1956–57 Scottish Division One
51st season of top-tier football league in Scotland
Football league season
Season | 1956–57 |
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Champions | Rangers |
Relegated | Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United |
← 1955–56 1957–58 → |
The 1956–57 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by two points over nearest rival Heart of Midlothian. Dunfermline Athletic and Ayr United finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1957–58 Scottish Division Two.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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1 | Rangers | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 96 | 48 | 2.000 | 55 |
2 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 48 | 1.688 | 53 |
3 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 39 | 1.462 | 42 |
4 | Raith Rovers | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 84 | 58 | 1.448 | 39 |
5 | Celtic | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 43 | 1.349 | 38 |
6 | Aberdeen | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 79 | 59 | 1.339 | 38 |
7 | Motherwell | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 72 | 66 | 1.091 | 37 |
8 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 34 |
9 | Hibernian | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 56 | 1.232 | 33 |
10 | Dundee | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 61 | 0.902 | 32 |
11 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 77 | 89 | 0.865 | 30 |
12 | St Mirren | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 72 | 0.806 | 30 |
13 | Queen's Park | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 55 | 59 | 0.932 | 29 |
14 | Falkirk | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 70 | 0.729 | 28 |
15 | East Fife | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 59 | 82 | 0.720 | 26 |
16 | Queen of the South | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 54 | 96 | 0.563 | 25 |
17 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 54 | 74 | 0.730 | 24 |
18 | Ayr United | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 48 | 89 | 0.539 | 19 |
Source: RSSSF[dead link]
Results
Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | AYR | CEL | DND | DNF | EFI | FAL | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | PAR | QOS | QPA | RAI | RAN | STM |
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Aberdeen | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | |
Airdrieonians | 1–5 | 4–1 | 3–7 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | |
Ayr United | 1–6 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Celtic | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |
Dundee | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
Dunfermline Athletic | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | |
East Fife | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 5–2 | |
Falkirk | 2–5 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–5 | |
Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
Hibernian | 4–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
Kilmarnock | 2–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
Motherwell | 2–5 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 3–0 | |
Partick Thistle | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |
Queen of the South | 2–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |
Queen's Park | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 4–6 | 5–0 | |
Raith Rovers | 3–2 | 4–6 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 7–0 | |
Rangers | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
St Mirren | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
- Scottish Football Archive[permanent dead link]
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