1956-12-29

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	0	Burnley	St Andrew's	31,733
Brown, Govan	Lineups
Blackpool	0	0	Aston Villa	Bloomfield Road	16,777
	Lineups
Cardiff City	2	3	Preston North End	Ninian Park	15,474
Stockin, McSeveney	Lineups		Thompson 2, Miller OG
Charlton Athletic	3	2	Sunderland	The Valley	24,536
Ryan 2, Summers	Lineups		Shackleton, Anderson
Chelsea	1	1	Leeds United	Stamford Bridge	43,860
McNichol	Lineups		Armstrong OG
Everton	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	43,871
McNamara 2, Harris J	Lineups		Broadbent
Manchester City	3	2	Luton Town	Maine Road	27,253
Dyson 2, Clarke	Lineups		Turner 2
Newcastle United	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	St James' Park	42,649
Curry	Lineups		Finney, Froggatt
Portsmouth	1	3	Manchester United	Fratton Park	32,052	Largest home game 1956-57
Henderson	Lineups		Edwards, Pegg, Viollet
Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	Bolton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	42,030
Dyson, Harmer (p), Smith, Robb	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	26,044
	Lineups		Haverty, Tapscott

				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	23	9	1	1	32	16	7	3	2	25	18	1.676	36	W	W	L	W	W	1957-01-01	Chelsea	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	9	3	0	42	10	5	3	4	23	22	2.031	34	W	D	W	D	D	1957-01-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	0	Arsenal	26	8	2	3	30	12	6	2	5	26	31	1.302	32	W	W	D	W	W	1957-01-12	Portsmouth	H
4	0	Leeds United	25	8	3	1	32	11	3	5	5	16	23	1.412	30	D	W	D	L	W	1957-01-12	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	3	Birmingham City	24	10	3	0	36	10	2	2	7	10	24	1.353	29	W	W	L	W	L	1957-01-01	Newcastle United	A
6	3	Preston North End	25	7	3	2	30	15	4	4	5	22	28	1.209	29	W	W	D	D	W	1957-01-12	Birmingham City	H
7	-1	Blackpool	25	8	3	2	35	17	3	4	5	20	30	1.17	29	D	L	D	L	W	1957-01-12	Luton Town	A
8	-3	Bolton Wanderers	25	9	2	1	23	9	2	5	6	15	26	1.086	29	L	W	W	L	W	1957-01-12	Leeds United	H
9	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	10	1	1	42	18	2	2	8	16	27	1.289	27	L	L	W	W	W	1957-01-01	Sunderland	A
10	0	Burnley	26	8	5	0	30	12	1	3	9	8	22	1.118	26	L	L	D	W	L	1957-01-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	24	6	4	3	19	15	2	4	5	14	22	0.892	24	L	L	W	L	D	1957-01-12	Burnley	A
12	3	Everton	25	7	3	3	22	18	2	2	8	12	29	0.723	23	W	D	L	W	W	1957-01-12	Aston Villa	A
13	0	Chelsea	24	4	6	3	22	20	2	4	5	15	20	0.925	22	D	L	D	W	L	1957-01-01	Manchester United	A
14	-2	Newcastle United	25	5	4	3	23	18	3	2	8	15	32	0.76	22	L	W	L	W	D	1957-01-01	Birmingham City	H
15	1	Aston Villa	22	5	3	2	17	13	2	4	6	13	17	1	21	D	L	W	L	L	1957-01-12	Everton	H
16	-2	Luton Town	23	7	3	2	25	12	1	2	8	13	32	0.864	21	L	W	L	L	L	1957-01-12	Blackpool	H
17	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24	7	0	3	30	17	2	2	10	18	35	0.923	20	W	L	W	L	W	1957-01-12	Charlton Athletic	H
18	0	Manchester City	25	7	2	4	30	24	1	2	9	14	29	0.83	20	W	L	L	L	W	1957-01-12	Sunderland	A
19	0	Cardiff City	24	5	4	2	22	15	1	1	11	11	39	0.611	17	L	L	L	L	L	1957-01-12	Chelsea	A
20	0	Sunderland	24	6	1	5	26	18	0	2	10	14	37	0.727	15	L	W	L	W	W	1957-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	0	Portsmouth	22	3	4	4	22	20	0	4	7	14	34	0.667	14	L	D	L	D	L	1957-01-12	Arsenal	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	25	5	2	7	23	28	1	0	10	14	36	0.578	14	W	W	L	L	L	1957-01-12	Sheffield Wednesday	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	3	2	Rotherham United	Ewood Park	24,442
Dobing, Vernon, Clayton R	Lineups		Johnson 2
Bristol City	3	3	Port Vale	Ashton Gate	18,561
Burden, Curtis, Etheridge	Lineups		Poole H 2, Hayward
Bury	1	3	Leyton Orient	Gigg Lane	12,036
Neill	Lineups		Andrews, Johnston 2
Doncaster Rovers	4	2	Notts County	Belle Vue	11,911
McMorran 2, Walker R, Walker G	Lineups		Loxley, Wills
Grimsby Town	0	0	Liverpool	Blundell Park	15,504
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Fulham	Leeds Road	16,503
Hickson	Lineups		Dwight
Middlesbrough	1	3	Leicester City	Ayresome Park	29,704
Fitzsimons	Lineups		Wright, Appleton, Rowley
Nottingham Forest	4	3	Swansea Town	City Ground	18,840
Wilson 2, Imlach, Barrett	Lineups		Allchurch I, Palmer, Griffiths
Sheffield United	5	0	Barnsley	Bramall Lane	25,893
Hawksworth, Hoyland, Hagan 2, Grainger	Lineups
Stoke City	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Ground	30,936
Bowyer, Graver	Lineups		Hooper
West Ham United	2	1	Lincoln City	Upton Park	16,790
Dare 2	Lineups		Bannan

				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	25	7	4	0	35	14	8	3	3	29	23	1.73	37	W	D	W	W	W	1957-01-12	Sheffield United	H
2	0	Stoke City	25	11	2	0	45	12	3	3	6	13	23	1.657	33	W	L	W	D	W	1957-01-01	Bury	A
3	1	Liverpool	25	8	1	3	32	18	3	7	3	18	14	1.563	30	D	W	W	W	W	1957-01-12	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	-1	Bristol Rovers	26	9	1	2	35	10	4	3	7	24	30	1.475	30	L	W	L	W	L	1957-01-12	Middlesbrough	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	24	7	3	2	26	19	5	3	4	21	13	1.469	30	W	L	W	L	W	1957-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	1	Sheffield United	24	8	3	2	35	19	5	1	5	26	26	1.356	30	W	L	W	L	W	1957-01-01	Swansea Town	H
7	1	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	2	3	32	23	6	1	6	23	35	0.948	29	W	L	W	W	W	1957-01-01	Nottingham Forest	H
8	-2	Middlesbrough	26	8	3	2	30	18	3	3	7	22	23	1.268	28	L	L	W	L	L	1957-01-12	Bristol Rovers	A
9	0	Doncaster Rovers	26	9	2	2	37	15	2	4	7	19	35	1.12	28	W	W	L	L	L	1957-01-12	Liverpool	A
10	0	Leyton Orient	25	5	4	3	21	20	6	2	5	22	26	0.935	28	W	L	L	W	W	1957-01-12	Grimsby Town	H
11	0	West Ham United	24	7	2	4	17	15	4	3	4	16	16	1.065	27	W	W	L	W	W	1957-01-12	Rotherham United	A
12	0	Huddersfield Town	26	6	2	5	19	18	5	2	6	24	27	0.956	26	D	W	W	L	L	1957-01-12	Bury	H
13	0	Fulham	26	9	1	3	36	19	2	1	10	14	31	1	24	D	W	L	L	L	1957-01-12	Swansea Town	A
14	0	Swansea Town	24	7	2	4	37	22	3	1	7	21	39	0.951	23	L	W	W	L	W	1957-01-01	Sheffield United	A
15	0	Lincoln City	25	6	1	5	17	12	4	2	7	15	30	0.762	23	L	W	L	L	L	1957-01-12	Nottingham Forest	H
16	2	Grimsby Town	25	6	4	3	22	14	3	0	9	10	17	1.032	22	D	D	W	W	L	1957-01-12	Leyton Orient	A
17	-1	Barnsley	25	4	4	5	24	29	4	2	6	15	27	0.696	22	L	D	D	W	W	1957-01-12	Bristol City	H
18	-1	Rotherham United	24	4	4	4	24	20	3	3	6	26	28	1.042	21	L	D	D	W	W	1957-01-01	Port Vale	H
19	0	Bristol City	25	6	1	6	25	26	1	5	6	15	33	0.678	20	D	L	L	W	L	1957-01-12	Barnsley	A
20	0	Port Vale	22	4	3	3	17	13	1	1	10	16	35	0.688	14	D	L	W	L	W	1957-01-01	Rotherham United	A
21	0	Bury	26	3	2	8	29	35	1	3	9	15	39	0.595	13	L	L	W	L	W	1957-01-01	Stoke City	H
22	0	Notts County	25	2	3	8	15	28	1	1	10	15	40	0.441	10	L	L	L	L	L	1957-01-12	Stoke City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Holker Street	7,450
Callaghan, Gordon, Coole	Lineups
Bradford	0	4	Wrexham	Park Avenue	8,712
	Lineups		Evans B 3, Anderson
Chester	1	2	Bradford City	Sealand Road	7,330
Foulkes	Lineups		Samuels, Webb
Chesterfield	1	0	Stockport County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	11,543
Hutchinson	Lineups
Darlington	1	1	Derby County	Feethams Ground	7,146
Moran	Lineups		Straw
Hartlepools United	4	1	Gateshead	Victoria Park	9,254
Stamper 2, Luke 2	Lineups		Slater
Hull City	2	2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Boothferry Park	12,873
Bulless, Cripsey	Lineups		Fletcher 2
Mansfield Town	1	3	Accrington Stanley	Field Mill	9,654
Chapman	Lineups		Dick 3
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Boundary Park	7,866
Neale	Lineups
Southport	4	1	Carlisle United	Haig Avenue	3,528
McIlvenny 2, Miles, Charlton (p)	Lineups		Atkinson
Workington	5	0	Rochdale	Borough Park	6,144
Robson 2, Dailey 2, Bertolini	Lineups
York City	1	2	Halifax Town	Bootham Crescent	8,102
Fenton	Lineups		Hutchinson, Darbyshire

				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	Bradford City	25	9	2	2	30	16	7	2	3	22	12	1.857	36	W	W	W	W	W	1957-01-05	York City	A
2	1	Hartlepool United	26	10	2	1	33	12	5	3	5	26	25	1.595	35	W	W	D	D	L	1957-01-01	Hull City	H
3	-1	Derby County	26	11	1	1	40	9	3	5	5	21	21	2.033	34	D	W	W	W	D	1957-01-05	Crewe Alexandra	A
4	1	Workington	25	9	3	1	34	19	5	3	4	14	14	1.455	34	W	W	L	L	W	1957-01-05	Darlington	H
5	-1	Accrington Stanley	25	7	4	1	26	12	8	0	5	29	26	1.447	34	W	L	D	L	W	1957-01-01	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
6	0	Wrexham	26	7	4	2	33	16	6	3	4	26	17	1.788	33	W	W	W	W	D	1957-01-12	Darlington	H
7	0	Chesterfield	24	10	2	0	30	7	3	2	7	20	25	1.563	30	W	W	L	W	W	1957-01-01	Oldham Athletic	H
8	0	Barrow	26	9	1	3	27	12	3	5	5	13	21	1.212	30	W	W	D	D	W	1957-01-01	Stockport County	H
9	2	Oldham Athletic	24	8	3	2	25	16	3	3	5	19	19	1.257	28	W	D	D	D	L	1957-01-01	Chesterfield	A
10	-1	Stockport County	25	8	1	3	24	16	4	3	6	21	26	1.071	28	L	W	W	L	W	1957-01-01	Barrow	A
11	-1	York City	25	7	2	4	19	14	3	5	4	17	21	1.029	27	L	L	D	D	W	1957-01-01	Carlisle United	A
12	0	Hull City	25	9	2	2	24	11	2	2	8	15	24	1.114	26	D	D	D	W	L	1957-01-01	Hartlepool United	A
13	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	26	4	4	5	24	20	5	4	4	18	20	1.05	26	D	L	L	D	W	1957-01-01	Accrington Stanley	A
14	0	Gateshead	26	7	2	4	29	21	4	1	8	18	31	0.904	25	L	W	L	D	W	1957-01-05	Rochdale	H
15	0	Rochdale	24	6	3	3	14	9	3	3	6	17	26	0.886	24	L	L	L	L	D	1957-01-01	Darlington	A
16	1	Darlington	25	5	4	4	19	19	4	2	6	18	26	0.822	24	D	D	D	W	L	1957-01-01	Rochdale	H
17	-1	Mansfield Town	25	7	0	5	34	24	2	5	6	17	25	1.041	23	L	L	L	W	L	1957-01-05	Chester	H
18	0	Carlisle United	25	4	5	3	25	20	3	2	8	15	31	0.784	21	L	L	D	W	D	1957-01-01	York City	H
19	0	Bradford	26	7	0	6	25	25	3	1	9	14	27	0.75	21	L	L	W	L	W	1957-01-01	Southport	A
20	0	Halifax Town	25	7	2	3	19	15	2	0	11	13	37	0.615	20	W	L	W	L	L	1957-01-05	Bradford	A
21	0	Chester	25	3	3	6	19	22	1	3	9	8	29	0.529	14	L	D	D	D	D	1957-01-05	Mansfield Town	A
22	1	Southport	24	1	5	6	14	25	1	2	9	10	24	0.49	11	W	D	L	L	L	1957-01-01	Bradford	H
23	-1	Tranmere Rovers	24	2	3	6	16	24	1	1	11	12	34	0.483	10	L	L	D	L	L	1957-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	2	3	8	12	27	0	1	11	8	34	0.328	8	L	D	L	L	L	1957-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	4	Reading	Recreation Ground	6,718
Mann	Lineups		Dixon 4
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	6	1	Millwall	Dean Court	9,117
Norris 2, Newsham, Cutler, Bedford 2	Lineups		Shepherd
Crystal Palace	1	2	Southampton	Selhurst Park	15,769
Belcher	Lineups		Reeves, Mulgrew
Ipswich Town	4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Portman Road	15,631
Phillips 2, Garneys 2	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	1	Norwich City	County Ground	7,603
Asher	Lineups		Hunt
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Colchester United	Loftus Road	8,801
Kerrins	Lineups		Fisher (p)
Shrewsbury Town	7	3	Swindon Town	Gay Meadow	8,229
Weigh, Lee OG, Russell 2, Whitaker 2, Price	Lineups		Edwards 2, Pembery
Southend United	1	2	Coventry City	Roots Hall	9,008
Hollis	Lineups		Hill, Boxley
Torquay United	1	0	Exeter City	Plainmoor	8,137
Ferrier OG	Lineups
Walsall	2	2	Gillingham	Fellows Park	12,510
Rawlings, Richards	Lineups		Baxter, Crossan
Watford	1	1	Brentford	Vicarage Road	8,416
McMillan	Lineups		Dudley

				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	25	10	3	0	29	8	5	3	4	16	14	2.045	36	W	W	D	L	D	1957-01-12	Southend United	H
2	0	Torquay United	26	10	3	0	37	14	3	5	5	8	26	1.125	34	W	W	D	W	L	1957-01-12	Millwall	A
3	0	Colchester United	26	9	4	0	35	12	3	3	7	18	22	1.559	31	D	W	D	W	L	1957-01-05	Coventry City	H
4	1	Shrewsbury Town	25	7	5	0	25	7	2	7	4	13	27	1.118	30	W	D	D	W	W	1957-01-12	Brentford	A
5	-1	Newport County	23	8	4	0	23	7	1	6	4	10	12	1.737	28	D	W	D	W	D	1957-01-12	Reading	H
6	0	Ipswich Town	26	10	2	1	40	9	2	2	9	15	26	1.571	28	W	W	L	D	W	1957-01-12	Gillingham	A
7	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	26	8	5	0	34	12	2	3	8	14	21	1.455	28	W	L	W	L	W	1957-01-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
8	2	Reading	25	8	2	2	23	13	3	3	7	22	28	1.098	27	W	L	W	D	L	1957-01-12	Newport County	A
9	0	Brentford	26	6	5	2	31	22	3	3	7	13	20	1.048	26	D	L	D	D	L	1957-01-12	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	1	Watford	26	7	2	4	26	20	4	2	7	17	23	1	26	D	L	W	L	L	1957-01-12	Aldershot	A
11	1	Queens Park Rangers	26	8	4	1	24	10	1	4	8	8	24	0.941	26	D	W	L	D	D	1957-01-12	Norwich City	A
12	1	Northampton Town	26	8	4	1	27	11	1	3	9	12	26	1.054	25	D	W	D	L	L	1957-01-05	Gillingham	H
13	-5	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	7	3	2	28	16	2	4	8	18	28	1.045	25	L	W	D	L	L	1957-01-05	Swindon Town	H
14	0	Gillingham	26	6	4	3	21	16	2	5	6	16	29	0.822	25	D	L	D	D	W	1957-01-05	Northampton Town	A
15	0	Millwall	25	6	4	2	21	17	3	2	8	14	36	0.66	24	L	W	D	L	W	1957-01-12	Torquay United	H
16	2	Walsall	26	5	6	2	25	13	2	3	8	13	25	1	23	D	D	W	W	D	1957-01-05	Norwich City	A
17	-1	Southend United	26	7	3	4	23	14	1	4	7	18	30	0.932	23	L	L	D	W	W	1957-01-12	Southampton	A
18	-1	Crystal Palace	25	4	6	4	19	19	2	5	4	18	23	0.881	23	L	L	W	W	D	1957-01-12	Exeter City	A
19	0	Exeter City	25	5	4	4	21	15	2	4	6	13	21	0.944	22	L	W	D	W	L	1957-01-05	Plymouth Argyle	A
20	0	Aldershot	26	6	3	4	26	26	2	3	8	21	33	0.797	22	L	W	L	D	D	1957-01-12	Watford	H
21	2	Coventry City	24	6	3	3	22	14	1	4	7	10	30	0.727	21	W	L	D	L	L	1957-01-05	Colchester United	A
22	-1	Norwich City	26	5	3	5	18	17	0	7	6	13	26	0.721	20	D	L	D	L	L	1957-01-05	Walsall	H
23	-1	Swindon Town	25	5	1	6	23	24	3	2	8	19	38	0.677	19	L	L	W	D	W	1957-01-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	24	3	5	3	13	16	3	1	9	13	26	0.619	18	L	L	W	W	W	1957-01-05	Exeter City	H