Thursday 1957-12-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	0	Arsenal	Villa Park	38,383
Lynn, Evans OG, Hitchens	Lineups
Birmingham City	3	5	West Bromwich Albion	St Andrew's	48,396
Brown, Hooper (p), Neal R	Lineups		Robson 2, Kevan 2, Allen
Bolton Wanderers	1	5	Everton	Burnden Park	23,462
Lofthouse	Lineups		Harris B 2, Harris J, Hickson, Keeley
Leicester City	2	1	Blackpool	Filbert Street	33,052
Walsh, Gardiner	Lineups		Durie
Luton Town	2	2	Manchester United	Kenilworth Road	26,478
Brown, Groves	Lineups		Scanlon, Taylor T
Manchester City	4	1	Burnley	Maine Road	47,285
Barlow, Fagan, Hayes, Kirkman	Lineups		Pointer
Nottingham Forest	2	3	Newcastle United	City Ground	32,359
Wilson, Baily	Lineups		Casey, Mitchell R, White
Portsmouth	3	0	Chelsea	Fratton Park	32,236
Gordon, Barnard, Sillett OG	Lineups
Preston North End	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Deepdale	28,053
Thompson 2, Finney	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Leeds United	Roker Park	34,875
Revie, Godbold	Lineups		Crowe
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	58,393
Smith	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	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	11	1	0	36	10	5	4	3	22	18	2.071	37	L	W	W	W	W	1957-12-28	Sunderland	A
2	1	West Bromwich Albion	24	7	4	1	33	16	3	7	2	22	24	1.375	31	W	L	L	D	D	1957-12-28	Burnley	H
3	-1	Manchester United	24	9	0	4	34	15	4	4	3	24	23	1.526	30	D	W	W	L	D	1957-12-28	Manchester City	A
4	0	Preston North End	24	10	1	1	34	9	3	3	6	19	26	1.514	30	W	D	W	L	L	1957-12-28	Portsmouth	A
5	0	Manchester City	24	9	1	1	37	17	5	0	8	27	42	1.085	29	W	L	W	W	W	1957-12-28	Manchester United	H
6	1	Luton Town	24	8	2	2	25	12	4	1	7	12	24	1.028	27	D	L	W	W	L	1957-12-28	Arsenal	H
7	-1	Nottingham Forest	24	6	1	4	26	13	6	1	6	22	23	1.333	26	L	W	L	D	W	1957-12-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	5	Tottenham Hotspur	24	8	1	3	34	21	3	3	6	18	30	1.02	26	W	W	W	L	W	1957-12-28	Newcastle United	H
9	-1	Burnley	24	10	1	1	36	13	1	2	9	13	33	1.065	25	L	W	W	L	W	1957-12-28	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	-1	Arsenal	24	8	1	3	30	18	3	2	7	10	22	1	25	L	W	W	L	L	1957-12-28	Luton Town	A
11	3	Everton	24	3	8	1	17	13	5	1	6	21	27	0.95	25	W	D	L	D	L	1957-12-28	Aston Villa	H
12	-2	Bolton Wanderers	24	7	3	3	28	21	3	2	6	14	26	0.894	25	L	D	L	W	W	1957-12-28	Blackpool	A
13	-2	Chelsea	24	7	2	3	36	21	2	4	6	17	28	1.082	24	L	W	L	W	W	1957-12-28	Birmingham City	A
14	-2	Blackpool	24	6	1	5	27	21	4	3	5	13	16	1.081	24	L	W	L	L	D	1957-12-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
15	0	Birmingham City	24	4	3	5	25	25	3	4	5	17	28	0.792	21	L	W	D	D	D	1957-12-28	Chelsea	H
16	0	Portsmouth	24	6	3	2	26	14	2	1	10	20	33	0.979	20	W	L	L	D	W	1957-12-28	Preston North End	H
17	1	Newcastle United	24	3	2	7	16	20	5	1	6	22	21	0.927	19	W	L	W	L	L	1957-12-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	1	Sunderland	24	5	5	2	18	12	1	2	9	11	42	0.537	19	W	L	D	L	W	1957-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	1	Aston Villa	24	6	2	4	24	16	1	2	9	15	35	0.765	18	W	L	L	W	D	1957-12-28	Everton	A
20	-3	Leeds United	24	6	3	4	23	18	1	1	9	9	26	0.727	18	L	W	W	L	D	1957-12-28	Leicester City	A
21	1	Leicester City	24	5	3	4	27	24	1	0	11	17	42	0.667	15	W	L	L	D	W	1957-12-28	Leeds United	H
22	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	24	5	2	5	28	30	0	2	10	14	31	0.689	14	L	D	L	L	L	1957-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Notts County	Oakwell	20,307
Smith	Lineups		Sheridan
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Swansea Town	Eastville	22,678
Petherbridge 2, Meyer	Lineups
Cardiff City	5	2	Stoke City	Ninian Park	23,638
Hudson, Bonson 2, Reynolds, Walsh	Lineups		Kelly 2
Derby County	5	2	Bristol City	Baseball Ground	25,630	Largest home gate 1957-58
Parry 2, Ryan, Woodhead, Darwin	Lineups		Atyeo, Curtis
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Belle Vue	15,563
Nicholson	Lineups		Summers, Leary
Fulham	4	1	Lincoln City	Craven Cottage	18,978
Haynes 2, Chamberlain, Hill	Lineups		Grainger
Ipswich Town	2	1	West Ham United	Portman Road	21,899
Siddall 2	Lineups		Bond
Liverpool	3	2	Grimsby Town	Anfield Road	47,766
Liddell 2 (1p), McNamara	Lineups		Priestley, Rafferty
Middlesbrough	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Ayresome Park	22,964
	Lineups		Ledger
Rotherham United	2	2	Leyton Orient	Millmoor	11,133
Brown, Kettleborough	Lineups		White, Johnston
Sheffield United	4	2	Blackburn Rovers	Bramall Lane	25,445	Largest home gate 1957-58
Pace, Hawksworth, McGrath OG, Lewis	Lineups		Stephenson, Dobing

				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	25	10	2	0	34	7	3	4	6	18	26	1.576	32	W	L	W	L	D	1957-12-28	Cardiff City	A
2	2	Charlton Athletic	24	9	2	1	35	19	4	3	5	21	20	1.436	31	W	W	W	D	W	1957-12-28	Grimsby Town	A
3	2	Fulham	24	8	3	1	30	14	3	5	4	26	23	1.514	30	W	W	D	W	W	1957-12-28	Swansea Town	H
4	-1	West Ham United	24	6	5	1	26	17	5	2	5	23	17	1.441	29	L	D	W	W	D	1957-12-28	Bristol Rovers	H
5	-3	Stoke City	25	8	2	3	41	20	5	1	6	15	21	1.366	29	L	W	D	W	W	1957-12-28	Leyton Orient	H
6	1	Barnsley	24	7	4	1	27	13	3	4	5	18	24	1.216	28	D	W	D	W	L	1957-12-28	Derby County	H
7	-1	Blackburn Rovers	24	6	5	1	20	10	4	3	5	18	23	1.152	28	L	W	L	D	L	1957-12-28	Notts County	H
8	1	Ipswich Town	24	10	1	2	31	17	0	5	6	10	28	0.911	26	W	D	W	W	L	1957-12-28	Rotherham United	A
9	-1	Grimsby Town	23	7	2	2	31	16	4	1	7	28	28	1.341	25	L	W	L	W	W	1957-12-28	Charlton Athletic	H
10	1	Huddersfield Town	24	4	5	2	15	16	4	4	5	25	26	0.952	25	W	W	L	D	D	1957-12-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
11	1	Sheffield United	24	6	3	3	17	15	3	4	5	17	21	0.944	25	W	L	L	L	W	1957-12-28	Lincoln City	H
12	2	Bristol Rovers	24	7	1	4	29	20	3	2	7	22	27	1.085	23	W	L	D	L	D	1957-12-28	West Ham United	A
13	0	Leyton Orient	24	9	1	2	39	17	1	2	9	16	34	1.078	23	D	W	W	W	W	1957-12-28	Stoke City	A
14	-4	Middlesbrough	24	6	3	3	26	15	3	2	7	18	27	1.048	23	L	L	L	L	L	1957-12-28	Bristol City	A
15	0	Cardiff City	24	5	4	3	23	17	3	3	6	11	24	0.829	23	W	W	L	W	D	1957-12-28	Liverpool	H
16	0	Derby County	24	7	3	2	25	19	1	2	9	16	27	0.891	21	W	L	D	D	L	1957-12-28	Barnsley	A
17	0	Notts County	24	7	2	4	21	19	1	2	8	10	26	0.689	20	D	L	W	W	L	1957-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	1	Rotherham United	23	3	2	5	17	19	4	2	7	20	29	0.771	18	D	L	L	L	L	1957-12-28	Ipswich Town	H
19	-1	Bristol City	23	5	4	3	20	22	1	2	8	14	31	0.642	18	L	W	L	L	L	1957-12-28	Middlesbrough	H
20	0	Doncaster Rovers	24	6	2	4	22	16	0	3	9	7	30	0.63	17	L	L	W	L	W	1957-12-28	Huddersfield Town	A
21	0	Lincoln City	23	3	4	5	15	19	2	2	7	14	27	0.63	16	L	L	L	D	W	1957-12-28	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Swansea Town	24	4	1	7	27	32	2	3	7	12	32	0.609	16	L	W	L	W	L	1957-12-28	Fulham	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Peel Park	7,633
Stewart, Byrom	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Mansfield Town	Valley Parade	17,472
Stokes	Lineups		Watson
Chester	0	0	Bury	Sealand Road	9,771
	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,639
Hutchinson, Tomlinson	Lineups		Duffy
Darlington	1	0	Stockport County	Feethams Ground	6,660
Bell	Lineups
Gateshead	3	1	Hull City	Redheugh Park	5,148
Ingham, Smith, Gibson	Lineups		Smith
Halifax Town	0	1	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	The Shay	9,942
	Lineups		Waldock
Southport	2	1	Bradford	Haig Avenue	3,907
Hazledine, Phillips	Lineups		Buchanan
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Barrow	Prenton Park	13,192
Dodd	Lineups		Birch
Workington	2	1	Carlisle United	Borough Park	13,250	Largest home gate 1957-58
Aitken (p), Bertolini	Lineups		Ackerman
Wrexham	2	0	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	9,204
McNab, Evans B	Lineups
York City	2	2	Hartlepools United	Bootham Crescent	10,785
Bottom, Powell	Lineups		McGuigan 2

				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	24	7	3	1	24	11	7	2	4	24	17	1.714	33	W	D	W	W	L	1957-12-28	Darlington	A
2	0	Bury	23	9	0	2	29	8	5	3	4	16	13	2.143	31	D	L	W	W	L	1957-12-28	Carlisle United	H
3	0	Mansfield Town	23	7	3	2	32	22	4	4	3	19	19	1.244	29	D	W	L	W	D	1957-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
4	0	Hartlepools United	24	7	4	1	31	11	4	3	5	17	30	1.171	29	D	D	D	L	W	1957-12-28	Chester	A
5	0	Barrow	25	5	5	2	19	17	4	5	4	19	19	1.056	28	D	L	W	L	L	1957-12-28	York City	H
6	1	Bradford City	24	6	5	1	17	9	3	4	5	16	18	1.222	27	D	L	W	D	L	1957-12-28	Halifax Town	H
7	3	Accrington Stanley	23	9	1	3	27	15	2	4	4	12	17	1.219	27	W	L	D	W	W	1957-12-28	Bradford	H
8	3	Chesterfield	24	7	4	1	22	13	3	3	6	18	24	1.081	27	W	L	D	L	D	1957-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	-3	Rochdale	24	9	1	3	36	19	3	1	7	17	21	1.325	26	L	W	W	L	W	1957-12-28	Workington	A
10	-2	Stockport County	24	8	3	2	29	16	2	3	6	11	18	1.176	26	L	W	L	W	W	1957-12-28	Hull City	A
11	-2	Halifax Town	25	8	3	2	27	12	1	5	6	13	30	0.952	26	L	D	W	W	W	1957-12-28	Bradford City	A
12	0	Tranmere Rovers	24	4	5	3	24	18	5	2	5	22	22	1.15	25	D	W	D	W	W	1957-12-28	Chesterfield	A
13	0	Oldham Athletic	24	7	1	3	20	13	1	7	5	17	27	0.925	24	L	W	D	W	D	1957-12-28	Southport	H
14	0	Hull City	24	7	4	1	25	14	2	2	8	10	27	0.854	24	L	D	L	W	D	1957-12-28	Stockport County	H
15	0	Carlisle United	24	6	2	4	25	19	4	1	7	16	18	1.108	23	L	D	D	D	L	1957-12-28	Bury	A
16	1	Gateshead	24	5	2	4	19	16	2	7	4	19	29	0.844	23	W	D	D	L	W	1957-12-28	Wrexham	H
17	-1	York City	24	5	5	2	19	15	3	1	8	14	22	0.892	22	D	D	W	L	L	1957-12-28	Barrow	A
18	0	Wrexham	24	6	3	2	21	9	2	2	9	13	25	1	21	W	L	W	L	D	1957-12-28	Gateshead	A
19	0	Workington	24	6	3	3	24	18	1	4	7	10	23	0.829	21	W	D	D	L	L	1957-12-28	Rochdale	H
20	0	Darlington	24	8	1	3	25	14	2	0	10	14	36	0.78	21	W	L	L	W	L	1957-12-28	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H
21	0	Bradford	25	3	4	6	17	24	3	2	7	15	29	0.604	18	L	L	L	W	L	1957-12-28	Accrington Stanley	A
22	0	Chester	23	2	4	6	13	16	4	1	6	17	19	0.857	17	D	W	D	L	L	1957-12-28	Hartlepools United	H
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	4	2	6	16	21	1	2	10	11	25	0.587	14	L	W	D	L	D	1957-12-28	Mansfield Town	A
24	0	Southport	24	5	1	6	16	22	1	1	10	12	29	0.549	14	W	W	L	L	L	1957-12-28	Oldham Athletic	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Swindon Town	Goldstone Ground	21,496
Gordon	Lineups
Colchester United	4	0	Watford	Layer Road	9,379
Plant 3, Langman	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Brentford	Selhurst Park	16,797
Harrison, Pierce	Lineups		Coote
Exeter City	5	1	Torquay United	St James Park	11,562
Churms 2, Nicholls 2, John	Lineups		Collins (p)
Millwall	1	2	Southend United	The Den, New Cross	8,193
Roche	Lineups		McCrory, Crossan
Northampton Town	0	1	Norwich City	County Ground	11,125
	Lineups		Gordon
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Newport County	Home Park	26,436
Carter	Lineups
Port Vale	0	1	Coventry City	Vale Park	17,286	Largest home gate 1957-58
	Lineups		Smith
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Gillingham	Loftus Road	8,658
Woods	Lineups		Saunders
Reading	2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Elm Park	13,339
Walker, Wheeler	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Walsall	Gay Meadow	12,186	Largest home gate 1957-58
Smith, Russell	Lineups
Southampton	2	2	Aldershot	The Dell	18,383
Paine, Page	Lineups		Walters, Lacey

				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	24	8	2	3	31	18	7	1	3	22	20	1.395	33	W	D	W	W	D	1957-12-28	Exeter City	A
2	1	Norwich City	24	6	4	1	20	13	5	5	3	22	23	1.167	31	W	W	L	D	W	1957-12-28	Torquay United	H
3	-1	Swindon Town	26	8	4	0	28	8	3	4	7	17	24	1.406	30	L	D	L	D	W	1957-12-28	Port Vale	H
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	25	11	2	0	27	8	3	0	9	8	20	1.25	30	W	W	D	W	W	1957-12-28	Aldershot	A
5	1	Reading	24	8	3	2	28	10	3	4	4	14	16	1.615	29	W	L	W	D	L	1957-12-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
6	3	Shrewsbury Town	25	7	3	3	16	13	4	4	4	15	20	0.939	29	W	W	D	W	L	1957-12-28	Reading	H
7	0	Southampton	25	9	2	3	47	21	2	4	5	13	21	1.429	28	D	W	W	W	W	1957-12-28	Gillingham	A
8	3	Southend United	24	7	3	3	34	16	4	2	5	16	12	1.786	27	W	W	W	D	D	1957-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	-4	Port Vale	24	8	3	1	30	9	3	2	7	11	14	1.783	27	L	L	W	W	D	1957-12-28	Swindon Town	A
10	-2	Brentford	24	6	4	2	22	14	5	1	6	19	20	1.206	27	L	L	D	D	L	1957-12-28	Colchester United	A
11	2	Colchester United	25	7	2	2	21	10	3	5	6	20	35	0.911	27	W	W	L	D	W	1957-12-28	Brentford	H
12	-2	Newport County	24	6	4	2	19	12	3	4	5	16	22	1.029	26	L	L	W	W	D	1957-12-28	Millwall	A
13	-1	Queens Park Rangers	24	8	3	1	20	5	2	3	7	13	29	0.971	26	D	D	D	D	W	1957-12-28	Southend United	H
14	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	23	8	2	1	26	10	2	2	8	15	30	1.025	24	L	W	D	L	L	1957-12-28	Crystal Palace	H
15	1	Crystal Palace	24	6	3	3	24	15	3	3	6	12	22	0.973	24	W	W	L	W	D	1957-12-28	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
16	-1	Watford	25	5	5	3	21	16	1	5	6	10	20	0.861	22	L	D	D	W	L	1957-12-28	Walsall	A
17	2	Coventry City	22	6	2	3	16	13	2	2	7	8	24	0.649	20	W	W	L	L	L	1957-12-28	Northampton Town	H
18	-1	Millwall	24	4	3	5	23	17	4	0	8	13	24	0.878	19	L	L	L	D	L	1957-12-28	Newport County	H
19	-1	Northampton Town	24	5	1	6	24	19	2	3	7	10	25	0.773	18	L	W	D	W	L	1957-12-28	Coventry City	A
20	4	Exeter City	25	5	2	5	21	21	1	3	9	12	29	0.66	17	W	W	L	L	L	1957-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	-1	Gillingham	23	5	3	3	14	10	1	2	9	11	28	0.658	17	D	D	L	D	W	1957-12-28	Southampton	H
22	-1	Aldershot	24	3	1	7	12	19	3	4	6	17	31	0.58	17	D	L	L	L	L	1957-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
23	-1	Walsall	22	4	3	4	15	14	1	2	8	10	24	0.658	15	L	L	L	L	W	1957-12-28	Watford	H
24	-1	Torquay United	24	4	4	4	16	19	0	3	9	6	22	0.537	15	L	L	L	D	D	1957-12-28	Norwich City	A