Celtic FC 1955/1956

Celtic Fixtures and Results 1955/1956

Scottish League: Fifth
Scottish FA Cup: Final
League Cup: Section

Manager: Jimmy McGrory (1945 - 1965)

Celtic score always first.

Opponents Comments

Match programme
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH

13/08/55
League Cup
4-2.

Neil Mochan scored Celtic's 1st goal in 30 seconds.

Sold on ebay Dec 2022, £17, 8 bids, horz and vert folds, foxing, damaged arounfd the edges, good cond otherwise.

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Queen of the South

 17/08/55
League Cup
2-0

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FALKIRK

 20/08/55
League Cup
5-1

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Rangers

 27/08/55
League Cup
4-1

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RANGERS

31/08/55
League Cup
0-4

Sold for £106, sept 2021- 22 bids - heavy vert and horz folds, sof, team changes, missing piece at top.

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Falkirk

 03/09/55
League Cup
1-1

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Falkirk

 10/09/55
League
1-3

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STIRLING ALBION

17/09/55
League
3-0

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Rangers

 24/09/55
League
0-0

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RAITH ROVERS

01/10/55
League
2-0

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Hearts

 08/10/55
League
1-2

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MOTHERWELL

 15/10/55
League
2-2

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Clyde

 22/10/55
League
3-1

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DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC

29/10/55
League
4-2

Sold on ebay for £46 on 05 Jul, 2021, 4 bids - v/f, h//f, small split on spine.

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EAST FIFE

05/11/55
League
0-0

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Dundee

 12/11/55
League
2-1

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ST MIRREN

19/11/55
League
3-0

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Airdrie

 26/11/55
League
2-1

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Stirling Albion

03/12/55
League
3-0

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KILMARNOCK

 10/12/55
League
0-2

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PARTICK THISTLE

 17/12/55
League
5-1. Neil Mochan hat-trick.

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Hibernian

 24/12/55
League
3-2.

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Queen of the South

 31/12/55
League
3-1

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RANGERS

02/01/56
League
0-1

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Aberdeen

 07/01/56
League
0-1

No programme
FALKIRK

 14/01/56
League
Postponed. No programme

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Raith Rovers

21/01/56
League
1-1

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HEARTS

 28/01/56
League
1-1


Morton

04/02/56
Scottish Cup
2-0 - Tully, Collins.

Programme issued. No programme image to display.

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Motherwell

11/02/56
League
2-2

Tall, thin programme.Copy sold for £33 with 4 bids Jan 22.

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Ayr United

 18/02/56
Scottish Cup
3-0 - Collins (2), Mochan.

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CLYDE

 25/02/56
League
4-1

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AIRDRIE

 03/03/56
Scottish Cup
2-1 - Collins, Tully.

No programme
Dunfermline

07/03/56
League
1-1

No programme

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East Fife

10/03/56
League
0-3

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DUNDEE

 17/03/56
League
1-0
Jock Stein plays his last match as a Celtic player and retires at the end of the season.

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Clyde

 24/03/56
Scottish Cup Semi-Final
Hampden.
2-1 - Sharkey, Haughney.

No programme
St Mirren

28/03/56
League
2-0

No programme

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AIRDRIE

 31/03/56
League
3-1 - Mochan (2), McAlindon.

No programme
ABERDEEN

 10/04/56
League
1-1

No programme

No programme
Kilmarnock

 13/04/56
League
0-0

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Hearts

 21/04/56
Scottish Cup Final
1-3
Scottish Cup FInal 1956

No programme
Partick Thistle

23/04/56
League
0-2

No programme

No programme
HIBERNIAN

 25/04/56
League
0-3
Lawrie Reilly hat-trick.

No programme

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QUEEN OF THE SOUTH

 28/04/56
League
1-3

No programme
FALKIRK

30/04/56
League
1-0

No programme

Celtic Football Club Friendlies 1955/1956

Opponents Comments

No programme
STIRLING ALBION

 07/04/56
3-1.

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MANCHESTER UNITED

16/04/56
Celtic Park
2-2
Charity match for Cheshire Homes.

Sold on ebay for £156, June 2023, 18 bids, good clean copy with team changes.

Hawick Royal Albert 24/04/56
Single sheet.

No programme
Coleraine

 14/05/56
2-1

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Peter Docherty XI

15/05/56
5-5.
Charity match for De La Selle Orphan Home.

Copy sold for £30 Jan 22

No programme
Lanarkshire XI

 16/05/56
Score unknown.

No programme
Derry City

 17/05/56
1-1

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International XI

24/05/56
0-1.
Charity match for the Irish Sisters of the Poor. Celtic were represented by the 1938 Empire Exhibition Trophy winning team.

No programme
Airdrie

 Date unknown
Played at Shettleston.