Reading Historical Standings 25th Mar 1957

English Third Division (South) 1956/1957
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Colchester United 38 71   13 6 0 43 16   7 5 7 31 27
2 38 67   15 4 0 60 18   4 6 9 16 42
3 Ipswich Town 37 64   15 2 2 60 13   4 5 9 22 29
4 Southampton 36 59   11 4 3 38 16   6 4 8 23 24
5 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 58   12 5 2 44 21   4 5 10 23 34
6 Queens Park Rangers 37 57   11 5 3 35 18   5 4 9 17 29
7 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 36 55   12 6 0 45 15   3 4 11 23 33
8 Reading 38 55   11 3 5 38 26   5 4 10 32 40
9 Walsall 38 54   9 7 3 44 20   5 5 9 27 38
10 Brentford 38 54   10 7 2 48 27   4 5 10 20 39
11 Northampton Town 37 53   12 4 3 42 19   3 4 11 16 35
12 Shrewsbury Town 36 51   8 7 2 36 19   4 8 7 23 42
13 Millwall 37 51   11 6 2 38 23   3 3 12 16 50
14 Newport County 34 48   11 6 1 37 15   1 6 9 11 28
15 Aldershot 37 48   9 4 5 37 31   4 5 10 32 46
16 Watford 36 47   8 4 6 36 28   5 4 9 23 32
17 38 47   7 6 6 27 24   5 5 9 25 40
18 37 45   9 3 6 29 20   3 6 10 24 40
19 Plymouth Argyle 37 44   7 6 5 30 27   5 2 12 24 35
20 Crystal Palace 37 40   6 7 6 24 24   3 6 9 22 36
21 Coventry City 37 40   9 3 6 35 27   1 7 11 17 45
22 Exeter City 38 39   7 7 5 29 23   2 5 12 19 43
23 Swindon Town 37 37   8 2 8 33 32   3 2 14 22 58
24 Norwich City 38 33   6 4 9 27 32   1 8 10 26 50