1956–57 Scottish Division One

51st season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division One 1956–57 Rangers Dunfermline AthleticAyr United 1955–56 1957–58 The 1956–57 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by two points over nearest rival Heart of Midlothian. Dunfermline Athletic and Ayr United finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1957–58 Scottish Division Two. League table main WDL 5 QR y 2 RAN Rangers HOM Heart of Midlothian KIL Kilmarnock RAI Raith Rovers CEL Celtic ABD Aberdeen MOT Motherwell PAR Partick Thistle HIB Hibernian DND Dundee AIR Airdrieonians STM St Mirren QPA Queen's Park FAL Falkirk EFI East Fife QOS Queen of the South DNF Dunfermline Athletic AYR Ayr United 26 3 5 96 48 24 5 5 81 48 16 10 8 57 39 16 7 11 84 58 15 8 11 58 43 18 2 14 79 59 16 5 13 72 66 13 8 13 53 51 12 9 13 69 56 13 6 15 55 61 13 4 17 77 89 12 6 16 58 72 11 7 16 55 59 10 8 16 51 70 10 6 18 59 82 10 5 19 54 96 9 6 19 54 74 7 5 22 48 89 green1 C red1 R R complete RSSSFJanuary 2025 medicmedic Results main FBR grey ABE AIR AYR CEL DND DNF EFI FAL HOM HIB KIL MOT PAR QOS QPA RAI RAN STM Aberdeen 2–3 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 1–3 2–3 2–0 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 Airdrieonians 1–5 4–1 3–7 3–2 3–1 5–2 2–3 3–4 5–3 0–1 1–4 0–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 3–3 4–1 Ayr United 1–6 4–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–2 6–1 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 4–4 0–3 1–0 1–2 Celtic 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 Dundee 4–2 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–1 3–1 5–1 5–2 3–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 3–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–3 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 4–3 3–0 2–2 3–4 0–2 East Fife 4–3 4–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–4 1–1 1–3 1–6 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–3 0–3 5–2 Falkirk 2–5 4–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 3–2 1–1 0–4 0–2 4–5 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 5–1 2–5 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 6–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 Hibernian 4–1 6–0 3–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 4–0 6–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–3 1–1 Kilmarnock 2–1 3–4 4–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 3–2 3–2 Motherwell 2–5 2–0 4–2 1–0 4–2 3–2 2–2 1–3 1–3 3–0 0–2 2–2 7–0 4–2 0–2 2–5 3–0 Partick Thistle 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 5–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 Queen of the South 2–2 3–3 5–1 4–3 3–1 3–2 4–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–3 2–2 3–0 1–6 1–5 0–3 2–0 Queen's Park 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 7–0 1–0 4–6 5–0 Raith Rovers 3–2 4–6 5–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 2–3 2–3 1–1 4–2 3–2 0–3 3–1 3–0 5–1 7–0 Rangers 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 6–1 1–1 5–3 5–3 0–1 2–3 4–1 4–0 3–3 3–1 1–0 St Mirren 0–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 2–3 3–2 3–1 0–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 7–1 4–1 3–3 1–2 complete References 2 Scottish Football Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20220524121312/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/league-tables/1956-57-division-one 2022-05-24 Category:1956–57 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot