Wednesday 1957-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	5	1	Leicester City	Bloomfield Road	16,696
Mudie, Perry 2, Peterson 2	Lineups		Gardiner
Burnley	2	1	Manchester City	Turf Moor	27,666
Cheesebrough, Pilkington	Lineups		Fagan
Chelsea	7	4	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge	27,036
Sillett P, Tindall, Greaves 4, Rutter OG	Lineups		Harris, Gordon, Barnard, Mortimore OG
Everton	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Goodison Park	29,584
Kirby	Lineups		Birch
Manchester United	3	0	Luton Town	Old Trafford	39,594
Charlton, Edwards, Taylor T	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	4	Nottingham Forest	St James' Park	25,214
Hughes	Lineups		Wilson, Imlach 2, Baily
Sheffield Wednesday	4	4	Preston North End	Hillsborough	25,525
Finney 2, Froggatt, Wilkinson	Lineups		Thompson 2, Finney 2

				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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	11	1	0	36	10	5	4	2	22	17	2.148	37	W	W	W	W	W	1957-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	2	Manchester United	23	9	0	4	34	15	4	3	3	22	21	1.556	29	W	W	L	D	L	1957-12-26	Luton Town	A
3	-1	West Bromwich Albion	23	7	4	1	33	16	2	7	2	17	21	1.351	29	L	L	D	D	W	1957-12-26	Birmingham City	A
4	-1	Preston North End	23	9	1	1	31	9	3	3	6	19	26	1.429	28	D	W	L	L	D	1957-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
5	0	Manchester City	23	8	1	1	33	16	5	0	8	27	42	1.034	27	L	W	W	W	L	1957-12-26	Burnley	H
6	2	Nottingham Forest	23	6	1	3	24	10	6	1	6	22	23	1.394	26	W	L	D	W	L	1957-12-26	Newcastle United	H
7	-1	Luton Town	23	8	1	2	23	10	4	1	7	12	24	1.029	26	L	W	W	L	W	1957-12-26	Manchester United	H
8	3	Burnley	23	10	1	1	36	13	1	2	8	12	29	1.143	25	W	W	L	W	L	1957-12-26	Manchester City	A
9	-2	Arsenal	23	8	1	3	30	18	3	2	6	10	19	1.081	25	W	W	L	L	L	1957-12-26	Aston Villa	A
10	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	7	3	2	27	16	3	2	6	14	26	0.976	25	D	L	W	W	D	1957-12-26	Everton	H
11	1	Chelsea	23	7	2	3	36	21	2	4	5	17	25	1.152	24	W	L	W	W	D	1957-12-26	Portsmouth	A
12	1	Blackpool	23	6	1	5	27	21	4	3	4	12	14	1.114	24	W	L	L	D	W	1957-12-26	Leicester City	A
13	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	23	7	1	3	33	21	3	3	6	18	30	1	24	W	W	L	W	W	1957-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	0	Everton	23	3	8	1	17	13	4	1	6	16	26	0.846	23	D	L	D	L	D	1957-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	0	Birmingham City	23	4	3	4	22	20	3	4	5	17	28	0.813	21	W	D	D	D	D	1957-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	0	Portsmouth	23	5	3	2	23	14	2	1	10	20	33	0.915	18	L	L	D	W	L	1957-12-26	Chelsea	H
17	0	Leeds United	23	6	3	4	23	18	1	1	8	8	24	0.738	18	W	W	L	D	L	1957-12-26	Sunderland	A
18	0	Newcastle United	23	3	2	7	16	20	4	1	6	19	19	0.897	17	L	W	L	L	W	1957-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
19	0	Sunderland	23	4	5	2	16	11	1	2	9	11	42	0.509	17	L	D	L	W	L	1957-12-26	Leeds United	H
20	0	Aston Villa	23	5	2	4	21	16	1	2	9	15	35	0.706	16	L	L	W	D	L	1957-12-26	Arsenal	H
21	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	5	2	5	28	30	0	2	9	14	28	0.724	14	D	L	L	L	D	1957-12-26	Preston North End	A
22	0	Leicester City	23	4	3	4	25	23	1	0	11	17	42	0.646	13	L	L	D	W	D	1957-12-26	Blackpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Sheffield United	Ewood Park	23,283
Dobing	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Derby County	Ashton Gate	17,090
Atyeo 2	Lineups		Ryan
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	The Valley	17,417
Ryan, Lucas	Lineups
Grimsby Town	3	1	Liverpool	Blundell Park	17,705
Scott, Whitefoot, Fell	Lineups		Rowley
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Middlesbrough	Leeds Road	16,281
Massie	Lineups
Leyton Orient	6	2	Rotherham United	Brisbane Road	13,956
Woosnam, Johnston 4, Hartburn	Lineups		Brown, Twidle
Lincoln City	0	1	Fulham	Sincil Bank	8,029
	Lineups		Dwight
Notts County	2	3	Barnsley	Meadow Lane	11,343
Loxley, Wills	Lineups		Wood, Kaye, Beaumont
Swansea Town	6	4	Bristol Rovers	Vetch Field	12,000
Jones C 3, Charles 2, Allchurch I	Lineups		Sampson, Ward, Biggs, Meyer
West Ham United	1	1	Ipswich Town	Upton Park	25,515
Newman	Lineups		Rees WD

				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	Liverpool	24	9	2	0	31	5	3	4	6	18	26	1.581	30	L	W	L	D	D	1957-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
2	0	Stoke City	24	8	2	3	41	20	5	1	5	13	16	1.5	29	W	D	W	W	W	1957-12-26	Cardiff City	A
3	0	West Ham United	23	6	5	1	26	17	5	2	4	22	15	1.5	29	D	W	W	D	D	1957-12-26	Ipswich Town	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	23	9	2	1	35	19	3	3	5	19	19	1.421	29	W	W	D	W	L	1957-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	0	Fulham	23	7	3	1	26	13	3	5	4	26	23	1.444	28	W	D	W	W	L	1957-12-26	Lincoln City	H
6	0	Blackburn Rovers	23	6	5	1	20	10	4	3	4	16	19	1.241	28	W	L	D	L	D	1957-12-26	Sheffield United	A
7	0	Barnsley	23	7	3	1	26	12	3	4	5	18	24	1.222	27	W	D	W	L	W	1957-12-26	Notts County	H
8	0	Grimsby Town	22	7	2	2	31	16	4	1	6	26	25	1.39	25	W	L	W	W	W	1957-12-26	Liverpool	A
9	2	Ipswich Town	23	9	1	2	29	16	0	5	6	10	28	0.886	24	D	W	W	L	W	1957-12-26	West Ham United	H
10	-1	Middlesbrough	23	6	3	2	26	14	3	2	7	18	27	1.073	23	L	L	L	L	D	1957-12-26	Huddersfield Town	H
11	2	Huddersfield Town	23	4	5	2	15	16	3	4	5	24	26	0.929	23	W	L	D	D	W	1957-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
12	-2	Sheffield United	23	5	3	3	13	13	3	4	5	17	21	0.882	23	L	L	L	W	D	1957-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
13	2	Leyton Orient	23	9	1	2	39	17	1	1	9	14	32	1.082	22	W	W	W	W	L	1957-12-26	Rotherham United	A
14	-2	Bristol Rovers	23	6	1	4	26	20	3	2	7	22	27	1.021	21	L	D	L	D	L	1957-12-26	Swansea Town	H
15	-1	Cardiff City	23	4	4	3	18	15	3	3	6	11	24	0.744	21	W	L	W	D	D	1957-12-26	Stoke City	H
16	0	Derby County	23	6	3	2	20	17	1	2	9	16	27	0.818	19	L	D	D	L	L	1957-12-26	Bristol City	H
17	0	Notts County	23	7	2	4	21	19	1	1	8	9	25	0.682	19	L	W	W	L	W	1957-12-26	Barnsley	A
18	3	Bristol City	22	5	4	3	20	22	1	2	7	12	26	0.667	18	W	L	L	L	L	1957-12-26	Derby County	A
19	-1	Rotherham United	22	3	1	5	15	17	4	2	7	20	29	0.761	17	L	L	L	L	W	1957-12-26	Leyton Orient	H
20	-1	Doncaster Rovers	23	6	2	3	21	14	0	3	9	7	30	0.636	17	L	W	L	W	D	1957-12-26	Charlton Athletic	H
21	-1	Lincoln City	22	3	4	5	15	19	2	2	6	13	23	0.667	16	L	L	D	W	D	1957-12-26	Fulham	A
22	0	Swansea Town	23	4	1	7	27	32	2	3	6	12	29	0.639	16	W	L	W	L	L	1957-12-26	Bristol Rovers	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	1	4	Tranmere Rovers	Holker Street	6,060
Gordon	Lineups		McDevitt, McDonnell, Eglington 2
Bradford	3	5	Southport	Park Avenue	6,363
Ward W 2, Williams A	Lineups		Gryba, Bromilow 2, Schofield, McDermott
Bury	1	2	Chester	Gigg Lane	11,031
Watson	Lineups		Jepson, Bullock
Carlisle United	2	2	Workington	Brunton Park	12,462	Largest home gate 1957-58
Ackerman 2	Lineups		Purdon, Mitchell
Crewe Alexandra	4	1	Accrington Stanley	Gresty Road	4,519
Pounder 2, McMorran, Smith	Lineups		Mulkerrin
Hartlepools United	2	2	York City	Victoria Park	6,837
Wragg OG, McGuigan (p)	Lineups		Brown, Hughes
Hull City	1	1	Gateshead	Boothferry Park	8,950
Fraser	Lineups		Watson
Mansfield Town	5	2	Bradford City	Field Mill	7,950
Morris, Chapman, Keery, Watson, Mitten C	Lineups		Liversidge, Jackson D
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Chesterfield	Boundary Park	7,247
Murray 2	Lineups		Lumley
Rochdale	2	0	Wrexham	Spotland	3,342
Moran, Pearson	Lineups
Stockport County	4	1	Darlington	Edgeley Park	7,326
Wilson 2, Holden, Green OG	Lineups		Bell

				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	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	23	7	3	1	24	11	6	2	4	23	17	1.679	31	D	W	W	L	D	1957-12-26	Halifax Town	A
2	0	Bury	22	9	0	2	29	8	5	2	4	16	13	2.143	30	L	W	W	L	W	1957-12-26	Chester	A
3	3	Mansfield Town	22	7	3	2	32	22	4	3	3	18	18	1.25	28	W	L	W	D	W	1957-12-26	Bradford City	A
4	-1	Hartlepools United	23	7	4	1	31	11	4	2	5	15	28	1.179	28	D	D	L	W	W	1957-12-26	York City	A
5	-1	Barrow	24	5	5	2	19	17	4	4	4	18	18	1.057	27	L	W	L	L	W	1957-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	4	Rochdale	23	9	1	3	36	19	3	1	6	17	19	1.395	26	W	W	L	W	W	1957-12-26	Wrexham	A
7	-2	Bradford City	23	6	4	1	16	8	3	4	5	16	18	1.231	26	L	W	D	L	L	1957-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
8	3	Stockport County	23	8	3	2	29	16	2	3	5	11	17	1.212	26	W	L	W	W	L	1957-12-26	Darlington	A
9	-2	Halifax Town	24	8	3	1	27	11	1	5	6	13	30	0.976	26	D	W	W	W	L	1957-12-26	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
10	-2	Accrington Stanley	22	8	1	3	25	15	2	4	4	12	17	1.156	25	L	D	W	W	W	1957-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	-2	Chesterfield	23	6	4	1	20	12	3	3	6	18	24	1.056	25	L	D	L	D	D	1957-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
12	2	Tranmere Rovers	23	4	4	3	23	17	5	2	5	22	22	1.154	24	W	D	W	W	W	1957-12-26	Barrow	H
13	2	Oldham Athletic	23	7	1	3	20	13	1	7	4	16	25	0.947	24	W	D	W	D	W	1957-12-26	Chesterfield	A
14	-2	Hull City	23	7	4	1	25	14	2	2	7	9	24	0.895	24	D	L	W	D	L	1957-12-26	Gateshead	A
15	-2	Carlisle United	23	6	2	4	25	19	4	1	6	15	16	1.143	23	D	D	D	L	W	1957-12-26	Workington	A
16	0	York City	23	5	4	2	17	13	3	1	8	14	22	0.886	21	D	W	L	L	W	1957-12-26	Hartlepools United	H
17	0	Gateshead	23	4	2	4	16	15	2	7	4	19	29	0.795	21	D	D	L	W	W	1957-12-26	Hull City	H
18	0	Wrexham	23	5	3	2	19	9	2	2	9	13	25	0.941	19	L	W	L	D	D	1957-12-26	Rochdale	H
19	1	Workington	23	5	3	3	22	17	1	4	7	10	23	0.8	19	D	D	L	L	L	1957-12-26	Carlisle United	H
20	-1	Darlington	23	7	1	3	24	14	2	0	10	14	36	0.76	19	L	L	W	L	L	1957-12-26	Stockport County	H
21	0	Bradford	24	3	4	6	17	24	3	2	6	14	27	0.608	18	L	L	W	L	D	1957-12-26	Southport	A
22	0	Chester	22	2	3	6	13	16	4	1	6	17	19	0.857	16	W	D	L	L	L	1957-12-26	Bury	H
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	24	4	2	6	16	21	1	2	9	11	23	0.614	14	W	D	L	D	L	1957-12-26	Accrington Stanley	A
24	0	Southport	23	4	1	6	14	21	1	1	10	12	29	0.52	12	W	L	L	L	L	1957-12-26	Bradford	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	5	Southampton	Recreation Ground	3,803
Watson	Lineups		Reeves 2, Paine, Roper, Mulgrew
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4	1	Reading	Dean Court	11,162
Dowsett 2, Loughnane, Bedford	Lineups		Wheeler
Brentford	0	3	Crystal Palace	Griffin Park	12,394
	Lineups		Harrison, Berry 2
Coventry City	1	0	Port Vale	Highfield Road	13,847
Straw	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Priestfield Stadium	7,233
Morgan	Lineups		Standley
Newport County	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	Somerton Park	10,680	Largest home gate 1957-58
	Lineups		Baker, Gauld
Southend United	2	0	Millwall	Roots Hall	9,543
McCrory, Hollis	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	12,269
Edwards (p), D'Arcy	Lineups		Mundy, Sexton
Torquay United	1	3	Exeter City	Plainmoor	6,844
Pym	Lineups		Rapley, Mitchell, Nicholls
Walsall	0	1	Shrewsbury Town	Fellows Park	9,808
	Lineups		Smith

				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	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	7	2	3	30	18	7	1	3	22	20	1.368	31	D	W	W	D	W	1957-12-26	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Swindon Town	25	8	4	0	28	8	3	4	6	17	23	1.452	30	D	L	D	W	W	1957-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	0	Norwich City	23	6	4	1	20	13	4	5	3	21	23	1.139	29	W	L	D	W	D	1957-12-26	Northampton Town	A
4	3	Plymouth Argyle	24	10	2	0	26	8	3	0	9	8	20	1.214	28	W	D	W	W	L	1957-12-26	Newport County	H
5	-1	Port Vale	23	8	3	0	30	8	3	2	7	11	14	1.864	27	L	W	W	D	L	1957-12-26	Coventry City	H
6	-1	Reading	23	7	3	2	26	10	3	4	4	14	16	1.538	27	L	W	D	L	W	1957-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
7	2	Southampton	24	9	1	3	45	19	2	4	5	13	21	1.45	27	W	W	W	W	D	1957-12-26	Aldershot	H
8	-2	Brentford	23	6	4	2	22	14	5	1	5	18	18	1.25	27	L	D	D	L	W	1957-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
9	1	Shrewsbury Town	24	6	3	3	14	13	4	4	4	15	20	0.879	27	W	D	W	L	W	1957-12-26	Walsall	H
10	-2	Newport County	23	6	4	2	19	12	3	4	4	16	21	1.061	26	L	W	W	D	L	1957-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	2	Southend United	23	7	3	3	34	16	3	2	5	14	11	1.778	25	W	W	D	D	D	1957-12-26	Millwall	A
12	0	Queens Park Rangers	23	8	2	1	19	4	2	3	7	13	29	0.97	25	D	D	D	W	W	1957-12-26	Gillingham	H
13	-2	Colchester United	24	6	2	2	17	10	3	5	6	20	35	0.822	25	W	L	D	W	D	1957-12-26	Watford	H
14	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	22	8	2	1	26	10	2	2	7	15	28	1.079	24	W	D	L	L	W	1957-12-26	Reading	A
15	0	Watford	24	5	5	3	21	16	1	5	5	10	16	0.969	22	D	D	W	L	D	1957-12-26	Colchester United	A
16	0	Crystal Palace	23	5	3	3	22	14	3	3	6	12	22	0.944	22	W	L	W	D	L	1957-12-26	Brentford	H
17	0	Millwall	23	4	3	4	22	15	4	0	8	13	24	0.897	19	L	L	D	L	W	1957-12-26	Southend United	H
18	0	Northampton Town	23	5	1	5	24	18	2	3	7	10	25	0.791	18	W	D	W	L	L	1957-12-26	Norwich City	H
19	1	Coventry City	21	6	2	3	16	13	1	2	7	7	24	0.622	18	W	L	L	L	L	1957-12-26	Port Vale	A
20	2	Gillingham	22	5	3	3	14	10	1	1	9	10	27	0.649	16	D	L	D	W	L	1957-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
21	-2	Aldershot	23	3	1	7	12	19	3	3	6	15	29	0.563	16	L	L	L	L	L	1957-12-26	Southampton	A
22	-1	Walsall	21	4	3	4	15	14	1	2	7	10	22	0.694	15	L	L	L	W	D	1957-12-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
23	0	Torquay United	23	4	4	4	16	19	0	3	8	5	17	0.583	15	L	L	D	D	D	1957-12-26	Exeter City	A
24	0	Exeter City	24	4	2	5	16	20	1	3	9	12	29	0.571	15	W	L	L	L	L	1957-12-26	Torquay United	H