This retain and transfer list lists all players retained by League clubs (including Danny Blanchflower for Aston Villa and Stanley Matthews for Blackpool), and those who were available for transfer. The publication is one of a series of documents relating to conditions of employment in Association Football, which were collected by the Trades Union Congress during the 1950s.

Included in a file on 'Entertainment Industry: football, 1955-1956', from the archives of the Trades Union Congress; document reference: MSS.292/674.33/3