2nd Division 1956-57

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2nd Division 1956-57

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	Pos	Table as at 01 May 1957	Pl	WH	DH	LH	FH	AH	WA	DA	LA	FA	AA	Pts
P	1	Leicester City	42	14	5	2	68	36	11	6	4	41	31	61
P	2	Nottingham Forest	42	13	4	4	50	29	9	6	6	44	26	54
	3	Liverpool	42	16	1	4	53	26	5	10	6	29	28	53
	4	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	6	3	49	32	9	4	8	34	43	52
	5	Stoke City	42	16	2	3	64	18	4	6	11	19	40	48
	6	Middlesbrough	42	12	5	4	51	29	7	5	9	33	31	48
	7	Sheffield United	42	11	6	4	45	28	8	2	11	42	48	46
	8	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	31	24	7	4	10	28	39	46
	9	Bristol Rovers	42	12	5	4	47	19	6	4	11	34	48	45
	10	Swansea City	42	12	3	6	53	34	7	4	10	37	56	45
	11	Fulham	42	13	1	7	53	32	6	3	12	31	44	42
	12	Huddersfield Town	42	10	3	8	33	27	8	3	10	35	47	42
	13	Bristol City	42	13	2	6	49	32	3	7	11	25	47	41
	14	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	5	4	51	21	3	5	13	26	56	40
	15	Leyton Orient	42	7	8	6	34	38	8	2	11	32	46	40
	16	Grimsby Town	42	12	4	5	41	26	5	1	15	20	36	39
	17	Rotherham United	42	9	7	5	37	26	4	4	13	37	49	37
	18	Lincoln City	42	9	4	8	34	27	5	2	14	20	53	34
	19	Barnsley	42	8	7	6	39	35	4	3	14	20	54	34
	20	Notts County	42	7	6	8	34	32	2	6	13	24	54	30
R	21	Bury	42	5	3	13	37	47	3	6	12	23	49	25
R	22	Port Vale	42	7	4	10	31	42	1	2	18	26	59	22

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	39 - 4	2 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0	43 - 4
Blackburn, Alan	6 - 1	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	7 - 1
Bond, John	30 - 1	3 - 0	1 - 1	2 - 0	36 - 2
Brown, Ken	5 - 0	1 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	7 - 0
Cantwell, Noel	39 - 1	2 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0	43 - 1
Cooper, Fred	2 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	3 - 0
Dare, Billy	30 - 9	2 - 0	1 - 2	2 - 1	35 - 12
Dick, John	36 - 8	3 - 4	0 - 0	2 - 1	41 - 13
Fenn, George	0 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0
Foan, Albert	4 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	4 - 0
Gregory, Ernie	29 - 0	2 - 0	2 - 0	0 - 0	33 - 0
Grice, Mike	11 - 1	1 - 0	2 - 0	0 - 0	14 - 1
Johnstone, Robert Gordon	2 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0
Lansdowne, Bill	26 - 1	3 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0	31 - 1
Lewis, Eddie	24 - 9	1 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 1	27 - 10
Malcolm, Andy	37 - 0	3 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0	42 - 0
Matthews, George Terry	0 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0
Morley, John	0 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0
Musgrove, Malcolm	39 - 8	3 - 3	0 - 0	2 - 1	44 - 12
Nelson, Andy	0 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0
Newman, Mick	4 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	4 - 0
O'Farrell, Frank	7 - 1	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	7 - 1
Obeney, Harry	1 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0
OWN GOAL,	0 - 1	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 1
Parker, Derek	5 - 1	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 1
Pyke, Malcolm	2 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0
Smith, John	29 - 4	2 - 0	1 - 0	2 - 2	34 - 6
Smith, Roy	4 - 1	1 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 1
Stroud, Roy	5 - 2	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	6 - 2
Tucker, Ken	10 - 6	2 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	13 - 6
Wragg, Doug	10 - 0	0 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	11 - 0
Wright, George	13 - 0	1 - 0	2 - 0	0 - 0	16 - 0
Wyllie, Robinson 'Bob'	13 - 0	1 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 0	16 - 0
Total	462 - 59	33 - 7	22 - 3	22 - 6	539 - 75

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
18 Aug 1956	D2	3	Fulham	A	4-1	25,809
20 Aug 1956	D2	6	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-3	19,727
25 Aug 1956	D2	13	Swansea Town	H	1-2	17,067
27 Aug 1956	D2	8	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-0	15,003
01 Sep 1956	D2	4	Lincoln City	A	2-0	13,131
03 Sep 1956	D2	4	Liverpool	H	1-1	25,671
08 Sep 1956	D2	5	Rotherham United	H	1-1	19,448
15 Sep 1956	D2	9	Port Vale	A	0-0	17,582
22 Sep 1956	D2	6	Barnsley	H	2-0	19,412
29 Sep 1956	D2	9	Sheffield United	A	0-1	23,529
02 Oct 1956	SFC 1		Leyton Orient	H	4-1	14,500
06 Oct 1956	D2	8	Leyton Orient	A	2-1	24,685
13 Oct 1956	D2	10	Huddersfield Town	H	0-2	22,643
20 Oct 1956	D2	10	Bristol Rovers	A	1-1	24,404
27 Oct 1956	D2	11	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	17,579
03 Nov 1956	D2	14	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-3	13,071
10 Nov 1956	D2	12	Stoke City	H	1-0	17,668
12 Nov 1956	SFC 2		Arsenal	H	1-1	14,000
17 Nov 1956	D2	13	Middlesbrough	A	1-3	31,513
24 Nov 1956	D2	13	Leicester City	H	2-1	19,789
26 Nov 1956	EPC 1		Chelmsford City	H	3-1	0
01 Dec 1956	D2	11	Bury	A	3-3	8,757
04 Dec 1956	SFC 2 R		Arsenal	A	2-3	14,156
08 Dec 1956	D2	10	Notts County	H	2-1	14,875
15 Dec 1956	D2	10	Fulham	H	2-1	18,119
22 Dec 1956	D2	11	Swansea Town	A	1-3	12,091
25 Dec 1956	D2	10	Nottingham Forest	H	2-1	16,300
29 Dec 1956	D2	11	Lincoln City	H	2-1	16,790
05 Jan 1957	FA 3		Grimsby Town	H	5-3	24,500
12 Jan 1957	D2	9	Rotherham United	A	1-0	11,090
19 Jan 1957	D2	7	Port Vale	H	2-1	17,229
26 Jan 1957	FA 4		Everton	A	1-2	55,245
02 Feb 1957	D2	6	Barnsley	A	2-1	15,931
09 Feb 1957	D2	5	Sheffield United	H	3-2	22,130
16 Feb 1957	D2	5	Leyton Orient	H	2-1	36,318
23 Feb 1957	D2	5	Huddersfield Town	A	2-6	5,878
25 Feb 1957	EPC SF		Leyton Orient	H	0-2	0
02 Mar 1957	D2	6	Bristol Rovers	H	1-2	22,354
09 Mar 1957	D2	7	Grimsby Town	A	1-2	14,026
16 Mar 1957	D2	8	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-1	15,336
23 Mar 1957	D2	8	Stoke City	A	1-0	19,794
30 Mar 1957	D2	7	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	15,166
06 Apr 1957	D2	10	Leicester City	A	3-5	33,338
13 Apr 1957	D2	8	Bury	H	1-0	9,043
15 Apr 1957	D2	8	Nottingham Forest	A	0-3	24,251
19 Apr 1957	D2	7	Bristol City	A	1-1	24,731
20 Apr 1957	D2	10	Notts County	A	1-4	17,803
22 Apr 1957	D2	8	Bristol City	H	3-1	9,343
27 Apr 1957	D2	8	Liverpool	A	0-1	36,236

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