1953-54 in Scottish football

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The 1953–54 season was the 57th season of competitive football in Scotland.

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[edit] Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

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 Greenock 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

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1953–54 Celtic 2 – 1 Aberdeen
League Cup East Fife 3 – 2 Partick Thistle
Junior Cup Sunnybank 2 – 1 Lochee Harp

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

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

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

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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