Northampton Town Historical Standings 21st Jan 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 Ipswich Town 29 59   11 3 1 41 20   6 5 3 31 20
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 28 56   13 1 0 53 5   4 4 6 22 19
3 Leyton Orient 27 55   11 3 0 46 7   5 4 4 14 14
4 Coventry City 30 52   13 2 0 43 12   3 2 10 10 24
5 28 50   7 6 1 29 12   7 2 5 24 21
6 Norwich City 28 50   11 3 0 38 13   3 5 6 19 36
7 Northampton Town 28 49   10 1 3 31 19   5 3 6 16 24
8 27 48   11 2 1 40 13   4 1 8 23 39
9 Southampton 29 41   10 3 1 41 15   2 2 11 16 36
10 Colchester United 29 41   8 3 3 34 24   3 5 7 13 30
11 Shrewsbury Town 29 40   7 5 2 32 16   4 2 9 15 28
12 Brentford 28 40   7 4 3 24 20   4 3 7 17 27
13 29 39   7 2 5 24 17   4 4 7 20 32
14 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 28 36   7 4 4 24 12   3 2 8 12 23
15 Newport County 29 36   8 1 6 22 17   2 5 7 19 33
16 Exeter City 28 32   5 4 5 18 18   3 4 7 14 30
17 Aldershot 28 31   5 5 4 25 24   2 5 7 23 31
18 Reading 29 29   5 2 7 25 27   3 3 9 20 30
19 Watford 28 29   5 4 5 25 25   2 4 8 10 32
20 Queens Park Rangers 29 28   5 6 4 26 23   1 4 9 12 32
21 Walsall 28 27   7 3 3 26 20   1 0 14 15 42
22 Crystal Palace 29 27   4 3 8 18 20   2 6 6 16 33
23 Millwall 27 25   7 2 4 29 13   0 2 12 16 51
24 Swindon Town 28 22   3 6 5 13 14   2 1 11 9 40