Scottish Football Alliance

Sixth version 1956-57

 

See also

Main index

Club directory

Scottish Alliance overview

Reserve football

 

Formed on 20 August 1956 at a meeting in the SFA rooms in Glasgow by six clubs, with Queen's Park playing all their games away from home. None of the clubs were in the Scottish Reserve League and the new league was formed to cater for them as they felt friendly games didn't help the reserve players develop quickly enough. The league's president was WC Hiddleston of Third Lanark, with J Scouliar of Clyde the vice-president

 

Champions 1956-57

First series

Second series St Johnstone ‘A’

 

1956-57

First Series

Cly

Dumb

D Utd

Qp

St J

Th L

Clyde ‘A’

X

22 Sep

3-2

10 Nov

1-0

24 Nov

4-3

6 Oct

0-1

15 Dec

1-2

Dumbarton‘A

 

X

1 Dec

4-4

8 Sep

6-3

3 Nov

4-1

6 Oct

2-2

Dundee United ‘A’

6 Oct

2-2

24 Nov

2-2

X

6 Oct

3-3

8 Sep

4-3

8 Dec

1-3

Queen’s Park Victoria XI

19 Oct

2-13

1 Sep

0-4

15 Dec

2-2

X

17 Nov

1-3

 

St Johnstone ‘A’

1 Sep

2-2

 

15 Sep

6-2

10 Nov

4-3

X

1 Dec

2-4

Third Lanark ‘A’

 

15 Sep

2-4

1 Sep

4-0

6 Oct

1-2

13 Oct

9-1

X

 

8 Dec Dundee United v Third Lanark possibly 3-3?

 

 

First Series

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

1

Third Lanark ‘A’

8

5

1

2

27

13

11

2

Dumbarton ‘A’

8

4

3

1

28

17

11

3

Clyde ‘A’

8

4

2

2

26

14

10

4

St Johnstone ‘A’

9

4

1

4

23

23

9

5

Dundee United ‘A’

10

1

5

4

20

30

7

6

Queen’s Park Victoria XI

9

1

2

6

19

40

4

 

 

1956-57

Second Series

Cly

Cowd

Dumb

D Utd

Q Pk

St J

Th L

Clyde ‘A’

X

20 Apr

1-2

23 Feb

3-3

2 Mar

7-1

10 Apr

4-4

26 Jan

1-2

16 Mar

5-1

Cowdenbeath ‘A’

13 Apr

3-2

X

23 Mar

3?-3

23 Feb

1-3

2 Mar

3-1

12 Jan

0-0

26 Jan

2-3

Dumbarton ‘A’

2 Feb

2-3

30 Mar

6-0

X

16 Mar

2-1

9 Mar

7-3

6 Apr

8-0

12 Jan

3-3

Dundee United ‘A’

30 Mar

0-6

27 Apr

4-0

26 Jan

0-5

X

20 Apr

0-1

9 Mar

1-2

11 May

5-3

Queen’s Park Victoria XI

12 Jan

3-5

16 Mar

1-1*

 

 

X

2 Feb

2-3

 

St Johnstone ‘A’

23 Mar

2-2

 

9 Feb

2-0

19 Jan

2-0

 

X

2 Mar

4-1

Third Lanark ‘A’

9 Mar

0-2

2 Feb

4-2

13 Apr

2-0

23 Mar

1-1

30 Mar

5-0

20 Apr

2-3

X

 

9 Feb TL v Clyde 3-3

 

2 May Dumbarton 3? v QP? At Boghead?

 

 

Second Series

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

1

St Johnstone ‘A’

10

7

2

1

20

17

16

2

Clyde ‘A’

12

6

3

3

41

23

15

3

Dumbarton ‘A’

11

5

3

3

39

20

13

4

Third Lanark ‘A’

11

4

2

5

25

27

10

5

Cowdenbeath ‘A’

11

3

3

5

17

28

9

6

Dundee United ‘A’

11

3

1

7

16

30

7

7

Queen’s Park Victoria XI

8

1

2

5

15

28

4

 

 

[This 6 Apr table, as published in Evening Times, for some reason shows Cowdenbeath ‘A’ as having played a lot fewer games than they did]

 

 

Second Series

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

1

St Johnstone ‘A’

7

5

2

0

15

7

12

2

Clyde ‘A’

8

5

2

1

28

14

12

3

Dumbarton ‘A’

7

4

2

1

25

15

10

4

Third Lanark ‘A’

7

2

2

3

13

19

6

5

Dundee United ‘ A’

7

1

1

5

7

20

3

6

Cowdenbeath ‘A’

2

0

1

1

3

4

1

7

Queen’s Park Victoria XI

5

0

1

4

10

19

1