1955–56 in Scottish football

1955–56 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Queen's Park
Scottish Cup winners
Heart of Midlothian
League Cup winners
Aberdeen
Junior Cup winners
Petershill
Teams in Europe
Hibernian
Scotland national team
1956 BHC

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

Overview

Following league reconstruction League Division One was expanded from 16 to 18 teams with Airdrieonians and Dunfermline Athletic being promoted. League Division Two was expanded from 16 to 19 teams with Berwick Rangers, Dumbarton, East Stirlingshire, Montrose and Stranraer joining the league.

The leagues were rebranded at the start of season 1955-56. Division A was now the newly named Division One and Division B was now the newly named Division Two.

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	Heart of Midlothian	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

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	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

Cup honours

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

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

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

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

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• BHC = British Home Championship