1956–57 in English football
The Football League First Division 1956/57, was the 58th season of the Football League First Division as the highest English football league. Manchester United won by eight points distance to the immediate rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Preston North End now the fifth English championship in the club's history and defended the title from the previous year. Both newly promoted Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday could get the class; instead had the Cardiff City Charlton Athletic and the transition to the Second Division compete. These two teams should be in the following season replaced by the two newly promoted second division Nottingham Forest and Leicester City.
A total of 536 players were used, with Leeds United and Charlton Athletic at the least 30 mustered 17 most players in league games. 127 newcomers were offset by 134 footballers who most recently came into play in the season 1956/57.
Final Table
Results Table
In the left column of the home teams are listed.
Top scorers
The champion team of Manchester United
In the following list, all players were listed, the Manchester United came in a league match for use during the 1956/57 season. It must be noted that in most cases a minimum number of games will be provided in English football to accept the official champion medal allowed. As regards the specific arrangements prior to the introduction of the Premier League, there is lack of clarity, all the players with an asterisk (*) have been provided which have received no champion medal presumably because of their small contribution. In brackets the number of bets as well as the goals achieved are called.
Geoff Bent * ( 6/0 ) | Johnny Berry (40/ 8) | Jackie Blanchflower ( 11/0 ) | Roger Byrne (36/ 0 ) | Bobby Charlton (14/ 10) | Gordon Clayton * ( 2/0 ) | Eddie Colman (36/ 1) | Ronnie Cope * ( 2/0 ) | Alex Dawson * (3/3 ) | John Doherty * ( 3/0 ) | Duncan Edwards (34/ 5) | Bill Foulkes (39/ 0) | Freddie Goodwin * ( 6/0 ) | Ian Greaves * ( 3/0 ) | Tony Hawksworth * (1/0 ) | Mark Jones (29/ 0 ) | Wilf McGuinness (13/ 0 ) | David Pegg ( 37/6 ) | Albert Scanlon * (5/2 ) | Tommy Taylor (32/ 22) | Dennis Viollet (27/ 16) | Colin Webster * (5/3 ) | Billy Whelan (39/ 26) | Ray Wood (39/ 0 ).
- Coach: Matt Busby