1956–57 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
1956–57 season
Manager	Scot Symon
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	1st P34 W26 D3 L5 F96 A48 Pts55
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finalists
League Cup	Group stage
European Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Ralph Brand (40)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 season was the 77th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 46 competitive matches during the 1956–57 season.

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
8 September 1956	Airdrieonians	A	3–3	17,000
15 September 1956	Kilmarnock	H	0–1	30,000
22 September 1956	Celtic	A	2–0	53,000
29 September 1956	Ayr United	H	3–1	27,000
6 October 1956	St Mirren	A	2–1	28,700
13 October 1956	Partick Thistle	H	4–1	38,000
3 November 1956	Hibernian	H	5–3	45,000
10 November 1956	Motherwell	H	2–3	63,000
17 November 1956	Falkirk	A	2–0	19,000
24 November 1956	Aberdeen	H	2–1	29,100
1 December 1956	East Fife	H	6–1	26,000
8 December 1956	Raith Rovers	A	1–5	20,000
15 December 1956	Heart of Midlothian	H	5–3	45,000
22 December 1956	Kilmarnock	A	2–3	22,456
29 December 1956	Queen of the South	H	4–0	30,000
1 January 1957	Celtic	H	2–0	60,000
2 January 1957	Dundee	A	3–1	28,500
12 January 1957	Ayr United	A	0–1	15,000
19 January 1957	St Mirren	H	1–0	33,000
26 January 1957	Partick Thistle	A	3–0	35,000
9 February 1957	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1	30,000
23 February 1957	Queen's Park	H	3–3	19,000
2 March 1957	Hibernian	A	3–2	40,000
9 March 1957	Motherwell	A	5–2	30,000
16 March 1957	Falkirk	A	1–1	35,000
20 March 1957	Dundee	H	4–0	25,000
23 March 1957	Aberdeen	A	2–1	26,500
30 March 1957	East Fife	A	3–0	13,000
2 April 1957	Raith Rovers	H	3–1	50,000
13 April 1957	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	49,000
17 April 1957	Airdrieonians	H	3–2	25,000
22 April 1957	Queen's Park	A	6–4	33,786
27 April 1957	Queen of the South	A	3–0	14,500
29 April 1957	Dunfermline Athletic	A	4–3	10,000

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
2 February 1957	R5	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–0	47,484
16 February 1957	R6	Celtic	A	4–4	55,000
20 February 1957	R6R	Celtic	H	0–2	88,000

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
11 August 1956	SR	East Fife	H	3–0	51,000
15 August 1956	SR	Celtic	A	1–2	45,000
18 August 1956	SR	Aberdeen	H	6–2	35,000
25 August 1956	SR	East Fife	A	4–1	16,000
29 August 1956	SR	Celtic	H	0–0	84,000
1 September 1956	SR	Aberdeen	A	4–1	48,000

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
24 October 1956	R1L1	Nice	H	2–1	65,000
14 November 1956	R1L2	Nice	A	1–2	12,000
28 November 1956	R1R	Nice	N	1–3	15,000

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup
Related to national team	Results 1958 World Cup qualifying (Group 9) British Home Championship
Club seasons
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

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