English Second Division 1955/1956
Historical league standings at 24th August 1955
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Fulham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 3 | Bristol City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2.50 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2.25 |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1.67 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 11 | Liverpool | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.75 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.67 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.67 |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0.57 |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 17 | Swansea Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.38 |
| 19 | Hull City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.33 |
| 20 | Bury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.17 |
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 22 | Notts. County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
