Scottish Division One 1955/56
| Scottish Division One 1955/56 | |
| master | Glasgow Rangers |
| European Cup of National Champions |
Glasgow Rangers |
| Cup winners | Heart of Midlothian |
| Relegated |
Clyde Stirling Albion FC |
| Teams | 18th |
| Games | 306 |
| Gates | 1,138 (ø 3.72 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Jimmy Wardhaugh(Heart of Midlothian) |
| ← Division One 1954/55 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 56th time in 1955/56 . It was also the 59th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on September 10, 1955 and ended on April 30, 1956. In the 1955/56 season, 18 clubs competed against each other in a total of 34 game days. Each team played once at home and away against every other team. The 2-point rule applied . In the event of a tie, the goal quotient counted .
The championship won for the 29th time in their club history, the Glasgow Rangers . The Rangers qualified as champions for the following European Cup season-1956/57 . The FC Clyde and Stirling Albion climbed into the Division Two from. The top scorer was Jimmy Wardhaugh of Heart of Midlothian with 28 goals .
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glasgow Rangers | 34 | 22nd | 8th | 4th | 85:27 | 3.15 | 52:16 |
| 2. | FC Aberdeen (M) | 34 | 18th | 10 | 6th | 87:50 | 1.74 | 46:22 |
| 3. | Heart of Midlothian (L) | 34 | 19th | 7th | 8th | 99:47 | 2.11 | 45:23 |
| 4th | Hibernian Edinburgh | 34 | 19th | 7th | 8th | 86:50 | 1.72 | 45:23 |
| 5. | Celtic Glasgow | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 55:39 | 1.41 | 41:27 |
| 6th | Queen of the South | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 69:73 | 0.95 | 37:31 |
| 7th | Airdrieonians FC (N) | 34 | 14th | 8th | 12 | 85:96 | 0.89 | 36:32 |
| 8th. | FC Kilmarnock | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 52:45 | 1.16 | 34:34 |
| 9. | Partick Thistle | 34 | 13 | 7th | 14th | 62:60 | 1.03 | 33:35 |
| 10. | Motherwell FC | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 53:59 | 0.90 | 33:35 |
| 11. | Raith Rovers | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 58:75 | 0.77 | 33:35 |
| 12. | East Fife FC | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 61:69 | 0.88 | 31:37 |
| 13. | Dundee FC | 34 | 12 | 6th | 16 | 56:65 | 0.86 | 30:38 |
| 14th | FC Falkirk | 34 | 11 | 6th | 17th | 58:75 | 0.77 | 28:40 |
| 15th | FC St. Mirren | 34 | 10 | 7th | 17th | 57:70 | 0.81 | 27:41 |
| 16. | Dunfermline Athletic (N) | 34 | 10 | 6th | 18th | 42:82 | 0.51 | 26:42 |
| 17th | Clyde FC (P) | 34 | 8th | 6th | 20th | 50:74 | 0.68 | 22:46 |
| 18th | Stirling Albion | 34 | 4th | 5 | 25th | 23:82 | 0.28 | 13:55 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1955/56 season | |
| Scottish champion and participation in the 1956/57 European Cup | |
| Relegated to Division Two | |
| At the end of the 1954/55 season | |
| (M) | Champion of the previous year |
| (P) | Cup winner of the previous year |
| (L) | League cup winner of the previous year |
| (N) | Promoted from Division Two |
See also
Web links
- Scottish Division One 1955/56 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1955/56 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 4, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
