FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION THREE (SOUTH)

Table as at Saturday, October 6, 1956:

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  TEAM P W D L F A GA Pts 
1 Southampton 13 8 3 2 25 11 2.27 19 
2 Torquay United 14 7 5 2 29 21 1.38 19 
3 Colchester United 14 7 3 4 33 20 1.65 17 
4 Newport County 14 5 7 2 22 14 1.57 17 
5 Gillingham 14 7 3 4 28 21 1.33 17 
6 Brentford 14 8 1 5 34 30 1.13 17 
7 Watford 14 7 2 5 26 18 1.44 16 
8 Reading 14 6 4 4 21 19 1.11 16 
9 Shrewsbury Town 14 5 6 3 17 23 0.74 16 
10 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 14 4 7 3 24 15 1.60 15 
11 Brighton and Hove Albion 14 6 3 5 38 27 1.41 15 
12 Norwich City 13 5 4 4 16 13 1.23 14 
13 Coventry City 14 5 4 5 17 22 0.77 14 
14 Northampton Town 14 5 3 6 21 17 1.24 13 
15 Queens Park Rangers 14 5 3 6 18 20 0.90 13 
16 Aldershot 14 5 3 6 25 30 0.83 13 
17 Crystal Palace 14 2 8 4 18 25 0.72 12 
18 Millwall 14 4 4 6 19 30 0.63 12 
19 Ipswich Town 14 4 3 7 21 23 0.91 11 
20 Walsall 14 3 4 7 18 22 0.82 10 
21 Exeter City 14 2 6 6 11 19 0.58 10 
22 Swindon Town 14 5 0 9 20 36 0.56 10 
23 Plymouth Argyle 14 3 4 7 13 31 0.42 10 
24 Southend United 14 2 4 8 20 27 0.74

Key: Promotion Re-election