1956–57 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 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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.

First Division

5th English title Charlton Athletic (38 goals) (1 September 1956) (18 February 1957) (6 October 1956) Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–3 Charlton Athletic (16 February 1957)

Results

Maps

Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Tottenham

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

Second Division

Nottingham Forest Port Vale (44 goals)

Results

Maps

Fulham Leyton Orient West Ham

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

Third Division North

Third Division North

Results

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

Third Division South

Third Division South

|win_B&BA=19|draw_B&BA=14|loss_B&BA=13|gf_B&BA=88|ga_B&BA=62 |win_B&HA=19|draw_B&HA=14|loss_B&HA=13|gf_B&HA=86|ga_B&HA=65

Results

|match_ALD_B&BA=3–2 |match_ALD_B&HA=1–4

|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_ALD=3–2 |match_B&BA_BRE=3–0 |match_B&BA_B&HA=1–1 |match_B&BA_COL=1–1 |match_B&BA_COV=1–2 |match_B&BA_CRY=2–2 |match_B&BA_EXE=3–1 |match_B&BA_GIL=3–1 |match_B&BA_IPS=1–0 |match_B&BA_MIL=6–1 |match_B&BA_NPC=2–1 |match_B&BA_NOR=4–1 |match_B&BA_NWC=1–1 |match_B&BA_PLY=2–1 |match_B&BA_QPR=1–0 |match_B&BA_REA=2–1 |match_B&BA_SHR=6–1 |match_B&BA_SOU=1–0 |match_B&BA_STD=1–1 |match_B&BA_SWI=7–0 |match_B&BA_TOR=0–0 |match_B&BA_WAL=2–2 |match_B&BA_WAT=4–0

|match_BRE_B&BA=2–2 |match_BRE_B&HA=2–5

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_ALD=2–2 |match_B&HA_B&BA=2–2 |match_B&HA_BRE=1–2 |match_B&HA_COL=0–0 |match_B&HA_COV=2–1 |match_B&HA_CRY=1–1 |match_B&HA_EXE=3–0 |match_B&HA_GIL=3–1 |match_B&HA_IPS=3–2 |match_B&HA_MIL=3–2 |match_B&HA_NPC=2–0 |match_B&HA_NOR=5–0 |match_B&HA_NWC=3–0 |match_B&HA_PLY=3–1 |match_B&HA_QPR=1–0 |match_B&HA_REA=8–3 |match_B&HA_SHR=4–3 |match_B&HA_SOU=1–0 |match_B&HA_STD=1–1 |match_B&HA_SWI=2–0 |match_B&HA_TOR=6–0 |match_B&HA_WAL=1–3 |match_B&HA_WAT=2–2

|match_COL_B&BA=3–0 |match_COL_B&HA=0–0

|match_COV_B&BA=4–2 |match_COV_B&HA=1–2

|match_CRY_B&BA=1–1 |match_CRY_B&HA=2–2

|match_EXE_B&BA=1–2 |match_EXE_B&HA=1–3

|match_GIL_B&BA=1–0 |match_GIL_B&HA=0–0

|match_IPS_B&BA=1–0 |match_IPS_B&HA=4–0

|match_MIL_B&BA=3–4 |match_MIL_B&HA=4–3

|match_NPC_B&BA=5–3 |match_NPC_B&HA=0–0

|match_NOR_B&BA=2–2 |match_NOR_B&HA=1–0

|match_NWC_B&BA=1–3 |match_NWC_B&HA=1–1

|match_PLY_B&BA=2–0 |match_PLY_B&HA=2–0

|match_QPR_B&BA=2–1 |match_QPR_B&HA=0–0

|match_REA_B&BA=0–4 |match_REA_B&HA=2–2

|match_SHR_B&BA=0–0 |match_SHR_B&HA=4–0

|match_SOU_B&BA=3–0 |match_SOU_B&HA=1–0

|match_STD_B&BA=2–1 |match_STD_B&HA=3–1

|match_SWI_B&BA=2–1 |match_SWI_B&HA=3–0

|match_TOR_B&BA=1–0 |match_TOR_B&HA=1–0

|match_WAL_B&BA=0–0 |match_WAL_B&HA=3–2

|match_WAT_B&BA=1–1 |match_WAT_B&HA=2–1

Maps

Brentford Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford

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

Attendances

Source:

First Division

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester United || 21 || 45,481 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Tottenham Hotspur || 21 || 43,280 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Arsenal FC || 21 || 41,093 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sunderland AFC || 21 || 36,145 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Newcastle United || 21 || 35,202 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Everton FC || 21 || 35,076 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Wolverhampton Wanderers || 21 || 34,956 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leeds United || 21 || 32,672 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Birmingham City || 21 || 32,444 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Chelsea FC || 21 || 31,732 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Aston Villa || 21 || 30,487 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Manchester City || 21 || 30,005 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sheffield Wednesday || 21 || 28,570 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bolton Wanderers || 21 || 25,219 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Portsmouth FC || 21 || 25,024 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Preston North End || 21 || 23,522 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Bromwich Albion || 21 || 22,746 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Burnley FC || 21 || 22,493 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Blackpool FC || 21 || 21,961 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Cardiff City || 21 || 20,550 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Charlton Athletic || 21 || 20,370 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Luton Town || 21 || 18,262 |- |} }}

Second Division

!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Liverpool FC || 21 || 35,743 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leicester City FC || 21 || 30,624 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Nottingham Forest FC || 21 || 23,118 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Blackburn Rovers FC || 21 || 23,091 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bristol Rovers FC || 21 || 22,166 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Stoke City FC || 21 || 22,146 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sheffield United FC || 21 || 21,803 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bristol City FC || 21 || 21,714 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Middlesbrough FC || 21 || 21,127 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Fulham FC || 21 || 20,920 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || West Ham United FC || 21 || 18,667 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Leyton Orient FC || 21 || 17,524 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Swansea City AFC || 21 || 16,585 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Notts County FC || 21 || 15,638 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Grimsby Town FC || 21 || 15,331 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Huddersfield Town AFC || 21 || 14,861 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Port Vale FC || 21 || 14,046 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Barnsley FC || 21 || 12,915 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Doncaster Rovers FC || 21 || 12,375 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Bury FC || 21 || 11,986 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Lincoln City FC || 21 || 11,180 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Rotherham United FC || 21 || 10,744 |- |} }}

References

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

References

1. "England 1956-57". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
2. Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. Ivan Ponting. (2004-02-23). "John Charles obituary". The Independent.
4. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
5. "Historical attendances".