
1955-56 Burnley FC Statistics
England, Level I
Team Record: 18-16-8 - 44 points
Finishing 7th in TFL1
Location: Burnley, England
Burnley FC of The Football League First Division ended the 1955-56 season with a record of 18 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses for 44 points finishing seventh in TFL1.
Burnley chalked up 64 goals and surrendered 54. Peter McKay scored 25 goals for the team, while Brian Pilkington, Bobby Burke and Albert Cheesebrough each tallied five or more, too.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | G | A | FC | FS | Y | R | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McKay | 34 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Pilkington | M, F | 40 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Cheesebrough | 35 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Burke | 19 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Stephenson | F | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy McIlroy | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Newlands | F | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Gray | F, D | 31 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Shannon | M, F | 41 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Miller | M | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Winton | D | 35 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Cargill | F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Holden | F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Walton | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Smith | D | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Adamson | M | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harold Rudman | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Seith | M | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Cummings | M | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colin McDonald | G | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 462 | 462 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
