Premier League . Jor. 42

Wolves

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28 APR 1956

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			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Manchester United V D V D V	60	42	25	10	7	83	51	+32
2		Blackpool V D D D D	49	42	20	9	13	86	62	+24
3		Wolves D V V V D	49	42	20	9	13	89	65	+24
4		Manchester City D V D D V	46	42	18	10	14	82	69	+13
5		Arsenal V V V D V	46	42	18	10	14	60	61	-1
6		Birmingham City V V D D V	45	42	18	9	15	75	57	+18
7		Burnley V D V D V	44	42	18	8	16	64	54	+10
8		Bolton Wanderers D V V D D	43	42	18	7	17	71	58	+13
9		Sunderland D V D V D	43	42	17	9	16	80	95	-15
10		Luton Town D V D V D	42	42	17	8	17	66	64	+2
11		Newcastle D V D D D	41	42	17	7	18	85	70	+15
12		Portsmouth V D D D D	41	42	16	9	17	78	85	-7
13		West Bromwich Albion D D D V D	41	42	18	5	19	58	70	-12
14		Charlton Athletic D D V D D	40	42	17	6	19	75	81	-6
15		Everton D D V D V	40	42	15	10	17	55	69	-14
16		Chelsea D D V D V	39	42	14	11	17	64	77	-13
17		Cardiff City D V D D D	39	42	15	9	18	55	69	-14
18		Tottenham Hotspur D V D D V	37	42	15	7	20	61	71	-10
19		Preston North End D V D D D	36	42	14	8	20	73	72	+1
20		Aston Villa V D V V V	35	42	11	13	18	52	69	-17
21		Huddersfield Town D V V V V	35	42	14	7	21	54	83	-29
22		Sheffield United D D D D D	33	42	12	9	21	63	77	-14

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			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Manchester United	39	21	18	3	0	51	20	+31
2		Wolves	32	21	15	2	4	51	27	+24
3		Blackpool	30	21	13	4	4	56	27	+29
4		Arsenal	30	21	13	4	4	38	22	+16
5		Bolton Wanderers	29	21	13	3	5	50	24	+26
6		West Bromwich Albion	29	21	13	3	5	37	25	+12
7		Birmingham City	28	21	12	4	5	51	26	+25
8		Newcastle	28	21	12	4	5	49	24	+25
9		Charlton Athletic	28	21	13	2	6	47	26	+21
10		Luton Town	28	21	12	4	5	44	27	+17
11		Sunderland	28	21	10	8	3	44	36	+8
12		Manchester City	27	21	11	5	5	40	27	+13
13		Everton	27	21	11	5	5	37	29	+8
14		Portsmouth	26	21	9	8	4	46	38	+8
15		Cardiff City	26	21	11	4	6	36	32	+4
16		Burnley	25	21	11	3	7	37	20	+17
17		Chelsea	24	21	10	4	7	32	26	+6
18		Aston Villa	24	21	9	6	6	32	29	+3
19		Tottenham Hotspur	22	21	9	4	8	37	33	+4
20		Huddersfield Town	22	21	9	4	8	32	30	+2
21		Sheffield United	22	21	8	6	7	31	35	-4
22		Preston North End	17	21	6	5	10	32	36	-4

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			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Manchester United	21	21	7	7	7	32	31	+1
2		Preston North End	19	21	8	3	10	41	36	+5
3		Manchester City	19	21	7	5	9	42	42	0
4		Blackpool	19	21	7	5	9	30	35	-5
5		Burnley	19	21	7	5	9	27	34	-7
6		Wolves	17	21	5	7	9	38	38	0
7		Birmingham City	17	21	6	5	10	24	31	-7
8		Arsenal	16	21	5	6	10	22	39	-17
9		Tottenham Hotspur	15	21	6	3	12	24	38	-14
10		Portsmouth	15	21	7	1	13	32	47	-15
11		Chelsea	15	21	4	7	10	32	51	-19
12		Sunderland	15	21	7	1	13	36	59	-23
13		Bolton Wanderers	14	21	5	4	12	21	34	-13
14		Luton Town	14	21	5	4	12	22	37	-15
15		Newcastle	13	21	5	3	13	36	46	-10
16		Cardiff City	13	21	4	5	12	19	37	-18
17		Everton	13	21	4	5	12	18	40	-22
18		Huddersfield Town	13	21	5	3	13	22	53	-31
19		West Bromwich Albion	12	21	5	2	14	21	45	-24
20		Charlton Athletic	12	21	4	4	13	28	55	-27
21		Sheffield United	11	21	4	3	14	32	42	-10
22		Aston Villa	11	21	2	7	12	20	40	-20

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