1955/56

League Tier

League Pos

Win Rate

35.4%

Avg Attendance

6,544

Results Players Debutants Goalscorers League Table League Position Point Accumulation PPG Attendances

Results

Date	Opposition	Venue	Competition	Result	Pos	Att.	Manager
20/08/1955 Game 1	Chester	A	Division Three (North)	0-0 -	17	9,784	Ernie Blackburn
22/08/1955 Game 2	Gateshead	A	Division Three (North)	3-3 Bell, Fleming, Tansey	5	3,576	Ernie Blackburn
27/08/1955 Game 3	CARLISLE UNITED	H	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	17	8,282	Ernie Blackburn
30/08/1955 Game 4	GATESHEAD	H	Division Three (North)	1-1 Kelly	18	6,070	Ernie Blackburn
03/09/1955 Game 5	Grimsby Town	A	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	21	9,852	Ernie Blackburn
06/09/1955 Game 6	DARLINGTON	H	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	22	6,393	Ernie Blackburn
10/09/1955 Game 7	BRADFORD PARK AVENUE	H	Division Three (North)	4-1 Speakman (2), O.G., Davies	19	5,850	Ernie Blackburn
14/09/1955 Game 8	Darlington	A	Division Three (North)	2-6 Davies, Kidd	23	6,830	Ernie Blackburn
17/09/1955 Game 9	Rochdale	A	Division Three (North)	3-1 Kelly, McDevitt, Speakman	16	5,518	Ernie Blackburn
20/09/1955 Game 10	ACCRINGTON STANLEY	H	Division Three (North)	4-1 Davies (3), Kelly	14	6,499	Ernie Blackburn
24/09/1955 Game 11	CHESTERFIELD	H	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	16	7,442	Ernie Blackburn
27/09/1955 Game 12	Southport	A	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	19	2,931	Ernie Blackburn
01/10/1955 Game 13	YORK CITY	H	Division Three (North)	2-1 Davies, McDevitt	17	6,888	Ernie Blackburn
08/10/1955 Game 14	Crewe Alexandra	A	Division Three (North)	0-4 -	21	5,216	Ernie Blackburn
15/10/1955 Game 15	WORKINGTON	H	Division Three (North)	2-0 Davies, Speakman	16	5,185	Ernie Blackburn
22/10/1955 Game 16	Stockport County	A	Division Three (North)	0-7 -	21	7,145	Ernie Blackburn
29/10/1955 Game 17	MANSFIELD TOWN	H	Division Three (North)	1-0 Williams	18	3,987	Ernie Blackburn
05/11/1955 Game 18	Wrexham	A	Division Three (North)	1-3 Speakman	20	6,756	Ernie Blackburn
12/11/1955 Game 19	HALIFAX TOWN	H	Division Three (North)	2-1 Davies (73'), Jones (77')	17	4,884	Ernie Blackburn
19/11/1955 Game 20	Easington Colliery Welfare	A	FA Cup	2-0 Speakman (2)	-	4,074	Ernie Blackburn
26/11/1955 Game 21	SCUNTHORPE UNITED	H	Division Three (North)	2-1 Jones (2)	16	4,748	Ernie Blackburn
03/12/1955 Game 22	Oldham Athletic	A	Division Three (North)	1-4 McDevitt	18	5,126	Ernie Blackburn
10/12/1955 Game 23	BARROW	H	FA Cup	0-3 -	-	7,355	Ernie Blackburn
17/12/1955 Game 24	CHESTER	H	Division Three (North)	4-0 Kidd, McDevitt, Speakman, Walls	16	4,889	Noel Kelly
24/12/1955 Game 25	Carlisle United	A	Division Three (North)	3-0 Kidd, McDevitt, Walls	11	5,339	Noel Kelly
26/12/1955 Game 26	BARROW	H	Division Three (North)	1-1 Kieran	13	8,721	Noel Kelly
27/12/1955 Game 27	Barrow	A	Division Three (North)	1-1 Walls	13	6,975	Noel Kelly
31/12/1955 Game 28	GRIMSBY TOWN	H	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	13	9,005	Noel Kelly
02/01/1956 Game 29	SOUTHPORT	H	Division Three (North)	1-2 Fleming	13	9,097	Noel Kelly
07/01/1956 Game 30	Bradford City	A	Division Three (North)	0-5 -	15	6,560	Noel Kelly
21/01/1956 Game 31	ROCHDALE	H	Division Three (North)	2-1 Parnell, Stephens	17	4,732	Noel Kelly
28/01/1956 Game 32	HARTLEPOOLS UNITED	H	Division Three (North)	2-2 Parnell, Speakman	17	6,788	Noel Kelly
04/02/1956 Game 33	Chesterfield	A	Division Three (North)	0-2 -	17	6,028	Noel Kelly
11/02/1956 Game 34	York City	A	Division Three (North)	4-2 Jones (2), McDevitt, Stephens	15	6,593	Noel Kelly
18/02/1956 Game 35	CREWE ALEXANDRA	H	Division Three (North)	2-1 Jones, Speakman	13	4,727	Noel Kelly
25/02/1956 Game 36	Workington	A	Division Three (North)	0-3 -	13	5,074	Noel Kelly
03/03/1956 Game 37	STOCKPORT COUNTY	H	Division Three (North)	2-1 McDevitt, Stephens	13	5,981	Noel Kelly
10/03/1956 Game 38	Mansfield Town	A	Division Three (North)	0-6 -	13	8,591	Noel Kelly
17/03/1956 Game 39	BRADFORD CITY	H	Division Three (North)	1-1 Bell (89')	14	5,249	Noel Kelly
24/03/1956 Game 40	Halifax Town	A	Division Three (North)	2-0 Fleming, Jones	13	4,364	Noel Kelly
30/03/1956 Game 41	DERBY COUNTY	H	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	14	13,553	Noel Kelly
31/03/1956 Game 42	WREXHAM	H	Division Three (North)	0-2 -	15	6,835	Noel Kelly
02/04/1956 Game 43	Derby County	A	Division Three (North)	0-0 -	15	24,879	Noel Kelly
07/04/1956 Game 44	Scunthorpe United	A	Division Three (North)	1-2 Jones	16	4,343	Noel Kelly
14/04/1956 Game 45	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	H	Division Three (North)	0-3 -	17	3,902	Noel Kelly
18/04/1956 Game 46	Bradford Park Avenue	A	Division Three (North)	5-4 Stephens (2), O.G., Jones, Kelly	15	2,651	Noel Kelly
21/04/1956 Game 47	Hartlepools United	A	Division Three (North)	0-4 -	16	6,262	Noel Kelly
28/04/1956 Game 48	Accrington Stanley	A	Division Three (North)	0-0 -	16	5,957	Noel Kelly