Newport County Historical Standings 19th 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 41 92   17 3 1 73 17   11 5 4 29 19
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 43 88   18 2 1 66 13   9 5 8 38 32
3 Ipswich Town 42 79   14 6 1 55 27   8 7 6 44 30
4 41 69   15 4 2 55 22   5 5 10 27 47
5 Coventry City 43 67   16 3 3 54 20   4 4 13 16 35
6 Norwich City 42 67   15 4 3 56 29   3 9 8 23 45
7 42 65   10 9 2 41 19   8 2 11 33 37
8 Northampton Town 43 64   13 3 5 38 25   6 4 12 21 41
9 Colchester United 43 62   13 4 5 53 35   4 7 10 18 40
10 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 42 61   12 6 4 36 13   5 4 11 20 31
11 Brentford 42 61   11 7 4 39 29   5 6 9 24 35
12 Southampton 44 59   13 6 3 58 25   4 2 16 28 50
13 42 58   10 3 8 34 26   6 7 8 27 40
14 Shrewsbury Town 42 55   10 7 2 41 18   5 3 15 22 45
15 Newport County 43 51   11 2 9 28 24   3 7 11 26 47
16 Reading 43 50   10 2 10 39 35   4 6 11 28 41
17 Watford 43 50   8 5 9 31 37   5 6 10 19 42
18 Exeter City 43 49   9 6 7 37 29   4 4 13 16 43
19 Aldershot 43 48   8 8 5 33 31   3 7 12 34 52
20 Walsall 42 47   11 5 3 34 22   2 3 18 25 56
21 Queens Park Rangers 43 44   8 7 6 38 28   3 4 15 19 54
22 Crystal Palace 42 43   6 3 12 25 29   5 7 9 27 45
23 Millwall 41 42   10 4 6 45 31   2 2 17 25 65
24 Swindon Town 43 37   4 10 7 18 20   4 3 15 15 55