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1955/56 CENTRAL ALLIANCE FIRST DIVISION FINAL TABLE

  P W D L F A Pts
1 Ransome & Marles 40 31 3 6 134 71 65
2 ILKESTON TOWN 40 28 5 7 123 40 61
3 Clay Cross Miners Welfare 40 26 7 7 112 63 59
4 South Normanton Miners Welfare 40 24 6 10 113 66 54
5 Heanor Town 40 21 11 8 113 63 53
6 Belper Town 40 25 3 12 130 78 53
7 Creswell Colliery 40 20 7 13 116 93 47
8 Notts County 'A' 39 20 5 14 101 84 45
9 Sutton Town 40 18 6 16 128 105 42
10 Anstey Nomads 40 17 7 16 90 95 41
11 Langwith Miners Welfare 40 18 4 18 96 110 40
12 Stamford 40 14 8 18 92 100 36
13 Nottingham Forest 'A' 40 15 5 20 83 104 35
14 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 39 13 6 20 79 85 32
15 Linby Colliery 40 12 7 21 61 96 31
16 Brush Sports Reserves 40 12 6 22 77 99 30
17 Grantham Reserves 40 11 7 22 91 132 29
18 Long Eaton Town 40 13 3 24 83 126 29
19 Derby County 'A' 40 10 5 25 50 107 25
20 Retford British Ropes 40 7 2 31 64 135 16
21 Matlock Town 40 5 5 30 61 145 5
NB. Notts County 'A' and Shirebrook Miners Welfare failed to complete their fixtures. 


1955/56 CENTRAL ALLIANCE RESULTS
DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
20 AUG NOTTS COUNTY 'A' W3-1 BLOUNT, LEDGER, JOHNSON
24 AUG Clay Cross Miners Welfare D3-3 JOHNSON, MARSH 2
27 AUG South Normanton Miners Welfare W4-1 BLOUNT, JOHNSON, WARD, FAULCONBRIDGE
31 AUG LONG EATON TOWN W3-1 WARD, LEDGER, HACKLAND (PEN)
03 SEP Stamford W2-1 LEDGER, MARSH
07 SEP Long Eaton Town W3-0 JOHNSON, BLOUNT, FAULCONBRIDGE
10 SEP CLAY CROSS MINERS WELFARE W6-0 BLOUNT 2, FAULCONBRIDGE, MARSH, HACKLAND (PEN), LEDGER
17 SEP LANGWITH MINERS WELFARE W4-1 JOHNSON, FAULCONBRIDGE, LEGER, MARSH
24 SEP SHIREBROOK MINERS WELFARE W2-0 FAULCONBRIDGE, MARSH
01 OCT Retford British Ropes L0-1
15 OCT Nottingham Forest 'A' W3-0 FAULCONBRIDGE, BLOUNT 2
29 OCT Anstey Nomads W6-2 MARSH 3, FAULCONBRIDGE, HACKLAND (PEN), LEDGER
19 NOV RANSOME & MARLES W9-3 MARSH 2, WARD 2, DISNEY 2, FAULCONBRIDGE, JOHNSON, HACKLAND (PEN)
10 DEC Linby Colliery W4-0 HACKLAND (PEN), FAULCONBRIDGE, BLOUNT, COMMANDER
17 DEC Brush Sports Reserves D1-1 FAULCONBRIDGE
24 DEC HEANOR TOWN D1-1 HACKLAND (PEN)
26 DEC Heanor Town L0-2
31 DEC DERBY COUNTY 'A' L1-2 FAULCONBRIDGE
07 JAN GRANTHAM RESERVES W12-0 MARSH 4, GULSON (OG), JOHNSON 2, FAULCONBRIDGE 2, STOREY (OG), LEDGER 2
28 JAN ANSTEY NOMADS W3-1 MARSH, JOHNSON, WARD
18 FEB STAMFORD W5-0 LEDGER, BLOUNT, FAULCONBRIDGE, JOHNSON 2
03 MAR BRUSH SPORTS RESERVES W3-0 FAULCONBRIDGE, MARSH, BAKER (PEN)
10 MAR Belper Town W2-0 1500 FAULCONBRIDGE, LEDGER
17 MAR CRESWELL COLLIERY W8-1 FAULCONBRIDGE, LEDGER, BLOUNT 2, JOHNSON 2, FITCH, VINE
24 MAR Grantham Reserves W4-0 FAULCONBRIDGE 2, BLOUNT 2
31 MAR NOTTINGHAM FOREST 'A' L3-4 DISNEY 2, BAKER (PEN)
02 APR Creswell Colliery L1-2 BAKER (PEN)
04 APR Derby County 'A' W2-0 DISNEY 2
07 APR Langwith Miners Welfare W3-2 MARSH 2, BAKER
09 APR SUTTON TOWN D2-2 FAULCONBRIDGE, BLOUNT
14 APR Ransome & Marles L0-2
18 APR SOUTH NORMANTON MINERS WELFARE D1-1 BAKER (PEN)
21 APR BELPER TOWN W2-0 FAULCONBRIDGE 2
23 APR Matlock Town W1-0 FAULCONBRIDGE
26 APR LINBY COLLIERY W2-1 FAULCONBRIDGE, BAKER (PEN)
28 APR Shirebrook Miners Welfare W1-0 LEDGER
02 MAY Notts County 'A' L1-2 BREEDON
04 MAY Sutton Town W4-1 FAULCONBRIDGE, VINE 2, BLOUNT
04 MAY MATLOCK TOWN W6-0 WARD, MARSH 3 (1PEN), BRADWELL, LEDGER
05 MAY RETFORD BRITISH ROPES W2-1 FAULCONBRIDGE, BLOUNT


1955/56 FA CUP RESULTS
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
2QR 08 OCT SOUTH NORMANTON MINERS WELFARE W3-1 3000 MARSH 2, BLOUNT
3QR 22 OCT BOOTS ATHLETIC W9-0 JOHNSON 2, FAULCONBRIDGE 3, MARSH, LEDGER, HACKLAND 2 (1PEN)
4QR 05 NOV PETERBOROUGH UNITED L1-3 9592 MARSH


1955/56 DERBYSHIRE SENIOR CUP RESULTS
ROUND DATE OPPONENTS RESULT ATT SCORERS
PR 12 NOV South Normanton Miners Welfare D1-1 JOHNSON
PRrep 26 NOV SOUTH NORMANTON MINERS WELFARE W4-2 WARD, HACKLAND, JOHNSON, MARSH
1R 03 DEC NEW MILLS W3-0 FAULCONBRIDGE 2, BLOUNT
QF 14 JAN Long Eaton Town W6-1 WARD 2, FAULCONBRIDGE, MARSH 2, LEDGER
SF 11 FEB CLAY CROSS MINERS WELFARE W3-1 MARSH, JOHNSON, FAULCONBRIDGE
F 30 MAR Heanor Town W3-0 11912 BLOUNT, JOHNSON, FAULCONBRIDGE
NB. The Final was staged on the Baseball Ground.