1956–57 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

1956–57 season

Chairman

Reg Pratt

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League:
Eddie Lewis
Billy Dare (9)
All:
John Dick (13)

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Season summary

The 1956–57 season was West Ham's seventeenth season in the Second Division since their relegation in season 1931–32. The club were managed by Ted Fenton and the team captain was Noel Cantwell.^[1]^[2]

West Ham finished eighth and were at no time in either of the top two, promotion places.^[3] John Dick was the top scorer with 13 goals in all competitions. Top scorers in the league were Billy Dare and Eddie Lewis with eight goals. Malcolm Musgrove made the most appearances; 44 in all competitions.^[3] West Ham made the fourth round of the FA Cup before being eliminated by Everton.

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	42	14	5	2	68	36	11	6	4	41	31	109	67	1.627	+42	61
2	Nottingham Forest	42	13	4	4	50	29	9	6	6	44	26	94	55	1.709	+39	54
3	Liverpool	42	16	1	4	53	26	5	10	6	29	28	82	54	1.519	+28	53
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	6	3	49	32	9	4	8	34	43	83	75	1.107	+8	52
5	Stoke City	42	16	2	3	64	18	4	6	11	19	40	83	58	1.431	+25	48
6	Middlesbrough	42	12	5	4	51	29	7	5	9	33	31	84	60	1.400	+24	48
7	Sheffield United	42	11	6	4	45	28	8	2	11	42	48	87	76	1.145	+11	46
8	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	31	24	7	4	10	28	39	59	63	0.937	–4	46
9	Bristol Rovers	42	12	5	4	47	19	6	4	11	34	48	81	67	1.209	+14	45
10	Swansea Town	42	12	3	6	53	34	7	4	10	37	56	90	90	1.000	±0	45
11	Fulham	42	13	1	7	53	32	6	3	12	31	44	84	76	1.105	+8	42
12	Huddersfield Town	42	10	3	8	33	27	8	3	10	35	47	68	74	0.919	–6	42
13	Bristol City	42	13	2	6	49	32	3	7	11	25	47	74	79	0.937	–5	41
14	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	5	4	51	21	3	5	13	26	56	77	77	1.000	±0	40
15	Leyton Orient	42	7	8	6	34	38	8	2	11	32	46	66	84	0.786	–8	40
16	Grimsby Town	42	12	4	5	41	26	5	1	15	20	36	61	62	0.984	–1	39
17	Rotherham United	42	9	7	5	37	26	4	4	13	37	49	74	75	0.987	–1	37
18	Lincoln City	42	9	4	8	34	27	5	2	14	20	53	54	80	0.675	–26	34
19	Barnsley	42	8	7	6	39	35	4	3	14	20	54	59	89	0.663	–30	34
20	Notts County	42	7	6	8	34	32	2	6	13	24	54	58	86	0.674	–28	30
21	Bury	42	5	3	13	37	47	3	6	12	23	49	60	96	0.625	–36	25
22	Port Vale	42	7	4	10	31	42	1	2	18	26	59	57	101	0.564	–44	22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 1956	Fulham	A	4-1	25,809	Grice, Dare, Tucker
20 August 1956	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-3	19,727	Tucker
25 August 1956	Swansea City	H	1-2	17,067	Tucker
27 August 1956	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-0	15,003	Blackburn, Dick
1 September 1956	Lincoln City	A	2-0	13,131	Stroud (2)
3 September 1956	Liverpool	H	1-1	25,671	O'Farrell
8 September 1956	Rotherham United	H	1-1	19,448	Dare
15 September 1956	Port Vale	A	0-0	17,582
22 September 1956	Barnsley	H	2-0	19,412	Dare, Dick
29 September 1956	Sheffield United	A	0-1	23,529
6 October 1956	Leyton Orient	A	2-1	24,685	Musgrove, Willsemse (og)
13 October 1956	Huddersfield Town	H	0-2	22,643
20 October 1956	Bristol Rovers	H	1-1	24,404	Dick
27 October 1956	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	17,579
3 November 1956	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-3	13,071
10 November 1956	Stoke City	H	1-0	17,668	Tucker
17 November 1956	Middlesbrough	A	1-3	31,513	Tucker
24 November 1956	Leicester City	H	2-1	19,789	Lewis, Tucker
1 December 1956	Bury	A	3-3	8,757	Musgrove, Dick, Parker
8 December 1956	Notts County	H	2-1	14,875	Roy Smith, Dick
15 December 1956	Fulham	H	2-1	18,119	Bond, Musgrove
22 December 1956	Swansea City	A	1-3	12,091	Lewis
25 December 1956	Nottingham Forest	H	2-1	16,300	Lewis, Musgrove
29 December 1956	Lincoln City	H	2-1	17,790	Dare (2)
12 January 1957	Rotherham United	A	1-0	11,090	Musgrove
19 January 1957	Port Vale	A	1-0	17,229	Dick, John Smith
2 February 1957	Barnsley	A	2-1	15,931	Dare, Dick
9 February 1957	Sheffield United	H	3-2	22,130	Cantwell, John Smith, Lewis
16 February 1957	Leyton Orient	H	2-1	27,182	Lewis, Lansdowne
23 February 1957	Huddersfield Town	A	2-6	25,284	John Smith, Lewis
2 March 1957	Bristol Rovers	H	1-2	22,354	Lewis
9 March 1957	Grimsby Town	A	1-2	14,026	Allison
16 March 1957	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-1	15,336	Lewis
23 March 1957	Stoke City	A	1-0	19,794	Musgrove
30 March 1957	Middlesbrough	H	1-1	15,166	Allison
6 April 1957	Leicester City	A	3-5	33,338	Allison, Musgrove (2)
13 April 1957	Bury	H	1-0	9,043	Dare
15 April 1957	Nottingham Forest	A	0-3	24,251
19 April 1957	Bristol City	A	1-1	18,317	Allison
20 April 1957	Notts County	A	1-4	17,803	John Smith
22 April 1957	Bristol City	H	3-1	9,343	Dare, Lewis, Dick
27 April 1957	Liverpool	A	0-1	36,236

FA Cup

Main article: 1956-57 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1957	Grimsby Town	H	5-3	24,500	Lewis, Smith (2), Dick Musgrove
R4	26 January 1957	Everton	H	1-2	55,245	Dare

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Malcolm Allison
		FW	Alan Blackburn
		DF	John Bond
		DF	Ken Brown
		DF	Noel Cantwell (captain)
		DF	Fred Cooper
		FW	Billy Dare
		FW	John Dick
		FW	Albert Foan
		GK	Ernie Gregory
		MF	Mike Grice
		DF	Robert Gordon Johnstone
		MF	Bill Lansdowne
		FW	Eddie Lewis
		MF	Andy Malcolm

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Malcolm Musgrove
		DF	Andy Nelson
		FW	Mick Newman
		MF	Frank O'Farrell
		FW	Harry Obeney
		MF	Derek Parker
		FW	Malcolm Pyke
		MF	John Smith
		FW	Roy Smith
		FW	Roy Stroud
		FW	Ken Tucker
		MF	Doug Wragg
		DF	George Wright
		GK	Bob Wyllie

References

↑ "Ted Fenton". www.leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
↑ "Noel Cantwell". www.independent.ie. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
1 2 3 "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - 1st Division 1956-57". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

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