1956–57 in Scottish football

1956–57 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Clyde
Scottish Cup winners
Falkirk
League Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Banks O' Dee
Teams in Europe
Rangers
Scotland national team
1957 BHC, 1958 World Cup qualification

The 1956–57 season was the 84th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 60th season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 34 26 3 5 96 48 48 55
2 Heart of Midlothian 34 24 5 5 81 48 33 53
3 Kilmarnock 34 16 10 8 57 39 18 42
4 Raith Rovers 34 16 7 11 84 58 26 39
5 Celtic 34 15 8 11 58 43 15 38
6 Aberdeen 34 18 2 14 79 59 20 38
7 Motherwell 34 16 5 13 72 66 6 37
8 Partick Thistle 34 13 8 13 53 51 2 34
9 Hibernian 34 12 9 13 69 56 13 33
10 Dundee 34 13 6 15 55 61 6 32
11 Airdrieonians 34 13 4 17 77 89 12 30
12 St Mirren 34 12 6 16 58 72 14 30
13 Queen's Park 34 11 7 16 55 59 4 29
14 Falkirk 34 10 8 16 51 70 19 28
15 East Fife 34 10 6 18 59 82 23 26
16 Queen of the South 34 10 5 19 54 96 42 25
17 Dunfermline Athletic 34 9 6 19 54 74 20 24
18 Ayr United 34 7 5 22 48 89 41 19

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Ayr United

Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Clyde 36 29 6 1 122 39 83 64
2 Third Lanark 36 24 3 9 105 51 54 51
3 Cowdenbeath 36 20 5 11 87 65 22 45
4 Morton 36 18 7 11 81 70 11 43
5 Albion Rovers 36 18 6 12 98 80 18 42
6 Brechin City 36 15 10 11 72 68 4 40
7 Stranraer 36 15 10 11 79 77 2 40
8 Stirling Albion 36 17 5 14 81 64 17 39
9 Dumbarton 36 17 4 15 101 70 31 38
10 Arbroath 36 17 4 15 79 57 22 38
11 Hamilton Academical 36 14 8 14 69 68 1 36
12 St Johnstone 36 14 6 16 79 80 1 34
13 Dundee United 36 14 6 16 75 80 5 34
14 Stenhousemuir 36 13 6 17 71 81 10 32
15 Alloa Athletic 36 11 5 20 66 99 33 27
16 Forfar Athletic 36 9 5 22 75 100 25 23
17 Montrose 36 7 7 22 54 124 70 21
18 Berwick Rangers 36 7 6 23 58 114 56 20
19 East Stirlingshire 36 5 7 24 56 121 65 17

Promoted: Clyde, Third Lanark

Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1956–57 Falkirk 2 – 1 (rep.) Kilmarnock
League Cup 1956-57 Celtic 3 – 0 (rep.) Partick Thistle
Junior Cup Banks o' Dee 1 – 0 Kilsyth Rangers

Other Honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North Fraserburgh 6 – 1 * Inverness Caledonian
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South Vale of Leithen 7 – 3 * Peebles Rovers

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Buckie Thistle
Ayrshire Cup Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 2 – 1 Hearts
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 4 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic
Glasgow Cup Rangers 2 – 0 Clyde
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 6 – 2 Airdrie
Renfrewshire Cup Morton 5 – 2 Babcock & Wilcox
Stirlingshire Cup Dumbarton 5 – 3 * Alloa Athletic

* - aggregate over two legs

Highland League

Top Three

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Buckie Thistle 28 20 5 3 78 52 26 45
2 Inverness Caledonian 28 18 5 5 106 58 48 41
3 Elgin City 28 16 5 7 75 48 27 37

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
20 October 1956 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 2–2 BHC Willie Fernie, Lawrie Reilly
7 November 1956 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Northern Ireland 1–0 BHC Alex Scott
21 November 1956 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Yugoslavia 2–0 Friendly Jackie Mudie, Sammy Baird
6 April 1957 Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 1–2 BHC Tommy Ring
8 May 1957 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Spain 4–2 WCQG9 Jackie Mudie (3), John Hewie
19 May 1957 St. Jakob Stadium, Basle (A)   Switzerland 2–1 WCQG9 Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins
22 May 1957 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (A)  West Germany 3–1 Friendly Bobby Collins(2), Jackie Mudie
26 May 1957 Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid (A)  Spain 1–4 WCQG9 Gordon Smith

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