1954-55 in Scottish football

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The 1954–55 season was the 58th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents 1 Scottish League Division One 2 Scottish League Division Two 3 Cup honours 4 Scotland national team 5 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	30	24	1	5	73	26	47	49
2	Celtic	30	19	8	3	76	37	39	46
3	Rangers	30	19	3	8	67	33	34	41
4	Hearts	30	16	7	7	74	45	29	39
5	Hibernian	30	15	4	11	64	54	10	34
6	St. Mirren	30	12	8	10	55	54	1	32
7	Clyde	30	11	9	10	59	50	9	31
8	Dundee	30	13	4	13	48	48	0	30
9	Partick Thistle	30	11	7	12	49	61	-12	29
10	Kilmarnock	30	10	6	14	46	58	-12	26
11	East Fife	30	9	6	15	51	62	-11	24
12	Falkirk	30	8	8	14	42	54	-12	24
13	Queen of the South	30	9	6	15	38	56	-18	24
14	Raith Rovers	30	10	3	17	49	57	-8	23
15	Motherwell	30	9	4	17	42	62	-20	22
16	Stirling Albion	30	2	2	26	29	105	-76	6

Champions: Aberdeen
Note: There was no relegation this season with Division One being increased to 18 teams next season.

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Airdrieonians	30	18	10	2	103	61	42	46
2	Dunfermline Athletic	30	19	4	7	72	40	32	42
3	Hamilton Academical	30	17	5	8	74	51	23	39
4	Queen's Park	30	15	5	10	65	36	29	35
5	Third Lanark	30	13	7	10	63	49	14	33
6	Stenhousemuir	30	12	8	10	70	51	19	32
7	St. Johnstone	30	15	2	13	60	51	9	32
8	Ayr United	30	14	4	12	61	73	-12	32
9	Greenock Morton	30	12	5	13	58	69	-11	29
10	Forfar Athletic	30	11	6	13	63	80	-17	28
11	Albion Rovers	30	8	10	12	50	69	-19	26
12	Arbroath	30	8	8	14	55	72	-17	24
13	Dundee United	30	8	6	16	55	70	-15	22
14	Cowdenbeath	30	8	5	17	55	72	-17	21
15	Alloa Athletic	30	7	6	17	51	75	-24	20
16	Brechin City	30	8	3	19	53	89	-36	19

Promoted: Airdrieonians Dunfermline

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1954–55	Clyde	1 – 0 (rep.)	Celtic
League Cup	Hearts	4 – 2	Motherwell
Junior Cup	Kilsyth Rangers	4 – 1 (rep.)	Duntochter Hibs

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
October 16, 1954	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	1–0	BHC	Paddy Buckley
November 3, 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–2	BHC	Jimmy Davidson, Bobby Johnstone
December 8, 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Hungary	2–4	F	Tommy Ring, Bobby Johnstone
April 2, 1955	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	2–7	BHC	Lawrie Reilly, Tommy Docherty
May 4, 1955	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Portugal	3–0	F	Tommy Gemmell, Billy Liddell, Lawrie Reilly
May 15, 1955	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade (A)	Yugoslavia	2–2	F	Lawrie Reilly, Gordon Smith
May 19, 1955	Prater Stadium, Vienna (A)	Austria	4–1	F	Archie Robertson, Gordon Smith, Billy Liddell, Lawrie Reilly
May 29, 1955	Népstadion, Budapest (A)	Hungary	1–3	F	Gordon Smith

[edit] Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football v • d • e
1950–51 | 1951–52 | 1952–53 | 1953–54 | 1954–55 | 1955–56 | 1956–57 | 1957–58 | 1958–59
Football in Scotland v • d • e
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National teams
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League competitions in Scottish football
Premier League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East League South League Junior Leagues
Cup Competitions in Scottish Football
Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup