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1956-57

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Final League Tables


      DIVISION ONE
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Manchester United                42   28    8    6  103   54   64
   2  Tottenham Hotspur                42   22   12    8  104   56   56
   3  Preston North End                42   23   10    9   84   56   56
   4  Blackpool                        42   22    9   11   93   65   53
   5  Arsenal                          42   21    8   13   85   69   50
   6  Wolverhampton Wanderers          42   20    8   14   94   70   48
   7  Burnley                          42   18   10   14   56   50   46
   8  Leeds United                     42   15   14   13   72   63   44
   9  Bolton Wanderers                 42   16   12   14   65   65   44
  10  Aston Villa                      42   14   15   13   65   55   43
  11  West Bromwich Albion             42   14   14   14   59   61   42
  12  Chelsea                          42   13   13   16   73   73   39
  13  Birmingham City                  42   15    9   18   69   69   39
  14  Sheffield Wednesday              42   16    6   20   82   88   38
  15  Everton                          42   14   10   18   61   79   38
  16  Luton Town                       42   14    9   19   58   76   37
  17  Newcastle United                 42   14    8   20   67   87   36
  18  Manchester City                  42   13    9   20   78   88   35
  19  Portsmouth                       42   10   13   19   62   92   33
  20  Sunderland                       42   12    8   22   67   88   32
  21  Cardiff City                     42   10    9   23   53   88   29
  22  Charlton Athletic                42    9    4   29   62  120   22

      DIVISION TWO
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Leicester City                   42   25   11    6  109   67   61
   2  Nottingham Forest                42   22   10   10   94   55   54
   3  Liverpool                        42   21   11   10   82   54   53
   4  Blackburn Rovers                 42   21   10   11   83   75   52
   5  Stoke City                       42   20    8   14   83   58   48
   6  Middlesbrough                    42   19   10   13   84   60   48
   7  Sheffield United                 42   19    8   15   87   76   46
   8  West Ham United                  42   19    8   15   59   63   46
   9  Bristol Rovers                   42   18    9   15   81   67   45
  10  Swansea Town                     42   19    7   16   90   90   45
  11  Fulham                           42   19    4   19   84   76   42
  12  Huddersfield Town                42   18    6   18   68   74   42
  13  Bristol City                     42   16    9   17   74   79   41
  14  Doncaster Rovers                 42   15   10   17   77   77   40
  15  Leyton Orient                    42   15   10   17   66   84   40
  16  Grimsby Town                     42   17    5   20   61   62   39
  17  Rotherham United                 42   13   11   18   74   75   37
  18  Lincoln City                     42   14    6   22   54   80   34
  19  Barnsley                         42   12   10   20   59   89   34
  20  Notts County                     42    9   12   21   58   86   30
  21  Bury                             42    8    9   25   60   96   25
  22  Port Vale                        42    8    6   28   57  101   22

      DIVISION THREE NORTH
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Derby County                     46   26   11    9  111   53   63
   2  Hartlepools United               46   25    9   12   90   63   59
   3  Accrington Stanley               46   25    8   13   95   64   58
   4  Workington                       46   24   10   12   93   63   58
   5  Stockport County                 46   23    8   15   91   75   54
   6  Chesterfield                     46   22    9   15   96   79   53
   7  York City                        46   21   10   15   75   61   52
   8  Hull City                        46   21   10   15   84   69   52
   9  Bradford City                    46   22    8   16   78   68   52
  10  Barrow                           46   21    9   16   76   62   51
  11  Halifax Town                     46   21    7   18   65   70   49
  12  Wrexham                          46   19   10   17   97   74   48
  13  Rochdale                         46   18   12   16   65   65   48
  14  Scunthorpe & Lindsey United      46   15   15   16   71   69   45
  15  Carlisle United                  46   16   13   17   76   85   45
  16  Mansfield Town                   46   17   10   19   91   90   44
  17  Gateshead                        46   17   10   19   72   90   44
  18  Darlington                       46   17    8   21   82   95   42
  19  Oldham Athletic                  46   12   15   19   66   74   39
  20  Bradford Park Avenue             46   16    3   27   66   93   35
  21  Chester                          46   10   13   23   55   84   33
  22  Southport                        46   10   12   24   52   94   32
  23  Tranmere Rovers                  46    7   13   26   51   91   27
  24  Crewe Alexandra                  46    6    9   31   43  110   21

      DIVISION THREE SOUTH
 Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Ipswich Town                     46   25    9   12  101   54   59
   2  Torquay United                   46   24   11   11   89   64   59
   3  Colchester United                46   22   14   10   84   56   58
   4  Southampton                      46   22   10   14   76   52   54
   5  Bournemouth & Boscombe Athleti   46   19   14   13   88   62   52
   6  Brighton & Hove Albion           46   19   14   13   86   65   52
   7  Southend United                  46   18   12   16   73   65   48
   8  Brentford                        46   16   16   14   78   76   48
   9  Shrewsbury Town                  46   15   18   13   72   79   48
  10  Queens Park Rangers              46   18   11   17   61   60   47
  11  Watford                          46   18   10   18   72   75   46
  12  Newport County                   46   16   13   17   65   62   45
  13  Reading                          46   18    9   19   80   81   45
  14  Northampton Town                 46   18    9   19   66   73   45
  15  Walsall                          46   16   12   18   80   74   44
  16  Coventry City                    46   16   12   18   74   84   44
  17  Millwall                         46   16   12   18   64   84   44
  18  Plymouth Argyle                  46   16   11   19   68   73   43
  19  Aldershot                        46   15   12   19   79   92   42
  20  Crystal Palace                   46   11   18   17   62   75   40
  21  Exeter City                      46   12   13   21   61   79   37
  22  Gillingham                       46   12   13   21   54   85   37
  23  Swindon Town                     46   15    6   25   66   96   36
  24  Norwich City                     46    8   15   23   61   94   31

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