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      MIDLAND LEAGUE  1956/57
      P W D L F A Pts
        1 Peterborough United 46 36 6 4 148 35 78
    2 Rotherham United Reserves 46 32 5 9 133 69 69
    3 Boston United 46 23 11 12 97 64 57
    4 Lincoln City Reserves 46 22 9 15 85 63 53
    5 York City Reserves 46 21 11 14 83 78 53
    6 Corby Town 46 22 8 16 110 98 52
    7 Scunthorpe United Reserves 46 16 18 12 91 82 50
    8 Worksop Town 46 19 11 16 92 81 49
    9 Nottingham Forest Reserves 46 20 8 18 97 73 48
    10 Doncaster Rovers Reserves 46 20 7 19 97 85 47
    11 King's Lynn 46 18 11 17 96 93 47
    12 Frickley Colliery 46 19 8 19 80 77 46
    13 Grantham 46 15 16 15 94 93 46
    14 Notts County Reserves 46 15 14 17 86 87 44
    15 Grimsby Town Reserves 46 18 7 21 108 86 43
    16 Denaby United 46 19 5 22 113 118 43
    17 Bradford City Reserves 46 17 7 22 92 109 41
    18 Bradford PA Reserves 46 17 6 23 69 97 40
    19 Gainsborough Trinity 46 15 10 21 69 101 40
    20 Wisbech Town 46 14 11 21 63 97 39
    21 Goole Town 46 13 11 22 64 89 37
      22 Hull City Reserves 46 12 11 23 84 116 35
      23 Scarborough 46 13 7 26 86 128 33
      24 Mansfield Town Reserves 46 4 6 36 55 173 14
     
     

Peterborough and King's Lynn both applied to join the Football League at the end of the season and were included in the vote for membership of Division 3 (South). Voting -

     
      48 votes Norwich City

Re-elected to the League
      42 Swindon Town Re-elected to the League
      7 Peterborough United Not elected to the League
      1 Bedford Town Not elected to the League
      0 Headington United Not elected to the League
      0 Kettering Town Not elected to the League
      0 King's Lynn Not elected to the League
      0 Worcester City Not elected to the League
      0 Yeovil Town Not elected to the League