1955-09-29
| Third Division South |
| Third Division South | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester United | 1 | 1 | Gillingham | Layer Road | 5,208 | |
| Stewart | Lineups | Sowden | ||||
| Newport County | 0 | 1 | Northampton Town | Somerton Park | 8,076 | |
| Lineups | Newman | |||||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ptn |  |
Third Division South | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | G Ave | Pts | Last 5 Games | Next Match | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | Northampton Town | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1.923 | 20 | W | W | W | L | L | 1955-10-01 | Torquay United | A |
| 2 | 0 | Southend United | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1.611 | 17 | L | W | W | W | W | 1955-10-01 | Brentford | A |
| 3 | 0 | Norwich City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1.222 | 17 | W | W | D | D | D | 1955-10-01 | Gillingham | A |
| 4 | 0 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.667 | 16 | W | W | L | L | W | 1955-10-01 | Reading | A |
| 5 | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2.3 | 16 | W | W | D | L | W | 1955-10-01 | Shrewsbury Town | A |
| 6 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1.556 | 16 | L | W | W | W | W | 1955-10-01 | Crystal Palace | H |
| 7 | 1 | Gillingham | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1.429 | 16 | D | W | W | W | L | 1955-10-01 | Norwich City | H |
| 8 | -1 | Torquay United | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1.615 | 15 | W | L | D | W | W | 1955-10-01 | Northampton Town | H |
| 9 | 0 | Aldershot | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1.1 | 13 | L | L | D | D | W | 1955-10-01 | Walsall | A |
| 10 | 0 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1.308 | 12 | W | L | W | L | D | 1955-10-01 | Ipswich Town | A |
| 11 | 0 | Coventry City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1.133 | 12 | W | L | L | D | W | 1955-10-01 | Swindon Town | H |
| 12 | 0 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0.944 | 12 | W | W | L | D | D | 1955-10-01 | Newport County | A |
| 13 | 0 | Brentford | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0.882 | 12 | L | W | D | W | D | 1955-10-01 | Southend United | H |
| 14 | 0 | Reading | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1.053 | 11 | W | W | W | D | W | 1955-10-01 | Leyton Orient | H |
| 15 | 0 | Millwall | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1.19 | 10 | L | L | W | D | L | 1955-10-01 | Colchester United | H |
| 16 | 0 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1.158 | 10 | W | W | L | D | L | 1955-10-01 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H |
| 17 | 0 | Newport County | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 0.636 | 10 | L | W | L | L | D | 1955-10-01 | Queens Park Rangers | H |
| 18 | 0 | Watford | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 0.519 | 10 | W | L | D | D | L | 1955-10-01 | Exeter City | H |
| 19 | 0 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0.667 | 9 | L | L | L | L | L | 1955-10-01 | Southampton | H |
| 20 | 0 | Southampton | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 0.667 | 8 | L | L | W | W | D | 1955-10-01 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | A |
| 21 | 1 | Colchester United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0.37 | 8 | D | L | D | D | W | 1955-10-01 | Millwall | A |
| 22 | -1 | Exeter City | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.647 | 7 | L | L | L | D | D | 1955-10-01 | Watford | A |
| 23 | 0 | Walsall | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 0.485 | 5 | L | L | L | D | L | 1955-10-01 | Aldershot | H |
| 24 | 0 | Swindon Town | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 0.375 | 4 | L | L | D | L | L | 1955-10-01 | Coventry City | A |
