The England Party for the World Cup qualification match against Denmark  December 1956
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	starts	subs	App			Capt
Blunstone, Frank	17 October 1934	22	OL	Chelsea FC	5	0	5	0		0
Brooks, John	23 December 1931	24	IR	Tottenham Hotspur FC	2	0	2	2		0
Bryne, Roger W.	8 September 1929	27	LB	Manchester United FC	25	0	25	0	1	0
Clayton, Ronald	5 August 1934	22	RHB	Blackburn Rovers FC	9	0	9	0		0
Dickinson, James W.	24 April 1925	31	RHB	Portsmouth FC	47	0	47	0		0
Ditchburn, Edward G.	24 October 1921	35	GK	Tottenham Hotspur FC	5	0	5	7ᵍᵃ		0
Edwards, Duncan	1 October 1936	20	LHB	Manchester United FC	10	0	10	1		0
Finney, Thomas	5 April 1922	34	CF	Preston North End FC	62	0	62	27		0
Hall, Jeffrey J.	7 September 1929	27	RB	Birmingham City FC	12	0	12	0		0
Haynes, John N.	17 October 1934	21	IL	Fulham FC	10	0	10	5		0
Howe, Donald	12 October 1935	21	RB	West Bromwich Albion FC	0	0	0	0		0
Kennedy, Joseph P.	15 November 1925	31	CHB	West Bromwich Albion FC	0	0	0	0		0
Langley, E. James	7 February 1929	27	LB	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	0	0	0	0		0
Marchi, Anthony V.	21 January 1933	23	RHB	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	0	0	0		0
Matthews, Stanley	1 February 1915	41	OR	Blackpool FC	50	0	50	10		0
Pegg, David	20 September 1935	21	OL	Manchester United FC	0	0	0	0		0
Quixall, Albert	9 August 1933	23	IF	Sheffield Wednesday FC	4	1	5	0		0
Taylor, Thomas	29 January 1932	24	CF	Manchester United FC	11	1	12	6		0
Thompson, Thomas	10 November 1928	28	IR	Preston North End FC	1	0	1	0		0
Turner, Gordon R.	7 June 1930	26	IF	Luton Town FC	0	0	0	0		0
Wood, Raymond E.	11 June 1931	26	GK	Manchester United FC	3	0	3	3ᵍᵃ		0
Wright, William A.	6 February 1924	34	CHB	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	80	0	80	3		65

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the third of the 1956-57 season, against Yugoslavia on 28 November 1956.

Diary

Friday, 14 September 1956 - "The World Cup first leg match between England and Denmark will be played under floodlight at Wolverhampton on December 5."

Wednesday, 28 November 1956 - Following England's match against Yugoslavia, the names of 22 players for the World Cup qualifying round match against Denmark are announced.
It includes the team that beat Yugoslavia tonight, with the four reserves, plus, Jim Langley, Joe Kennedy, Tony Marchi, Gordon Turner, Albert Quixall, Tommy Thompson and David Pegg. The team that will face Denmark next week at Molineux will be announced tomorrow. It is unlikely it will show many changes, though a replacement may be necessary for Johnny Haynes, whose leg is badly bruised.  All except six of the party have played for England previously, and Tony Marchi is the only complete newcomer to representative honours. His selection is a fitting reward for England-class performances in club games this season.

Saturday, 1 December 1956 - "England's selectors have discarded their high-flying dreams to find a settled World Cup side. From now on, to use the words of Walter Winterbottom 'It looks like horses for courses.' That accounts for the switch of Preston's Tom Finney back to outside-left after 115 not-so-successful minutes as England's centre-forward, and for the inclusion of that bouncing 13-stone 'Babe', Duncan Edwards, at inside-left."
"It's a complete surprise to be picked there again. Still, I'm playing again for England. That's all that matters." - Tom Finney.
Tony Marchi, the Tottenham Hotspur wing-half will travel as a reserve. But his only chance of winning his first cap is if one of the other players withdraws from the team, as FIFA do not permit substitutions during their World Cup matches.

Monday, 3 December 1956 - The England party assemble at West Bromwich today.  After limbering up they will travel to St. Andrews to watch Birmingham's floodlight game with Zagreb.

Tuesday morning, 4 December 1956 - A twenty-minute each-way practice match was played against West Bromwich Albion FC at The Hawthorns. West Bromwich won the match 4-2 with Tommy Taylor and Ronnie Clayton scoring for England.

England Form: last six games
D W W D W W  f 15:a 4  success: 83%
304	16 May 1956 - Sweden 0 England 0 [0-0] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna (36,500)		tour	AD
305	20 May 1956 - Finland 1 England 5 [1-3] Olympiastadion, Helsinki (20,250)	Forsgren Wilshaw, Haynes, Astall, Lofthouse (2)		AW
306	26 May 1956 - West Germany 1 England 3 [0-1] Olympiastadion, Berlin (92,000)	F.Walter Edwards, Grainger, Haynes		AW
307	6 October 1956 - Northern Ireland 1 England 1 [1-1] Windsor Park, Belfast (58,420)	McIlroy Matthews	BC	AD
308	14 November 1956 - England 3 Wales 1 [0-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley (93,796)	Haynes, Brooks, Finney J.Charles		HW
309	28 November 1956 - England 3 Yugoslavia 0 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (78,500)	Brooks, Taylor (2)	Fr	HW