1956–57 Scottish First Division - Mashpedia All-in-One Encyclopedia

Scottish First Division
Season	1956–57
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United
← 55-56 57-58 →

The Scottish First Division season 1956-57 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 Second Division.

League table [edit]

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

References [edit]

Scottish Football Archive

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v t e 1956–57 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup

Related to national team	Results 1958 World Cup qualifying (Group 9) British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Dundee Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark

v t e 1956–57 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 '57 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '56 '57 Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany '56 '57 Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Latvia '56 '57 Lithuania '56 '57 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania '57 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '56 '57 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final)