Arsenal recorded a six-match winning run, without conceding a goal, from 24 March 1956:
Sheffield United (a) 2-0, Luton (h) 3-0, Huddersfield (h) 2-0, (a) 1-0, Burnley (a) 1-0, Birmingham (h) 1-0, before losing 2-1 at West Bromwich on 21 April 1956. Manchester United's biggest winning sequence was of five games, but they went through the season without losing at home, extending their unbeaten run to 25 games at Old Trafford.

Blackburn Rovers, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers and Fulham, from the second division, and Coventry City from the third division (south) also had players representing England.

37 Saturdays from 20 August 1955 to 28 April 1956, plus the first three midweeks, Boxing Day (Monday, 26th December 1955), Tuesday, 27 December 1955, Good Friday, 30 March 1956 and Easter Monday, 2 April 1956.
Two other games were played on a Wednesday in September, and one on a Thursday, but apart from the festive fixtures, including four on the first Monday of the year, there were no more midweek games until February, when there were two games on a Wednesday, and one on a Tuesday. In March, there were midweek games on Wednesdays, plus one on a Monday and one on a Tuesday. There were three games played on the day after Easter Monday, and then three games on Wednesdays in April, plus one on a later Monday, before the final game on the first Wednesday in May. The FA Cup took precedence on six weekends from the third round on 7 January 1956 to the final on 5 May 1956. There were three weeks between each round, apart from two weeks before the sixth round and semi-finals, and seven weeks before the final. Last first-division match was on Wednesday, 2 May 1956 (Sheffield U. 3-3 Wolves).