THE MANCHESTER UNITED MATCH RESULTS ARCHIVE

1955-1956


H A N P W D L F A Diff Win %
H 21 18 3 0 51 20 +31 85.71
A 22 7 7 8 32 35 -3 31.82
Total 43 25 10 8 83 55 28 58.14
No Date

Opponents

HAN Stadium WDL F A Scorers in minutes Opponent scorers in Minutes
1 20-08-1955 Birmingham City A St Andrews D 2 2 Dennis Viollet 31', 82' Noel Kinsey 63', Gordon Astall 84'
2 24-08-1955 Tottenham Hotspur H Old Trafford D 2 2 Colin Webster 21', Johnny Berry 65' Johnny Gavin 31' (pen), Alfie Stokes 49'
3 27-08-1955 West Bromwich Albion H Old Trafford W 3 1 Edward Lewis 38', Dennis Viollet 50', Albert Scanlon 75' Derek Kevan 52'
4 31-08-1955 Tottenham Hotspur A White Hart Lane W 2 1 Duncan Edwards 3', 41' Harry Clarke 87'
5 03-09-1955 Manchester City A Maine Road L 0 1 Joe Hayes 28'
6 07-09-1955 Everton H Old Trafford W 2 1 Duncan Edwards 60', Jackie Blanchflower 85' Eddie Wainwright 31'
7 10-09-1955 Sheffield United A Bramall Lane L 0 1 Mark Jones 85' (o.g.)
8 14-09-1955 Everton A Goodison Park L 2 4 Colin Webster 14', Jackie Blanchflower 43' John Parker 12', 47', Eddie Wainwright 64', Tommy Eglington 82'
9 17-09-1955 Preston North End H Old Trafford W 3 2 David Pegg 2', Tommy Taylor 54', Dennis Viollet 73' Jimmy Baxter 15', Sammy Taylor 44'
10 24-09-1955 Burnley A Turf Moor D 0 0
11 01-10-1955 Luton Town H Old Trafford W 3 1 Colin Webster 52', Tommy Taylor 64', 65' George Cummins 20' (pen)
12 08-10-1955 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Old Trafford W 4 3 David Pegg 42', Tommy Taylor 71', 88', John Doherty 84' Bill Slater 61', Roy Swinbourne 68', 74'
13 15-10-1955 Aston Villa A Villa Park D 4 4 Jackie Blanchflower 25', Colin Webster 35', David Pegg 42', 50' John Dixon 16', 21', Dave Hickson 61', Pat Saward 65'
14 22-10-1955 Huddersfield Town H Old Trafford W 3 0 Johnny Berry 40', Tommy Taylor 47', David Pegg 89'
15 29-10-1955 Cardiff City A Ninian Park W 1 0 Tommy Taylor 43'
16 05-11-1955 Arsenal H Old Trafford D 1 1 Tommy Taylor 70' Doug Lishman 60'
17 12-11-1955 Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park L 1 3 Tommy Taylor 3' Nat Lofthouse 26', 39', Ray Parry 89'
18 19-11-1955 Chelsea H Old Trafford W 3 0 Roger Byrne 46' (pen), Tommy Taylor 50', 68'
19 26-11-1955 Blackpool A Bloomfield Road D 0 0
20 03-12-1955 Sunderland H Old Trafford W 2 1 John Doherty 60', Dennis Viollet 86' Ted Purdon 56'
21 10-12-1955 Portsmouth A Fratton Park L 2 3 Tommy Taylor 37', David Pegg 66' John Henderson 63', Jimmy Dickinson 89', Mark Jones 90' (o.g.)
22 17-12-1955 Birmingham City H Old Trafford W 2 1 Dennis Viollet 29', Mark Jones 76' Edwin Brown 70'
23 24-12-1955 West Bromwich Albion A The Hawthorns W 4 1 Dennis Viollet 25', 32', 82', Tommy Taylor 44' George Lee 58'
24 26-12-1955 Charlton Athletic H Old Trafford W 5 1 Dennis Viollet x2, Roger Byrne (pen), John Doherty, Tommy Taylor Billy Kiernan
25 27-12-1955 Charlton Athletic A The Valley L 0 3 Jimmy Gauld 47', Mark Jones 72' (o.g.), John Ryan 82'
26 31-12-1955 Manchester City H Old Trafford W 2 1 Tommy Taylor 56', Dennis Viollet 66' Jack Dyson 26'
27 07-01-1956 Bristol Rovers A Eastville Stadium L 0 4 Alfie Biggs 11', 60', Barrie Meyer 44', Geoff Bradford 83' (pen)
28 14-01-1956 Sheffield United H Old Trafford W 3 1 Tommy Taylor 2', Johnny Berry 55', David Pegg 80' Tom Hoyland 47'
29 21-01-1956 Preston North End A Deepdale L 1 3 Billy Whelan 11' *Eddie Lewis 9', Tommy Thompson 47', Bobby Foster 85'
30 04-02-1956 Burnley H Old Trafford W 2 0 Tommy Taylor 46', Dennis Viollet 65'
31 11-02-1956 Luton Town A Kenilworth Road W 2 0 Dennis Viollet 7', Billy Whelan 84'
32 18-02-1956 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Molineux W 2 0 Tommy Taylor 30', 71'
33 25-02-1956 Aston Villa H Old Trafford W 1 0 Billy Whelan 54'
34 03-03-1956 Chelsea A Stamford Bridge W 4 2 David Pegg 26', Dennis Viollet 60', 69', Tommy Taylor 89' Eric Parsons 21', Roy Bentley 22'
35 10-03-1956 Cardiff City H Old Trafford D 1 1 Roger Byrne 49' (pen) Gerry Hitchens 77'
36 17-03-1956 Arsenal A Highbury D 1 1 Dennis Viollet 54' Cliff Holton 76'
37 24-03-1956 Bolton Wanderers H Old Trafford W 1 0 Tommy Taylor 30'
38 30-03-1956 Newcastle United H Old Trafford W 5 2 David Pegg 6', Tommy Taylor 47', Dennis Viollet 69', 75', John Doherty 78' Vic Keeble 33', Bob Stokoe 86'
39 31-03-1956 Huddersfield Town A Leeds Road W 2 0 Tommy Taylor 20', 74'
40 02-04-1956 Newcastle United A St James Park, Newcastle D 0 0
41 07-04-1956 Blackpool H Old Trafford W 2 1 Johnny Berry 60' (pen), Tommy Taylor 80' David Durie 2'
42 14-04-1956 Sunderland A Roker Park D 2 2 Wilf McGuinness 26', Billy Whelan 62' Stan Anderson 27' (pen), Billy Elliott 38'
43 21-04-1956 Portsmouth H Old Trafford W 1 0 Dennis Viollet 19'
 
 

 

   

 

       
     

 

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