1955–56 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1955–56
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday (4th title)
Promoted	Leeds United
Relegated	Hull City,; Plymouth Argyle
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,628 (3.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willie Gardiner (Leicester City), 34
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1955–56
Champions	Manchester United (4th English title)
Relegated	Huddersfield Town ; Sheffield United
1956–57 European Cup	Manchester United
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Birmingham City
FA Cup winners	Manchester City (3rd FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,529 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers), 32
Biggest home win	Luton Town 8 Sunderland 2; Blackpool 6 Aston Villa 0; Bolton Wanderers 6 Birmingham City 0
Biggest away win	Cardiff City 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 (3 Sep 1955)
Highest scoring	(10 goals) Luton Town 8 Sunderland 2; Blackpool 7 Sunderland 3; Cardiff City 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The Football League
Season	1955–56
Champions	Manchester United
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 season was the 57th completed season of The Football League.

Final league tables[]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election.^[2]

First Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	18	3	0	51	20	7	7	7	32	31	1.627	60	League Champions, qualified for 1956–57 European Cup Preliminary round
2	Blackpool	42	13	4	4	56	27	7	5	9	30	35	1.387	49
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	2	4	51	27	5	7	9	38	38	1.369	49
4	Manchester City	42	11	5	5	40	27	7	5	9	42	42	1.188	46	1955–56 FA Cup winners
5	Arsenal	42	13	4	4	38	22	5	6	10	22	39	0.984	46
6	Birmingham City	42	12	4	5	51	26	6	5	10	24	31	1.316	45	Participated in 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
7	Burnley	42	11	3	7	37	20	7	5	9	27	34	1.185	44
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	3	5	50	24	5	4	12	21	34	1.224	43
9	Sunderland	42	10	8	3	44	36	7	1	13	36	59	0.842	43
10	Luton Town	42	12	4	5	44	27	5	4	12	22	37	1.031	42
11	Newcastle United	42	12	4	5	49	24	5	3	13	36	46	1.214	41
12	Portsmouth	42	9	8	4	46	38	7	1	13	32	47	0.918	41
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	3	5	37	25	5	2	14	21	45	0.829	41
14	Charlton Athletic	42	13	2	6	47	26	4	4	13	28	55	0.926	40
15	Everton	42	11	5	5	37	29	4	5	12	18	40	0.797	40
16	Chelsea	42	10	4	7	32	26	4	7	10	32	51	0.831	39
17	Cardiff City	42	11	4	6	36	32	4	5	12	19	37	0.797	39	Welsh Cup winners
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	4	8	37	33	6	3	12	24	38	0.859	37
19	Preston North End	42	6	5	10	32	36	8	3	10	41	36	1.014	36
20	Aston Villa	42	9	6	6	32	29	2	7	12	20	40	0.754	35
21	Huddersfield Town	42	9	4	8	32	30	5	3	13	22	53	0.651	35	Relegated
22	Sheffield United	42	8	6	7	31	35	4	3	14	32	42	0.818	33	Relegated

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLP	BOL	BUR	CAR	CHA	CHE	EVE	HUD	LUT	MCI	MUN	NEW	POR	PNE	SHU	SUN	TOT	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		1–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–4	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–2
Aston Villa	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	4–4	3–0	1–3	3–2	3–2	1–4	0–2	3–0	0–0
Birmingham City	4–0	2–2		1–2	5–2	1–2	2–1	4–0	3–0	6–2	5–0	0–0	4–3	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–3	0–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–0
Blackpool	3–1	6–0	2–0		0–0	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–1	4–0	4–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	5–1	2–3	2–6	1–1	7–3	0–2	5–1	2–1
Bolton Wanderers	4–1	1–0	6–0	1–3		0–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	4–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	3–2	4–0	2–1
Burnley	0–1	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–0		0–2	2–1	5–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–2
Cardiff City	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2		3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–3	1–9
Charlton Athletic	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–0		1–2	0–2	4–1	2–2	5–2	3–0	0–2	6–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	5–1	0–2
Chelsea	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	3–1		6–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–4	2–1	1–5	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	2–3
Everton	1–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–3		5–2	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	0–2	0–4	1–4	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1
Huddersfield Town	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–3	1–0		0–2	3–3	0–2	2–6	1–0	2–2	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–3
Luton Town	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–2		3–2	0–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	8–2	2–1	0–2	5–1
Manchester City	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–2		1–0	1–2	4–1	0–2	3–1	4–2	1–2	2–0	2–2
Manchester United	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1		5–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	4–3
Newcastle United	2–0	2–3	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	4–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	0–0		2–1	5–0	4–2	3–1	1–2	0–3	3–1
Portsmouth	5–2	2–2	0–5	3–3	3–3	3–1	1–1	4–0	4–4	1–0	5–2	0–0	2–4	3–2	0–2		0–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–1
Preston North End	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–3	0–1	4–2	1–2	2–2	2–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	3–1	4–3	2–1		0–2	2–2	3–3	0–1	2–0
Sheffield United	0–2	2–2	0–3	2–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	3–1		2–3	2–0	2–2	3–3
Sunderland	3–1	5–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–4	1–1	3–2	4–3	0–0	4–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	1–6	4–2	2–2	3–2		3–2	2–1	1–1
Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	4–3	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–3	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–3		4–1	2–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	3–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–4	1–4	1–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–0		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–3	0–0	1–0	2–3	4–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	7–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	5–1	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1955–1956

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Cardiff City

Charlton

Chelsea

Everton

Huddersfield

Manchester City

Luton Town

Manchester United

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1955–1956 teams

Second Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	5	3	60	28	8	8	5	41	34	1.629	55	Division Champions, promoted
2	Leeds United	42	17	3	1	51	18	6	3	12	29	42	1.333	52	Promoted
3	Liverpool	42	14	3	4	52	25	7	3	11	33	38	1.349	48
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	4	4	55	29	8	2	11	29	36	1.292	48
5	Leicester City	42	15	3	3	63	23	6	3	12	31	55	1.205	48
6	Bristol Rovers	42	13	3	5	53	33	8	3	10	31	37	1.200	48
7	Nottingham Forest	42	9	5	7	30	26	10	4	7	38	37	1.079	47
8	Lincoln City	42	14	5	2	49	17	4	5	12	30	48	1.215	46
9	Fulham	42	15	2	4	59	27	5	4	12	30	52	1.127	46
10	Swansea Town	42	14	4	3	49	23	6	2	13	34	58	1.025	46
11	Bristol City	42	14	4	3	49	20	5	3	13	31	44	1.250	45
12	Port Vale	42	12	4	5	38	21	4	9	8	22	37	1.034	45
13	Stoke City	42	13	2	6	47	27	7	2	12	24	35	1.145	44
14	Middlesbrough	42	11	4	6	46	31	5	4	12	30	47	0.974	40
15	Bury	42	9	5	7	44	39	7	3	11	42	51	0.956	40
16	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	52	27	2	7	12	22	42	1.072	39
17	Doncaster Rovers	42	11	5	5	45	30	1	6	14	24	66	0.719	35
18	Barnsley	42	10	5	6	33	35	1	7	13	14	49	0.560	34
19	Rotherham United	42	7	5	9	29	34	5	4	12	27	41	0.747	33
20	Notts County	42	8	5	8	39	37	3	4	14	16	45	0.671	31
21	Plymouth Argyle	42	7	6	8	33	25	3	2	16	21	62	0.621	28	Relegated
22	Hull City	42	6	4	11	32	45	4	2	15	21	52	0.546	26	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Home \ Away	BAR	BLB	BRI	BRR	BRY	DON	FUL	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	LIV	MID	NOT	NTC	PLY	PTV	ROT	SHW	STK	SWA	WHU
Barnsley		2–1	0–0	4–3	3–3	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–5	0–4	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–0	3–2	1–1
Blackburn Rovers	5–1		4–6	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–3	0–2	3–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	7–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	4–1
Bristol City	2–0	2–0		1–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	5–2	0–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	6–0	0–0	5–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–1
Bristol Rovers	1–1	1–0	0–3		4–2	4–2	2–2	4–2	4–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	7–2	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–4	4–2	4–2	1–2	1–1
Bury	3–0	0–4	1–1	0–1		5–1	1–5	3–2	1–0	3–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–2	4–0	7–1	2–2	2–1	2–5	1–0	2–4	1–1
Doncaster Rovers	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–1	2–3		4–2	3–0	1–2	6–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–4	3–1	2–1
Fulham	5–1	3–0	3–0	3–5	3–1	4–0		5–0	1–2	3–2	3–0	3–1	4–1	4–3	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	3–1
Hull City	4–1	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–2		1–4	2–4	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	3–2	1–4	3–1
Leeds United	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	6–1	1–0		4–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–3
Leicester City	0–0	0–2	2–2	4–2	5–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	5–2		4–0	3–1	1–1	5–2	4–0	5–1	4–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	6–1	2–1
Lincoln City	4–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	6–1	2–0	1–1	7–1		2–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1
Liverpool	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	4–2	1–2	7–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–1		1–1	5–2	2–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	4–1	3–1
Middlesbrough	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	4–1	1–1	5–1	5–3	4–3	4–2	1–2		3–2	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–3	4–1	2–0
Nottingham Forest	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–4		0–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–0
Notts County	2–2	1–2	3–2	5–2	2–1	3–2	3–4	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	5–0	1–3		3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–5	0–1
Plymouth Argyle	3–0	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–4	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–3	0–1	1–4	4–0	4–0	1–2	1–1		1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1
Port Vale	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	3–1	3–1		4–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1
Rotherham United	0–0	3–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	3–3	2–3	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		2–3	0–1	2–3	3–2
Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	5–1	2–1	4–2	3–3	5–2	2–3	4–1	4–0	1–1	5–3	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	5–2	4–0	0–2		4–0	2–2	1–1
Stoke City	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–2	0–2	5–2	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	2–5	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–0		5–0	3–0
Swansea Town	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	5–3	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	6–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	5–1	2–2	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–0		4–2
West Ham United	4–0	2–3	3–0	2–1	3–2	6–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–4	2–0	1–0	1–2	6–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	5–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Barnsley

Blackburn Rovers

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Doncaster

Fulham

Hull

Leeds United

Leicester City

Lincoln City

Liverpool

Middlesbrough

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Port Vale

Plymouth Argyle

Rotherham

Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke

Swansea Town

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1955–1956 teams

Third Division North[]

Football League
Third Division North
Season	1955–56
Champions	Grimsby Town (2nd title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,771 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bob Crosbie (Grimsby Town), 36 ^[3]
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grimsby Town	46	20	1	2	54	10	11	5	7	22	19	2.621	68	Division Champions, promoted
2	Derby County	46	18	4	1	67	23	10	3	10	43	32	2.000	63
3	Accrington Stanley	46	17	4	2	61	19	8	5	10	31	38	1.614	59
4	Hartlepools United	46	18	2	3	47	15	8	3	12	34	45	1.350	57
5	Southport	46	12	9	2	39	18	11	2	10	27	35	1.245	57
6	Chesterfield	46	18	1	4	61	21	7	3	13	33	45	1.424	54
7	Stockport County	46	16	4	3	65	22	5	5	13	25	39	1.475	51
8	Bradford City	46	16	5	2	57	25	2	8	13	21	39	1.219	49
9	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	12	4	7	40	26	8	4	11	35	37	1.190	48
10	Workington	46	13	4	6	47	20	6	5	12	28	43	1.190	47
11	York City	46	12	4	7	44	24	7	5	11	41	48	1.181	47
12	Rochdale	46	13	5	5	46	39	4	8	11	20	45	0.786	47
13	Gateshead	46	15	4	4	56	32	2	7	14	21	52	0.917	45
14	Wrexham	46	11	5	7	37	28	5	5	13	29	45	0.904	42
15	Darlington	46	11	6	6	41	28	5	3	15	19	45	0.822	41
16	Tranmere Rovers	46	11	4	8	33	25	5	5	13	26	59	0.702	41
17	Chester	46	10	8	5	35	33	3	6	14	17	49	0.634	40
18	Mansfield Town	46	13	6	4	59	21	1	5	17	25	60	1.037	39
19	Halifax Town	46	10	6	7	40	27	4	5	14	26	49	0.868	39
20	Oldham Athletic	46	7	12	4	48	36	3	6	14	28	50	0.884	38
21	Carlisle United	46	11	3	9	45	36	4	5	14	26	59	0.747	38
22	Barrow	46	11	6	6	44	25	1	3	19	17	58	0.735	33
23	Bradford Park Avenue	46	13	4	6	47	38	0	3	20	14	84	0.500	33	Re-elected
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	4	10	32	35	0	6	17	18	70	0.476	28	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com

Results[]

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	BRA	BPA	CRL	CHE	CHF	CRE	DAR	DER	GAT	GRI	HAL	HAR	MAN	OLD	ROC	SCU	SOU	STP	TRA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		2–0	2–0	7–0	1–0	4–0	5–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–2	3–1	0–0	5��1	3–1	1–3
Barrow	3–1		3–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	5–0	0–1	1–2	4–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–1
Bradford City	2–1	1–1		5–0	0–0	1–1	3–5	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	2–2	4–3	2–0	4–1	5–0	2–0	4–3	3–1
Bradford Park Avenue	1–0	3–2	1–1		2–1	1–1	0–5	2–0	3–0	2–4	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	4–1	3–3	2–0	0–3	2–0	4–5	4–0	4–2	2–1
Carlisle United	0–4	2–0	0–0	4–1		4–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–3	5–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	4–0	4–1	0–3	2–4	0–1	3–1
Chester	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–3		2–1	0–0	2–1	2–5	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	4–3	3–2	0–0	3–5	1–3	1–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–2
Chesterfield	0–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–1	2–1		8–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	7–2	2–0	5–1	2–3	2–0	2–4	2–0	3–1
Crewe Alexandra	0–3	0–1	1–4	4–2	3–1	0–0	0–3		1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–4	1–3	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Darlington	2–0	4–2	1–1	4–1	3–5	0–1	2–1	4–1		1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	6–2	2–2	2–2	1–4
Derby County	6–2	2–1	4–1	4–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–3	6–2		4–1	1–3	4–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–2
Gateshead	4–0	3–2	4–1	3–0	2–3	1–1	3–3	4–1	0–1	2–4		2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–3	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–3	4–3	2–1	3–2
Grimsby Town	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	6–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	2–1	3–1		4–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1
Halifax Town	2–0	1–0	3–2	6–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–3	0–1		0–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–4
Hartlepool	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	6–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–2		4–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	3–2	0–1
Mansfield Town	3–2	4–0	0–0	5–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–1	0–2	3–1	5–1		2–0	6–0	3–2	0–1	2–2	6–0	0–0	6–1	3–1
Oldham Athletic	1–3	6–1	1–1	5–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	3–2	1–1		2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–2
Rochdale	1–1	5–1	3–1	4–2	5–2	4–2	1–5	1–0	1–0	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–4	1–1	4–4		3–2	1–3	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–1
Scunthorpe United	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–2	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	5–1	3–0	2–1	1–2		0–1	1–5	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1
Southport	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	0–1	2–5	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2		1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–3
Stockport County	1–2	4–1	1–0	0–0	8–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	4–0	7–2	0–0	0–0	3–2	4–0		7–0	4–5	4–0	4–1
Tranmere	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1		2–0	0–2	2–1
Workington	0–0	6–1	2–1	4–0	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	6–1	0–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	4–3	0–1	1–2	2–3	0–1	3–0		3–1	0–0
Wrexham	1–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	5–2	0–0	3–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–1		4–5
York City	0–1	3–2	0–2	5–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–4	5–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–4	1–1	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Derby County

Gateshead

Grimsby Town

Halifax T.

Hartlepool

Mansfield Town

Oldham

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1955–1956

Third Division South[]

Football League
Third Division South
Season	1955–56
Champions	Leyton Orient (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,772 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sammy Collins (Torquay United) , 40 ^[3]
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leyton Orient	46	18	3	2	76	20	11	5	7	30	29	2.163	66	Division Champions, promoted
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	20	2	1	73	16	9	5	9	39	34	2.240	65
3	Ipswich Town	46	16	6	1	59	28	9	8	6	47	32	1.767	64
4	Southend United	46	16	4	3	58	25	5	7	11	30	55	1.100	53
5	Torquay United	46	11	10	2	48	21	9	2	12	38	42	1.365	52
6	Brentford	46	11	8	4	40	30	8	6	9	29	36	1.045	52
7	Norwich City	46	15	4	4	56	31	4	9	10	30	51	1.049	51
8	Coventry City	46	16	4	3	54	20	4	5	14	19	40	1.217	49
9	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	13	6	4	39	14	6	4	13	24	37	1.235	48
10	Gillingham	46	12	3	8	38	28	7	7	9	31	43	0.972	48
11	Northampton Town	46	14	3	6	44	27	6	4	13	23	44	0.944	47
12	Colchester United	46	14	4	5	56	37	4	7	12	20	44	0.938	47
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	9	2	47	21	5	3	15	22	45	1.045	46
14	Southampton	46	13	6	4	60	30	5	2	16	31	51	1.123	44
15	Aldershot	46	9	9	5	36	33	3	7	13	34	57	0.778	40
16	Exeter City	46	10	6	7	39	30	5	4	14	19	47	0.753	40
17	Reading	46	10	2	11	40	37	5	7	11	30	42	0.886	39
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	10	7	6	44	32	4	4	15	20	54	0.744	39
19	Newport County	46	12	2	9	32	26	3	7	13	26	53	0.734	39
20	Walsall	46	13	5	5	43	28	2	3	18	25	56	0.810	38
21	Watford	46	8	5	10	31	39	5	6	12	21	46	0.612	37
22	Millwall	46	13	4	6	56	31	2	2	19	27	69	0.830	36
23	Crystal Palace	46	7	3	13	27	32	5	7	11	27	51	0.651	34	Re-elected
24	Swindon Town	46	4	10	9	18	22	4	4	15	16	56	0.436	30	Re-elected

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	COL	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	IPS	LEY	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	QPR	REA	SHR	SOU	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Aldershot		1–3	4–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	4–4	2–0	3–2	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2–2		0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–3	4–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0
Brentford	2–0	2–1		4–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–4	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	5–2	4–1	3–0		2–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	6–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	5–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–3
Colchester United	4–0	1–0	0–3	3–3		2–0	2–4	5–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	0–3	2–0	3–2	3–6	5–0	3–2	1–1	4–1
Coventry City	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	2–0		1–3	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	5–1	3–0	0–1	5–3	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	6–0	1–2	1–0	3–0
Crystal Palace	1–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	3–0		0–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–2
Exeter City	2–1	2–0	2–3	0–5	0–0	2–3	6–1		2–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–2
Gillingham	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	0–1	4–3	3–2	0–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–3	4–0	1–3	0–1	3–0
Ipswich Town	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–1		2–0	6–2	3–2	1–0	4–1	4–1	3–3	2–1	4–2	3–0	6–2	0–2	5–2	0–0
Leyton Orient	8–3	3–0	2–1	0–1	6–0	3–1	8–0	1–1	2–0	1–2		2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	7–1	1–0	5–2	4–0	3–0	4–0	3–2	4–0	3–1
Millwall	3–3	4–0	4–0	2–4	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	0–5	5–0		2–4	4–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	3–2	5–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–1
Newport County	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–4		0–1	2–2	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1
Northampton Town	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–5	0–1	4–0	5–0		1–1	5–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–3
Norwich City	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	5–1	3–2	2–2	4–1	2–3	4–1		1–0	2–1	3–1	1–4	7–2	4–1	0–0	3–2	4–1
Queens Park Rangers	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	6–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–3		3–3	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–2
Reading	0–5	0–2	5–2	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–5	0–1	4–1	3–0	4–1	2–2	3–1		0–1	1–1	4–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	6–1
Shrewsbury Town	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	5–0	1–1	6–0	1–1	3–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0
Southampton	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–3	2–3	2–5	4–0	5–2	1–1		0–0	2–1	6–2	4–1	2–0
Southend	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	3–0	4–3	6–0	2–2	2–3	0–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	2–1		0–0	2–3	3–2	1–0
Swindon Town	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1		2–1	1–2	0–0
Torquay United	5–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–0	3–2	2–2	4–0		3–2	4–1
Walsall	4–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	2–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	1–4		2–1
Watford	1–1	0–2	0��2	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–4	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–4	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Brentford

Leyton Orient

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1955–1956

Bournemouth

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Exeter City

Gillingham

Ipswich Town

Leyton Orient

Millwall

Newport County

Norwich City

Northampton Town

QPR

Reading

Shrewsbury

Southampton

Southend

Swindon

Torquay

Walsall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1955–1956

References[]

^ "England 1955-56". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

[rsssf-1] "England 1955-56". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[Rothmans-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

[topscorers-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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