1956-12-08

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 2						Venue	Gate
D 3N	Accrington Stanley	2	1	Oldham Athletic	D 3N	Peel Park	13,286
	Stewart 2	Lineups		Neale
NEL	Blyth Spartans	0	1	Hartlepools United	D 3N	Croft Park	10,168
		Lineups		Johnson
D 3S	Brentford	1	1	Crystal Palace	D 3S	Griffin Park	16,750
	Taylor	Lineups		Pierce
D 3N	Carlisle United	2	1	Darlington	D 3N	Brunton Park	14,761
	Ackerman 2	Lineups		Davis
D 3N	Chesterfield	4	1	Barrow	D 3N	Saltergate Recreation Ground	13,019
	Capel, Smallwood, Sowden, Blakey	Lineups		Keen
D 3N	Derby County	1	3	New Brighton	LaC	Baseball Ground	23,144
	Ryan	Lineups		Lewis, Burgess, Vincent
D 3S	Gillingham	1	2	Newport County	D 3S	Priestfield Stadium	8,700
	Crossan	Lineups		Terry, Brown
ML	Goole Town	2	2	Workington	D 3N	Victoria Pleasure Grounds	5,000
	Handley, Iggleden	Lineups		Dailey, Finley
SL	Hereford United	2	3	Southend United	D 3S	Edgar Street	10,838
	Bowen 2	Lineups		Thomson 2, McGuigan
D 3N	Hull City	2	1	York City	D 3N	Boothferry Park	24,155
	Bulless 2	Lineups		Bottom
D 3S	Millwall	4	0	Margate	KtL	The Den, New Cross	15,892
	Shepherd 3, Rawson	Lineups
ML	Peterborough United	3	0	Bradford	D 3N	London Road	18,618
	Donaldson, Emery, Halls	Lineups
D 3S	Reading	1	0	Bedford Town	SL	Elm Park	22,895
	Campbell	Lineups
CCL	Rhyl	3	1	Bishop Auckland	NL	Belle Vue	10,000
	Williams, Donaldson B, Hughes	Lineups		Thursby
D 3N	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	0	0	Wrexham	D 3N	Old Showground	9,153
		Lineups
D 3S	Southampton	3	2	Weymouth	SL	The Dell	21,664
	Mulgrew 2, Reeves	Lineups		Easton 2
D 3S	Swindon Town	0	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	D 3S	County Ground	17,410
		Lineups		Cutler
IsL	Tooting & Mitcham United	0	2	Queens Park Rangers	D 3S	Sandy Lane	11,450
		Lineups		Balogun, Longbottom
D 3S	Torquay United	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	D 3S	Plainmoor	15,830
	Collins R	Lineups
D 3S	Watford	1	3	Ipswich Town	D 3S	Vicarage Road	13,913
	Graham	Lineups		Garneys, Phillips 2

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	3	Manchester United	Villa Park	42,530
Saward	Lineups		Taylor 2, Viollet
Blackpool	3	1	Cardiff City	Bloomfield Road	16,623
Brown 2, Durie	Lineups		Walsh
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Newcastle United	Burnden Park	25,131
Lofthouse 2, Webster	Lineups		Davies
Charlton Athletic	3	4	Preston North End	The Valley	15,628
Summers 3	Lineups		Dagger, Thompson, Finney, Baxter
Everton	2	0	Birmingham City	Goodison Park	29,529
Jones (p), Kirby	Lineups
Leeds United	4	1	Portsmouth	Elland Road	29,866
Charles 2, Ripley 2	Lineups		Harris
Luton Town	1	2	Arsenal	Kenilworth Road	19,792
Groves	Lineups		Haverty, Tapscott
Manchester City	5	4	Chelsea	Maine Road	24,412
Johnstone 3, Hayes 2	Lineups		Armstrong, McNichol, Nicholas A 2
Sunderland	2	1	Burnley	Roker Park	29,588
Fleming 2	Lineups		McIlroy
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	White Hart Lane	36,098
Harmer, Smith	Lineups		Kevan 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Molineux	27,453
Broadbent, Hooper	Lineups		Wilkinson

				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	20	8	1	1	29	15	6	3	1	21	14	1.724	32	W	W	D	W	L	1956-12-15	Birmingham City	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	20	7	2	0	31	9	5	2	4	22	21	1.767	28	D	D	D	L	W	1956-12-15	Preston North End	H
3	0	Leeds United	21	7	3	1	27	11	3	3	4	13	19	1.333	26	W	D	D	L	W	1956-12-15	Everton	A
4	1	Blackpool	20	7	1	2	30	14	3	4	3	19	21	1.4	25	W	D	L	D	L	1956-12-15	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	2	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	2	1	22	9	1	5	4	10	17	1.231	25	W	D	W	L	W	1956-12-15	Blackpool	A
6	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	9	1	1	38	17	1	2	6	11	20	1.324	23	W	L	W	L	W	1956-12-15	Manchester City	A
7	-3	Birmingham City	20	7	3	0	27	9	2	2	6	10	20	1.276	23	L	D	W	W	L	1956-12-15	Manchester United	H
8	-2	Burnley	21	7	4	0	22	8	1	3	6	8	17	1.2	23	L	W	L	W	L	1956-12-15	Chelsea	A
9	0	Preston North End	21	6	3	2	29	15	3	2	5	16	23	1.184	23	W	W	L	D	D	1956-12-15	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	1	Arsenal	21	6	2	3	24	12	4	1	5	20	28	1.1	23	W	D	D	W	L	1956-12-15	Cardiff City	A
11	-1	West Bromwich Albion	20	5	4	1	17	9	2	4	4	12	17	1.115	22	D	D	L	D	W	1956-12-15	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	0	Luton Town	20	6	3	2	21	10	1	2	6	11	28	0.842	19	L	L	W	L	D	1956-12-15	Sunderland	A
13	0	Aston Villa	19	5	3	2	17	13	1	3	5	11	16	0.966	18	L	L	D	D	W	1956-12-15	Charlton Athletic	A
14	0	Chelsea	20	3	4	3	18	18	2	4	4	15	18	0.917	18	L	D	D	W	W	1956-12-15	Burnley	H
15	3	Manchester City	21	6	2	2	24	16	1	2	8	14	28	0.864	18	W	L	W	D	W	1956-12-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	3	Everton	21	5	2	3	16	15	2	2	7	12	23	0.737	18	W	L	W	D	D	1956-12-15	Leeds United	H
17	-2	Cardiff City	20	5	4	0	18	9	1	1	9	8	30	0.667	17	L	W	L	W	W	1956-12-15	Arsenal	H
18	-2	Newcastle United	20	3	4	2	11	12	3	1	7	13	29	0.585	17	L	W	W	D	L	1956-12-15	Portsmouth	A
19	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	7	0	3	30	17	0	2	9	12	29	0.913	16	L	W	L	W	L	1956-12-15	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	0	Portsmouth	20	3	3	3	19	15	0	4	7	14	34	0.673	13	L	D	L	D	D	1956-12-15	Newcastle United	H
21	1	Sunderland	20	4	1	5	24	18	0	2	8	10	28	0.739	11	W	D	L	L	L	1956-12-15	Luton Town	H
22	-1	Charlton Athletic	21	3	2	6	18	23	1	0	9	12	32	0.545	10	L	L	W	L	L	1956-12-15	Aston Villa	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	2	Stoke City	Oakwell	11,710
Kaye, McCann	Lineups		Kelly, Bowyer
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Ewood Park	20,478
Briggs 2	Lineups
Bristol City	0	2	Leicester City	Ashton Gate	24,518
	Lineups		McNeill 2
Fulham	3	1	Leyton Orient	Craven Cottage	26,840
Dwight, Haynes 2	Lineups		Johnston
Lincoln City	2	0	Bury	Sincil Bank	9,260
Bannan, Munro	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Liverpool	City Ground	17,624
Baily	Lineups
Port Vale	4	1	Doncaster Rovers	Vale Park	12,330
Cunliffe 2, Spurdle 2	Lineups		Tindill
Rotherham United	2	1	Grimsby Town	Millmoor	10,800
Grainger, Stephenson	Lineups		Maddison
Sheffield United	2	1	Middlesbrough	Bramall Lane	20,479
Wilkinson, Hawksworth	Lineups		McLean
Swansea Town	4	2	Huddersfield Town	Vetch Field	13,781
Allchurch L, Pearson, Palmer, Allchurch I	Lineups		Simpson 2
West Ham United	2	1	Notts County	Upton Park	14,875
Smith R, Dick	Lineups		Wills

				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	21	6	4	0	32	12	6	2	3	22	20	1.688	30	W	W	L	D	D	1956-12-15	Doncaster Rovers	A
2	-1	Stoke City	22	9	2	0	40	10	3	3	5	11	20	1.7	29	D	W	W	W	L	1956-12-15	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Bristol Rovers	21	7	1	2	23	8	4	3	4	19	18	1.615	26	L	W	D	W	W	1956-12-15	Grimsby Town	A
4	1	Nottingham Forest	20	6	3	1	21	14	4	3	3	19	11	1.6	26	W	D	D	D	L	1956-12-15	Leyton Orient	H
5	-1	Middlesbrough	21	7	3	0	25	11	3	3	5	20	18	1.552	26	L	W	L	W	W	1956-12-15	Stoke City	A
6	0	Sheffield United	20	6	3	1	26	12	5	1	4	25	22	1.5	26	W	L	W	W	D	1956-12-15	Rotherham United	H
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	21	7	2	1	31	10	2	4	5	16	26	1.306	24	L	W	L	W	D	1956-12-15	Leicester City	H
8	0	Leyton Orient	20	4	4	2	18	15	4	2	4	17	23	0.921	22	L	D	W	W	W	1956-12-15	Nottingham Forest	A
9	0	Liverpool	20	6	1	3	29	18	1	6	3	11	14	1.25	21	L	W	D	W	D	1956-12-15	Huddersfield Town	A
10	1	West Ham United	20	4	2	4	11	12	4	3	3	15	13	1.04	21	W	D	W	L	W	1956-12-15	Fulham	H
11	1	Fulham	21	8	1	2	29	16	2	0	8	12	26	0.976	21	W	L	W	L	D	1956-12-15	West Ham United	A
12	-2	Huddersfield Town	21	5	1	4	15	14	4	2	5	21	23	0.973	21	L	L	D	W	W	1956-12-15	Liverpool	H
13	0	Blackburn Rovers	20	4	2	3	22	18	5	1	5	19	27	0.911	21	W	W	W	L	D	1956-12-15	Swansea Town	H
14	0	Lincoln City	20	5	1	4	12	9	4	2	4	13	21	0.833	21	W	L	L	L	W	1956-12-15	Bristol City	A
15	0	Swansea Town	20	5	2	4	29	21	3	1	5	15	30	0.863	19	W	L	D	W	L	1956-12-15	Blackburn Rovers	A
16	0	Bristol City	21	5	0	6	17	22	1	5	4	14	22	0.705	17	L	D	L	L	L	1956-12-15	Lincoln City	H
17	0	Grimsby Town	21	5	2	3	17	10	2	0	9	9	17	0.963	16	L	D	L	L	W	1956-12-15	Bristol Rovers	H
18	0	Barnsley	20	3	3	5	21	28	3	1	5	13	21	0.694	16	D	L	W	W	L	1956-12-15	Port Vale	H
19	0	Rotherham United	19	3	3	4	18	19	2	2	5	16	22	0.829	15	W	L	D	L	D	1956-12-15	Sheffield United	A
20	0	Port Vale	20	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	9	13	30	0.698	13	W	L	W	L	L	1956-12-15	Barnsley	A
21	0	Notts County	20	2	3	6	14	25	1	1	7	12	31	0.464	10	L	W	L	L	L	1956-12-15	Bury	A
22	0	Bury	21	1	2	7	19	29	1	3	7	14	31	0.55	9	L	D	L	L	D	1956-12-15	Notts County	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Mansfield Town	2	4	Gateshead	Field Mill	7,560
Chapman, Murray	Lineups		Ingham, Smith, Oliver 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	Accrington Stanley	21	7	3	1	24	10	7	0	3	24	20	1.6	31	W	W	W	D	L	1956-12-15	York City	A
2	0	Hartlepool United	21	8	1	1	25	9	5	2	4	22	17	1.808	29	D	L	D	L	L	1956-12-15	Chesterfield	A
3	0	Bradford City	21	7	2	2	23	13	5	2	3	15	10	1.652	28	W	L	W	D	D	1956-12-15	Southport	A
4	0	Workington	20	7	3	0	26	16	4	3	3	9	9	1.4	28	W	W	D	L	W	1956-12-15	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	0	Derby County	21	9	1	1	30	8	2	3	5	15	18	1.731	26	L	W	W	D	W	1956-12-15	Gateshead	A
6	0	Chesterfield	20	7	2	0	23	6	3	2	6	18	22	1.464	24	W	L	L	W	L	1956-12-15	Hartlepool United	H
7	0	Wrexham	21	5	4	2	25	14	4	2	4	20	17	1.452	24	D	D	D	W	W	1956-12-15	Chester	A
8	0	Rochdale	20	6	3	2	14	7	3	3	3	16	15	1.364	24	D	L	D	D	W	1956-12-15	Barrow	A
9	0	Stockport County	21	6	1	3	20	15	4	3	4	19	21	1.083	24	W	L	D	L	W	1956-12-15	Mansfield Town	A
10	0	Oldham Athletic	20	7	1	2	22	14	3	2	5	17	17	1.258	23	L	L	W	W	L	1956-12-15	Carlisle United	H
11	0	York City	20	6	1	3	12	8	3	4	3	14	16	1.083	23	W	D	D	W	W	1956-12-15	Accrington Stanley	H
12	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	21	4	3	4	22	15	4	3	3	14	13	1.286	22	D	L	L	W	D	1956-12-15	Darlington	A
13	3	Gateshead	22	6	1	4	26	19	4	1	6	16	23	1	22	W	L	W	L	L	1956-12-15	Derby County	H
14	-1	Barrow	21	6	1	3	19	12	3	3	5	11	19	0.968	22	W	W	W	D	W	1956-12-15	Rochdale	H
15	-1	Mansfield Town	21	6	0	4	29	19	2	5	4	16	18	1.216	21	L	W	D	W	W	1956-12-15	Stockport County	H
16	-1	Hull City	21	8	0	2	18	7	2	1	8	14	23	1.067	21	L	W	W	L	W	1956-12-15	Halifax Town	H
17	0	Darlington	20	5	2	3	16	15	3	1	6	14	24	0.769	19	L	W	W	L	W	1956-12-15	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
18	0	Bradford	21	6	0	4	20	15	2	1	8	12	21	0.889	17	W	W	L	L	L	1956-12-15	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	0	Carlisle United	20	3	4	3	18	18	3	1	6	12	22	0.75	17	D	W	W	W	L	1956-12-15	Oldham Athletic	A
20	0	Halifax Town	21	6	2	3	15	13	1	0	9	9	31	0.545	16	L	L	L	W	W	1956-12-15	Hull City	A
21	0	Chester	21	3	2	5	18	20	1	1	9	6	27	0.511	11	D	L	L	W	L	1956-12-15	Wrexham	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	2	2	6	13	21	1	1	8	9	26	0.468	9	L	W	L	L	L	1956-12-15	Workington	A
23	0	Southport	20	0	5	5	9	19	1	1	8	10	22	0.463	8	L	L	L	D	L	1956-12-15	Bradford City	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	2	2	7	11	24	0	1	9	5	27	0.314	7	L	D	L	L	L	1956-12-15	Bradford	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Coventry City	2	2	Walsall	Highfield Road	10,099
McPherson 2	Lineups		Richards, Perkins

				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	21	9	2	0	23	5	4	3	3	14	12	2.176	31	D	W	W	W	L	1956-12-15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
2	0	Torquay United	21	7	3	0	33	14	3	4	4	8	20	1.206	27	D	L	D	W	L	1956-12-15	Ipswich Town	A
3	0	Newport County	21	8	3	0	22	6	0	6	4	7	12	1.611	25	D	W	D	L	W	1956-12-15	Northampton Town	A
4	0	Colchester United	21	8	3	0	29	10	2	2	6	13	17	1.556	25	L	W	D	D	W	1956-12-15	Southend United	A
5	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	5	5	0	14	4	2	5	4	11	25	0.862	24	W	L	W	D	D	1956-12-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	0	Brentford	21	6	3	2	29	20	3	2	5	12	15	1.171	23	D	L	D	W	D	1956-12-15	Plymouth Argyle	A
7	0	Watford	21	6	1	3	21	15	4	2	5	16	17	1.156	23	D	W	W	L	L	1956-12-15	Gillingham	H
8	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	5	5	0	24	9	2	3	6	12	17	1.385	22	D	L	L	W	W	1956-12-15	Southampton	H
9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	6	3	1	24	12	2	3	6	18	20	1.313	22	W	L	D	D	D	1956-12-15	Shrewsbury Town	A
10	0	Reading	21	7	2	2	20	11	2	2	6	16	22	1.091	22	L	W	W	L	L	1956-12-15	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	0	Northampton Town	21	8	2	0	24	5	0	3	8	10	21	1.308	21	L	W	W	D	D	1956-12-15	Newport County	H
12	0	Ipswich Town	21	7	2	1	26	8	2	1	8	12	22	1.267	21	W	W	L	W	W	1956-12-15	Torquay United	H
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	21	7	2	1	18	6	1	3	7	6	21	0.889	21	L	D	W	L	W	1956-12-15	Reading	H
14	0	Millwall	21	5	3	2	17	14	3	2	6	12	23	0.784	21	W	D	L	W	L	1956-12-15	Walsall	A
15	0	Gillingham	21	6	2	3	20	15	1	4	5	10	22	0.811	20	L	L	D	D	L	1956-12-15	Watford	A
16	0	Crystal Palace	21	2	6	3	12	15	2	5	3	16	19	0.824	19	D	L	L	W	W	1956-12-15	Norwich City	H
17	3	Coventry City	22	6	3	3	22	14	0	4	6	6	25	0.718	19	D	L	L	D	D	1956-12-15	Exeter City	A
18	-1	Southend United	21	6	3	2	19	9	0	3	7	14	27	0.917	18	D	W	W	D	W	1956-12-15	Colchester United	H
19	-1	Aldershot	21	5	2	3	20	18	2	2	7	17	28	0.804	18	W	D	L	L	L	1956-12-15	Swindon Town	H
20	-1	Norwich City	21	5	3	3	16	13	0	5	5	10	20	0.788	18	D	L	D	L	D	1956-12-15	Crystal Palace	A
21	0	Exeter City	21	3	4	4	15	12	2	3	5	11	18	0.867	17	L	L	L	W	D	1956-12-15	Coventry City	H
22	0	Walsall	22	4	4	2	15	9	1	3	8	10	24	0.758	17	D	D	W	L	D	1956-12-15	Millwall	H
23	0	Swindon Town	21	4	1	6	21	24	3	1	6	13	27	0.667	16	W	L	W	D	L	1956-12-15	Aldershot	A
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	21	2	5	3	11	16	3	1	7	10	21	0.568	16	W	W	D	L	L	1956-12-15	Brentford	H