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CELTIC FC 1955/56

CELTIC FIXTURES, RESULTS and PROGRAMMES 1955/1956

Manager: Jimmy MCGRORY (1945 - 1965)

Scottish Cup Final 1956

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OPPONENTS	DATE	COMP	ISSUED	COMMENTS
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH	Aug 13	LC	yes	4-2. Neil Mochan scored Celtic's 1st goal in 30 seconds.
Queen of the South	17	LC	yes	2-0.
FALKIRK	20	LC	yes	5-1.
Rangers	27	LC	yes	4-1.
RANGERS	31	LC	yes	0-4.
Falkirk	Sep 3	LC	yes	1-1.
Falkirk	10	LGE	yes	1-3.
STIRLING ALBION	17	LGE	yes	3-0.
Rangers	24	LGE	yes	0-0.
RAITH ROVERS	Oct 1	LGE	yes	2-0.
Hearts	8	LGE	yes	1-2.
MOTHERWELL	15	LGE	yes	2-2.
Clyde	22	LGE	yes	3-1.
DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC	29	LGE	yes	4-2.
EAST FIFE	Nov 6	LGE	yes	0-0.
Dundee	12	LGE	yes	2-1.
ST MIRREN	19	LGE	yes	3-0.
Airdrie	26	LGE	yes	2-1.
Stirling Albion	Dec 3	LGE	yes	3-0.
KILMARNOCK	10	LGE	yes	0-2.
PARTICK THISTLE	17	LGE	yes	5-1. Neil Mochan hat-trick.
Hibernian	24	LGE	yes	3-2.
Queen of the South	31	LGE	yes	3-1.
RANGERS	Jan 2	LGE	yes	0-1.
Aberdeen	7	LGE	yes	0-1.
FALKIRK	14	LGE	no	postponed.
Raith Rovers	21	LGE	yes	1-1.
HEARTS	28	LGE	yes	1-1.
Morton	Feb 4	SC	yes	2-0, Tully, Collins.
Motherwell	11	LGE	yes	2-2.
Ayr United	18	SC	yes	3-0, Collins (2), Mochan.
CLYDE	25	LGE	yes	4-1.
AIRDRIE	Mar 3	SC	yes	2-1, Collins, Tully.
Dunfermline Athletic	7	LGE	no	1-1.
East Fife	10	LGE	yes	0-3.
DUNDEE	17	LGE	yes	1-0. Jock Stein plays his last match as a Celtic player and retires at the end of the season.
Clyde	24	SCSF	yes	Hampden. 2-1, Sharkey, Haughney.
St Mirren	28	LGE	no	2-0.
AIRDRIE	31	LGE	yes	3-1. Mochan (2), McAlindon.
ABERDEEN	Apr 10	LGE	no	1-1.
Kilmarnock	13	LGE	no	0-0.
Hearts	21	SCF	yes	1-3. Scottish Cup FInal 1956.
Partick Thistle	23	LGE	no	0-2.
HIBERNIAN	25	LGE	no	0-3. Lawrie Reilly hat-trick.
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH	28	LGE	yes	1-3.
FALKIRK	30	LGE	no	1-0.

GLASGOW CELTIC1955/56
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Manchester United 1956 Peter Docherty XI 1956 Scotland International Select

OPPONENTS	DATE	COMP	ISSUED	COMMENTS
STIRLING ALBION	Apr 7	F	no	3-1.
MANCHESTER UNITED	16	F	yes	2-2. Charity match for Cheshire Homes.
Hawick Royal Albert	24	F	yes	Single sheet.
Coleraine	May 14	F	no	2-1
Peter Docherty XI	15	F	yes	5-5. Charity match for De La Selle Orphan Home.
Lanarkshire XI	16	F	no	Score unknown.
Derry City	17	F	no	1-1
Scottish International XI	24	F	yes	0-1. Charity match for the Irish Sisters of the Poor. Celtic were represented by the 1938 Empire Exhibition Trophy winning team.
Airdrie	?	F	no	Played at Shettleston.