1956–57 in English football
The 1956–57 season was the 77th season of competitive
The
Honours
Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
---|---|---|
First Division | Manchester United (5) | Tottenham Hotspur |
Second Division | Leicester City | Nottingham Forest |
Third Division North | Derby County | Hartlepool United
|
Third Division South | Ipswich Town | Torquay United |
FA Cup |
Aston Villa (7*) | Manchester United |
Charity Shield | Manchester United | Manchester City |
Home Championship |
England | Scotland |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Awards
- Footballer of the Year – Tom Finney (Preston North End)
- Leeds United), 38
FA Cup
Aston Villa won the FA Cup for a then record seventh time.
Football League
First Division
Manchester United's young team dominated the English game once again, retaining the First Division title and also becoming England's first representatives in the
Charlton Athletic and Cardiff City went down to the Second Division.[citation needed]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Manchester United | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 103 | 54 | 1.907 | 64 | Qualified for the European Cup |
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 | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 88 | 0.602 | 29 | Relegated to the Second Division |
22 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 62 | 120 | 0.517 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Second Division
It was an East Midlands promotion double in the Second Division as Leicester City won the title by a comfortable margin, and were joined on the way upwards by runners-up and local rivals Nottingham Forest. Liverpool missed out on promotion by a single point under the management of their former player Phil Taylor, while Blackburn Rovers fell two points short of promotion.
Bury and Port Vale went down from the Second Division.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Leicester City | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 109 | 67 | 1.627 | 61 | Promoted to the First Division |
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 | Relegated to the Third Division North |
22 | Port Vale | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 57 | 101 | 0.564 | 22 | Relegated to the Third Division South |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Third Division North
Derby County, who had declined sharply since their 1946 FA Cup triumph, finally enjoyed some long-awaited success by winning the Third Division North title and promotion to the Second Division.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Derby County | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 111 | 53 | 2.094 | 63 | Promoted 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Third Division South
Alf Ramsey, the former Tottenham and England player, guided Ipswich Town to title glory in the Third Division South, securing their promotion to the Second Division ahead of a Torquay side who had yet to play Second Division football. The leading pair finished a single point ahead of Colchester United, one of the Football League's newest members.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 101 | 54 | 1.870 | 59 | Promoted 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Top goalscorers
First Division
- Leeds United) – 38 goals[1]
Second Division
- Arthur Rowley (Leicester City) – 44 goals[1]
Third Division North
- Ray Straw (Derby County) – 37 goals[2]
Third Division South
- Ted Phillips (Ipswich Town) – 42 goals[2]
Notable debutants
6 October 1956: Bobby Charlton, five days short of his 19th birthday, scores twice on his debut for Manchester United in a 4-2 home win over Charlton Athletic in the First Division.[3]
24 October 1956: David Gaskell, 16-year-old goalkeeper, keeps goal for Manchester United in their Charity Shield match against Manchester City due to an injury to regular goalkeeper Ray Wood.[4]
24 December 1956: Denis Law, 16-year-old Scottish forward, makes his debut for Huddersfield Town against Notts County in the Second Division.[5]
Europe
League champions
References
- ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Official Manchester United Website". Archived from the original on 6 December 2010.
- ^ "David Gaskell - Manchester United Player Profile & Stats".
- ^ "Football Legends - Everything you should know about the football legends in the world".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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