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1955–56 in Scottish football

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header1Division One champions
data2Rangers
header3Division Two champions
data4Queen's Park
header5Scottish Cup winners
data6Heart of Midlothian
header7League Cup winners
data8Aberdeen
header9Junior Cup winners
data10Petershill
header11Teams in Europe
data12Hibernian
header13Scotland national team
data141956 BHC

The 1955–56 season was the 83rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 59th season of the Scottish Football League.

Overview

Following league reconstruction, the top tier was expanded from 16 to 18 teams with Airdrieonians and Dunfermline Athletic being promoted. The second tier was expanded from 16 to 19 teams with Berwick Rangers, Dumbarton, East Stirlingshire, Montrose and Stranraer joining the league from the third tier.

The leagues were rebranded at the start of season 1955–56. Division A was now the newly named Division One and Division B was now the newly named Division Two. Division C was disbanded, with most of its members, which were reserve teams, moving to a separate Scottish (Reserve) League).

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish Division One

Champions: Rangers

Relegated: Clyde, Stirling Albion

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish Division Two

Promoted: Queen's Park, Ayr United

Cup honours

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Cup 1955–56Heart of Midlothian3 – 1Celtic
League Cup 1955–56Aberdeen2 – 1St Mirren
Junior CupPetershill4 – 1Lugar Boswell Thistle

Other Honours

County

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Aberdeenshire CupFraserburgh
Ayrshire CupKilmarnock7 – 0 *Ayr United
East of Scotland ShieldHearts2 – 1Hibernian
Fife CupRaith Rovers2 – 1East Fife
Forfarshire CupDundee2 – 0Arbroath
Glasgow CupCeltic5 – 3Rangers
Lanarkshire CupMotherwell7 – 1Albion Rovers
Renfrewshire CupMorton
Stirlingshire CupAlloa Athletic8 – 4 *Falkirk
  • aggregate over two legs
  • replay

[[Highland Football League|Highland League]]

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results

DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionScotland scorer(s)
8 October 1955Windsor Park, Belfast (A)1–2BHCLawrie Reilly
9 November 1955Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)2–0BHCBobby Johnstone (2)
14 April 1956Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)1–1BHCGraham Leggat
2 May 1956Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)1–1FriendlyAlfie Conn

1956 British Home Championship - Joint winners with , and

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • BHC = British Home Championship

References

  1. "1955/56 - the Scottish Football League".
  2. [http://sfha.org.uk/scottishreservelg2.htm Scottish Reserve League Competitions Part 2 1945-1955], Scottish Football Historical Archive, 1 November 2020
  3. [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/CDivision.html The C Division – the “other clubs” division], Alan Bell, via Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. Scotland's score is shown first.
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