1955–56 Scottish Division One

50th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division One 1955–56 Rangers ClydeStirling Albion 1954–55 1956–57 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 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 main WDL 5 QR y 2 RAN Rangers ABD Aberdeen HOM Heart of Midlothian HIB Hibernian CEL Celtic QOS Queen of the South AIR Airdrieonians KIL Kilmarnock PAR Partick Thistle MOT Motherwell RAI Raith Rovers EFI East Fife DND Dundee FAL Falkirk STM St Mirren DNF Dunfermline Athletic CLY Clyde STI Stirling Albion 22 8 4 85 27 18 10 6 87 50 19 7 8 99 47 19 7 8 86 50 16 9 9 55 39 16 5 13 69 73 14 8 12 85 96 12 10 12 52 45 13 7 14 62 60 11 11 12 53 59 12 9 13 58 75 13 5 16 61 69 12 6 16 56 65 11 6 17 58 75 10 7 17 57 70 10 6 18 42 82 8 6 20 50 74 4 5 25 23 82 green1 C red1 R R complete RSSSFJanuary 2025 medicmedic Results main FBR grey 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 complete References 2 https://archive.today/20130505130959/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/league-tables/1955-56-division-one Scottish Football Archive Category:1955–56 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot