1956-57 season

1956-57 season
General information
Manager	Phil Taylor
Captain	Billy Liddell
Performance
Division 2	3rd
FA Cup	3rd round
Top scorers
League	Liddell (21)
FA Cup	Wheeler (1)
Overall	Liddell (21)
Attendances
Average	35,735
←1955-56	1957-58→

The 1956-57 season was Liverpool's 65th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Tommy Younger
• GK. Doug Rudham
• DF. Ronnie Moran
• DF. Laurie Hughes
• DF. John Molyneux
• DF. Geoff Twentyman
• DF. Don Campbell
• DF. Dick White
• DF. Tom McNulty
• DF. Fred Perry
• DF. John Price
• MF. Alan A'Court
• MF. Roy Saunders
• MF. Brian Jackson
• MF. Barry Wilkinson
• FW. Billy Liddell
• FW. Eric Anderson
• FW. Johnny Wheeler
• FW. Jimmy Melia
• FW. Louis Bimpson
• FW. Alan Arnell
• FW. Tony Rowley
• FW. John Evans
• FW. Joe Dickson

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

No pre-season friendlies were played this season.

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
10 September 1956	Hibernian	2-1	Anderson, Liddell
24 October 1956	Blackburn	2-0	A'Court, Liddell
26 January 1957	Bolton	3-5	A'Court (50), Arnell (60, 90)
3 May 1957	Brighton	2-0	Liddell (15), Rowley (30)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
18 August 1956	Huddersfield	2-3	Liddell (62, pen 73)
23 August 1956	Notts County	1-1	Liddell (9)
25 August 1956	Bury	2-0	Bimpson (10), Saunders (17)
29 August 1956	Notts County	3-3	Twentyman 2 (?, ?), Bimpson (79)
1 September 1956	Grimsby	3-2	Bimpson (4, 73), Arnell (68)
3 September 1956	West Ham	1-1	Liddell (18)
8 September 1956	Doncaster	1-1	Liddell (87)
15 September 1956	Stoke	0-2
22 September 1956	Middlesbrough	1-1	Robinson (og 15)
29 September 1956	Leicester	2-0	Melia (68), Liddell (71)
6 October 1956	Blackburn	2-3	Anderson (49), Liddell (64)
13 October 1956	Bristol City	1-2	Wheeler (7)
20 October 1956	Fulham	4-3	A'Court (26), Wheeler (42), Liddell (52), Melia (79)
27 October 1956	Barnsley	1-4	Melia (67)
3 November 1956	Port Vale	4-1	Liddell (53), Wheeler (81, 82, 85)
10 November 1956	Rotherham	2-2	Bimpson (39), A'Court (90)
17 November 1956	Lincoln	4-0	Arnell (18, 86), Wheeler (31, 71)
24 November 1956	Swansea	1-1	Arnell (27)
1 December 1956	Sheffield United	5-1	Wheeler (24), Liddell (44), Melia (55), A'Court (72), Arnell (80)
8 December 1956	Nottingham Forest	0-1
15 December 1956	Huddersfield	3-0	Arnell 3 (?, ?, ?)
22 December 1956	Bury	2-0	Liddell (pen 15), Melia (71)
25 December 1956	Leyton Orient	1-0	A'Court (45)
26 December 1956	Leyton Orient	4-0	A'Court (?), Arnell (?), Bimpson (?), Liddell (?)
29 December 1956	Grimsby	0-0
12 January 1957	Doncaster	2-1	Arnell (70), Twentyman (78)
19 January 1957	Stoke	0-1
2 February 1957	Middlesbrough	1-2	A'Court (75)
9 February 1957	Leicester	2-3	Liddell (21), Evans (34)
16 February 1957	Blackburn	2-2	Wheeler (52), Liddell (60)
2 March 1957	Fulham	2-1	Evans (13), Liddell (54)
9 March 1957	Barnsley	2-1	Wheeler (5), Liddell (47)
16 March 1957	Port Vale	2-1	Rowley (48, 73)
23 March 1957	Rotherham	4-1	Liddell (42), Noble (og 47), Rowley (56), A'Court (72)
30 March 1957	Lincoln	3-3	Jackson (32, 72), Rowley (44)
6 April 1957	Swansea	2-0	A'Court (30, 60)
13 April 1957	Sheffield United	0-3
19 April 1957	Bristol Rovers	4-1	Melia (74), Campbell (75), Liddell (pen ?), Rowley (?)
20 April 1957	Nottingham Forest	3-1	Liddell (?), A'Court (?), Rowley (54)
22 April 1957	Bristol Rovers	0-0
27 April 1957	West Ham	1-0	Liddell (pen 89)
1 May 1957	Bristol City	2-1	Rowley (33), Liddell (54)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	5 January 1957	Southend	1-2	Wheeler (48)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
2	Nottingham Forest	42	22	10	10	94	55	1.71	54
3	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	82	54	1.52	53
4	Blackburn	42	21	10	11	83	75	1.11	52

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Alan A'Court	38	10	1	0	39	10
FW	Eric Anderson	7	1	0	0	7	1
FW	Alan Arnell	14	10	1	0	15	10
FW	Louis Bimpson	21	6	0	0	21	6
DF	Don Campbell	6	1	0	0	6	1
FW	John Evans	11	2	0	0	11	2
DF	Laurie Hughes	41	0	1	0	42	0
MF	Brian Jackson	19	2	0	0	19	2
FW	Billy Liddell	41	21	1	0	42	21
DF	Tom McNulty	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Jimmy Melia	26	6	1	0	27	6
DF	John Molyneux	40	0	1	0	41	0
DF	Ronnie Moran	42	0	1	0	43	0
FW	Tony Rowley	14	7	0	0	14	7
GK	Doug Rudham	2	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Roy Saunders	27	1	1	0	28	1
DF	Geoff Twentyman	30	3	1	0	31	3
FW	Johnny Wheeler	28	10	1	1	29	11
DF	Dick White	5	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Barry Wilkinson	8	0	0	0	8	0
GK	Tommy Younger	40	0	1	0	41	0

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Tommy Younger	Hibernian	£9,000	June 1956
Johnny Wheeler	Bolton	£9,000	8 September 1956

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Dave Underwood	Watford	£1,250	July 1956
Alex South	Halifax	£2,500	October 1956
Fred Perry	Sittingbourne	Free	January 1957
John Price	Aston Villa	Free	March 1957
Keith Burkinshaw	Workington	£2,500	December 1957