1957-04-20

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	1	Charlton Athletic	Highbury	26,364
Tapscott 2, Holton	Lineups		Charlton OG
Birmingham City	6	2	Leeds United	St Andrew's	30,642
Brown 2, Govan 3, Astall	Lineups		Charles 2
Burnley	0	3	Manchester City	Turf Moor	16,746
	Lineups		Fagan, Dyson, Clarke
Cardiff City	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Ninian Park	25,181
	Lineups		Dunmore, Brooks, Dyson
Chelsea	5	1	Everton	Stamford Bridge	28,317
Saunders 2, Brabrook, Nicholas B, Dunlop OG	Lineups		Williams G
Manchester United	4	0	Sunderland	Old Trafford	58,725
Whelan 2, Edwards, Taylor	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	2	Aston Villa	St James' Park	28,453
Mitchell R	Lineups		Sewell, McParland
Portsmouth	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fratton Park	31,133
Newman	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Blackpool	Deepdale	35,887	Largest home game 1956-57
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	Luton Town	Hillsborough	21,794
Quixall (p), Froggatt, Ellis	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	18,351
Whitehouse, Kevan, Robson	Lineups		Stevens, Birch
Footnotes
Manchester United champions

				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	39	13	3	3	52	24	13	4	3	45	27	1.902	59	W	W	W	D	W	1957-04-22	Burnley	H
2	0	Preston North End	40	14	4	2	49	19	8	6	6	33	34	1.547	54	D	W	W	W	L	1957-04-22	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	39	13	4	2	62	21	7	8	5	34	31	1.846	52	W	D	W	D	D	1957-04-22	Charlton Athletic	H
4	0	Blackpool	39	13	3	3	52	22	8	6	6	37	37	1.508	51	D	D	W	L	W	1957-04-22	Arsenal	H
5	1	Arsenal	41	12	5	4	45	21	8	3	9	36	46	1.209	48	W	D	L	W	L	1957-04-22	Blackpool	A
6	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	16	2	2	67	29	3	6	11	24	37	1.379	46	L	W	W	L	L	1957-04-22	Aston Villa	A
7	0	Burnley	39	13	5	2	40	21	4	5	10	15	26	1.17	44	L	L	W	W	W	1957-04-22	Manchester United	A
8	0	Bolton Wanderers	40	13	5	2	41	22	3	6	11	23	41	1.016	43	L	D	D	L	W	1957-04-22	Luton Town	A
9	0	Leeds United	41	9	8	3	39	17	5	6	10	30	45	1.113	42	L	L	D	L	L	1957-04-22	Sunderland	H
10	0	Aston Villa	39	9	8	2	40	22	4	7	9	20	27	1.224	41	W	L	W	W	D	1957-04-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	38	8	7	5	31	25	5	5	8	26	33	0.983	38	W	L	D	D	L	1957-04-22	Birmingham City	H
12	2	Chelsea	40	6	8	6	37	34	6	5	9	30	36	0.957	37	W	W	L	D	W	1957-04-22	Newcastle United	H
13	-1	Newcastle United	41	10	5	6	43	31	4	3	13	22	50	0.802	36	L	L	L	W	L	1957-04-22	Chelsea	A
14	-1	Everton	40	10	4	6	33	27	4	4	12	26	50	0.766	36	L	W	D	D	W	1957-04-22	Manchester City	H
15	0	Birmingham City	38	11	4	4	47	22	3	3	13	17	41	1.016	35	W	L	L	L	D	1957-04-22	West Bromwich Albion	A
16	1	Sheffield Wednesday	40	12	3	4	49	28	2	3	16	27	59	0.874	34	W	L	L	W	D	1957-04-22	Preston North End	H
17	2	Manchester City	40	10	2	9	48	42	3	5	11	26	42	0.881	33	W	L	L	W	W	1957-04-22	Everton	A
18	-2	Luton Town	40	9	4	7	31	26	3	5	12	23	49	0.72	33	L	D	L	D	D	1957-04-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	-1	Sunderland	40	9	5	7	40	30	3	3	13	24	52	0.78	32	L	W	W	D	W	1957-04-22	Leeds United	A
20	1	Portsmouth	39	7	6	6	34	32	1	7	12	23	57	0.64	29	W	W	D	L	L	1957-04-22	Cardiff City	A
21	-1	Cardiff City	40	7	6	6	33	29	3	3	15	18	54	0.614	29	L	L	D	D	W	1957-04-22	Portsmouth	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	41	7	3	11	31	44	2	1	17	29	70	0.526	22	L	D	L	D	W	1957-04-22	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Eastville	20,783
	Lineups		Briggs
Bury	1	0	Lincoln City	Gigg Lane	9,460
Kelly	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	4	0	Port Vale	Belle Vue	7,626
Tindill 2, Cavanagh, Kilkenny	Lineups
Grimsby Town	3	2	Rotherham United	Blundell Park	13,695
Rafferty, Scott 2	Lineups		Farmer, Richardson OG
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Swansea Town	Leeds Road	13,516
Law, Simpson	Lineups		Palmer 2
Leicester City	1	1	Bristol City	Filbert Street	32,653
Hines	Lineups		Curtis
Leyton Orient	0	2	Fulham	Brisbane Road	17,732
	Lineups		Stevens 2
Liverpool	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Anfield Road	47,621
Liddell, A'Court, Rowley	Lineups		Barrett
Middlesbrough	3	1	Sheffield United	Ayresome Park	21,075
Harris 2 (2p), Clough	Lineups		Ringstead
Notts County	4	1	West Ham United	Meadow Lane	17,803
Wills 2, Russell, Tucker	Lineups		Smith J
Stoke City	3	0	Barnsley	Victoria Ground	11,600
Graver, Bowyer 2	Lineups

				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	41	14	5	1	67	32	11	6	4	41	31	1.714	61	D	W	D	W	W	1957-04-22	Leyton Orient	H
2	1	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	6	3	49	32	9	4	7	34	41	1.137	52	W	D	W	L	W	1957-04-23	Notts County	A
3	-1	Nottingham Forest	39	12	4	3	46	24	8	6	6	40	26	1.72	50	L	W	W	L	L	1957-04-22	Sheffield United	H
4	0	Liverpool	39	14	1	4	50	25	5	9	6	29	28	1.491	48	W	W	L	W	D	1957-04-22	Bristol Rovers	A
5	0	Sheffield United	40	11	6	3	45	24	8	2	10	41	46	1.229	46	L	W	L	W	W	1957-04-22	Nottingham Forest	A
6	2	Stoke City	40	15	2	3	62	18	4	5	11	17	38	1.411	45	W	L	L	L	L	1957-04-22	Bury	H
7	3	Middlesbrough	40	11	5	4	44	27	6	5	9	32	31	1.31	44	W	D	W	D	D	1957-04-22	Huddersfield Town	H
8	-2	Bristol Rovers	41	12	4	4	47	19	6	4	11	34	48	1.209	44	L	L	W	W	L	1957-04-22	Liverpool	H
9	0	Swansea Town	40	12	2	6	51	32	7	4	9	36	53	1.024	44	D	W	W	L	W	1957-04-22	Port Vale	H
10	-3	West Ham United	40	11	4	5	28	23	7	4	9	28	38	0.918	44	L	D	L	W	L	1957-04-22	Bristol City	H
11	0	Huddersfield Town	40	10	3	7	33	26	8	3	9	33	40	1	42	D	L	W	W	W	1957-04-22	Middlesbrough	A
12	0	Fulham	41	13	1	7	53	32	6	2	12	30	43	1.107	41	W	W	W	D	W	1957-04-22	Barnsley	A
13	0	Doncaster Rovers	41	12	5	3	51	20	3	5	13	26	56	1.013	40	W	L	L	W	L	1957-04-22	Grimsby Town	H
14	0	Bristol City	39	12	2	6	46	31	3	7	9	23	42	0.945	39	D	D	W	W	W	1957-04-22	West Ham United	A
15	2	Grimsby Town	41	12	4	5	41	26	4	1	15	19	36	0.968	37	W	W	L	W	L	1957-04-22	Doncaster Rovers	A
16	-1	Leyton Orient	40	7	7	6	32	36	7	2	11	28	45	0.741	37	L	L	L	W	L	1957-04-22	Leicester City	A
17	-1	Rotherham United	40	8	7	5	34	26	4	4	12	36	47	0.959	35	L	D	D	L	W	1957-04-22	Lincoln City	H
18	0	Barnsley	40	8	6	6	38	34	4	3	13	19	50	0.679	33	L	L	D	L	D	1957-04-22	Fulham	H
19	0	Lincoln City	40	8	4	8	30	26	5	2	13	20	50	0.658	32	L	D	D	L	D	1957-04-22	Rotherham United	A
20	0	Bury	41	5	3	13	37	47	3	6	11	23	47	0.638	25	W	L	W	D	L	1957-04-22	Stoke City	A
21	0	Notts County	39	6	6	8	32	32	1	5	13	18	50	0.61	25	W	D	D	D	L	1957-04-23	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Port Vale	39	6	3	10	27	39	1	1	18	24	57	0.531	18	L	L	L	L	L	1957-04-22	Swansea Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Workington	Peel Park	8,940
Stewart, Mason	Lineups		Dailey
Bradford City	1	2	Darlington	Valley Parade	7,617
Samuels	Lineups		Morton, Harbertson
Chester	4	1	Gateshead	Sealand Road	5,545
Oldham OG, Foulkes 2, Davies	Lineups		Gibson
Chesterfield	2	1	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,114
Smith G, Lewis	Lineups		Hewitt
Hartlepools United	2	1	Bradford	Victoria Park	8,102
Luke 2	Lineups		Redfearn
Mansfield Town	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Field Mill	7,748
Glazzard, Darwin	Lineups		Whiston
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Boundary Park	5,897
Worthington	Lineups		Fletcher
Southport	3	2	Derby County	Haig Avenue	8,076	Largest home game 1956-57
McIlvenny 2, Mortensen	Lineups		Straw, Woodhead (p)
Stockport County	2	1	Barrow	Edgeley Park	6,990
Holden, Drake	Lineups		Armstrong
Tranmere Rovers	0	2	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	6,641
	Lineups		McCall, Darbyshire
York City	4	0	Rochdale	Bootham Crescent	7,203
Wilkinson 3, Wragg	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	43	16	3	2	60	17	8	7	7	41	34	1.98	58	L	D	W	W	W	1957-04-22	Chesterfield	H
2	0	Accrington Stanley	44	15	4	3	54	19	10	4	8	40	38	1.649	58	W	L	D	W	W	1957-04-22	Hull City	H
3	0	Hartlepool United	44	18	4	1	56	21	6	5	10	31	38	1.475	57	W	W	D	W	W	1957-04-23	Mansfield Town	A
4	0	Workington	43	15	4	3	56	24	7	6	8	28	31	1.527	54	L	L	D	W	W	1957-04-22	Barrow	A
5	2	York City	43	14	3	5	42	20	7	6	8	32	36	1.321	51	W	D	W	W	L	1957-04-22	Stockport County	A
6	3	Stockport County	44	15	2	4	46	24	7	5	11	40	49	1.178	51	W	D	L	L	L	1957-04-22	York City	H
7	-2	Bradford City	43	13	3	5	41	27	8	5	9	29	34	1.148	50	L	D	D	L	W	1957-04-22	Oldham Athletic	H
8	2	Chesterfield	43	16	5	1	56	21	4	4	13	32	49	1.257	49	W	D	L	L	W	1957-04-22	Derby County	A
9	-3	Barrow	44	15	2	5	46	20	5	7	10	25	38	1.224	49	L	W	W	L	W	1957-04-22	Workington	H
10	-2	Hull City	44	14	5	3	45	24	6	4	12	36	45	1.174	49	W	L	W	L	W	1957-04-22	Accrington Stanley	A
11	0	Wrexham	43	12	7	3	62	30	6	3	12	32	37	1.403	46	L	W	W	D	L	1957-04-22	Crewe Alexandra	A
12	2	Halifax Town	43	14	2	5	33	22	5	4	13	23	44	0.848	44	W	W	L	W	D	1957-04-22	Darlington	H
13	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	44	9	4	9	44	36	6	9	7	27	33	1.029	43	D	L	L	D	L	1957-04-22	Gateshead	A
14	-2	Rochdale	42	12	6	3	35	18	4	5	12	26	44	0.984	43	L	W	L	W	L	1957-04-22	Bradford	H
15	1	Mansfield Town	43	12	3	6	53	35	4	7	11	29	46	1.012	42	W	L	D	W	W	1957-04-23	Hartlepool United	H
16	-1	Gateshead	44	8	5	8	38	39	8	4	11	30	50	0.764	41	L	W	W	D	W	1957-04-22	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
17	1	Darlington	43	10	5	7	44	34	6	3	12	32	52	0.884	40	W	L	L	D	W	1957-04-22	Halifax Town	A
18	-1	Carlisle United	43	8	9	5	42	35	6	3	12	31	49	0.869	40	D	L	L	D	L	1957-04-22	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	0	Oldham Athletic	43	9	7	6	34	29	3	7	11	30	39	0.941	38	D	D	D	L	L	1957-04-22	Bradford City	A
20	0	Bradford	43	11	1	9	41	38	5	1	16	24	51	0.73	34	L	L	L	L	L	1957-04-22	Rochdale	A
21	0	Southport	42	7	8	7	31	33	2	4	14	19	55	0.568	30	W	D	L	L	W	1957-04-22	Chester	A
22	1	Chester	43	6	7	8	36	35	2	6	14	14	45	0.625	29	W	D	L	W	L	1957-04-22	Southport	H
23	-1	Tranmere Rovers	44	5	9	8	33	37	2	4	16	18	49	0.593	27	L	D	D	W	D	1957-04-22	Carlisle United	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	3	7	11	22	42	0	2	20	11	64	0.311	15	L	L	W	L	D	1957-04-22	Wrexham	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	1	Crystal Palace	Recreation Ground	4,685
Jackson (p), Tyrer	Lineups		Deakin
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Reading	Dean Court	10,451
Loughnane, Brown	Lineups		Penford
Brentford	3	0	Exeter City	Griffin Park	9,262
Taylor, Harvey OG, Francis	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Norwich City	Goldstone Ground	12,807
Gordon, Mundy, Wilson	Lineups
Gillingham	1	2	Coventry City	Priestfield Stadium	5,076
Lucas	Lineups		Moore, Sambrook
Ipswich Town	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Portman Road	16,752
Leadbetter, Blackman	Lineups		Dougall
Millwall	3	1	Colchester United	The Den, New Cross	14,273
Summersby 2, Pacey	Lineups		Plant
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Northampton Town	Gay Meadow	7,214
Whitaker (p), Weigh	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	0	Southampton	County Ground	10,515
	Lineups
Torquay United	4	0	Newport County	Plainmoor	8,797
Calland 2, Bond, Collins R (p)	Lineups
Walsall	0	2	Queens Park Rangers	Fellows Park	10,924
	Lineups		Longbottom 2
Watford	1	1	Southend United	Vicarage Road	7,715
Walker	Lineups		Williamson

				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	43	14	8	0	47	19	7	6	8	33	31	1.6	56	L	W	D	D	D	1957-04-22	Walsall	A
2	0	Torquay United	43	18	4	0	68	18	5	6	10	17	44	1.371	56	W	W	L	W	W	1957-04-22	Southampton	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	43	17	2	2	66	16	6	6	10	27	34	1.86	54	W	W	W	W	L	1957-04-22	Norwich City	H
4	0	Southampton	42	13	4	3	44	18	7	6	9	26	28	1.522	50	D	L	W	D	W	1957-04-22	Torquay United	H
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	43	14	5	2	50	22	4	8	10	27	38	1.283	49	W	D	D	W	D	1957-04-22	Crystal Palace	H
6	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	13	7	1	49	19	3	7	11	27	37	1.357	46	W	L	D	D	D	1957-04-23	Coventry City	A
7	0	Brentford	43	12	8	2	54	28	4	6	11	21	43	1.056	46	W	W	L	D	D	1957-04-22	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	4	Queens Park Rangers	43	11	6	4	35	19	6	4	12	19	36	0.982	44	W	L	L	D	L	1957-04-22	Brentford	H
9	4	Shrewsbury Town	42	9	9	2	39	20	4	9	9	27	52	0.917	44	W	L	D	D	L	1957-04-22	Newport County	H
10	-2	Reading	43	12	4	5	41	28	5	5	12	33	43	1.042	43	L	L	W	D	D	1957-04-22	Watford	H
11	0	Southend United	43	12	3	6	36	20	4	8	10	28	42	1.032	43	D	W	W	W	D	1957-04-22	Gillingham	H
12	-2	Walsall	43	10	7	4	46	22	5	5	12	29	46	1.103	42	L	L	L	W	L	1957-04-22	Colchester United	H
13	-4	Newport County	42	14	6	2	48	18	1	6	13	13	38	1.089	42	L	W	W	L	L	1957-04-22	Shrewsbury Town	A
14	0	Watford	42	10	6	6	40	30	6	4	10	26	36	1	42	D	W	W	W	L	1957-04-22	Reading	A
15	1	Millwall	43	13	6	3	44	27	3	4	14	17	53	0.763	42	W	L	L	L	W	1957-04-22	Exeter City	A
16	-1	Northampton Town	42	13	5	3	46	22	3	4	14	16	43	0.954	41	L	W	L	L	D	1957-04-22	Swindon Town	A
17	1	Aldershot	43	11	5	6	43	34	4	6	11	34	52	0.895	41	W	L	D	W	D	1957-04-22	Plymouth Argyle	A
18	1	Coventry City	44	11	5	6	48	34	3	7	12	21	48	0.841	40	W	W	D	W	L	1957-04-23	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
19	-2	Plymouth Argyle	43	9	7	5	35	29	6	2	14	28	40	0.913	39	L	W	W	W	L	1957-04-22	Aldershot	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	43	7	9	6	30	27	3	7	11	28	45	0.806	36	L	D	D	L	D	1957-04-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	0	Gillingham	43	7	7	8	28	28	5	5	11	25	46	0.716	36	L	L	L	D	L	1957-04-22	Southend United	A
22	0	Exeter City	43	8	7	6	35	26	3	5	14	22	49	0.76	34	L	W	L	L	W	1957-04-22	Millwall	H
23	0	Swindon Town	42	10	3	8	35	32	3	3	15	23	60	0.63	32	D	L	W	W	D	1957-04-22	Northampton Town	H
24	0	Norwich City	43	6	5	11	30	37	1	9	11	26	53	0.622	28	L	L	L	D	D	1957-04-22	Ipswich Town	A