Third Division South Table 1956/57

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	46	25	9	12	101	54	+47	59
2	Torquay United	46	24	11	11	89	64	+25	59
3	Colchester United	46	22	14	10	84	56	+28	58
4	Southampton	46	22	10	14	76	52	+24	54
5	Bournemouth	46	19	14	13	88	62	+26	52
6	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	19	14	13	86	65	+21	52
7	Southend United	46	18	12	16	73	65	+8	48
8	Brentford	46	16	16	14	78	76	+2	48
9	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	18	13	72	79	-7	48
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	11	17	61	60	+1	47
11	Watford	46	18	10	18	72	75	-3	46
12	Newport County	46	16	13	17	65	62	+3	45
13	Reading	46	18	9	19	80	81	-1	45
14	Northampton Town	46	18	9	19	66	73	-7	45
15	Walsall	46	16	12	18	80	74	+6	44
16	Coventry City	46	16	12	18	74	84	-10	44
17	Millwall	46	16	12	18	64	84	-20	44
18	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	11	19	68	73	-5	43
19	Aldershot	46	15	12	19	79	92	-13	42
20	Crystal Palace	46	11	18	17	62	75	-13	40
21	Exeter City	46	12	13	21	61	79	-18	37
22	Gillingham	46	12	13	21	54	85	-31	37
23	Swindon Town	46	15	6	25	66	96	-30	36
24	Norwich City	46	8	15	23	61	94	-33	31