1956–57 Leicester City F.C. season explained

The 1956–57 season was Leicester City's 52nd season in the Football League and their 38th (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football.

Leicester ran away with the Second Division title, winning it by a clear 7 points to claim the club's 4th Second Division title and their second title in four years.

Legendary striker Arthur Rowley set the club record for the most goals in a single season by scoring 44 goals in 43 appearances. The club's tally of 109 league goals during the season also remains a club record.

Club statistics

All data from: Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club (2001)

Appearances

width=55	Pos.	width=55	Nat.	width=220	Name	width=65	Div 2	width=65	FAC	width=65	Total
GK		Dave MacLaren	27	1	28
GK		George Heyes	14	0	14
GK		Harvey Sinclair	1	0	1
DF		Stan Milburn	42	1	43
DF		John Ogilvie	38	1	39
DF		Jack Froggatt	42	1	43
DF		Bill Webb	3	0	3
DF		Willie Cunningham	1	0	1
MF		Pat Ward	27	0	27
MF		Colin Appleton	15	1	16
MF		Jimmy Moran	3	0	3
FW		Johnny Morris	42	1	43
FW		Tommy McDonald	31	1	32
FW		Ian McNeill	38	1	39
FW		Willie Gardiner	13	0	13
FW		Arthur Rowley	42	1	43
FW		Derek Hogg	36	0	36
FW		Derek Hines	29	1	30
FW		Jimmy Walsh	1	0	1
FW		Billy Wright	17	1	18

Top goalscorers

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width=55	Pos.	width=55	Nat.	width=220	Name	width=65	Div 1	width=65	FAC	width=65	Total
1		Arthur Rowley	44	0	44
2		Ian McNeill	18	0	18
3		Derek Hines	14	0	14
4		Billy Wright	10	0	10
5		Tommy McDonald	7	0	7
6		Derek Hogg	5	0	5
7		Willie Gardiner	4	0	4
8		Stan Milburn	1	0	1
=		Johnny Morris	1	0	1
=		Colin Appleton	1	0	1
=		Jimmy Moran	1	0	1
Own Goals			3	0	3