Newport County Historical Standings 12th Apr 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 39 88   16 3 1 68 15   11 4 4 28 18
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 41 86   18 1 1 65 12   9 4 8 35 29
3 Ipswich Town 41 78   14 6 1 55 27   8 6 6 42 28
4 Coventry City 42 67   16 3 2 53 18   4 4 13 16 35
5 39 66   14 4 2 52 20   5 5 9 27 45
6 Norwich City 40 65   15 3 3 53 26   3 8 8 23 45
7 Northampton Town 41 64   13 3 5 38 25   6 4 10 20 35
8 41 62   10 9 2 41 19   7 2 11 31 36
9 Brentford 41 60   11 6 4 38 28   5 6 9 24 35
10 Southampton 43 59   13 6 3 58 25   4 2 15 26 47
11 Colchester United 42 59   12 4 5 50 33   4 7 10 18 40
12 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 41 58   11 6 4 35 13   5 4 11 20 31
13 Shrewsbury Town 41 55   10 7 2 41 18   5 3 14 20 40
14 41 55   9 3 8 32 26   6 7 8 27 40
15 Exeter City 42 48   9 5 7 35 27   4 4 13 16 43
16 Reading 42 47   9 2 10 36 34   4 6 11 28 41
17 Aldershot 41 47   8 7 5 33 31   3 7 11 34 50
18 Newport County 41 47   10 2 9 26 24   3 6 11 25 46
19 Watford 42 47   7 5 9 29 36   5 6 10 19 42
20 Walsall 40 44   10 5 3 32 22   2 3 17 23 53
21 Queens Park Rangers 42 44   8 7 6 38 28   3 4 14 18 51
22 Crystal Palace 41 43   6 3 12 25 29   5 7 8 27 44
23 Millwall 40 39   9 4 6 41 30   2 2 17 25 65
24 Swindon Town 42 37   4 10 7 18 20   4 3 14 14 53