1956–57 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

1956–57 season
Chairman	Reg Pratt
Manager	Ted Fenton
Stadium	Boleyn Ground
Second Division	Second Division 8th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Eddie Lewis Billy Dare (9) All: John Dick (13)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

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

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

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