1956–57 Football League

The 1956–57 season was the 58th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1956–57
Champions	Manchester United
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division

First Division

Season	1956–57
Champions	Manchester United 5th English title
Relegated	Cardiff City Charlton Athletic
European Cup	Manchester United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,612 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Charles (38 goals)[3][4]
Biggest home win	Sunderland 8–1 Charlton Athletic (1 September 1956)
Biggest away win	Charlton Athletic 1–5 Manchester United (18 February 1957)
Highest scoring	Arsenal 7–3 Manchester City (6 October 1956) Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–3 Charlton Athletic (16 February 1957)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	42	28	8	6	103	54	1.907	64	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	12	8	104	56	1.857	56
3	Preston North End	42	23	10	9	84	56	1.500	56
4	Blackpool	42	22	9	11	93	65	1.431	53
5	Arsenal	42	21	8	13	85	69	1.232	50
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	8	14	94	70	1.343	48
7	Burnley	42	18	10	14	56	50	1.120	46
8	Leeds United	42	15	14	13	72	63	1.143	44
9	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	12	14	65	65	1.000	44
10	Aston Villa	42	14	15	13	65	55	1.182	43
11	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	14	14	59	61	0.967	42
12	Birmingham City	42	15	9	18	69	69	1.000	39
13	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	73	73	1.000	39
14	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	6	20	82	88	0.932	38
15	Everton	42	14	10	18	61	79	0.772	38
16	Luton Town	42	14	9	19	58	76	0.763	37
17	Newcastle United	42	14	8	20	67	87	0.770	36
18	Manchester City	42	13	9	20	78	88	0.886	35
19	Portsmouth	42	10	13	19	62	92	0.674	33
20	Sunderland	42	12	8	22	67	88	0.761	32
21	Cardiff City (R)	42	10	9	23	53	88	0.602	29	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Charlton Athletic (R)	42	9	4	29	62	120	0.517	22

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLP	BOL	BUR	CAR	CHA	CHE	EVE	LEE	LUT	MCI	MUN	NEW	POR	PNE	SHW	SUN	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		2–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	7–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	6–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–0
Aston Villa	0–0		3–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–0	5–0	2–2	2–4	0–0	4–0
Birmingham City	4–2	1–2		2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	0–1	1–3	6–2	3–0	3–3	3–1	6–1	3–1	3–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2
Blackpool	2–4	0–0	3–1		4–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	5–2	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–2	2–3	5–0	4–0	3–1	1–2	4–1	0–1	3–2
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–1		3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	5–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–3
Burnley	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–0		6–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Cardiff City	2–3	1–0	1–2	3–4	2–0	3–3		2–3	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	5–2	0–2	2–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–2
Charlton Athletic	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–2	0–2		3–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–5	1–1	1–3	3–4	4–4	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–1
Chelsea	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–3		5–1	1–1	4–1	4–2	1–2	6–2	3–3	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	3–3
Everton	4–0	0–4	2–0	2–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	5–0	0–3		2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–1
Leeds United	3–3	1–0	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	5–1		1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	4–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
Luton Town	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	4–2	0–4	2–0	2–2		3–2	0–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	6–2	1–3	0–1	1–0
Manchester City	2–3	1–1	3–1	0–3	1–3	0–1	4–1	5–1	5–4	2–4	1–0	3–2		2–4	1–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–3
Manchester United	6–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–2	3–0	2–5	3–2	3–1	2–0		6–1	3–0	3–2	4–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	3–0
Newcastle United	3–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–3	1–1		2–1	1–2	1–2	6–2	2–2	5–2	2–1
Portsmouth	2–3	5–1	3–4	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–5	2–2	0–1	1–3	2–2		2–2	3–1	3–2	2–3	0–1	1–0
Preston North End	3–0	3–3	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	6–0	4–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	7–1		1–0	6–0	1–4	3–2	1–0
Sheffield Wednesday	2–4	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	5–3	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–3	3–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	3–1		3–2	4–1	4–2	2–1
Sunderland	1–0	1–0	0–1	5–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	8–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–3	0–0	5–2		0–2	1–4	2–3
Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	3–0	5–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	5–0	6–2	3–4	6–0	5–1	5–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–2		2–2	4–1
West Bromwich Albion	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–3	3–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–4	2–0	1–1		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–2	3–0	3–0	4–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	7–3	3–1	2–1	1–2	5–4	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	4–3	2–1	2–2	3–0	5–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1956–1957

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Cardiff City

Charlton

Chelsea

Everton

Manchester City

Leeds United

Luton Town

Manchester United

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield Wednesday

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1956–1957 teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1956–57
Champions	Leicester City
Promoted	Leicester City Nottingham Forest
Relegated	Bury Port Vale
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,644 (3.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arthur Rowley (44 goals)[4]
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	42	25	11	6	109	67	1.627	61	Promotion to the First Division
2	Nottingham Forest (P)	42	22	10	10	94	55	1.709	54
3	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	82	54	1.519	53
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	21	10	11	83	75	1.107	52
5	Stoke City	42	20	8	14	83	58	1.431	48
6	Middlesbrough	42	19	10	13	84	60	1.400	48
7	Sheffield United	42	19	8	15	87	76	1.145	46
8	West Ham United	42	19	8	15	59	63	0.937	46
9	Bristol Rovers	42	18	9	15	81	67	1.209	45
10	Swansea Town	42	19	7	16	90	90	1.000	45
11	Fulham	42	19	4	19	84	76	1.105	42
12	Huddersfield Town	42	18	6	18	68	74	0.919	42
13	Bristol City	42	16	9	17	74	79	0.937	41
14	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	10	17	77	77	1.000	40
15	Leyton Orient	42	15	10	17	66	84	0.786	40
16	Grimsby Town	42	17	5	20	61	62	0.984	39
17	Rotherham United	42	13	11	18	74	75	0.987	37
18	Lincoln City	42	14	6	22	54	80	0.675	34
19	Barnsley	42	12	10	20	59	89	0.663	34
20	Notts County	42	9	12	21	58	86	0.674	30
21	Bury (R)	42	8	9	25	60	96	0.625	25	Relegation to the Third Division North
22	Port Vale (R)	42	8	6	28	57	101	0.564	22	Relegation to the Third Division South

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLB	BRI	BRR	BRY	DON	FUL	GRI	HUD	LEI	LEY	LIN	LIV	MID	NOT	NTC	PTV	ROT	SHU	STK	SWA	WHU
Barnsley		3–3	3–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–5	2–0	3–0	5–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–6	2–2	2–3	1–2
Blackburn Rovers	2–0		3–1	2–0	6–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–3	3–4	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–4	3–2	3–1	1–0	5–3	0–2
Bristol City	1–2	3–0		5–3	2–0	4–0	0–3	0–2	2–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	2–1	2–1	1–5	3–0	3–3	2–1	5–1	1–2	3–1	1–1
Bristol Rovers	1–1	0–1	0–0		6–1	6–1	4–0	1–0	4–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	3–0	2–1	4–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1
Bury	1–2	2–2	2–3	7–2		4–4	0–1	2–3	1–3	4–5	1–3	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–4	0–1	0–1	1–3	3–3
Doncaster Rovers	5–2	1–1	4–1	2–4	1–1		4–0	0–1	4–0	0–2	6–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	3–0
Fulham	2–0	7–2	2–1	3–2	1–3	3–0		3–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	5–1	6–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	7–3	1–4
Grimsby Town	4–1	1–3	0–3	3–2	0–1	4–2	3–1		1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	4–1	5–0	2–1
Huddersfield Town	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1		1–2	3–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–4	2–2	2–2	6–2
Leicester City	5–2	6–0	1–1	7–2	3–0	3–1	1–3	4–3	2–2		1–4	4–3	3–2	1–1	0–0	6–3	2–1	5–2	5–0	3–2	1–1	5–3
Leyton Orient	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–5		2–1	0–4	1–1	1–4	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–2
Lincoln City	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–2		3–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	4–0	3–3	4–1	0–1	0–2	0–2
Liverpool	2–1	2–3	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	4–3	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	4–0		1–2	3–1	3–3	4–1	4–1	5–1	0–2	2–0	1–0
Middlesbrough	1–2	2–1	4–1	3–2	2–2	3–2	3–1	2–1	7–2	1–3	1–2	3–0	1–1		2–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	6–2	3–1
Nottingham Forest	7–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–4		2–4	4–2	3–1	2–1	4–0	4–3	3–0
Notts County	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–2		3–1	1–5	2–2	5–0	1–4	4–1
Port Vale	0–0	0–3	3–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–7	1–2		2–1	0–6	2–2	0–2	0–0
Rotherham United	0–0	0–2	6–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–3	2–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–3	3–2	0–0	1–0		0–4	1–0	6–1	0–1
Sheffield United	5–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	5–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–4	5–1	4–2	2–7		1–1	2–2	1–0
Stoke City	3–0	4–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	5–1	3–1	7–1	8–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	6–0	3–1	6–0	3–3		4–1	0–1
Swansea Town	2–3	5–1	5–0	2–3	3–0	4–2	4–5	3–1	4–2	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–4	2–1	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–0		3–1
West Ham United	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Fulham

Leyton Orient

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1956–1957

Barnsley

Blackburn Rovers

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Doncaster

Fulham

Grimsby Town

Huddersfield

Leicester City

Leyton Orient

Lincoln City

Liverpool

Middlesbrough

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Port Vale

Rotherham

Sheffield United

Stoke

Swansea Town

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1956–1957 teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1956–57
Champions	Derby County (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,841 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ray Straw (Derby County), 37 [4]
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Derby County (C, P)	46	26	11	9	111	53	2.094	63	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Hartlepools United	46	25	9	12	90	63	1.429	59
3	Accrington Stanley	46	25	8	13	95	64	1.484	58
4	Workington	46	24	10	12	93	63	1.476	58
5	Stockport County	46	23	8	15	91	75	1.213	54
6	Chesterfield	46	22	9	15	96	79	1.215	53
7	York City	46	21	10	15	75	61	1.230	52
8	Hull City	46	21	10	15	84	69	1.217	52
9	Bradford City	46	22	8	16	78	68	1.147	52
10	Barrow	46	21	9	16	76	62	1.226	51
11	Halifax Town	46	21	7	18	65	70	0.929	49
12	Wrexham	46	19	10	17	97	74	1.311	48
13	Rochdale	46	18	12	16	65	65	1.000	48
14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	15	15	16	71	69	1.029	45
15	Carlisle United	46	16	13	17	76	85	0.894	45
16	Mansfield Town	46	17	10	19	91	90	1.011	44
17	Gateshead	46	17	10	19	72	90	0.800	44
18	Darlington	46	17	8	21	82	95	0.863	42
19	Oldham Athletic	46	12	15	19	66	74	0.892	39
20	Bradford (Park Avenue)	46	16	3	27	66	93	0.710	35
21	Chester	46	10	13	23	55	84	0.655	33
22	Southport	46	10	12	24	52	94	0.553	32
23	Tranmere Rovers	46	7	13	26	51	91	0.560	27	Re-elected
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	6	9	31	43	110	0.391	21

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	BRA	BPA	CRL	CHE	CHF	CRE	DAR	DER	GAT	HAL	HAR	HUL	MAN	OLD	ROC	SCU	SOU	STP	TRA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		4–1	0–2	5–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	5–0	4–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	0–3	3–3	2–2	2–1	0–1	4–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0
Barrow	3–1		4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–3	5–0	5–2	2–1	1–2
Bradford City	1–2	0–2		2–0	3–2	1–0	3–2	5–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–3	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	2–1	0–2
Bradford Park Avenue	2–0	4–1	2–0		1–3	3–1	2–0	4–3	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–4	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–3	3–2	1–2	1–3	0–4	0–2
Carlisle United	2–2	1–1	1–4	2–1		3–0	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	6–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Chester	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2		3–4	4–1	0–3	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	6–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–4	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–4
Chesterfield	1–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	3–0		2–0	4–1	2–2	6–0	2–1	5–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	6–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	3–4
Crewe Alexandra	3–4	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–4		1–3	2–5	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–3	6–4	2–2	1–6	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1
Darlington	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	0–1	5–1	4–1	3–0		1–1	7–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	4–3	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	1–5	2–4
Derby County	2–2	3–3	0–2	6–1	3–0	3–0	7–1	4–0	1–1		5–3	6–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–3	1–0	1–0
Gateshead	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	4–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–1		2–1	4–3	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–5	3–1	1–2	4–0	0–2
Halifax Town	0–1	3–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–1		2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	4–0	4–2	1–2	0–0
Hartlepools United	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	5–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–1		3–3	2–1	4–1	0–0	0–0	5–2	4–1	5–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Hull City	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–0		1–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	5–3	4–1	0–2	1–2	1–1
Mansfield Town	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	7–3	1–2	2–4	2–0	4–1	2–1		2–4	2–3	1–1	1–2	4–2	3–0	2–2	3–1	4–1
Oldham Athletic	2–4	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–3	2–0	3–2	1–2	1–2	4–3	0–0	1–3	1–1		0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1
Rochdale	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–3	0–0	0–2		3–0	6–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	5–1	5–1	1–2	1–4	1–2	6–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	2–3	1–4	2–1	4–3	2–1
Southport	3–5	0–0	1–5	5–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–6	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–2		0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1
Stockport County	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	5–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–4	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	2–0		3–1	0–1	4–0	3–0
Tranmere Rovers	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–4	3–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	2–2		1–1	2–4	3–3
Workington	4–1	0–1	5–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	6–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–3	3–3	0–0	5–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	3–2		3–0	3–2
Wrexham	5–2	5–0	1–2	2–0	6–4	2–2	1–3	5–0	5–0	0–2	4–1	3–2	2–2	5–2	0–0	4–4	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–0		1–1
York City	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	9–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Bradford C.

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Derby County

Gateshead

Halifax T.

Hartlepool

Hull

Mansfield Town

Oldham

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1956–1957

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1956–57
Champions	Ipswich Town (2nd title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,760 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted Phillips (Ipswich Town), 42 [4]
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ipswich Town (C, P)	46	25	9	12	101	54	1.870	59	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Torquay United	46	24	11	11	89	64	1.391	59
3	Colchester United	46	22	14	10	84	56	1.500	58
4	Southampton	46	22	10	14	76	52	1.462	54
5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	19	14	13	88	62	1.419	52
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	14	13	86	65	1.323	52
7	Southend United	46	18	12	16	73	65	1.123	48
8	Brentford	46	16	16	14	78	76	1.026	48
9	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	18	13	72	79	0.911	48
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	11	17	61	60	1.017	47
11	Watford	46	18	10	18	72	75	0.960	46
12	Newport County	46	16	13	17	65	62	1.048	45
13	Reading	46	18	9	19	80	81	0.988	45
14	Northampton Town	46	18	9	19	66	73	0.904	45
15	Walsall	46	16	12	18	80	74	1.081	44
16	Coventry City	46	16	12	18	74	84	0.881	44
17	Millwall	46	16	12	18	64	84	0.762	44
18	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	11	19	68	73	0.932	43
19	Aldershot	46	15	12	19	79	92	0.859	42
20	Crystal Palace	46	11	18	17	62	75	0.827	40
21	Exeter City	46	12	13	21	61	79	0.772	37
22	Gillingham	46	12	13	21	54	85	0.635	37
23	Swindon Town	46	15	6	25	66	96	0.688	36	Re-elected
24	Norwich City	46	8	15	23	61	94	0.649	31

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	COL	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	IPS	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	QPR	REA	SHR	SOU	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Aldershot		3–2	0–2	1–4	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–4	0–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	4–0	0–0	0–2	4–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	5–3	2–2	0–1	4–1	3–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–2		3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	6–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	6–1	1–0	1–1	7–0	0–0	2–2	4–0
Brentford	2–2	2–2		2–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	5–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	3–2	4–1	0–0	6–2	1–5
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	2–2	1–2		0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	5–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	8–3	4–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	1–3	2–2
Colchester United	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0		3–2	3–3	4–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	6–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Coventry City	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–2	2–4		3–3	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–4	5–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	2–2	0–2
Crystal Palace	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–4	1–1		0–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0
Exeter City	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	4–2	2–1		4–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	5–1	0–4	6–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–2
Gillingham	6–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	4–1	2–1		1–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–3
Ipswich Town	4–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	4–2	3–0	1–1		0–2	5–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	4–2	5–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	6–0	2–2	4–1
Millwall	1–5	3–4	1–1	4–3	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–3	2–1	2–2		1–0	1–0	5–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	7–2	1–0	1–1
Newport County	3–0	5–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	0–0		3–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–0
Northampton Town	4–2	2–2	5–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–3		1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–2
Norwich City	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1		3–0	1–2	2–5	3–0	0–3	1–2	2–4	1–2	2–2	1–2
Plymouth Argyle	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	5–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	4–3	3–2		1–2	0–6	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–4	3–3
Queens Park Rangers	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	5–3	5–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–0		1–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1
Reading	2–1	0–4	2–0	2–2	0–3	3–0	1–2	4–0	4–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–0		2–2	2–4	3–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–2
Shrewsbury Town	2–2	0–0	3–2	4–0	1–3	5–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–5	3–1	0–0	1–1		0–0	0–0	7–3	1–1	3–2	1–0
Southampton	1–0	3–0	3–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	4–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	4–1	4–0		1–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–1
Southend United	2–4	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	4–0	1–2	1–2		1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Swindon Town	1–2	2–1	1–3	3–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	3–5	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	3–2		1–2	1–2	2–0
Torquay United	4–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–3	4–1	7–2	4–0	2–0	7–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	7–0		2–0	3–0
Walsall	5–1	0–0	7–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	7–1	0–0	2–2	6–3	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1		2–0
Watford	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	5–0	2–1	3–3	0–1	2–4	1–0	2–3	4–2	1–1	3–4	4–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1956–1957

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Colchester

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Gillingham

Ipswich Town

Millwall

Newport County

Norwich City

Northampton Town

Plymouth Argyle

QPR

Reading

Shrewsbury

Southampton

Southend

Swindon

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1956–1957

Attendances

First Division

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[5]
1	Manchester United	21	45,481
2	Tottenham Hotspur	21	43,280
3	Arsenal FC	21	41,093
4	Sunderland AFC	21	36,145
5	Newcastle United	21	35,202
6	Everton FC	21	35,076
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	34,956
8	Leeds United	21	32,672
9	Birmingham City	21	32,444
10	Chelsea FC	21	31,732
11	Aston Villa	21	30,487
12	Manchester City	21	30,005
13	Sheffield Wednesday	21	28,570
14	Bolton Wanderers	21	25,219
15	Portsmouth FC	21	25,024
16	Preston North End	21	23,522
17	West Bromwich Albion	21	22,746
18	Burnley FC	21	22,493
19	Blackpool FC	21	21,961
20	Cardiff City	21	20,550
21	Charlton Athletic	21	20,370
22	Luton Town	21	18,262

See also

• 1956-57 in English football