1956–57 Scottish Division One
# 1956–57 Scottish Division One

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | AYR | CEL | DND | DNF | EFI | FAL | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | PAR | QOS | QPA | RAI | RAN | STM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | |
