Wrexham 0
Manchester United 5
FA Cup (4th Round)


Wrexham
0 - 5
Manchester Utd 

FA Cup
(4th Round)
Saturday, January 26th, 1957
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 34,445 (Away: 8,500)
2:45pm kick-off

Goalscorers
None. Liam Whelan (7)
Roger Byrne (pen.) (16)
Tommy Taylor (37)
Liam Whelan (47)
Tommy Taylor (56)

Team Managers
Cliff Lloyd
Matt Busby

Starting Eleven
1. Billy Waters
2. Aly McGowan
3. Albert Parker
4. Bill Green
5. Alan Fox
6. Fred Davis
7. Gren Jones
8. Ron Hewitt
9. Peter Thompson
10. Johnny Anderson
11. David Jones
Ray Wood .1
Bill Foulkes .2
Roger Byrne .3
Eddie Colman .4
Mark Jones .5
Duncan Edwards .6
Colin Webster .7
Liam Whelan .8
Tommy Taylor .9
Dennis Viollet .10
David Pegg .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

J.S. Swain (Cleethorpes) (Referee)


Match Report


This match has no report.



Squad Statistics (as at January 26th, 1957)


1956-57 All Time
League Cups All
Billy Waters (GK) 28 - 7 - 67 -
Alan Fox 28 - 7 - 58 -
Aly McGowan 27 - 7 - 1641
Albert Parker 24 - 7 - 1601
Fred Davis 2516 - 732
Bill Green 9 - 4 - 633
Johnny Anderson 2714723416
Ron Hewitt 15136421785
David Jones 28571356
Gren Jones 26371709
Peter Thompson 2513743820







League Table & Results (as at January 26th, 1957)


Results of league matches played since last match
26th January 1957
Accrington S.1-2Carlisle United
Barrow1-2Hull City
Bradford City0-2York City
Chester6-2Mansfield Town
Chesterfield6-0Southport
Darlington4-2Workington
Derby County4-0Crewe Alex.
Halifax Town3-1Bradford PA
Hartlepools United4-1Oldham
Rochdale0-0Gateshead AFC
Tranmere R.2-2Stockport Co.


Division Three (North) 1956-57
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Hartlepools United 30 17 7 6 1.651 41
2. Derby County 30 16 8 6 2.000 40
3. Workington 29 16 6 7 1.488 38
4. Bradford City 29 16 5 8 1.500 37
5. Chesterfield 28 16 4 8 1.667 36
6. Accrington Stanley 29 16 4 9 1.364 36
7. WREXHAM 28 14 7 7 1.857 35
8. Stockport County 30 15 5 10 1.120 35
9. Barrow 30 13 7 10 1.095 33
10. York City 30 13 7 10 1.023 33
11. Hull City 29 13 6 10 1.136 32
12. Scunthorpe & Lyndsey Utd 29 11 8 10 1.071 30
13. Darlington 30 12 6 12 0.885 30
14. Carlisle United 29 11 7 11 0.909 29
15. Oldham Athletic 28 11 6 11 1.070 28
16. Rochdale 29 10 8 11 0.881 28
17. Gateshead AFC 30 12 4 14 0.794 28
18. Bradford (Park Avenue) 31 13 1 17 0.774 27
19. Mansfield Town 29 10 6 13 0.983 26
20. Halifax Town 29 11 3 15 0.679 25
21. Chester 29 5 7 17 0.621 17
22. Tranmere Rovers 29 5 5 19 0.569 15
23. Southport 28 4 7 17 0.533 15
24. Crewe Alexandra 30 2 4 24 0.300 8