1955–56 Southern Football League

The 1955–56 Southern Football League season saw Guildford City win the championship. Seven Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Final table

The league featured no new clubs for this season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2
1	Guildford City	42	26	8	8	74	34	2.18	60
2	Cheltenham Town	42	25	6	11	82	53	1.55	56
3	Yeovil Town	42	23	9	10	98	55	1.78	55
4	Bedford Town	42	21	9	12	99	69	1.43	51
5	Dartford	42	20	9	13	78	62	1.26	49
6	Weymouth	42	19	10	13	83	63	1.32	48
7	Gloucester City	42	19	9	14	72	60	1.2	47
8	Lovells Athletic	42	19	9	14	91	78	1.17	47
9	Chelmsford City	42	18	10	14	67	55	1.22	46
10	Kettering Town	42	16	11	15	105	86	1.22	43
11	Exeter City II	42	17	9	16	75	76	0.99	43
12	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	17	8	17	79	75	1.05	42
13	Hereford United	42	17	7	18	90	90	1	41
14	Hastings United	42	15	10	17	90	73	1.23	40
15	Headington United	42	17	6	19	82	86	0.95	40
16	Kidderminster Harriers	42	14	7	21	86	108	0.8	35
17	Llanelly	42	14	6	22	64	98	0.65	34
18	Barry Town	42	11	11	20	91	108	0.84	33
19	Worcester City	42	12	9	21	66	83	0.79	33
20	Tonbridge	42	11	11	20	53	74	0.71	33
21	Merthyr Tydfil	42	7	10	25	52	127	0.40	24
22	Bath City	42	7	10	25	43	107	0.40	24

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League elections

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

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