1953–54 in Scottish football




























1953–54 in Scottish football

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Division A champions

Celtic

Division B champions

Motherwell

Division C (North & East) champions

Brechin City

Division C (South & West) champions

Rangers 'A'

Scottish Cup winners

Celtic

League Cup winners

East Fife

Division C League Cup winners

Partick Thistle 'A' or Rangers 'A'

Junior Cup winners

Sunnybank

Scotland national team

1954 BHC

The 1953–54 season was the 81st season of competitive football in Scotland and the 57th season of the Scottish Football League.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Scottish League Division A


  • 2 Scottish League Division B


  • 3 Cup honours


  • 4 Other Honours


    • 4.1 County


    • 4.2 Highland League




  • 5 Scotland national team


  • 6 External links


  • 7 Notes and references





Scottish League Division A
















































































































































































































P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1

Celtic
30
20
3
7
72
29
43

43
2

Heart of Midlothian
30
16
6
8
70
45
25

38
3

Partick Thistle
30
17
1
12
76
54
22

35
4

Rangers
30
13
8
9
56
35
21

34
5

Hibernian
30
15
4
11
72
51
21

34
6

East Fife
30
13
8
9
55
45
10

34
7

Dundee
30
14
6
10
46
47
−1

34
8

Clyde
30
15
4
11
64
67
−3

34
9

Aberdeen
30
15
3
12
66
51
15

33
10

Queen of the South
30
14
4
12
72
58
14

32
11

St Mirren
30
12
4
14
44
54
−10

28
12

Raith Rovers
30
10
6
14
56
60
−4

26
13

Falkirk
30
9
7
14
47
61
−14

25
14

Stirling Albion
30
10
4
16
39
62
−23

24
15

Airdrieonians
30
5
5
20
41
92
−51

15
16

Hamilton Academical
30
4
3
23
29
94
−65

11

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Airdrieonians, Hamilton Academical



Scottish League Division B
















































































































































































































P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1

Motherwell
30
21
3
6
109
43
66

45
2

Kilmarnock
30
19
4
7
71
39
32

42
3

Third Lanark
30
13
10
7
78
48
30

36
4

Stenhousemuir
30
14
8
8
66
58
8

36
5

Morton
30
15
3
12
85
65
20

33
6

St Johnstone
30
14
3
13
80
71
9

31
7

Albion Rovers
30
12
7
11
55
63
−8

31
8

Dunfermline Athletic
30
11
9
10
48
57
−9

31
9

Ayr United
30
11
8
11
50
56
−6

30
10

Queen's Park
30
9
9
12
56
51
5

27
11

Alloa Athletic
30
7
10
13
50
72
−22

24
12

Forfar Athletic
30
10
4
16
38
69
−31

24
13

Cowdenbeath
30
9
5
16
67
81
−14

23
14

Arbroath
30
8
7
15
53
67
−14

23
15

Dundee United
30
8
6
16
54
79
−25

22
16

Dumbarton
30
7
8
15
51
92
−41

22

Promoted: Motherwell, Kilmarnock
Relegated: Dumbarton



Cup honours



























Competition
Winner
Score
Runner-up

Scottish Cup 1953–54

Celtic
2–1

Aberdeen

League Cup 1953–54

East Fife
3–2

Partick Thistle

Junior Cup

Sunnybank
2–1

Lochee Harp


Other Honours



County































































Competition
Winner
Score
Runner-up

Aberdeenshire Cup

Buckie Thistle



Ayrshire Cup

Kilmarnock
5 – 1 *

Ayr United

East of Scotland Shield

Hearts
1 – 0

Hibernian

Fife Cup

East Fife
2 – 2

Raith Rovers

Forfarshire Cup

Dundee United
3 – 1

Arbroath

Glasgow Cup

Rangers
3 – 0

Third Lanark

Lanarkshire Cup

Motherwell
3 – 0

Hamilton

Renfrewshire Cup

Babcock & Wilcox
3 – 3

Morton

Stirlingshire Cup

Stirling Albion
2 – 1

Stenhousemuir

  • * - aggregate over two legs


Highland League


Top Three



















































P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1

Buckie Thistle
28
21
4
3
93
38
55

46
2

Elgin City
28
17
4
7
77
49
28

38
3

Inverness Caledonian
28
15
4
9
79
64
15

34


Scotland national team



Scotland qualified for their first ever World Cup in 1954 which was held in Switzerland.












































































Date
Venue
Opponents

Score[2]
Competition
Scotland scorer(s)
3 October 1953

Windsor Park, Belfast (A)

 Northern Ireland
3–1

BHC / WCQG3

Charlie Fleming (2), Jackie Henderson
4 November 1953

Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

 Wales
3–3

BHC / WCQG3

Allan Brown, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly
3 April 1954

Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

 England
2–4

BHC / WCQG3

Lawrie Reilly (2)
5 May 1954

Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

 Norway
1–0

Friendly

George Hamilton
19 May 1954

Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (A)

 Norway
1–1

Friendly

John Mackenzie
25 May 1954

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (A)

 Finland
2–1

Friendly

Willie Ormond, Bobby Johnstone

1954 World Cup
16 June 1954

Sportplatz Hardturm, Zurich (N)

 Austria
0–1

WCG3

19 June 1954

St Jakob Stadium, Basle (N)

 Uruguay
0–7

WCG3


Key:



  • (H) = Home match

  • (A) = Away match

  • BHC = British Home Championship

  • WCQG3 = World Cup qualifying – Group 3

  • WCG3 = World Cup – Group 3



External links


  • Scottish Football Historical Archive


Notes and references





  1. ^ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1950-1959/195354/[permanent dead link]


  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.











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