Chelsea FC Season Summary for season 1956/57.

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League Matches season 1956/57

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	TTL Att	AVG Att
Home	21	7	8	6	43	36	664,375	31,637
Away	21	6	5	10	30	37	554,916	26,425
Total	42	13	13	16	73	73	1,219,291	29,031

League Appearances

Name	Played
Derek Saunders	41
Peter Brabrook	38
Ken Armstrong	33
Peter Sillett	30
Ian MacFarlane	30
Frank Blunstone	27
Ron Tindall	26
John McNichol	24
Reg Matthews	22
Bill Robertson	20
Tony Nicholas	20
Alan Dicks	19
Les Allen	19
Jim Lewis	18
Les Stubbs	18
Bill Livingstone	12
Dick Whittaker	11
Wally Bellett	10
Stan Wicks	8
Brian Nicholas	7
Bobby Laverick	6
Eric Parsons	5
Roy Bentley	4
Derek Gibbs	4
Len Casey	3
John Mortimore	2
John Sillett	2
Paul Berry	2
Mike Harrison	1

League Goals

Name	Goals
John McNichol	10
Ron Tindall	9
Jim Lewis	9
Les Stubbs	7
Peter Brabrook	6
Derek Saunders	6
Tony Nicholas	6
Frank Blunstone	5
Les Allen	4
Ken Armstrong	3
Peter Sillett	2
Eric Parsons	1
Derek Gibbs	1
Brian Nicholas	1
Own Goals	3

League Table

Pos	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Goal Avg	Points
1	Manchester United	42	28	8	6	103	54	1.9074	64
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	12	8	104	56	1.8571	56
3	Preston North End	42	23	10	9	84	56	1.5000	56
4	Blackpool	42	22	9	11	93	65	1.4308	53
5	Arsenal	42	21	8	13	85	69	1.2319	50
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	8	14	94	70	1.3429	48
7	Burnley	42	18	10	14	56	50	1.1200	46
8	Leeds United	42	15	14	13	72	63	1.1429	44
9	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	12	14	65	65	1.0000	44
10	Aston Villa	42	14	15	13	65	55	1.1818	43
11	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	14	14	59	61	0.9672	42
12	Birmingham City	42	15	9	18	69	69	1.0000	39
13	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	73	73	1.0000	39
14	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	6	20	82	88	0.9318	38
15	Everton	42	14	10	18	61	79	0.7722	38
16	Luton Town	42	14	9	19	58	76	0.7632	37
17	Newcastle United	42	14	8	20	67	87	0.7701	36
18	Manchester City	42	13	9	20	78	88	0.8864	35
19	Portsmouth	42	10	13	19	62	92	0.6739	33
20	Sunderland	42	12	8	22	67	88	0.7614	32
21	Cardiff City	42	10	9	23	53	88	0.6023	29
22	Charlton Athletic	42	9	4	29	62	120	0.5167	22

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F.A.Cup Matches season 1956/57

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	TTL Att	AVG Att
Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Away	2	1	0	1	2	4	93,974	46,987
Total	2	1	0	1	2	4	93,974	46,987

F.A. Cup Appearances

Name	Played
Ken Armstrong	2
Frank Blunstone	2
Peter Brabrook	2
Reg Matthews	2
John McNichol	2
Derek Saunders	2
Peter Sillett	2
Bill Livingstone	1
Tony Nicholas	1
John Sillett	1
Ron Tindall	1
Les Allen	1
Alan Dicks	1
Les Stubbs	1
Dick Whittaker	1

F.A. Cup Goals

Name	Goals
John McNichol	1
Peter Brabrook	1

All competitive Matches season 1956/57

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	TTL Att	AVG Att
Home	21	7	8	6	43	36	664,375	31,637
Away	23	7	5	11	32	41	648,890	28,213
Total	44	14	13	17	75	77	1,313,265	29,847

All Competitive Appearances

Name	Played
Derek Saunders	43
Peter Brabrook	40
Ken Armstrong	35
Peter Sillett	32
Ian MacFarlane	30
Frank Blunstone	29
Ron Tindall	27
John McNichol	26
Reg Matthews	24
Tony Nicholas	21
Alan Dicks	20
Les Allen	20
Bill Robertson	20
Les Stubbs	19
Jim Lewis	18
Bill Livingstone	13
Dick Whittaker	12
Wally Bellett	10
Stan Wicks	8
Brian Nicholas	7
Bobby Laverick	6
Eric Parsons	5
Roy Bentley	4
Derek Gibbs	4
Len Casey	3
John Sillett	3
John Mortimore	2
Paul Berry	2
Mike Harrison	1

All Competitive Goals

Name	Goals
John McNichol	11
Ron Tindall	9
Jim Lewis	9
Les Stubbs	7
Peter Brabrook	7
Derek Saunders	6
Tony Nicholas	6
Frank Blunstone	5
Les Allen	4
Ken Armstrong	3
Peter Sillett	2
Eric Parsons	1
Derek Gibbs	1
Brian Nicholas	1
Own Goals	3

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