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England 1956/57, First division

Day 1

		Newcastle United	–	Portsmouth	2:1
	Newcastle upon Tyne St. James' Park
		Luton Town	–	Sunderland	6:2
	Luton Kenilworth Road
		Manchester United	–	Birmingham City	2:2
	Manchester Old Trafford
		Wolverhampton Wanderers	–	Manchester City	5:1
	Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium
		Preston North End	–	Tottenham Hotspur	1:4
	Preston Deepdale
		Sheffield Wednesday	–	West Bromwich Albion	4:2
	Sheffield Hillsborough
		Bolton Wanderers	–	Blackpool	4:1
	Bolton Burnden Park
		Burnley	–	Chelsea	2:0
	Burnley Turf Moor
		Leeds United	–	Everton	5:1
	Leeds Elland Road
		Arsenal	–	Cardiff City	0:0
	London Arsenal Stadium (Highbury)
		Aston Villa	–	Charlton Athletic	3:1
	Birmingham Villa Park

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Manchester United	42	28	8	6	103-54	64
2.	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	12	8	104-56	56
3.	Preston North End	42	23	10	9	84-56	56

4.	Blackpool	42	22	9	11	93-65	53
5.	Arsenal	42	21	8	13	85-69	50
6.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	8	14	94-70	48
7.	Burnley	42	18	10	14	56-50	46
8.	Leeds United	42	15	14	13	72-63	44
9.	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	12	14	65-65	44
10.	Aston Villa	42	14	15	13	65-55	43

England 1956/57, Second Division

	Bristol Rovers	–	Grimsby Town	1:0
Bristol Eastville Stadium
	Fulham	–	West Ham United	1:4
London Craven Cottage
	Leicester City	–	Doncaster Rovers	3:1
Leicester Filbert Street
	Leyton Orient	–	Nottingham Forest	1:4
London Brisbane Road
	Lincoln City	–	Bristol City	1:1
Lincoln Sincil Bank Stadium
	Liverpool	–	Huddersfield Town	2:3
Liverpool Anfield
	Middlesbrough	–	Stoke City	1:1
Middlesbrough Ayresome Park
	Notts County	–	Bury	2:2
Nottingham Meadow Lane
	Port Vale	–	Barnsley	0:0
Stoke-on-Trent Vale Park
	Rotherham United	–	Sheffield United	0:4
Rotherham Millmoor Ground
	Swansea Town	–	Blackburn Rovers	5:1
Swansea Vetch Field

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Leicester City	42	25	11	6	109-67	61
2.	Nottingham Forest	42	22	10	10	94-55	54

3.	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	82-54	53
4.	Blackburn Rovers	42	21	10	11	83-75	52
5.	Stoke City	42	20	8	14	83-58	48
6.	Middlesbrough	42	19	10	13	84-60	48
7.	Sheffield United	42	19	8	15	87-76	46
8.	West Ham United	42	19	8	15	59-63	46
9.	Bristol Rovers	42	18	9	15	81-67	45
10.	Swansea Town	42	19	7	16	90-90	45

Bulgaria 1956, A Group

Day 17

	CDNA	–	Minyor	1:0

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	CDNA	22	11	9	2	46-25	31
2.	Dynamo	22	8	10	4	30-24	26
3.	SKNA	22	9	7	6	27-20	25

4.	Udarnik	22	8	7	7	37-31	23
5.	Minyor	22	8	6	8	40-34	22
6.	Spartak Plovdiv	22	7	7	8	28-29	21
7.	Lokomotiv	22	5	11	6	20-22	21
8.	Spartak Pleven	22	6	9	7	19-26	21
9.	Spartak Sofia	22	5	9	8	25-30	19
10.	Spartak Stalin	22	5	9	8	22-28	19

Scottish League Cup 1956. Group 1

Day 3

	Dundee	–	Airdrieonians	3:1

	Raith Rovers	–	Motherwell	4:2

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Dundee	6	5	1	0	16-5	11

2.	Raith Rovers	6	3	1	2	12-10	7
3.	Motherwell	6	2	0	4	12-10	4
4.	Airdrieonians	6	1	0	5	9-24	2

Scottish League Cup 1956. Group 2

Day 3

	Aberdeen	–	Rangers	2:6

	Celtic	–	East Fife	2:1

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Celtic	6	5	1	0	10-5	11

2.	Rangers	6	4	1	1	18-6	9
3.	Aberdeen	6	1	0	5	11-18	2
4.	East Fife	6	1	0	5	5-15	2

Scottish League Cup 1956. Group 3

Day 3

	Kilmarnock	–	Queen of the South	2:3

	St. Mirren	–	Dunfermline Athletic	2:0

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Dunfermline Athletic	6	3	2	1	10-5	8

2.	St. Mirren	6	2	3	1	9-6	7
3.	Queen of the South	6	1	3	2	6-8	5
4.	Kilmarnock	6	1	2	3	8-14	4

Scottish League Cup 1956. Group 4

Day 3

	Hearts	–	Falkirk	5:0

	Partick Thistle	–	Hibernian	4:1

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Partick Thistle	6	4	2	0	15-6	10

2.	Hearts	6	3	2	1	17-8	8
3.	Falkirk	6	2	1	3	6-10	5
4.	Hibernian	6	0	1	5	5-19	1

Scottish League Cup 1956. Group 5

Day 3

	Dumbarton	–	Alloa Athletic	1:1

	Hamilton Academical	–	Brechin City	1:1

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Brechin City	6	4	1	1	20-8	9

2.	Hamilton Academical	6	3	1	2	14-14	7
3.	Dumbarton	6	2	1	3	15-22	5
4.	Alloa Athletic	6	1	1	4	9-14	3

Scottish League Cup 1956. Group 6

Day 3

	Cowdenbeath	–	Morton	0:1

	Stranraer	–	Berwick Rangers	5:2

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Cowdenbeath	6	4	1	1	11-4	9

2.	Morton	6	2	3	1	8-5	7
3.	Stranraer	6	1	2	3	9-12	4
4.	Berwick Rangers	6	1	2	3	6-13	4

Scottish League Cup 1956. Group 7

Day 3

	St. Johnstone	–	Clyde	1:6

	Stirling Albion	–	Queen's Park	0:2

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Clyde	6	5	1	0	19-5	11

2.	St. Johnstone	6	3	1	2	7-12	7
3.	Queen's Park	6	2	1	3	7-7	5
4.	Stirling Albion	6	0	1	5	1-10	1

Scottish League Cup 1956. Group 8

Day 3

	Stenhousemuir	–	Ayr United	1:1

	Third Lanark	–	Dundee United	1:2

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Dundee United	6	3	1	2	16-11	7

2.	Ayr United	6	2	3	1	14-13	7
3.	Stenhousemuir	6	3	1	2	13-18	7
4.	Third Lanark	6	1	1	4	15-16	3

Scottish League Cup 1956. Group 9

Day 3

	Albion Rovers	–	East Stirlingshire	9:2

	Arbroath	–	Forfar Athletic	3:0

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Arbroath	4	3	0	1	13-3	6

2.	Albion Rovers	4	3	0	1	18-10	6
3.	Forfar Athletic	4	2	0	2	7-8	4
4.	East Stirlingshire	4	2	0	2	6-12	4
5.	Montrose	4	0	0	4	6-17	0

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