1956–57 Leicester City F.C. season

The 1956–57 season was Leicester City's 52nd season in the Football League and their 38th (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football.

Leicester City
1956–57 season
Manager Dave Halliday
Second Division1st
FA Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Arthur Rowley (44)

All:
Arthur Rowley (44)

Leicester ran away with the Second Division title, winning it by a clear 7 points to claim the club's 4th Second Division title and their second title in four years.

Legendary striker Arthur Rowley set the club record for the most goals in a single season by scoring 44 goals in 43 appearances. The club's tally of 109 league goals during the season also remains a club record.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Leicester City 42 25 11 6 109 67 1.627 61 Division Champions, promoted
2 Nottingham Forest 42 22 10 10 94 55 1.709 54 Promoted
3 Liverpool 42 21 11 10 82 54 1.519 53
4 Blackburn Rovers 42 21 10 11 83 75 1.107 52
5 Stoke City 42 20 8 14 83 58 1.431 48
Source:

Club statistics

All data from: Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club (2001) (ISBN 1-899538-21-6)

Appearances

Pos. Nat. Name Div 2 FAC Total
GK Dave MacLaren 27 1 28
GK George Heyes 14 0 14
GK Harvey Sinclair 1 0 1
DF Stan Milburn 42 1 43
DF John Ogilvie 38 1 39
DF Jack Froggatt 42 1 43
DF Bill Webb 3 0 3
DF Willie Cunningham 1 0 1
MF Pat Ward 27 0 27
MF Colin Appleton 15 1 16
MF Jimmy Moran 3 0 3
FW Johnny Morris 42 1 43
FW Tommy McDonald 31 1 32
FW Ian McNeill 38 1 39
FW Willie Gardiner 13 0 13
FW Arthur Rowley 42 1 43
FW Derek Hogg 36 0 36
FW Derek Hines 29 1 30
FW Jimmy Walsh 1 0 1
FW Billy Wright 17 1 18

Top goalscorers

Pos. Nat. Name Div 1 FAC Total
1 Arthur Rowley 44 0 44
2 Ian McNeill 18 0 18
3 Derek Hines 14 0 14
4 Billy Wright 10 0 10
5 Tommy McDonald 7 0 7
6 Derek Hogg 5 0 5
7 Willie Gardiner 4 0 4
8 Stan Milburn 1 0 1
= Johnny Morris 1 0 1
= Colin Appleton 1 0 1
= Jimmy Moran 1 0 1
Own Goals 3 0 3

References

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