1957-03-09

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	3	Luton Town	Highbury	41,288
Tapscott	Lineups		Brown 2, Turner (p)
Birmingham City	1	3	Everton	St Andrew's	23,881
Brown	Lineups		Thomas 2, Williams G
Burnley	2	0	Sunderland	Turf Moor	21,892
Newlands, McIlroy	Lineups
Cardiff City	3	4	Blackpool	Ninian Park	15,724
Hitchens 2, McSeveney (p)	Lineups		Durie 4
Chelsea	4	2	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge	35,664
Allen, Sillett P, Gibbs, Paul OG	Lineups		Fagan, Hayes
Manchester United	1	1	Aston Villa	Old Trafford	55,484
Charlton	Lineups		Dixon
Newcastle United	4	0	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park	34,073
Davies, Milburn, Scoular, White	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	5	Leeds United	Fratton Park	23,596
Dale, Weddle	Lineups		Charles 2, Crowe 2, Meek
Preston North End	4	3	Charlton Athletic	Deepdale	21,482
Dagger, Thompson 2, Finney	Lineups		Lucas, Leary, Summers
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Hillsborough	29,309
Quixall, McAnearney J	Lineups		Hooper (p)
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	30,602
Whitehouse	Lineups		Stokes

				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	32	12	2	2	48	22	10	3	3	37	24	1.848	49	D	W	L	W	W	1957-03-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	0	Preston North End	33	11	3	2	45	19	7	5	5	31	32	1.49	44	W	W	W	W	W	1957-03-16	Sunderland	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	31	11	3	1	53	16	6	5	5	28	28	1.841	42	D	D	L	W	W	1957-03-13	Arsenal	H
4	1	Blackpool	32	10	3	3	43	21	7	4	5	32	33	1.389	41	W	W	W	W	W	1957-03-16	Birmingham City	H
5	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	14	1	1	58	24	3	5	9	24	35	1.39	40	L	W	D	W	D	1957-03-16	Manchester United	H
6	1	Leeds United	33	9	5	2	37	14	4	6	7	25	34	1.292	37	W	D	L	W	L	1957-03-11	Burnley	H
7	-1	Arsenal	32	10	3	4	40	19	6	2	7	29	40	1.169	37	L	W	L	W	L	1957-03-13	Tottenham Hotspur	A
8	0	Bolton Wanderers	33	11	3	2	33	16	2	6	9	19	37	0.981	35	L	L	D	W	D	1957-03-16	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	1	Burnley	31	11	5	0	36	14	1	4	10	8	23	1.189	33	W	D	W	L	W	1957-03-11	Leeds United	A
10	-1	Birmingham City	31	10	4	2	39	16	3	2	10	15	32	1.125	32	L	L	D	W	L	1957-03-16	Blackpool	A
11	0	Newcastle United	34	9	4	4	37	24	4	2	11	21	46	0.829	32	W	W	W	L	L	1957-03-16	Leeds United	A
12	0	West Bromwich Albion	30	7	6	4	25	18	3	4	6	18	25	1	30	D	W	L	W	D	1957-03-13	Sunderland	A
13	0	Chelsea	33	5	7	5	31	30	4	5	7	23	31	0.885	30	W	L	D	W	D	1957-03-16	Charlton Athletic	A
14	0	Everton	33	9	3	5	31	25	3	3	10	17	38	0.762	30	W	L	L	L	W	1957-03-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	0	Aston Villa	29	6	6	2	27	19	2	6	7	14	21	1.025	28	D	D	D	D	D	1957-03-13	Cardiff City	H
16	0	Sheffield Wednesday	32	10	2	3	39	22	2	2	13	24	49	0.887	28	W	L	D	L	D	1957-03-16	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	1	Luton Town	30	8	3	4	30	18	3	2	10	19	40	0.845	27	W	L	W	W	L	1957-03-13	Portsmouth	A
18	-1	Manchester City	33	8	2	6	38	31	1	5	11	22	42	0.822	25	L	L	D	L	D	1957-03-16	Cardiff City	H
19	0	Cardiff City	31	6	5	4	30	23	3	1	12	15	44	0.672	24	L	D	L	W	L	1957-03-13	Aston Villa	A
20	0	Sunderland	31	7	3	6	35	25	1	2	12	18	45	0.757	21	L	W	L	D	W	1957-03-13	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	0	Portsmouth	29	4	5	5	27	27	1	6	8	21	45	0.667	21	L	W	D	D	L	1957-03-13	Luton Town	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	34	5	2	10	25	40	1	0	16	23	63	0.466	14	L	L	L	L	L	1957-03-16	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	4	2	Rotherham United	Eastville	14,954
Roost 2, Hooper, Ward	Lineups		Grainger, Keyworth
Bury	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	Gigg Lane	23,810	Largest home game 1956-57
Reid, Tilley	Lineups		Briggs, Vernon
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Belle Vue	14,128
Nicholson	Lineups		Barrett
Grimsby Town	2	1	West Ham United	Blundell Park	14,026
Fell, Crosbie	Lineups		Allison
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Bristol City	Leeds Road	14,218
Taylor, Metcalfe (p)	Lineups		Atyeo
Leicester City	4	3	Lincoln City	Filbert Street	33,195
Rowley 2 (1p), Wright, Neal OG	Lineups		Smillie, Northcott, Bannan
Leyton Orient	1	2	Sheffield United	Brisbane Road	17,982
Heckman	Lineups		Hawksworth, Jones
Liverpool	2	1	Barnsley	Anfield Road	30,672
Wheeler, Liddell	Lineups		McCann
Middlesbrough	6	2	Swansea Town	Ayresome Park	17,072
Fitzsimons, Day, Harris, McLean, Clough 2	Lineups		McIntosh, Stonehouse OG
Notts County	3	1	Port Vale	Meadow Lane	17,234
Jackson 2, Russell	Lineups		Potts
Stoke City	0	2	Fulham	Victoria Ground	24,782
	Lineups		Bentley 2

				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	34	13	4	0	60	25	8	5	4	30	26	1.765	51	W	D	L	W	W	1957-03-16	Swansea Town	A
2	1	Nottingham Forest	32	9	4	2	36	21	8	5	4	35	18	1.821	43	D	W	D	W	W	1957-03-16	Stoke City	H
3	-1	Stoke City	34	14	2	1	59	15	4	5	8	17	32	1.617	43	L	D	W	L	W	1957-03-16	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Blackburn Rovers	34	9	5	3	42	29	8	3	6	31	38	1.09	42	D	D	D	D	W	1957-03-16	Grimsby Town	H
5	0	Bristol Rovers	34	11	3	3	43	15	5	4	8	28	38	1.34	39	W	W	D	D	W	1957-03-16	Lincoln City	A
6	2	Liverpool	32	10	1	4	37	22	4	8	5	24	21	1.419	37	W	W	D	L	L	1957-03-16	Port Vale	A
7	-1	West Ham United	32	10	2	5	25	21	6	3	6	22	25	1.022	37	L	L	L	W	W	1957-03-16	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	1	Sheffield United	33	8	6	3	38	24	6	2	8	33	42	1.076	36	W	D	D	D	L	1957-03-16	Huddersfield Town	H
9	-2	Swansea Town	33	10	2	5	46	28	6	2	8	31	48	1.013	36	L	W	W	W	W	1957-03-16	Leicester City	H
10	0	Middlesbrough	34	9	4	4	37	23	5	3	9	28	28	1.275	35	W	L	L	L	L	1957-03-16	Fulham	A
11	1	Huddersfield Town	34	8	2	7	28	24	7	3	7	29	34	0.983	35	W	W	W	D	L	1957-03-16	Sheffield United	A
12	-1	Doncaster Rovers	34	10	4	3	45	19	3	4	10	23	44	1.079	34	D	L	L	L	D	1957-03-16	West Ham United	A
13	0	Leyton Orient	33	5	7	4	26	26	7	2	8	26	36	0.839	33	L	L	D	L	W	1957-03-16	Barnsley	A
14	1	Grimsby Town	34	9	4	4	30	18	4	1	12	18	30	1	31	W	L	W	L	W	1957-03-16	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	-1	Rotherham United	33	7	5	5	31	25	4	3	9	30	36	1	30	L	D	W	W	L	1957-03-16	Notts County	H
16	1	Fulham	34	10	1	6	44	28	4	1	12	25	42	0.986	30	W	L	L	L	W	1957-03-16	Middlesbrough	H
17	-1	Barnsley	33	7	4	6	33	32	4	3	9	18	39	0.718	29	L	W	W	D	L	1957-03-16	Leyton Orient	H
18	0	Bristol City	32	9	1	6	35	28	1	6	9	17	41	0.754	27	L	W	W	L	D	1957-03-16	Bury	H
19	0	Lincoln City	33	7	1	8	22	19	5	2	10	19	44	0.651	27	L	L	L	W	L	1957-03-16	Bristol Rovers	H
20	0	Bury	35	3	3	12	35	46	3	5	9	22	43	0.64	20	D	D	L	W	D	1957-03-16	Bristol City	A
21	0	Port Vale	31	6	3	5	23	24	1	1	15	22	49	0.616	18	L	W	L	W	L	1957-03-16	Liverpool	H
22	0	Notts County	32	4	5	8	25	31	1	2	12	15	46	0.519	17	W	D	L	L	D	1957-03-16	Rotherham United	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Wrexham	Peel Park	6,596
Cocker	Lineups
Bradford City	3	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Valley Parade	13,475
Marshall 2, Simm	Lineups		Waldock
Carlisle United	1	3	Derby County	Brunton Park	11,406
Kenny (p)	Lineups		Brown 2, Woodhead
Chester	1	1	Halifax Town	Sealand Road	5,098
Jepson	Lineups		Lorenson
Chesterfield	2	2	Workington	Saltergate Recreation Ground	12,305
Blakey, Frear	Lineups		Robson, Dailey
Hartlepools United	0	0	Rochdale	Victoria Park	9,339
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	3	Barrow	Field Mill	6,668
Uphill	Lineups		Gordon 2, Roberts
Oldham Athletic	3	2	Darlington	Boundary Park	7,732
Neale, Betts, Thompson (p)	Lineups		Harbertson, Tulip
Southport	1	0	Hull City	Haig Avenue	4,439
Bromilow	Lineups
Stockport County	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	11,028
Drake, Daley	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	0	0	Gateshead	Prenton Park	5,013
	Lineups
York City	1	2	Bradford	Bootham Crescent	8,857
Bottom	Lineups		Smith 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	2	Derby County	35	14	2	2	55	15	5	6	6	32	28	2.023	46	W	W	W	L	L	1957-03-16	Accrington Stanley	H
2	-1	Workington	34	13	4	1	49	21	6	4	6	22	24	1.578	46	D	W	D	W	W	1957-03-13	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	-1	Hartlepool United	36	14	4	1	48	18	5	4	8	29	33	1.51	46	D	L	W	L	W	1957-03-16	Halifax Town	A
4	0	Bradford City	34	11	3	3	37	22	8	3	6	26	23	1.4	44	W	L	W	W	D	1957-03-16	Rochdale	A
5	0	Stockport County	36	13	2	3	41	21	6	4	8	35	38	1.288	44	W	L	W	W	W	1957-03-16	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
6	0	Accrington Stanley	34	10	4	3	36	17	9	1	7	31	29	1.457	43	W	W	D	L	W	1957-03-16	Derby County	A
7	1	Barrow	36	13	1	5	40	18	4	7	6	21	28	1.326	42	W	W	L	W	W	1957-03-16	Southport	H
8	-1	Chesterfield	34	13	4	1	45	15	4	3	9	28	37	1.404	41	D	W	D	L	L	1957-03-16	Hull City	A
9	0	York City	36	11	2	5	35	19	5	6	7	26	33	1.173	40	L	L	W	D	W	1957-03-16	Gateshead	A
10	0	Wrexham	34	9	5	3	45	21	6	3	8	27	27	1.5	38	L	D	L	L	L	1957-03-16	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	35	8	4	5	34	23	6	6	6	23	27	1.14	38	L	W	D	W	D	1957-03-16	Stockport County	H
12	0	Hull City	36	10	5	2	34	19	5	3	11	31	41	1.083	38	L	L	W	W	D	1957-03-16	Chesterfield	H
13	0	Rochdale	36	9	6	3	27	15	4	5	9	24	35	1.02	37	D	W	W	D	W	1957-03-16	Bradford City	H
14	0	Carlisle United	35	8	5	4	37	28	6	2	10	24	39	0.91	35	L	L	W	W	L	1957-03-16	Crewe Alexandra	A
15	2	Oldham Athletic	34	9	4	4	30	23	3	5	9	23	30	1	33	W	D	L	D	L	1957-03-16	Bradford	A
16	-1	Darlington	35	9	5	4	37	25	4	2	11	25	48	0.849	33	L	W	D	L	L	1957-03-16	Mansfield Town	H
17	1	Bradford	36	11	0	7	36	31	5	1	12	21	38	0.826	33	W	W	L	L	W	1957-03-16	Oldham Athletic	H
18	-2	Halifax Town	35	11	2	4	26	18	3	3	12	20	43	0.754	33	D	L	D	W	W	1957-03-16	Hartlepool United	H
19	0	Gateshead	36	8	3	7	36	35	4	4	10	21	42	0.74	31	D	L	L	L	D	1957-03-16	York City	H
20	0	Mansfield Town	34	8	2	6	41	30	2	6	10	22	41	0.887	28	L	L	L	D	D	1957-03-16	Darlington	A
21	0	Chester	35	4	6	7	30	30	1	5	12	11	39	0.594	21	D	L	D	D	D	1957-03-16	Workington	A
22	0	Southport	34	5	6	6	24	27	1	3	13	15	50	0.506	21	W	D	D	L	W	1957-03-16	Barrow	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	4	6	6	26	29	1	2	15	14	45	0.541	18	D	L	L	D	D	1957-03-13	Workington	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	36	2	5	11	19	40	0	2	16	9	50	0.311	11	L	D	L	D	D	1957-03-16	Carlisle United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	1	Newport County	Recreation Ground	5,123
Gaynor J, Menzies 2	Lineups		Hudson
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	Exeter City	Dean Court	11,257
Bedford, Arnott, Newsham (p)	Lineups		Currie
Brentford	4	0	Reading	Griffin Park	10,223
Francis 2, Taylor, McLaren OG	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	5	0	Northampton Town	Goldstone Ground	11,922
Mundy 2, Foreman, Harburn 2	Lineups
Gillingham	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Priestfield Stadium	7,581
	Lineups		Kerrins
Ipswich Town	2	0	Southampton	Portman Road	18,831
Reed 2	Lineups
Millwall	0	0	Southend United	The Den, New Cross	11,441
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	4	5	Norwich City	Gay Meadow	7,206
Weigh, Russell 2, Whitaker (p)	Lineups		Coxon, Chung 2, Gavin, Hunt
Swindon Town	0	3	Plymouth Argyle	County Ground	8,864
	Lineups		Dougall 2, Cross OG
Torquay United	3	0	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor	5,110
Collins R 2 (1p), Dobbie	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Coventry City	Fellows Park	14,758
Richards	Lineups		Hill
Watford	0	0	Colchester United	Vicarage Road	10,505
	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	0	Colchester United	36	13	5	0	43	16	6	5	7	29	26	1.714	48	D	W	D	D	W	1957-03-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	0	Torquay United	35	14	3	0	55	15	4	6	8	15	39	1.296	45	W	L	W	L	W	1957-03-13	Aldershot	H
3	0	Ipswich Town	35	15	2	1	60	12	3	5	9	20	29	1.951	43	W	W	W	D	W	1957-03-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	11	5	2	42	21	4	4	10	23	34	1.182	39	W	W	W	W	D	1957-03-16	Colchester United	A
5	2	Queens Park Rangers	34	10	5	2	32	16	5	4	8	17	28	1.114	39	W	W	W	L	W	1957-03-16	Ipswich Town	H
6	-2	Southampton	33	11	3	3	35	13	5	3	8	18	21	1.559	38	L	L	W	L	L	1957-03-16	Brentford	H
7	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	34	11	6	0	44	15	3	4	10	23	31	1.457	38	W	L	D	W	W	1957-03-16	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	-3	Walsall	36	9	7	2	44	19	4	5	9	24	36	1.236	38	D	W	W	D	W	1957-03-16	Northampton Town	A
9	0	Northampton Town	35	12	4	2	40	16	2	4	11	15	35	1.078	36	L	L	W	W	D	1957-03-16	Walsall	H
10	0	Shrewsbury Town	34	8	6	2	35	18	3	8	7	21	41	0.949	36	L	L	W	D	L	1957-03-16	Southend United	A
11	2	Brentford	34	9	6	2	44	24	4	3	10	16	35	1.017	35	W	W	W	L	L	1957-03-12	Southend United	H
12	-1	Reading	34	9	3	4	29	21	5	4	9	32	39	1.017	35	L	L	L	D	W	1957-03-13	Exeter City	H
13	-1	Newport County	31	10	5	1	34	15	1	6	8	11	26	1.098	33	L	W	L	D	W	1957-03-16	Millwall	H
14	3	Aldershot	34	9	3	5	36	30	4	4	9	29	41	0.915	33	W	W	W	L	W	1957-03-13	Torquay United	A
15	-1	Gillingham	36	7	6	5	26	22	4	5	9	22	39	0.787	33	L	W	W	W	L	1957-03-16	Norwich City	A
16	-1	Millwall	34	10	5	2	36	22	3	2	12	16	50	0.722	33	D	L	L	L	W	1957-03-16	Newport County	A
17	-1	Watford	34	8	3	6	35	27	5	3	9	23	32	0.983	32	D	W	L	D	L	1957-03-16	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	Southend United	33	9	3	5	28	18	2	6	8	21	34	0.942	31	D	L	W	D	L	1957-03-12	Brentford	A
19	1	Plymouth Argyle	34	6	6	4	28	26	5	1	12	23	34	0.85	29	W	L	L	D	W	1957-03-11	Crystal Palace	H
20	-1	Exeter City	35	7	6	5	28	22	2	4	11	18	38	0.767	28	L	W	L	L	L	1957-03-13	Reading	A
21	0	Crystal Palace	34	6	6	6	24	24	2	5	9	20	35	0.746	27	L	L	L	L	L	1957-03-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	0	Coventry City	34	8	3	6	32	27	1	6	10	16	41	0.706	27	D	L	L	W	L	1957-03-16	Swindon Town	H
23	1	Norwich City	36	6	4	8	26	29	1	7	10	25	49	0.654	25	W	W	L	L	L	1957-03-16	Gillingham	H
24	-1	Swindon Town	35	8	1	8	32	31	3	2	13	22	55	0.628	25	L	L	W	L	L	1957-03-16	Coventry City	A