1956–57 Liverpool F.C. season
1956–57 season | |
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Manager | Phil Taylor |
Second Division | 3rd |
FA Cup | Third Round |
Top goalscorer |
League: Billy Liddell (21) All: Billy Liddell (21) |
Highest home attendance | 49,344 (v Huddersfield Town, League, 18 August) |
Lowest home attendance | 15,108 (v Bristol City, League, 1 May) |
Average home league attendance | 35,735 |
The 1956–57 season was the 65th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and was their 3rd consecutive year in the Second Division.
The season would prove to be one where they would finish outside the top two for the 2nd consecutive season, by finishing 3rd, just one point outside the automatic promotion places.
Squad
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Table
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leicester City | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 109 | 67 | 1.627 | 61 |
2 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 94 | 55 | 1.709 | 54 |
3 | Liverpool | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 82 | 54 | 1.519 | 53 |
4 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 83 | 75 | 1.107 | 52 |
5 | Stoke City | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 83 | 58 | 1.431 | 48 |
6 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 84 | 60 | 1.400 | 48 |
7 | Sheffield United | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 87 | 76 | 1.145 | 46 |
8 | West Ham United | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 | 46 |
9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 81 | 67 | 1.209 | 45 |
10 | Swansea Town | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 90 | 90 | 1.000 | 45 |
11 | Fulham | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 84 | 76 | 1.105 | 42 |
12 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 68 | 74 | 0.919 | 42 |
13 | Bristol City | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 74 | 79 | 0.937 | 41 |
14 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 77 | 77 | 1.000 | 40 |
15 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 66 | 84 | 0.786 | 40 |
16 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 61 | 62 | 0.984 | 39 |
17 | Rotherham United | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 74 | 75 | 0.987 | 37 |
18 | Lincoln City | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 54 | 80 | 0.675 | 34 |
19 | Barnsley | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 59 | 89 | 0.663 | 34 |
20 | Notts County | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 58 | 86 | 0.674 | 30 |
21 | Bury | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 60 | 96 | 0.625 | 25 |
22 | Port Vale | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 57 | 101 | 0.564 | 22 |
Results
Second Division
FA Cup
Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Report 1 | Report 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
05-Jan-57 | Southend United | A | 1–2 | Wheeler | 18,253 | Report | Report |
References
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