Division 11956/1957

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1612 (3.49 goals per match )

53%
Home victories

24%
Draws

23%
Away victories

Players age average : 25.16 years

Number of players participating : 41

Promoted : Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday

Relegated to lower tier : Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town

Division 1 1956/1957's fixtures and results

Round 42

April 22, 1957

April 27, 1957

April 29, 1957

24'Alex Dawson

May 01, 1957

General rankingLast updated on 01/05/1957

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Man United	64	42	28	8	6	103	54	+49
2	Tottenham	56	42	22	12	8	104	56	+48
3	Preston NE	56	42	23	10	9	84	56	+28
4	Blackpool	53	42	22	9	11	93	65	+28
5	Arsenal	50	42	21	8	13	85	69	+16
6	Wolverhampton	48	42	20	8	14	94	70	+24
7	Burnley	46	42	18	10	14	56	50	+6
8	Leeds United	44	42	15	14	13	72	63	+9
9	Bolton Wanderers	44	42	16	12	14	65	65	0
10	Aston Villa	43	42	14	15	13	65	55	+10
11	WBA	42	42	14	14	14	59	61	-2
12	Chelsea	39	42	13	13	16	73	73	0
13	Birmingham City	39	42	15	9	18	69	69	0
14	S Wednesday	38	42	16	6	20	82	88	-6
15	Everton	38	42	14	10	18	61	79	-18
16	Luton Town	37	42	14	9	19	58	76	-18
17	Newcastle United	36	42	14	8	20	67	87	-20
18	Manchester City	35	42	13	9	20	78	88	-10
19	Portsmouth	33	42	10	13	19	62	92	-30
20	Sunderland	32	42	12	8	22	67	88	-21
21	Cardiff City	29	42	10	9	23	53	88	-35
22	Charlton	22	42	9	4	29	62	120	-58

Latest transfers

March 15, 1957
George O'Brien ( Dunfermline)		Leeds

February 01, 1957
Allan Brown ( Blackpool)		Luton

January 01, 1957
Len Worley ( Wycombe)		Charlton
Colin Grainger ( Sheffield U)		Sunderland
Don Revie ( Man City)		Sunderland

October 24, 1956
Jack Crayston mana.		Arsenal

September 01, 1956
Willie Duff ( Hearts)		Charlton

August 01, 1956
Peter Croker scou.		Charlton

All transfers

One match scorers

Harold Brookhas scored 3 goals during the match Leeds United 5-1 Everton (18/08/1956)

Dennis Viollethas scored 3 goals during the match Man United 3-2 Preston NE (29/08/1956)

John Charleshas scored 3 goals during the match Leeds United 3-1 S Wednesday (10/11/1956)

Harold Brookhas scored 3 goals during the match Leeds United 5-0 Blackpool (26/12/1956)

Bobby Charltonhas scored 3 goals during the match Charlton 1-5 Man United (18/02/1957)

John Charleshas scored 3 goals during the match S Wednesday 2-3 Leeds United (26/03/1957)

Liam Whelanhas scored 3 goals during the match Burnley 1-3 Man United (19/04/1957)

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Man United	VLuton Town 0-2 13/04/1957	VBurnley 1-3 19/04/1957	V 4-0 Sunderland20/04/1957	V 2-0 Burnley22/04/1957	VCardiff City 2-3 27/04/1957	D 1-1 WBA29/04/1957
2	Portsmouth	DBolton Wanderers 1-1 13/04/1957	V 1-0 Cardiff City19/04/1957	V 1-0 Wolverhampton20/04/1957	VCardiff City 0-2 22/04/1957	L 0-1 WBA27/04/1957	V 3-2 Sunderland01/05/1957
3	Preston NE	V 1-0 Wolverhampton06/04/1957	VManchester City 0-2 13/04/1957	V 1-0 S Wednesday19/04/1957	D 0-0 Blackpool20/04/1957	LS Wednesday 3-1 22/04/1957	V 1-0 Chelsea27/04/1957
4	Tottenham	V 5-1 Birmingham City13/04/1957	DCharlton 1-1 19/04/1957	VCardiff City 0-3 20/04/1957	V 6-2 Charlton22/04/1957	V 2-1 Blackpool27/04/1957	LBurnley 1-0 29/04/1957
5	S Wednesday	V 3-1 Portsmouth09/04/1957	LAston Villa 5-0 13/04/1957	LPreston NE 1-0 19/04/1957	V 3-0 Luton Town20/04/1957	V 3-1 Preston NE22/04/1957	V 3-0 Birmingham City29/04/1957
6	Arsenal	LBolton Wanderers 2-1 30/03/1957	V 1-0 Leeds United06/04/1957	LSunderland 1-0 13/04/1957	D 1-1 Blackpool19/04/1957	V 3-1 Charlton20/04/1957	VBlackpool 2-4 22/04/1957
7	Chelsea	D 1-1 Aston Villa06/04/1957	LBlackpool 1-0 13/04/1957	VNewcastle United 1-2 19/04/1957	V 5-1 Everton20/04/1957	V 6-2 Newcastle United22/04/1957	LPreston NE 1-0 27/04/1957
8	Wolverhampton	LPreston NE 1-0 06/04/1957	V 2-0 Newcastle United13/04/1957	V 5-2 WBA15/04/1957	LPortsmouth 1-0 20/04/1957	LAston Villa 4-0 22/04/1957	V 3-0 Aston Villa23/04/1957
9	Aston Villa	V 5-0 S Wednesday13/04/1957	LBurnley 2-1 15/04/1957	VNewcastle United 1-2 20/04/1957	V 4-0 Wolverhampton22/04/1957	LWolverhampton 3-0 23/04/1957	L 1-3 Luton Town27/04/1957
10	Luton Town	DCardiff City 0-0 06/04/1957	L 0-2 Man United13/04/1957	DBolton Wanderers 2-2 19/04/1957	LS Wednesday 3-0 20/04/1957	V 1-0 Bolton Wanderers22/04/1957	VAston Villa 1-3 27/04/1957
11	Blackpool	V 1-0 Chelsea13/04/1957	DArsenal 1-1 19/04/1957	DPreston NE 0-0 20/04/1957	L 2-4 Arsenal22/04/1957	LTottenham 2-1 27/04/1957	V 1-0 Burnley01/05/1957
12	WBA	LWolverhampton 5-2 15/04/1957	V 3-2 Bolton Wanderers20/04/1957	D 0-0 Birmingham City22/04/1957	LBirmingham City 2-0 23/04/1957	VPortsmouth 0-1 27/04/1957	DMan United 1-1 29/04/1957
13	Manchester City	VPortsmouth 0-1 06/04/1957	L 0-2 Preston NE13/04/1957	L 2-4 Everton19/04/1957	VBurnley 0-3 20/04/1957	DEverton 1-1 22/04/1957	DBirmingham City 3-3 27/04/1957
14	Birmingham City	LTottenham 5-1 13/04/1957	V 6-2 Leeds United20/04/1957	DWBA 0-0 22/04/1957	V 2-0 WBA23/04/1957	D 3-3 Manchester City27/04/1957	LS Wednesday 3-0 29/04/1957
15	Everton	DS Wednesday 2-2 06/04/1957	D 0-0 Cardiff City13/04/1957	VManchester City 2-4 19/04/1957	LChelsea 5-1 20/04/1957	D 1-1 Manchester City22/04/1957	DBolton Wanderers 1-1 27/04/1957
16	Sunderland	DAston Villa 2-2 08/04/1957	V 1-0 Arsenal13/04/1957	V 2-0 Leeds United19/04/1957	LMan United 4-0 20/04/1957	LLeeds United 3-1 22/04/1957	LPortsmouth 3-2 01/05/1957
17	Burnley	V 2-1 Aston Villa15/04/1957	L 1-3 Man United19/04/1957	L 0-3 Manchester City20/04/1957	LMan United 2-0 22/04/1957	V 1-0 Tottenham29/04/1957	LBlackpool 1-0 01/05/1957
18	Charlton	V 1-0 Birmingham City30/03/1957	DWBA 2-2 06/04/1957	L 1-2 Burnley13/04/1957	D 1-1 Tottenham19/04/1957	LArsenal 3-1 20/04/1957	LTottenham 6-2 22/04/1957
19	Leeds United	L 1-2 Man United30/03/1957	LArsenal 1-0 06/04/1957	D 0-0 WBA13/04/1957	LSunderland 2-0 19/04/1957	LBirmingham City 6-2 20/04/1957	V 3-1 Sunderland22/04/1957
20	Bolton Wanderers	LBurnley 1-0 06/04/1957	D 1-1 Portsmouth13/04/1957	D 2-2 Luton Town19/04/1957	LWBA 3-2 20/04/1957	LLuton Town 1-0 22/04/1957	D 1-1 Everton27/04/1957
21	Newcastle United	LEverton 2-1 30/03/1957	V 2-1 Blackpool06/04/1957	LWolverhampton 2-0 13/04/1957	L 1-2 Chelsea19/04/1957	L 1-2 Aston Villa20/04/1957	LChelsea 6-2 22/04/1957
22	Cardiff City	D 0-0 Luton Town06/04/1957	DEverton 0-0 13/04/1957	LPortsmouth 1-0 19/04/1957	L 0-3 Tottenham20/04/1957	L 0-2 Portsmouth22/04/1957	L 2-3 Man United27/04/1957

Longest streaksLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 17:24

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Blackpool	8
Tottenham	6
Preston NE	6
Burnley	5
Man United	5
Leeds United	4
WBA	4
S Wednesday	3	3
Newcastle United	3
Luton Town	3	2
Bolton Wanderers	3
Wolverhampton	3
Arsenal	3	2
Birmingham City	3
Portsmouth	3
Chelsea	3
Charlton	3
Aston Villa	2
Sunderland	2
Cardiff City	2
Manchester City	2
Everton	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 17:24

Team \ Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Man United																																										1
Tottenham																																										2
Preston NE																																										3
Blackpool																																										4
Arsenal																																										5
Wolverhampton																																										6
Burnley																																										7
Leeds United																																										8
Bolton Wanderers																																										9
Aston Villa																																										10
WBA																																										11
Chelsea																																										12
Birmingham City																																										13
S Wednesday																																										14
Everton																																										15
Luton Town																																										16
Newcastle United																																										17
Manchester City																																										18
Portsmouth																																										19
Sunderland																																										20
Cardiff City																																										21
Charlton																																										22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 17:24

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	81
Best scorer : John Charles - 36 Goals
16 - 30	19
Best scorer : Tommy Taylor - 5 Goals
31 - 45+	19
Best scorer : Bobby Charlton - 4 Goals
46 - 60	16
Best scorer : Tommy Taylor - 4 Goals
61 - 75	21
Best scorer : Liam Whelan - 8 Goals
76 - 90+	19
Best scorer : Tommy Taylor - 6 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 17:24

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	30 times
1 - 0	47 times
1 - 1	39 times
2 - 0	39 times
2 - 1	55 times
2 - 2	32 times
3 - 0	26 times
3 - 1	47 times
3 - 2	35 times
3 - 3	7 times
4 - 0	16 times
4 - 1	19 times
4 - 2	15 times
4 - 3	6 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 4	1 times
5 - 0	6 times
5 - 1	10 times
5 - 2	10 times
5 - 3	2 times
5 - 4	2 times
6 - 0	4 times
6 - 1	2 times
6 - 2	7 times
6 - 3	1 times
7 - 1	1 times
7 - 3	2 times
8 - 1	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 17:24

General statistics by teamLast updated on 27/02/2025 at 17:14

Team		Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
	Man United	24	23	11	Liam Whelan (26 goals)
	Leeds United	17	17	8	John Charles (38 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 05/03/2025 at 02:33

Team		Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
	Man United	22.9	Johnny Berry (29 years)	Alex Dawson (15 years)
	Leeds United	25.5	Harold Brook (34 years)	Christopher Crowe (16 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 27/02/2025 at 17:14

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	696	32	99
Scotland	133	5	6
Wales	45	2	41
Republic of Ireland	39	1	26
Northern Ireland	11	1	0

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Charity Shield 1956

FA Cup 1956/1957

Division 2 1956/1957

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