1956–57 Leicester City F.C. season

1956–57 season of Leicester City

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Leicester City 1956–57 football season

Leicester City

1956–57 season

Manager

Dave Halliday

Second Division

1st

FA Cup

3rd Round

Top goalscorer

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

Home colours

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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.

League table

Main article: 1956–57 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	42	25	11	6	109	67	1.627	61	Promotion to the First Division
2	Nottingham Forest (P)	42	22	10	10	94	55	1.709	54	Promotion to the First Division
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:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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 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.	Name	Div 1	Total
1	Arthur Rowley	44	44
2	Ian McNeill	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

References

v t e Leicester City F.C. seasons
1884–85 1885-86 1886-87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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