Season 1956-1957

League Table

Football League Division Three (South)

Division Three (South) table as at Saturday May 4th, 1957:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Ipswich Town Ipswich Town 46 18 3 2 72 20 7 6 10 29 34 25 9 12 101 54 1.87 59
2 Torquay United Torquay United 46 19 4 0 71 18 5 7 11 18 46 24 11 11 89 64 1.39 59
3 Colchester United Colchester United 46 15 8 0 49 19 7 6 10 35 37 22 14 10 84 56 1.50 58
4 Southampton Southampton 46 15 4 4 48 20 7 6 10 28 32 22 10 14 76 52 1.46 54
5 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 46 15 7 1 57 20 4 7 12 31 42 19 14 13 88 62 1.42 52
6 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 46 15 6 2 59 26 4 8 11 27 39 19 14 13 86 65 1.32 52
7 Southend United Southend United 46 14 3 6 42 20 4 9 10 31 45 18 12 16 73 65 1.12 48
8 Brentford Brentford 46 12 9 2 55 29 4 7 12 23 47 16 16 14 78 76 1.03 48
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 46 11 9 3 45 24 4 9 10 27 55 15 18 13 72 79 0.91 48
10 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 46 12 7 4 42 21 6 4 13 19 39 18 11 17 61 60 1.02 47
11 Watford Watford 46 11 6 6 44 32 7 4 12 28 43 18 10 18 72 75 0.96 46
12 Newport County Newport County 46 15 6 2 51 18 1 7 15 14 44 16 13 17 65 62 1.05 45
13 Reading Reading 46 13 4 6 44 30 5 5 13 36 51 18 9 19 80 81 0.99 45
14 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 15 5 3 49 22 3 4 16 17 51 18 9 19 66 73 0.90 45
15 Walsall Walsall 46 11 7 5 49 25 5 5 13 31 49 16 12 18 80 74 1.08 44
16 Coventry City Coventry City 46 12 5 6 52 36 4 7 12 22 48 16 12 18 74 84 0.88 44
17 Millwall Millwall 46 13 7 3 46 29 3 5 15 18 55 16 12 18 64 84 0.76 44
18 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 46 10 8 5 38 31 6 3 14 30 42 16 11 19 68 73 0.93 43
19 Aldershot Aldershot 46 11 5 7 43 35 4 7 12 36 57 15 12 19 79 92 0.86 42
20 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 46 7 10 6 31 28 4 8 11 31 47 11 18 17 62 75 0.83 40
21 Exeter City Exeter City 46 8 8 7 37 29 4 5 14 24 50 12 13 21 61 79 0.77 37
22 Gillingham Gillingham 46 7 8 8 29 29 5 5 13 25 56 12 13 21 54 85 0.64 37
23 Swindon Town Swindon 46 12 3 8 43 33 3 3 17 23 63 15 6 25 66 96 0.69 36
24 Norwich City Norwich City 46 7 5 11 33 37 1 10 12 28 57 8 15 23 61 94 0.65 31