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| Date | Opponents | Comp | Venue | Res | Att | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | | | | | |
| 8/18/56 | Stoke City | League | Away | 2-3 | | Clayton | | Kennedy | Goodwin | Cope | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty 1 | Blanchflower | Charlton 1 | Scanlon | *No 2: Greaves or P Jones | | | | |
| 8/20/56 | Preston North End | League | Home | 6-0 | | Clayton | Fulton | Kennedy | Goodwin | Cope | McGuinness | Webster 1 | Doherty 2 | Blanchflower 1 | Charlton 1 | Scanlon 1 | | | | | |
| 8/25/56 | Chesterfield | League | Home | 6-2 | | Clayton | | Kennedy | Goodwin | Cope | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty 1 | Blanchflower 1 | Charlton | Scanlon 4 | *No 2: Greaves or P Jones | | | | |
| 8/27/56 | Preston North End | League | Away | 3-1 | | Clayton | Greaves | Kennedy | Whitefoot | Cope | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty | Blanchflower | Charlton | Scanlon | *scorers from: Charlton 3 | | | | |
| 9/1/56 | West Bromwich Albion | League | Away | 2-2 | | Clayton | Greaves | Bent | Whitefoot | Cope | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty | Blanchflower | Charlton | Scanlon | Scanlon & Doherty | | | | |
| 9/8/56 | Newcastle United | League | Home | 3-1 | | Clayton | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Cope | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty 1 | Blanchflower | Charlton 1 | Scanlon 1 | *poss Charlton 2 & Doherty | | | | |
| 9/10/56 | Huddersfield Town | League | Away | 1-3 | | Clayton | Greaves | P Jones | Whitehurst | Cope | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty | Dawson | Charlton 1 | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 9/15/56 | Sheffield Wednesday | League | Away | 1-3 | | Clayton | Greaves | P Jones | Goodwin | Cope | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty 1 | Dawson | Charlton | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 9/22/56 | Manchester City | League | Away | 1-1 | 5,300 | Crompton | Greaves | P Jones | Goodwin | Cope | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty | Blanchflower | Charlton | Scanlon 1 | | | | | |
| 10/6/56 | Blackburn Rovers | League | Away | 0-2 | | Crompton | Greaves | | Goodwin | Cope | | Webster | Doherty | | | Scanlon | *other apps from: Fulton 1, Bent 1, P Jones 1, Whitefoot 1, | | | | |
| 10/10/56 | Bury | League | Away | 2-2 | | Crompton | Greaves | | Goodwin | Cope | | Webster | Doherty 1 | | | Scanlon 1 | McGuinness 1, Dawson 1, M Pearson 1, Fidler 1 | | | | |
| 10/13/56 | Blackpool | League | Home | 0-1 | | Crompton | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Cope | Whitefoot | Morgans | Doherty | Dawson | Charlton | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 10/20/56 | Everton | League | Away | 3-2 | | Hawksworth | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Cope | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty 2 | Blanchflower | Dawson | Scanlon 1 | | | | | |
| 10/27/56 | Leeds United | League | Home | 4-1 | | Gaskell | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower | McGuinness | Webster 1 | Doherty | Dawson 2 | Charlton 1 | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 11/3/56 | Bolton Wanderers | League | Away | 2-3 | | Hawksworth | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower | McGuinness | Morgans | Doherty | Dawson | Webster 2 | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 11/10/56 | Aston Villa | League | Home | 5-2 | | Hawksworth | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower | McGuinness | Morgans | Doherty 1 | Dawson 3 | Webster 1 | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 11/24/56 | Wolverhampton Wdrs | League | Home | 2-0 | | Clayton | Fulton | Beswick | Goodwin | P Jones | Whitefoot | Webster | Doherty 1 | Dawson | Charlton 1 | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 11/28/56 | Manchester City | MSC | Away | 9-1 | | Clayton | Fulton | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower | Whitefoot 1 | Webster 1 | Doherty 1 | Charlton 2 | Viollet 3 | Scanlon 1 | | | | | |
| 12/1/56 | Barnsley | League | Away | 2-2 | | Clayton | Greaves | | Goodwin | Blanchflower | | Webster | | | Charlton | | *scorers? | | | | |
| 12/8/56 | Sheffield United | League | Home | 1-0 | | Clayton | Greaves | Fulton | Goodwin | Blanchflower | Whitefoot | Webster | Doherty | Dawson | Charlton | Scanlon | *scorer? | | | | |
| 12/15/56 | Stoke City | League | Home | 1-0 | | Clayton | Greaves | Fulton | Goodwin | Blanchflower | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty | Charlton | Brennan | Scanlon | *scorer? | | | | |
| 12/25/56 | Bury | League | Home | 2-0 | | Clayton | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty 1 | Dawson 1 | Charlton | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 12/29/56 | West Bromwich Albion | League | Home | 4-1 | | Clayton | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin 1 | Blanchflower | Whitefoot | Webster 1 | Doherty | Dawson 1 | Charlton 1 | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 1/5/57 | Burnley | League | Home | 4-0 | | Clayton | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower 1 | Whitefoot | Webster | Doherty 1 | Dawson 1 | Charlton 1 | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 1/12/57 | Newcastle United | League | Away | 3-0 | | Clayton | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower | McGuinness | | Doherty | Dawson | Charlton | Scanlon | *other apps: Webster 2 & Morgans 1 | | | | |
| 1/19/57 | Sheffield Wednesday | League | Home | 4-0 | | Clayton | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower | McGuinness | | Doherty | Dawson | Charlton | Scanlon | *scorers? | | | | |
| 1/26/57 | Huddersfield Town | League | Home | 4-1 | | Clayton | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower | McGuinness | | Doherty | Dawson | Charlton | Scanlon | *scorers? | | | | |
| 2/2/57 | Manchester City | League | Home | 3-1 | | Clayton | Greaves | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty | Dawson 2 | Charlton 1 | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 2/9/57 | Liverpool | League | Away | 1-4 | | Clayton | Fulton | Bent | Goodwin | Blanchflower 1 | McGuinness | Morgans | Doherty | Webster | Charlton | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 2/23/57 | Blackpool | League | Away | 1-1 | | Clayton | | | | | | | Doherty | | | | | | | | |
| 2/26/57 | Accrington Stanley | LSC | Away | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3/2/57 | Everton | League | Home | 5-2 | | Clayton | | | | | | | Doherty | | | | | | | | |
| 3/9/57 | Leeds United | League | Away | 1-1 | | Clayton | | | | | | | Doherty | | | | | | | | |
| 3/16/57 | Bolton Wanderers | League | Home | 1-0 | | Hawksworth | Fulton | Bent 1 | Goodwin | Cope | Whitefoot | Morgans | Doherty | Dawson | Brennan | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 3/23/57 | Aston Villa | League | Away | 1-2 | | Clayton | | | | | | | Doherty | | | | | | | | |
| 3/30/57 | Derby County | League | Home | 2-0 | | Clayton | | Bent | Goodwin | Cope | Whitefoot | Morgans | Doherty | Dawson | Brennan 2 | Scanlon | | | | | |
| 4/1/57 | Derby County | League | Away | 5-1 | | Clayton | | | | | | | Doherty | | | | | | | | |
| 4/6/57 | Wolverhampton Wdrs | League | Away | 0-2 | | Clayton | Fulton | P Jones | Goodwin | M Jones | Whitefoot | Greaves | Doherty | Cope | Brennan | Mooney | | | | | |
| 4/13/57 | Barnsley | League | Home | 2-0 | | Clayton | Greaves | Fulton | Whitefoot | M Jones | McGuinness | Webster | Doherty | Dawson | Brennan | Morgans | *scorers? | | | | |
| 4/15/57 | Blackburn Rovers | League | Home | 3-1 | | Clayton | | | | | | | Doherty | | | | | | | | |
| 4/20/57 | Sheffield United | League | Away | 1-0 | | Clayton | | | | | | | Doherty | | | | | | | | |
| 4/22/57 | Burnley | League | Away | 2-1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4/26/57 | Liverpool | League | Home | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4/27/57 | Chesterfield | League | Away | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5/10/57 | Oldham Athletic | MSC Fin | Away | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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