Shrewsbury Town Historical Standings 23rd 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 42 92   17 3 1 73 17   11 5 5 29 21
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 44 91   19 2 1 70 14   9 5 8 38 32
3 Ipswich Town 43 82   15 6 1 57 27   8 7 6 44 30
4 43 71   15 4 2 55 22   5 7 10 30 50
5 Norwich City 43 70   15 4 3 56 29   4 9 8 28 47
6 Coventry City 45 68   16 3 3 54 20   4 5 14 19 40
7 43 66   10 10 2 43 21   8 2 11 33 37
8 Brentford 44 65   11 8 4 40 30   6 6 9 25 35
9 Northampton Town 44 64   13 3 6 39 27   6 4 12 21 41
10 Colchester United 44 62   13 4 5 53 35   4 7 11 19 42
11 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 43 61   12 6 4 36 13   5 4 12 21 35
12 43 61   10 3 8 34 26   7 7 8 30 41
13 Southampton 45 59   13 6 4 60 30   4 2 16 28 50
14 Shrewsbury Town 44 59   11 8 2 44 20   5 3 15 22 45
15 Newport County 44 54   12 2 9 32 26   3 7 11 26 47
16 Reading 44 53   10 2 10 39 35   5 6 11 30 42
17 Aldershot 44 51   9 8 5 35 32   3 7 12 34 52
18 Walsall 43 50   12 5 3 37 23   2 3 18 25 56
19 Watford 44 50   8 5 9 31 37   5 6 11 21 45
20 Exeter City 44 49   9 6 7 37 29   4 4 14 17 46
21 Queens Park Rangers 44 47   9 7 6 41 30   3 4 15 19 54
22 Crystal Palace 43 43   6 3 13 26 32   5 7 9 27 45
23 Millwall 42 42   10 4 6 45 31   2 2 18 26 67
24 Swindon Town 44 37   4 10 8 18 21   4 3 15 15 55