Football League Third Division South  1954/55

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Bristol City 46 30 10 6 101 47 2.149 70 ▲Champions
2nd  Leyton Orient 46 26 9 11 89 47 1.894 61 Runners Up
3rd  Southampton 46 24 11 11 75 51 1.471 59 -
4th  Gillingham 46 20 15 11 77 66 1.167 55 -
5th  Millwall 46 20 11 15 72 68 1.059 51 -
6th  Brighton & Hove Albion 46 20 10 16 76 63 1.206 50 -
7th  Watford 46 18 14 14 71 62 1.145 50 -
8th  Torquay United 46 18 12 16 82 82 1.000 48 -
9th  Coventry City 46 18 11 17 67 59 1.136 47 -
10th  Southend United 46 17 12 17 83 80 1.038 46 -
11th  Brentford 46 16 14 16 82 82 1.000 46 -
12th  Norwich City 46 18 10 18 60 60 1.000 46 -
13th  Northampton Town 46 19 8 19 73 81 0.901 46 -
14th  Aldershot 46 16 13 17 75 71 1.056 45 -
15th  Queens Park Rangers 46 15 14 17 69 75 0.920 44 -
16th  Shrewsbury Town 46 16 10 20 70 78 0.897 42 -
17th  Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic 46 12 18 16 57 65 0.877 42 -
18th  Reading 46 13 15 18 65 73 0.890 41 -
19th  Newport County 46 11 16 19 60 73 0.822 38 -
20th  Crystal Palace 46 11 16 19 52 80 0.650 38 -
21st  Swindon Town 46 11 15 20 46 64 0.719 37 -
22nd  Exeter City 46 11 15 20 47 73 0.644 37 -
23rd  Walsall 46 10 14 22 75 86 0.872 34 Re Elected
24th  Colchester United 46 9 13 24 53 91 0.582 31 Re Elected

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Election for League Membership

The bottom two clubs were required to seek re-election to the League. They were joined in the vote for membership of the Southern section of the Third Division by 5 non-league clubs.
Votes Club End Result
44 Colchester United Re Elected to the League
33 Walsall Re Elected to the League
16 Peterborough United Not Elected to the League
3 Worcester City Not Elected to the League
2 Headington United Not Elected to the League
0 Bedford Town Not Elected to the League
0 Yeovil Town Not Elected to the League

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End of Season Notes

 ▼Ipswich Town were Relegated from the Football League Second Division

 ▲Bristol City were Promoted to the Football League Second Division

 - Walsall were Re-Elected to the League

 - Colchester United were Re-Elected to the League