Saturday 1957-08-31

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Luton Town	Highbury	50,111
Groves, Holton	Lineups
Aston Villa	0	1	Everton	Villa Park	37,759
	Lineups		Temple
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Blackpool	Burnden Park	31,491
Stevens, Allcock 2	Lineups
Burnley	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Turf Moor	24,428
Shackleton, Cheesebrough	Lineups		Setters, Lee
Chelsea	5	1	Birmingham City	Stamford Bridge	43,806
Brabrook, Allen, Greaves 2, Lewis	Lineups		Brown
Leeds United	2	1	Leicester City	Elland Road	26,660
Baird (p), Overfield	Lineups		Rowley
Manchester United	4	1	Manchester City	Old Trafford	63,347
Berry, Edwards, Taylor T, Viollet	Lineups		Barnes
Newcastle United	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	37,742
Eastham, Keeble, Mitchell R	Lineups		Smith
Preston North End	4	0	Portsmouth	Deepdale	24,422
Thompson 2, Finney, Baxter	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	31,236
McAnearney J	Lineups		Imlach, Barrett (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	0	Sunderland	Molineux	38,645
Murray 2, Booth, Deeley, Mullen	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	3	2	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	3	0	10	6	W	W	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Everton	A
2	4	Arsenal	3	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	2.5	5	W	D	W	#	#	1957-09-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	4	Nottingham Forest	3	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	1.667	5	W	D	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Birmingham City	A
4	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	5.5	4	W	W	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	0	Burnley	3	1	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	D	W	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Preston North End	A
6	2	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	4	1.2	4	D	D	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Arsenal	H
7	-5	Luton Town	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	3	1	4	L	W	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Blackpool	H
8	6	Everton	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	0.667	4	W	L	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Manchester United	H
9	6	Chelsea	3	1	0	1	7	4	0	1	0	1	1	1.6	3	W	L	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Manchester City	A
10	-7	Portsmouth	3	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	-7	Birmingham City	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	2	6	0.714	3	L	D	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Nottingham Forest	H
12	5	Newcastle United	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.333	2	W	L	#	#	#	1957-09-04	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	5	Preston North End	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	4	1.25	2	W	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Burnley	H
14	-2	Leicester City	3	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	0.833	2	L	W	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Sunderland	A
15	-5	Blackpool	3	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	3	0.8	2	L	L	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Luton Town	A
16	-3	Aston Villa	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	0.75	2	L	W	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Leeds United	A
17	-6	Manchester City	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	0.667	2	L	W	#	#	#	1957-09-04	Chelsea	H
18	2	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	7	0.571	2	W	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	2	Leeds United	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	5	0.333	2	W	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Aston Villa	H
20	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	8	0.333	1	L	L	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Portsmouth	H
21	1	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1957-09-04	Newcastle United	H
22	-3	Sunderland	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	9	0.1	0	L	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Leicester City	H
Manager of the month
Matt Busby -Manchester United

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	2	3	West Ham United	Eastville	26,110
Ward 2	Lineups		Dare 3
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Grimsby Town	The Valley	20,407
Leary 2	Lineups
Derby County	1	4	Barnsley	Baseball Ground	22,376
Powell	Lineups		Kaye, Chappell 3
Doncaster Rovers	0	3	Huddersfield Town	Belle Vue	14,631
	Lineups		Massie 2, Simpson
Ipswich Town	1	2	Rotherham United	Portman Road	21,436
Leadbetter	Lineups		Brown, Silman
Leyton Orient	0	2	Stoke City	Brisbane Road	17,497
	Lineups		Oscroft, Kelly
Lincoln City	2	2	Sheffield United	Sincil Bank	12,579
Linnecor, Grainger	Lineups		Russell 2
Liverpool	3	0	Cardiff City	Anfield Road	45,698
Melia, Liddell, Malloy OG	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	0	Bristol City	Ayresome Park	21,834
	Lineups
Notts County	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Meadow Lane	17,927
Wills	Lineups		Dobing
Swansea Town	4	4	Fulham	Vetch Field	26,542	Largest home gate 1957-58
Allchurch L 2, Griffiths, Morris M	Lineups		Dwight 2, Hill, Bentley

				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	1	Stoke City	3	2	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	2	0	9	6	W	W	W	#	#	1957-09-03	Bristol City	A
2	7	Liverpool	3	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	5	W	D	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Huddersfield Town	A
3	-2	Fulham	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	9	5	2.2	5	D	W	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Notts County	H
4	4	Charlton Athletic	3	2	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	3	3	2	5	W	W	D	#	#	1957-09-02	Sheffield United	A
5	5	Rotherham United	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	4	3	1.5	5	W	D	W	#	#	1957-09-05	Middlesbrough	H
6	-3	Swansea Town	3	1	1	0	9	5	0	1	0	0	0	1.8	4	D	W	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Lincoln City	A
7	5	Huddersfield Town	3	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	0	4	1	1.75	4	W	D	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Liverpool	H
8	-2	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	4	D	W	D	#	#	1957-09-02	West Ham United	A
9	-5	Ipswich Town	3	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	L	W	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Barnsley	A
10	-5	Grimsby Town	3	1	1	0	8	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.6	3	L	D	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Cardiff City	A
11	-4	Bristol Rovers	3	1	0	1	7	5	0	1	0	2	2	1.286	3	L	W	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Derby County	A
12	6	Barnsley	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Ipswich Town	H
13	2	West Ham United	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	4	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1957-09-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	0	Sheffield United	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	0.8	3	D	L	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Charlton Athletic	H
15	-4	Doncaster Rovers	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	0.6	2	L	W	L	#	#	1957-09-05	Leyton Orient	A
16	1	Lincoln City	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	7	0.556	2	D	L	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Swansea Town	H
17	-1	Middlesbrough	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	4	0.5	2	D	D	L	#	#	1957-09-05	Rotherham United	A
18	-5	Cardiff City	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0.25	2	L	D	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Grimsby Town	H
19	3	Notts County	3	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	1	0	1	0.286	1	D	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Fulham	A
20	1	Bristol City	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	3	0.2	1	D	L	L	#	#	1957-09-03	Stoke City	H
21	-2	Derby County	3	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	2	7	0.273	0	L	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Bristol Rovers	H
22	-2	Leyton Orient	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	9	0.182	0	L	L	L	#	#	1957-09-05	Doncaster Rovers	H
Manager of the month
Frank Taylor - Stoke City

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	1	3	Accrington Stanley	Park Avenue	12,820
Taylor	Lineups		Dick, Stewart 2
Carlisle United	0	2	Bury	Brunton Park	10,872
	Lineups		Darbyshire, Robinson
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Mansfield Town	Gresty Road	6,047
Whiston	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	2	Bradford City	The Shay	10,445	Largest home gate 1957-58
McQuade, Griffiths (p), Baker	Lineups		Liversidge, Bakes
Hartlepools United	2	1	Chester	Victoria Park	11,629
Thompson P, Smith	Lineups		Mason
Rochdale	1	0	Workington	Spotland	10,388
Pearson	Lineups
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	5	0	Darlington	Old Showground	8,506
Marriott 2, Waldock 2, Fletcher	Lineups
Southport	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Haig Avenue	6,965
Mortensen, McKenna	Lineups		Spurdle
Stockport County	1	0	Hull City	Edgeley Park	13,091
Clempson (p)	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Chesterfield	Prenton Park	10,142
Eglington	Lineups		Frear 2 (1p)
Wrexham	1	2	Gateshead	Racecourse Ground	12,553
Richards	Lineups		Smith, Gibson
York City	0	0	Barrow	Bootham Crescent	9,861
	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	2	Bury	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	5	6	W	W	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Rochdale	3	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	2	4	6	W	W	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Accrington Stanley	A
3	-2	Hartlepools United	3	2	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	2	1	3	6	W	W	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Darlington	A
4	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	3	1	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	5	2	5	5	W	W	D	#	#	1957-09-05	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	-1	York City	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	D	W	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Bradford City	A
6	1	Gateshead	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	4	3	1.75	5	W	D	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Bradford	H
7	2	Stockport County	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	2.5	4	W	W	L	#	#	1957-09-03	Oldham Athletic	A
8	-2	Barrow	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	4	D	D	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Hull City	H
9	1	Chesterfield	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	3	1.25	4	W	D	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Wrexham	H
10	7	Halifax Town	3	1	0	1	4	4	0	1	0	4	4	1	3	W	L	D	#	#	1957-09-02	Bury	A
11	-3	Workington	3	0	1	0	4	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	L	W	D	#	#	1957-09-04	Southport	H
12	-1	Mansfield Town	3	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	4	4	0.75	2	L	W	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Carlisle United	H
13	-1	Chester	3	1	0	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	2	0.714	2	L	W	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	-1	Tranmere Rovers	3	0	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	3	1	0.714	2	L	L	W	#	#	1957-09-05	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A
15	8	Accrington Stanley	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	3	4	0.667	2	W	L	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Rochdale	H
16	-2	Bradford City	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	5	0.667	2	L	L	W	#	#	1957-09-04	York City	H
17	5	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	6	0.667	2	W	L	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Chester	H
18	6	Southport	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0.667	2	W	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Workington	A
19	-3	Oldham Athletic	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	5	0.4	2	L	L	W	#	#	1957-09-03	Stockport County	H
20	-5	Darlington	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	10	0.273	2	L	L	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Hartlepools United	H
21	-3	Wrexham	3	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	2	0.667	1	L	D	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Chesterfield	A
22	-3	Bradford	3	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1	L	D	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Gateshead	A
23	-3	Hull City	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0.333	1	L	D	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Barrow	A
24	-3	Carlisle United	3	0	0	2	3	6	0	0	1	0	1	0.429	0	L	L	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Mansfield Town	A
Manager of the month
Dave Russell - Bury

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	3	3	Colchester United	Griffin Park	12,730
Newcombe, Towers 2	Lineups		Wright 2, Parker
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Exeter City	Goldstone Ground	16,036
Mundy, Small	Lineups		Churms, Currie
Crystal Palace	3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Selhurst Park	13,752
Byrne, Cooper 2	Lineups
Newport County	1	2	Millwall	Somerton Park	9,320
McSeveney	Lineups		Pacey 2
Northampton Town	4	0	Coventry City	County Ground	12,037	Largest home gate 1957-58
Robinson M 2, Woan, Kirk OG	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	4	2	Aldershot	Home Park	20,873
Anderson, Carter 2, Kearns	Lineups		Walters, Weigh
Port Vale	3	1	Swindon Town	Vale Park	16,503
Steele 2, Wilkinson	Lineups		Richards
Reading	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	Elm Park	11,268
Whitehouse, Cronin	Lineups		Whitaker, McAlindon
Southampton	5	1	Gillingham	The Dell	18,057
Hoskins 3, Paine, Roper	Lineups		Saunders
Southend United	6	0	Queens Park Rangers	Roots Hall	15,883
Crossan 2, McCrory 2, Hollis, McGuigan	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Norwich City	Plainmoor	8,542
Collins	Lineups		Hunt
Watford	1	1	Walsall	Vicarage Road	9,952
Cook	Lineups		Richards

				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	Southend United	3	2	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	5	0	8	6	W	W	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Norwich City	A
2	0	Southampton	3	2	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	2	1	3.667	6	W	W	W	#	#	1957-09-05	Walsall	A
3	1	Shrewsbury Town	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	2.5	5	D	W	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Port Vale	A
4	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.667	5	D	W	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
5	7	Port Vale	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	4	W	L	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Shrewsbury Town	H
6	4	Millwall	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	1.333	4	W	W	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Crystal Palace	H
7	9	Plymouth Argyle	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.25	4	W	W	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Reading	A
8	-3	Queens Park Rangers	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0.333	4	L	W	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Colchester United	A
9	8	Northampton Town	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	2.5	3	W	D	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Aldershot	A
10	-4	Swindon Town	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	1	3	1.667	3	L	D	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Watford	H
11	-3	Colchester United	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	3	4	1.5	3	D	L	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Queens Park Rangers	H
12	-1	Brentford	3	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	D	W	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Exeter City	A
13	0	Norwich City	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	3	6	0.75	3	D	L	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Southend United	H
14	0	Torquay United	3	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	3	0.667	3	D	W	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Gillingham	A
15	0	Walsall	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	5	0.667	3	D	L	W	#	#	1957-09-05	Southampton	H
16	-9	Coventry City	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	6	0.5	3	L	D	W	#	#	1957-09-02	Newport County	H
17	4	Crystal Palace	3	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	1.25	2	W	L	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Millwall	A
18	0	Watford	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0.667	2	D	D	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Swindon Town	A
19	-10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	5	0.5	2	L	L	W	#	#	1957-09-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	4	Reading	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0.5	1	D	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	-1	Aldershot	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	0.4	1	L	D	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Northampton Town	H
22	-3	Newport County	3	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	4	0.375	1	L	D	L	#	#	1957-09-02	Coventry City	A
23	0	Exeter City	3	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	1	2	3	0.25	1	D	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Brentford	H
24	-2	Gillingham	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	8	0.333	0	L	L	L	#	#	1957-09-04	Torquay United	H
Manager of the month
Eddie Perry - Southend United