Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. Historical Standings 1st Dec 1956

English Third Division (South) 1956/1957
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Southampton 21 44   9 2 0 23 5   4 3 3 14 12
2 21 37   7 3 0 33 14   3 4 4 8 20
3 Colchester United 21 35   8 3 0 29 10   2 2 6 13 17
4 Newport County 21 33   8 3 0 22 6   0 6 4 7 12
5 Watford 21 33   6 1 3 21 15   4 2 5 16 17
6 Brentford 21 32   6 3 2 29 20   3 2 5 12 15
7 Reading 21 31   7 2 2 20 11   2 2 6 16 22
8 Shrewsbury Town 21 31   5 5 0 14 4   2 5 4 11 25
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 30   6 3 1 24 12   2 3 6 18 20
10 Ipswich Town 21 30   7 2 1 26 8   2 1 8 12 22
11 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 21 29   5 5 0 24 9   2 3 6 12 17
12 Northampton Town 21 29   8 2 0 24 5   0 3 8 10 21
13 Queens Park Rangers 21 29   7 2 1 18 6   1 3 7 6 21
14 Millwall 21 29   5 3 2 17 14   3 2 6 12 23
15 21 27   6 2 3 20 15   1 4 5 10 22
16 Aldershot 21 25   5 2 3 20 18   2 2 7 17 28
17 21 24   6 3 2 19 9   0 3 7 14 27
18 Coventry City 21 24   6 2 3 20 12   0 4 6 6 25
19 Crystal Palace 21 23   2 6 3 12 15   2 5 3 16 19
20 Norwich City 21 23   5 3 3 16 13   0 5 5 10 20
21 Swindon Town 21 23   4 1 6 21 24   3 1 6 13 27
22 Exeter City 21 22   3 4 4 15 12   2 3 5 11 18
23 Walsall 21 21   4 4 2 15 9   1 2 8 8 22
24 Plymouth Argyle 21 21   2 5 3 11 16   3 1 7 10 21