Colchester United Historical Standings 27th Feb 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 31 67   13 3 0 50 8   7 4 4 20 15
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 65   14 1 1 58 10   6 4 7 26 22
3 Ipswich Town 33 64   12 4 1 44 22   6 6 4 32 22
4 Northampton Town 32 56   11 2 3 34 20   6 3 7 18 28
5 32 54   8 7 1 32 13   7 2 7 26 26
6 Coventry City 33 54   13 2 1 43 13   3 4 10 13 27
7 Norwich City 31 54   12 3 1 44 18   3 6 6 20 37
8 30 53   12 3 1 47 16   4 2 8 24 40
9 Colchester United 34 51   10 3 4 40 28   4 6 7 16 31
10 Southampton 34 50   12 3 2 50 21   3 2 12 22 40
11 Brentford 32 50   9 4 3 28 20   5 4 7 21 29
12 33 44   8 3 5 28 19   4 5 8 22 38
13 Shrewsbury Town 33 43   8 5 2 35 17   4 2 12 18 36
14 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 32 41   8 5 4 27 13   3 3 9 14 26
15 Newport County 32 38   8 2 6 22 17   2 6 8 20 36
16 Aldershot 33 36   6 6 4 29 27   2 6 9 27 38
17 Queens Park Rangers 34 35   6 7 4 27 23   2 4 11 14 39
18 Watford 33 35   5 4 8 25 32   4 4 8 15 35
19 Crystal Palace 33 34   5 3 9 19 22   3 7 6 19 34
20 Exeter City 33 33   5 5 7 21 23   3 4 9 14 33
21 Reading 34 32   6 2 9 30 33   3 3 11 22 36
22 Millwall 31 32   8 3 4 35 18   1 2 13 19 55
23 Walsall 31 29   7 4 3 26 20   1 1 15 17 45
24 Swindon Town 31 26   3 7 6 15 17   3 1 11 11 41