1955–56 Football League

57th season of the Football League The Football League 1955–56 Manchester United 1954–55 1956–57 The 1955–56 season was the 57th completed season of The Football League. Both major football honours went to Manchester this year, with United winning the First Division title and City bringing home the FA Cup. Final league tables 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.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. First Division First Division 1955–56 Manchester United4th English title Huddersfield TownSheffield United European Cup Manchester United Nat Lofthouse32https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Luton Town 8–2 Sunderland(19 November 1955)Bolton Wanderers 6–0 Birmingham City(10 December 1955)Blackpool 6–0 Aston Villa(14 January 1956) Cardiff City 1–9 Wolverhampton Wanderers(3 September 1955) Blackpool 7–3 Sunderland(3 September 1955)Cardiff City 1–9 Wolverhampton Wanderers(3 September 1955)Luton Town 8–2 Sunderland(19 November 1955) 462 1529 1954–55 1956–57 main WDL First Division World Football MUN, BLP, WOL, MCI, ARS, BIR, BUR, BOL, SUN, LUT, NEW, POR, WBA, CHA, EVE, CHE, CAR, TOT, PNE, AVL, HUD, SHU ECPR REL REL complete 18 10 14 60 61 11 13 18 52 69 18 9 15 75 57 20 9 13 86 62 18 7 17 71 58 18 8 16 64 54 15 9 18 55 69 17 6 19 75 81 14 11 17 64 77 15 10 17 55 69 14 7 21 54 83 17 8 17 66 64 18 10 14 82 69 25 10 7 83 51 17 7 18 85 70 16 9 17 78 85 14 8 20 73 72 12 9 21 63 77 17 9 16 80 95 15 7 20 61 71 18 5 19 58 70 20 9 13 89 65 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Huddersfield Town Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BLP BOL BUR CAR CHA CHE EVE HUD LUT MCI MUN NEW POR PNE SHU SUN TOT WBA WOL Arsenal 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–4 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 Aston Villa 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–4 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 4–4 3–0 1–3 3–2 3–2 1–4 0–2 3–0 0–0 Birmingham City 4–0 2–2 1–2 5–2 1–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 6–2 5–0 0–0 4–3 2–2 3–1 3–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 Blackpool 3–1 6–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 4–0 4–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 5–1 2–3 2–6 1–1 7–3 0–2 5–1 2–1 Bolton Wanderers 4–1 1–0 6–0 1–3 0–1 4–0 1–3 4–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–3 3–1 3–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 3–2 4–0 2–1 Burnley 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 5–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 Cardiff City 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–9 Charlton Athletic 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 4–1 2–2 5–2 3–0 0–2 6–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 5–1 0–2 Chelsea 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 6–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–5 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–3 Everton 1–1 2–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–3 5–2 0–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 0–2 0–4 1–4 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 Huddersfield Town 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 3–3 0–2 2–6 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 Luton Town 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–3 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 8–2 2–1 0–2 5–1 Manchester City 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 0–2 3–1 4–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 Manchester United 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 4–3 Newcastle United 2–0 2–3 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 4–2 3–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 Portsmouth 5–2 2–2 0–5 3–3 3–3 3–1 1–1 4–0 4–4 1–0 5–2 0–0 2–4 3–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 Preston North End 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 4–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–1 4–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 3–3 0–1 2–0 Sheffield United 0–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–3 2–0 2–2 3–3 Sunderland 3–1 5–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–4 1–1 3–2 4–3 0–0 4–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–6 4–2 2–2 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 4–3 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–4 3–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 West Bromwich Albion 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 3–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 0–4 1–4 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–3 0–0 1–0 2–3 4–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 7–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 5–1 3–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1955–1956 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Arsenal Charlton Athletic Chelsea Tottenham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1955–1956 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Chelsea Everton Huddersfield Manchester City Luton Town Manchester United Newcastle Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division Second Division 1955–56 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield WednesdayLeeds United Plymouth ArgyleHull City Willie Gardiner(34 goals) 462 1628 1954–55 1956–57 main WDL Second Division SHW, LEE, LIV, BLA, LEI, BRV, NFO, LIN, FUL, SWA, BRC, PVL, STK, MID, BRY, WHU, DON, BAR, ROT, NTC, PLY, HUL PRO PRO RELS RELN complete 11 12 19 47 84 21 6 15 84 65 19 7 16 80 64 21 6 15 84 70 16 8 18 86 90 12 11 19 69 96 20 6 16 89 79 10 6 26 53 97 23 6 13 80 60 21 6 15 94 78 18 10 14 79 65 21 6 15 85 63 16 8 18 76 78 19 9 14 68 63 11 9 22 55 82 10 8 24 54 87 16 13 13 60 58 12 9 21 56 75 21 13 8 101 62 20 4 18 71 62 20 6 16 83 81 14 11 17 74 69 C, P P R R Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Doncaster Rovers Fulham Hull City Leeds United Leicester City Lincoln City Liverpool Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest Notts County Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Swansea Town West Ham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division North red1 Relegation to the Third Division South Results main FBR grey BAR BLB BRI BRR BRY DON FUL HUL LEE LEI LIN LIV MID NOT NTC PLY PTV ROT SHW STK SWA WHU Barnsley 2–1 0–0 4–3 3–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 Blackburn Rovers 5–1 4–6 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–3 0–2 3–3 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 7–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 4–1 Bristol City 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 5–2 0–1 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–3 6–0 0–0 5–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 Bristol Rovers 1–1 1–0 0–3 4–2 4–2 2–2 4–2 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 7–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–4 4–2 4–2 1–2 1–1 Bury 3–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 5–1 1–5 3–2 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–4 1–1 1–2 4–0 7–1 2–2 2–1 2–5 1–0 2–4 1–1 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 2–3 4–2 3–0 1–2 6–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–4 3–1 2–1 Fulham 5–1 3–0 3–0 3–5 3–1 4–0 5–0 1–2 3–2 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 3–1 Hull City 4–1 0–3 1–3 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–4 2–4 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–2 1–4 3–1 Leeds United 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 6–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 Leicester City 0–0 0–2 2–2 4–2 5–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 5–2 4–0 3–1 1–1 5–2 4–0 5–1 4–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 6–1 2–1 Lincoln City 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 6–1 2–0 1–1 7–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 Liverpool 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 4–2 1–2 7–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 5–2 2–1 4–1 4–1 2–0 0–3 2–2 4–1 3–1 Middlesbrough 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 4–1 1–1 5–1 5–3 4–3 4–2 1–2 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 4–1 2–0 Nottingham Forest 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–4 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 Notts County 2–2 1–2 3–2 5–2 2–1 3–2 3–4 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 5–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–5 0–1 Plymouth Argyle 3–0 1–0 5–0 0–1 1–4 2–2 0–0 1–1 4–3 0–1 1–4 4–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 Port Vale 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 3–1 3–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 Rotherham United 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 3–3 2–3 0–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–3 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 5–1 2–1 4–2 3–3 5–2 2–3 4–1 4–0 1–1 5–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 5–2 4–0 0–2 4–0 2–2 1–1 Stoke City 2–1 1–2 4–2 1–2 0–2 5–2 1–2 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 2–5 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 3–0 Swansea Town 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 5–3 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 6–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 5–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 West Ham United 4–0 2–3 3–0 2–1 3–2 6–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–4 2–0 1–0 1–2 6–1 4–0 0–2 1–1 3–3 2–0 5–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1955–1956 teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 51.54 0.040 right Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Doncaster Fulham Hull Leeds United Leicester City Lincoln City Liverpool Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest Notts County Port Vale Plymouth Argyle Rotherham Sheffield Wednesday Stoke Swansea Town West Ham Third Division North Football LeagueThird Division North 1955–56 Grimsby Town (2nd title) Bob Crosbie (Grimsby Town), 36 Failed re-election none 552 1771 1954–55 1956–57 main WDL Third Division North PR 2 y 5 GRI Grimsby Town DER Derby County ACC Accrington Stanley HAR Hartlepools United SOU Southport CHF Chesterfield STP Stockport County BRA Bradford City SCU Scunthorpe & Lindsey United WRK Workington YOR York City ROC Rochdale GAT Gateshead WRE Wrexham DAR Darlington TRA Tranmere Rovers CHE Chester MAN Mansfield Town HAL Halifax Town OLD Oldham Athletic CRL Carlisle United BRW Barrow BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) CRE Crewe Alexandra 31 6 9 76 29 28 7 11 110 55 25 9 12 92 57 26 5 15 81 60 23 11 12 66 53 25 4 17 94 66 21 9 16 90 61 18 13 15 78 64 20 8 18 75 63 19 9 18 75 63 19 9 18 85 72 17 13 16 66 84 17 11 18 77 84 16 10 20 66 73 16 9 21 60 73 16 9 21 59 84 13 14 19 52 82 14 11 21 84 81 14 11 21 66 76 10 18 18 76 86 15 8 23 71 95 12 9 25 61 83 13 7 26 61 122 9 10 27 50 105 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division C red2 Re-elected REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ACC BRW BRA BPA CRL CHE CHF CRE DAR DER GAT GRI HAL HAR MAN OLD ROC SCU SOU STP TRA WRK WRE YOR Accrington Stanley 2–0 2–0 7–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 5–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–2 3–1 0–0 5–1 3–1 1–3 Barrow 3–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 5–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 4–1 4–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–1 Bradford City 2–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 1–1 3–5 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 2–2 4–3 2–0 4–1 5–0 2–0 4–3 3–1 Bradford Park Avenue 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–5 2–0 3–0 2–4 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–3 4–1 3–3 2–0 0–3 2–0 4–5 4–0 4–2 2–1 Carlisle United 0–4 2–0 0–0 4–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 5–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 4–0 4–1 0–3 2–4 0–1 3–1 Chester 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–5 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–3 3–2 0–0 3–5 1–3 1–4 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 Chesterfield 0–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 8–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 7–2 2–0 5–1 2–3 2–0 2–4 2–0 3–1 Crewe Alexandra 0–3 0–1 1–4 4–2 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 Darlington 2–0 4–2 1–1 4–1 3–5 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 6–2 2–2 2–2 1–4 Derby County 6–2 2–1 4–1 4–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 3–3 6–2 4–1 1–3 4–1 3–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–2 Gateshead 4–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 3–3 4–1 0–1 2–4 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–3 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 4–3 2–1 3–2 Grimsby Town 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 6–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 Halifax Town 2–0 1–0 3–2 6–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 5–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–4 Hartlepools United 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 6–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–2 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 Mansfield Town 3–2 4–0 0–0 5–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 6–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 6–0 0–0 6–1 3–1 Oldham Athletic 1–3 6–1 1–1 5–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 Rochdale 1–1 5–1 3–1 4–2 5–2 4–2 1–5 1–0 1–0 0–5 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 4–4 3–2 1–3 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–1 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 2–3 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–5 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 Southport 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 0–1 2–5 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 Stockport County 1–2 4–1 1–0 0–0 8–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 4–0 7–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 4–0 7–0 4–5 4–0 4–1 Tranmere Rovers 4–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 Workington 0–0 6–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 6–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 4–3 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 Wrexham 1–4 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–2 0–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 4–5 York City 0–1 3–2 0–2 5–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–4 5–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–4 1–1 1–3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1955–1956 England 53.75 -2.36 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 54.64 -3.55 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Derby County Gateshead Grimsby Town Halifax T. Hartlepool Mansfield Town Oldham Rochdale Scunthorpe & Lindsey Southport Stockport Tranmere Workington Wrexham York City Third Division South Football LeagueThird Division South 1955–56 Leyton Orient (1st title) Sammy Collins (Torquay United), 40 Failed re-election none 552 1772 1954–55 1956–57 main WDL Third Division South PR 2 y 5 LEY Leyton Orient B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion IPS Ipswich Town STD Southend United TOR Torquay United BRE Brentford NWC Norwich City COV Coventry City B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic GIL Gillingham NOR Northampton Town COL Colchester United SHR Shrewsbury Town SOU Southampton ALD Aldershot EXE Exeter City REA Reading QPR Queens Park Rangers NPC Newport County WAL Walsall WAT Watford MIL Millwall CRY Crystal Palace SWI Swindon Town 29 8 9 106 49 29 7 10 112 50 25 14 7 106 60 21 11 14 88 80 20 12 14 86 63 19 14 13 69 66 19 13 14 86 82 20 9 17 73 60 19 10 17 63 51 19 10 17 69 71 20 7 19 67 71 18 11 17 76 81 17 12 17 69 66 18 8 20 91 81 12 16 18 70 90 15 10 21 58 77 15 9 22 70 79 14 11 21 64 86 15 9 22 58 79 15 8 23 68 84 13 11 22 52 85 15 6 25 83 100 12 10 24 54 83 8 14 24 34 78 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division C red2 Re-elected REE REE complete Results main FBR grey ALD B&BA BRE B&HA COL COV CRY EXE GIL IPS LEY MIL NPC NOR NWC QPR REA SHR SOU STD SWI TOR WAL WAT Aldershot 1–3 4–1 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 4–4 2–0 3–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 4–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 Brentford 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–4 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion 5–2 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 4–0 6–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 5–0 4–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–3 Colchester United 4–0 1–0 0–3 3–3 2–0 2–4 5–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 0–3 2–0 3–2 3–6 5–0 3–2 1–1 4–1 Coventry City 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 0–1 5–3 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 6–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 Crystal Palace 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 Exeter City 2–1 2–0 2–3 0–5 0–0 2–3 6–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 Gillingham 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–3 3–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–3 4–0 1–3 0–1 3–0 Ipswich Town 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 6–2 3–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 3–3 2–1 4–2 3–0 6–2 0–2 5–2 0–0 Leyton Orient 8–3 3–0 2–1 0–1 6–0 3–1 8–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 7–1 1–0 5–2 4–0 3–0 4–0 3–2 4–0 3–1 Millwall 3–3 4–0 4–0 2–4 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 5–0 0–5 5–0 2–4 4–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 3–2 5–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 Newport County 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–4 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 Northampton Town 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–5 0–1 4–0 5–0 1–1 5–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–3 Norwich City 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 5–1 3–2 2–2 4–1 2–3 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–4 7–2 4–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 6–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 3–2 2–3 3–3 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–2 Reading 0–5 0–2 5–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–5 0–1 4–1 3–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 6–1 Shrewsbury Town 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–4 3–1 5–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 Southampton 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 5–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–3 2–3 2–5 4–0 5–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 6–2 4–1 2–0 Southend United 3–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 3–0 4–3 6–0 2–2 2–3 0–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 3–2 1–0 Swindon Town 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 Torquay United 5–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–0 3–2 2–2 4–0 3–2 4–1 Walsall 4–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 4–0 1–4 2–1 Watford 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–4 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–4 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 4–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1955–1956 Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Brentford Leyton Orient Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1955–1956 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Aldershot Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Colchester Coventry Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Millwall Newport County Norwich City Northampton Town QPR Reading Shrewsbury Southampton Southend Swindon Torquay Walsall Watford Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1956.htm 2026-09-05 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk Division One No. Club Average 1 Everton FC 42,768 2 Arsenal FC 42,034 3 Manchester United 39,254 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 38,042 5 Newcastle United FC 37,666 6 Sunderland AFC 35,888 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 35,185 8 Chelsea FC 34,141 9 Birmingham City FC 33,683 10 Manchester City FC 32,198 11 Aston Villa FC 29,826 12 Bolton Wanderers FC 27,964 13 West Bromwich Albion FC 26,794 14 Cardiff City FC 26,624 15 Portsmouth FC 26,260 16 Blackpool FC 26,016 17 Charlton Athletic FC 24,872 18 Preston North End FC 24,657 19 Sheffield United FC 23,581 20 Burnley FC 23,397 21 Luton Town FC 21,455 22 Huddersfield Town AFC 20,024 Division Two No. Club Average 1 Liverpool FC 37,224 2 Leicester City FC 28,134 3 Bristol City FC 26,575 4 Sheffield Wednesday FC 26,247 5 Leeds United FC 24,445 6 Bristol Rovers FC 23,860 7 Blackburn Rovers FC 23,049 8 Stoke City FC 19,850 9 Fulham FC 19,597 10 Swansea City AFC 19,487 11 Port Vale FC 18,985 12 Middlesbrough FC 17,866 13 West Ham United FC 17,679 14 Plymouth Argyle FC 17,594 15 Nottingham Forest FC 16,225 16 Hull City AFC 15,419 17 Notts County FC 15,401 18 Barnsley FC 14,721 19 Lincoln City FC 13,215 20 Rotherham United FC 12,469 21 Doncaster Rovers FC 12,414 22 Bury FC 11,919 See also 1955-56 in English football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 1955–56 League