Season 1955-1956

Division II


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Sheffield Wednesday 42 13 5 3 60 28 8 8 5 41 34 55 2. Leeds United 42 17 3 1 51 18 6 3 12 29 42 52 3. Liverpool 42 14 3 4 52 25 7 3 11 33 38 48 4. Blackburn Rovers 42 13 4 4 55 29 8 2 11 29 36 48 5. Leicester City 42 15 3 3 63 23 6 3 12 31 55 48 6. Bristol Rovers 42 13 3 5 53 33 8 3 10 31 37 48 7. Nottingham Forest 42 9 5 7 30 26 10 4 7 38 37 47 8. Lincoln City 42 14 5 2 49 17 4 5 12 30 48 46 9. Fulham 42 15 2 4 59 27 5 4 12 30 52 46 10. Swansea City 42 14 4 3 49 23 6 2 13 34 58 46 11. Bristol City 42 14 4 3 49 20 5 3 13 31 44 45 12. Port Vale 42 12 4 5 38 21 4 9 8 22 37 45 13. Stoke City 42 13 2 6 47 27 7 2 12 24 35 44 14. Middlesbrough 42 11 4 6 46 31 5 4 12 30 47 40 15. Bury 42 9 5 7 44 39 7 3 11 42 51 40 16. West Ham United 42 12 4 5 52 27 2 7 12 22 42 39 17. Doncaster Rovers 42 11 5 5 45 30 1 6 14 24 66 35 18. Barnsley 42 10 5 6 33 35 1 7 13 14 49 34 19. Rotherham United 42 7 5 9 29 34 5 4 12 27 41 33 20. Notts County 42 8 5 8 39 37 3 4 14 16 45 31 21. Plymouth Argyle 42 7 6 8 33 25 3 2 16 21 62 28 22. Hull City 42 6 4 11 32 45 4 2 15 21 52 26

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 20 Aug  PLYMOUTH ARGYLE......... 5-2     3     31,716   Jackie Sewell 3
                                                                Albert Quixall 2
 2. Wed 24 Aug  Liverpool............... 3-0     2     41,791   Redfern Froggatt, Jackie Sewell
                                                                Roy Shiner
 3. Sat 27 Aug  Stoke City.............. 0-2     5     24,529   
 4. Wed 31 Aug  LIVERPOOL............... 1-1     5     30,853   Albert Broadbent

 5. Sat  3 Sep  BRISTOL ROVERS.......... 4-2     4     30,526   Roy Shiner 2, Redfern Froggatt
                                                                Jackie Sewell
 6. Wed  7 Sep  Lincoln City............ 2-2     6     21,025   Jackie Sewell 2
 7. Sat 10 Sep  Doncaster Rovers........ 2-2     5     26,790   Albert Broadbent, Roy Shiner
 8. Mon 12 Sep  LEICESTER CITY.......... 1-1     4     25,819   Roy Shiner
 9. Sat 17 Sep  SWANSEA CITY............ 2-2     5     29,128   Jackie Sewell 2
10. Sat 24 Sep  NOTTINGHAM FOREST....... 1-2    10     29,304   Jackie Sewell

11. Sat  1 Oct  Hull City............... 2-2     8     16,748   Redfern Froggatt, Albert Quixall
12. Sat  8 Oct  Notts County............ 1-1    10     23,500   Redfern Froggatt
13. Sat 15 Oct  LEEDS UNITED............ 4-0     5     34,646   Jackie Sewell 2, Roy Shiner 2
14. Sat 22 Oct  Port Vale............... 1-0     4     23,129   Albert Quixall
15. Sat 29 Oct  BURY.................... 3-3     4     25,138   Redfern Froggatt, Albert Quixall
                                                                Jackie Sewell

16. Sat  5 Nov  Barnsley................ 3-0     3     21,544   Roy Shiner 2, Albert Broadbent
17. Sat 12 Nov  MIDDLESBROUGH........... 3-1     3     25,180   Don Gibson, Roy Shiner
                                                                Derek Wilkinson
18. Sat 19 Nov  Bristol City............ 2-3     3     32,731   Albert Broadbent, Roy Shiner
19. Sat 26 Nov  WEST HAM UNITED......... 1-1     4     21,670   Roy Shiner

20. Sat  3 Dec  Fulham.................. 2-1     2     23,286   Albert Broadbent, Roy Shiner
21. Sat 10 Dec  ROTHERHAM UNITED........ 0-2     2     23,108   
22. Sat 17 Dec  Plymouth Argyle......... 1-1     3     17,276   Ron Staniforth
23. Sat 24 Dec  STOKE CITY.............. 4-0     1     23,579   Albert Broadbent
                                                                Redfern Froggatt, Albert Quixall
                                                                Roy Shiner
24. Mon 26 Dec  Blackburn Rovers........ 2-2     1     24,139   Roy Shiner 2
25. Tue 27 Dec  BLACKBURN ROVERS........ 5-1     1     31,574   Redfern Froggatt 2
                                                                Albert Broadbent, Alan Finney
                                                                Roy Shiner
26. Sat 31 Dec  Bristol Rovers.......... 2-4     1     30,887   Albert Quixall, Roy Shiner

27. Sat 14 Jan  DONCASTER ROVERS........ 5-2     1     18,281   Albert Quixall 2, Roy Shiner 2
                                                                Redfern Froggatt
28. Sat 21 Jan  Swansea City............ 1-2     1     14,285   Albert Quixall

29. Sat  4 Feb  Nottingham Forest....... 1-0     1     16,508   Albert Broadbent
30. Sat 11 Feb  HULL CITY............... 4-1     1     19,481   Roy Shiner 2, Redfern Froggatt
                                                                Albert Quixall
31. Sat 18 Feb  BRISTOL CITY............ 2-1     1     22,539   Albert Quixall 2
32. Sat 25 Feb  Leeds United............ 1-2     1     43,268   Albert Broadbent

33. Sat  3 Mar  PORT VALE............... 4-0     1     30,587   Alan Finney, Ralph O'Donnell
                                                                Albert Quixall, Roy Shiner
34. Sat 10 Mar  Rotherham United........ 3-2     1     19,781   Redfern Froggatt, Albert Quixall
                                                                Roy Shiner
35. Wed 21 Mar  BARNSLEY................ 3-0     1     31,577   Roy Shiner 2, Redfern Froggatt
36. Sat 24 Mar  Middlesbrough........... 2-2     1     19,026   Albert Quixall, Roy Shiner
37. Sat 31 Mar  NOTTS COUNTY............ 1-0     1     32,263   Ron Staniforth

38. Mon  2 Apr  Leicester City.......... 2-1     1     37,624   Redfern Froggatt 2
39. Sat  7 Apr  West Ham United......... 3-3     1     17,549   Albert Broadbent 2
                                                                Peter Howells
40. Sat 14 Apr  FULHAM.................. 2-3     1     27,439   Alan Finney, Roy Shiner
41. Sat 21 Apr  Bury.................... 5-2     1     23,333   Roy Shiner 2, Albert Broadbent
                                                                Alan Finney, Albert Quixall
42. Sat 28 Apr  LINCOLN CITY............ 5-3     1     32,129   Roy Shiner 3, Alan Finney 2

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 3   Sat  7 Jan  NEWCASTLE UNITED........ 1-3     48,198   Don Gibson

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Appearances

                          LEAGUE        FA CUP         TOTAL      
 Player                 Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Roy Shiner               42     33      1      0     43     33
Albert Broadbent         41     12      1      0     42     12
Redfern Froggatt         41     14      1      0     42     14
Albert Quixall           39     17      1      0     40     17
Ron Staniforth           37      2      1      0     38      2
Dave McIntosh            33      0      1      0     34      0
Ralph O'Donnell          32      1      1      0     33      1
Don McEvoy               29      0      1      0     30      0
Don Gibson               27      1      1      1     28      2
Tom McAnearney           27      0      0      0     27      0
Alan Finney              25      6      1      0     26      6
Norman Curtis            23      0      0      0     23      0
Walter Bingley           21      0      1      0     22      0
Jackie Sewell            16     13      0      0     16     13
Les Williams              9      0      0      0      9      0
Tony Kay                  8      0      0      0      8      0
Peter Swan                4      0      0      0      4      0
Derek Wilkinson           3      1      0      0      3      1
Peter Howells             2      1      0      0      2      1
Jack Martin               2      0      0      0      2      0
Jim McAnearney            1      0      0      0      1      0

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