1956-57 in Scottish football Totally Explained

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Season 1956-1957 was the 60th season of Scottish League football.

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	26	3	5	96	48	48	55
2	Hearts	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	Airdrie	34	13	4	17	77	89	-12	30
12	St. Mirren	34	12	6	16	58	72	-14	30
13	Queens 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

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Ayr United

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clyde	36	29	6	1	122	39	83	64
2	Third Lanark	36	24	3	9	105	51	54	51
3	Cowdenbeath	36	20	5	11	87	65	22	45
4	Greenock Morton	36	18	7	11	81	70	11	43
5	Albion Rovers	36	18	6	12	98	80	18	42
6	Brechin City	36	15	10	11	72	68	4	40
7	Stranraer	36	15	10	11	79	77	2	40
8	Stirling Albion	36	17	5	14	81	64	17	39
9	Dumbarton	36	17	4	15	101	70	31	38
10	Arbroath	36	17	4	15	79	57	22	38
11	Hamilton Academical	36	14	8	14	69	68	1	36
12	St. Johnstone	36	14	6	16	79	80	-1	34
13	Dundee United	36	14	6	16	75	80	-5	34
14	Stenhousemuir	36	13	6	17	71	81	-10	32
15	Alloa Athletic	36	11	5	20	66	99	-33	27
16	Forfar Athletic	36	9	5	22	75	100	-25	23
17	Montrose	36	7	7	22	54	124	-70	21
18	Berwick Rangers	36	7	6	23	58	114	-56	20
19	East Stirling	36	5	7	24	56	121	-65	17

Promoted: Clyde, Third Lanark

Cup Honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Details
Scottish Cup	Falkirk	2-1 (replay)	Kilmarnock	Scottish Cup 1956-57
League Cup	Celtic	3-0 (replay)	Partick Thistle
Junior Cup	Banks o' Dee	1-0	Kilsyth Rangers

Scotland national team

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Date	Venue	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
October 20, 1956	Ninian Park, Cardiff	2-2	BHC	Willie Fernie, Lawrie Reilly
November 7 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow	1-0	BHC	Alex Scott
November 21 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow	2-0	F	Jackie Mudie, Sammy Baird
April 6 1957	Wembley Stadium, London	1-2	BHC	Tommy Ring
May 8 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow	4-2	WCQ	Jackie Mudie (3), John Hewie
May 19 1957	St. Jakob Stadium, Basle	2-1	WCQ	Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins
May 22 1957	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart	3-1	F	Bobby Collins(2), Jackie Mudie
May 26 1957	Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid	1-4	WCQ	Gordon Smith

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