1957-03-23

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Aston Villa	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	D 1	Molineux, Wolverhampton	55,549
	McParland 2	Lineups		Whitehouse 2
D 1	Manchester United	2	0	Birmingham City	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	65,107
	Berry, Charlton	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	51,021
	Lineups
Cardiff City	2	3	Charlton Athletic	Ninian Park	17,047
Baker, Hitchens	Lineups		Leary 2, Lawrie
Chelsea	0	2	Sunderland	Stamford Bridge	36,160
	Lineups		Daniel, Fleming
Newcastle United	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	37,955
Davies, Milburn	Lineups		Medwin, Stokes
Portsmouth	3	2	Everton	Fratton Park	23,273
Harris, Henderson, Weddle	Lineups		Kirby, McNamara
Preston North End	2	0	Luton Town	Deepdale	23,361
Thompson, Finney	Lineups

				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	35	12	3	2	47	19	7	6	5	31	32	1.529	47	W	D	W	W	W	1957-03-30	Aston Villa	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	34	12	3	2	56	19	6	6	5	30	30	1.755	45	D	W	L	D	D	1957-03-30	Sheffield Wednesday	H
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	Arsenal	36	10	4	4	40	19	8	3	7	35	43	1.21	43	D	W	D	W	L	1957-03-30	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	14	2	1	59	25	3	6	9	24	35	1.383	42	D	D	L	W	D	1957-03-30	Burnley	H
7	0	Leeds United	35	9	7	2	38	15	4	6	7	25	34	1.286	39	W	D	D	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	0	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	0	Newcastle United	36	9	5	4	39	26	4	3	11	21	46	0.833	34	D	D	W	W	W	1957-03-30	Everton	A
12	0	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	35	5	7	6	31	32	4	5	8	24	34	0.833	30	L	L	W	L	D	1957-03-30	Luton Town	A
15	0	Luton Town	34	9	3	5	31	20	3	3	11	21	44	0.813	30	L	W	L	D	W	1957-03-30	Chelsea	H
16	0	Everton	35	9	3	6	31	26	3	3	11	19	41	0.746	30	L	L	W	L	L	1957-03-30	Newcastle United	H
17	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
18	0	Manchester City	35	9	2	7	44	35	1	5	11	22	42	0.857	27	L	W	L	L	D	1957-03-30	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	1	Sunderland	34	7	4	7	36	29	2	2	12	20	45	0.757	24	W	D	L	L	W	1957-03-30	Cardiff City	H
20	1	Portsmouth	33	5	6	5	32	31	1	6	10	21	48	0.671	24	W	L	L	D	L	1957-03-30	Blackpool	A
21	-2	Cardiff City	34	6	5	5	32	26	3	1	14	17	52	0.628	24	L	L	L	L	D	1957-03-30	Sunderland	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	36	6	2	10	28	41	2	0	16	26	65	0.509	18	W	W	L	L	L	1957-03-30	Birmingham City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Swansea Town	Eastville	21,270
Roost	Lineups		Palmer
Bury	0	1	Sheffield United	Gigg Lane	13,325
	Lineups		Hawksworth
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Belle Vue	12,476
Tindill	Lineups		Briggs
Grimsby Town	0	3	Bristol City	Blundell Park	12,692
	Lineups		Curtis 2, De Gruchy OG
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Barnsley	Leeds Road	16,772
Simpson, Conwell	Lineups
Leicester City	1	3	Fulham	Filbert Street	36,450
Rowley	Lineups		Bentley, Hill, Langley (p)
Leyton Orient	3	2	Port Vale	Brisbane Road	14,412
Heckman 2, Johnston	Lineups		Askey, Leake
Liverpool	4	1	Rotherham United	Anfield Road	33,307
Liddell, Noble OG, Rowley, A'Court	Lineups		Stephenson
Middlesbrough	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Ayresome Park	25,009
McLean, Clough	Lineups		Higham, Barrett
Notts County	3	0	Lincoln City	Meadow Lane	17,375
Wylie, Wills, Tucker	Lineups
Stoke City	0	1	West Ham United	Victoria Ground	19,875
	Lineups		Musgrove

				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	36	13	4	1	61	28	9	5	4	33	28	1.679	53	L	W	W	D	L	1957-03-30	Nottingham Forest	A
2	0	Nottingham Forest	34	10	4	2	40	21	8	6	4	37	20	1.878	46	D	W	D	W	D	1957-03-30	Leicester City	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	36	10	5	3	44	29	8	4	6	32	39	1.118	45	D	W	D	D	D	1957-03-30	Stoke City	H
4	0	Stoke City	36	14	2	2	59	16	4	5	9	17	36	1.462	43	L	L	L	D	W	1957-03-30	Blackburn Rovers	A
5	0	Liverpool	34	11	1	4	41	23	5	8	5	26	22	1.489	41	W	W	W	W	D	1957-03-30	Lincoln City	A
6	0	Bristol Rovers	36	11	4	3	44	16	5	4	9	28	39	1.309	40	D	L	W	W	D	1957-03-30	Fulham	A
7	0	Sheffield United	35	9	6	3	40	24	7	2	8	34	42	1.121	40	W	W	W	D	D	1957-03-25	Port Vale	A
8	0	West Ham United	34	10	3	5	26	22	7	3	6	23	25	1.043	40	W	D	L	L	L	1957-03-30	Middlesbrough	H
9	0	Middlesbrough	36	9	5	4	39	25	6	3	9	30	29	1.278	38	D	W	W	L	L	1957-03-30	West Ham United	A
10	0	Swansea Town	35	10	2	6	48	31	6	3	8	32	49	1	37	D	L	L	W	W	1957-03-30	Notts County	H
11	1	Huddersfield Town	36	9	2	7	30	24	7	3	8	29	36	0.983	37	W	L	W	W	W	1957-03-30	Port Vale	A
12	-1	Doncaster Rovers	36	10	5	3	46	20	3	5	10	24	45	1.077	36	D	D	D	L	L	1957-03-30	Bristol City	A
13	0	Leyton Orient	35	6	7	4	29	28	7	2	9	26	39	0.821	35	W	L	L	L	D	1957-03-30	Rotherham United	A
14	3	Fulham	36	10	1	7	45	30	5	1	12	28	43	1	32	W	L	W	L	L	1957-03-30	Bristol Rovers	H
15	-1	Rotherham United	35	7	6	5	31	25	4	3	10	31	40	0.954	31	L	D	L	D	W	1957-03-30	Leyton Orient	H
16	-1	Grimsby Town	36	9	4	5	30	21	4	1	13	18	32	0.906	31	L	L	W	L	W	1957-03-30	Sheffield United	A
17	1	Bristol City	34	10	1	6	37	28	2	6	9	20	41	0.826	31	W	W	L	W	W	1957-03-30	Doncaster Rovers	H
18	-2	Barnsley	35	8	4	6	36	32	4	3	10	18	41	0.74	31	L	W	L	W	W	1957-03-30	Bury	H
19	0	Lincoln City	35	8	1	8	23	19	5	2	11	19	47	0.636	29	L	W	L	L	L	1957-03-30	Liverpool	H
20	0	Bury	37	3	3	13	35	47	3	5	10	22	45	0.62	20	L	L	D	D	L	1957-03-30	Barnsley	A
21	1	Notts County	34	5	5	8	28	31	1	3	12	15	46	0.558	20	W	D	W	D	L	1957-03-30	Swansea Town	A
22	-1	Port Vale	33	6	3	6	24	26	1	1	16	24	52	0.615	18	L	L	L	W	L	1957-03-25	Sheffield United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	5	0	Crewe Alexandra	Peel Park	8,596
Stewart 3, Mulkerrin, Sowden	Lineups
Bradford City	1	0	Halifax Town	Valley Parade	16,047
Jackson D	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Brunton Park	8,165
	Lineups
Chester	1	1	Hull City	Sealand Road	6,272
Jepson	Lineups		Cripsey
Chesterfield	3	2	Barrow	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,769
Whittle, Lewis, Frear	Lineups		Roberts, Callaghan
Hartlepools United	2	1	Workington	Victoria Park	11,794
Rayment, Johnson	Lineups		Chisholm
Mansfield Town	2	1	Bradford	Field Mill	7,621
Glazzard, Darwin	Lineups		Atkinson
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Gateshead	Boundary Park	7,856
Wright	Lineups		Ingham, Gibson
Southport	1	0	Darlington	Haig Avenue	4,565
Mortensen	Lineups
Stockport County	3	1	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	15,652	Largest home game 1956-57
Moir, Holden 2	Lineups		Moran
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Derby County	Prenton Park	8,088
	Lineups		Woodhead (p)
York City	1	0	Wrexham	Bootham Crescent	8,374
Bottom	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	0	Derby County	37	14	3	2	57	17	6	6	6	33	28	2	49	W	D	W	W	W	1957-03-30	York City	H
2	1	Hartlepool United	38	15	4	1	50	19	5	4	9	29	35	1.463	48	W	L	D	L	W	1957-03-30	Hull City	A
3	1	Stockport County	38	14	2	3	44	22	7	4	8	38	40	1.323	48	W	W	W	L	W	1957-03-30	Halifax Town	A
4	1	Accrington Stanley	37	11	4	3	41	17	9	3	7	35	33	1.52	47	W	D	D	W	W	1957-03-25	Bradford	H
5	-3	Workington	37	13	4	2	49	22	6	5	7	24	27	1.49	47	L	L	D	D	W	1957-03-30	Bradford City	H
6	0	Bradford City	36	12	3	3	38	22	8	3	7	27	27	1.327	46	W	L	W	L	W	1957-03-30	Workington	A
7	1	York City	38	12	2	5	36	19	6	6	7	28	33	1.231	44	W	W	L	L	W	1957-03-30	Derby County	A
8	2	Chesterfield	36	14	4	1	48	17	4	3	10	30	40	1.368	43	W	L	D	W	D	1957-03-26	Southport	A
9	-2	Barrow	39	13	2	5	41	19	4	7	8	23	34	1.208	43	L	L	D	W	W	1957-03-30	Chester	H
10	-1	Hull City	39	12	5	2	40	21	5	4	11	32	42	1.143	43	D	W	W	L	L	1957-03-30	Hartlepool United	H
11	0	Wrexham	36	10	5	3	46	21	6	3	9	27	28	1.49	40	L	W	L	D	L	1957-03-30	Oldham Athletic	H
12	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	37	8	4	6	36	26	6	7	6	23	27	1.113	39	D	L	L	W	D	1957-03-30	Accrington Stanley	H
13	-1	Rochdale	38	10	6	3	31	16	4	5	10	25	38	1.037	39	L	W	D	W	W	1957-03-30	Carlisle United	H
14	0	Carlisle United	38	8	7	4	39	30	6	3	10	26	41	0.915	38	D	D	D	L	L	1957-03-30	Rochdale	A
15	0	Halifax Town	37	12	2	4	28	18	3	3	13	20	44	0.774	35	L	W	D	L	D	1957-03-30	Stockport County	H
16	0	Oldham Athletic	36	9	4	5	31	25	3	6	9	25	32	0.982	34	L	D	W	D	L	1957-03-30	Wrexham	A
17	0	Bradford	38	11	1	7	38	33	5	1	13	22	40	0.822	34	L	D	W	W	L	1957-03-25	Accrington Stanley	A
18	0	Darlington	37	9	5	5	38	28	4	2	12	25	49	0.818	33	L	L	L	W	D	1957-03-30	Chesterfield	H
19	0	Gateshead	38	8	3	8	36	37	5	4	10	23	43	0.738	33	W	L	D	L	L	1957-03-30	Mansfield Town	H
20	0	Mansfield Town	36	9	2	6	43	31	3	6	10	25	42	0.932	32	W	W	L	L	L	1957-03-30	Gateshead	A
21	0	Chester	37	4	7	7	31	31	2	5	12	12	39	0.614	24	D	W	D	L	D	1957-03-30	Barrow	A
22	0	Southport	36	6	6	6	25	27	1	4	13	16	51	0.526	24	W	D	W	D	D	1957-03-26	Chesterfield	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	37	4	7	7	27	31	1	2	16	14	46	0.532	19	L	L	D	D	L	1957-03-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	38	2	6	11	21	42	0	2	17	9	55	0.309	12	L	D	L	D	L	1957-03-30	Tranmere Rovers	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Southampton	Recreation Ground	6,473
Menzies	Lineups		Paine
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Dean Court	12,552
Cutler	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	Coventry City	Griffin Park	10,058
Taylor	Lineups		Rogers
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Newport County	Goldstone Ground	12,492
Jennings, Mundy	Lineups
Gillingham	1	2	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	9,983
Lucas	Lineups		Plant, Parry OG
Ipswich Town	0	1	Northampton Town	Portman Road	17,144
	Lineups		Asher
Millwall	1	0	Reading	The Den, New Cross	10,455
Pacey	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Crystal Palace	Gay Meadow	6,674
Whitaker	Lineups		Murray
Swindon Town	1	1	Norwich City	County Ground	7,763
Micklewright	Lineups		Hunt
Torquay United	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Plainmoor	12,125
Mills	Lineups		Langman N
Walsall	0	1	Southend United	Fellows Park	15,312
	Lineups		Hollis
Watford	1	1	Exeter City	Vicarage Road	7,395
Brown	Lineups		Divers

				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	38	13	6	0	43	16	7	5	7	31	27	1.721	51	W	D	D	W	D	1957-03-30	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Torquay United	38	15	4	0	60	18	4	6	9	16	42	1.267	48	D	L	W	W	L	1957-03-30	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	37	15	2	2	60	13	4	5	9	22	29	1.952	45	L	W	W	W	W	1957-03-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	12	5	2	44	21	4	5	10	23	34	1.218	42	W	D	W	W	W	1957-03-30	Reading	A
5	1	Southampton	35	11	4	3	38	16	5	4	8	19	22	1.5	40	D	D	L	L	W	1957-03-25	Reading	A
6	4	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	36	12	6	0	45	15	3	4	11	23	33	1.417	40	W	L	W	L	D	1957-03-26	Watford	A
7	-3	Walsall	38	9	7	3	44	20	5	5	9	27	38	1.224	40	L	W	D	W	W	1957-03-30	Crystal Palace	A
8	1	Brentford	38	10	7	2	48	27	4	5	10	20	39	1.03	40	D	D	D	W	W	1957-03-30	Norwich City	A
9	-2	Reading	37	11	3	4	36	22	5	4	10	32	40	1.097	39	L	W	W	L	L	1957-03-25	Southampton	H
10	-2	Queens Park Rangers	36	10	5	3	32	18	5	4	9	17	29	1.043	39	L	L	W	W	W	1957-03-25	Southend United	H
11	0	Shrewsbury Town	36	8	7	2	36	19	4	8	7	23	42	0.967	39	D	W	L	L	W	1957-03-28	Ipswich Town	H
12	1	Northampton Town	37	12	4	3	42	19	3	4	11	16	35	1.074	38	W	L	L	L	W	1957-03-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
13	2	Millwall	37	11	6	2	38	23	3	3	12	16	50	0.74	37	W	D	D	D	L	1957-03-30	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	-2	Newport County	34	11	6	1	37	15	1	6	9	11	28	1.116	36	L	W	D	L	W	1957-03-30	Gillingham	H
15	1	Aldershot	37	9	4	5	37	31	4	5	10	32	46	0.896	35	D	D	L	W	W	1957-03-30	Coventry City	A
16	-2	Gillingham	38	7	6	6	27	24	5	5	9	25	40	0.813	35	L	W	L	W	W	1957-03-30	Newport County	A
17	0	Watford	36	8	4	6	36	28	5	4	9	23	32	0.983	34	D	D	D	W	L	1957-03-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
18	0	Southend United	36	9	3	6	29	20	3	6	9	24	37	0.93	33	W	L	L	D	L	1957-03-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	37	7	6	5	30	27	5	2	12	24	35	0.871	32	D	W	L	W	L	1957-03-30	Millwall	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	37	6	7	6	24	24	3	6	9	22	36	0.767	31	D	D	W	L	L	1957-03-30	Walsall	H
21	0	Exeter City	38	7	7	5	29	23	2	5	12	19	43	0.727	30	D	D	L	L	W	1957-03-30	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	0	Coventry City	37	9	3	6	35	27	1	7	11	17	45	0.722	30	D	L	W	D	L	1957-03-30	Aldershot	H
23	0	Norwich City	38	6	4	9	27	32	1	8	10	26	50	0.646	26	D	L	W	W	L	1957-03-30	Brentford	H
24	0	Swindon Town	37	8	2	8	33	32	3	2	14	22	58	0.611	26	D	L	L	L	W	1957-03-30	Colchester United	A