	W	D	L	W	D	1956-12-01	Southport	A
6	3	Wrexham	20	5	4	2	25	14	4	1	4	18	15	1.483	23	D	D	W	W	D	1956-12-01	Carlisle United	A
7	-1	Rochdale	19	6	3	2	14	7	3	2	3	14	13	1.4	23	L	D	D	W	D	1956-12-01	Chester	A
8	-1	Oldham Athletic	19	7	1	1	22	13	3	2	5	17	17	1.3	23	L	W	W	L	W	1956-12-01	Barrow	H
9	-1	Chesterfield	19	6	2	0	21	5	3	2	6	18	22	1.444	22	L	L	W	L	W	1956-12-01	Halifax Town	H
10	0	Stockport County	20	5	1	3	17	13	4	3	4	19	21	1.059	22	L	D	L	W	L	1956-12-01	Derby County	H
11	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	20	4	3	4	22	15	4	2	3	14	13	1.286	21	L	L	W	D	W	1956-12-01	Hartlepool United	A
12	1	Hull City	20	8	0	2	18	7	2	1	7	13	21	1.107	21	W	W	L	W	W	1956-12-01	Mansfield Town	A
13	-1	York City	19	5	1	3	11	8	3	4	3	14	16	1.042	21	D	D	W	W	L	1956-12-01	Darlington	H
14	1	Gateshead	20	6	1	4	26	19	3	1	5	12	19	1	20	W	L	L	W	L	1956-12-01	Accrington Stanley	A
15	1	Barrow	20	6	1	3	19	12	2	3	5	10	19	0.935	20	W	W	D	W	W	1956-12-01	Oldham Athletic	A
16	-2	Mansfield Town	19	5	0	3	25	14	2	5	4	16	18	1.281	19	D	W	W	L	L	1956-12-01	Hull City	H
17	0	Darlington	19	5	2	3	16	15	3	1	5	14	23	0.789	19	W	W	L	W	L	1956-12-01	York City	A
18	1	Carlisle United	19	3	3	3	16	16	3	1	6	12	22	0.737	16	W	W	W	L	D	1956-12-01	Wrexham	H
19	-1	Halifax Town	20	6	2	3	15	13	1	0	8	8	29	0.548	16	L	L	W	W	L	1956-12-01	Chesterfield	A
20	0	Bradford	20	6	0	4	20	15	1	1	8	9	21	0.806	15	W	L	L	L	L	1956-12-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	0	Chester	20	3	1	5	16	18	1	1	9	6	27	0.489	10	L	L	W	L	W	1956-12-01	Rochdale	H
22	1	Tranmere Rovers	19	2	2	5	13	18	1	1	8	9	26	0.5	9	W	L	L	L	D	1956-12-01	Bradford	H
23	-1	Southport	19	0	5	4	9	18	1	1	8	10	22	0.475	8	L	L	D	L	D	1956-12-01	Workington	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	20	2	2	7	11	24	0	1	8	4	22	0.326	7	D	L	L	L	L	1956-12-01	Bradford City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Colchester United	1	0	Brentford	Layer Road	7,290
Hill B	Lineups
Coventry City	0	2	Watford	Highfield Road	10,705
	Lineups		Cook, Graham
Crystal Palace	1	3	Ipswich Town	Selhurst Park	10,431
Harrison	Lineups		Phillips, Garneys, Reed
Exeter City	0	1	Walsall	St James Park	4,617
	Lineups		Moore
Newport County	2	1	Swindon Town	Somerton Park	9,570
Harris 2	Lineups		D'Arcy
Northampton Town	3	0	Torquay United	County Ground	8,524
Fowler, Leek 2	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Aldershot	Carrow Road	7,437
Hunt	Lineups		Gaynor L
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home Park	11,914
Davis, Langman N	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Millwall	Loftus Road	10,427
	Lineups
Reading	4	0	Gillingham	Elm Park	6,909
Dixon 3, Wheeler	Lineups
Southampton	4	0	Shrewsbury Town	The Dell	13,195
Reeves, Shields, Mulgrew, Hoskins	Lineups
Southend United	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Roots Hall	7,885
Hollis, McGuigan	Lineups		Harrison

				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	19	9	2	0	23	5	3	2	3	10	11	2.063	28	W	W	L	W	D	1956-11-28	Norwich City	A
2	0	Torquay United	20	7	2	0	30	11	3	4	4	8	20	1.226	26	L	D	W	L	W	1956-12-01	Southend United	H
3	0	Colchester United	20	8	3	0	29	10	2	2	5	12	15	1.64	25	W	D	D	W	L	1956-12-01	Aldershot	A
4	0	Newport County	20	8	3	0	22	6	0	5	4	7	12	1.611	24	W	D	L	W	L	1956-12-01	Brentford	A
5	4	Watford	20	6	0	3	18	12	4	2	5	16	17	1.172	22	W	W	L	L	W	1956-12-01	Norwich City	H
6	-1	Brentford	20	6	2	2	29	20	3	2	5	12	15	1.171	22	L	D	W	D	D	1956-12-01	Newport County	H
7	4	Reading	20	7	2	2	20	11	2	2	5	14	19	1.133	22	W	W	L	L	L	1956-12-01	Swindon Town	A
8	-2	Shrewsbury Town	20	4	5	0	9	4	2	5	4	11	25	0.69	22	L	W	D	D	D	1956-12-01	Coventry City	H
9	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	5	4	0	22	7	2	3	6	12	17	1.417	21	L	L	W	W	W	1956-12-01	Crystal Palace	H
10	3	Northampton Town	20	8	2	0	24	5	0	3	7	10	20	1.36	21	W	W	D	D	L	1956-12-01	Millwall	A
11	1	Queens Park Rangers	20	7	2	1	18	6	1	3	6	6	20	0.923	21	D	W	L	W	D	1956-12-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
12	-4	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	5	3	1	23	12	2	3	6	18	20	1.281	20	L	D	D	D	W	1956-12-01	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	-3	Gillingham	20	6	2	2	20	12	1	4	5	10	22	0.882	20	L	D	D	L	D	1956-12-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	3	Ipswich Town	20	6	2	1	23	8	2	1	8	12	22	1.167	19	W	L	W	W	W	1956-12-01	Exeter City	H
15	1	Millwall	20	4	3	2	16	14	3	2	6	12	23	0.757	19	D	L	W	L	W	1956-12-01	Northampton Town	H
16	-2	Coventry City	20	6	2	3	20	12	0	4	5	6	20	0.813	18	L	D	D	W	L	1956-12-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	-2	Crystal Palace	20	2	6	3	12	15	2	4	3	14	17	0.813	18	L	L	W	W	D	1956-12-01	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
18	0	Exeter City	20	3	4	4	15	12	2	3	4	11	15	0.963	17	L	L	W	D	W	1956-12-01	Ipswich Town	A
19	1	Southend United	20	6	3	2	19	9	0	2	7	11	24	0.909	17	W	W	D	W	L	1956-12-01	Torquay United	A
20	-1	Norwich City	19	5	3	2	16	10	0	4	5	7	17	0.852	17	D	L	D	D	L	1956-11-28	Southampton	H
21	0	Aldershot	20	4	2	3	18	17	2	2	7	17	28	0.778	16	D	L	L	L	W	1956-12-01	Colchester United	H
22	1	Walsall	20	4	3	2	14	8	1	2	8	8	22	0.733	15	W	L	D	L	W	1956-12-01	Southampton	H
23	-1	Swindon Town	20	3	1	6	18	22	3	1	6	13	27	0.633	14	L	W	D	L	L	1956-12-01	Reading	H
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	20	2	5	3	11	16	2	1	7	7	21	0.486	14	W	D	L	L	L	1956-12-01	Gillingham	A