Shrewsbury Town Historical Standings 10th Mar 1956

English Third Division (South) 1955/1956
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Leyton Orient 33 73   14 3 0 57 9   8 4 4 21 15
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 68   15 1 1 60 11   6 4 8 28 26
3 Ipswich Town 35 68   12 5 1 47 25   7 6 4 37 22
4 32 59   13 3 1 50 18   5 2 8 26 41
5 35 58   9 8 1 37 15   7 2 8 26 28
6 Northampton Town 34 56   11 2 4 34 21   6 3 8 19 31
7 Norwich City 33 55   12 3 2 46 21   3 7 6 21 38
8 Coventry City 35 54   13 2 2 44 16   3 4 11 14 29
9 Brentford 34 54   10 4 3 32 22   5 5 7 22 30
10 Colchester United 36 54   11 3 4 45 28   4 6 8 18 37
11 Southampton 36 51   12 4 2 51 22   3 2 13 22 41
12 Shrewsbury Town 35 47   8 6 2 35 17   5 2 12 19 36
13 Gillingham 35 45   8 3 6 28 20   4 6 8 23 39
14 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 34 44   9 5 4 29 13   3 3 10 14 27
15 Newport County 34 44   9 2 6 23 17   3 6 8 23 38
16 Aldershot 35 39   7 6 4 30 27   2 6 10 29 41
17 Watford 36 39   6 4 8 26 32   4 5 9 16 39
18 Queens Park Rangers 36 38   7 7 4 33 25   2 4 12 15 46
19 Crystal Palace 35 37   5 3 10 20 24   4 7 6 22 35
20 Exeter City 35 36   6 5 7 24 24   3 4 10 14 34
21 Walsall 33 35   8 4 3 28 21   2 1 15 18 45
22 Reading 36 33   6 2 10 30 34   3 4 11 25 39
23 Millwall 34 32   8 3 5 35 23   1 2 15 20 58
24 Swindon Town 34 30   4 8 6 17 18   3 1 12 11 46