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1956-57

First Division

Finished 10th of 22 · P42 W14 D15 L13 · 65 scored, 55 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
18 Aug 1956	H	Charlton Athletic	3–1	W
22 Aug 1956	A	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	L
25 Aug 1956	A	Manchester City	1–1	D
27 Aug 1956	H	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	D
1 Sept 1956	H	Blackpool	3–2	W
5 Sept 1956	A	Luton Town	0–0	D
8 Sept 1956	A	Everton	4–0	W
15 Sept 1956	H	Tottenham Hotspur	2–4	L
22 Sept 1956	A	Leeds United	0–1	L
29 Sept 1956	H	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	D
6 Oct 1956	A	Portsmouth	1–5	L
13 Oct 1956	H	Newcastle United	3–1	W
27 Oct 1956	H	Birmingham City	3–1	W
3 Nov 1956	A	Arsenal	1–2	L
10 Nov 1956	H	Burnley	1–0	W
17 Nov 1956	A	Preston North End	3–3	D
24 Nov 1956	H	Chelsea	1–1	D
1 Dec 1956	A	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	L
8 Dec 1956	H	Manchester United	1–3	L
15 Dec 1956	A	Charlton Athletic	2–0	W
25 Dec 1956	A	Sunderland	0–1	L
29 Dec 1956	A	Blackpool	0–0	D
12 Jan 1957	H	Everton	5–1	W
19 Jan 1957	A	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	L
2 Feb 1957	H	Leeds United	1–1	D
4 Feb 1957	H	Manchester City	2–2	D
9 Feb 1957	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	D
18 Feb 1957	H	Portsmouth	2–2	D
9 Mar 1957	A	Manchester United	1–1	D
13 Mar 1957	H	Cardiff City	4–1	W
16 Mar 1957	H	Arsenal	0–0	D
30 Mar 1957	H	Preston North End	2–0	W
3 Apr 1957	A	Cardiff City	0–1	L
6 Apr 1957	A	Chelsea	1–1	D
8 Apr 1957	H	Sunderland	2–2	D
10 Apr 1957	A	Birmingham City	2–1	W
13 Apr 1957	H	Sheffield Wednesday	5–0	W
15 Apr 1957	A	Burnley	1–2	L
20 Apr 1957	A	Newcastle United	2–1	W
22 Apr 1957	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	W
23 Apr 1957	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	L
27 Apr 1957	H	Luton Town	1–3	L

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	28	8	6	103	54	+49	64
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	12	8	104	56	+48	56
3	Preston North End	42	23	10	9	84	56	+28	56
4	Blackpool	42	22	9	11	93	65	+28	53
5	Arsenal	42	21	8	13	85	69	+16	50
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	8	14	94	70	+24	48
7	Burnley	42	18	10	14	56	50	+6	46
8	Leeds United	42	15	14	13	72	63	+9	44
9	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	12	14	65	65	0	44
10	Aston Villa	42	14	15	13	65	55	+10	43
11	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	14	14	59	61	-2	42
12	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	73	73	0	39
13	Birmingham City	42	15	9	18	69	69	0	39
14	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	6	20	82	88	-6	38
15	Everton	42	14	10	18	61	79	-18	38
16	Luton Town	42	14	9	19	58	76	-18	37
17	Newcastle United	42	14	8	20	67	87	-20	36
18	Manchester City	42	13	9	20	78	88	-10	35
19	Portsmouth	42	10	13	19	62	92	-30	33
20	Sunderland	42	12	8	22	67	88	-21	32
21	Cardiff City	42	10	9	23	53	88	-35	29
22	Charlton Athletic	42	9	4	29	62	120	-58	22

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.