1953–54 Scottish Cup

1953–54 Scottish Cup
Country Scotland
Champions Celtic
Runner-up Aberdeen
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 Scottish Cup was the 69th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Aberdeen in the final.

Contents

First round

Home team Score Away team
Alloa Athletic 1 – 3 Clyde
Berwick Rangers 7 – 0 East Stirlingshire
East Fife 0 – 3 Queen of the South
Fraserburgh 5 – 4 Leith Athletic
Inverness Thistle 3 – 3 Hamilton Academical
Montrose 0 – 1 Peebles Rovers
Greenock Morton 3 – 2 Dundee United
Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Airdrieonians
Rangers 2 – 0 Queen’s Park
St. Johnstone 1 – 2 Hibernian
St. Mirren 1 – 2 Motherwell
Stirling Albion 2 – 1 Dumbarton
Stranraer 1 – 4 Dunfermline Athletic
Third Lanark 2 – 2 Stenhousemuir

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Hamilton Academical 3 – 1 Inverness Thistle
Stenhousemuir 0 – 0 Third Lanark

Second Replays

Home team Score Away team
Third Lanark 1 – 0 Stenhousemuir

Second round

Home team Score Away team
Albion Rovers 1 – 1 Dundee
Berwick Rangers 5 – 1 Ayr United
Brechin City 2 – 3 Hamilton Academical
Coldstream 1 – 10 Raith Rovers
Duns 0 – 8 Aberdeen
Falkirk 1 – 2 Celtic
Fraserburgh 0 – 3 Hearts
Hibernian 7 – 0 Clyde
Greenock Morton 4 – 0 Cowdenbeath
Motherwell 5 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic
Peebles Rovers 1 – 1 Buckie Thistle
Queen of the South 3 – 0 Forfar Athletic
Rangers 2 – 2 Kilmarnock
Stirling Albion 0 – 0 Arbroath
Tarff Rovers 1 – 9 Partick Thistle
Third Lanark 7 – 2 Deveronvale

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Arbroath 1 – 3 Stirling Albion
Buckie Thistle 7 – 2 Peebles Rovers
Dundee 4 – 0 Albion Rovers
Kilmarnock 1 – 3 Rangers

Third round

Home team Score Away team
Berwick Rangers 3 – 0 Dundee
Hamilton Academical 2 – 0 Greenock Morton
Hibernian 1 – 3 Aberdeen
Motherwell 4 – 1 Raith Rovers
Partick Thistle 5 – 3 Buckie Thistle
Queen of the South 1 – 2 Hearts
Stirling Albion 3 – 4 Celtic
Third Lanark 0 – 0 Rangers

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Rangers 4 – 4 Third Lanark

Second Replays

Home team Score Away team
Rangers 3 – 2 Third Lanark

Quarter-finals

Home team Score Away team
Aberdeen 3 – 0 Hearts
Hamilton Academical 1 – 2 Celtic
Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Motherwell
Rangers 4 – 0 Berwick Rangers

Replays

Home team Score Away team
Motherwell 2 – 1 Partick Thistle

Semi-finals

March 27, 1954
 Celtic 2 – 2 Motherwell Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 102,424
April 10, 1954
 Aberdeen 6 – 0 Rangers Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 110,939
Referee: Jack Mowat
Joe O'Neil  13'  34'  80'
Graham Leggat  70'
Jack Allister  86'
Paddy Buckley  89'

Replays

April 5, 1954
 Celtic 3 – 1 Motherwell Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 92,600

Final

April 24, 1954
 Celtic 2 – 1 Aberdeen Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 130,060
Referee: Charlie Faultless
Alec Young  50' (o.g.)
Sean Fallon  64'		 Paddy Buckley  51'

Teams

CELTIC:
GK John Bonnar
RB Mike Haughney
LB Frank Meechan
RH Bobby Evans
CH Jock Stein
LH Bertie Peacock
RW John Higgins
IR Willie Fernie
CF Sean Fallon
IL Charlie Tully
LW Neil Mochan
Manager:
Jimmy McGrory
ABERDEEN:
GK Fred Martin
RB Jimmy Mitchell
LB Dave Caldwell
RH Jack Allister
CH Alec Young
LH Archie Glen
RW Graham Leggat
IR George Hamilton
CF Paddy Buckley
IL Jim Clunie
LW Jackie Hather
Manager:
Dave Halliday

See also

Seasons
1873–74 · 1874–75 · 1875–76 · 1876–77 · 1877–78 · 1878–79 · 1879–80 · 1880–81 · 1881–82 · 1882–83 · 1883–84 · 1884–85 · 1885–86 · 1886–87 · 1887–88 · 1888–89 · 1889–90 · 1890–91 · 1891–92 · 1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96 · 1896–97 · 1897–98 · 1898–99 · 1899–00 · 1900–01 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1904–05 · 1905–06 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10 · 1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1912–13 · 1913–14 · 1919–20 · 1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30 · 1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10  · 2010–11  · 2011–12
Finals
1874 · 1875 · 1876 · 1877 · 1878 · 1879 · 1880 · 1881 · 1882 · 1883 · 1884 · 1885 · 1886 · 1887 · 1888 · 1889 · 1890 · 1891 · 1892 · 1893 · 1894 · 1895 · 1896 · 1897 · 1898 · 1899 · 1900 · 1901 · 1902 · 1903 · 1904 · 1905 · 1906 · 1907 · 1908 · 1909 · 1910 · 1911 · 1912 · 1913 · 1914 · 1920 · 1921 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924 · 1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1928 · 1929 · 1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012