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leeds squad photo 1956-1957

Back Row: Eric Kerfoot, Jackie Overfield, Keith Ripley, Royden Wood, Bob Forrest, Grenville Hair.
Front Row: George Meek, Jack Charlton, John Charles, Jimmy Dunn, Harold Brook.

(Above Team, Squad Photo Unavailable)

leeds united results
Comp. Date Opponents Score Scorers Crowd
Division One Aug 18 Everton (H) 5-1 (W) Brook (3), Charles, Overfield 31,379
Division One Aug 23 Charlton Athletic (A) 2-1 (W) Charles (2) 23,299
Division One Aug 25 Tottenham Hotspur (A) 1-5 (L) Ripley 51,212
Division One Aug 29 Charlton Athletic (H) 4-0 (W) Brook, Charles, Forrest (2) 34,444
Division One Sep 01 Chelsea (H) 0-0 (D) 38,679
Division One Sep 05 Manchester City (A) 0-1 (L) 34,185
Division One Sep 08 Bolton Wanderers (H) 3-2 (W) Meek, Brook, Charles 40,010
Division One Sep 12 Manchester City (H) 2-0 (W) Brook, Charles 35,068
Division One Sep 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) 2-1 (W) Charles (2) 40,824
Division One Sep 22 Aston Villa (H) 1-0 (W) Charles 35,388
Division One Sep 29 Luton Town (A) 2-2 (D) Charles (2) 20,949
Division One Oct 06 Cardiff City (A) 1-4 (L) Forrest 38,333
Division One Oct 13 Birmingham City (H) 1-1 (D) Ripley 34,460
Division One Oct 20 Burnley (A) 0-0 (D) 26,440
Division One Oct 27 Preston North End (H) 1-2 (L) OG 36,571
Division One Nov 03 Newcastle United (A) 3-2 (W) Charles, McKenna (2) 49,034
Division One Nov 10 Sheffield Wednesday (H) 3-1 (W) Charles (3) 31,857
Division One Nov 17 Manchester United (A) 2-3 (L) McKenna, Charles (pen) 52,401
Division One Nov 24 Arsenal (H) 3-3 (D) Charles (2), Forrest 39,113
Division One Dec 01 West Bromwich Albion (A) 0-0 (D) 29,000
Division One Dec 08 Portsmouth (H) 4-1 (W) Ripley (2), Charles (2) 29,866
Division One Dec 15 Everton (A) 1-2 (L) Ripley 33,765
Division One Dec 25 Blackpool (A) 1-1 (D) Brook 20,517
Division One Dec 26 Blackpool (H) 5-0 (W) Brook (3), Charles (2) 22,689
Division One Dec 29 Chelsea (A) 1-1 (D) OG 43,860
FA Cup R3 Jan 05 Cardiff City (H) 1-2 (L) Charles 34,237
Division One Jan 12 Bolton Wanderers (A) 3-5 (L) Meek, Charles (2) 25,705
Division One Jan 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) 0-0 (D) 32,910
Division One Feb 02 Aston Villa (A) 1-1 (D) Forrest 39,432
Division One Feb 09 Luton Town (H) 1-2 (L) Charles 25,646
Division One Feb 16 Cardiff City (H) 3-0 (W) Charles, Forrest, McKenna 21,695
Division One Feb 23 Preston North End (A) 0-3 (L) 14,036
Division One Mar 02 Tottenham Hotspur (H) 1-1 (D) Charles 33,895
Division One Mar 09 Portsmouth (A) 5-2 (W) Meek, Crowe (2), Charles (2) 23,596
Division One Mar 11 Burnley (H) 1-1 (D) Charles 31,956
Division One Mar 16 Newcastle United (H) 0-0 (D) 32,541
Division One Mar 26 Sheffield Wednesday (A) 3-2 (W) Charles (3) 33,205
Division One Mar 30 Manchester United (H) 1-2 (L) Charles 47,216
Division One Apr 06 Arsenal (A) 0-1 (L) 40,388
Division One Apr 13 West Bromwich Albion (H) 0-0 (D) 20,905
Division One Apr 19 Sunderland (A) 0-2 (L) 56,551
Division One Apr 20 Birmingham City (A) 2-6 (L) Charles (2) 30,642
Division One Apr 22 Sunderland (H) 3-1 (W) Brook, Charles (2) 29,328

leeds united final table
Division One 1956-57 P W D L F A Pts
1 Manchester United 42 28 8 6 103 54 64
2 Tottenham Hotspur 42 22 12 8 104 56 56
3 Preston North End 42 23 10 9 84 56 56
4 Blackpool 42 22 9 11 93 65 53
5 Arsenal 42 21 8 13 85 69 50
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 20 8 14 94 70 48
7 Burnley 42 18 10 14 56 50 46
8 Leeds United 42 15 14 13 72 63 44
9 Bolton Wanderers 42 16 12 14 65 65 44
10 Aston Villa 42 14 15 13 65 55 43
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 14 14 14 59 61 42
12 Birmingham City 42 15 9 18 69 69 39
13 Chelsea 42 13 13 16 73 73 39
14 Sheffield Wednesday 42 16 6 20 82 88 38
15 Everton 42 14 10 18 61 79 38
16 Luton Town 42 14 9 19 58 76 37
17 Newcastle United 42 14 8 20 67 87 36
18 Manchester City 42 13 9 20 78 88 35
19 Portsmouth 42 10 13 19 62 92 33
20 Sunderland 42 12 8 22 67 88 32
21 Cardiff City 42 10 9 23 53 88 29
22 Charlton Athletic 42 9 4 29 62 120 22







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