The 1955–56 season was the 83rd season of competitive
football in Scotland and the 59th season of the
Scottish Football League.
Overview
Following league reconstruction, the top tier was expanded from 16 to 18 teams with
Airdrieonians and
Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Championship. Dunfermline ...
being promoted. The second tier was expanded from 16 to 19 teams with
Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland.
Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing fr ...
,
Dumbarton
Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.
Dumbarton was the ca ...
,
East Stirlingshire
East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins ca ...
,
Montrose and
Stranraer joining the league from the third tier.
The leagues were rebranded at the start of season 1955–56. Division A was now the newly named Division One and Division B was now the newly named Division Two.
Division C was disbanded, with most of its members, which were
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
s, moving to a separate
Scottish (Reserve) League).
The C Division – the “other clubs” division
Alan Bell, via Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
Scottish League Division One
Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Clyde, Stirling Albion
Scottish League Division Two
Promoted: Queen's Park, Ayr United
Cup honours
Other Honours
County
- aggregate over two legs
- replay
Highland League
Scotland national team
1956 British Home Championship
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are ...
- Joint winners with , and
Key:
* (H) = Home match
* (A) = Away match
* BHC = British Home Championship
Notes and references
External links
Scottish Football Historical Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:1955-56 In Scottish Football
Seasons in Scottish football