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1955–56 Scottish Division One

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Scottish Division One
Season1955–56
ChampionsRangers
RelegatedClyde
Stirling Albion

The 1955–56 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by six points over nearest rival Aberdeen. Clyde and Stirling Albion finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1956–57 Scottish Division Two.

League reconstruction

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Following league reconstruction, League Division One (known until then as Division A) was expanded from 16 to 18 teams this season with Airdrieonians and Dunfermline Athletic being promoted from the previous season with all Division A teams staying up.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Rangers 34 22 8 4 85 27 3.148 52
2 Aberdeen 34 18 10 6 87 50 1.740 46
3 Heart of Midlothian 34 19 7 8 99 47 2.106 45
4 Hibernian 34 19 7 8 86 50 1.720 45
5 Celtic 34 16 9 9 55 39 1.410 41
6 Queen of the South 34 16 5 13 69 73 0.945 37
7 Airdrieonians 34 14 8 12 85 96 0.885 36
8 Kilmarnock 34 12 10 12 52 45 1.156 34
9 Partick Thistle 34 13 7 14 62 60 1.033 33
10 Motherwell 34 11 11 12 53 59 0.898 33
11 Raith Rovers 34 12 9 13 58 75 0.773 33
12 East Fife 34 13 5 16 61 69 0.884 31
13 Dundee 34 12 6 16 56 65 0.862 30
14 Falkirk 34 11 6 17 58 75 0.773 28
15 St Mirren 34 10 7 17 57 70 0.814 27
16 Dunfermline Athletic 34 10 6 18 42 82 0.512 26
17 Clyde 34 8 6 20 50 74 0.676 22
18 Stirling Albion 34 4 5 25 23 82 0.280 13
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Results

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Home \ Away ABE AIR CEL CLY DND DNF EFI FAL HOM HIB KIL MOT PAR QOS RAI RAN STM STI
Aberdeen 7–2 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–0 7–3 2–2 4–1 6–2 3–2 1–1 0–4 3–2 3–5 0–0 4–1 7–0
Airdrieonians 2–2 1–2 1–8 3–3 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–4 3–1 3–2 3–0 3–3 3–3 4–3 0–4 4–2 4–0
Celtic 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–2 5–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–0
Clyde 0–5 2–3 1–3 4–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–4 1–1 2–1
Dundee 2–4 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 6–3 0–3 5–1 2–1
Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 3–7 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–3 1–5 1–5 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–3 0–0
East Fife 1–1 8–1 3–0 1–1 5–4 3–1 6–1 1–4 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
Falkirk 3–6 1–4 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 6–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–4 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 5–1 2–0
Heart of Midlothian 3–0 4–1 2–1 5–1 4–0 5–0 3–1 8–3 0–1 0–2 7–1 5–0 2–2 7–2 1–1 4–1 5–0
Hibernian 1–3 3–3 2–3 1–0 6–3 7–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 7–0 5–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 6–1
Kilmarnock 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 4–4 2–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–2
Motherwell 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 5–1 1–2 1–1 2–0
Partick Thistle 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 9–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 6–1
Queen of the South 2–2 5–3 1–3 5–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 6–0 4–3 1–3 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 4–1 4–2
Raith Rovers 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–3 2–3 3–1 0–5 2–2 2–0
Rangers 1–0 4–4 0–0 0–1 3–1 6–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 6–0 4–0 4–1 0–0
St Mirren 0–3 7–2 0–2 3–0 3–1 4–2 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 4–1 0–1 0–1 5–2
Stirling Albion 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–4 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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