1956–57 York City F.C. season

York City F.C.
1956–57 season
Chairman Hugh Kitchin
Manager Sam Bartram
Ground Bootham Crescent
Football League Third Division North 7th
FA Cup Second round
(eliminated by Hull City)
Top goalscorer League: Arthur Bottom (21)
All: Arthur Bottom (22)
Highest home attendance 15,318 vs Workington, Third Division North, 20 August 1956
Lowest home attendance 7,203 vs Rochdale, Third Division North, 20 April 1957
Average home league attendance 9,414
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 season was the thirty-fourth season of competitive association football and twenty-seventh season in the Football League played by York City Football Club, a professional football club based in York, Yorkshire, England. They finished in seventh position in the twenty-four-team 1956–57 Football League Third Division North. They entered the 1956–57 FA Cup in the first round and lost in the second to Hull City.

Twenty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were nine different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Tommy Forgan and forward Peter Wragg played in all forty-nine first-team matches over the season. Arthur Bottom finished as leading goalscorer with twenty-two goals, of which twenty-one came in league competition and one came in the FA Cup.

Match details

Football League Third Division North

Football League Third Division North match details
Date League
position		 Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
18 August 1956 19thAccrington StanleyA L0–3 11,026
20 August 1956 18thWorkingtonH D2–2Monkhouse, Colbridge 15,318
25 August 1956 14thTranmere RoversH W1–0Wragg 12,291
29 August 1956 16thWorkingtonA L2–3Wilkinson, Wragg pen. 9,542
1 September 1956 17thHalifax TownA D0–0 8,192
3 September 1956 12thCarlisle UnitedH W2–0Bottom, Fenton 11,709
8 September 1956 17thOldham AthleticA L1–3Hughes 8,608
15 September 1956 15thMansfield TownH W2–0Colbridge, Fenton 9,835
17 September 1956 15thChesterH L0–1 9,234
22 September 1956 17thSouthportA D1–1Bottom 4,019
26 September 1956 14thChesterA W4–3Hughes, Wilkinson, Wragg, Fenton 4,258
29 September 1956 16thChesterfieldH L1–2Bottom 8,820
6 October 1956 14thHull CityH W2–1Wilkinson, Fenton 10,763
13 October 1956 13thBarrowA W2–1Brown, Hughes 5,908
20 October 1956 14thScunthorpe UnitedH L0–2 8,881
27 October 1956 14thBradford Park AvenueA W2–0Wilkinson (2) 9,206
3 November 1956 12thGatesheadH W1–0Wilkinson 7,325
10 November 1956 12thWrexhamA D1–1Fennton 12,577
24 November 1956 13thCrewe AlexandraA D1–1Bottom 4,699
1 December 1956 11thDarlingtonH W1–0Bottom 8,153
15 December 1956 8thAccrington StanleyH W3–1Bottom pen., Wilkinson, opposition o.g. 8,161
22 December 1956 8thTranmere RoversA D3–3Bottom, Wilkinson, Wragg 3,045
25 December 1956 9thHartlepools UnitedH D3–3Bottom pen., Wilkinson, Fenton 8,663
26 December 1956 10thHartlepools UnitedA L0–2 6,954
29 December 1956 11thHalifax TownH L1–2Fenton 8,102
1 January 1957 13thCarlisle UnitedA L0–2 7,838
5 January 1957 10thBradford CityH W3–1Bottom, Wilkinson, Fenton 10,492
12 January 1957 10thOldham AthleticH W2–1Bottom (2) 9,166
19 January 1957 10thMansfield TownA L1–4Wragg 6,941
26 January 1957 10thBradford CityA W2–0Hughes, Fenton 13,281
2 February 1957 9thSouthportH W9–1Bottom (4, 1 pen.), Wilkinson (2), Brown, Wragg, Fenton 8,801
9 February 1957 9thChesterfieldA W4–3Bottom (2), Hill, Fenton 16,610
16 February 1957 8thHull CityA D1–1Wragg 15,697
23 February 1957 6thBarrowH W1–0Fenton 8,004
2 March 1957 9thScunthorpe UnitedA L1–2Fenton 7,848
9 March 1957 9thBradford Park AvenueH L1–2Bottom 8,857
16 March 1957 8thGatesheadA W2–0Brown, Bottom pen. 4,934
23 March 1957 7thWrexhamH W1–0Bottom 8,374
30 March 1957 10thDerby CountyA L0–1 21,164
6 April 1957 8thCrewe AlexandraH W2–1Bottom, Wilkinson 7,271
13 April 1957 5thDarlingtonA W4–2Hill (2), Wilkinson, Fenton 4,543
19 April 1957 6thStockport CountyH D0–0 11,681
20 April 1957 5thRochdaleH W4–0Wilkinson (3), Wragg 7,203
22 April 1957 8thStockport CountyA L0–3 7,193
27 April 1957 9thRochdaleA L0–1 4,215
29 April 1957 6thDerby CountyH D1–1Fenton 9,413

League table (part)

Final Football League Third Division North table (part)
Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts
5th Stockport County462381591751.2154
6th Chesterfield462291596791.2253
7th York City4621101575611.2352
8th Hull City4621101584691.2252
9th Bradford City462281678681.1552
Key Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played;
W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;
F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Source [1]

FA Cup

Main article: 1956–57 FA Cup
FA Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
First round 17 November 1956 SouthportA D0–0 5,560
First round replay 21 November 1956 SouthportH W2–1Wragg, Wilkinson 8,409
Second round 8 December 1956 Hull CityA L1–2Bottom 24,155

Appearances and goals

Players with names struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; FB – Full back; HB – Half-back; FW – Forward
Players having played at least one first-team match
Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK ENG Tommy Forgan 46030490
FB ENG George Howe 45020470
FB ENG Ernie Phillips 36010370
FB ENG Dick Steel 100010
FB ENG Ernie Wardle 10030130
HB ENG Gordon Brown 43330463
HB SCO Jim Cairney 32030350
HB ENG Ron Mollatt 36000360
HB ENG Alan Stewart 20030230
HB ENG Terry Stoddart 300030
FW ENG Arthur Bottom 3721314022
FW ENG Clive Colbridge 11220132
FW ENG Billy Fenton 3714103814
FW ENG Billy Hill 13300133
FW ENG Albert Hobson 12010130
FW SCO Billy Hughes 24420264
FW ENG Alan Monkhouse 12100121
FW ENG John Powell 300030
FW ENG John Stewart 100010
FW ENG Norman Wilkinson 3817314118
FW ENG Peter Wragg 46831499

See also

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ "York City 1956–1957: Table: Final Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015.
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