1955–56 Scottish League Cup

September 2014 April 2026 1955–56 Scottish League Cup Scotland Aberdeen St Mirren 1954–55 1956–57 The 1955–56 Scottish League Cup was the tenth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won Aberdeen, who defeated St Mirren in the Final. First round Group 1 main WDL Group 1 n 2 y STM St Mirren KIL Kilmarnock DND Dundee AIR Airdrieonians 3 1 2 10 9 2 3 1 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 1 2 3 13 14 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Airdrieonians 4–0 Dundee 13 August 1955 Kilmarnock 0–0 St Mirren 13 August 1955 Dundee 1–2 Kilmarnock 17 August 1955 St Mirren 3–2 Airdrieonians 17 August 1955 Dundee 2–0 St Mirren 20 August 1955 Kilmarnock 2–0 Airdrieonians 20 August 1955 Dundee 2–2 Airdrieonians 27 August 1955 St Mirren 3–0 Kilmarnock 27 August 1955 Airdrieonians 2–4 St Mirren 31 August 1955 Kilmarnock 0–0 Dundee 31 August 1955 Airdrieonians 3–3 Kilmarnock 3 September 1955 St Mirren 0–3 Dundee 3 September 1955 Group 2 main WDL Group 2 n 2 y HOM Heart of Midlothian PAR Partick Thistle EFI East Fife RAI Raith Rovers 5 0 1 15 2 4 0 2 11 7 2 0 4 8 13 1 0 5 4 16 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Partick Thistle 0–2 Heart of Midlothian 13 August 1955 Raith Rovers 2–4 East Fife 13 August 1955 East Fife 2–3 Partick Thistle 17 August 1955 Heart of Midlothian 5–0 Raith Rovers 17 August 1955 East Fife 1–0 Heart of Midlothian 20 August 1955 Partick Thistle 4–0 Raith Rovers 20 August 1955 East Fife 0–2 Raith Rovers 27 August 1955 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Partick Thistle 27 August 1955 Partick Thistle 2–1 East Fife 31 August 1955 Raith Rovers 0–2 Heart of Midlothian 31 August 1955 Heart of Midlothian 4–0 East Fife 3 September 1955 Raith Rovers 0–1 Partick Thistle 3 September 1955 Group 3 main WDL Group 3 n 2 y ABD Aberdeen HIB Hibernian DNF Dunfermline Athletic CLY Clyde 5 1 0 13 8 3 1 2 11 8 1 1 4 12 16 1 1 4 11 15 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dunfermline Athletic 4–2 Clyde 13 August 1955 Hibernian 0–1 Aberdeen 13 August 1955 Aberdeen 3–2 Dunfermline Athletic 17 August 1955 Clyde 2–2 Hibernian 17 August 1955 Aberdeen 3–2 Clyde 20 August 1955 Hibernian 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic 20 August 1955 Aberdeen 2–1 Hibernian 27 August 1955 Clyde 3–2 Dunfermline Athletic 27 August 1955 Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 Aberdeen 31 August 1955 Hibernian 2–1 Clyde 31 August 1955 Clyde 1–2 Aberdeen 3 September 1955 Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 Hibernian 3 September 1955 Group 4 main WDL Group 4 n 2 y RAN Rangers CEL Celtic FAL Falkirk QOS Queen of the South 5 0 1 22 8 4 1 1 16 9 2 1 3 12 15 0 0 6 3 21 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Celtic 4–2 Queen of the South 13 August 1955 Falkirk 0–5 Rangers 13 August 1955 Queen of the South 0–2 Celtic 17 August 1955 Rangers 4–3 Falkirk 17 August 1955 Celtic 5–1 Falkirk 20 August 1955 Queen of the South 1–2 Rangers 20 August 1955 Queen of the South 0–3 Falkirk 27 August 1955 Rangers 1–4 Celtic 27 August 1955 Celtic 0–4 Rangers 31 August 1955 Falkirk 4–0 Queen of the South 31 August 1955 Falkirk 1–1 Celtic 3 September 1955 Rangers 6–0 Queen of the South 3 September 1955 Group 5 main WDL Group 5 n 2 y HAM Hamilton Academical ALO Alloa Athletic COW Cowdenbeath ARB Arbroath 4 2 0 20 6 3 2 1 18 15 2 1 3 16 18 0 1 5 7 22 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Alloa Athletic 5–3 Arbroath 13 August 1955 Hamilton Academical 6–1 Cowdenbeath 13 August 1955 Arbroath 1–2 Hamilton Academical 17 August 1955 Cowdenbeath 5–3 Alloa Athletic 17 August 1955 Cowdenbeath 5–1 Arbroath 20 August 1955 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Alloa Athletic 20 August 1955 Arbroath 1–2 Alloa Athletic 27 August 1955 Cowdenbeath 1–2 Hamilton Academical 27 August 1955 Alloa Athletic 5–3 Cowdenbeath 31 August 1955 Hamilton Academical 7–0 Arbroath 31 August 1955 Alloa Athletic 2–2 Hamilton Academical 3 September 1955 Arbroath 1–1 Cowdenbeath 3 September 1955 Group 6 main WDL Group 6 n 2 y STJ St Johnstone STI Stirling Albion AYR Ayr United QPA Queen's Park 5 0 1 16 7 2 1 3 8 10 2 1 3 10 16 2 0 4 8 9 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Queen's Park 3–0 Stirling Albion 13 August 1955 St Johnstone 5–1 Ayr United 13 August 1955 Ayr United 3–2 Queen's Park 17 August 1955 Stirling Albion 0–1 St Johnstone 17 August 1955 Queen's Park 1–2 St Johnstone 20 August 1955 Stirling Albion 3–1 Ayr United 20 August 1955 Ayr United 3–2 St Johnstone 27 August 1955 Stirling Albion 1–0 Queen's Park 27 August 1955 Queen's Park 2–0 Ayr United 31 August 1955 St Johnstone 3–2 Stirling Albion 31 August 1955 Ayr United 2–2 Stirling Albion 3 September 1955 St Johnstone 3–0 Queen's Park 3 September 1955 Group 7 main WDL Group 7 n 2 y MOT Motherwell ALB Albion Rovers DNU Dundee United FOR Forfar Athletic 6 0 0 24 3 2 1 3 8 12 2 1 3 13 20 1 0 5 8 18 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dundee United 1–3 Albion Rovers 13 August 1955 Forfar Athletic 1–6 Motherwell 13 August 1955 Albion Rovers 1–0 Forfar Athletic 17 August 1955 Motherwell 7–1 Dundee United 17 August 1955 Albion Rovers 0–2 Motherwell 20 August 1955 Forfar Athletic 2–5 Dundee United 20 August 1955 Albion Rovers 3–3 Dundee United 27 August 1955 Motherwell 2–1 Forfar Athletic 27 August 1955 Dundee United 0–3 Motherwell 31 August 1955 Forfar Athletic 2–1 Albion Rovers 31 August 1955 Dundee United 3–2 Forfar Athletic 3 September 1955 Motherwell 4–0 Albion Rovers 3 September 1955 Group 8 main WDL Group 8 n 2 y GMO Morton BRE Brechin City THI Third Lanark STE Stenhousemuir 4 0 2 16 9 3 1 2 14 14 2 1 3 7 9 1 2 3 9 14 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Brechin City 2–1 Third Lanark 13 August 1955 Morton 3–1 Stenhousemuir 13 August 1955 Stenhousemuir 2–0 Brechin City 17 August 1955 Third Lanark 1–0 Morton 17 August 1955 Morton 7–1 Brechin City 20 August 1955 Stenhousemuir 1–1 Third Lanark 20 August 1955 Stenhousemuir 2–4 Morton 27 August 1955 Third Lanark 1–4 Brechin City 27 August 1955 Brechin City 3–3 Stenhousemuir 31 August 1955 Morton 2–0 Third Lanark 31 August 1955 Brechin City 4–0 Morton 3 September 1955 Third Lanark 3–0 Stenhousemuir 3 September 1955 Group 9 main WDL Group 9 n 2 y DUM Dumbarton EST East Stirlingshire STR Stranraer BER Berwick Rangers MON Montrose 3 1 0 13 4 3 0 1 14 12 1 1 2 8 12 1 0 3 5 7 1 0 3 6 11 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dumbarton 2–0 Berwick Rangers 13 August 1955 Stranraer 3–2 Montrose 13 August 1955 Berwick Rangers 2–0 Stranraer 17 August 1955 Montrose 2–5 East Stirlingshire 17 August 1955 East Stirlingshire 5–2 Stranraer 20 August 1955 Montrose 0–2 Dumbarton 20 August 1955 East Stirlingshire 3–2 Berwick Rangers 27 August 1955 Stranraer 3–3 Dumbarton 27 August 1955 Berwick Rangers 1–2 Montrose 3 September 1955 Dumbarton 6–1 East Stirlingshire 3 September 1955 Supplementary round First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dumbarton 2–1 Morton 6 September 1955 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Morton 0–1 Dumbarton 8 September 1955 1–3 Quarter-finals First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aberdeen 5–3 Heart of Midlothian 14 September 1955 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Rangers 14 September 1955 St Johnstone 1–2 Motherwell 14 September 1955 St Mirren 5–1 Dumbarton 14 September 1955 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Dumbarton 1–1 St Mirren 17 September 1955 2–6 Heart of Midlothian 2–4 Aberdeen 17 September 1955 5–9 Motherwell 0–1After Extra Time St Johnstone 17 September 1955 2–2 Rangers 8–0 Hamilton Academical 17 September 1955 10–1 Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate Motherwell 2–0 St Johnstone 21 September 1955 Semi-finals Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aberdeen 2–1 Rangers 1 October 1955 St Mirren 3–3After Extra Time Motherwell 1 October 1955 Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate St Mirren 2–0 Motherwell 8 October 1955 Final 1955 Scottish League Cup Final 22 October 1955 Aberdeen 2–1 St Mirren Mallan o.g. Leggat Holmes Hampden Park, Glasgow 44,106 References General http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1955-1956/results Scottish League Cup 1955–1956 : Results 1 February 2012 Statto https://web.archive.org/web/20120302203758/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1955-1956/results 2 March 2012 live dmy-all Specific Category:Scottish League Cup seasons League Cup Cup