# Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1955/56

1955/56 was het 58ste seizoen in de Engelse voetbalcompetitie. Manchester United werd landskampioen.

## Prijzen

| Competitie | Winnaar | Runner-up |
| First Division | Manchester United | Blackpool |
| Second Division | Sheffield Wednesday | Leeds United |
| Third Division North | Grimsby Town | Derby County |
| Third Division South | Leyton Orient | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| FA Cup | Manchester City | Birmingham City |
| Charity Shield | Chelsea | Newcastle United |

## First Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Manchester United | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 83 | 51 | 1.627 | 60 |
| 2 | Blackpool | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 86 | 62 | 1.387 | 49 |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 89 | 65 | 1.369 | 49 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 69 | 1.188 | 46 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 61 | 0.984 | 46 |
| 6 | Birmingham City | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 75 | 57 | 1.316 | 45 |
| 7 | Burnley | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 64 | 54 | 1.185 | 44 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 71 | 58 | 1.224 | 43 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 80 | 95 | 0.842 | 43 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 66 | 64 | 1.031 | 42 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 85 | 70 | 1.214 | 41 |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 78 | 85 | 0.918 | 41 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 58 | 70 | 0.829 | 41 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 75 | 81 | 0.926 | 40 |
| 15 | Everton | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 69 | 0.797 | 40 |
| 16 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 77 | 0.831 | 39 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 69 | 0.797 | 39 |
| 18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 61 | 71 | 0.859 | 37 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 73 | 72 | 1.014 | 36 |
| 20 | Aston Villa | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 52 | 69 | 0.754 | 35 |
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 54 | 83 | 0.651 | 35 |
| 22 | Sheffield United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 63 | 77 | 0.818 | 33 |

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | ARS | AST | BIR | BLP | BOL | BUR | CAR | CHA | CHE | EVE | HUD | LUT | MNC | MNU | NEW | POR | PRE | SHE | SUN | TOT | WBA | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 |
| Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 4 - 4 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 4 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Birmingham City | 4 - 0 | 2 - 2 | | 1 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 6 - 2 | 5 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 |
| Blackpool | 3 - 1 | 6 - 0 | 2 - 0 | | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 6 | 1 - 1 | 7 - 3 | 0 - 2 | 5 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 4 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 6 - 0 | 1 - 3 | | 0 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Burnley | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 0 | | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 |
| Cardiff City | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 9 |
| Charlton Athletic | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | | 1 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 5 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 6 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 5 - 1 | 0 - 2 |
| Chelsea | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 | | 6 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 5 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 3 |
| Everton | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 3 | | 5 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 4 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Huddersfield Town | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | | 0 - 2 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 6 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 |
| Luton Town | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | | 3 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 8 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 5 - 1 |
| Manchester City | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 2 | | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 |
| Manchester United | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | | 5 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 3 |
| Newcastle United | 2 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | | 2 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 3 | 3 - 1 |
| Portsmouth | 5 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 5 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 4 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 5 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 2 | | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| Preston North End | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 4 - 3 | 2 - 1 | | 0 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 |
| Sheffield United | 0 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 1 | | 2 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 3 |
| Sunderland | 3 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 6 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 2 | | 3 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3 - 1 | 4 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 4 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 3 | | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 4 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | | 1 - 1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 7 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 3 - 2 | |

## Second Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 101 | 62 | 1.629 | 55 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 80 | 60 | 1.333 | 52 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 85 | 63 | 1.349 | 48 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 84 | 65 | 1.292 | 48 |
| 5 | Leicester City | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 94 | 78 | 1.205 | 48 |
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 84 | 70 | 1.200 | 48 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 63 | 1.079 | 47 |
| 8 | Lincoln City | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 79 | 65 | 1.215 | 46 |
| 9 | Fulham | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 89 | 79 | 1.127 | 46 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 83 | 81 | 1.025 | 46 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 80 | 64 | 1.250 | 45 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 60 | 58 | 1.034 | 45 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 42 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 71 | 62 | 1.145 | 44 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 76 | 78 | 0.974 | 40 |
| 15 | Bury | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 86 | 90 | 0.956 | 40 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 74 | 69 | 1.072 | 39 |
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 69 | 96 | 0.719 | 35 |
| 18 | Barnsley | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 47 | 84 | 0.560 | 34 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 56 | 75 | 0.747 | 33 |
| 20 | Notts County | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 55 | 82 | 0.671 | 31 |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 54 | 87 | 0.621 | 28 |
| 22 | Hull City | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 53 | 97 | 0.546 | 26 |

## Third Division North

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 76 | 29 | 2.621 | 68 |
| 2 | Derby County | 46 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 110 | 55 | 2.000 | 63 |
| 3 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 92 | 57 | 1.614 | 59 |
| 4 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 81 | 60 | 1.350 | 57 |
| 5 | Southport | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 66 | 53 | 1.245 | 57 |
| 6 | Chesterfield | 46 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 94 | 66 | 1.424 | 54 |
| 7 | Stockport County | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 90 | 61 | 1.475 | 51 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 78 | 64 | 1.219 | 49 |
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 75 | 63 | 1.190 | 48 |
| 10 | Workington | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 75 | 63 | 1.190 | 47 |
| 11 | York City | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 85 | 72 | 1.181 | 47 |
| 12 | Rochdale | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 66 | 84 | 0.786 | 47 |
| 13 | Gateshead | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 77 | 84 | 0.917 | 45 |
| 14 | Wrexham | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 66 | 73 | 0.904 | 42 |
| 15 | Darlington | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 60 | 73 | 0.822 | 41 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 84 | 0.702 | 41 |
| 17 | Chester City | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 52 | 82 | 0.634 | 40 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 84 | 81 | 1.037 | 39 |
| 19 | Halifax Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 66 | 76 | 0.868 | 39 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 76 | 86 | 0.884 | 38 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 71 | 95 | 0.747 | 38 |
| 22 | Barrow | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 61 | 83 | 0.735 | 33 |
| 23 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 61 | 122 | 0.500 | 33 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 50 | 105 | 0.476 | 28 |

## Third Division South

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 106 | 49 | 2.163 | 66 |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 112 | 50 | 2.240 | 65 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 106 | 60 | 1.767 | 64 |
| 4 | Southend United | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 88 | 80 | 1.100 | 53 |
| 5 | Torquay United | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 86 | 63 | 1.365 | 52 |
| 6 | Brentford | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 69 | 66 | 1.045 | 52 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 86 | 82 | 1.049 | 51 |
| 8 | Coventry City | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 73 | 60 | 1.217 | 49 |
| 9 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 63 | 51 | 1.235 | 48 |
| 10 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 69 | 71 | 0.972 | 48 |
| 11 | Northampton Town | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 67 | 71 | 0.944 | 47 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 76 | 81 | 0.938 | 47 |
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 69 | 66 | 1.045 | 46 |
| 14 | Southampton | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 91 | 81 | 1.123 | 44 |
| 15 | Aldershot | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 70 | 90 | 0.778 | 40 |
| 16 | Exeter City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 58 | 77 | 0.753 | 40 |
| 17 | Reading | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 70 | 79 | 0.886 | 39 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 86 | 0.744 | 39 |
| 19 | Newport County | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 58 | 79 | 0.734 | 39 |
| 20 | Walsall | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 68 | 84 | 0.810 | 38 |
| 21 | Watford | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 52 | 85 | 0.612 | 37 |
| 22 | Millwall | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 83 | 100 | 0.830 | 36 |
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 54 | 83 | 0.651 | 34 |
| 24 | Swindon Town | 46 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 78 | 0.436 | 30 |
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