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The 1956/7 Season 06:32 - Aug 7 with 460 views

Here’s our post on Town’s last season in the 3rd tier until recent times. Town picked up 4 points in the first 9 games - can you imagine the uproar if that happens again?!

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The 1956/7 Season on 07:53 - Aug 7 with 400 views

Westover

Ipswich Town 46 18 3 2 72 20 7 6 10 29 34 1.870 59 Division Champions, promoted
2 Torquay United 46 19 4 0 71 18 5 7 11 18 46 1.391 59
3 Colchester United 46 15 8 0 49 19 7 6 10 35 37 1.500 58
4 Southampton 46 15 4 4 48 20 7 6 10 28 32 1.462 54
5 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 46 15 7 1 57 20 4 7 12 31 42 1.419 52
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 15 6 2 59 26 4 8 11 27 39 1.323 52
7 Southend United 46 14 3 6 42 20 4 9 10 31 45 1.123 48
8 Brentford

We won on goal difference by 1 with a 0-2 Win at Southampton the second goal scored by Basil Acres (my uncle) a right back who played centre forward because of injury to Tom Garneys.

The 1956/7 Season on 10:19 - Aug 7 with 315 views

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The 1956/7 Season on 07:53 - Aug 7 by Westover

Thank you sharing that. Well done to your uncle, given how close the season was it makes you wonder what would have happened if we’d just missed out. Basil might have won the World Cup for England!

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