1955-56 in Scottish football

Season 1955-1956 was the 59th season of Scottish League football.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
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	Airdrie	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

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Queens 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 Acad	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 Stirling	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: Queens Park, Ayr United

Competition	Winner
Scottish Cup	Hearts
Scottish League Cup	Aberdeen

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Scotland were joint winners with England, Northern Ireland and Wales in the 1956 British Home Championship.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
October 8, 1955	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	1-2	BHC	Lawrie Reilly
November 9, 1955	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Wales	2-0	BHC	Bobby Johnstone (2)
April 14, 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	1-1	BHC	Graham Leggat
May 2, 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Austria	1-1	F	Alfie Conn