1955–56 Spartan League - Misplaced Pages

Football league season

Spartan League
Season	1955–56
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Spartan League season was the 38th in the history of Spartan League. The league consisted of 15 teams.

League table

Football league season

The division featured 15 teams, 14 from last season and 1 new team:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion
1	Briggs Sports (C)	28	23	2	3	117	26	4.500	48
2	Hertford Town	28	22	4	2	93	26	3.577	48
3	Huntley & Palmers	28	18	4	6	82	50	1.640	40
4	Histon	28	15	4	9	83	65	1.277	34
5	Wolverton Town & B.R.	28	16	1	11	58	60	0.967	33
6	Letchworth Town (P)	28	13	6	9	73	58	1.259	32	Promotion to Delphian League
7	Metropolitan Police	28	12	7	9	66	59	1.119	31
8	Marlow	28	12	7	9	53	50	1.060	31
9	Harrow Town	28	12	4	12	75	71	1.056	28
10	Vauxhall Motors	28	8	7	13	58	67	0.866	23
11	Welwyn Garden City	28	7	5	16	50	79	0.633	19
12	Ford Sports	28	7	4	17	29	61	0.475	18
13	Wood Green Town	28	5	4	19	50	87	0.575	14
14	Hoddesdon Town	28	6	2	20	38	88	0.432	14
15	Tring Town	28	2	3	23	28	106	0.264	7

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

v t e Spartan League
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Successor league Spartan South Midlands Football League

Seasons

FA competitions

Lower leagues

Club seasons

First Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Derby County Gateshead Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Rochdale Scunthorpe & Lindsey United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City
South	Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford