Club Attack and Defence Rankings for Season 1955-56

 

Division 1

Pos Club WLD Ranking
Attack Defence
1 4 Manchester United 18 4 1
2 17 Blackpool 7 2 6
3 -1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 1 8
4 3 Manchester City 4 5 9
5 4 Arsenal 4 17 5
6D 2 Birmingham City 3 8 3
7 3 Burnley 2 13 2
8 10 Bolton Wanderers 1 11 4
9 -5 Sunderland 1 6 22
10D 2 Luton Town0 12 7
11 -3 Newcastle United-1 3 13
12 -9 Portsmouth-1 7 21
13 4 West Bromwich Albion-1 18 13
14 1 Charlton Athletic-2 8 19
15 -4 Everton-2 19 9
16 -15 Chelsea-3 13 17
17 3 Cardiff City-3 19 9
18 -2 Tottenham Hotspur-5 16 15
19 -5 Preston North End-6 10 16
20 -14 Aston Villa-7 22 9
21 -9 Huddersfield Town-7 21 20
22 -9 Sheffield United-9 15 17

 

Division 2

Pos Club WLD Ranking
Attack Defence
1D 1 Sheffield Wednesday 13 1 3
2 2 Leeds United 10 9 2
3 8 Liverpool 6 5 5
4 2 Blackburn Rovers 6 6 8
5D 1 Leicester City 6 2 13
6 3 Bristol Rovers 6 6 11
7 8 Nottingham Forest 5 16 5
8 8 Lincoln City 4 11 8
9 5 Fulham 4 3 15
10 0 Swansea Town 4 8 16
11 D 3S Bristol City 3 9 7
12 5 Port Vale 3 17 1
13 -8 Stoke City 2 14 3
14 -2 Middlesbrough-2 12 13
15 -2 Bury-2 4 20
16 -8 West Ham United-3 13 10
17 1 Doncaster Rovers-7 15 21
18 D 3N Barnsley-8 22 18
19 -16 Rotherham United-9 18 12
20 -13 Notts County-11 19 17
21 -1 Plymouth Argyle-14 20 19
22 -3 Hull City-16 21 22

 

Division 3 North

Pos Club WLD Ranking
Attack Defence
1 22 Grimsby Town 22 10 1
2D 2 Derby County 17 1 3
3 -1 Accrington Stanley 13 3 4
4 1 Hartlepools United 11 7 5
5 6 Southport 11 15 2
6 0 Chesterfield 8 2 10
7 2 Stockport County 5 4 6
8 13 Bradford City 3 8 9
9 -6 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 2 12 7
10 -2 Workington 1 12 7
11 -7 York City 1 5 11
12 0 Rochdale 1 15 18
13 -6 Gateshead-1 9 18
14 4 Wrexham-4 15 12
15 0 Darlington-5 21 12
16 3 Tranmere Rovers-5 22 18
17 7 Chester-6 23 16
18 -5 Mansfield Town-7 6 15
19 -5 Halifax Town-7 15 14
20 -10 Oldham Athletic-8 10 21
21 -1 Carlisle United-8 14 22
22 -5 Barrow-13 19 17
23 -7 Bradford-13 19 24
24 -2 Crewe Alexandra-18 24 23

 

Division 3 South

Pos Club WLD Ranking
Attack Defence
1 1 Leyton Orient 20 2 1
2 4 Brighton & Hove Albion 19 1 2
3D 2 Ipswich Town 18 2 4
4 6 Southend United 7 5 15
5 3 Torquay United 6 6 6
6 5 Brentford 6 13 7
7 4 Norwich City 5 6 18
8 1 Coventry City 3 10 4
9 8 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2 19 3
10 -6 Gillingham 2 13 9
11 2 Northampton Town 1 17 9
12 12 Colchester United 1 9 16
13 3 Shrewsbury Town0 13 7
14 -11 Southampton-2 4 16
15 -1 Aldershot-6 11 23
16 6 Exeter City-6 20 11
17 1 Reading-7 11 13
18 -3 Queens Park Rangers-7 18 22
19 0 Newport County-7 20 13
20 3 Walsall-8 16 20
21 -14 Watford-9 23 21
22 -17 Millwall-10 8 24
23 -3 Crystal Palace-12 22 19
24 -3 Swindon Town-16 24 12