1956–57 Liverpool F.C. season

The season would prove to be one where they would finish outside the top two for the 2nd consecutive season, by finishing 3rd, just one point outside the automatic promotion places.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Leicester City	42	25	11	6	109	67	1.627	61
2	Nottingham Forest	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	42	8	9	25	60	96	0.625	25
22	Port Vale	42	8	6	28	57	101	0.564	22

Results

Second Division

Main article: 1956–57 Football League § Second Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
18-Aug-56	Huddersfield Town	H	2–3	Liddell 62', pen 73'	49,344	Report	Report
23-Aug-56	Notts County	A	1–1	Liddell 9'	14,671	Report	Report
25-Aug-56	Bury	A	2–0	Bimpson 10' Saunders 17'	17,000	Report	Report
29-Aug-56	Notts County	H	3–3	Twentyman Bimpson 79'	41,095	Report	Report
01-Sep-56	Grimsby Town	H	3–2	Bimpson 4', 73' Arnell 68'	43,222	Report	Report
03-Sep-56	West Ham United	A	1–1	Liddell 18'	25,000	Report	Report
08-Sep-56	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–1	Liddell 87'	13,580	Report	Report
15-Sep-56	Stoke City	H	0–2		47,119	Report	Report
22-Sep-56	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	Own Goal 15'	23,000	Report	Report
29-Sep-56	Leicester City	H	2–0	Melia 68' Liddell 71'	41,126	Report	Report
06-Oct-56	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–3	Anderson 49' Liddell 64'	41,538	Report	Report
13-Oct-56	Bristol City	A	1–2	Wheeler 7'	26,042	Report	Report
20-Oct-56	Fulham	H	4–3	A'Court 26' Wheeler 42' Liddell 52' Melia 79'	36,735	Report	Report
27-Oct-56	Barnsley	A	1–4	Melia 67'	13,941	Report	Report
03-Nov-56	Port Vale	H	4–1	Liddell 53' Wheeler 81', 82', 85'	32,334	Report	Report
10-Nov-56	Rotherham United	A	2–2	Bimpson 39' A'Court 90'	11,524	Report	Report
17-Nov-56	Lincoln City F.C.	H	4–0	Arnell 18', 86' Wheeler 31', 71'	29,672	Report	Report
24-Nov-56	Swansea Town	A	1–1	Arnell 27'	18,000	Report	Report
01-Dec-56	Sheffield United	H	5–1	Wheeler 24' Liddell 44' Melia 55' A'Court 72' Arnell 80'	34,159	Report	Report
08-Dec-56	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1		17,624	Report	Report
15-Dec-56	Huddersfield Town	A	3–0	Arnell	11,577	Report	Report
22-Dec-56	Bury	H	2–0	Liddell pen 15' Melia 71'	18,754	Report	Report
25-Dec-56	Leyton Orient	H	1–0	A'Court 45'	22,001	Report	Report
26-Dec-56	Leyton Orient	A	4–0	A'Court Arnell Bimpson Liddell	10,332	Report	Report
29-Dec-56	Grimsby Town	A	0–0		15,001	Report	Report
12-Jan-57	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–1	Arnell 70' Twentyman 78'	35,954	Report	Report
19-Jan-57	Stoke City	A	0–1		31,144	Report	Report
02-Feb-57	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	A'Court 75'	38,890	Report	Report
09-Feb-57	Leicester City	A	2–3	Liddell 21' Evans 34'	39,622	Report	Report
16-Feb-57	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–2	Wheeler 52' Liddell 60'	27,100	Report	Report
02-Mar-57	Fulham	A	2–1	Evans 13' Liddell 54'	26,500	Report	Report
09-Mar-57	Barnsley	H	2–1	Wheeler 5' Liddell 47'	30,672	Report	Report
16-Mar-57	Port Vale	A	2–1	Rowley 48', 73'	14,241	Report	Report
23-Mar-57	Rotherham United	H	4–1	Liddell 42' Own Goal 47' Rowley 56' A'Court 72'	33,307	Report	Report
30-Mar-57	Lincoln City F.C.	A	3–3	Jackson 32', 72' Rowley 44'	8,449	Report	Report
06-Apr-57	Swansea Town	H	2–0	A'Court 30', 60'	34,773	Report	Report
13-Apr-57	Sheffield United	A	0–3		24,000	Report	Report
19-Apr-57	Bristol Rovers	H	4–1	Melia 74' Campbell 75' Liddell pen' Rowley	40,776	Report	Report
20-Apr-57	Nottingham Forest	H	3–1	Liddell A'Court Rowley 54'	47,621	Report	Report
22-Apr-57	Bristol Rovers	A	0–0		14,794	Report	Report
27-Apr-57	West Ham United	H	1–0	Liddell pen 89'	36,236	Report	Report
01-May-57	Bristol City	H	2–1	Rowley 33' Liddell 54'	15,108	Report	Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1956–57 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
05-Jan-57	Southend United	A	1–2	Wheeler 48'	18,253	Report	Report

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