#	Mannschaft	Mannschaft	Sp.	S	U	N	Tore	Diff.	Pkt.
1	Manchester United	Man Utd	42	28	8	6	103:54	49	64:20
2	Tottenham Hotspur	Tottenham	42	22	12	8	104:56	48	56:28
3	Preston North End	Preston North E	42	23	10	9	84:56	28	56:28
4	Blackpool FC	Blackpool	42	22	9	11	93:65	28	53:31
5	Arsenal FC	Arsenal	42	21	8	13	85:69	16	50:34
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	42	20	8	14	94:70	24	48:36
7	Burnley FC	Burnley	42	18	10	14	56:50	6	46:38
8	Leeds United	Leeds Utd	42	15	14	13	72:63	9	44:40
9	Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	42	16	12	14	65:65	0	44:40
10	Aston Villa FC	Aston Villa	42	14	15	13	65:55	10	43:41
11	West Bromwich Albion	West Brom	42	14	14	14	59:61	-2	42:42
12	Birmingham City	Birmingham	42	15	9	18	69:69	0	39:45
13	Chelsea FC	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	73:73	0	39:45
14	Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield Wed.	42	16	6	20	82:88	-6	38:46
15	Everton FC	Everton	42	14	10	18	61:79	-18	38:46
16	Luton Town	Luton Town	42	14	9	19	58:76	-18	37:47
17	Newcastle United	Newcastle	42	14	8	20	67:87	-20	36:48
18	Manchester City	Man City	42	13	9	20	78:88	-10	35:49
19	Portsmouth FC	Portsmouth	42	10	13	19	62:92	-30	33:51
20	Sunderland AFC	Sunderland	42	12	8	22	67:88	-21	32:52
21	Cardiff City	Cardiff	42	10	9	23	53:88	-35	29:55
22	Charlton Athletic	Charlton Athl.	42	9	4	29	62:120	-58	22:62

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Aufstellung Sunderland AFC vs. Charlton Athletic am 01.09.1956 - 4. Spieltag, Premier League