Northampton Town Historical Standings 17th 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 34 76   15 3 0 65 12   8 4 4 21 15
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 71   15 1 1 60 11   7 4 8 30 27
3 Ipswich Town 36 71   12 5 1 47 25   8 6 4 39 22
4 33 59   13 3 2 51 20   5 2 8 26 41
5 36 58   9 8 1 37 15   7 2 9 28 31
6 Norwich City 34 58   13 3 2 47 21   3 7 6 21 38
7 Coventry City 36 57   14 2 2 46 16   3 4 11 14 29
8 Colchester United 37 57   12 3 4 47 28   4 6 8 18 37
9 Northampton Town 35 56   11 2 4 34 21   6 3 9 19 33
10 Brentford 36 55   10 5 4 34 25   5 5 7 22 30
11 Southampton 37 51   12 4 2 51 22   3 2 14 22 43
12 Shrewsbury Town 36 48   8 6 2 35 17   5 3 12 20 37
13 36 48   9 3 6 31 22   4 6 8 23 39
14 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 35 47   10 5 4 33 13   3 3 10 14 27
15 Newport County 35 44   9 2 6 23 17   3 6 9 25 41
16 Aldershot 36 39   7 6 4 30 27   2 6 11 32 49
17 Exeter City 36 39   7 5 7 30 25   3 4 10 14 34
18 Watford 37 39   6 4 9 26 34   4 5 9 16 39
19 Queens Park Rangers 37 38   7 7 4 33 25   2 4 13 15 47
20 Crystal Palace 36 37   5 3 10 20 24   4 7 7 23 41
21 Reading 37 36   7 2 10 32 34   3 4 11 25 39
22 Walsall 34 35   8 4 3 28 21   2 1 16 18 47
23 Millwall 35 35   9 3 5 38 25   1 2 15 20 58
24 Swindon Town 36 33   4 8 6 17 18   4 1 13 13 51