Season

1955-56

Manchester UnitedSir Matt Busby

1stleague finish

Champions of the First Division

+0.7
goal difference
1.9 scored · 1.3 conceded
43
Played
58%
Win rate

Season in brief

Won the First Division — the club's 5th league title on record. Home form carried the season — 86% of home matches won against 32% away. Tommy Taylor led the scoring with 25 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 83 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Manchester United42P · 25W 10D 7L · GD +3260
  2. 2Blackpool42P · 20W 9D 13L · GD +2449
  3. 3Wolverhampton Wanderers42P · 20W 9D 13L · GD +2449
  5. 21Huddersfield Town42P · 14W 7D 21L · GD -2935
  6. 22Sheffield United42P · 12W 9D 21L · GD -1433

Slice: the final First Division table for 1955-56, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

43 matches
20 Aug 1955 @ Birmingham City: 2–224 Aug 1955 v Tottenham Hotspur: 2–227 Aug 1955 v West Bromwich Albion: 3–131 Aug 1955 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–13 Sep 1955 @ Manchester City: 0–17 Sep 1955 v Everton: 2–110 Sep 1955 @ Sheffield United: 0–114 Sep 1955 @ Everton: 2–417 Sep 1955 v Preston North End: 3–224 Sep 1955 @ Burnley: 0–01 Oct 1955 v Luton Town: 3–18 Oct 1955 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 4–315 Oct 1955 @ Aston Villa: 4–422 Oct 1955 v Huddersfield Town: 3–029 Oct 1955 @ Cardiff City: 1–05 Nov 1955 v Arsenal: 1–112 Nov 1955 @ Bolton Wanderers: 1–319 Nov 1955 v Chelsea: 3–026 Nov 1955 @ Blackpool: 0–03 Dec 1955 v Sunderland: 2–110 Dec 1955 @ Portsmouth: 2–317 Dec 1955 v Birmingham City: 2–124 Dec 1955 @ West Bromwich Albion: 4–126 Dec 1955 v Charlton Athletic: 5–127 Dec 1955 @ Charlton Athletic: 0–331 Dec 1955 v Manchester City: 2–17 Jan 1956 @ Bristol Rovers: 0–414 Jan 1956 v Sheffield United: 3–121 Jan 1956 @ Preston North End: 1–34 Feb 1956 v Burnley: 2–011 Feb 1956 @ Luton Town: 2–018 Feb 1956 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 2–025 Feb 1956 v Aston Villa: 1–03 Mar 1956 @ Chelsea: 4–210 Mar 1956 v Cardiff City: 1–117 Mar 1956 @ Arsenal: 1–124 Mar 1956 v Bolton Wanderers: 1–030 Mar 1956 v Newcastle United: 5–231 Mar 1956 @ Huddersfield Town: 2–02 Apr 1956 @ Newcastle United: 0–07 Apr 1956 v Blackpool: 2–114 Apr 1956 @ Sunderland: 2–221 Apr 1956 v Portsmouth: 1–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.