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1955-56

First Division

Finished 20th of 22 · P42 W11 D13 L18 · 52 scored, 69 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
20 Aug 1955	A	Manchester City	2–2	D
24 Aug 1955	A	Sunderland	1–5	L
27 Aug 1955	H	Cardiff City	2–0	W
29 Aug 1955	H	Sunderland	1–4	L
3 Sept 1955	A	Huddersfield Town	1–1	D
5 Sept 1955	H	Birmingham City	0–0	D
10 Sept 1955	H	Blackpool	1–1	D
17 Sept 1955	A	Chelsea	0–0	D
21 Sept 1955	A	Birmingham City	2–2	D
24 Sept 1955	H	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	L
1 Oct 1955	A	Arsenal	0–1	L
8 Oct 1955	A	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	L
15 Oct 1955	H	Manchester United	4–4	D
22 Oct 1955	A	Everton	1–2	L
29 Oct 1955	H	Newcastle United	3–0	W
5 Nov 1955	A	Burnley	0–2	L
12 Nov 1955	H	Luton Town	1–0	W
19 Nov 1955	A	Charlton Athletic	1–3	L
26 Nov 1955	H	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	L
3 Dec 1955	A	Sheffield United	2–2	D
10 Dec 1955	H	Preston North End	3–2	W
17 Dec 1955	H	Manchester City	0–3	L
24 Dec 1955	A	Cardiff City	0–1	L
26 Dec 1955	H	Portsmouth	1–3	L
27 Dec 1955	A	Portsmouth	2–2	D
31 Dec 1955	H	Huddersfield Town	3–0	W
14 Jan 1956	A	Blackpool	0–6	L
21 Jan 1956	H	Chelsea	1–4	L
11 Feb 1956	H	Arsenal	1–1	D
18 Feb 1956	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	L
25 Feb 1956	A	Manchester United	0–1	L
3 Mar 1956	H	Charlton Athletic	1–1	D
10 Mar 1956	A	Newcastle United	3–2	W
19 Mar 1956	H	Burnley	2–0	W
24 Mar 1956	A	Luton Town	1–2	L
31 Mar 1956	H	Everton	2–0	W
2 Apr 1956	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	D
3 Apr 1956	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	D
7 Apr 1956	A	Tottenham Hotspur	3–4	L
14 Apr 1956	H	Sheffield United	3–2	W
21 Apr 1956	A	Preston North End	1–0	W
28 Apr 1956	H	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	25	10	7	83	51	+32	60
2	Blackpool	42	20	9	13	86	62	+24	49
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	9	13	89	65	+24	49
4	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	82	69	+13	46
5	Arsenal	42	18	10	14	60	61	-1	46
6	Birmingham City	42	18	9	15	75	57	+18	45
7	Burnley	42	18	8	16	64	54	+10	44
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	7	17	71	58	+13	43
9	Sunderland	42	17	9	16	80	95	-15	43
10	Luton Town	42	17	8	17	66	64	+2	42
11	Newcastle United	42	17	7	18	85	70	+15	41
12	Portsmouth	42	16	9	17	78	85	-7	41
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	58	70	-12	41
14	Charlton Athletic	42	17	6	19	75	81	-6	40
15	Everton	42	15	10	17	55	69	-14	40
16	Chelsea	42	14	11	17	64	77	-13	39
17	Cardiff City	42	15	9	18	55	69	-14	39
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	7	20	61	71	-10	37
19	Preston North End	42	14	8	20	73	72	+1	36
20	Aston Villa	42	11	13	18	52	69	-17	35
21	Huddersfield Town	42	14	7	21	54	83	-29	35
22	Sheffield United	42	12	9	21	63	77	-14	33

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.