First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1955-56 Division 3 (South)

General notes

Season Summary

Attendance Summary

Final League Table

since 1878

Final League Position 3rd

Date	Opponent	V	F-A	WDL	Competition	Att.	Scorers	Manager
19550820Sat 20/8	TORQUAY UNITED	H	0-2	L		15,796		Ramsey
19550824Wed 24/8	SOUTHAMPTON	H	4-2	W		12,545	McLuckie, Garneys, Parker²	Ramsey
19550827Sat 27/8	Newport County	A	1-2	L		8,595	Garneys	Ramsey
19550831Wed 31/8	Southampton	A	2-2	D		9,988	Parker²	Ramsey
19550903Sat 3/9	SWINDON TOWN	H	6-2	W		13,238	Reed, Garneys, Parker³, Grant	Ramsey
19550907Wed 7/9	WALSALL	H	5-2	W		13,527	Reed³, Elsworthy, Garneys	Ramsey
19550910Sat 10/9	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	D		11,763	Parker	Ramsey
19550915Thu 15/9	Walsall	A	3-1	W		12,946	McLuckie, Garneys, Parker	Ramsey
19550917Sat 17/9	NORTHAMPTON TOWN	H	1-0	W		17,629	Yeoman^og	Ramsey
19550921Wed 21/9	SHREWSBURY TOWN	H	2-1	W		12,627	Garneys, Grant	Ramsey
19550924Sat 24/9	Aldershot	A	3-0	W		7,502	Brown, Garneys, Grant	Ramsey
19550928Wed 28/9	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-3	L		13,642		Ramsey
19551001Sat 1/10	CRYSTAL PALACE	H	3-3	D		15,332	Reed, Parker²	Ramsey
19551008Sat 8/10	AFC BOURNEMOUTH	H	1-0	W		17,084	Garneys	Ramsey
19551015Sat 15/10	Gillingham	A	0-0	D		12,193		Ramsey
19551022Sat 22/10	MILLWALL	H	6-2	W		13,707	Reed, Parker², Grant³	Ramsey
19551029Sat 29/10	Reading	A	5-1	W		10,070	Reed, Blackman, Grant³	Ramsey
19551105Sat 5/11	WATFORD	H	0-0	D		16,194		Ramsey
19551112Sat 12/11	Brentford	A	2-3	L		14,795	Acres, McLuckie	Ramsey
19551119Sat 19/11	Peterborough United	A	1-3	L	FA Cup 1st Round	20,843	Parker	Ramsey
19551126Sat 26/11	Southend United	A	3-2	W		13,340	Blackman, Parker, Grant	Ramsey
19551203Sat 3/12	EXETER CITY	H	2-2	D		14,638	Blackman, Grant	Ramsey
19551210Sat 10/12	Millwall	A	3-0	W	Friendly	3,453	Reed, McLuckie, Garneys	Ramsey
19551217Sat 17/12	Torquay United	A	2-2	D		7,173	Reed, Myles	Ramsey
19551224Sat 24/12	NEWPORT COUNTY	H	3-2	W		12,438	Reed, Brown, Parker	Ramsey
19551226Mon 26/12	Colchester United	A	3-3	D		13,176	Parker², Grant	Ramsey
19551227Tue 27/12	COLCHESTER UNITED	H	3-1	W		22,644	Reed, McLuckie, Blackman	Ramsey
19551231Sat 31/12	Swindon Town	A	1-0	W		10,909	Parker	Ramsey
19560107Sat 7/1	COVENTRY CITY	H	1-0	W		14,991	Garneys	Ramsey
19560114Sat 14/1	QUEENS PARK RANGERS	H	4-1	W		12,168	Garneys², Parker²	Ramsey
19560121Sat 21/1	Northampton Town	A	5-0	W		13,103	Reed, Garneys³, Parker	Ramsey
19560204Sat 4/2	ALDERSHOT	H	2-1	W		12,974	Reed, Parker	Ramsey
19560211Sat 11/2	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	L		5,738		Ramsey
19560218Sat 18/2	AFC Bournemouth	A	1-1	D		8,514	Parker	Ramsey
19560225Sat 25/2	GILLINGHAM	H	1-1	D		12,957	Parker	Ramsey
19560303Sat 3/3	Millwall	A	5-0	W		7,404	Elsworthy, Garneys, Grant³	Ramsey
19560310Sat 10/3	READING	H	3-3	D		15,053	Leadbetter, Parker²	Ramsey
19560317Sat 17/3	Watford	A	2-0	W		9,450	Garneys, Parker	Ramsey
19560324Sat 24/3	BRENTFORD	H	1-1	D		13,672	Lowden^og	Ramsey
19560330Fri 30/3	NORWICH CITY	H	4-1	W		22,984	Elsworthy, Garneys, Parker, Grant	Ramsey
19560331Sat 31/3	Coventry City	A	1-3	L		15,369	Garneys	Ramsey
19560402Mon 2/4	Norwich City	A	2-3	L		31,054	Acres, Garneys	Ramsey
19560407Sat 7/4	SOUTHEND UNITED	H	3-0	W		13,484	McLuckie, Leadbetter, Parker	Ramsey
19560414Sat 14/4	Exeter City	A	2-2	D		6,607	Blackman, Parker	Ramsey
19560421Sat 21/4	LEYTON ORIENT	H	2-0	W		22,344	McLuckie, Blackman	Ramsey
19560425Wed 25/4	BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION	H	2-1	W		18,223	Blackman, Snell	Ramsey
19560428Sat 28/4	Shrewsbury Town	A	1-1	D		7,308	Leadbetter	Ramsey
19560503Thu 3/5	Leyton Orient	A	2-1	W		15,379	Leadbetter, Blackman	Ramsey
19560504Fri 4/5	Chelmsford City	A	2-0	W	Testimonial Arthur Elmes	2,500	Parker, Millward	Ramsey
19560511Fri 11/5	Brantham Athletic	A	5-3	W	Brantham Charity Cup		Unknown⁵	Ramsey

The following practive game was also staged:

Sat 13-8-1955 Pre Season Trial (at Portman Road)

Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

	Home Average	Home Total	Away Average	Away Total
League	15,489	356,249	11,566	266,018
Cup/Play-offs	-	-	20,843	20,843

Brantham Charity Cup

Final League Table Division 3 (South)

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LEYTON ORIENT            46  18  3  2  76  20  11  5  7  30  29   66
 2. Brighton & Hove Albion   46  20  2  1  73  16   9  5  9  39  34   65
 3. Ipswich Town             46  16  6  1  59  28   9  8  6  47  32   64
 4. Southend United          46  16  4  3  58  25   5  7 11  30  55   53
 5. Torquay United           46  11 10  2  48  21   9  2 12  38  42   52
 6. Brentford                46  11  8  4  40  30   8  6  9  29  36   52
 7. Norwich City             46  15  4  4  56  31   4  9 10  30  51   51
 8. Coventry City            46  16  4  3  54  20   4  5 14  19  40   49
 9. Bournemouth              46  13  6  4  39  14   6  4 13  24  37   48
10. Gillingham               46  12  3  8  38  28   7  7  9  31  43   48
11. Northampton              46  14  3  6  44  27   6  4 13  23  44   47
12. Colchester United        46  14  4  5  56  37   4  7 12  20  44   47
13. Shrewsbury Town          46  12  9  2  47  21   5  3 15  22  45   46
14. Southampton              46  13  6  4  60  30   5  2 16  31  51   44
15. Aldershot                46   9  9  5  36  33   3  7 13  34  57   40
16. Exeter City              46  10  6  7  39  30   5  4 14  19  47   40
17. Reading                  46  10  2 11  40  37   5  7 11  30  42   39
18. Queen's Park Rangers     46  10  7  6  44  32   4  4 15  20  54   39
19. Newport County           46  12  2  9  32  26   3  7 13  26  53   39
20. Walsall                  46  13  5  5  43  28   2  3 18  25  56   38
21. Watford                  46   8  5 10  31  39   5  6 12  21  46   37
22. Millwall                 46  13  4  6  56  31   2  2 19  27  69   36
23. Crystal Palace           46   7  3 13  27  32   5  7 11  27  51   34
24. Swindon Town             46   4 10  9  18  22   4  4 15  16  56   30

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