Shrewsbury Town Historical Standings 31st Mar 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 37 82   16 3 1 68 15   9 4 4 23 16
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 39 80   16 1 1 61 11   9 4 8 35 29
3 Ipswich Town 39 75   13 6 1 52 27   8 6 5 40 25
4 37 65   14 4 2 52 20   5 4 8 26 41
5 Coventry City 40 64   15 3 2 49 17   4 4 12 16 33
6 39 59   9 9 1 37 15   7 2 11 31 36
7 Norwich City 37 59   13 3 3 47 22   3 8 7 23 43
8 Southampton 40 58   13 5 2 56 22   4 2 14 24 44
9 Northampton Town 37 58   11 3 4 35 22   6 4 9 19 33
10 Colchester United 40 58   12 4 5 50 33   4 6 9 18 38
11 Brentford 38 57   10 6 4 36 27   5 6 7 23 31
12 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 38 54   11 6 4 35 13   4 3 10 15 27
13 Shrewsbury Town 39 51   9 6 2 38 17   5 3 14 20 40
14 39 51   9 3 8 32 26   5 6 8 24 39
15 Aldershot 39 46   8 6 4 31 27   3 7 11 34 50
16 Newport County 38 44   9 2 8 25 23   3 6 10 25 44
17 Reading 40 43   8 2 10 35 34   4 5 11 28 41
18 Watford 40 43   7 5 9 29 36   4 5 10 17 41
19 Exeter City 39 42   7 5 7 30 25   4 4 12 16 41
20 Queens Park Rangers 40 41   7 7 6 34 28   3 4 13 17 47
21 Walsall 37 40   9 4 3 30 22   2 3 16 21 50
22 Crystal Palace 39 40   5 3 12 23 29   5 7 7 27 43
23 Millwall 38 39   9 4 6 41 30   2 2 15 24 59
24 Swindon Town 39 35   4 8 7 17 19   4 3 13 14 52