1956–57 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1956–57 season
Chairman	Joe Mears
Manager	Ted Drake
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: John McNichol and; Ron Tindall (10); All: John McNichol (11)
Highest home attendance	55,788 vs Tottenham Hotspur; (6 October 1956)
Lowest home attendance	13,647 vs Bolton Wanderers; (23 February 1957)
Average home league attendance	31,637
Biggest win	6–2 v Newcastle United; (22 April 1957)
Biggest defeat	0–4 (two matches)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 season was Chelsea Football Club's forty-third competitive season.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
11	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	14	14	59	61	0.967	42
12	Birmingham City	42	15	9	18	69	69	1.000	39
13	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	73	73	1.000	39
14	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	6	20	82	88	0.932	38
15	Everton	42	14	10	18	61	79	0.772	38

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

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