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1955–56 Southern Football League

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The 1955–56 Southern Football League season was the 53rd in the history of the league, an English football competition.

No new clubs had joined the league for this season so the league consisted of 22 clubs from previous season. Guildford City were champions, winning their first Southern League title. Seven Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

League table

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Southern Football League
Season1955–56
ChampionsGuildford City
Matches played462
Goals scored1,720 (3.72 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Guildford City 42 26 8 8 74 34 2.176 60
2 Cheltenham Town 42 25 6 11 82 53 1.547 56
3 Yeovil Town 42 23 9 10 98 55 1.782 55
4 Bedford Town 42 21 9 12 99 69 1.435 51
5 Dartford 42 20 9 13 78 62 1.258 49
6 Weymouth 42 19 10 13 83 63 1.317 48
7 Gloucester City 42 19 9 14 72 60 1.200 47
8 Lovells Athletic 42 19 9 14 91 78 1.167 47
9 Chelmsford City 42 18 10 14 67 55 1.218 46
10 Kettering Town 42 16 11 15 105 86 1.221 43
11 Exeter City II 42 17 9 16 75 76 0.987 43
12 Gravesend & Northfleet 42 17 8 17 79 75 1.053 42
13 Hereford United 42 17 7 18 90 90 1.000 41
14 Hastings United 42 15 10 17 90 73 1.233 40
15 Headington United 42 17 6 19 82 86 0.953 40
16 Kidderminster Harriers 42 14 7 21 86 108 0.796 35
17 Llanelly 42 14 6 22 64 98 0.653 34
18 Barry Town 42 11 11 20 91 108 0.843 33
19 Worcester City 42 12 9 21 66 83 0.795 33
20 Tonbridge 42 11 11 20 53 74 0.716 33
21 Merthyr Tydfil 42 7 10 25 52 127 0.409 24
22 Bath City 42 7 10 25 43 107 0.402 24
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Football League elections

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Seven Southern League clubs applied for election to the Football League. However, none were successful as all four League clubs were re-elected.[1]

Club League Votes
Bradford Park Avenue Football League 47
Crewe Alexandra Football League 45
Crystal Palace Football League 44
Swindon Town Football League 42
Peterborough United Midland League 8
Wigan Athletic Lancashire Combination 2
Boston United Midland League 1
Burton Albion Birmingham & District League 1
Gloucester City Southern League 1
Nelson Lancashire Combination 1
Bedford Town Southern League 0
Chelmsford City Southern League 0
Hastings United Southern League 0
Headington United Southern League 0
King's Lynn Midland League 0
Worcester City Southern League 0
Yeovil Town Southern League 0

References

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