1956–57 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City

1956–57 season

Manager

Dave Halliday

First Division

1st

FA Cup

3rd Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Arthur Rowley (44)
All:
Arthur Rowley (44)

Home colours

← 1955-56

1957-58 →

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 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.

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

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FA competitions

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Club seasons

First Division

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

Second Division

Barnsley
Blackburn Rovers
Bristol City
Bristol Rovers
Bury
Doncaster Rovers
Fulham
Grimsby Town
Huddersfield Town
Leicester City
Leyton Orient
Lincoln City
Liverpool
Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Port Vale
Rotherham United
Sheffield United
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 Halifax Town Hartlepools United Hull City Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City

South	Aldershot Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Ipswich Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford

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