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.

Scottish Division One
Season1956–57
ChampionsRangers
RelegatedDunfermline Athletic
Ayr United

League table

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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
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Results

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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