1955–56 Scottish Division Two

Scottish Second Division
Season	1955–56
Champions	Queen's Park
Promoted	Queen's Park Ayr United
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Scottish Second Division was won by Queen's Park who, along with second placed Ayr United, were promoted to the First Division. Montrose finished bottom.

In the summer of 1955, the Scottish League expanded from 32 clubs to 37 clubs. The five new teams were: Berwick Rangers, Dumbarton, East Stirlingshire, Montrose and Stranraer.^[1]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Queen's Park	36	23	8	5	78	28	+50	54	Promotion to the 1956–57 First Division
2	Ayr United	36	24	3	9	103	55	+48	51	Promotion to the 1956–57 First Division
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	+13	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ https://eaststirlingshirefc.co.uk/1950s

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