1957-04-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	3	Luton Town	Villa Park	26,146
Smith	Lineups		Turner 2, Brown
Birmingham City	3	3	Manchester City	St Andrew's	23,700
Brown, Govan, Phoenix OG	Lineups		Kirkman 2, McSeveney OG
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Everton	Burnden Park	16,016
Lofthouse	Lineups		Temple
Cardiff City	2	3	Manchester United	Ninian Park	17,708
Hitchens 2	Lineups		Scanlon 2, Dawson
Portsmouth	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Fratton Park	23,831
	Lineups		Allen,
Preston North End	1	0	Chelsea	Deepdale	13,592
Hatsell	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Blackpool	White Hart Lane	49,878
Harmer 2 (1p)	Lineups		Mudie
Footnotes
Cardiff City relegated

				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	41	14	3	3	54	24	14	4	3	48	29	1.925	63	W	W	W	W	W	1957-04-29	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	41	15	4	2	70	24	7	8	5	34	31	1.891	56	W	W	W	D	W	1957-04-29	Burnley	A
3	0	Preston North End	42	15	4	2	50	19	8	6	7	34	37	1.5	56	W	L	D	W	W	End of Season
4	0	Blackpool	41	13	3	4	54	26	8	6	7	38	39	1.415	51	L	L	D	D	W	1957-05-01	Burnley	H
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	42	17	2	2	70	29	3	6	12	24	41	1.343	48	W	L	L	W	W	End of Season
7	0	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	0	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	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	6	2	42	23	3	6	12	23	42	1	44	D	L	L	D	D	End of Season
10	-1	Aston Villa	42	10	8	3	45	25	4	7	10	20	30	1.182	43	L	L	W	W	L	End of Season
11	1	West Bromwich Albion	41	8	8	5	31	25	6	5	9	27	35	0.967	41	W	L	D	W	L	1957-04-29	Manchester United	A
12	1	Birmingham City	41	12	5	4	52	25	3	4	13	17	41	1.045	39	D	W	D	W	L	1957-04-29	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	-2	Chelsea	42	7	8	6	43	36	6	5	10	30	37	1	39	L	W	W	W	L	End of Season
14	0	Everton	42	10	5	6	34	28	4	5	12	27	51	0.772	38	D	D	L	W	D	End of Season
15	2	Luton Town	42	10	4	7	32	26	4	5	12	26	50	0.763	37	W	W	L	D	L	End of Season
16	-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
17	-1	Newcastle United	42	10	5	6	43	31	4	3	14	24	56	0.77	36	L	L	L	L	W	End of Season
18	0	Manchester City	42	10	2	9	48	42	3	7	11	30	46	0.886	35	D	D	W	L	L	End of Season
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	41	7	6	7	34	33	2	7	12	25	57	0.656	31	L	W	W	W	D	1957-05-01	Sunderland	H
21	0	Cardiff City	42	7	6	8	35	34	3	3	15	18	54	0.602	29	L	L	L	L	D	End of Season
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
Bristol City	3	1	Swansea Town	Ashton Gate	19,344
Curtis 3	Lineups		Peake
Leyton Orient	2	2	Notts County	Brisbane Road	12,424
Johnston, Andrews	Lineups		Wills 2
Lincoln City	4	1	Barnsley	Sincil Bank	7,282
Northcott, Linnecor 2, Smillie	Lineups		Holmes
Liverpool	1	0	West Ham United	Anfield Road	36,236
Liddell (p)	Lineups
Port Vale	2	1	Rotherham United	Vale Park	7,038
Leake 2	Lineups		Farmer
Sheffield United	0	4	Nottingham Forest	Bramall Lane	28,036
	Lineups		Lishman 3, Wilson
Footnotes
Nottingham Forest promoted

				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	0	Nottingham Forest	41	13	4	3	48	25	9	6	6	44	26	1.804	54	W	W	L	W	W	1957-05-01	Notts County	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	6	3	49	32	9	4	8	34	43	1.107	52	L	W	D	W	L	End of Season
4	0	Liverpool	41	15	1	4	51	25	5	10	6	29	28	1.509	51	W	D	W	W	L	1957-05-01	Bristol City	H
5	0	Middlesbrough	42	12	5	4	51	29	7	5	9	33	31	1.4	48	W	W	W	D	W	End of Season
6	0	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
7	0	Sheffield United	42	11	6	4	45	28	8	2	11	42	48	1.145	46	L	L	L	W	L	End of Season
8	0	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	31	24	7	4	10	28	39	0.937	46	L	W	L	D	L	End of Season
9	0	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	0	Swansea Town	42	12	3	6	53	34	7	4	10	37	56	1	45	L	D	D	W	W	End of Season
11	0	Fulham	42	13	1	7	53	32	6	3	12	31	44	1.105	42	D	W	W	W	D	End of Season
12	0	Huddersfield Town	42	10	3	8	33	27	8	3	10	35	47	0.919	42	L	L	D	L	W	End of Season
13	2	Bristol City	41	13	2	6	49	32	3	7	10	24	45	0.948	41	W	L	D	D	W	1957-05-01	Liverpool	A
14	-1	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	5	4	51	21	3	5	13	26	56	1	40	L	W	L	L	W	End of Season
15	1	Leyton Orient	42	7	8	6	34	38	8	2	11	32	46	0.786	40	D	W	L	L	L	End of Season
16	-2	Grimsby Town	42	12	4	5	41	26	5	1	15	20	36	0.984	39	W	W	W	L	W	End of Season
17	0	Rotherham United	42	9	7	5	37	26	4	4	13	37	49	0.987	37	L	W	L	D	D	End of Season
18	1	Lincoln City	42	9	4	8	34	27	5	2	14	20	53	0.675	34	W	L	L	D	D	End of Season
19	-1	Barnsley	42	8	7	6	39	35	4	3	14	20	54	0.663	34	L	D	L	L	D	End of Season
20	0	Notts County	41	7	6	8	34	32	1	6	13	20	52	0.643	28	D	W	W	D	D	1957-05-01	Nottingham Forest	A
21	0	Bury	42	5	3	13	37	47	3	6	12	23	49	0.625	25	L	W	L	W	D	End of Season
22	0	Port Vale	41	7	3	10	29	40	1	2	18	26	59	0.556	21	W	D	L	L	L	1957-04-29	Stoke City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Bradford	0	2	Hartlepools United	Park Avenue	6,193
	Lineups		Rayment, Luke
Crewe Alexandra	6	4	Mansfield Town	Gresty Road	4,655
Rowley 2, Burns, Whiston, Leaver, Franklin	Lineups		Morris 2, Darwin 2
Darlington	3	2	Bradford City	Feethams Ground	4,475
Harbertson, Wayman, Tulip	Lineups		Liversidge, Simm
Derby County	2	0	Southport	Baseball Ground	25,959
Straw 2	Lineups
Gateshead	4	1	Chester	Redheugh Park	2,599
Callender J, Gibson 2, Kirtley	Lineups		Smith
Halifax Town	4	0	Tranmere Rovers	The Shay	5,741
Lonsdale 2, Smith 2	Lineups
Hull City	0	0	Carlisle United	Boothferry Park	13,010
	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	York City	Spotland	4,215
Pearson	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Old Showground	3,903
	Lineups
Workington	4	1	Accrington Stanley	Borough Park	6,790
Dailey, Purdon 2, Talbot	Lineups		Mulkerrin
Wrexham	1	3	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	5,670
Anderson	Lineups		Lewis, Smith G, Walker
Footnotes
Derby County champions & promoted

				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	45	18	3	2	69	18	8	7	7	41	34	2.115	62	W	W	L	D	W	1957-04-29	York City	A
2	1	Hartlepool United	46	18	4	1	56	21	7	5	11	34	42	1.429	59	W	L	W	W	D	End of Season
3	-1	Accrington Stanley	46	15	4	4	54	22	10	4	9	41	42	1.484	58	L	L	W	L	D	End of Season
4	0	Workington	45	16	4	3	60	25	7	6	9	30	36	1.475	56	W	L	L	L	D	1957-05-01	Bradford City	A
5	0	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	3	Hull City	46	14	6	3	45	24	7	4	12	39	45	1.217	52	D	W	W	L	W	End of Season
7	-1	Bradford City	45	14	3	5	45	28	8	5	10	31	37	1.169	52	L	W	L	D	D	1957-05-01	Workington	H
8	-1	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
9	-1	York City	45	14	3	5	42	20	7	6	10	32	40	1.233	51	L	L	W	D	W	1957-04-29	Derby County	H
10	0	Chesterfield	45	16	5	1	56	21	5	4	14	36	57	1.179	51	W	L	W	D	L	1957-05-01	Darlington	H
11	1	Rochdale	45	14	6	3	38	19	4	6	12	26	44	1.016	48	W	D	W	L	W	1957-04-30	Carlisle United	A
12	1	Halifax Town	45	16	2	5	40	24	5	4	13	23	44	0.926	48	W	W	W	W	L	1957-04-29	Stockport County	A
13	-2	Wrexham	45	12	7	4	63	33	6	3	13	32	40	1.301	46	L	L	L	W	W	1957-04-30	Oldham Athletic	A
14	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	9	5	9	44	36	6	10	7	27	33	1.029	45	D	D	D	L	L	End of Season
15	-1	Mansfield Town	45	13	3	6	57	36	4	7	12	33	52	1.023	44	L	W	W	L	D	1957-04-29	Southport	H
16	1	Gateshead	46	9	6	8	42	40	8	4	11	30	50	0.8	44	W	D	L	W	W	End of Season
17	-1	Carlisle United	45	8	9	5	42	35	7	4	12	32	49	0.881	43	D	W	D	L	L	1957-04-30	Rochdale	H
18	0	Darlington	45	11	5	7	47	36	6	3	13	34	55	0.89	42	W	L	W	L	L	1957-05-01	Chesterfield	A
19	0	Oldham Athletic	45	9	7	6	34	29	3	8	12	31	43	0.903	39	D	L	D	D	D	1957-04-30	Wrexham	H
20	0	Bradford	46	11	2	10	41	40	5	1	17	25	53	0.71	35	L	D	L	L	L	End of Season
21	0	Chester	45	7	7	8	38	35	2	6	15	15	49	0.631	31	L	W	W	D	L	1957-04-29	Barrow	H
22	0	Southport	45	7	8	8	31	34	2	4	16	19	59	0.538	30	L	L	L	W	D	1957-04-29	Mansfield Town	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	46	5	9	9	33	38	2	4	17	18	53	0.56	27	L	L	L	D	D	End of Season
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	46	5	7	11	31	46	1	2	20	12	64	0.391	21	W	W	W	L	L	End of Season

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	0	1	Coventry City	Recreation Ground	3,836
	Lineups		Sambrook
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	1	Northampton Town	Dean Court	8,392
Newsham 3 (1p), Loughnane	Lineups		English
Brentford	1	1	Norwich City	Griffin Park	8,764
Bragg (p)	Lineups		Hunt
Brighton & Hove Albion	8	3	Reading	Goldstone Ground	9,051
Foreman 2, Jennings (p), Mundy 3, Darey, Howard	Lineups		Dixon 2, Evans (p)
Gillingham	1	1	Newport County	Priestfield Stadium	4,237
Greenhalgh	Lineups		Burgess
Ipswich Town	3	3	Southend United	Portman Road	20,085
Blackman 2, Elsworthy	Lineups		McGuigan, Baron, Hollis
Millwall	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	The Den, New Cross	8,809
Shepherd 2	Lineups		Williams, Twissell
Shrewsbury Town	1	2	Exeter City	Gay Meadow	5,729
Weigh	Lineups		Harvey (p), Lackenby
Swindon Town	4	1	Colchester United	County Ground	9,551
Micklewright 2, O'Mahoney 2	Lineups		Plant
Torquay United	3	0	Queens Park Rangers	Plainmoor	8,630
James, Bond, Calland	Lineups
Walsall	1	2	Crystal Palace	Fellows Park	9,748
Taylor B	Lineups		Deakin, Murray
Watford	4	2	Southampton	Vicarage Road	7,279
McMillan, Lock, Brown, Meadows	Lineups		Shields, Day

				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	Torquay United	45	19	4	0	71	18	5	6	11	17	45	1.397	58	W	L	W	W	L	1957-05-01	Crystal Palace	A
2	-1	Ipswich Town	45	18	3	2	72	20	6	6	10	27	34	1.833	57	D	W	W	W	W	1957-05-01	Southampton	A
3	-1	Colchester United	45	14	8	0	47	19	7	6	10	35	37	1.464	56	L	L	L	W	D	1957-04-29	Watford	H
4	0	Southampton	44	14	4	3	45	18	7	6	10	28	32	1.46	52	L	W	D	L	W	1957-05-01	Ipswich Town	H
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	45	15	6	2	59	26	4	8	10	27	38	1.344	52	W	D	W	D	D	1957-04-30	Northampton Town	A
6	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	44	14	7	1	53	20	3	7	12	29	41	1.344	48	W	L	W	L	D	1957-05-01	Exeter City	A
7	-1	Brentford	45	12	9	2	55	29	4	7	11	23	45	1.054	48	D	D	W	W	L	1957-05-01	Reading	A
8	1	Southend United	45	13	3	6	41	20	4	9	10	31	45	1.108	46	D	W	D	W	W	1957-05-01	Millwall	H
9	3	Watford	44	11	6	6	44	32	7	4	10	28	37	1.043	46	W	W	D	W	W	1957-04-29	Colchester United	A
10	-2	Shrewsbury Town	44	10	9	3	42	22	4	9	9	27	52	0.932	46	L	W	W	L	D	1957-04-29	Walsall	H
11	-1	Queens Park Rangers	45	11	7	4	37	21	6	4	13	19	39	0.933	45	L	D	W	L	L	1957-04-29	Gillingham	H
12	-1	Walsall	45	11	7	5	49	25	5	5	12	29	46	1.099	44	L	W	L	L	L	1957-04-29	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	5	Coventry City	46	12	5	6	52	36	4	7	12	22	48	0.881	44	W	W	W	W	D	End of Season
14	1	Millwall	45	13	7	3	46	29	3	5	14	18	54	0.771	44	D	D	W	L	L	1957-05-01	Southend United	A
15	1	Newport County	44	14	6	2	48	18	1	7	14	14	41	1.051	43	D	L	L	W	W	1957-05-02	Aldershot	H
16	-3	Reading	45	12	4	6	42	30	5	5	13	36	51	0.963	43	L	L	L	L	W	1957-05-01	Brentford	H
17	-3	Northampton Town	45	14	5	3	48	22	3	4	16	17	51	0.89	43	L	W	L	L	W	1957-04-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	-1	Aldershot	45	11	5	7	43	35	4	7	11	36	54	0.888	42	L	D	W	L	D	1957-05-02	Newport County	A
19	0	Plymouth Argyle	45	9	8	5	37	31	6	3	14	30	42	0.918	41	D	D	L	W	W	1957-04-29	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Crystal Palace	45	7	9	6	30	27	4	8	11	31	47	0.824	39	W	D	L	D	D	1957-05-01	Torquay United	H
21	1	Exeter City	45	8	8	6	36	27	4	5	14	24	50	0.779	37	W	D	L	W	L	1957-05-01	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
22	-1	Gillingham	45	7	8	8	29	29	5	5	12	25	51	0.675	37	D	L	L	L	L	1957-04-29	Queens Park Rangers	A
23	0	Swindon Town	45	12	3	8	43	33	3	3	16	23	62	0.695	36	W	L	W	D	L	1957-04-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
24	0	Norwich City	45	6	5	11	30	37	1	10	12	28	57	0.617	29	D	L	L	L	L	1957-05-01	Shrewsbury Town	H