1956-12-15

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	1	Manchester United	St Andrew's	36,146
Brown 2, Orritt	Lineups		Whelan
Blackpool	4	2	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	17,556
Durie, Mudie, Fenton (p), Brown	Lineups		Stevens, Lofthouse
Cardiff City	2	3	Arsenal	Ninian Park	11,302
Hitchens 2	Lineups		Herd 2, Haverty
Charlton Athletic	0	2	Aston Villa	The Valley	13,552
	Lineups		Dixon, McParland
Chelsea	2	0	Burnley	Stamford Bridge	18,371
Blunstone 2	Lineups
Everton	2	1	Leeds United	Goodison Park	33,765
Gauld 2	Lineups		Ripley
Manchester City	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	30,329
Johnstone 2	Lineups		Broadbent, Murray, Neil
Portsmouth	2	2	Newcastle United	Fratton Park	18,262
Gordon, McClellan	Lineups		Davies 2
Sunderland	1	0	Luton Town	Roker Park	28,473
Fleming	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Preston North End	White Hart Lane	29,748
Medwin	Lineups		Finney
West Bromwich Albion	1	4	Sheffield Wednesday	The Hawthorns	17,029
Kevan	Lineups		Froggatt 2, Quixall, Shiner

				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	21	8	1	1	29	15	6	3	2	22	17	1.594	32	L	W	W	D	W	1956-12-26	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	21	7	3	0	32	10	5	2	4	22	21	1.742	29	D	D	D	D	L	1956-12-25	Everton	H
3	1	Blackpool	21	8	1	2	34	16	3	4	3	19	21	1.432	27	W	W	D	L	D	1956-12-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	-1	Leeds United	22	7	3	1	27	11	3	3	5	14	21	1.281	26	L	W	D	D	L	1956-12-25	Blackpool	A
5	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	9	1	1	38	17	2	2	6	14	22	1.333	25	W	W	L	W	L	1956-12-22	Blackpool	H
6	1	Birmingham City	21	8	3	0	30	10	2	2	6	10	20	1.333	25	W	L	D	W	W	1956-12-22	Arsenal	A
7	-2	Bolton Wanderers	22	8	2	1	22	9	1	5	5	12	21	1.133	25	L	W	D	W	L	1956-12-25	Manchester City	A
8	2	Arsenal	22	6	2	3	24	12	5	1	5	23	30	1.119	25	W	W	D	D	W	1956-12-22	Birmingham City	H
9	0	Preston North End	22	6	3	2	29	15	3	3	5	17	24	1.179	24	D	W	W	L	D	1956-12-25	Burnley	A
10	-2	Burnley	22	7	4	0	22	8	1	3	7	8	19	1.111	23	L	L	W	L	W	1956-12-22	Cardiff City	H
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	21	5	4	2	18	13	2	4	4	12	17	1	22	L	D	D	L	D	1956-12-25	Newcastle United	H
12	1	Aston Villa	20	5	3	2	17	13	2	3	5	13	16	1.034	20	W	L	L	D	D	1956-12-25	Sunderland	A
13	1	Chelsea	21	4	4	3	20	18	2	4	4	15	18	0.972	20	W	L	D	D	W	1956-12-25	Arsenal	H
14	2	Everton	22	6	2	3	18	16	2	2	7	12	23	0.769	20	W	W	L	W	D	1956-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	-3	Luton Town	21	6	3	2	21	10	1	2	7	11	29	0.821	19	L	L	L	W	L	1956-12-22	Charlton Athletic	H
16	3	Sheffield Wednesday	22	7	0	3	30	17	1	2	9	16	30	0.979	18	W	L	W	L	W	1956-12-25	Birmingham City	A
17	-2	Manchester City	22	6	2	3	26	19	1	2	8	14	28	0.851	18	L	W	L	W	D	1956-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	0	Newcastle United	21	3	4	2	11	12	3	2	7	15	31	0.605	18	D	L	W	W	D	1956-12-22	Sunderland	H
19	-2	Cardiff City	21	5	4	1	20	12	1	1	9	8	30	0.667	17	L	L	W	L	W	1956-12-22	Burnley	A
20	0	Portsmouth	21	3	4	3	21	17	0	4	7	14	34	0.686	14	D	L	D	L	D	1956-12-29	Manchester United	H
21	0	Sunderland	21	5	1	5	25	18	0	2	8	10	28	0.761	13	W	W	D	L	L	1956-12-22	Newcastle United	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	22	3	2	7	18	25	1	0	9	12	32	0.526	10	L	L	L	W	L	1956-12-22	Luton Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	0	Port Vale	Oakwell	9,683
Kaye, Storey	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	5	3	Swansea Town	Ewood Park	19,395
Briggs 2, Vernon, Dobing, Douglas	Lineups		Allchurch I, Jones C, Palmer
Bristol City	5	1	Lincoln City	Ashton Gate	12,772
Hinshelwood 2, Atyeo, Curtis, Watkins	Lineups		Northcott
Bury	2	1	Notts County	Gigg Lane	8,364
Kelly, Wilson	Lineups		Jackson
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Leicester City	Belle Vue	13,987
	Lineups		Rowley, Graham OG
Grimsby Town	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Blundell Park	10,460
Priestley, Evans, Crosbie	Lineups		Meyer 2
Huddersfield Town	0	3	Liverpool	Leeds Road	11,577
	Lineups		Arnell 3
Nottingham Forest	1	2	Leyton Orient	City Ground	13,807
Barrett	Lineups		Johnston 2
Sheffield United	2	7	Rotherham United	Bramall Lane	21,609
Hey, Hawksworth	Lineups		Bambridge 2, Slater 2, Grainger 2, Silman
Stoke City	3	1	Middlesbrough	Victoria Ground	20,689
Coleman 3	Lineups		Fitzsimons
West Ham United	2	1	Fulham	Upton Park	18,119
Bond, Musgrove	Lineups		Bentley

				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	22	6	4	0	32	12	7	2	3	24	20	1.75	32	W	W	W	L	D	1956-12-22	Stoke City	H
2	0	Stoke City	23	10	2	0	43	11	3	3	5	11	20	1.742	31	W	D	W	W	W	1956-12-22	Leicester City	A
3	1	Nottingham Forest	21	6	3	2	22	16	4	3	3	19	11	1.519	26	L	W	D	D	D	1956-12-22	Fulham	A
4	-1	Bristol Rovers	22	7	1	2	23	8	4	3	5	21	21	1.517	26	L	L	W	D	W	1956-12-22	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	Middlesbrough	22	7	3	0	25	11	3	3	6	21	21	1.438	26	L	L	W	L	W	1956-12-22	Barnsley	H
6	0	Sheffield United	21	6	3	2	28	19	5	1	4	25	22	1.293	26	L	W	L	W	W	1956-12-25	Lincoln City	H
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	22	7	2	2	31	12	2	4	5	16	26	1.237	24	L	L	W	L	W	1956-12-22	Bristol Rovers	A
8	0	Leyton Orient	21	4	4	2	18	15	5	2	4	19	24	0.949	24	W	L	D	W	W	1956-12-22	Huddersfield Town	H
9	0	Liverpool	21	6	1	3	29	18	2	6	3	14	14	1.344	23	W	L	W	D	W	1956-12-22	Bury	H
10	0	West Ham United	21	5	2	4	13	13	4	3	3	15	13	1.077	23	W	W	D	W	L	1956-12-22	Swansea Town	A
11	2	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	2	3	27	21	5	1	5	19	27	0.958	23	W	W	W	W	L	1956-12-22	Lincoln City	A
12	-1	Fulham	22	8	1	2	29	16	2	0	9	13	28	0.955	21	L	W	L	W	L	1956-12-22	Nottingham Forest	H
13	-1	Huddersfield Town	22	5	1	5	15	17	4	2	5	21	23	0.9	21	L	L	L	D	W	1956-12-22	Leyton Orient	A
14	0	Lincoln City	21	5	1	4	12	9	4	2	5	14	26	0.743	21	L	W	L	L	L	1956-12-22	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	0	Swansea Town	21	5	2	4	29	21	3	1	6	18	35	0.839	19	L	W	L	D	W	1956-12-22	West Ham United	H
16	0	Bristol City	22	6	0	6	22	23	1	5	4	14	22	0.8	19	W	L	D	L	L	1956-12-22	Rotherham United	A
17	0	Grimsby Town	22	6	2	3	20	12	2	0	9	9	17	1	18	W	L	D	L	L	1956-12-22	Notts County	A
18	0	Barnsley	21	4	3	5	23	28	3	1	5	13	21	0.735	18	W	D	L	W	W	1956-12-22	Middlesbrough	A
19	0	Rotherham United	20	3	3	4	18	19	3	2	5	23	24	0.953	17	W	W	L	D	L	1956-12-22	Bristol City	H
20	0	Port Vale	21	4	3	3	17	13	1	0	10	13	32	0.667	13	L	W	L	W	L	1956-12-29	Bristol City	A
21	1	Bury	22	2	2	7	21	30	1	3	7	14	31	0.574	11	W	L	D	L	L	1956-12-22	Liverpool	A
22	-1	Notts County	21	2	3	6	14	25	1	1	8	13	33	0.466	10	L	L	W	L	L	1956-12-22	Grimsby Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	2	0	Rochdale	Holker Street	3,718
Armstrong, Gordon	Lineups
Bradford	4	3	Crewe Alexandra	Park Avenue	4,791
Anders, Smith 3	Lineups		Shaw, Mountford, Tomkinson,
Chester	0	0	Wrexham	Sealand Road	10,066
	Lineups
Chesterfield	5	1	Hartlepools United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,257
Smallwood, Smith G 2, Cunliffe, Capel (p)	Lineups		Luke
Darlington	1	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Feethams Ground	3,421
Bell (p)	Lineups		Fletcher 2
Gateshead	1	1	Derby County	Redheugh Park	3,937
Smith	Lineups		Barrowcliffe (p)
Hull City	3	1	Halifax Town	Boothferry Park	9,837
Mortensen, Cripsey, Davidson	Lineups		Darbyshire
Mansfield Town	4	2	Stockport County	Field Mill	6,203
Watson, Jepson, Murray, Mitten	Lineups		Drake 2
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Carlisle United	Boundary Park	6,023
Pearson, Neale	Lineups		Whitehouse, Ackerman
Southport	1	5	Bradford City	Haig Avenue	2,650
Miles	Lineups		Samuels, Webb, Liversidge 2, Jackson D
Workington	3	2	Tranmere Rovers	Borough Park	3,231
Chisholm, Robson, Kinloch (p)	Lineups		Vitty 2 OG
York City	3	1	Accrington Stanley	Bootham Crescent	8,161
McNicol OG, Bottom (p), Wilkinson	Lineups		Stewart

				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	22	7	3	1	24	10	7	0	4	25	23	1.485	31	L	W	W	W	D	1956-12-22	Oldham Athletic	H
2	1	Bradford City	22	7	2	2	23	13	6	2	3	20	11	1.792	30	W	W	L	W	D	1956-12-22	Chesterfield	H
3	1	Workington	21	8	3	0	29	18	4	3	3	9	9	1.407	30	W	W	W	D	L	1956-12-22	Halifax Town	A
4	-2	Hartlepool United	22	8	1	1	25	9	5	2	5	23	22	1.548	29	L	D	L	D	L	1956-12-22	Chester	H
5	0	Derby County	22	9	1	1	30	8	2	4	5	16	19	1.704	27	D	L	W	W	D	1956-12-22	Bradford	H
6	0	Chesterfield	21	8	2	0	28	7	3	2	6	18	22	1.586	26	W	W	L	L	W	1956-12-22	Bradford City	A
7	0	Wrexham	22	5	4	2	25	14	4	3	4	20	17	1.452	25	D	D	D	D	W	1956-12-22	Gateshead	H
8	3	York City	21	7	1	3	15	9	3	4	3	14	16	1.16	25	W	W	D	D	W	1956-12-22	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	3	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	22	4	3	4	22	15	5	3	3	16	14	1.31	24	W	D	L	L	W	1956-12-22	Barrow	H
10	-2	Rochdale	21	6	3	2	14	7	3	3	4	16	17	1.25	24	L	D	L	D	D	1956-12-25	Wrexham	A
11	-1	Oldham Athletic	21	7	2	2	24	16	3	2	5	17	17	1.242	24	D	L	L	W	W	1956-12-22	Accrington Stanley	A
12	2	Barrow	22	7	1	3	21	12	3	3	5	11	19	1.032	24	W	W	W	W	D	1956-12-22	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
13	-4	Stockport County	22	6	1	3	20	15	4	3	5	21	25	1.025	24	L	W	L	D	L	1956-12-22	Southport	H
14	1	Mansfield Town	22	7	0	4	33	21	2	5	4	16	18	1.256	23	W	L	W	D	W	1956-12-22	Carlisle United	A
15	1	Hull City	22	9	0	2	21	8	2	1	8	14	23	1.129	23	W	L	W	W	L	1956-12-25	Darlington	A
16	-3	Gateshead	23	6	2	4	27	20	4	1	6	16	23	1	23	D	W	L	W	L	1956-12-22	Wrexham	A
17	1	Bradford	22	7	0	4	24	18	2	1	8	12	21	0.923	19	W	W	W	L	L	1956-12-22	Derby County	A
18	-1	Darlington	21	5	2	4	17	17	3	1	6	14	24	0.756	19	L	L	W	W	L	1956-12-22	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	0	Carlisle United	21	3	4	3	18	18	3	2	6	14	24	0.762	18	D	D	W	W	W	1956-12-22	Mansfield Town	H
20	0	Halifax Town	22	6	2	3	15	13	1	0	10	10	34	0.532	16	L	L	L	L	W	1956-12-22	Workington	H
21	0	Chester	22	3	3	5	18	20	1	1	9	6	27	0.511	12	D	D	L	L	W	1956-12-22	Hartlepool United	A
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	2	2	6	13	21	1	1	9	11	29	0.48	9	L	L	W	L	L	1956-12-22	York City	H
23	0	Southport	21	0	5	6	10	24	1	1	8	10	22	0.435	8	L	L	L	L	D	1956-12-22	Stockport County	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	22	2	2	7	11	24	0	1	10	8	31	0.345	7	L	L	D	L	L	1956-12-22	Darlington	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	2	Swindon Town	Recreation Ground	3,044
Gaynor L, Gough	Lineups		Edwards 2
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Southampton	Dean Court	13,646
Cutler	Lineups
Crystal Palace	4	1	Norwich City	Selhurst Park	8,371
Berry, Noakes, Pierce, Englefield OG	Lineups		Gavin
Exeter City	4	2	Coventry City	St James Park	4,119
Thomas, Harvey 2 (2p), Houghton	Lineups		Johnson, Ferrier OG
Ipswich Town	6	0	Torquay United	Portman Road	12,783
Elsworthy, Phillips 2, Garneys, Snell, Leadbetter (p)	Lineups
Northampton Town	0	3	Newport County	County Ground	6,289
	Lineups		Hudson, Harris, Brown
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Brentford	Home Park	6,823
Davis, Langman N	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Reading	Loftus Road	5,472
Peacock	Lineups		Reeves (p)
Shrewsbury Town	4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Gay Meadow	6,061
O'Donnell, Whitaker 2, Weigh	Lineups
Southend United	3	2	Colchester United	Roots Hall	8,100
McGuigan, Barker, Thomson	Lineups		Milligan, Plant
Walsall	7	1	Millwall	Fellows Park	7,073
Dorman 3, Richards, Jarman, Taylor B, Hodgkisson	Lineups		Pacey
Watford	2	3	Gillingham	Vicarage Road	3,684
Meadows, Graham	Lineups		Crossan 2, Lucas

				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	22	9	2	0	23	5	4	3	4	14	13	2.056	31	L	D	W	W	W	1956-12-22	Exeter City	H
2	1	Newport County	22	8	3	0	22	6	1	6	4	10	12	1.778	27	W	D	W	D	L	1956-12-22	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	-1	Torquay United	22	7	3	0	33	14	3	4	5	8	26	1.025	27	L	D	L	D	W	1956-12-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
4	1	Shrewsbury Town	22	6	5	0	18	4	2	5	4	11	25	1	26	W	W	L	W	D	1956-12-22	Gillingham	A
5	-1	Colchester United	22	8	3	0	29	10	2	2	7	15	20	1.467	25	L	L	W	D	D	1956-12-22	Northampton Town	H
6	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	6	5	0	25	9	2	3	6	12	17	1.423	24	W	D	L	L	W	1956-12-22	Torquay United	A
7	5	Ipswich Town	22	8	2	1	32	8	2	1	8	12	22	1.467	23	W	W	W	L	W	1956-12-22	Millwall	A
8	-1	Watford	22	6	1	4	23	18	4	2	5	16	17	1.114	23	L	D	W	W	L	1956-12-22	Swindon Town	A
9	-3	Brentford	22	6	3	2	29	20	3	2	6	12	17	1.108	23	L	D	L	D	W	1956-12-22	Aldershot	H
10	0	Reading	22	7	2	2	20	11	2	3	6	17	23	1.088	23	D	L	W	W	L	1956-12-22	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	6	3	1	24	12	2	3	7	18	24	1.167	22	L	W	L	D	D	1956-12-22	Walsall	H
12	1	Queens Park Rangers	22	7	3	1	19	7	1	3	7	6	21	0.893	22	D	L	D	W	L	1956-12-22	Newport County	A
13	2	Gillingham	22	6	2	3	20	15	2	4	5	13	24	0.846	22	W	L	L	D	D	1956-12-22	Shrewsbury Town	H
14	-3	Northampton Town	22	8	2	1	24	8	0	3	8	10	21	1.172	21	L	L	W	W	D	1956-12-22	Colchester United	A
15	1	Crystal Palace	22	3	6	3	16	16	2	5	3	16	19	0.914	21	W	D	L	L	W	1956-12-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	-2	Millwall	22	5	3	2	17	14	3	2	7	13	30	0.682	21	L	W	D	L	W	1956-12-22	Ipswich Town	H
17	1	Southend United	22	7	3	2	22	11	0	3	7	14	27	0.947	20	W	D	W	W	D	1956-12-22	Norwich City	A
18	4	Walsall	23	5	4	2	22	10	1	3	8	10	24	0.941	19	W	D	D	W	L	1956-12-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	2	Exeter City	22	4	4	4	19	14	2	3	5	11	18	0.938	19	W	L	L	L	W	1956-12-22	Southampton	A
20	-1	Aldershot	22	5	3	3	22	20	2	2	7	17	28	0.813	19	D	W	D	L	L	1956-12-22	Brentford	A
21	-4	Coventry City	23	6	3	3	22	14	0	4	7	8	29	0.698	19	L	D	L	L	D	1956-12-29	Southend United	A
22	-2	Norwich City	22	5	3	3	16	13	0	5	6	11	24	0.73	18	L	D	L	D	L	1956-12-22	Southend United	H
23	1	Plymouth Argyle	22	3	5	3	13	16	3	1	7	10	21	0.622	18	W	W	W	D	L	1956-12-22	Reading	A
24	-1	Swindon Town	22	4	1	6	21	24	3	2	6	15	29	0.679	17	D	W	L	W	D	1956-12-22	Watford	H