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THIRD DIVISION NORTH (Tier 3) - 1955-56

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THIRD DIVISION SOUTH (Tier 3) - 1955-56

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Leyton Orient	46	29	8	9	106	49	18	3	2	76	20	11	5	7	30	29	57	66	Promoted as Champions
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	29	7	10	112	50	20	2	1	73	16	9	5	9	39	34	62	65
3	Ipswich Town	46	25	14	7	106	60	16	6	1	59	28	9	8	6	47	32	46	64
4	Southend United	46	21	11	14	88	80	16	4	3	58	25	5	7	11	30	55	8	53
5	Torquay United	46	20	12	14	86	63	11	10	2	48	21	9	2	12	38	42	23	52
6	Brentford	46	19	14	13	69	66	11	8	4	40	30	8	6	9	29	36	3	52
7	Norwich City	46	19	13	14	86	82	15	4	4	56	31	4	9	10	30	51	4	51
8	Coventry City	46	20	9	17	73	60	16	4	3	54	20	4	5	14	19	40	13	49
9	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	46	19	10	17	63	51	13	6	4	39	14	6	4	13	24	37	12	48
10	Gillingham	46	19	10	17	69	71	12	3	8	38	28	7	7	9	31	43	-2	48
11	Northampton Town	46	20	7	19	67	71	14	3	6	44	27	6	4	13	23	44	-4	47
12	Colchester United	46	18	11	17	76	81	14	4	5	56	37	4	7	12	20	44	-5	47
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	12	17	69	66	12	9	2	47	21	5	3	15	22	45	3	46
14	Southampton	46	18	8	20	91	81	13	6	4	60	30	5	2	16	31	51	10	44
15	Aldershot	46	12	16	18	70	90	9	9	5	36	33	3	7	13	34	57	-20	40
16	Exeter City	46	15	10	21	58	77	10	6	7	39	30	5	4	14	19	47	-19	40
17	Reading	46	15	9	22	70	79	10	2	11	40	37	5	7	11	30	42	-9	39
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	11	21	64	86	10	7	6	44	32	4	4	15	20	54	-22	39
19	Newport County	46	15	9	22	58	79	12	2	9	32	26	3	7	13	26	53	-21	39
20	Walsall	46	15	8	23	68	84	13	5	5	43	28	2	3	18	25	56	-16	38
21	Watford	46	13	11	22	52	85	8	5	10	31	39	5	6	12	21	46	-33	37
22	Millwall	46	15	6	25	83	100	13	4	6	56	31	2	2	19	27	69	-17	36
23	Crystal Palace	46	12	10	24	54	83	7	3	13	27	32	5	7	11	27	51	-29	34	Re-elected
24	Swindon Town	46	8	14	24	34	78	4	10	9	18	22	4	4	15	16	56	-44	30	Re-elected

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FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1955-56

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Manchester United	42	25	10	7	83	51	18	3	0	51	20	7	7	7	32	31	32	60	European Cup Preliminary Round
2	Blackpool	42	20	9	13	86	62	13	4	4	56	27	7	5	9	30	35	24	49
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	9	13	89	65	15	2	4	51	27	5	7	9	38	38	24	49
4	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	82	69	11	5	5	40	27	7	5	9	42	42	13	46
5	Arsenal	42	18	10	14	60	61	13	4	4	38	22	5	6	10	22	39	-1	46
6	Birmingham City	42	18	9	15	75	57	12	4	5	51	26	6	5	10	24	31	18	45
7	Burnley	42	18	8	16	64	54	11	3	7	37	20	7	5	9	27	34	10	44
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	7	17	71	58	13	3	5	50	24	5	4	12	21	34	13	43
9	Sunderland	42	17	9	16	80	95	10	8	3	44	36	7	1	13	36	59	-15	43
10	Luton Town	42	17	8	17	66	64	12	4	5	44	27	5	4	12	22	37	2	42
11	Newcastle United	42	17	7	18	85	70	12	4	5	49	24	5	3	13	36	46	15	41
12	Portsmouth	42	16	9	17	78	85	9	8	4	46	38	7	1	13	32	47	-7	41
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	58	70	13	3	5	37	25	5	2	14	21	45	-12	41
14	Charlton Athletic	42	17	6	19	75	81	13	2	6	47	26	4	4	13	28	55	-6	40
15	Everton	42	15	10	17	55	69	11	5	5	37	29	4	5	12	18	40	-14	40
16	Chelsea	42	14	11	17	64	77	10	4	7	32	26	4	7	10	32	51	-13	39
17	Cardiff City	42	15	9	18	55	69	11	4	6	36	32	4	5	12	19	37	-14	39
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	7	20	61	71	9	4	8	37	33	6	3	12	24	38	-10	37
19	Preston North End	42	14	8	20	73	72	6	5	10	32	36	8	3	10	41	36	1	36
20	Aston Villa	42	11	13	18	52	69	9	6	6	32	29	2	7	12	20	40	-17	35
21	Huddersfield Town	42	14	7	21	54	83	9	4	8	32	30	5	3	13	22	53	-29	35	Relegated
22	Sheffield United	42	12	9	21	63	77	8	6	7	31	35	4	3	14	32	42	-14	33	Relegated

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SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1955-56

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	13	8	101	62	13	5	3	60	28	8	8	5	41	34	39	55	Promoted as Champions	0-1	2-1
2	Leeds United	42	23	6	13	80	60	17	3	1	51	18	6	3	12	29	42	20	52	Promoted	2-0	0-3
3	Liverpool	42	21	6	15	85	63	14	3	4	52	25	7	3	11	33	38	22	48		1-3	2-5
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	21	6	15	84	65	13	4	4	55	29	8	2	11	29	36	19	48		1-1	2-2
5	Leicester City	42	21	6	15	94	78	15	3	3	63	23	6	3	12	31	55	16	48		2-0	2-5
6	Bristol Rovers	42	21	6	15	84	70	13	3	5	53	33	8	3	10	31	37	14	48		1-1	1-4
7	Nottingham Forest	42	19	9	14	68	63	9	5	7	30	26	10	4	7	38	37	5	47
8	Lincoln City	42	18	10	14	79	65	14	5	2	49	17	4	5	12	30	48	14	46		2-2	3-1
9	Fulham	42	20	6	16	89	79	15	2	4	59	27	5	4	12	30	52	10	46		1-0	3-4
10	Swansea Town	42	20	6	16	83	81	14	4	3	49	23	6	2	13	34	58	2	46		2-1	1-0
11	Bristol City	42	19	7	16	80	64	14	4	3	49	20	5	3	13	31	44	16	45		0-2	0-0
12	Port Vale	42	16	13	13	60	58	12	4	5	38	21	4	9	8	22	37	2	45		2-2	2-0
13	Stoke City	42	20	4	18	71	62	13	2	6	47	27	7	2	12	24	35	9	44		2-3	1-1
14	Middlesbrough	42	16	8	18	76	78	11	4	6	46	31	5	4	12	30	47	-2	40		2-4	2-3
15	Bury	42	16	8	18	86	90	9	5	7	44	39	7	3	11	42	51	-4	40		0-2	2-1
16	West Ham United	42	14	11	17	74	69	12	4	5	52	27	2	7	12	22	42	5	39		0-0	2-1
17	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	11	19	69	96	11	5	5	45	30	1	6	14	24	66	-27	35		5-0	3-1
18	Barnsley	42	11	12	19	47	84	10	5	6	33	35	1	7	13	14	49	-37	34		1-0	1-1
19	Rotherham United	42	12	9	21	56	75	7	5	9	29	34	5	4	12	27	41	-19	33		1-0	1-2
20	Notts County	42	11	9	22	55	82	8	5	8	39	37	3	4	14	16	45	-27	31		0-2	3-1
21	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	8	24	54	87	7	6	8	33	25	3	2	16	21	62	-33	28	Relegated	3-1	2-1
22	Hull City	42	10	6	26	53	97	6	4	11	32	45	4	2	15	21	52	-44	26	Relegated	2-1	3-0