Colchester United Historical Standings 31st Dec 1955

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 25 52   10 3 0 44 6   5 4 3 14 11
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 50   11 1 0 43 5   4 4 6 22 19
3 Ipswich Town 26 50   9 3 1 36 19   5 5 3 26 20
4 26 49   7 5 1 28 11   7 2 4 23 19
5 Northampton Town 26 48   10 1 2 31 14   5 2 6 15 23
6 Coventry City 27 46   12 2 0 40 12   2 2 9 7 21
7 Norwich City 26 46   10 3 0 36 12   3 4 6 18 35
8 26 45   10 2 1 34 13   4 1 8 23 39
9 Brentford 26 39   7 3 3 22 18   4 3 6 16 25
10 Shrewsbury Town 26 38   7 4 2 31 15   4 1 8 14 25
11 26 38   7 2 5 24 17   4 3 5 18 20
12 Colchester United 26 36   7 3 3 30 23   3 3 7 10 27
13 Newport County 27 35   8 1 5 20 14   2 4 7 18 32
14 Southampton 26 34   9 2 1 37 13   1 2 11 14 36
15 Exeter City 26 32   5 4 4 16 15   3 4 6 14 24
16 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 26 30   6 4 4 20 12   2 2 8 10 23
17 Aldershot 26 28   4 5 4 23 24   2 5 6 22 28
18 Watford 26 28   5 3 5 24 24   2 4 7 9 28
19 Reading 26 26   5 2 6 25 25   2 3 8 16 26
20 Crystal Palace 26 26   4 2 7 17 17   2 6 5 16 28
21 Queens Park Rangers 26 24   4 5 4 21 19   1 4 8 11 28
22 Walsall 26 24   6 3 3 22 20   1 0 13 13 39
23 Millwall 25 22   6 2 4 24 13   0 2 11 16 47
24 Swindon Town 26 19   2 6 5 11 13   2 1 10 9 36