1956/57

League Tier

League Pos

Win Rate

14.9%

Avg Attendance

6,061

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

Results

Date	Opposition	Venue	Competition	Result	Pos	Att.	Manager
20/08/1956 Game 1	Hull City	A	Division Three (North)	1-4 Gwatkin	23	12,222	Noel Kelly
25/08/1956 Game 2	York City	A	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	24	12,291	Noel Kelly
28/08/1956 Game 3	HULL CITY	H	Division Three (North)	2-4 Gwatkin, Kelly	24	5,894	Noel Kelly
01/09/1956 Game 4	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	H	Division Three (North)	2-1 Kelly, Spink	23	7,689	Noel Kelly
04/09/1956 Game 5	ACCRINGTON STANLEY	H	Division Three (North)	1-2 Spink	23	8,430	Noel Kelly
08/09/1956 Game 6	Mansfield Town	A	Division Three (North)	0-3 -	23	11,383	Noel Kelly
12/09/1956 Game 7	Accrington Stanley	A	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	24	7,460	Noel Kelly
15/09/1956 Game 8	SOUTHPORT	H	Division Three (North)	1-1 Jones	23	6,722	Noel Kelly
18/09/1956 Game 9	HARTLEPOOLS UNITED	H	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	24	5,763	Noel Kelly
22/09/1956 Game 10	Chesterfield	A	Division Three (North)	1-3 Jones (7')	24	8,538	Noel Kelly
24/09/1956 Game 11	Hartlepools United	A	Division Three (North)	1-5 Godwin	24	10,219	Noel Kelly
29/09/1956 Game 12	CHESTER	H	Division Three (North)	3-1 Dodd, McDevitt, Williams	23	6,982	Noel Kelly
06/10/1956 Game 13	BARROW	H	Division Three (North)	0-2 -	24	5,617	Noel Kelly
13/10/1956 Game 14	Darlington	A	Division Three (North)	1-1 Dodd	23	5,615	Noel Kelly
20/10/1956 Game 15	ROCHDALE	H	Division Three (North)	2-2 Rees (2)	23	6,540	Noel Kelly
27/10/1956 Game 16	Gateshead	A	Division Three (North)	1-3 Parnell (72')	23	4,189	Noel Kelly
03/11/1956 Game 17	WREXHAM	H	Division Three (North)	2-4 Rees, Spink	23	10,428	Noel Kelly
10/11/1956 Game 18	Derby County	A	Division Three (North)	0-4 -	23	13,915	Noel Kelly
17/11/1956 Game 19	Bishop Auckland	A	FA Cup	1-2 Davies	-	8,000	Ernie Blackburn
24/11/1956 Game 20	Scunthorpe United	A	Division Three (North)	4-1 Davies, Godwin, Gwatkin, Hill	22	5,228	Ernie Blackburn
01/12/1956 Game 21	BRADFORD PARK AVENUE	H	Division Three (North)	0-3 -	22	5,611	Ernie Blackburn
15/12/1956 Game 22	Workington	A	Division Three (North)	2-3 O.G. (2)	22	3,231	Ernie Blackburn
22/12/1956 Game 23	YORK CITY	H	Division Three (North)	3-3 Dodd, Fleming, Kieran	22	3,045	Ernie Blackburn
25/12/1956 Game 24	Bradford City	A	Division Three (North)	1-4 Dodd	22	14,550	Ernie Blackburn
29/12/1956 Game 25	Oldham Athletic	A	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	23	7,866	Ernie Blackburn
01/01/1957 Game 26	CREWE ALEXANDRA	H	Division Three (North)	3-0 Gwatkin, Holder, McDevitt	23	5,477	Ernie Blackburn
05/01/1957 Game 27	Stockport County	A	Division Three (North)	1-3 Gwatkin	23	9,142	Ernie Blackburn
12/01/1957 Game 28	MANSFIELD TOWN	H	Division Three (North)	3-1 Dodd (2), Gwatkin	22	5,033	Ernie Blackburn
19/01/1957 Game 29	Southport	A	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	23	3,681	Ernie Blackburn
26/01/1957 Game 30	STOCKPORT COUNTY	H	Division Three (North)	2-2 Dodd, Heydon	22	5,328	Ernie Blackburn
02/02/1957 Game 31	CHESTERFIELD	H	Division Three (North)	2-2 Dodd, McDevitt	22	5,964	Ernie Blackburn
09/02/1957 Game 32	Chester	A	Division Three (North)	1-1 Rees	22	7,625	Ernie Blackburn
16/02/1957 Game 33	Barrow	A	Division Three (North)	0-5 -	22	4,599	Ernie Blackburn
02/03/1957 Game 34	Rochdale	A	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	23	5,499	Ernie Blackburn
09/03/1957 Game 35	GATESHEAD	H	Division Three (North)	0-0 -	23	5,013	Ernie Blackburn
13/03/1957 Game 36	WORKINGTON	H	Division Three (North)	1-1 Molyneux	23	4,024	Ernie Blackburn
16/03/1957 Game 37	Wrexham	A	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	23	8,465	Ernie Blackburn
23/03/1957 Game 38	DERBY COUNTY	H	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	23	8,088	Ernie Blackburn
30/03/1957 Game 39	Crewe Alexandra	A	Division Three (North)	0-0 -	23	4,083	Ernie Blackburn
06/04/1957 Game 40	SCUNTHORPE UNITED	H	Division Three (North)	4-2 McDevitt (3), Dodd	23	5,491	Ernie Blackburn
08/04/1957 Game 41	DARLINGTON	H	Division Three (North)	2-2 Dodd, McDevitt	23	4,336	Ernie Blackburn
13/04/1957 Game 42	Bradford Park Avenue	A	Division Three (North)	2-1 Kidd, Molyneux	23	4,520	Ernie Blackburn
15/04/1957 Game 43	BRADFORD CITY	H	Division Three (North)	0-0 -	22	5,959	Ernie Blackburn
19/04/1957 Game 44	Carlisle United	A	Division Three (North)	2-2 Kelly, Molyneux	22	5,614	Ernie Blackburn
20/04/1957 Game 45	HALIFAX TOWN	H	Division Three (North)	0-2 -	23	6,641	Ernie Blackburn
22/04/1957 Game 46	CARLISLE UNITED	H	Division Three (North)	0-1 -	23	5,338	Ernie Blackburn
27/04/1957 Game 47	Halifax Town	A	Division Three (North)	0-4 -	23	5,741	Ernie Blackburn