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2nd Division
Anfield | 03 November 1956 at14:45UK local time
Liverpool
4
-
1
Port Vale
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.57)
1
Tommy Younger
2
John Molyneux
3
Ronnie Moran
4
Roy Saunders
5
Laurie Hughes
6
Geoff Twentyman
7
Louis Bimpson
8
Johnny Wheeler
9
Billy Liddell
(c)
10
Jimmy Melia
11
Alan A'Court
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Billy Liddell
53′
(Jimmy Melia)
Johnny Wheeler
81′
Johnny Wheeler
82′
(Jimmy Melia)
Johnny Wheeler
85′
(Alan A'Court)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.44)
Ray King
Stan Turner
Reg Potts
Harry Poole
Basil Hayward
Roy Sproson
Colin Askey
Stan Steele
Stan Smith
Ken Griffiths
Jack Cunliffe
Opposition goals
Stan Steele
24
′
Other details
Manager:
Phil Taylor
Opposition manager:
Frederick Steele
Referee:
Chandler RH
Attendance:
32,334
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
2243
League game number:
2041
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
12th
Port Vale league position:
20th
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18 Aug 1956 - Liverpool 2-3 Huddersfield Town
23 Aug 1956 - Notts County 1-1 Liverpool
25 Aug 1956 - Bury 2-0 Liverpool
29 Aug 1956 - Liverpool 3-3 Notts County
01 Sep 1956 - Liverpool 3-2 Grimsby Town
03 Sep 1956 - West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
08 Sep 1956 - Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Liverpool
15 Sep 1956 - Liverpool 0-2 Stoke City
22 Sep 1956 - Middlesbrough 1-1 Liverpool
29 Sep 1956 - Liverpool 2-0 Leicester City
06 Oct 1956 - Liverpool 2-3 Blackburn Rovers
13 Oct 1956 - Bristol City 1-2 Liverpool
20 Oct 1956 - Liverpool 4-3 Fulham
27 Oct 1956 - Barnsley 1-4 Liverpool
03 Nov 1956 - Liverpool 4-1 Port Vale
10 Nov 1956 - Rotherham United 2-2 Liverpool
17 Nov 1956 - Liverpool 4-0 Lincoln City
24 Nov 1956 - Swansea Town 1-1 Liverpool
01 Dec 1956 - Liverpool 5-1 Sheffield United
08 Dec 1956 - Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool
15 Dec 1956 - Huddersfield Town 3-0 Liverpool
22 Dec 1956 - Liverpool 2-0 Bury
25 Dec 1956 - Liverpool 1-0 Leyton Orient
26 Dec 1956 - Leyton Orient 4-0 Liverpool
29 Dec 1956 - Grimsby Town 0-0 Liverpool
05 Jan 1957 - Southend United 1-2 Liverpool
12 Jan 1957 - Liverpool 2-1 Doncaster Rovers
19 Jan 1957 - Stoke City 0-1 Liverpool
02 Feb 1957 - Liverpool 1-2 Middlesbrough
09 Feb 1957 - Leicester City 2-3 Liverpool
16 Feb 1957 - Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Liverpool
02 Mar 1957 - Fulham 2-1 Liverpool
09 Mar 1957 - Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley
16 Mar 1957 - Port Vale 2-1 Liverpool
23 Mar 1957 - Liverpool 4-1 Rotherham United
30 Mar 1957 - Lincoln City 3-3 Liverpool
06 Apr 1957 - Liverpool 2-0 Swansea Town
13 Apr 1957 - Sheffield United 0-3 Liverpool
19 Apr 1957 - Liverpool 4-1 Bristol Rovers
20 Apr 1957 - Liverpool 3-1 Nottingham Forest
22 Apr 1957 - Bristol Rovers 0-0 Liverpool
27 Apr 1957 - Liverpool 1-0 West Ham United
01 May 1957 - Liverpool 2-1 Bristol City
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Leicester C
16
10
4
2
44
26
+18
24
2
Stoke C
17
9
4
4
39
24
+15
22
3
Nottm Forest
15
9
3
3
38
20
+18
21
4
Middlesbrough
16
7
6
3
34
25
+9
20
5
Sheffield U
15
8
3
4
41
26
+15
19
6
Bristol R
16
8
3
5
32
20
+12
19
7
Doncaster R
16
7
5
4
36
25
+11
19
8
Lincoln C
15
7
3
5
22
21
+1
17
9
Fulham
16
8
0
8
31
30
+1
16
10
Bristol C
16
6
4
6
27
32
-5
16
11
Huddersfield
16
7
2
7
23
27
-4
16
12
Liverpool
15
5
5
5
28
27
+1
15
13
Leyton O
15
5
5
5
26
31
-5
15
14
Blackburn R
15
6
2
7
33
39
-6
14
15
West Ham U
15
5
4
6
17
17
+0
14
16
Swansea C
15
6
2
7
32
40
-8
14
17
Grimsby T
16
6
1
9
22
21
+1
13
18
Rotherham U
14
4
3
7
24
28
-4
11
19
Barnsley
15
4
3
8
26
38
-12
11
20
Port Vale
15
3
3
9
20
33
-13
9
21
Notts Co
15
2
4
9
20
42
-22
8
22
Bury
16
2
3
11
26
49
-23
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