18/08/56 West Bromwich Albion (a) 2-5 Davies, George Eastham
22/08/56 Huddersfield Town (h) 3-3 Curry[2], Casey
25/08/56 Barnsley (h) 1-1 Eastham
27/08/56 Huddersfield Town (a) 2-4 Thewlis, Casey pen
01/09/56 Sheffield Wednesday (h) 2-3 Tait[2]
05/09/56 Stoke City (h) 1-1 Hughes
08/09/56 Manchester United (a) 1-3 Curry pen
10/09/56 Stoke City (a) 2-2 Lackenby, Curry
15/09/56 Liverpool (h) 2-1 Curry, Lackenby
22/09/56 Preston North End (a) 1-0 Lackenby
29/09/56 Burnley (h) 1-1 OG
06/10/56 Sheffield United (a) 1-3 Herbertson 9 (1-1 HT) (SCFC scorers Priest 24,54,1-3)
13/10/56 Manchester City (h) 5-1 Davies, Taylor[2], Curry, Casey
20/10/56 Blackburn Rovers (a) 3-1 Curry[3]
27/10/56 Blackpool (h) 4-2 Keeble[3], Spears
03/11/56 Everton (a) 1-2 Spears
10/11/56 Leeds United (h) 4-0 Keery[2],Thornton, Thewlis R Thornton
17/11/56 Bolton Wanderers (a) 2-3 Davies, Spears
24/11/56 Aston Villa (h) 5-2 Hughes[2], Davies[2], Keery
01/12/56 Derby County (a) 4-3 Tait[3], Davies
08/12/56 Wolves (h) 3-2 Tait, Hannah, Kyle
15/12/56 West Bromwich Albion (h) 3-0 Spears, Eastham, B Mitchell
25/12/56 Chesterfield (h) 3-2 Milburn[2], B Mitchell
29/12/56 Sheffield Wednesday (a) 1-3 Keery
05/01/57 Chesterfield (a) 4-1 B Mitchell pen, Hughes, Eastham, Paterson
12/01/57 Manchester United (h) 0-3 no scorer
19/01/57 Liverpool (a) 3-3 Evans[2], Eastham Reg Evans
02/02/57 Preston North End (h) 1-2 Eastham
09/02/57 Burnley (a) 3-3 B Mitchell, Curry[2]
16/02/57 Sheffield United (h) 1-1 Hannah 22 (1-1 HT) (SUFC scorer Howitt 20)
23/02/57 Manchester City (a) 0-1 no scorer
02/03/57 Blackburn Rovers (h) 0-1 no scorer
09/03/57 Stirling Albion (a) FR won 5-2 scorers tbc A Team
23/03/57 Leeds United (a) 1-0 Tait
27/03/57 Everton (h) 4-2 Hughes,White[2],Punton
30/03/57 Bolton Wanderers (h) 1-0 Curry 25 (1-0 HT)
03/04/57 Blackpool (a) 1-0 Cooper
06/04/57 Aston Villa (a) 4-4 Tait[3], Spears
13/04/57 Derby County (h) 3-1 Tait, B Mitchell[2]
19/04/57 Bury (a) 2-0 scorers tbc
20/04/57 Wolves (a) 2-1 Davies 70 ,Tait 77 (0-1 HT) (WWFC scorer Thomson 40)
22/04/57 Bury (h) 3-0 Hughes 46, Davies 48, 55 (0-0 HT)
29/04/57 South Shields (a) 6-1  Hannah 13, Keery 41,46pen Tait 43,44,52
(4-1 HT) (SSFC scorer Glendinning 12) 4,000
01/05/57 Barnsley (a) 4-4 Thewlis 2, Davies 2 (4-1 HT) (BFC scorers Wood, Duggins, Holmes, McCann)

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NUFC finished in 5th place, on 50 points