- 1955–56 Manchester United F.C. season
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Manchester United 1955–56 season Chairman Harold Hardman Manager Matt Busby First Division 1st FA Cup Third Round Top goalscorer League:
Tommy Taylor (25)
All:
Tommy Taylor (25)Highest home attendance 62,277 vs Blackpool (7 April 1956) Lowest home attendance 22,192 vs Chelsea (19 November 1955) Average home attendance 38,893 ← 1954–55 1956–57 → The 1955–56 season was Manchester United's 53rd season in the Football League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of English football.
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First Division
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 20 August 1955 Birmingham City A 2 – 2 Viollet (2) 37,994 24 August 1955 Tottenham Hotspur H 2 – 2 Berry, Webster 25,406 27 August 1955 West Bromwich Albion H 3 – 1 Lewis, Scanlon, Viollet 31,996 31 August 1955 Tottenham Hotspur A 2 – 1 Edwards (2) 27,453 3 September 1955 Manchester City A 0 – 1 59,162 7 September 1955 Everton H 2 – 1 Blanchflower, Edwards 27,843 10 September 1955 Sheffield United A 0 – 1 28,241 14 September 1955 Everton A 2 – 4 Blanchflower, Webster 34,897 17 September 1955 Preston North End H 3 – 2 Pegg, Taylor, Viollet 33,078 24 September 1955 Burnley A 0 – 0 26,873 1 October 1955 Luton Town H 3 – 1 Taylor (2), Colin Webster 34,409 8 October 1955 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 4 – 3 Taylor (2), Doherty, Pegg 48,638 15 October 1955 Aston Villa A 4 – 4 Pegg (2), Blanchflower, Webster 29,478 22 October 1955 Huddersfield Town H 3 – 0 Berry, Pegg, Taylor 34,150 29 October 1955 Cardiff City A 1 – 0 Taylor 27,795 5 November 1955 Arsenal H 1 – 1 Taylor 41,586 12 November 1955 Bolton Wanderers A 1 – 3 Taylor 38,109 19 November 1955 Chelsea H 3 – 0 Taylor (2), Byrne 22,192 26 November 1955 Blackpool A 0 – 0 26,240 3 December 1955 Sunderland H 2 – 1 Doherty, Viollet 39,901 10 December 1955 Portsmouth A 2 – 3 Pegg, Taylor 24,594 17 December 1955 Birmingham City H 2 – 1 Jones, Viollet 27,704 24 December 1955 West Bromwich Albion A 4 – 1 Viollet (3), Taylor 25,168 26 December 1955 Charlton Athletic H 5 – 1 Viollet (2), Byrne, Doherty, Taylor 44,611 27 December 1955 Charlton Athletic A 0 – 3 42,040 31 December 1955 Manchester City H 2 – 1 Taylor, Viollet 60,956 14 January 1956 Sheffield United H 3 – 1 Berry, Pegg, Taylor 30,162 21 January 1956 Preston North End A 1 – 3 Whelan 28,047 4 February 1956 Burnley H 2 – 0 Taylor, Viollet 27,342 11 February 1956 Luton Town A 2 – 0 Viollet, Whelan 16,354 18 February 1956 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2 – 0 Taylor (2) 40,014 25 February 1956 Aston Villa H 1 – 0 Whelan 36,277 3 March 1956 Chelsea A 4 – 2 Viollet (2), Pegg, Taylor 32,050 10 March 1956 Cardiff City H 1 – 1 Byrne 44,693 17 March 1956 Arsenal A 1 – 1 Viollet 50,758 24 March 1956 Bolton Wanderers H 1 – 0 Taylor 46,114 30 March 1956 Newcastle United H 5 – 2 Viollet (2), Doherty, Pegg, Taylor 58,994 31 March 1956 Huddersfield Town A 2 – 0 Taylor (2) 37,780 2 April 1956 Newcastle United A 0 – 0 37,395 7 April 1956 Blackpool H 2 – 1 Berry, Taylor 62,277 14 April 1956 Sunderland A 2 – 2 McGuinness, Whelan 19,865 21 April 1956 Portsmouth H 1 – 0 Viollet 38,417 Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Manchester United 42 25 10 7 83 51 60 2 Blackpool 42 20 9 13 86 62 49 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 20 9 13 89 65 49 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 7 January 1956 Round 3 Bristol Rovers A 0 – 4 35,872 Squad statistics
Pos. Name League FA Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK Jack Crompton 1 0 0 0 1 0 GK Ray Wood 41 0 1 0 42 0 FB Geoff Bent 4 0 0 0 4 0 FB Roger Byrne 39 3 1 0 40 3 FB Bill Foulkes 26 0 1 0 27 0 FB Ian Greaves 15 0 0 0 15 0 FB Walter Whitehurst 1 0 0 0 1 0 HB Jackie Blanchflower 18 3 0 0 18 3 HB Eddie Colman 25 0 1 0 26 0 HB Duncan Edwards 33 3 0 0 33 3 HB Freddie Goodwin 8 0 0 0 8 0 HB Mark Jones 42 1 1 0 43 1 HB Wilf McGuinness 3 1 0 0 3 1 HB Jeff Whitefoot 15 0 1 0 16 0 FW Johnny Berry 34 4 1 0 35 4 FW John Doherty 16 4 1 0 17 4 FW Eddie Lewis 4 1 0 0 4 1 FW David Pegg 35 9 1 0 36 9 FW Albert Scanlon 6 1 0 0 6 1 FW Jackie Scott 1 0 0 0 1 0 FW Tommy Taylor 33 25 1 0 34 25 FW Dennis Viollet 34 20 1 0 35 20 FW Colin Webster 15 4 0 0 15 4 FW Billy Whelan 13 4 0 0 13 4 Notes and references
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