1955–56 Scottish Division One
# 1955–56 Scottish Division One

The 1955–56 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by six points over nearest rival Aberdeen. Clyde and Stirling Albion finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1956–57 Scottish Division Two.

## League reconstruction

Following league reconstruction, League Division One (known until then as Division A) was expanded from 16 to 18 teams this season with Airdrieonians and Dunfermline Athletic being promoted from the previous season with all Division A teams staying up.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 85 | 27 | 3.148 | 52 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 87 | 50 | 1.740 | 46 |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 99 | 47 | 2.106 | 45 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 86 | 50 | 1.720 | 45 |
| 5 | Celtic | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 39 | 1.410 | 41 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 69 | 73 | 0.945 | 37 |
| 7 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 85 | 96 | 0.885 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 45 | 1.156 | 34 |
| 9 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 60 | 1.033 | 33 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 59 | 0.898 | 33 |
| 11 | Raith Rovers | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 75 | 0.773 | 33 |
| 12 | East Fife | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 69 | 0.884 | 31 |
| 13 | Dundee | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 65 | 0.862 | 30 |
| 14 | Falkirk | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 58 | 75 | 0.773 | 28 |
| 15 | St Mirren | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 57 | 70 | 0.814 | 27 |
| 16 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 82 | 0.512 | 26 |
| 17 | Clyde | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 74 | 0.676 | 22 |
| 18 | Stirling Albion | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 82 | 0.280 | 13 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | CLY | DND | DNF | EFI | FAL | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | PAR | QOS | RAI | RAN | STM | STI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 7–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 7–0 |
| Airdrieonians | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–8 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| Celtic | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Clyde | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–3 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Dundee | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2–2 | 3–7 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| East Fife | 1–1 | 8–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 3–1 | | 6–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Falkirk | 3–6 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–3 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 8–3 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| Hibernian | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 |
| Kilmarnock | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Motherwell | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 9–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 6–1 |
| Queen of the South | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 |
| Raith Rovers | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Rangers | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| St Mirren | 0–3 | 7–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 5–2 |
| Stirling Albion | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
