1956–57 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United
1956–57 season
Chairman	J. Johnston-Grant
Manager	Reg Smith (to January) Tommy Gray (from January)
Scottish Second Division	13th W14 D6 L16 F75 A80 P34
Scottish Cup	Round 6
League Cup	Quarter-final
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 season was the 49th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1956 to 30 June 1957. United finished in thirteenth place in the Second Division.

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Match results

Dundee United played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 1956–57 season.^[1]

Legend

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics

Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
22 August 1956	Alloa Athletic	A	2-2	1,500
19 September 1956	Alloa Athletic	H	4-3	3,000
22 September 1956	St Johnstone	A	2-3	7,000
29 September 1956	Stranraer	H	2-2	4,000
1 October 1956	Berwick Rangers	H	6-1	2,000
6 October 1956	Stenhousemuir	A	1-3	1,500
13 October 1956	Hamilton Academical	H	2-1	5,000
27 October 1956	Third Lanark	H	0-1	4,000
3 November 1956	Greenock Morton	A	1-5	3,000
10 November 1956	Clyde	H	2-4	8,000
17 November 1956	Forfar Athletic	H	2-1	4,500
24 November 1956	Montrose	A	2-2	1,500
1 December 1956	Albion Rovers	H	7-0	3,500
8 December 1956	Dumbarton	A	2-3	5,000
15 December 1956	Cowdenbeath	A	2-6	3,500
22 December 1956	East Stirlingshire	H	3-1	1,200
25 December 1956	Berwick Rangers	A	6-0	2,000
1 January 1957	St Johnstone	H	1-2	5,000
2 January 1957	Brechin City	A	0-0	2,500
5 January 1957	Arbroath	H	1-0	5,800
12 January 1957	Stranraer	A	0-1	1,835
19 January 1957	Stenhousemuir	H	2-0	3,000
26 January 1957	Hamiton Academical	A	1-4	2,000
9 February 1957	Stirling Albion	H	2-0	5,500
2 March 1957	Greenock Morton	H	0-7	3,500
9 March 1957	Clyde	A	1-7	9,000
16 March 1957	Forfar Athletic	A	1-3	1,000
23 March 1957	Montrose	H	2-2	1,800
30 March 1957	Albion Rovers	A	1-5	2,000
8 April 1957	Arbroath	A	2-2	2,000
13 April 1957	Cowdenbeath	H	4-1	3,000
15 April 1957	Third Lanark	A	3-2	5,000
17 April 1957	Dumbarton	H	3-1	1,500
22 April 1957	Brechin City	H	2-1	1,500
24 April 1957	Stirling Albion	A	1-2	1,000
30 April 1957	East Stirlingshire	A	2-3	300

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
20 October 1956	R4	Third Lanark	H	5-2	7,000
2 February 1957	R5	Stenhousemuir	A	1-1	2,169
6 February 1957	R5 R	Stenhousemuir	H	4-0	4,151
16 February 1957	R6	Raith Rovers	A	0-7	11,496

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
11 August 1956	G8	Ayr United	H	6-1	7,000
15 August 1956	G8	Stenhousemuir	A	2-3	5,000
18 August 1956	G8	Third Lanark	A	2-1	6,000
25 August 1956	G8	Ayr United	A	1-1	7,000
29 August 1956	G8	Stenhousemuir	H	3-4	8,000
1 September 1956	G8	Third Lanark	H	2-1	9,000
3 September 1956	Play Off	Arbroath	A	0-2	2,400
5 September 1956	Play Off	Arbroath	H	5-0	5,000
12 September 1956	QF L1	Dundee	A	3-7	20,000
15 September 1956	QF L2	Dundee	H	1-2	14,000

References

^ "Match results 1956/1957". Arab Archive. Retrieved 20 August 2013.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
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Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark

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