Football League Second Division 1955/56

Football League Second Division 1955/56
master	Sheffield Wednesday
Climbers	Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United
Relegated	Plymouth Argyle , Hull City
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,628  (ø 3.52 per game)
Top scorer	Willie Gardiner ( Leicester City )
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The Football League Second Division 1955/56 was the 53rd season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 20, 1955 and ended on May 3, 1956.

Sheffield Wednesday became second division champions, and second-placed Leeds United also rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1956/57, the two first division clubs Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United, ranked in the table below, took the places. Plymouth Argyle and Hull City had to relegate from the Second Division , with Hull henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Plymouth in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took the free positions in the following season 1956/57 Third Division North champions Grimsby Town and from the Third Division South the winner Leyton Orient .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Sheffield Wednesday (A)	42	21st	13	8th	101: 620	1.63	55:29
2.	Leeds United	42	23	6th	13	080:600	1.33	52:32
3.	Liverpool FC	42	21st	6th	15th	085:630	1.35	48:36
4th	Blackburn Rovers	42	21st	6th	15th	084:650	1.29	48:36
5.	Leicester City (A)	42	21st	6th	15th	094:780	1.21	48:36
6th	Bristol Rovers	42	21st	6th	15th	084:700	1.20	48:36
7th	Nottingham Forest	42	19th	9	14th	068:630	1.08	47:37
8th.	Lincoln City	42	18th	10	14th	079:650	1.22	46:38
9.	Fulham FC	42	20th	6th	16	089:790	1.13	46:38
10.	Swansea Town	42	20th	6th	16	083:810	1.02	46:38
11.	Bristol City (N)	42	19th	7th	16	080:640	1.25	45:39
12.	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	060:580	1.03	45:39
13.	Stoke City	42	20th	4th	18th	071:620	1.15	44:40
14th	Middlesbrough FC	42	16	8th	18th	076:780	0.97	40:44
15th	Bury FC	42	16	8th	18th	086:900	0.96	40:44
16.	West Ham United	42	14th	11	17th	074:690	1.07	39:45
17th	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	11	19th	069:960	0.72	35:49
18th	Barnsley FC (N)	42	11	12	19th	047:840	0.56	34:50
19th	Rotherham United	42	12	9	21st	056:750	0.75	33:51
20th	Notts County	42	11	9	22nd	055:820	0.67	31:53
21st	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	8th	24	054:870	0.62	28:56
22nd	Hull City	42	10	6th	26th	053:970	0.55	26:58

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1956/57

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1956/57

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1954/55
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1954/55

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1955/56	BAR	BLA	BRC	BRR	BUY	DON	FUL	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	LIV	MID	NOF	NOC	PLY	PVA	RED	SHW	STO	SWA	WHU
Barnsley FC		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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Willie Gardiner	Leicester City	34

Web links

• England 1955-56 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1955/56 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .