1955-56 season London Combination League

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Contents 1 NOTE 2 League table 3 Matches 4 Squad statistics

NOTE

For the 1955/56 season the previous basis of having two divisions for the Football Combination was to be scrapped. The original object was for there to be one division of 22 teams, with 42 matches being played. However, as it happened, there were 32 teams, but still playing 42 games each.
Although a knock-out (Combination Cup) competition was originally considered to be continued, for this season it was not played.

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	34	2	6	143	46	70
2	Chelsea	42	28	7	7	116	49	63
3	Portsmouth	42	26	6	10	104	53	58
4	Bristol Rovers	42	24	8	10	105	61	56
5	Bristol City	42	21	13	8	66	43	55
6	West Ham United	42	24	3	15	116	69	51
7	Brentford	42	23	5	14	100	79	51
8	Birmingham City	42	19	10	13	87	58	48
9	Arsenal	42	19	8	15	96	76	46
10	Leicester City	42	17	12	13	103	88	46
11	Cardiff City	42	19	7	16	89	71	45
12	Norwich City	42	18	9	15	71	66	45
13	Watford	42	20	5	17	83	91	45
14	Fulham	42	19	6	17	85	71	44
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	17	8	17	79	82	42
16	Crystal Palace	42	18	5	19	78	74	41
17	Charlton Athletic	42	16	8	18	76	73	40
18	Queens Park Rangers	42	18	4	20	62	86	40
19	Southend United	42	14	11	17	75	86	39
20	Southampton	42	15	8	19	75	73	38
21	Ipswich Town	42	18	2	22	88	98	38
22	Bournemouth & Boscombe	42	15	8	19	65	77	38
23	Swansea Town	42	15	7	20	68	92	37
24	Leyton Orient	42	13	10	19	72	70	36
25	Luton Town	42	13	9	20	94	98	35
26	Aldershot	42	14	6	22	61	107	34
27	Reading	42	13	6	23	61	99	32
28	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	5	25	72	101	29
29	Coventry City	42	11	5	26	59	114	27
30	Millwall	42	10	6	26	71	122	26
31	Northampton Town	42	9	7	26	66	134	25
32	Swindon Town	42	9	6	27	42	121	24

Matches

Season	Day	D	M	Year	Competition	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1955-56	Sat	20	Aug	1955	LON	Bournemouth & Boscombe	Away	Won	5-1
1955-56	Mon	22	Aug	1955	LON	Millwall	Home	Won	9-0
1955-56	Sat	27	Aug	1955	LON	Leicester City	Home	Won	4-2
1955-56	Mon	29	Aug	1955	LON	Millwall	Away	Won	2-1
1955-56	Sat	3	Sep	1955	LON	Norwich City	Away	Won	1-0
1955-56	Sat	10	Sep	1955	LON	Leyton Orient	Home	Won	8-0
1955-56	Sat	17	Sep	1955	LON	Bristol Rovers	Away	Won	4-1
1955-56	Sat	1	Oct	1955	LON	Charlton Athletic	Away	Lost	0-3
1955-56	Mon	3	Oct	1955	LCC	Hendon	Home	Won	6-3	1st. Round
1955-56	Sat	8	Oct	1955	LON	Swansea Town	Home	Won	4-1
1955-56	Sat	15	Oct	1955	LON	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	Drew	1-1
1955-56	Mon	17	Oct	1955	LCC	Crystal Palace	Home	Won	8-0	2nd. Round
1955-56	Sat	22	Oct	1955	LON	Northampton	Home	Lost	2-3
1955-56	Thur	27	Oct	1955	LCC	Brentford	Away	Lost	2-6	Semi-Final Round
1955-56	Sat	29	Oct	1955	LON	Luton Town	Away	Lost	0-3
1955-56	Sat	5	Nov	1955	LON	Ipswich Town	Home	Won	4-3
1955-56	Mon	7	Nov	1955	LON	Plymouth Argyle	Away	Won	1-0
1955-56	Sat	12	Nov	1955	LON	Bristol City	Away	Lost	0-1
1955-56	Sat	19	Nov	1955	LON	Southampton	Home	Won	4-0
1955-56	Sat	26	Nov	1955	LON	West Ham United	Away	Won	2-1
1955-56	Sat	3	Dec	1955	LON	Crystal Palace	Home	Won	3-0
1955-56	Sat	10	Dec	1955	LON	Birmingham City	Away	Lost	0-3
1955-56	Sat	17	Dec	1955	LON	Bournemouth & Boscombe	Home	Won	4-2
1955-56	Sat	24	Dec	1955	LON	Leicester City	Away	Won	4-1
1955-56	Mon	26	Dec	1955	LON	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	Drew	2-2
1955-56	Sat	31	Dec	1955	LON	Norwich City	Home	Won	4-0
1955-56	Sat	7	Jan	1956	LON	Arsenal	Home	Won	3-1
1955-56	Sat	14	Jan	1956	LON	Leyton Orient	Away	Won	2-1
1955-56	Sat	21	Jan	1956	LON	Bristol Rovers	Home	Drew	2-2
1955-56	Sat	11	Feb	1956	LON	Charlton Athletic	Home	Won	4-1
1955-56	Sat	25	Feb	1956	LON	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	Won	5-1
1955-56	Sat	3	Mar	1956	LON	Northampton Town	Away	Drew	2-2
1955-56	Sat	10	Mar	1956	LON	Luton Town	Home	Won	4-0
1955-56	Sat	17	Mar	1956	LON	Ipswich Town	Away	Won	3-1
1955-56	Tues	20	Mar	1956	LON	Arsenal	Away	Drew	1-1
1955-56	Sat	24	Mar	1956	LON	Bristol City	Home	Drew	1-1
1955-56	Mon	26	Mar	1956	LON	Swansea Town	Away	Drew	1-1
1955-56	Fri	30	Mar	1956	LON	Watford	Home	Won	5-2
1955-56	Mon	2	Apr	1956	LON	Watford	Away	Lost	0-1
1955-56	Sat	7	Apr	1956	LON	West Ham United	Home	Won	4-1
1955-56	Mon	9	Apr	1956	LON	Southampton	Away	Won	3-0
1955-56	Sat	14	Apr	1956	LON	Crystal Palace	Away	Won	2-0
1955-56	Wed	18	Apr	1956	LON	Plymouth Argyle	Home	Won	3-1
1955-56	Sat	21	Apr	1956	LON	Birmingham City	Home	Won	2-0
1955-56	Thur	26	Apr	1956	LON	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	Lost	1-3

Squad statistics

Name	Foot Com		Lon Chal. Cup		Overall Figures
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Les Allen	15	9	1	1	16	10
Ken Armstrong	1	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Bellett	39	0	3	0	42	0
Peter Brabrook	17	11	0	0	17	11
Len Casey	13	0	0	0	13	0
John Compton	6	0	0	0	6	0
Colin Court	1	0	0	0	1	0
Alan Dicks	30	1	3	1	33	2
Derek Gibbs	8	4	0	0	8	4
John Harris	15	0	2	0	17	0
Cliff Huxford	3	0	0	0	3	0
Ray Kitchener	37	17	3	4	40	21
Bobby Laverick	4	2	0	0	4	2
Jim Lewis	27	11	2	3	29	14
Bill Livingstone	39	0	3	0	42	0
John McNichol	13	4	0	0	13	4
Owen Medlock	3	0	0	0	3	0
Roy Merrifield	8	1	2	3	10	4
John Mortimore	2	0	0	0	2	0
Tony Nicholas	23	17	0	0	23	17
Brian Nicholas	25	0	2	0	27	0
Seamus O’Connell	9	6	2	1	11	7
Eric Parsons	6	1	0	0	6	1
William G. Robertson	5	0	0	0	5	0
Brian Rooney	6	2	0	0	6	2
Alan Rule	8	0	1	0	9	0
John Sillett	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Smith	11	14	0	0	11	14
Les Stubbs	15	6	2	0	17	6
Chick Thomson	34	0	3	0	37	0
Ron Tindall	13	9	3	3	16	12
Dick Whittaker	25	0	1	0	26	0
Opponents		1		0		1