Scottish Division One 1956/57

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Scottish Division One 1956/57
master Glasgow Rangers
European Cup of
National Champions
Glasgow Rangers
Cup winners FC Falkirk
Relegated Dunfermline Athletic
Ayr United
Teams 18th
Games 306
Gates 1,160  (ø 3.79 per game)
Top scorer ScotlandScotland Hugh Baird
(Airdrieonians FC)
Division One 1955/56

The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 57th time in 1956/57 . It was also the 60th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on September 8, 1956 and ended on April 30, 1957. In the 1956/57 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 30th time in their club history, the Glasgow Rangers . The Rangers qualified as champions for the following European Cup season-1957/58 . Dunfermline Athletic and Ayr United were relegated to Division Two at the end of the season . The top scorer was Hugh Baird of Airdrieonians FC with 33 goals .

statistics

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Glasgow Rangers (M)  34  26th  3  5 096:480 2.00 55:13
 2. Heart of Midlothian (P)  34  24  5  5 081:480 1.69 53:15
 3. FC Kilmarnock  34  16  10  8th 057:390 1.46 42:26
 4th Raith Rovers  34  16  7th  11 084:580 1.45 39:29
 5. Celtic Glasgow  34  15th  8th  11 058:430 1.35 38:30
 6th Aberdeen FC (L)  34  18th  2  14th 079:590 1.34 38:30
 7th Motherwell FC  34  16  5  13 072:660 1.09 37:31
 8th. Partick Thistle  34  13  8th  13 053:510 1.04 34:34
 9. Hibernian Edinburgh  34  12  9  13 069:560 1.23 33:35
10. Dundee FC  34  13  6th  15th 055:610 0.90 32:36
11. Airdrieonians FC  34  13  4th  17th 077:890 0.87 30:38
12. FC St. Mirren  34  12  6th  16 058:720 0.81 30:38
13. FC Queen's Park (N)  34  11  7th  16 055:590 0.93 29:39
14th FC Falkirk  34  10  8th  16 051:700 0.73 28:40
15th East Fife FC  34  10  6th  18th 059:820 0.72 26:42
16. Queen of the South  34  10  5  19th 054:960 0.56 25:43
17th Dunfermline Athletic  34  9  6th  19th 054:740 0.73 24:44
18th Ayr United (N)  34  7th  5  22nd 048:890 0.54 19:49
Legend
1956/57 season
Scottish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1957/58
Relegated to Division Two
At the end of the 1955/56 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

Individual evidence

  1. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / scottish-football-historical-archive.com