Football League Second Division 1956/57
master
Leicester City
Climbers
Leicester City, Nottingham Forest
Relegated
Bury FC , Port Vale
Teams
22nd
Games
462
Gates
1,644 (ø 3.56 per game)
Top scorer
Arthur Rowley ( Leicester City )
← Football League Second Division 1955/56
^ Football League First Division 1956/57
The Football League Second Division 1956/57 was the 54th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 18, 1956 and ended on May 1, 1957.
Second division champions Leicester City and also the second-placed Nottingham Forest rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1957/58, the two first division clubs Cardiff City and Charlton Athletic, ranked in the table below, took the places. FC Bury and Port Vale had to relegate from the Second Division , with Bury now having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Port Vale in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took the free positions in the following season 1957/58 Third Division North champions Derby County and from the Third Division South the winner Ipswich Town .
Closing table
Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1957/58
Promoted to the Football League First Division 1957/58
Relegation from the Football League Second Division
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1956/57
BAR
BLA
BRC
BRR
BUY
DON
FUL
GRI
HUD
LEI
LEY
LIN
LIV
MID
NOF
NOC
PVA
RED
SHU
STO
SWA
WHU
Barnsley FC
3: 3
3-0
0: 2
1: 1
3: 1
1: 1
2-0
0: 5
2-0
3-0
5: 2
4: 1
1: 3
1: 1
1: 1
2-0
1: 1
1: 6
2: 2
2: 3
1: 2
Blackburn Rovers
2-0
3: 1
2-0
6: 2
2: 2
2-0
2-0
3: 2
1: 1
3: 3
3: 4
2: 2
1-0
2: 2
1: 1
2: 4
3: 2
3: 1
1-0
5: 3
0: 2
Bristol City
1: 2
3-0
5: 3
2-0
4-0
0: 3
0: 2
2: 1
0: 2
4: 2
5: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 5
3-0
3: 3
2: 1
5: 1
1: 2
3: 1
1: 1
Bristol Rovers
1: 1
0: 1
0-0
6: 1
6: 1
4-0
1-0
4-0
1: 2
3: 2
0: 1
0-0
0: 2
3: 2
3-0
2: 1
4: 2
3: 1
4-0
1: 1
1: 1
Bury FC
1: 2
2: 2
2: 3
7: 2
4: 4
0: 1
2: 3
1: 3
4: 5
1: 3
1-0
0: 2
3: 2
1: 2
2: 1
1-0
1: 4
0: 1
0: 1
1: 3
3: 3
Doncaster Rovers
5: 2
1: 1
4: 1
2: 4
1: 1
4-0
0: 1
4-0
0: 2
6: 1
3: 1
1: 1
2: 1
1: 1
4: 2
4-0
1: 1
1-0
4-0
0: 1
3-0
Fulham FC
2-0
7: 2
2: 1
3: 2
1: 3
3-0
3: 1
1-0
2: 2
3: 1
0: 1
1: 2
1: 2
0: 1
5: 1
6: 3
3: 1
1: 2
1-0
7: 3
1: 4
Grimsby Town
4: 1
1: 3
0: 3
3: 2
0: 1
4: 2
3: 1
1: 2
2: 2
0-0
2-0
0-0
3: 2
0-0
2: 1
1-0
3: 2
1: 2
4: 1
5-0
2: 1
Huddersfield Town
2-0
0: 2
2: 1
2: 1
1: 2
0: 1
1: 1
2: 1
1: 2
3-0
0: 1
0: 3
0: 1
1-0
3-0
3: 1
1-0
1: 4
2: 2
2: 2
6: 2
Leicester City
5: 2
6-0
1: 1
7: 2
3-0
3: 1
1: 3
4: 3
2: 2
1: 4
4: 3
3: 2
1: 1
0-0
6: 3
2: 1
5: 2
5-0
3: 2
1: 1
5: 3
Leyton Orient
2-0
1: 1
2: 2
1: 1
4: 3
1: 1
0: 2
1: 1
3: 1
1: 5
2: 1
0: 4
1: 1
1: 4
2: 2
3: 2
2: 1
1: 2
2: 2
3-0
1: 2
Lincoln City FC
4: 1
1: 2
1: 1
1-0
2-0
4: 1
1-0
1-0
1: 2
2: 3
0: 2
3: 3
1: 1
0: 2
1-0
4-0
3: 3
4: 1
0: 1
0: 2
0: 2
Liverpool FC
2: 1
2: 3
2: 1
4: 1
2-0
2: 1
4: 3
3: 2
2: 3
2-0
1-0
4-0
1: 2
3: 1
3: 3
4: 1
4: 1
5: 1
0: 2
2-0
1-0
Middlesbrough FC
1: 2
2: 1
4: 1
3: 2
2: 2
3: 2
3: 1
2: 1
7: 2
1: 3
1: 2
3-0
1: 1
2: 2
0-0
3: 1
0: 1
3: 1
1: 1
6: 2
3: 1
Nottingham Forest
7: 1
2: 1
2: 2
1: 1
5: 1
2: 1
3: 1
2: 1
0-0
1: 2
1: 2
1: 1
1-0
0: 4
2: 4
4: 2
3: 1
2: 1
4-0
4: 3
3-0
Notts County
3: 2
2-0
1: 1
0: 2
2: 2
1: 2
0-0
0: 1
1: 2
0-0
1: 3
3-0
1: 1
2: 1
1: 2
3: 1
1: 5
2: 2
5-0
1: 4
4: 1
Port Vale
0-0
0: 3
3: 1
2: 3
3: 2
4: 1
2: 1
3-0
1: 2
2: 3
1: 2
1: 1
1: 2
2: 1
1: 7
1: 2
2: 1
0: 6
2: 2
0: 2
0-0
Rotherham United
0-0
0: 2
6: 1
0-0
1: 1
0: 1
4: 3
2: 1
3: 3
1: 1
2-0
3-0
2: 2
2: 3
3: 2
0-0
1-0
0: 4
1-0
6: 1
0: 1
Sheffield United
5-0
0: 2
1: 1
0-0
1: 1
4-0
5: 2
2-0
2-0
1: 1
2: 3
2-0
3-0
2: 1
0: 4
5: 1
4: 2
2: 7
1: 1
2: 2
1-0
Stoke City
3-0
4: 1
0: 2
2: 1
2-0
1: 1
0: 2
1-0
5: 1
3: 1
7: 1
8-0
1-0
3: 1
2: 1
6-0
3: 1
6-0
3: 3
4: 1
0: 1
Swansea Town
2: 3
5: 1
5-0
2: 3
3-0
4: 2
4: 5
3: 1
4: 2
2: 3
1-0
1: 2
1: 1
2: 2
1: 4
2: 1
2: 2
1-0
4: 1
1-0
3: 1
West Ham United
2-0
1: 3
3: 1
1: 2
1-0
1: 1
2: 1
0: 1
0: 2
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 1
1: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 1
3: 2
1-0
1: 2
List of goalscorers
Web links
References and footnotes
↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
↑ 1956/57 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
Playing times of the second highest English football league
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