English First Division 1956–57

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English First Division season football league season

The English First Division 1956–57 was the top-tier English football league season in which Sir Matt Busby’s Manchester United side won the championship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English First Division season ⓘ
football league season ⓘ
averageGoalsPerMatch 3.62 ⓘ
champion Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country England ⓘ
defendingChampion Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
domesticCompetition true ⓘ
endTime 1957 ⓘ
homeAndAwayFormat double round-robin ⓘ
league Football League First Division ⓘ
surface form: English First Division
levelOnPyramid 1 ⓘ
managerOfChampionTeam Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
surface form: Matt Busby
matchesPlayed 462 ⓘ
nextSeason English First Division 1957–58 ⓘ
notableFor second consecutive league title for Manchester United under Matt Busby ⓘ
numberOfTeams 22 ⓘ
organiser English Football League ⓘ
surface form: The Football League
partOf English football league system ⓘ
surface form: English Football League system
pointsForDraw 1 ⓘ
pointsForLoss 0 ⓘ
pointsForWin 2 ⓘ
previousSeason English First Division 1955–56 ⓘ
professionalLeague true ⓘ
promotionTo not applicable ⓘ
relegatedTeam Cardiff City F.C. ⓘ
Charlton Athletic F.C. ⓘ
relegationTo English Second Division ⓘ
runnerUp Tottenham Hotspur F.C. ⓘ
seasonNumber 58 ⓘ
seasonOfLeague Football League First Division ⓘ
surface form: English Football League First Division
sport association football ⓘ
startTime 1956 ⓘ
thirdPlace Preston North End F.C. ⓘ
topScorer Tommy Taylor ⓘ
topScorerGoals 22 ⓘ
topScorerTeam Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
topTier true ⓘ
totalGoals 1672 ⓘ
usesGoalAverage true ⓘ
winner Manchester United F.C. ⓘ

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English First Division 1955–56 → followedBy → English First Division 1956–57 ⓘ
Sir Robert Charlton → winnerOf → English First Division 1956–57 ⓘ
Sir Matt Busby → wonTitle → English First Division 1956–57 ⓘ