1956–57 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1956–57 season
Manager	Jimmy McGrory
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division One	5th
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
Scottish League Cup	Winners
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

During the 1956–57 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division One.

Results

Scottish Division One

8 September 1956 Division One	Celtic	2 – 0	Queen's Park	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

22 September 1956 Division One	Celtic	0 – 2	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 53,000

29 September 1956 Division One	Motherwell	1 – 0	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00				Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 21,000

13 October 1956 Division One	Falkirk	0 – 1	Celtic	Falkirk
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 20,000

20 October 1956 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
14:45 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

3 November 1956 Division One	Dundee	2 – 1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 BST				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 24,000

10 November 1956 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	East Fife	Glasgow
14:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,000

17 November 1956 Division One	Ayr United	1 – 3	Celtic	Ayr
15:00 BST				Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 14,000

24 November 1956 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
14:15 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

1 December 1956 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Hearts	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,000

8 December 1956 Division One	St Mirren	0 – 2	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 21,500

15 December 1956 Division One	Celtic	3 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 11,000

22 December 1956 Division One	Airdrieonians	3 – 7	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 16,000

29 December 1956 Division One	Hibernian	3 – 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 31,000

1 January 1957 Division One	Rangers	2 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 60,000

2 January 1957 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,000

5 January 1957 Division One	Queen's Park	2 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 22,674

12 January 1957 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
14:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 33,000

19 January 1957 Division One	Queen of the South	4 – 3	Celtic	Dumfries
14:45 GMT				Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 11,000

26 January 1957 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

9 February 1957 Division One	Raith Rovers	3 – 1	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 20,000

23 February 1957 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
16:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 49,000

6 March 1957 Division One	Celtic	1 – 1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 7,000

9 March 1957 Division One	East Fife	2 – 0	Celtic	Methil
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 9,000

16 March 1957 Division One	Celtic	4 – 0	Ayr United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

30 March 1957 Division One	Hearts	3 – 1	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 25,000

10 April 1957 Division One	Partick Thistle	3 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
19:15 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 12,000

13 April 1957 Division One	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 1	Celtic	Dunfermline
15:00 GMT				Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 7,000

17 April 1957 Division One	Celtic	2 – 3	St Mirren	Glasgow
19:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 5,000

20 April 1957 Division One	Celtic	3 – 0	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 6,000

22 April 1957 Division One	Aberdeen	0 – 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 15,000

26 April 1957 Division One	Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Celtic	Kilmarnock
19:15 BST				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 6,917

27 April 1957 Division One	Celtic	2 – 1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

29 April 1957 Division One	Celtic	0 – 0	Queen of the South	Glasgow
19:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 3,000

Scottish Cup

2 February 1957 Fifth round	Airdrieonians	0 - 5	Celtic	Forres
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 7,000

16 February 1957 Sixth Round	Celtic	4 - 4	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 55,000

20 February 1957 Sixith Round replay	Rangers	0 - 2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 88,000

2 March 1957 Seventh Round	Celtic	2 - 1	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 49,000

23 March 1957 Semi-final	Kilmarnock	1 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 109,055

27 March 1957 Semi-final replay	Kilmarnock	3 - 1	Celtic	Glasgow
16:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 76,637

Scottish League Cup

11 August 1956 Group 8	Aberdeen	1 - 2	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 35,000

15 August 1956 Group 8	Celtic	2 - 1	Rangers	Glasgow
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 45,000

18 August 1956 Group 8	Celtic	2 - 1	East Fife	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

25 August 1956 Group 8	Celtic	3 - 2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 36,000

29 August 1956 Group 8	Rangers	0 - 0	Celtic	Glasgow
18:45 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 84,000

1 September 1956 Group 8	East Fife	0 - 1	Celtic	Methil
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 16,535

12 September 1956 Quarter-final 1st leg	Celtic	6 - 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Glasgow
18:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,000

15 September 1956 Quarter-final 2nd leg	Dunfermline Athletic	0 - 3	Celtic	Dunfermline
15:00 GMT				Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 16,000

6 October 1956 Semi-final	Celtic	2 - 0	Clyde	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 36,648

27 October 1956 Final	Celtic	0 - 0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,975

31 October 1956 Final replay	Celtic	3 - 0	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 31,051

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Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Dundee Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark

1956–57 Celtic F.C. season

Results

Scottish Division One

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

References