Scunthorpe United Historical Standings 2nd May 1956

English Third Division (North) 1955/1956
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Grimsby Town 46 99   20 1 2 54 10   11 5 7 22 19
2 Derby County 46 91   18 4 1 67 23   10 3 10 43 32
3 45 83   17 4 2 61 19   8 4 10 31 38
4 Hartlepools United 45 82   18 1 3 47 15   8 3 12 34 45
5 46 80   12 9 2 39 18   11 2 10 27 35
6 Chesterfield 46 79   18 1 4 61 21   7 3 13 33 45
7 46 72   16 4 3 65 22   5 5 13 25 39
8 Scunthorpe United 46 68   12 4 7 40 26   8 4 11 35 37
9 Bradford City 46 67   16 5 2 57 25   2 8 13 21 39
10 46 66   12 4 7 44 24   7 5 11 41 48
11 46 66   13 4 6 47 20   6 5 12 28 43
12 46 64   13 5 5 46 39   4 8 11 20 45
13 Gateshead 46 62   15 4 4 56 32   2 7 14 21 52
14 Wrexham 46 58   11 5 7 37 28   5 5 13 29 45
15 46 57   11 6 6 41 28   5 3 15 19 45
16 46 57   11 4 8 33 25   5 5 13 26 59
17 Mansfield Town 46 53   13 6 4 59 21   1 5 17 25 60
18 Halifax Town 46 53   10 6 7 40 27   4 5 14 26 49
19 Carlisle United 46 53   11 3 9 45 36   4 5 14 26 59
20 46 53   10 8 5 35 33   3 6 14 17 49
21 Oldham Athletic 46 48   7 12 4 48 36   3 6 14 28 50
22 46 46   13 4 6 47 38   0 3 20 14 84
23 Barrow 46 45   11 6 6 44 25   1 3 19 17 58
24 Crewe Alexandra 46 37   9 4 10 32 35   0 6 17 18 70