Walsall Historical Standings 3rd May 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 46 95   18 3 2 76 20   11 5 7 30 29
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 94   20 2 1 73 16   9 5 9 39 34
3 Ipswich Town 46 89   16 6 1 59 28   9 8 6 47 32
4 46 74   16 4 3 58 25   5 7 11 30 55
5 46 72   11 10 2 48 21   9 2 12 38 42
6 Brentford 46 71   11 8 4 40 30   8 6 9 29 36
7 Norwich City 45 70   15 4 4 56 31   4 9 9 30 50
8 Coventry City 46 69   16 4 3 54 20   4 5 14 19 40
9 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 46 67   13 6 4 39 14   6 4 13 24 37
10 46 67   12 3 8 38 28   7 7 9 31 43
11 Northampton Town 46 67   14 3 6 44 27   6 4 13 23 44
12 Colchester United 46 65   14 4 5 56 37   4 7 12 20 44
13 Shrewsbury Town 46 63   12 9 2 47 21   5 3 15 22 45
14 Southampton 46 62   13 6 4 60 30   5 2 16 31 51
15 Exeter City 46 55   10 6 7 39 30   5 4 14 19 47
16 Reading 46 54   10 2 11 40 37   5 7 11 30 42
17 Newport County 46 54   12 2 9 32 26   3 7 13 26 53
18 Walsall 46 53   13 5 5 43 28   2 3 18 25 56
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 53   10 7 6 44 32   4 4 15 20 54
20 Aldershot 46 52   9 9 5 36 33   3 7 13 34 57
21 Watford 46 50   8 5 10 31 39   5 6 12 21 46
22 Millwall 45 48   12 4 6 55 31   2 2 19 27 69
23 Crystal Palace 46 46   7 3 13 27 32   5 7 11 27 51
24 Swindon Town 46 38   4 10 9 18 22   4 4 15 16 56