| ARSENAL 7 CITY 3 League Division 1 6th October 1956 attendance 32,651 scorers Ref D Howell |
City Savage, Leivers, McTavish, Barnes, Ewing, Paul, Fagan, Hayes, Johnstone, Dyson, ClarkeArsenal Kelsey Charlton, Evans, Goring, Dodgin, Bowe, Clapton, Tapscott, Holton, Bloomfield, Haverty
The Arsenal goalscorers were Cliff Holton (4), Jimmy Bloomfield, Dennis Evans (penalty) and Joe Haverty