1957-03-16

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	0	0	Arsenal	Villa Park	39,503
	Lineups
Blackpool	3	1	Birmingham City	Bloomfield Road	17,610
Perry, Taylor, Mudie	Lineups		Brown
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Burnden Park	18,424
Lofthouse, Ball, Hennin	Lineups		McAnearney J, Finney
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Chelsea	The Valley	20,701
Sillet P OG, Leary, Summers	Lineups		Sillett P
Everton	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Goodison Park	36,116
	Lineups		Kevan
Leeds United	0	0	Newcastle United	Elland Road	32,541
	Lineups
Luton Town	0	2	Burnley	Kenilworth Road	16,420
	Lineups		Shackleton, Cheesebrough
Manchester City	4	1	Cardiff City	Maine Road	26,395
Johnstone 3, Dyson	Lineups		McSeveney (p)
Sunderland	0	0	Preston North End	Roker Park	37,907
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Portsmouth	White Hart Lane	36,110
Smith, Mansell OG	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Manchester United	Molineux	53,228	Largest home game 1956-57
Broadbent	Lineups		Charlton

				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	33	12	2	2	48	22	10	4	3	38	25	1.83	50	D	D	W	L	W	1957-03-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	0	Preston North End	34	11	3	2	45	19	7	6	5	31	32	1.49	45	D	W	W	W	W	1957-03-23	Luton Town	H
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	33	12	3	2	56	19	6	5	5	28	28	1.787	44	W	L	D	D	L	1957-03-23	Newcastle United	A
4	0	Blackpool	33	11	3	3	46	22	7	4	5	32	33	1.418	43	W	W	W	W	W	1957-03-30	Portsmouth	H
5	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	14	2	1	59	25	3	5	9	24	35	1.383	41	D	L	W	D	W	1957-03-23	Arsenal	A
6	0	Arsenal	34	10	3	4	40	19	7	3	7	32	41	1.2	40	D	W	L	W	L	1957-03-20	Manchester City	A
7	0	Leeds United	35	9	7	2	38	15	4	6	7	25	34	1.286	39	D	D	W	D	L	1957-03-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	0	Bolton Wanderers	34	12	3	2	36	18	2	6	9	19	37	1	37	W	L	L	D	W	1957-03-25	Manchester United	A
9	0	Burnley	33	11	5	0	36	14	2	5	10	11	24	1.237	36	W	D	W	D	W	1957-03-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	1	West Bromwich Albion	32	7	6	4	25	18	5	4	6	23	26	1.091	34	W	W	D	W	L	1957-03-30	Manchester City	A
11	1	Newcastle United	35	9	4	4	37	24	4	3	11	21	46	0.829	33	D	W	W	W	L	1957-03-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	-2	Birmingham City	32	10	4	2	39	16	3	2	11	16	35	1.078	32	L	L	L	D	W	1957-03-30	Charlton Athletic	A
13	0	Aston Villa	31	7	7	2	31	20	2	6	7	14	21	1.098	31	D	W	D	D	D	1957-03-30	Preston North End	H
14	0	Chelsea	34	5	7	5	31	30	4	5	8	24	34	0.859	30	L	W	L	D	W	1957-03-23	Sunderland	H
15	0	Everton	34	9	3	6	31	26	3	3	10	17	38	0.75	30	L	W	L	L	L	1957-03-23	Portsmouth	A
16	0	Sheffield Wednesday	33	10	2	3	39	22	2	2	14	26	52	0.878	28	L	W	L	D	L	1957-03-26	Leeds United	H
17	0	Luton Town	32	8	3	5	30	20	3	3	10	21	42	0.823	28	L	D	W	L	W	1957-03-20	Portsmouth	H
18	0	Manchester City	34	9	2	6	42	32	1	5	11	22	42	0.865	27	W	L	L	D	L	1957-03-20	Arsenal	H
19	0	Cardiff City	33	6	5	4	30	23	3	1	14	17	52	0.627	24	L	L	L	D	L	1957-03-23	Charlton Athletic	H
20	1	Sunderland	33	7	4	7	36	29	1	2	12	18	45	0.73	22	D	L	L	W	L	1957-03-23	Chelsea	A
21	-1	Portsmouth	31	4	6	5	29	29	1	6	9	21	47	0.658	22	L	D	L	W	D	1957-03-20	Luton Town	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	35	6	2	10	28	41	1	0	16	23	63	0.49	16	W	L	L	L	L	1957-03-23	Cardiff City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	0	Leyton Orient	Oakwell	13,000
Holmes, Kaye (p), Chappell	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Grimsby Town	Ewood Park	23,195
Eckersley, Briggs	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Bury	Ashton Gate	14,955
Atyeo 2	Lineups
Fulham	1	2	Middlesbrough	Craven Cottage	20,450
Chamberlain	Lineups		Clough, McLean
Lincoln City	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Sincil Bank	8,907
Smillie	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	4	0	Stoke City	City Ground	32,294
Wilson, Imlach, Barrett 2	Lineups
Port Vale	1	2	Liverpool	Vale Park	14,241
Spurdle	Lineups		Rowley 2
Rotherham United	0	0	Notts County	Millmoor	9,482
	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	0	Huddersfield Town	Bramall Lane	19,038
Howitt, Spencer	Lineups
Swansea Town	2	3	Leicester City	Vetch Field	14,102
Palmer 2	Lineups		Hines, McNeill, Rowley (p)
West Ham United	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Upton Park	15,336
Lewis	Lineups		Hunt

				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	35	13	4	0	60	25	9	5	4	33	28	1.755	53	W	W	D	L	W	1957-03-23	Fulham	H
2	0	Nottingham Forest	33	10	4	2	40	21	8	5	4	35	18	1.923	45	W	D	W	D	W	1957-03-23	Middlesbrough	A
3	1	Blackburn Rovers	35	10	5	3	44	29	8	3	6	31	38	1.119	44	W	D	D	D	D	1957-03-23	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	-1	Stoke City	35	14	2	1	59	15	4	5	9	17	36	1.49	43	L	L	D	W	L	1957-03-23	West Ham United	H
5	1	Liverpool	33	10	1	4	37	22	5	8	5	26	22	1.432	39	W	W	W	D	L	1957-03-23	Rotherham United	H
6	-1	Bristol Rovers	35	11	3	3	43	15	5	4	9	28	39	1.315	39	L	W	W	D	D	1957-03-23	Swansea Town	H
7	1	Sheffield United	34	9	6	3	40	24	6	2	8	33	42	1.106	38	W	W	D	D	D	1957-03-23	Bury	A
8	-1	West Ham United	33	10	3	5	26	22	6	3	6	22	25	1.021	38	D	L	L	L	W	1957-03-23	Stoke City	A
9	1	Middlesbrough	35	9	4	4	37	23	6	3	9	30	29	1.288	37	W	W	L	L	L	1957-03-23	Nottingham Forest	H
10	-1	Swansea Town	34	10	2	6	48	31	6	2	8	31	48	1	36	L	L	W	W	W	1957-03-23	Bristol Rovers	A
11	1	Doncaster Rovers	35	10	4	3	45	19	3	5	10	24	45	1.078	35	D	D	L	L	L	1957-03-23	Blackburn Rovers	H
12	-1	Huddersfield Town	35	8	2	7	28	24	7	3	8	29	36	0.95	35	L	W	W	W	D	1957-03-23	Barnsley	H
13	0	Leyton Orient	34	5	7	4	26	26	7	2	9	26	39	0.8	33	L	L	L	D	L	1957-03-23	Port Vale	H
14	1	Rotherham United	34	7	6	5	31	25	4	3	9	30	36	1	31	D	L	D	W	W	1957-03-23	Liverpool	A
15	-1	Grimsby Town	35	9	4	4	30	18	4	1	13	18	32	0.96	31	L	W	L	W	L	1957-03-23	Bristol City	H
16	1	Barnsley	34	8	4	6	36	32	4	3	9	18	39	0.761	31	W	L	W	W	D	1957-03-23	Huddersfield Town	A
17	-1	Fulham	35	10	1	7	45	30	4	1	12	25	42	0.972	30	L	W	L	L	L	1957-03-23	Leicester City	A
18	0	Bristol City	33	10	1	6	37	28	1	6	9	17	41	0.783	29	W	L	W	W	L	1957-03-23	Grimsby Town	A
19	0	Lincoln City	34	8	1	8	23	19	5	2	10	19	44	0.667	29	W	L	L	L	W	1957-03-23	Notts County	A
20	0	Bury	36	3	3	12	35	46	3	5	10	22	45	0.626	20	L	D	D	L	W	1957-03-23	Sheffield United	H
21	0	Port Vale	32	6	3	6	24	26	1	1	15	22	49	0.613	18	L	L	W	L	W	1957-03-23	Leyton Orient	A
22	0	Notts County	33	4	5	8	25	31	1	3	12	15	46	0.519	18	D	W	D	L	L	1957-03-23	Lincoln City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	1	Southport	Holker Street	4,740
Armstrong	Lineups		Simpson OG
Bradford	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Park Avenue	7,854
Ward W, Redfearn	Lineups		Travis, Neale
Crewe Alexandra	2	2	Carlisle United	Gresty Road	4,803
Connor, Rowley	Lineups		Broadis, Devlin
Darlington	1	3	Mansfield Town	Feethams Ground	5,566
Wayman	Lineups		Uphill, Glazzard, Mitten (p)
Derby County	2	2	Accrington Stanley	Baseball Ground	24,272
Mays, Ryan	Lineups		Dick, Scott
Gateshead	0	2	York City	Redheugh Park	4,934
	Lineups		Brown, Bottom (p)
Halifax Town	2	0	Hartlepools United	The Shay	5,652
Sharp, Lonsdale	Lineups
Hull City	3	2	Chesterfield	Boothferry Park	11,660
Bradbury 2, Collinson	Lineups		Frear, Whittle
Rochdale	4	1	Bradford City	Spotland	7,399
Wainwright (p), Moran, Pearson, Lord	Lineups		Jackson D
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2	3	Stockport County	Old Showground	6,829
Waldock, Bushby (p)	Lineups		Jackson, Holden 2
Workington	0	1	Chester	Borough Park	10,414
	Lineups		Jepson
Wrexham	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Racecourse Ground	8,465
Anderson	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	Derby County	36	14	3	2	57	17	5	6	6	32	28	1.978	47	D	W	W	W	L	1957-03-23	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	-1	Workington	36	13	4	2	49	22	6	5	6	23	25	1.532	47	L	D	D	W	D	1957-03-23	Hartlepool United	A
3	0	Hartlepool United	37	14	4	1	48	18	5	4	9	29	35	1.453	46	L	D	L	W	L	1957-03-23	Workington	H
4	1	Stockport County	37	13	2	3	41	21	7	4	8	38	40	1.295	46	W	W	L	W	W	1957-03-23	Rochdale	H
5	1	Accrington Stanley	35	10	4	3	36	17	9	2	7	33	31	1.438	44	D	W	W	D	L	1957-03-19	Carlisle United	A
6	-2	Bradford City	35	11	3	3	37	22	8	3	7	27	27	1.306	44	L	W	L	W	W	1957-03-23	Halifax Town	H
7	0	Barrow	37	13	2	5	41	19	4	7	6	21	28	1.319	43	D	W	W	L	W	1957-03-18	Hull City	A
8	1	York City	37	11	2	5	35	19	6	6	7	28	33	1.212	42	W	L	L	W	D	1957-03-23	Wrexham	H
9	-1	Chesterfield	35	13	4	1	45	15	4	3	10	30	40	1.364	41	L	D	W	D	L	1957-03-23	Barrow	H
10	0	Wrexham	35	10	5	3	46	21	6	3	8	27	27	1.521	40	W	L	D	L	L	1957-03-23	York City	A
11	1	Hull City	37	11	5	2	37	21	5	3	11	31	41	1.097	40	W	L	L	W	W	1957-03-18	Barrow	H
12	1	Rochdale	37	10	6	3	31	16	4	5	9	24	35	1.078	39	W	D	W	W	D	1957-03-23	Stockport County	A
13	-2	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	36	8	4	6	36	26	6	6	6	23	27	1.113	38	L	L	W	D	W	1957-03-23	Carlisle United	A
14	0	Carlisle United	36	8	5	4	37	28	6	3	10	26	41	0.913	36	D	L	L	W	W	1957-03-19	Accrington Stanley	H
15	3	Halifax Town	36	12	2	4	28	18	3	3	12	20	43	0.787	35	W	D	L	D	W	1957-03-23	Bradford City	A
16	-1	Oldham Athletic	35	9	4	4	30	23	3	6	9	25	32	1	34	D	W	D	L	D	1957-03-23	Gateshead	H
17	0	Bradford	37	11	1	7	38	33	5	1	12	21	38	0.831	34	D	W	W	L	L	1957-03-23	Mansfield Town	A
18	-2	Darlington	36	9	5	5	38	28	4	2	11	25	48	0.829	33	L	L	W	D	L	1957-03-23	Southport	A
19	0	Gateshead	37	8	3	8	36	37	4	4	10	21	42	0.722	31	L	D	L	L	L	1957-03-23	Oldham Athletic	A
20	0	Mansfield Town	35	8	2	6	41	30	3	6	10	25	42	0.917	30	W	L	L	L	D	1957-03-23	Bradford	H
21	0	Chester	36	4	6	7	30	30	2	5	12	12	39	0.609	23	W	D	L	D	D	1957-03-23	Hull City	H
22	0	Southport	35	5	6	6	24	27	1	4	13	16	51	0.513	22	D	W	D	D	L	1957-03-23	Darlington	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	36	4	7	6	27	30	1	2	16	14	46	0.539	19	L	D	D	L	L	1957-03-23	Derby County	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	37	2	6	11	21	42	0	2	16	9	50	0.326	12	D	L	D	L	D	1957-03-23	Accrington Stanley	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Colchester United	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Layer Road	10,459
	Lineups
Coventry City	3	0	Swindon Town	Highfield Road	8,819
McPherson 2, Boxley	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	0	Watford	Selhurst Park	8,830
	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Aldershot	St James Park	4,798
Thomas	Lineups		Jackson
Newport County	0	0	Millwall	Somerton Park	7,002
	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	3	Walsall	County Ground	9,177
Asher, Leek	Lineups		Jarman, Hodgkisson, Taylor B
Norwich City	1	3	Gillingham	Carrow Road	13,764
Hunt	Lineups		Baxter, Crossan, Clark
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Home Park	11,261
Williams, Anderson	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	2	Ipswich Town	Loftus Road	12,339
	Lineups		Andrews OG, Phillips
Reading	3	1	Torquay United	Elm Park	7,946
Whitehouse, Campbell, Reeves (p)	Lineups		Bond
Southampton	3	3	Brentford	The Dell	12,166
Reeves, Flood, Mulgrew	Lineups		Parsons, Newcombe, Towers
Southend United	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	Roots Hall	7,462
Thomson	Lineups		Weigh 2

				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	37	13	6	0	43	16	6	5	7	29	26	1.714	49	D	D	W	D	D	1957-03-23	Gillingham	A
2	0	Torquay United	37	15	3	0	59	17	4	6	9	16	42	1.271	47	L	W	W	L	W	1957-03-23	Plymouth Argyle	H
3	0	Ipswich Town	36	15	2	1	60	12	4	5	9	22	29	2	45	W	W	W	W	D	1957-03-23	Northampton Town	H
4	4	Walsall	37	9	7	2	44	19	5	5	9	27	38	1.246	40	W	D	W	W	D	1957-03-23	Southend United	H
5	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	11	5	2	42	21	4	5	10	23	34	1.182	40	D	W	W	W	W	1957-03-23	Newport County	H
6	0	Southampton	34	11	4	3	38	16	5	3	8	18	21	1.514	39	D	L	L	W	L	1957-03-23	Aldershot	A
7	2	Reading	36	11	3	4	36	22	5	4	9	32	39	1.115	39	W	W	L	L	L	1957-03-23	Millwall	A
8	-3	Queens Park Rangers	35	10	5	3	32	18	5	4	8	17	28	1.065	39	L	W	W	W	L	1957-03-23	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
9	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	11	6	0	44	15	3	4	11	23	33	1.396	38	L	W	L	D	W	1957-03-23	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	0	Brentford	36	10	6	2	47	26	4	4	10	19	38	1.031	38	D	W	W	W	W	1957-03-18	Millwall	A
11	1	Shrewsbury Town	35	8	6	2	35	18	4	8	7	23	42	0.967	38	W	L	L	W	D	1957-03-23	Crystal Palace	H
12	-1	Northampton Town	36	12	4	3	42	19	2	4	11	15	35	1.056	36	L	L	L	W	W	1957-03-23	Ipswich Town	A
13	2	Gillingham	37	7	6	5	26	22	5	5	9	25	40	0.823	35	W	L	W	W	W	1957-03-23	Colchester United	H
14	-1	Newport County	32	10	6	1	34	15	1	6	8	11	26	1.098	34	D	L	W	L	D	1957-03-21	Coventry City	H
15	-1	Aldershot	36	9	3	5	36	30	4	5	10	32	46	0.895	34	D	L	W	W	W	1957-03-23	Southampton	H
16	0	Millwall	35	10	5	2	36	22	3	3	12	16	50	0.722	34	D	D	L	L	L	1957-03-18	Brentford	H
17	0	Watford	35	8	3	6	35	27	5	4	9	23	32	0.983	33	D	D	W	L	D	1957-03-23	Exeter City	H
18	0	Southend United	35	9	3	6	29	20	2	6	9	23	37	0.912	31	L	L	D	L	W	1957-03-23	Walsall	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	36	7	6	5	30	27	5	1	12	23	34	0.869	31	W	L	W	L	L	1957-03-23	Torquay United	A
20	0	Crystal Palace	36	6	7	6	24	24	3	5	9	21	35	0.763	30	D	W	L	L	L	1957-03-23	Shrewsbury Town	A
21	1	Coventry City	35	9	3	6	35	27	1	6	10	16	41	0.75	29	W	D	L	L	W	1957-03-21	Newport County	A
22	-1	Exeter City	37	7	7	5	29	23	2	4	12	18	42	0.723	29	D	L	L	W	L	1957-03-23	Watford	A
23	0	Norwich City	37	6	4	9	27	32	1	7	10	25	49	0.642	25	L	W	W	L	L	1957-03-23	Swindon Town	A
24	0	Swindon Town	36	8	1	8	32	31	3	2	14	22	58	0.607	25	L	L	L	W	L	1957-03-23	Norwich City	H