Season 1955-56

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1956						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Manchester City	3	1	Birmingham City	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	98,982
	Dyson, Hayes, Johnstone			Kinsey

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1956						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Birmingham City	3	0	Sunderland	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	65,103
	Kinsey, Astall, Brown
D 1	Manchester City	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	69,788
	Johnstone

Final Table for Season 1955-56

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	4	Manchester United	42	18	3	0	51	20	7	7	7	32	31	1.627	60	Rd 3
2	17	Blackpool	42	13	4	4	56	27	7	5	9	30	35	1.387	49	Rd 3
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	2	4	51	27	5	7	9	38	38	1.369	49	Rd 3
4	3	Manchester City	42	11	5	5	40	27	7	5	9	42	42	1.188	46	Win
5	4	Arsenal	42	13	4	4	38	22	5	6	10	22	39	0.984	46	Rd 6
6	D 2	Birmingham City	42	12	4	5	51	26	6	5	10	24	31	1.316	45	Final
7	3	Burnley	42	11	3	7	37	20	7	5	9	27	34	1.185	44	Rd 4
8	10	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	3	5	50	24	5	4	12	21	34	1.224	43	Rd 4
9	-5	Sunderland	42	10	8	3	44	36	7	1	13	36	59	0.842	43	SF
10	D 2	Luton Town	42	12	4	5	44	27	5	4	12	22	37	1.031	42	Rd 3
11	-3	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	49	24	5	3	13	36	46	1.214	41	Rd 6
12	-9	Portsmouth	42	9	8	4	46	38	7	1	13	32	47	0.918	41	Rd 4
13	4	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	3	5	37	25	5	2	14	21	45	0.829	41	Rd 5
14	1	Charlton Athletic	42	13	2	6	47	26	4	4	13	28	55	0.926	40	Rd 5
15	-4	Everton	42	11	5	5	37	29	4	5	12	18	40	0.797	40	Rd 6
16	-15	Chelsea	42	10	4	7	32	26	4	7	10	32	51	0.831	39	Rd 5
17	3	Cardiff City	42	11	4	6	36	32	4	5	12	19	37	0.797	39	Rd 4
18	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	4	8	37	33	6	3	12	24	38	0.859	37	SF
19	-5	Preston North End	42	6	5	10	32	36	8	3	10	41	36	1.014	36	Rd 3
20	-14	Aston Villa	42	9	6	6	32	29	2	7	12	20	40	0.754	35	Rd 4
21	-9	Huddersfield Town	42	9	4	8	32	30	5	3	13	22	53	0.651	35	Rd 3
22	-9	Sheffield United	42	8	6	7	31	35	4	3	14	32	42	0.818	33	Rd 5

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	D 1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	5	3	60	28	8	8	5	41	34	1.629	55	Rd 3
2	2	Leeds United	42	17	3	1	51	18	6	3	12	29	42	1.333	52	Rd 3
3	8	Liverpool	42	14	3	4	52	25	7	3	11	33	38	1.349	48	Rd 5
4	2	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	4	4	55	29	8	2	11	29	36	1.292	48	Rd 5
5	D 1	Leicester City	42	15	3	3	63	23	6	3	12	31	55	1.205	48	Rd 4
6	3	Bristol Rovers	42	13	3	5	53	33	8	3	10	31	37	1.200	48	Rd 4
7	8	Nottingham Forest	42	9	5	7	30	26	10	4	7	38	37	1.079	47	Rd 3
8	8	Lincoln City	42	14	5	2	49	17	4	5	12	30	48	1.215	46	Rd 3
9	5	Fulham	42	15	2	4	59	27	5	4	12	30	52	1.127	46	Rd 4
10	0	Swansea Town	42	14	4	3	49	23	6	2	13	34	58	1.025	46	Rd 3
11	D 3S	Bristol City	42	14	4	3	49	20	5	3	13	31	44	1.250	45	Rd 3
12	5	Port Vale	42	12	4	5	38	21	4	9	8	22	37	1.034	45	Rd 4
13	-8	Stoke City	42	13	2	6	47	27	7	2	12	24	35	1.145	44	Rd 5
14	-2	Middlesbrough	42	11	4	6	46	31	5	4	12	30	47	0.974	40	Rd 4
15	-2	Bury	42	9	5	7	44	39	7	3	11	42	51	0.956	40	Rd 3
16	-8	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	52	27	2	7	12	22	42	1.072	39	Rd 6
17	1	Doncaster Rovers	42	11	5	5	45	30	1	6	14	24	66	0.719	35	Rd 5
18	D 3N	Barnsley	42	10	5	6	33	35	1	7	13	14	49	0.560	34	Rd 4
19	-16	Rotherham United	42	7	5	9	29	34	5	4	12	27	41	0.747	33	Rd 3
20	-13	Notts County	42	8	5	8	39	37	3	4	14	16	45	0.671	31	Rd 3
21	-1	Plymouth Argyle	42	7	6	8	33	25	3	2	16	21	62	0.621	28	Rd 3
22	-3	Hull City	42	6	4	11	32	45	4	2	15	21	52	0.546	26	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division North
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	22	Grimsby Town	46	20	1	2	54	10	11	5	7	22	19	2.621	68	Rd 3
2	D 2	Derby County	46	18	4	1	67	23	10	3	10	43	32	2.000	63	Rd 2
3	-1	Accrington Stanley	46	17	4	2	61	19	8	5	10	31	38	1.614	59	Rd 3
4	1	Hartlepools United	46	18	2	3	47	15	8	3	12	34	45	1.350	57	Rd 3
5	6	Southport	46	12	9	2	39	18	11	2	10	27	35	1.245	57	Rd 2
6	0	Chesterfield	46	18	1	4	61	21	7	3	13	33	45	1.424	54	Rd 2
7	2	Stockport County	46	16	4	3	65	22	5	5	13	25	39	1.475	51	Rd 1
8	13	Bradford City	46	16	5	2	57	25	2	8	13	21	39	1.219	49	Rd 2
9	-6	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	12	4	7	40	26	8	4	11	35	37	1.190	48	Rd 4
10	-2	Workington	46	13	4	6	47	20	6	5	12	28	43	1.190	47	Rd 2
11	-7	York City	46	12	4	7	44	24	7	5	11	41	48	1.181	47	Rd 4
12	0	Rochdale	46	13	5	5	46	39	4	8	11	20	45	0.786	47	Rd 1
13	-6	Gateshead	46	15	4	4	56	32	2	7	14	21	52	0.917	45	Rd 1
14	4	Wrexham	46	11	5	7	37	28	5	5	13	29	45	0.904	42	Rd 1
15	0	Darlington	46	11	6	6	41	28	5	3	15	19	45	0.822	41	Rd 2
16	3	Tranmere Rovers	46	11	4	8	33	25	5	5	13	26	59	0.702	41	Rd 2
17	7	Chester	46	10	8	5	35	33	3	6	14	17	49	0.634	40	Rd 1
18	-5	Mansfield Town	46	13	6	4	59	21	1	5	17	25	60	1.037	39	Rd 2
19	-5	Halifax Town	46	10	6	7	40	27	4	5	14	26	49	0.868	39	Rd 2
20	-10	Oldham Athletic	46	7	12	4	48	36	3	6	14	28	50	0.884	38	Rd 1
21	-1	Carlisle United	46	11	3	9	45	36	4	5	14	26	59	0.747	38	Rd 1
22	-5	Barrow	46	11	6	6	44	25	1	3	19	17	58	0.735	33	Rd 3
23	-7	Bradford	46	13	4	6	47	38	0	3	20	14	84	0.500	33	Rd 3
24	-2	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	4	10	32	35	0	6	17	18	70	0.476	28	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Third Division South
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	1	Leyton Orient	46	18	3	2	76	20	11	5	7	30	29	2.163	66	Rd 4
2	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	20	2	1	73	16	9	5	9	39	34	2.240	65	Rd 2
3	D 2	Ipswich Town	46	16	6	1	59	28	9	8	6	47	32	1.767	64	Rd 1
4	6	Southend United	46	16	4	3	58	25	5	7	11	30	55	1.100	53	Rd 4
5	3	Torquay United	46	11	10	2	48	21	9	2	12	38	42	1.365	52	Rd 3
6	5	Brentford	46	11	8	4	40	30	8	6	9	29	36	1.045	52	Rd 2
7	4	Norwich City	46	15	4	4	56	31	4	9	10	30	51	1.049	51	Rd 3
8	1	Coventry City	46	16	4	3	54	20	4	5	14	19	40	1.217	49	Rd 1
9	8	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	13	6	4	39	14	6	4	13	24	37	1.235	48	Rd 1
10	-6	Gillingham	46	12	3	8	38	28	7	7	9	31	43	0.972	48	Rd 1
11	2	Northampton Town	46	14	3	6	44	27	6	4	13	23	44	0.944	47	Rd 3
12	12	Colchester United	46	14	4	5	56	37	4	7	12	20	44	0.938	47	Rd 1
13	3	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	9	2	47	21	5	3	15	22	45	1.045	46	Rd 2
14	-11	Southampton	46	13	6	4	60	30	5	2	16	31	51	1.123	44	Rd 2
15	-1	Aldershot	46	9	9	5	36	33	3	7	13	34	57	0.778	40	Rd 3
16	6	Exeter City	46	10	6	7	39	30	5	4	14	19	47	0.753	40	Rd 3
17	1	Reading	46	10	2	11	40	37	5	7	11	30	42	0.886	39	Rd 2
18	-3	Queens Park Rangers	46	10	7	6	44	32	4	4	15	20	54	0.744	39	Rd 1
19	0	Newport County	46	12	2	9	32	26	3	7	13	26	53	0.734	39	Rd 1
20	3	Walsall	46	13	5	5	43	28	2	3	18	25	56	0.810	38	Rd 3
21	-14	Watford	46	8	5	10	31	39	5	6	12	21	46	0.612	37	Rd 2
22	-17	Millwall	46	13	4	6	56	31	2	2	19	27	69	0.830	36	Rd 1
23	-3	Crystal Palace	46	7	3	13	27	32	5	7	11	27	51	0.651	34	Rd 1
24	-3	Swindon Town	46	4	10	9	18	22	4	4	15	16	56	0.436	30	Rd 4

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
1956 Election to the Third Division North of the Football League
D 3N	Bradford	7,326	Rd 3	47	Re-elected
D 3N	Crewe Alexandra	5,288	Rd 1	45	Re-elected
Lan	Wigan Athletic		Q4	2	Failed
Bir	Burton Albion		Rd 3	1	Failed
Lan	Nelson		Q1	1	Failed
1956 Election to the Third Division South of the Football League
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3S	Crystal Palace	11,062	Rd 1	44	Re-elected
D 3S	Swindon Town	7,398	Rd 4	42	Re-elected
ML	Peterborough United		Rd 2	8	Failed
ML	Boston United		Rd 3	1	Failed
SL	Gloucester City		Q2	1	Failed
SL	Bedford Town		Rd 3	0	Failed
SL	Chelmsford City		PR	0	Failed
SL	Hastings United (1948)		Rd 2	0	Failed
SL	Headington United		Q4	0	Failed
SL	Hereford United		Rd 1	0	Failed
ML	King's Lynn		Q2	0	Failed
SL	Worcester City		Q2	0	Failed
SL	Yeovil Town		Rd 1	0	Failed