The Football League Third Division 1956/57 was the 30th season of the third highest English football league . The division, which is divided into the north and south seasons, had their two champions with Derby County and Ipswich Town and at the same time promoted to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the third division season 1957/58, the two second division clubs FC Bury and Port Vale, which are ranked in the table below, took their places. Nobody had to relegate from both third division seasons, because both the lower-placed northern clubs Tranmere Rovers and Crewe Alexandra as well as Swindon Town and Norwich City in the south received enough votes in the reelection process of the league association to return to the 1957/58 season Third Division to participate.
Football League Third Division 1956/57
master
Derby County
Climbers
Derby County
Relegated
none
Teams
24
Games
552
Gates
1,841 (ø 3.34 per game)
Top scorer
Ray Straw ( Derby County )
← Football League Third Division 1955/56
^ Football League Second Division 1956/57
Closing table
Third division northern champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1957/58
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
ACC
BAR
BRC
BPA
CRL
CHE
CHF
CRE
DAR
OF THE
GAT
HAL
HPL
HUL
MFT
OLD
ROC
SCU
SOP
STC
TRA
WOR
WRE
YOR
Accrington Stanley
4: 1
0: 2
5-0
1: 2
4-0
1: 1
5-0
4: 2
0-0
2-0
4-0
2: 1
0: 3
3: 3
2: 2
2: 1
0: 1
4: 2
4-0
1-0
2: 1
1-0
3-0
AFC Barrow
3: 1
4-0
1-0
3-0
3-0
2: 1
3-0
3: 1
2: 2
1: 2
1-0
3: 1
1: 2
2-0
2: 1
2-0
1: 2
1: 1
0: 3
5-0
5: 2
2: 1
1: 2
Bradford City
1: 2
0: 2
2-0
3: 2
1-0
3: 2
5: 1
1: 2
0: 2
3: 1
1-0
1: 1
2: 1
4: 3
4: 1
1: 1
3: 1
3: 1
1: 1
4: 1
2: 3
2: 1
0: 2
Bradford Park Avenue
2-0
4: 1
2-0
1: 3
3: 1
2-0
4: 3
3: 1
3: 2
0: 1
2: 1
0: 2
4: 1
1: 4
2: 2
0-0
1: 2
2: 3
3: 2
1: 2
1: 3
0: 4
0: 2
Carlisle United
2: 2
1: 1
1: 4
2: 1
3-0
4: 2
2: 1
1: 2
1: 3
3: 2
0-0
2: 1
1: 3
6: 1
2: 2
2: 1
0-0
1: 2
3: 3
2: 2
1: 1
2: 2
2-0
Chester FC
0: 2
2-0
1: 2
2-0
1: 2
3: 4
4: 1
0: 3
2: 2
4: 1
1: 1
0: 1
1: 1
6: 2
1-0
2: 2
2: 2
2-0
1: 4
1: 1
1-0
0-0
3: 4
Chesterfield FC
1-0
3: 2
1: 1
4: 1
2: 2
3-0
2-0
4: 1
2: 2
6-0
2: 1
5: 1
3: 1
1-0
1-0
2: 2
1-0
6-0
1-0
3: 1
2: 2
2: 1
3: 4
Crewe Alexandra
3: 4
1: 1
1-0
2-0
2: 2
0-0
0: 4
1: 3
2: 5
0: 3
1: 3
1: 2
2: 3
6: 4
2: 2
1: 6
2: 1
0-0
0: 1
0-0
0: 1
3-0
1: 1
Darlington FC
0-0
1: 1
3: 2
0: 5
0: 1
5: 1
4: 1
3-0
1: 1
7-0
0: 1
3: 1
1: 1
1: 3
1-0
4: 3
1: 2
1-0
3: 1
1: 1
4: 2
1: 5
2: 4
Derby County
2: 2
3: 3
0: 2
6: 1
3-0
3-0
7: 1
4-0
1: 1
5: 3
6-0
2-0
1-0
4-0
3: 2
3-0
4-0
2-0
2-0
4-0
2: 3
1-0
1-0
AFC Gateshead
1: 1
2: 2
1: 2
1: 3
4: 2
4: 1
1: 3
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
2: 1
4: 3
2-0
1: 1
2: 3
2: 1
0-0
3: 1
1: 5
3: 1
1: 2
4-0
0: 2
Halifax Town
0: 1
3: 2
0: 2
3: 1
1: 3
2: 1
2: 1
1-0
3: 2
1-0
0: 1
2-0
1-0
2: 1
1: 1
2: 1
1-0
3: 1
3: 2
4-0
4: 2
1: 2
0-0
Hartlepools United
2: 1
2-0
2-0
2: 1
2: 1
2: 2
5: 1
2-0
2: 1
2: 1
4: 1
0: 1
3: 3
2: 1
4: 1
0-0
0-0
5: 2
4: 1
5: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2-0
Hull City
2: 1
3-0
1-0
2-0
0-0
2-0
3: 2
2-0
1: 1
3: 3
1: 1
3: 1
2-0
1: 2
2: 1
2-0
2: 2
2: 1
5: 3
4: 1
0: 2
1: 2
1: 1
Mansfield Town
1: 3
1: 3
3: 1
2: 1
5: 1
1: 1
3-0
2: 1
7: 3
1: 2
2: 4
2-0
4: 1
2: 1
2: 4
2: 3
1: 1
1: 2
4: 2
3-0
2: 2
3: 1
4: 1
Oldham Athletic
2: 4
0: 1
1: 1
3: 1
2: 2
0-0
3: 3
2-0
3: 2
1: 2
1: 2
4: 3
0-0
1: 3
1: 1
0: 1
1: 1
2: 1
2-0
1-0
1-0
1: 2
3: 1
Rochdale AFC
0: 2
1-0
4: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1-0
1: 1
3-0
3: 1
0-0
1: 1
1-0
4: 3
0-0
0: 2
3-0
6: 1
2: 2
1-0
0-0
0: 2
1-0
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
2: 3
1: 1
1: 1
2: 2
1: 2
3-0
5: 1
5: 1
1: 2
1: 4
1: 2
6: 1
1: 2
1: 1
0: 1
0-0
1-0
1-0
2: 3
1: 4
2: 1
4: 3
2: 1
Southport FC
3: 5
0-0
1: 5
5: 1
4: 1
1: 1
0-0
0: 1
1-0
3: 2
2: 3
1: 1
1: 6
1-0
1: 1
2-0
0: 1
2: 2
0: 1
1-0
0: 1
1: 1
1: 1
Stockport County
2: 1
2: 1
1: 1
4-0
2-0
2: 1
2: 1
2-0
5: 2
3: 2
1: 1
2: 2
2: 4
1: 2
2: 1
2: 1
3: 1
1: 3
2-0
3: 1
0: 1
4-0
3-0
Tranmere Rovers
1: 2
0: 2
0-0
0: 3
0: 1
3: 1
2: 2
3-0
2: 2
0: 1
0-0
0: 2
0: 1
2: 4
3: 1
2: 1
2: 2
4: 2
1: 1
2: 2
1: 1
2: 4
3: 3
AFC Workington
4: 1
0: 1
5: 1
0: 1
2-0
0: 1
2: 1
4-0
6: 2
2: 1
2: 1
3: 1
1: 1
4: 3
3: 3
0-0
5-0
2: 2
2-0
4: 1
3: 2
3-0
3: 2
Wrexham AFC
5: 2
5-0
1: 2
2-0
6: 4
2: 2
1: 3
5-0
5-0
0: 2
4: 1
3: 2
2: 2
5: 2
0-0
4: 4
4: 1
1: 1
1: 1
2: 3
1-0
3-0
1: 1
York city
3: 1
1-0
3: 1
1: 2
2-0
0: 1
1: 2
2: 1
1-0
1: 1
1-0
1: 2
3: 3
2: 1
2-0
2: 1
4-0
0: 2
9: 1
0-0
1-0
2: 2
1-0
List of goalscorers
player
society
Gates
1
England Ray Straw
Derby County
37
Football League Third Division 1956/57
master
Ipswich Town
Climbers
Ipswich Town
Relegated
none
Teams
24
Games
552
Gates
1,760 (ø 3.19 per game)
Top scorer
Ted Phillips ( Ipswich Town )
← Football League Third Division 1955/56
^ Football League Second Division 1956/57
Closing table
Third division south champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1957/58
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
ALD
BOU
BRE
BHA
COL
COV
CRY
EXE
GIL
IPS
Mil
NPC
NHT
NOR
PLY
QPR
REA
SHR
SOT
SEU
SWI
GOAL
WHALE
WAT
FC Aldershot
3: 2
0: 2
1: 4
2: 1
0: 1
2: 1
1: 4
0-0
3: 1
3-0
3: 1
4-0
0-0
0: 2
4: 2
1: 4
1: 1
1: 1
5: 3
2: 2
0: 1
4: 1
3: 1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
3: 2
3-0
1: 1
1: 1
1: 2
2: 2
3: 1
3: 1
1-0
6: 1
2: 1
4: 1
1: 1
2: 1
1-0
2: 1
6: 1
1-0
1: 1
7-0
0-0
2: 2
4-0
Brentford FC
2: 2
2: 2
2: 5
1: 1
1: 1
1: 1
3-0
3: 2
1: 1
5-0
0-0
2: 1
1: 1
4: 1
2-0
4-0
3: 1
4-0
3: 2
4: 1
0-0
6: 2
1: 5
Brighton & Hove Albion
2: 2
2: 2
1: 2
0-0
2: 1
1: 1
3-0
3: 1
3: 2
3: 2
2-0
5-0
3-0
3: 1
1-0
8: 3
4: 3
1-0
1: 1
2-0
6-0
1: 3
2: 2
Colchester United
1: 1
3-0
1-0
0-0
3: 2
3: 3
4-0
0-0
0-0
2: 1
1-0
5: 1
1: 1
2: 1
1: 1
3: 2
6-0
3: 1
3: 2
1: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2-0
Coventry City
5: 1
4: 2
1: 1
1: 2
2: 4
3: 3
1-0
4: 1
1: 1
1: 2
2-0
3: 1
3: 2
1: 4
5: 1
0: 1
3: 3
2: 1
2-0
3-0
3: 2
2: 2
0: 2
Crystal Palace
2: 1
1: 1
0: 2
2: 2
2: 4
1: 1
0-0
1: 2
1: 3
2: 2
2: 1
1: 1
4: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 1
0: 1
1: 2
2-0
0-0
1: 1
3-0
0-0
Exeter City
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
1: 3
0: 2
4: 2
2: 1
4-0
1: 2
1: 1
2-0
0-0
0-0
2: 1
0-0
1: 1
5: 1
0: 4
6: 1
3: 2
1: 1
0: 1
1: 2
Gillingham FC
6: 2
1-0
2: 1
0-0
1: 2
1: 2
4: 1
2: 1
1: 1
1: 3
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
0: 3
0: 1
0-0
1: 1
0-0
0: 2
3-0
1: 1
2: 1
0: 3
Ipswich Town
4: 1
1-0
4-0
4-0
3: 1
4-0
4: 2
3-0
1: 1
0: 2
5-0
0: 1
3: 1
2: 1
4-0
4: 2
5: 1
2-0
3: 3
4: 1
6-0
2: 2
4: 1
Millwall FC
1: 5
3: 4
1: 1
4: 3
3: 1
3: 2
3-0
1: 3
2: 1
2: 2
1-0
1-0
5: 1
2: 2
2-0
1-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2: 1
7: 2
1-0
1: 1
Newport County
3-0
5: 3
3-0
0-0
1-0
3-0
2: 2
1: 1
4-0
1-0
0-0
3-0
3: 1
4: 1
1: 1
1: 2
2-0
2: 3
2: 1
2: 1
3-0
2: 2
3-0
Northampton Town
4: 2
2: 2
5: 1
1-0
1-0
4-0
1-0
1: 1
4: 1
2: 1
2: 1
0: 3
1: 1
2-0
3-0
3-0
1: 1
2: 1
2: 2
2-0
3-0
2: 3
1: 2
Norwich City
1: 1
1: 3
1: 1
1: 1
1: 2
3-0
1-0
1-0
1: 3
1: 2
2-0
1: 1
2: 1
3-0
1: 2
2: 5
3-0
0: 3
1: 2
2: 4
1: 2
2: 2
1: 2
Plymouth Argyle
2: 2
2-0
2-0
2-0
2: 2
0-0
0: 1
5-0
2-0
1: 2
0-0
3: 2
4: 3
3: 2
1: 2
0: 6
1: 1
2: 1
0-0
1-0
0-0
2: 4
3: 3
Queens Park Rangers
0: 1
2: 1
2: 2
0-0
1: 1
1: 1
4: 2
5: 3
5-0
0: 2
0-0
1: 1
1-0
3: 1
3-0
1: 1
2: 1
1: 2
3-0
3-0
0: 1
1-0
3: 1
Reading FC
2: 1
0: 4
2-0
2: 2
0: 3
3-0
1: 2
4-0
4-0
1: 3
3-0
0-0
1: 1
2: 1
3: 2
1-0
2: 2
2: 4
3: 2
1-0
3: 1
3-0
1: 2
Shrewsbury Town
2: 2
0-0
3: 2
4-0
1: 3
5-0
1: 1
1: 2
1-0
1: 1
2-0
2-0
2-0
4: 5
3: 1
0-0
1: 1
0-0
0-0
7: 3
1: 1
3: 2
1-0
Southampton FC
1-0
3-0
3: 3
1-0
2: 1
1: 1
3-0
2: 2
0: 1
0: 2
4-0
3-0
2-0
2-0
2: 2
1: 2
4: 1
4-0
1: 2
2: 1
1-0
3: 1
3: 1
Southend United
2: 4
2: 1
1-0
3: 1
3: 2
1: 2
1: 1
2-0
5-0
2-0
1-0
3: 3
0: 1
0-0
0: 1
3-0
4-0
1: 2
1: 2
1-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
Swindon Town
1: 2
2: 1
1: 3
3-0
4: 1
2: 2
3: 1
3: 5
2: 3
3: 1
1-0
1-0
4-0
1: 1
0: 3
1-0
3: 2
1: 2
0-0
3: 2
1: 2
1: 2
2-0
Torquay United
4: 2
1-0
2-0
1-0
4: 2
3: 1
3-0
1-0
3: 3
4: 1
7: 2
4-0
2-0
7: 1
1: 1
3-0
3: 1
1: 1
2-0
3: 3
7-0
2-0
3-0
Walsall FC
5: 1
0-0
7-0
3: 2
2: 1
1: 1
1: 2
2-0
2: 2
2-0
7: 1
0-0
2: 2
6: 3
1-0
0: 2
3: 2
1: 1
1: 1
0: 1
1: 2
0: 1
2-0
Watford FC
3-0
1: 1
1: 1
2: 1
0-0
1-0
1: 4
1: 1
2: 3
2: 1
2-0
5-0
2: 1
3: 3
0: 1
2: 4
1-0
2: 3
4: 2
1: 1
3: 4
4: 1
1-0
List of goalscorers
Web links
References and footnotes
↑ a b English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
Playing times of the third highest English football league
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