MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON 1956-1957

A statistical compilation of all MANCHESTER UNITED matches during the 1956-1957 season including RESULTS, STATS and HISTORY. Navigate page below for a statistical breakdown unrivalled by other sites, as we are proud to showcase the club’s entire history of first team games offering stats on appearances, goals, opponent manager, club manager, stadium, competition, opponents, opponent nationality, red cards, cup finals, penalties for, penalties against, own goals for, own goals against, most goals scored, most goals conceded, hat-tricks and a chronological list of all matches played in 1956-1957.

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MANCHESTER UNITED 1956-1957 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	26	18	5	3	74	29	+45	69.23
A	29	19	5	5	66	41	+25	65.52
N	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	50.00
Total	57	38	10	9	143	72	+71	66.67

First Match Played:	18 Aug 1956 Birmingham City D 2-2 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Last Match Played:	04 May 1957 Aston Villa L 1-2 FA Cup @ Wembley
Highest Attendance:	(135000) 11 Apr 1957 Real Madrid L 1-3 European Cup @ Bernabeu Stadium
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(10) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(5) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Taylor, Tommy	34	45
2.	Whelan, William	33	54
3.	Viollet, Dennis	26	39
4.	Berry, Johnny	14	54
5.	Charlton, Bobby	12	17
6.	Pegg, David	7	52
7.	Edwards, Duncan	6	48
8.	Dawson, Alex	3	3
9.	Webster, Colin	3	6
10.	Scanlon, Albert	2	5
11.	Byrne, Roger	1	51
12.	Colman, Eddie	1	51

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Berry, Johnny	54	14
2.	Foulkes, William	54	0
3.	Whelan, William	54	33
4.	Wood, Ray	54	0
5.	Pegg, David	52	7
6.	Byrne, Roger	51	1
7.	Colman, Eddie	51	1
8.	Edwards, Duncan	48	6
9.	Taylor, Tommy	45	34
10.	Jones, Mark	40	0
11.	Viollet, Dennis	39	26
12.	Charlton, Bobby	17	12
13.	Blanchflower, Jackie	16	0
14.	McGuinness, Wilf	15	0
15.	Bent, Geoff	6	0
16.	Webster, Colin	6	3
17.	Goodwin, Frederick	6	0
18.	Scanlon, Albert	5	2
19.	Doherty, John	3	0
20.	Dawson, Alex	3	3
21.	Greaves, Ian	3	0
22.	Cope, Ronald	2	0
23.	Clayton, Gordon	2	0
24.	Gaskell, David	1	0
25.	Hawksworth, Anthony	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Turner, Arthur	3
2.	McDowall, Les	3
3.	Buchan, Ian	3
4.	Houghton, Eric	3
5.	Britton, Cliff	2
6.	Buckingham, Vic	2
7.	Lever, Eddie	2
8.	Drake, Ted	2
9.	Seymour, Stan	2
10.	Gormlie, William	2
11.	Taylor, Eric	2
12.	Trotter, Jimmy	2
13.	Murray, Bill	2
14.	Schneider, Helmut	2
15.	Smith, Joe	2
16.	Cullis, Stan	2
17.	Ridding, Bill	2
18.	Carter, Raich	2
19.	Anderson, Jimmy	2
20.	Duncan, Dally	2
21.	Morris, Trevor	2
22.	Daucik, Ferdinand	2
23.	Villalonga, Jose	2
24.	Brown, Alan	2
25.	Whittaker, Tom	1
26.	Westgarth, Fred	1
27.	Lloyd, Cliff	1
28.	Crayston, Jack	1
29.	Cox, Fred	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Busby, Matt

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	23
2.	Maine Road	5
3.	Hillsborough	2
4.	Bernabeu Stadium	1
5.	Bloomfield Road	1
6.	Burnden Park	1
7.	Dean Court	1
8.	Deepdale	1
9.	Elland Road	1
10.	Estadio San Mames	1
11.	Fratton Park	1
12.	Goodison Park	1
13.	Highbury	1
14.	Kenilworth Road	1
15.	Molineux	1
16.	Ninian Park	1
17.	Park Astrid	1
18.	Racecourse Ground	1
19.	Roker Park	1
20.	Rote Erde Stadion	1
21.	St Andrews	1
22.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
23.	Stamford Bridge	1
24.	The Hawthorns	1
25.	The Valley	1
26.	Turf Moor	1
27.	Victoria Ground	1
28.	Villa Park	1
29.	Wembley	1
30.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	European Cup	8
3.	FA Cup	6
4.	Charity Shield	1

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Aston Villa	3
2.	Birmingham City	3
3.	Everton	3
4.	Manchester City	3
5.	Anderlecht	2
6.	Arsenal	2
7.	Athletic Bilbao	2
8.	Blackpool	2
9.	Bolton Wanderers	2
10.	Borussia Dortmund	2
11.	Burnley	2
12.	Cardiff City	2
13.	Charlton Athletic	2
14.	Chelsea	2
15.	Leeds United	2
16.	Luton Town	2
17.	Newcastle United	2
18.	Portsmouth	2
19.	Preston North End	2
20.	Real Madrid	2
21.	Sheffield Wednesday	2
22.	Sunderland	2
23.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
24.	West Bromwich Albion	2
25.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
26.	Bournemouth	1
27.	Hartlepool United	1
28.	Wrexham	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	46
2.	Spain	4
3.	Wales	3
4.	Belgium	2
5.	Germany	2

No	Date	Player	Opponent

No red cards recorded.

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

1.	24-10-1956	W	1-0	Manchester City	Charity Shield
2.	04-05-1957	L	1-2	Aston Villa	FA Cup

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	29-09-1956	Berry, Johnny	1	Arsenal
2.	26-01-1957	Byrne, Roger	1	Wrexham
3.	09-02-1957	Berry, Johnny	1	Arsenal
4.	02-03-1957	Berry, Johnny	1	Bournemouth
5.	27-04-1957	Scanlon, Albert	1	Cardiff City

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
29-08-1956	Preston North End	1	3-2	Sammy Taylor 34', Tom Finney 44' (pen)
29-09-1956	Arsenal	1	2-1	Dennis Evans 65' (pen)
17-11-1956	Leeds United	1	3-2	Frank McKenna 26', John Charles 66' (pen)
24-11-1956	Tottenham Hotspur	1	2-2	Tommy Harmer 3' (pen), George Robb 7'
26-12-1956	Cardiff City	1	3-1	Danny Malloy 2' (pen)
29-04-1957	West Bromwich Albion	1	1-1	Len Millard 90' (pen)

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
13-10-1956	1	3-1	Sunderland	Dennis Viollet 19', Billy Whelan 49', William Morrison 73' (o.g.)

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
18-08-1956	1	2-2	Jones, Mark	Birmingham City
25-03-1957	1	0-2	Foulkes, William	Bolton Wanderers

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
26-09-1956	Anderlecht	W	10-0	H	European Cup

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
20-10-1956	Everton	L	2-5	H	League Division One
16-01-1957	Athletic Bilbao	L	3-5	A	European Cup

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	29-08-1956	Viollet, Dennis	3	Preston North End
2.	26-09-1956	Viollet, Dennis	4	Anderlecht
3.	26-09-1956	Taylor, Tommy	3	Anderlecht
4.	18-02-1957	Charlton, Bobby	3	Charlton Athletic
5.	19-04-1957	Whelan, William	3	Burnley

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	18-08-1956	Birmingham City	Div 1	2-2	H	Dennis Viollet 30', 80'	Mark Jones 67' (o.g.), Alex Govan 70'
2.	20-08-1956	Preston North End	Div 1	3-1	A	Tommy Taylor 12', 77', Billy Whelan 67'	Ken Waterhouse 44'
3.	25-08-1956	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	3-2	A	Tommy Taylor 13', Dennis Viollet 74', Billy Whelan 82'	Ronnie Allen 47', George Lee 72'
4.	29-08-1956	Preston North End	Div 1	3-2	H	Dennis Viollet 14', 37', 65'	Sammy Taylor 34', Tom Finney 44' (pen)
5.	01-09-1956	Portsmouth	Div 1	3-0	H	Johnny Berry 26', Dennis Viollet 33', David Pegg 74'
6.	05-09-1956	Chelsea	Div 1	2-1	A	Tommy Taylor 39', Billy Whelan 86'	Frank Blunstone 35'
7.	08-09-1956	Newcastle United	Div 1	1-1	A	Billy Whelan 65'	Jackie Milburn 85'
8.	12-09-1956	Anderlecht	EC/UCL	2-0	A	Dennis Viollet 27', Tommy Taylor 75'
9.	15-09-1956	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	4-1	H	Dennis Viollet 5', Billy Whelan 19', Johnny Berry 32', Tommy Taylor 75'	*Albert Quixall 55'
10.	22-09-1956	Manchester City	Div 1	2-0	H	Dennis Viollet 37', Billy Whelan 70'
11.	26-09-1956	Anderlecht	EC/UCL	10-0	H	Tommy Taylor 8', 20', 54', Dennis Viollet 26', 39', 40', 75', Billy Whelan 63', 89', Johnny Berry 78'
12.	29-09-1956	Arsenal	Div 1	2-1	A	Billy Whelan 10', Johnny Berry 35' (pen)	Dennis Evans 65' (pen)
13.	06-10-1956	Charlton Athletic	Div 1	4-2	H	Johnny Berry 25', Bobby Charlton 32', 37', Billy Whelan 65'	Fred Lucas 24', Bobby Ayre 40'
14.	13-10-1956	Sunderland	Div 1	3-1	A	Dennis Viollet 19', Billy Whelan 49', William Morrison 73' (o.g.)	Ted Purdon 20'
15.	17-10-1956	Borussia Dortmund	EC/UCL	3-2	H	Dennis Viollet 10', 26', David Pegg 30'	Helmut Kapitulski 80', Alfred Preibler 87'
16.	20-10-1956	Everton	Div 1	2-5	H	Bobby Charlton 10', Billy Whelan 52',	Don Donovan 17', George Kirby 38', 76', Tommy Eglington 44', Tony McNamara 90'
17.	24-10-1956	Manchester City	CS	1-0	A	Dennis Viollett 75'
18.	27-10-1956	Blackpool	Div 1	2-2	A	Tommy Taylor 25', 90'	David Durie 23', Jackie Mudie 55'
19.	03-11-1956	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	3-0	H	Billy Whelan 2', David Pegg 20', Tommy Taylor 80'
20.	10-11-1956	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	0-2	A		Doug Holden 11', Terry Allcock 63'
21.	17-11-1956	Leeds United	Div 1	3-2	H	Billy Whelan 19', 64', Bobby Charlton 57'	Frank McKenna 26', John Charles 66' (pen)
22.	21-11-1956	Borussia Dortmund	EC/UCL	0-0	A
23.	24-11-1956	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	2-2	A	Johnny Berry 47', Eddie Colman 88'	Tommy Harmer 3' (pen), George Robb 7'
24.	01-12-1956	Luton Town	Div 1	3-1	H	Duncan Edwards 4', Tommy Taylor 63', David Pegg 79'	Tony Gregory 87'
25.	08-12-1956	Aston Villa	Div 1	3-1	A	Tommy Taylor 42', 49', Dennis Viollet 73'	Pat Saward 78'
26.	15-12-1956	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-3	A	Billy Whelan 60'	Bryan Orritt 4', Edwin Brown 23', 30'
27.	26-12-1956	Cardiff City	Div 1	3-1	H	Tommy Taylor 19', Dennis Viollet 53', Billy Whelan 70'	Danny Malloy 2' (pen)
28.	29-12-1956	Portsmouth	Div 1	3-1	A	David Pegg 48', Duncan Edwards 52', Dennis Viollet 69'	John Henderson 32'
29.	01-01-1957	Chelsea	Div 1	3-0	H	Tommy Taylor 18', 49', Billy Whelan 44'
30.	05-01-1957	Hartlepool United	FAC	4-3	A	Billy Whelan 9', 79', Johnny Berry 10', Tommy Taylor 30'	Frank Stamper 35', Kenneth Johnson 53', Jackie Newton 65'
31.	12-01-1957	Newcastle United	Div 1	6-1	H	Billy Whelan 21', 82', Dennis Viollet 61', 70', David Pegg 5', 43'	Jackie Milburn 89'
32.	16-01-1957	Athletic Bilbao	EC/UCL	3-5	A	Tommy Taylor 48', Dennis Viollet 54', Billy Whelan 85'	Ignacio Uribe 2', 28', Felix Marcaida 43', Armando Merodio 73', Jose Luis Arteche 78'
33.	19-01-1957	Sheffield Wednesday	Div 1	1-2	A	Tommy Taylor 81'	Roy Shiner 16', *Albert Quixall 48'
34.	26-01-1957	Wrexham	FAC	5-0	A	Billy Whelan 7', 47', Roger Byrne 16' (pen), Tommy Taylor 39', 59'
35.	02-02-1957	Manchester City	Div 1	4-2	A	Billy Whelan 3', Tommy Taylor 30', Dennis Viollet 31', Duncan Edwards 80'	Roy Clarke 12', Joe Hayes 75',
36.	06-02-1957	Athletic Bilbao	EC/UCL	3-0	H	Dennis Viollet 42', Tommy Taylor 70', Johnny Berry 85'
37.	09-02-1957	Arsenal	Div 1	6-2	H	Billy Whelan 16', 80', Johnny Berry 25', 49' (pen), Duncan Edwards 35', Tommy Taylor 60'	*David Herd 2', 43'
38.	16-02-1957	Everton	FAC	1-0	H	Duncan Edwards 68'
39.	18-02-1957	Charlton Athletic	Div 1	5-1	A	Tommy Taylor 12', 26', Bobby Charlton 42', 46', 59'	Bobby Ayre 86'
40.	23-02-1957	Blackpool	Div 1	0-2	H		William Perry 60', David Durie 84'
41.	02-03-1957	Bournemouth	FAC	2-1	A	Johnny Berry 60', 65' (pen)	Brian Bedford 25'
42.	06-03-1957	Everton	Div 1	2-1	A	Colin Webster 30', 75'	Wally Fielding 54'
43.	09-03-1957	Aston Villa	Div 1	1-1	H	Bobby Charlton 15'	John Dixon 60'
44.	16-03-1957	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-1	A	Bobby Charlton 35'	Peter Broadbent 17'
45.	23-03-1957	Birmingham City	FAC	2-0	N	Johnny Berry 12', Bobby Charlton 13'
46.	25-03-1957	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	0-2	H		Ray Parry 30', Bill Foulkes 49' (o.g.)
47.	30-03-1957	Leeds United	Div 1	2-1	A	Johnny Berry 34', Bobby Charlton 88'	John Charles 42'
48.	06-04-1957	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	0-0	H
49.	11-04-1957	Real Madrid	EC/UCL	1-3	A	Tommy Taylor 82'	Hector Rial 61', Alfredo Di Stefano 63', Enrique Mateos 83'
50.	13-04-1957	Luton Town	Div 1	2-0	A	Tommy Taylor 52' 76'
51.	19-04-1957	Burnley	Div 1	3-1	A	Billy Whelan 17', 44', 65'	Jimmy McIlroy 36'
52.	20-04-1957	Sunderland	Div 1	4-0	H	Billy Whelan 12', 74', Duncan Edwards 81', Tommy Taylor 89'
53.	22-04-1957	Burnley	Div 1	2-0	H	Alex Dawson 65', Colin Webster 88'
54.	25-04-1957	Real Madrid	EC/UCL	2-2	H	Tommy Taylor 62', Bobby Charlton 85'	Raymond Kopa 25', Hector Rial 33'
55.	27-04-1957	Cardiff City	Div 1	3-2	A	Albert Scanlon 43', 90' (pen), Alex Dawson 86'	Gerry Hitchens 47', 52'
56.	29-04-1957	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	1-1	H	Alex Dawson 24'	Len Millard 90' (pen)
57.	04-05-1957	Aston Villa	FAC	1-2	N	Tommy Taylor 83'	Peter McParland 68', 73'

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