1955-56 in Scottish football

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The 1955–56 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Scotland.

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[edit] Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 34 22 8 4 85 27 58 52
2 Aberdeen 34 18 10 6 87 50 37 46
3 Hearts 34 19 7 8 99 47 52 45
4 Hibernian 34 19 7 8 86 50 36 45
5 Celtic 34 16 9 9 55 39 16 41
6 Queen of the South 34 16 5 13 69 73 -5 37
7 Airdrieonians 34 14 8 12 85 96 -11 36
8 Kilmarnock 34 12 10 12 52 45 7 34
9 Partick Thistle 34 13 7 14 62 60 2 33
10 Motherwell 34 11 11 12 53 59 -6 33
11 Raith Rovers 34 12 9 13 58 75 -17 33
12 East Fife 34 13 5 16 61 69 -8 31
13 Dundee 34 12 6 16 56 65 -9 30
14 Falkirk 34 11 6 17 58 75 -17 28
15 St. Mirren 34 10 7 17 57 70 -13 27
16 Dunfermline Athletic 34 10 6 18 42 82 -40 26
17 Clyde 34 8 6 20 50 74 -24 22
18 Stirling Albion 34 4 5 25 23 82 -59 13

Champions: Rangers
 Relegated: Clyde, Stirling Albion

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Queen's Park 36 23 8 5 78 28 50 54
2 Ayr United 36 24 3 9 103 55 48 51
3 St. Johnstone 36 21 7 8 86 45 41 49
4 Dumbarton 36 21 5 10 83 62 21 47
5 Stenhousemuir 36 20 4 12 82 54 28 44
6 Brechin City 36 18 6 12 60 56 4 42
7 Cowdenbeath 36 16 7 13 80 85 -5 39
8 Dundee United 36 12 14 10 78 65 -7 38
9 Greenock Morton 36 15 6 15 71 69 2 36
10 Third Lanark 36 16 3 17 80 64 16 35
11 Hamilton Academical 36 13 7 16 86 84 2 33
12 Stranraer 36 14 5 17 77 92 -15 33
13 Alloa Athletic 36 12 7 17 67 73 -6 31
14 Berwick Rangers 36 11 9 16 52 77 -25 31
15 Forfar Athletic 36 10 9 17 62 75 -13 29
16 East Stirlingshire 36 9 10 17 66 94 -28 28
17 Albion Rovers 36 8 11 17 58 82 -24 27
18 Arbroath 36 10 6 20 47 67 -20 26
19 Montrose 36 4 3 29 44 133 -89 11

Promoted: Queen's Park, Ayr United

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1955–56 Hearts 3 – 1 Celtic
League Cup Aberdeen 2 – 1 St. Mirren
Junior Cup Petershill 4 – 1 Lugar Boswell Thistle

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
October 8, 1955 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1–2 BHC Lawrie Reilly
November 9, 1955 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Wales Wales 2–0 BHC Bobby Johnstone (2)
April 14, 1956 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of England England 1–1 BHC Graham Leggat
May 2, 1956 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Austria Austria 1–1 F Alfie Conn

1956 British Home Championship - Joint winners with Flag of England England, Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland and Flag of Wales Wales

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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