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Monday, 2 January, 1956

1955/56, Game No. 29
Division Three (North)
Tranmere RoversTranmere Rovers
Fleming
1 - 2
SouthportSouthport
Bill Beadnell 1
Denis Miles 1

League Table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
27 17 4 6 44 19 +25 38
2
Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley
25 16 4 5 53 27 +26 36
3
Southport
Southport
26 15 4 7 40 32 +8 34
4
Derby County
Derby County
26 13 6 7 63 37 +26 32
5
Hartlepools United
Hartlepools United
27 15 2 10 43 36 +7 32
6
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
27 14 3 10 51 40 +11 31
7
Bradford City
Bradford City
26 11 8 7 42 33 +9 30
8
York City
York City
26 12 5 9 49 39 +10 29
9
Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United
26 12 4 10 44 33 +11 28
10
Darlington
Darlington
26 12 4 10 36 38 -2 28
11
Workington
Workington
26 12 3 11 48 38 +10 27
12
Rochdale
Rochdale
26 9 9 8 48 52 -4 27
13
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
27 10 5 12 38 44 -6 25
14
Stockport County
Stockport County
26 10 4 12 42 39 +3 24
15
Carlisle United
Carlisle United
26 10 4 12 41 45 -4 24
16
Halifax Town
Halifax Town
26 9 5 12 42 45 -3 23
17
Wrexham
Wrexham
26 9 5 12 39 47 -8 23
18
Gateshead
Gateshead
27 7 9 11 38 47 -9 23
19
Chester
Chester
26 8 7 11 33 48 -15 23
20
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic
27 6 10 11 36 46 -10 22
21
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
26 5 9 12 33 44 -11 19
22
Bradford Park Avenue
Bradford Park Avenue
26 7 5 14 33 70 -37 19
23
Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra
26 6 5 15 31 55 -24 17
24
Barrow
Barrow
27 6 4 17 35 48 -13 16
Blue line: automatic promotion