1953-54 in Scottish football

Season 1953-1954 was the 57th season of Scottish league football.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Celtic	30	20	3	7	72	29	43	43
2	Hearts	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

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
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	Queens 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

Competition	Winner
Scottish Cup	Celtic
Scottish League Cup	East Fife

Note that scores are written Scotland first

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

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
October 3, 1953	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	3-1	BHC / WCQ	Charlie Fleming (2), Jackie Henderson
November 4, 1953	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Wales	3-3	BHC / WCQ	Allan Brown, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly
April 3, 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	2-4	BHC / WCQ	Lawrie Reilly (2)
May 5, 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Norway	1-0	F	George Hamilton
May 19, 1954	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo	Norway	1-1	F	John Mackenzie
May 25, 1954	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki	Finland	2-1	F	Willie Ormond, Bobby Johnstone
1954 World Cup
June 16, 1954	Sportplatz Hardturm, Zurich	Austria	0-1	WC	-
June 19, 1954	St Jakob Stadium, Basle	Uruguay	0-7	WC	-