1955–56 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1955–56 season
Manager	Jimmy McGrory
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish First Division	5th
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Group Stage
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

During the 1955–56 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.

Results

Scottish First Division

10 September 1955 Division One	Falkirk	3 – 1	Celtic	Falkirk
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 12,000

17 September 1955 Division One	Celtic	3 – 0	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,000

24 September 1955 Division One	Rangers	0 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 47,000

1 October 1955 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

8 October 1955 Division One	Hearts	2 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
14:45 BST				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 31,000

15 October 1955 Division One	Celtic	2 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,000

22 October 1955 Division One	Clyde	1 – 3	Celtic	Glasgow
14:30 BST				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 28,000

29 October 1955 Division One	Celtic	4 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,000

5 November 1955 Division One	Celtic	0 – 0	East Fife	Glasgow
14:45 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,000

12 November 1955 Division One	Dundee	1 – 2	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 23,000

19 November 1955 Division One	Celtic	3 – 0	St Mirren	Glasgow
14:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 29,000

26 November 1955 Division One	Airdrieonians	1 – 2	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 17,500

3 December 1955 Division One	Stirling Albion	0 – 3	Celtic	Stirling
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Annfield Attendance: 11,000

10 December 1955 Division One	Celtic	0 – 2	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

17 December 1955 Division One	Celtic	5 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,500

24 December 1955 Division One	Hibernian	2 – 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 32,000

31 December 1955 Division One	Queen of the South	1 – 3	Celtic	Dumfries
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 12,500

2 January 1956 Division One	Celtic	0 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 47,000

7 January 1956 Division One	Aberdeen	1 – 0	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 38,000

21 January 1956 Division One	Raith Rovers	1 – 1	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 16,000

28 January 1956 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 39,000

11 February 1956 Division One	Motherwell	2 – 2	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 19,000

25 February 1956 Division One	Celtic	4 – 1	Clyde	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,000

7 March 1956 Division One	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	Celtic	Dunfermline
15:00 GMT				Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 12,000

10 March 1956 Division One	East Fife	3 – 0	Celtic	Methil
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 12,000

17 March 1956 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 24,000

28 March 1956 Division One	St Mirren	0 – 2	Celtic	Paisley
16:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 10,000

31 March 1956 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

10 April 1956 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
17:45 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,000

13 April 1956 Division One	Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Celtic	Kilmarnock
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 13,000

23 April 1956 Division One	Partick Thistle	2 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 15,000

25 April 1956 Division One	Celtic	0 – 3	Hibernian	Glasgow
BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 9,500

28 April 1956 Division One	Celtic	1 – 3	Queen of the South	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 9,000

30 April 1957 Division One	Celtic	1 – 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
19:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 4,000

Scottish Cup

4 February 1956 Fifth Round	Morton	0 - 2	Celtic	Greenock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 17,000

18 February 1956 Sixth Round	Ayr United	0 - 3	Celtic	Ayr
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 24,000

3 March 1956 Seventh Round	Celtic	2 - 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,000

24 March 1956 Semi-Final	Clyde	1 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 64,904

21 April 1956 Final	Hearts	3 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 133,583

Scottish League Cup

13 August 1955 Group 8	Celtic	4 - 2	Queen of the South	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,000

17 August 1955 Group 8	Queen of the South	0 - 2	Celtic	Dumfries
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 12,000

20 August 1955 Group 8	Celtic	5 - 1	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 40,000

27 August 1955 Group 8	Rangers	1 - 4	Celtic	Glasgow
18:45 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 75,000

31 August 1955 Group 8	Celtic	0 - 4	Rangers	Glasgow
18:45 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 61,000

3 September 1955 Group 8	Falkirk	1 - 1	Celtic	Falkirk
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 17,000

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Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stranraer Third Lanark