1957-04-22

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Villa Park	36,085
Dixon, Sewell, Smith 2	Lineups
Blackpool	2	4	Arsenal	Bloomfield Road	24,118
Mudie, Durie	Lineups		Tapscott 2, Herd, Haverty
Cardiff City	0	2	Portsmouth	Ninian Park	22,197
	Lineups		Harris 2
Chelsea	6	2	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge	20,795
Stubbs, Lewis 2, Brabrook 2, Tindall	Lineups		Milburn, White
Everton	1	1	Manchester City	Goodison Park	28,887
Temple	Lineups		McAdams
Leeds United	3	1	Sunderland	Elland Road	29,328
Charles 2, Brook	Lineups		Grainger
Luton Town	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Kenilworth Road	13,396
Turner	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Burnley	Old Trafford	41,321
Dawson, Webster	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Preston North End	Hillsborough	20,312
Quixall 2 (2p), Ellis	Lineups		Thompson
Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	Charlton Athletic	White Hart Lane	25,579
Medwin, Harmer 2, Smith, Brooks, Robb	Lineups		Lucas, Leary
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Birmingham City	The Hawthorns	18,828
	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	40	14	3	3	54	24	13	4	3	45	27	1.941	61	W	W	W	W	D	1957-04-27	Cardiff City	A
2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	40	14	4	2	68	23	7	8	5	34	31	1.889	54	W	W	D	W	D	1957-04-27	Blackpool	H
3	-1	Preston North End	41	14	4	2	49	19	8	6	7	34	37	1.482	54	L	D	W	W	W	1957-04-27	Chelsea	H
4	0	Blackpool	40	13	3	4	54	26	8	6	6	37	37	1.444	51	L	D	D	W	L	1957-04-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
5	0	Arsenal	42	12	5	4	45	21	9	3	9	40	48	1.232	50	W	W	D	L	W	End of Season
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	16	2	2	67	29	3	6	12	24	41	1.3	46	L	L	W	W	L	1957-04-23	Aston Villa	H
7	2	Leeds United	42	10	8	3	42	18	5	6	10	30	45	1.143	44	W	L	L	D	L	End of Season
8	-1	Burnley	40	13	5	2	40	21	4	5	11	15	28	1.122	44	L	L	L	W	W	1957-04-29	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	1	Aston Villa	40	10	8	2	44	22	4	7	9	20	27	1.306	43	W	W	L	W	W	1957-04-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	-2	Bolton Wanderers	41	13	5	2	41	22	3	6	12	23	42	1	43	L	L	D	D	L	1957-04-27	Everton	H
11	1	Chelsea	41	7	8	6	43	36	6	5	9	30	36	1.014	39	W	W	W	L	D	1957-04-27	Preston North End	A
12	-1	West Bromwich Albion	39	8	8	5	31	25	5	5	8	26	33	0.983	39	D	W	L	D	D	1957-04-23	Birmingham City	A
13	1	Everton	41	10	5	6	34	28	4	4	12	26	50	0.769	37	D	L	W	D	D	1957-04-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	1	Birmingham City	39	11	4	4	47	22	3	4	13	17	41	1.016	36	D	W	L	L	L	1957-04-23	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	1	Sheffield Wednesday	41	13	3	4	52	29	2	3	16	27	59	0.898	36	W	W	L	L	W	1957-04-29	Birmingham City	H
16	-3	Newcastle United	42	10	5	6	43	31	4	3	14	24	56	0.77	36	L	L	L	L	W	End of Season
17	1	Luton Town	41	10	4	7	32	26	3	5	12	23	49	0.733	35	W	L	D	L	D	1957-04-27	Aston Villa	A
18	-1	Manchester City	41	10	2	9	48	42	3	6	11	27	43	0.882	34	D	W	L	L	W	1957-04-27	Birmingham City	A
19	0	Sunderland	41	9	5	7	40	30	3	3	14	25	55	0.765	32	L	L	W	W	D	1957-05-01	Portsmouth	A
20	0	Portsmouth	40	7	6	6	34	32	2	7	12	25	57	0.663	31	W	W	W	D	L	1957-04-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	0	Cardiff City	41	7	6	7	33	31	3	3	15	18	54	0.6	29	L	L	L	D	D	1957-04-27	Manchester United	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	42	7	3	11	31	44	2	1	18	31	76	0.517	22	L	L	D	L	D	End of Season

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Fulham	Oakwell	8,531
Wood	Lineups		Chamberlain
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Liverpool	Eastville	14,794
	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Grimsby Town	Belle Vue	8,981
	Lineups		Conner
Leicester City	1	4	Leyton Orient	Filbert Street	27,582
Wright	Lineups		White, McKnight, Andrews, Johnston
Middlesbrough	7	2	Huddersfield Town	Ayresome Park	20,651
Clough 4, McLean, Fitzsimons, Harris (p)	Lineups		Hickson, Massie
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Sheffield United	City Ground	29,063
Higham, Wilson	Lineups		Ringstead
Rotherham United	3	0	Lincoln City	Millmoor	7,646
Johnson, Stephenson, Williams	Lineups
Stoke City	2	0	Bury	Victoria Ground	11,083
Graver, Oscroft	Lineups
Swansea Town	2	2	Port Vale	Vetch Field	11,629
Griffiths (p), Palmer	Lineups		Cunliffe, Leake
West Ham United	3	1	Bristol City	Upton Park	9,343
Dick, Lewis, Dare	Lineups		Atyeo

				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	42	14	5	2	68	36	11	6	4	41	31	1.627	61	L	D	W	D	W	End of Season
2	1	Nottingham Forest	40	13	4	3	48	25	8	6	6	40	26	1.725	52	W	L	W	W	L	1957-04-27	Sheffield United	A
3	-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
4	0	Liverpool	40	14	1	4	50	25	5	10	6	29	28	1.491	49	D	W	W	L	W	1957-04-27	West Ham United	H
5	1	Stoke City	41	16	2	3	64	18	4	5	11	17	38	1.446	47	W	W	L	L	L	1957-04-29	Port Vale	A
6	1	Middlesbrough	41	12	5	4	51	29	6	5	9	32	31	1.383	46	W	W	D	W	D	1957-04-23	Huddersfield Town	A
7	-2	Sheffield United	41	11	6	3	45	24	8	2	11	42	48	1.208	46	L	L	W	L	W	1957-04-27	Nottingham Forest	H
8	2	West Ham United	41	12	4	5	31	24	7	4	9	28	38	0.952	46	W	L	D	L	W	1957-04-27	Liverpool	A
9	-1	Bristol Rovers	42	12	5	4	47	19	6	4	11	34	48	1.209	45	D	L	L	W	W	End of Season
10	-1	Swansea Town	41	12	3	6	53	34	7	4	9	36	53	1.023	45	D	D	W	W	L	1957-04-27	Bristol City	A
11	1	Fulham	42	13	1	7	53	32	6	3	12	31	44	1.105	42	D	W	W	W	D	End of Season
12	-1	Huddersfield Town	41	10	3	7	33	26	8	3	10	35	47	0.932	42	L	D	L	W	W	1957-04-23	Middlesbrough	H
13	0	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	5	4	51	21	3	5	13	26	56	1	40	L	W	L	L	W	End of Season
14	1	Grimsby Town	42	12	4	5	41	26	5	1	15	20	36	0.984	39	W	W	W	L	W	End of Season
15	-1	Bristol City	40	12	2	6	46	31	3	7	10	24	45	0.921	39	L	D	D	W	W	1957-04-27	Swansea Town	H
16	0	Leyton Orient	41	7	7	6	32	36	8	2	11	32	46	0.78	39	W	L	L	L	W	1957-04-27	Notts County	H
17	0	Rotherham United	41	9	7	5	37	26	4	4	12	36	47	1	37	W	L	D	D	L	1957-04-27	Port Vale	A
18	0	Barnsley	41	8	7	6	39	35	4	3	13	19	50	0.682	34	D	L	L	D	L	1957-04-27	Lincoln City	A
19	0	Lincoln City	41	8	4	8	30	26	5	2	14	20	53	0.633	32	L	L	D	D	L	1957-04-27	Barnsley	H
20	0	Bury	42	5	3	13	37	47	3	6	12	23	49	0.625	25	L	W	L	W	D	End of Season
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	40	6	3	10	27	39	1	2	18	26	59	0.541	19	D	L	L	L	L	1957-04-27	Rotherham United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	3	Hull City	Peel Park	11,400	Largest home game 1956-57
	Lineups		Davidson 2, Clarke
Barrow	5	2	Workington	Holker Street	9,387	Largest home game 1956-57
Gordon 3, Birch 2	Lineups		Mitchell, Kinloch (p)
Bradford City	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Valley Parade	4,293
Liversidge 3, Jackson D	Lineups		Duffy
Chester	2	0	Southport	Sealand Road	6,749
Jepson, Foulkes	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	0	Wrexham	Gresty Road	5,007
Leaver, Rowley 2	Lineups
Derby County	7	1	Chesterfield	Baseball Ground	29,886	Largest home & D 3N game 1956-57
Straw 3, Powell, Ryan, Woodhead, Hutchinson OG	Lineups		Hutchinson (p)
Gateshead	0	0	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	Redheugh Park	3,324
	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	2	Darlington	The Shay	5,694
Baker 2, Fowler	Lineups		Morton, Clark
Rochdale	2	1	Bradford	Spotland	5,007
Lord, Moran	Lineups		Houghton
Stockport County	3	0	York City	Edgeley Park	7,193
Wilson, Jackson (p), Moir	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Carlisle United	Prenton Park	5,338
	Lineups		Bond
Footnotes
Tranmere Rovers to apply for re-election

				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	44	17	3	2	67	18	8	7	7	41	34	2.077	60	W	L	D	W	W	1957-04-27	Southport	H
2	0	Accrington Stanley	45	15	4	4	54	22	10	4	8	40	38	1.567	58	L	W	L	D	W	1957-04-27	Workington	A
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	44	15	4	3	56	24	7	6	9	30	36	1.433	54	L	L	L	D	W	1957-04-27	Accrington Stanley	H
5	1	Stockport County	45	16	2	4	49	24	7	5	11	40	49	1.219	53	W	W	D	L	L	1957-04-29	Halifax Town	H
6	1	Bradford City	44	14	3	5	45	28	8	5	9	29	34	1.194	52	W	L	D	D	L	1957-04-27	Darlington	A
7	2	Barrow	45	16	2	5	51	22	5	7	10	25	38	1.267	51	W	L	W	W	L	1957-04-29	Chester	A
8	-3	York City	44	14	3	5	42	20	7	6	9	32	39	1.254	51	L	W	D	W	W	1957-04-27	Rochdale	A
9	1	Hull City	45	14	5	3	45	24	7	4	12	39	45	1.217	51	W	W	L	W	L	1957-04-27	Carlisle United	H
10	-2	Chesterfield	44	16	5	1	56	21	4	4	14	33	56	1.156	49	L	W	D	L	L	1957-04-27	Wrexham	A
11	0	Wrexham	44	12	7	3	62	30	6	3	13	32	40	1.343	46	L	L	W	W	D	1957-04-27	Chesterfield	H
12	0	Halifax Town	44	15	2	5	36	24	5	4	13	23	44	0.868	46	W	W	W	L	W	1957-04-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
13	1	Rochdale	43	13	6	3	37	19	4	5	12	26	44	1	45	W	L	W	L	W	1957-04-23	Bradford	A
14	-1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	45	9	4	9	44	36	6	10	7	27	33	1.029	44	D	D	L	L	D	1957-04-27	Oldham Athletic	H
15	0	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	2	Carlisle United	44	8	9	5	42	35	7	3	12	32	49	0.881	42	W	D	L	L	D	1957-04-27	Hull City	A
17	-1	Gateshead	45	8	6	8	38	39	8	4	11	30	50	0.764	42	D	L	W	W	D	1957-04-27	Chester	H
18	-1	Darlington	44	10	5	7	44	34	6	3	13	34	55	0.876	40	L	W	L	L	D	1957-04-27	Bradford City	H
19	0	Oldham Athletic	44	9	7	6	34	29	3	7	12	31	43	0.903	38	L	D	D	D	L	1957-04-27	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
20	0	Bradford	44	11	1	9	41	38	5	1	17	25	53	0.725	34	L	L	L	L	L	1957-04-23	Rochdale	H
21	1	Chester	44	7	7	8	38	35	2	6	14	14	45	0.65	31	W	W	D	L	W	1957-04-27	Gateshead	A
22	-1	Southport	43	7	8	7	31	33	2	4	15	19	57	0.556	30	L	W	D	L	L	1957-04-24	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	45	5	9	9	33	38	2	4	16	18	49	0.586	27	L	L	D	D	W	1957-04-27	Halifax Town	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	44	4	7	11	25	42	0	2	20	11	64	0.34	17	W	L	L	W	L	1957-04-24	Southport	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	11,382
Foreman	Lineups		Deakin
Exeter City	1	1	Millwall	St James Park	6,485
Currie	Lineups		Pacey
Ipswich Town	3	1	Norwich City	Portman Road	21,755	Largest home game 1956-57
Phillips 2, Leadbetter	Lineups		Gavin
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Aldershot	Home Park	13,251
Langman N, Weston OG	Lineups		Gaynor J, Lacey
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Brentford	Loftus Road	9,661
Longbottom, Dargie OG	Lineups		Dargie, Francis
Reading	1	2	Watford	Elm Park	6,917
Anderton	Lineups		Anderson, Catleugh
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Newport County	Gay Meadow	7,580
O'Donnell, Weigh	Lineups
Southampton	1	0	Torquay United	The Dell	15,240
Shields	Lineups
Southend United	5	0	Gillingham	Roots Hall	9,318
Hollis 2, Thomson 2, McCrory	Lineups
Swindon Town	4	0	Northampton Town	County Ground	7,573
O'Mahoney 2, Edwards, Micklewright	Lineups
Walsall	2	1	Colchester United	Fellows Park	9,414
Johnston, Richards	Lineups		Smith
Footnotes
Norwich City to apply for re-election

				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	2	Ipswich Town	44	18	2	2	69	17	6	6	10	27	34	1.882	56	W	W	W	W	W	1957-04-27	Southend United	H
2	-1	Colchester United	44	14	8	0	47	19	7	6	9	34	33	1.558	56	L	L	W	D	D	1957-04-27	Swindon Town	A
3	-1	Torquay United	44	18	4	0	68	18	5	6	11	17	45	1.349	56	L	W	W	L	W	1957-04-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	0	Southampton	43	14	4	3	45	18	7	6	9	26	28	1.543	52	W	D	L	W	D	1957-04-27	Watford	A
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	44	14	6	2	51	23	4	8	10	27	38	1.279	50	D	W	D	D	W	1957-04-27	Reading	H
6	1	Brentford	44	12	8	2	54	28	4	7	11	23	45	1.055	47	D	W	W	L	D	1957-04-27	Norwich City	H
7	-1	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
8	1	Shrewsbury Town	43	10	9	2	41	20	4	9	9	27	52	0.944	46	W	W	L	D	D	1957-04-27	Exeter City	H
9	2	Southend United	44	13	3	6	41	20	4	8	10	28	42	1.113	45	W	D	W	W	W	1957-04-27	Ipswich Town	A
10	-2	Queens Park Rangers	44	11	7	4	37	21	6	4	12	19	36	0.982	45	D	W	L	L	D	1957-04-27	Torquay United	A
11	1	Walsall	44	11	7	4	48	23	5	5	12	29	46	1.116	44	W	L	L	L	W	1957-04-27	Crystal Palace	H
12	2	Watford	43	10	6	6	40	30	7	4	10	28	37	1.015	44	W	D	W	W	W	1957-04-27	Southampton	H
13	-3	Reading	44	12	4	6	42	30	5	5	12	33	43	1.027	43	L	L	L	W	D	1957-04-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	1	Millwall	44	13	6	3	44	27	3	5	14	18	54	0.765	43	D	W	L	L	L	1957-04-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	-2	Newport County	43	14	6	2	48	18	1	6	14	13	40	1.052	42	L	L	W	W	L	1957-04-27	Gillingham	A
16	1	Aldershot	44	11	5	6	43	34	4	7	11	36	54	0.898	42	D	W	L	D	W	1957-04-27	Coventry City	H
17	-1	Northampton Town	43	13	5	3	46	22	3	4	15	16	47	0.899	41	L	L	W	L	L	1957-04-23	Swindon Town	H
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	44	9	8	5	37	31	6	2	14	28	40	0.915	40	D	L	W	W	W	1957-04-27	Millwall	A
19	-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
20	0	Crystal Palace	44	7	9	6	30	27	3	8	11	29	46	0.808	37	D	L	D	D	L	1957-04-27	Walsall	A
21	0	Gillingham	44	7	7	8	28	28	5	5	12	25	51	0.671	36	L	L	L	L	D	1957-04-27	Newport County	H
22	0	Exeter City	44	8	8	6	36	27	3	5	14	22	49	0.763	35	D	L	W	L	L	1957-04-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
23	0	Swindon Town	43	11	3	8	39	32	3	3	15	23	60	0.674	34	W	D	L	W	W	1957-04-23	Northampton Town	A
24	0	Norwich City	44	6	5	11	30	37	1	9	12	27	56	0.613	28	L	L	L	L	D	1957-04-27	Brentford	A