1955–56 Scottish Division Two
Appearance
(Redirected from 1955–56 Scottish Second Division)
Season | 1955–56 |
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Champions | Queen's Park |
Promoted | Queen's Park Ayr United |
← 1954–55 1956–57 → |
The 1955–56 Scottish Division Two was won by Queen's Park who, along with second placed Ayr United, were promoted to Division One. Montrose finished bottom.
In the summer of 1955, the Scottish League expanded from 32 clubs to 37 clubs. The five new teams from the Scottish Division C were: Berwick Rangers, Dumbarton, East Stirlingshire, Montrose and Stranraer (Division C was disbanded, with most of its members, which were reserve teams, moving to a separate Scottish (Reserve) League).[1][2][3]
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Queen's Park | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 54 | Promotion to the 1956–57 Division One |
2 | Ayr United | 36 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 103 | 55 | +48 | 51 | |
3 | St Johnstone | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 86 | 45 | +41 | 49 | |
4 | Dumbarton | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 83 | 62 | +21 | 47 | |
5 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 82 | 54 | +28 | 44 | |
6 | Brechin City | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 56 | +4 | 42 | |
7 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 80 | 85 | −5 | 39 | |
8 | Dundee United | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 78 | 65 | +13 | 38 | |
9 | Morton | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 71 | 69 | +2 | 36 | |
10 | Third Lanark | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 80 | 64 | +16 | 35 | |
11 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 86 | 84 | +2 | 33 | |
12 | Stranraer | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 77 | 92 | −15 | 33 | |
13 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 67 | 73 | −6 | 31 | |
14 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 77 | −25 | 31 | |
15 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 29 | |
16 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 66 | 94 | −28 | 28 | |
17 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 82 | −24 | 27 | |
18 | Arbroath | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 67 | −20 | 26 | |
19 | Montrose | 36 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 44 | 133 | −89 | 11 |
Source: "1955-1956 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
References
- ^ "1950s - East Stirlingshire FC". Archived from the original on 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ Scottish Reserve League Competitions Part 2 1945-1955, Scottish Football Historical Archive, 1 November 2020
- ^ The C Division – the “other clubs” division, Alan Bell, via Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database