1955–56 Manchester City F.C. season

1955–56 season of Manchester City

Manchester City 1955–56 football season

Manchester City
1955–56 season
Manager	Les McDowall
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	4th
FA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Hayes (23) All: Joe Hayes (27)
Highest home attendance	76,129 vs Everton 3 March 1956
Lowest home attendance	14,499 vs Luton Town 10 December 1955
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 season was Manchester City's 54th season of competitive football and 39th season in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup.

First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
2	Blackpool	42	20	9	13	86	62	1.387	49
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	9	13	89	65	1.369	49
4	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	82	69	1.188	46
5	Arsenal	42	18	10	14	60	61	0.984	46
6	Birmingham City	42	18	9	15	75	57	1.316	45

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
42	18	10	14	82	69	1.188	46	11	5	5	40	27	27	7	5	9	42	42	19

Source: [1]

FA Cup

Sixth round

Manchester City v Everton

3 March 1956	Manchester City	2–1	Everton	Maine Road, Manchester
	Hayes Johnstone		Harris	Attendance: 76,129

Semi-final

Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

17 March 1956	Manchester City	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park, Birmingham
	Johnstone			Attendance: 69,788

Final

The final took place on Saturday, 5 May 1956 at Wembley and ended 3–1, with goals scored by Joe Hayes, Bobby Johnstone and Jack Dyson for Manchester City and Noel Kinsey for Birmingham City. The attendance was 100,000. The match is remembered for an incident where Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann sustained a neck injury diving at the feet of Birmingham attacker Peter Murphy; he completed the game in considerable pain, and later examination discovered he had broken a bone in his neck.

Manchester City v Birmingham City

5 May 1956 15:00 BST	Manchester City	3–1	Birmingham City	Wembley, London
	Hayes 3' Johnstone 62' Dyson 64'		Kinsey 15'	Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Alf Bond

References

^ "History". Statto.

External links

Official website

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FA competitions

Football League

Football League

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Luton Town
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Portsmouth
Preston North End
Sheffield United
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Barnsley
Blackburn Rovers
Bristol City
Bristol Rovers
Bury
Doncaster Rovers
Fulham
Hull City
Leeds United
Leicester City
Lincoln City
Liverpool
Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City
Swansea Town
West Ham United

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Derby County Gateshead Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Rochdale Scunthorpe & Lindsey United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City
South	Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford