2nd Division 1955-56

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2nd Division 1955-56

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	Pos	Table as at 03 May 1956	Pl	WH	DH	LH	FH	AH	WA	DA	LA	FA	AA	Pts
P	1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	5	3	60	28	8	8	5	41	34	55
P	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
R	21	Plymouth Argyle	42	7	6	8	33	25	3	2	16	21	62	28
R	22	Hull City	42	6	4	11	32	45	4	2	15	21	52	26

P->promoted R->relegated

Chart showing league position and points accumulation on West Ham match days or days when their position was altered by other results

The chart shows league position and points accumulation on West Ham match days or days when their position was altered by other results

Player	D2	SFC	EPC	FA	Total
Allison, Malcolm	40 - 3	1 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 0	47 - 3
Andrews, Jimmy	16 - 2	1 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	17 - 2
Bennett, Leslie	7 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	9 - 1
Blackburn, Alan	6 - 2	0 - 0	1 - 1	0 - 0	7 - 3
Bond, John	34 - 1	3 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 0	43 - 1
Brown, Ken	2 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	3 - 0
Cantwell, Noel	40 - 0	2 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 0	48 - 0
Cooper, Fred	0 - 0	1 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0
Dare, Billy	40 - 18	3 - 3	0 - 0	6 - 4	49 - 25
Dick, John	35 - 8	3 - 1	1 - 0	6 - 6	45 - 15
Foan, Albert	5 - 1	1 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 3	12 - 4
Gregory, Ernie	36 - 0	3 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 0	45 - 0
Grice, Mike	2 - 0	2 - 1	0 - 0	0 - 0	4 - 1
Hooper, Harry	30 - 15	1 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 1	37 - 16
Lansdowne, Bill	2 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	3 - 0
Lawrence, Tommy	0 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0
Malcolm, Andy	22 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 0	29 - 0
Matthews, George Terry	9 - 1	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	9 - 1
Moore, Brian	8 - 1	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	8 - 1
Musgrove, Malcolm	8 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	1 - 0	10 - 0
Nelson, Andy	0 - 0	2 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0
O'Farrell, Frank	40 - 1	1 - 1	0 - 0	6 - 0	47 - 2
OWN GOAL,	0 - 4	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 4
Parker, Derek	8 - 0	2 - 0	1 - 1	0 - 0	11 - 1
Sexton, Dave	15 - 2	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	16 - 2
Smith, Roy	2 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	3 - 0
Stroud, Roy	2 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0
Taylor, George	6 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	7 - 0
Tucker, Ken	37 - 14	2 - 2	0 - 0	5 - 0	44 - 16
Wragg, Doug	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0
Wright, George	10 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	11 - 0
Total	462 - 74	33 - 8	11 - 2	66 - 14	572 - 98

appearences - goals scored
D2-> 2nd Division SFC-> Southern Floodlight Cup EPC-> Essex Professional Cup FA-> FA Cup
Goals shows penalties in brackets

Date	Comp	Posn	Opposition		F-A	Att
20 Aug 1955	D2	13	Rotherham United	H	1-1	18,952
22 Aug 1955	D2	14	Port Vale	A	1-2	19,259
27 Aug 1955	D2	19	Swansea Town	A	2-4	19,960
29 Aug 1955	D2	21	Port Vale	H	0-2	13,052
03 Sep 1955	D2	18	Notts County	H	6-1	16,710
06 Sep 1955	D2	18	Bristol City	A	1-3	25,993
10 Sep 1955	D2	19	Leeds United	A	3-3	21,855
17 Sep 1955	D2	17	Fulham	H	2-1	25,738
24 Sep 1955	D2	16	Bury	A	1-1	10,217
01 Oct 1955	D2	14	Barnsley	H	4-0	20,863
08 Oct 1955	D2	12	Plymouth Argyle	H	4-0	19,669
10 Oct 1955	SFC 1		Crystal Palace	H	3-0	6,000
15 Oct 1955	D2	15	Liverpool	A	1-3	32,187
22 Oct 1955	D2	12	Doncaster Rovers	H	6-1	13,303
29 Oct 1955	D2	11	Lincoln City	A	1-1	11,078
05 Nov 1955	D2	14	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-3	22,990
12 Nov 1955	D2	15	Hull City	A	1-3	24,050
19 Nov 1955	D2	17	Nottingham Forest	H	1-2	17,121
26 Nov 1955	D2	17	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	20,767
03 Dec 1955	D2	19	Leicester City	H	1-3	17,577
05 Dec 1955	EPC SF		Southend United	H	2-3	0
10 Dec 1955	D2	19	Bristol Rovers	A	1-1	20,710
17 Dec 1955	D2	19	Rotherham United	A	2-3	10,293
24 Dec 1955	D2	19	Swansea Town	H	5-1	15,857
26 Dec 1955	D2	19	Middlesbrough	A	0-2	22,001
27 Dec 1955	D2	19	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	21,522
31 Dec 1955	D2	19	Notts County	A	1-0	18,708
07 Jan 1956	FA 3		Preston North End	H	5-2	29,000
14 Jan 1956	D2	18	Leeds United	H	1-1	20,000
21 Jan 1956	D2	19	Fulham	A	1-3	24,322
28 Jan 1956	FA 4		Cardiff City	H	2-1	35,500
11 Feb 1956	D2	19	Barnsley	A	1-1	8,432
18 Feb 1956	FA 5		Blackburn Rovers	H	0-0	28,000
23 Feb 1956	FA 5 R		Blackburn Rovers	A	3-2	29,300
25 Feb 1956	D2	17	Liverpool	H	2-0	18,798
03 Mar 1956	FA 6		Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-3	69,111
08 Mar 1956	FA 6 R		Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	36,000
10 Mar 1956	D2	16	Bristol Rovers	H	2-1	19,790
17 Mar 1956	D2	16	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-4	21,581
19 Mar 1956	D2	16	Bury	H	3-2	14,285
24 Mar 1956	D2	16	Hull City	H	1-1	12,718
26 Mar 1956	D2	16	Doncaster Rovers	A	1-2	6,272
30 Mar 1956	D2	15	Stoke City	H	2-0	17,883
31 Mar 1956	D2	14	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-0	18,667
02 Apr 1956	D2	14	Stoke City	A	0-3	17,285
04 Apr 1956	SFC SF		Reading	A	3-1	5,000
07 Apr 1956	D2	14	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-3	17,549
14 Apr 1956	D2	15	Leicester City	A	1-2	17,432
18 Apr 1956	D2	15	Nottingham Forest	A	0-0	15,739
21 Apr 1956	D2	16	Lincoln City	H	2-4	13,347
23 Apr 1956	SFC F		Aldershot	H	2-1	5,000
28 Apr 1956	D2	15	Bristol City	H	3-0	13,534

much respect to John Northcutt, Roy Shoesmith, Jack Helliar, John Helliar, Tony Hogg, Tony Brown, Fred Loveday, Andrew Loveday, Steve Bacon, Steve Marsh and all past/current West Ham players and supporters