1956–57 Football League

The Football League

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

The 1956–1957 season was the 58th completed season of The Football League.

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.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1956–57
Champions	Manchester United (5th English title)
Relegated	Cardiff City Charlton Athletic
European Cup 1957–58	Manchester United
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58	Birmingham City
FA Cup winners	Aston Villa (7th FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,612 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Charles (Leeds United), 38 [3][4]
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United	42		14	4	3	55	25		14	4	3	48	29		103	54	1.907	+49		64	European Cup 1957–58 Preliminary Round
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42		15	4	2	70	24		7	8	6	34	32		104	56	1.857	+48		56
3	Preston North End	42		15	4	2	50	19		8	6	7	34	37		84	56	1.500	+28		56
4	Blackpool	42		14	3	4	55	26		8	6	7	38	39		93	65	1.431	+28		53
5	Arsenal	42		12	5	4	45	21		9	3	9	40	48		85	69	1.232	+16		50
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		17	2	2	70	29		3	6	12	24	41		94	70	1.343	+24		48
7	Burnley	42		14	5	2	41	21		4	5	12	15	29		56	50	1.120	+6		46
8	Leeds United	42		10	8	3	42	18		5	6	10	30	45		72	63	1.143	+9		44
9	Bolton Wanderers	42		13	6	2	42	23		3	6	12	23	42		65	65	1.000	±0		44
10	Aston Villa	42		10	8	3	45	25		4	7	10	20	30		65	55	1.182	+10		43
11	West Bromwich Albion	42		8	8	5	31	25		6	6	9	28	36		59	61	0.967	–2		42
12	Birmingham City	42		12	5	4	52	25		3	4	14	17	44		69	69	1.000	±0		39	Participated in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58
13	Chelsea	42		7	8	6	43	36		6	5	10	30	37		73	73	1.000	±0		39
14	Sheffield Wednesday	42		14	3	4	55	29		2	3	16	27	59		82	88	0.932	–6		38
15	Everton	42		10	5	6	34	28		4	5	12	27	51		61	79	0.772	–18		38
16	Luton Town	42		10	4	7	32	26		4	5	12	26	50		58	76	0.763	–28		37
17	Newcastle United	42		10	5	6	43	31		4	3	14	24	56		67	87	0.770	–20		36
18	Manchester City	42		10	2	9	48	42		3	7	11	30	46		78	88	0.886	–10		35
19	Portsmouth	42		8	6	7	37	35		2	7	12	25	57		62	92	0.674	–30		33
20	Sunderland	42		9	5	7	40	30		3	3	15	27	58		67	88	0.761	–21		32
21	Cardiff City	42		7	6	8	35	34		3	3	15	18	54		53	88	0.602	–35		29
22	Charlton Athletic	42		7	3	11	31	44		2	1	18	31	76		62	120	0.517	–58		22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away

Arsenal !ARS

Aston Villa !AST

Birmingham !BIR

Blackpool !BLP

Bolton Wanderers !BOL

Burnley !BUR

Cardiff City !CAR

Charlton Athletic !CHA

Chelsea !CHE

Everton !EVE

Leeds United !LEE

Luton Town !LUT

Manchester City !MCI

Manchester United !MUN

Newcastle United !NEW

Portsmouth !POR

Preston North End !PNE

Sheffield Wednesday !SHW

Sunderland !SUN

Tottenham Hotspur !TOT

West Bromwich Albion !WBA

Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL

Arsenal !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 !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 !Birmingham

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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

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

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Leicester City	42		14	5	2	68	36		11	6	4	41	31		109	67	1.627	+42		61
2	Nottingham Forest	42		13	4	4	50	29		9	6	6	44	26		94	55	1.709	+39		54
3	Liverpool	42		16	1	4	53	26		5	10	6	29	28		82	54	1.519	+28		53
4	Blackburn Rovers	42		12	6	3	49	32		9	4	8	34	43		83	75	1.107	+8		52
5	Stoke City	42		16	2	3	64	18		4	6	11	19	40		83	58	1.431	+25		48
6	Middlesbrough	42		12	5	4	51	29		7	5	9	33	31		84	60	1.400	+24		48
7	Sheffield United	42		11	6	4	45	28		8	2	11	42	48		87	76	1.145	+11		46
8	West Ham United	42		12	4	5	31	24		7	4	10	28	39		59	63	0.937	–4		46
9	Bristol Rovers	42		12	5	4	47	19		6	4	11	34	48		81	67	1.209	+14		45
10	Swansea Town	42		12	3	6	53	34		7	4	10	37	56		90	90	1.000	±0		45
11	Fulham	42		13	1	7	53	32		6	3	12	31	44		84	76	1.105	+8		42
12	Huddersfield Town	42		10	3	8	33	27		8	3	10	35	47		68	74	0.919	–6		42
13	Bristol City	42		13	2	6	49	32		3	7	11	25	47		74	79	0.937	–5		41
14	Doncaster Rovers	42		12	5	4	51	21		3	5	13	26	56		77	77	1.000	±0		40
15	Leyton Orient	42		7	8	6	34	38		8	2	11	32	46		66	84	0.786	–18		40
16	Grimsby Town	42		12	4	5	41	26		5	1	15	20	36		61	62	0.984	–1		39
17	Rotherham United	42		9	7	5	37	26		4	4	13	37	49		74	75	0.987	–1		37
18	Lincoln City	42		9	4	8	34	27		5	2	14	20	53		54	80	0.675	–26		34
19	Barnsley	42		8	7	6	39	35		4	3	14	20	54		59	89	0.663	–30		34
20	Notts County	42		7	6	8	34	32		2	6	13	24	54		58	86	0.674	–28		30
21	Bury	42		5	3	13	37	47		3	6	12	23	49		60	96	0.625	–36		25
22	Port Vale	42		7	4	10	31	42		1	2	18	26	59		57	101	0.564	–44		22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away

Barnsley !BAR

Blackburn Rovers !BLB

Bristol City !BRI

Bristol Rovers !BRO

Bury !BRY

Doncaster Rovers !DON

Fulham !FUL

Grimsby Town !GRI

Huddersfield Town !HUD

Leicester City !LEI

Leyton Orient !LEY

Lincoln City !LIN

Liverpool !LIV

Middlesbrough !MID

Nottingham Forest !NOT

Notts County !NTC

Port Vale !PTV

Rotherham United !ROT

Sheffield United !SHU

Stoke City !STK

Swansea Town !SWA

West Ham United !WHU

Barnsley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Derby County	46		18	3	2	69	18		8	8	7	42	35		111	53	2.094	+58		63
2	Hartlepools United	46		18	4	1	56	21		7	5	11	34	42		90	63	1.429	+27		59
3	Accrington Stanley	46		15	4	4	54	22		10	4	9	41	42		95	64	1.484	+31		58
4	Workington	46		16	4	3	60	25		8	6	9	33	38		93	63	1.476	+30		58
5	Stockport County	46		16	3	4	51	26		7	5	11	40	49		91	75	1.213	+16		54
6	Chesterfield	46		17	5	1	60	22		5	4	14	36	57		96	79	1.215	+17		53
7	York City	46		14	4	5	43	21		7	6	10	32	40		75	61	1.230	+14		52
8	Hull City	46		14	6	3	45	24		7	4	12	39	45		84	69	1.217	+15		52
9	Bradford City	46		14	3	6	47	31		8	5	10	31	37		78	68	1.147	+10		52
10	Barrow	46		16	2	5	51	22		5	7	11	25	40		76	62	1.226	+14		51
11	Halifax Town	46		16	2	5	40	24		5	5	13	25	46		65	70	0.929	–5		49
12	Wrexham	46		12	7	4	63	33		7	3	13	34	41		97	74	1.311	+23		48
13	Rochdale	46		14	6	3	38	19		4	6	13	27	46		65	65	1.000	±0		48
14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46		9	5	9	44	36		6	10	7	27	33		71	69	1.029	+2		45
15	Carlisle United	46		9	9	5	44	36		7	4	12	32	49		76	85	0.894	–9		45
16	Mansfield Town	46		13	3	7	58	38		4	7	12	33	52		91	90	1.011	+1		44
17	Gateshead	46		9	6	8	42	40		8	4	11	30	50		72	90	0.800	–18		44
18	Darlington	46		11	5	7	47	36		6	3	14	35	59		82	95	0.863	–13		42
19	Oldham Athletic	46		9	7	7	35	31		3	8	12	31	43		66	74	0.892	–8		39
20	Bradford Park Avenue	46		11	2	10	41	40		5	1	17	25	53		66	93	0.710	–27		35
21	Chester	46		8	7	8	40	35		2	6	15	15	49		55	84	0.655	–29		33
22	Southport	46		7	8	8	31	34		3	4	16	21	60		52	94	0.553	–42		32
23	Tranmere Rovers	46		5	9	9	33	38		2	4	17	18	53		51	91	0.560	–40		27
24	Crewe Alexandra	46		5	7	11	31	46		1	2	20	12	64		43	110	0.391	–67		21

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Welsh Cup winners
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home ╲ Away

Accrington Stanley !ACC

Barrow !BRW

Bradford City !BRA

Bradford Park Avenue !BPA

Carlisle United !CRL

Chester !CHE

Chesterfield !CHF

Crewe Alexandra !CRE

Darlington !DAR

Derby County !DER

Gateshead !GAT

Halifax Town !HAL

Hartlepool !HAR

Hull City !HUL

Mansfield Town !MAN

Oldham Athletic !OLD

Rochdale !ROC

Scunthorpe & Lindsey United !SCU

Southport !SOU

Stockport County !STP

Tranmere !TRA

Workington !WRK

Wrexham !WRE

York City !YOR

Accrington Stanley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Hartlepool !Hartlepool

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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !Tranmere

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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Ipswich Town	46		18	3	2	72	20		7	6	10	29	34		101	54	1.870	+47		59
2	Torquay United	46		19	4	0	71	18		5	7	11	18	46		89	64	1.391	+25		59
3	Colchester United	46		15	8	0	49	19		7	6	10	35	37		84	56	1.500	+28		58
4	Southampton	46		15	4	4	48	20		7	6	10	28	32		76	52	1.462	+24		54
5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46		15	7	1	57	20		4	7	12	31	42		88	62	1.419	+26		52
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46		15	6	2	59	26		4	8	11	27	39		86	65	1.323	+21		52
7	Southend United	46		14	3	6	42	20		4	9	10	31	45		73	65	1.123	+8		48
8	Brentford	46		12	9	2	55	29		4	7	12	23	47		78	76	1.026	+2		48
9	Shrewsbury Town	46		11	9	3	45	24		4	9	10	27	55		72	79	0.911	–7		48
10	Queens Park Rangers	46		12	7	4	42	21		6	4	13	19	39		61	60	1.017	+1		47
11	Watford	46		11	6	6	44	32		7	4	12	28	43		72	75	0.960	–3		46
12	Newport County	46		15	6	2	51	18		1	7	15	14	44		65	62	1.048	+3		45
13	Reading	46		13	4	6	44	30		5	5	13	36	51		80	81	0.988	–1		45
14	Northampton Town	46		15	5	3	49	22		3	4	16	17	51		66	73	0.904	–7		45
15	Walsall	46		11	7	5	49	25		5	5	13	31	49		80	74	1.081	+6		44
16	Coventry City	46		12	5	6	52	36		4	7	12	22	48		74	84	0.881	–10		44
17	Millwall	46		13	7	3	46	29		3	5	15	18	55		64	84	0.762	–20		44
18	Plymouth Argyle	46		10	8	5	38	31		6	3	14	30	42		68	73	0.932	–5		43
19	Aldershot	46		11	5	7	43	35		4	7	12	36	57		79	92	0.859	–13		42
20	Crystal Palace	46		7	10	6	31	28		4	8	11	31	47		62	75	0.827	–13		40
21	Exeter City	46		8	8	7	37	29		4	5	14	24	50		61	79	0.772	–18		37
22	Gillingham	46		7	8	8	29	29		5	5	13	25	56		54	85	0.635	–31		37
23	Swindon Town	46		12	3	8	43	33		3	3	17	23	63		66	96	0.688	–30		36
24	Norwich City	46		7	5	11	33	37		1	10	12	28	57		61	94	0.649	–33		31

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Home ╲ Away

Aldershot !ALD

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic !BOU

Brentford !BRE

Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA

Colchester United !COL

Coventry City !COV

Crystal Palace !CRY

Exeter City !EXE

Gillingham !GIL

Ipswich Town !IPS

Millwall !MIL

Newport County !NPC

Northampton Town !NOR

Norwich City !NOR

Plymouth Argyle !PLY

Queens Park Rangers !QPR

Reading !REA

Shrewsbury Town !SHR

Southampton !SOU

Southend !STD

Swindon Town !SWI

Torquay United !TOR

Walsall !WAL

Watford !WAT

Aldershot !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !Southend

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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

See also

• 1956-57 in English football

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.