1956–57 York City F.C. season

York City F.C.

1956–57 season
Chairman	Hugh Kitchin
Manager	Sam Bartram
Ground	Bootham Crescent
Football League Third Division North	7th
FA Cup	Second round (eliminated by Hull City)
Top goalscorer	League: Arthur Bottom (21) All: Arthur Bottom (22)
Highest home attendance	15,318 vs Workington, Third Division North, 20 August 1956
Lowest home attendance	7,203 vs Rochdale, Third Division North, 20 April 1957
Average home league attendance	9,414
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 season was the thirty-fourth season of competitive association football and twenty-seventh season in the Football League played by York City Football Club, a professional football club based in York, Yorkshire, England. They finished in seventh position in the twenty-four-team 1956–57 Football League Third Division North. They entered the 1956–57 FA Cup in the first round and lost in the second to Hull City.

Twenty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were nine different goalscorers. Goalkeeper Tommy Forgan and forward Peter Wragg played in all forty-nine first-team matches over the season. Arthur Bottom finished as leading goalscorer with twenty-two goals, of which twenty-one came in league competition and one came in the FA Cup.

Match details

Football League Third Division North

Main article: 1956–57 Football League Third Division North

Football League Third Division North match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
18 August 1956	19th	Accrington Stanley	A	L	0–3		11,026
20 August 1956	18th	Workington	H	D	2–2	Monkhouse, Colbridge	15,318
25 August 1956	14th	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	1–0	Wragg	12,291
29 August 1956	16th	Workington	A	L	2–3	Wilkinson, Wragg pen.	9,542
1 September 1956	17th	Halifax Town	A	D	0–0		8,192
3 September 1956	12th	Carlisle United	H	W	2–0	Bottom, Fenton	11,709
8 September 1956	17th	Oldham Athletic	A	L	1–3	Hughes	8,608
15 September 1956	15th	Mansfield Town	H	W	2–0	Colbridge, Fenton	9,835
17 September 1956	15th	Chester	H	L	0–1		9,234
22 September 1956	17th	Southport	A	D	1–1	Bottom	4,019
26 September 1956	14th	Chester	A	W	4–3	Hughes, Wilkinson, Wragg, Fenton	4,258
29 September 1956	16th	Chesterfield	H	L	1–2	Bottom	8,820
6 October 1956	14th	Hull City	H	W	2–1	Wilkinson, Fenton	10,763
13 October 1956	13th	Barrow	A	W	2–1	Brown, Hughes	5,908
20 October 1956	14th	Scunthorpe United	H	L	0–2		8,881
27 October 1956	14th	Bradford Park Avenue	A	W	2–0	Wilkinson (2)	9,206
3 November 1956	12th	Gateshead	H	W	1–0	Wilkinson	7,325
10 November 1956	12th	Wrexham	A	D	1–1	Fennton	12,577
24 November 1956	13th	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	1–1	Bottom	4,699
1 December 1956	11th	Darlington	H	W	1–0	Bottom	8,153
15 December 1956	8th	Accrington Stanley	H	W	3–1	Bottom pen., Wilkinson, opposition o.g.	8,161
22 December 1956	8th	Tranmere Rovers	A	D	3–3	Bottom, Wilkinson, Wragg	3,045
25 December 1956	9th	Hartlepools United	H	D	3–3	Bottom pen., Wilkinson, Fenton	8,663
26 December 1956	10th	Hartlepools United	A	L	0–2		6,954
29 December 1956	11th	Halifax Town	H	L	1–2	Fenton	8,102
1 January 1957	13th	Carlisle United	A	L	0–2		7,838
5 January 1957	10th	Bradford City	H	W	3–1	Bottom, Wilkinson, Fenton	10,492
12 January 1957	10th	Oldham Athletic	H	W	2–1	Bottom (2)	9,166
19 January 1957	10th	Mansfield Town	A	L	1–4	Wragg	6,941
26 January 1957	10th	Bradford City	A	W	2–0	Hughes, Fenton	13,281
2 February 1957	9th	Southport	H	W	9–1	Bottom (4, 1 pen.), Wilkinson (2), Brown, Wragg, Fenton	8,801
9 February 1957	9th	Chesterfield	A	W	4–3	Bottom (2), Hill, Fenton	16,610
16 February 1957	8th	Hull City	A	D	1–1	Wragg	15,697
23 February 1957	6th	Barrow	H	W	1–0	Fenton	8,004
2 March 1957	9th	Scunthorpe United	A	L	1–2	Fenton	7,848
9 March 1957	9th	Bradford Park Avenue	H	L	1–2	Bottom	8,857
16 March 1957	8th	Gateshead	A	W	2–0	Brown, Bottom pen.	4,934
23 March 1957	7th	Wrexham	H	W	1–0	Bottom	8,374
30 March 1957	10th	Derby County	A	L	0–1		21,164
6 April 1957	8th	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	2–1	Bottom, Wilkinson	7,271
13 April 1957	5th	Darlington	A	W	4–2	Hill (2), Wilkinson, Fenton	4,543
19 April 1957	6th	Stockport County	H	D	0–0		11,681
20 April 1957	5th	Rochdale	H	W	4–0	Wilkinson (3), Wragg	7,203
22 April 1957	8th	Stockport County	A	L	0–3		7,193
27 April 1957	9th	Rochdale	A	L	0–1		4,215
29 April 1957	6th	Derby County	H	D	1–1	Fenton	9,413

League table (part)

Final Football League Third Division North table (part)

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
5th	Stockport County	46	23	8	15	91	75	1.21	54
6th	Chesterfield	46	22	9	15	96	79	1.22	53
7th	York City	46	21	10	15	75	61	1.23	52
8th	Hull City	46	21	10	15	84	69	1.22	52
9th	Bradford City	46	22	8	16	78	68	1.15	52
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Source

FA Cup

Main article: 1956–57 FA Cup

FA Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	17 November 1956	Southport	A	D	0–0		5,560
First round replay	21 November 1956	Southport	H	W	2–1	Wragg, Wilkinson	8,409
Second round	8 December 1956	Hull City	A	L	1–2	Bottom	24,155

Appearances and goals

Players with names struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; FB – Full back; HB – Half-back; FW – Forward

Players having played at least one first-team match

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	Tommy Forgan	46	0	3	0	49	0
FB	ENG	George Howe	45	0	2	0	47	0
FB	ENG	Ernie Phillips	36	0	1	0	37	0
FB	ENG	Dick Steel	1	0	0	0	1	0
FB	ENG	Ernie Wardle	10	0	3	0	13	0
HB	ENG	Gordon Brown	43	3	3	0	46	3
HB	SCO	Jim Cairney	32	0	3	0	35	0
HB	ENG	Ron Mollatt	36	0	0	0	36	0
HB	ENG	Alan Stewart	20	0	3	0	23	0
HB	ENG	Terry Stoddart	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	ENG	Arthur Bottom	37	21	3	1	40	22
FW	ENG	Clive Colbridge	11	2	2	0	13	2
FW	ENG	Billy Fenton	37	14	1	0	38	14
FW	ENG	Billy Hill	13	3	0	0	13	3
FW	ENG	Albert Hobson	12	0	1	0	13	0
FW	SCO	Billy Hughes	24	4	2	0	26	4
FW	ENG	Alan Monkhouse	12	1	0	0	12	1
FW	ENG	John Powell	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW	ENG	John Stewart	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG	Norman Wilkinson	38	17	3	1	41	18
FW	ENG	Peter Wragg	46	8	3	1	49	9

See also

• List of York City F.C. seasons

References

General

• Source for match dates, league positions and results:
• Source for appearances, goalscorers and attendances:
• Source for player details:

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