The 1955–56 season was Manchester City's 54th season of competitive football and 39th season in the top division of English football. In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup.
First Division
League table
Results summary
Reports
DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 22 August 1959 Nottingham Forest H Maine Road 2 – 1 Fagan, Johnstone 38,974 26 August 1959 Fulham A Craven Cottage 2 – 5 Barlow, Colbridge 27,000 29 August 1959 Sheffield Wednesday A Hillsborough Stadium 0 – 1 33,479 2 September 1959 Fulham H Maine Road 3 – 1 McAdams, Colbridge 37,485 6 September 1955 Arsenal A Highbury 0 - 0 30,864 10 September 1955 Cardiff City H Maine Road 3 – 1 Hayes (2), Johnstone 33,240 17 September 1955 Huddersfield Town A Leeds Road 3 – 3 Fagan, Johnstone, Clarke 20,443 24 September 1955 Blackpool H Maine Road 2 – 0 Revie, Johnstone 63,925 1 October 1955 Chelsea A Stamford Bridge 1 – 2 Marsden 44,538 8 October 1955 Sheffield United A Bramhall Lane 1 – 1 Dyson 24,000 15 October 1955 Preston North End H Maine Road 0 - 2 33,187 22 October 1955 Birmingham City A St Andrews 3 – 4 Hayes, Dyson, Faulkner 28,500 29 October 1955 West Bromwich Albion H Maine Road 2 – 0 35,081 5 November 1955 Charlton Athletic A The Valley 2 – 5 Hayes, Cunliffe 24,655 12 November 1955 Tottenham Hotspur H Maine Road 1 – 2 Hayes 24,094 19 November 1955 Everton A Goodison Park 1 – 1 Faulkners 34,632 26 November 1955 Newcastle United H Maine Road 1 – 2 Faulkners 24,564 3 December 1955 Burnley A Turf Moor 2 – 2 Hayes, Dyson 26,227 10 December 1955 Luton Town H Maine Road 3 – 2 Clarke, Hayes, Spurdle 14,499 17 December 1955 Aston Villa A Villa Park 3 – 0 Dyson (2), Spurdle 20,000 24 December 1955 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Maine Road 2 – 2 Spurdle, Hayes 32,935 26 December 1955 Bolton Wanderers A Burnden Park 3 – 1 Spurdle, Dyson, (og) 43,706 27 December 1955 Bolton Wanderers H Maine Road 2 – 0 Paul, Clarke 38,405 31 December 1955 Manchester United A Old Trafford 1 – 2 Dyson 60,956 2 January 1956 Portsmouth H Maine Road 4 – 1 Johnstone (3), Hayes 43,133 14 January 1956 Cardiff City A Ninian Park 1 – 4 Johnstone 27,000 21 January 1956 Huddersfield Town H Maine Road 1 – 0 Spurdle 21,076 4 February 1956 Blackpool A Bloomfield Road 1 – 0 Faulkner 17,014 11 February 1956 Chelsea H Maine Road 2 - 2 Hayes (2) 26,642 25 February 1956 Preston North End A Deepdale 3 – 0 Johnstone (2), Hayes 22,664 7 March 1956 Everton H Maine Road 3 – 0 Spurdle, Johnstone, Clarke 15,227 10 March 1956 West Bromwich Albion A The Hawthorns 4 – 0 Johnstone (2), Hayes, Dyson 32,000 21 March 1956 Charlton Athletic H Maine Road 0 – 2 13,998 24 March 1956 Tottenham Hotspur A White Hart Lane 1 – 2 Hayes 31,662 30 March 1956 Sunderland A Roker Park 3 – 0 Hayes, Revie, (og) 40,394 31 March 1956 Birmingham City H Maine Road 1 – 1 Hayes 44,777 2 April 1956 Sunderland H Maine Road 4 – 2 Hayes (2), Dyson (2) 40,915 7 April 1956 Newcastle United A St James’ Park 1 – 3 Dyson 25,999 11 April 1956 Sheffield United H Maine Road 3 – 1 Spurdle, Hayes, Faulkner 16,991 14 April 1956 Burnley H Maine Road 1 – 3 Spurdle 29,087 21 April 1956 Luton Town A Kenilworth Road 2 – 3 Barnes, Clarke 18,189 28 April 1956 Portsmouth A Fratton Park 4 – 2 Hart, Spurdle 24,684
FA Cup
Reports DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 11 January 1956 Third round Blackpool H Maine Road 2 - 1 Johnstone, Dyson 46,217 28 January 1956 Fourth round Southend United A Maine Road 1 – 0 Hayes 29,500 18 February 1956 Fifth round Liverpool H Maine Road 0 – 0 70,640 22 February 1956 Fifth round replay Liverpool A Anfield 2 - 1 Hayes, Dyson 57,520
Sixth round
Semi-final City played what was their eighth FA Cup Semi-final tie against Tottenham at Villa Park. When the two sides met in the league, Spurs were victorious with a 2-1 win in both games. However, Bobby Johnstone’s header before half time was enough to send City to their sixth final. But it didn’t come without a moment of controversy, when Spurs were denied a penalty after attacker George Robb was grabbed at the leg by Bert Trautmann towards the end of the game.
Final
The final took place on Saturday, 5 May 1956 at Wembley and ended 3–1, with goals scored by Joe Hayes, Bobby Johnstone and Jack Dyson for Manchester City and Noel Kinsey for Birmingham City. The attendance was 100,000. The match is remembered for an incident where Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann sustained a neck injury diving at the feet of Birmingham attacker Peter Murphy; he completed the game in considerable pain, and later examination discovered he had broken a bone in his neck.
Awards
FWA Footballer of the Year Player Bert Trautmann
References
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