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1953–54 in Scottish football

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headerstylebackground:#BFD7FF
above1953–54 in Scottish football
image[[Image:Flag of Scotland with football.png200px]]
header1Division A champions
data2Celtic
header3Division B champions
data4Motherwell
header5Division C (North & East) champions
data6Brechin City
header7Division C (South & West) champions
data8Rangers 'A'
header9Scottish Cup winners
data10Celtic
header11League Cup winners
data12East Fife
header13Division C League Cup winners
data14Partick Thistle 'A' or Rangers 'A'
header15Junior Cup winners
data16Sunnybank
header17Scotland national team
data181954 BHC

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

Scottish League Division A

Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Division A

Champions: Celtic

Relegated: Airdrieonians, Hamilton Academical

Scottish League Division B

Main article: 1953–54 Scottish Division B

Promoted: Motherwell, Kilmarnock

Relegated: Dumbarton

Scottish League Division C

SectionWinnerRunner-up
South-WestRangers 'A'Partick Thistle 'A'
North-EastBrechin CityAberdeen 'A'

Promoted: Brechin City

Cup honours

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish CupCeltic2–1Aberdeen
League CupEast Fife3–2Partick Thistle
Junior CupSunnybank2–1Lochee Harp

Other Honours

County

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Aberdeenshire CupBuckie Thistle
Ayrshire CupKilmarnock5 – 1 *Ayr United
East of Scotland ShieldHearts1 – 0Hibernian
Fife CupEast Fife2 – 2Raith Rovers
Forfarshire CupDundee United3 – 1Arbroath
Glasgow CupRangers3 – 0Third Lanark
Lanarkshire CupMotherwell3 – 0Hamilton
Renfrewshire CupBabcock & Wilcox3 – 3Morton
Stirlingshire CupStirling Albion2 – 1Stenhousemuir
      • aggregate over two legs

[[Highland Football League|Highland League]]

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results

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

DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionScotland scorer(s)1954 World Cup
3 October 1953Windsor Park, Belfast (A)3–1BHC / WCQG3Charlie Fleming (2), Jackie Henderson
4 November 1953Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)3–3BHC / WCQG3Allan Brown, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly
3 April 1954Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)2–4BHC / WCQG3Lawrie Reilly (2)
5 May 1954Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)1–0FriendlyGeorge Hamilton
19 May 1954Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (A)1–1FriendlyJohn Mackenzie
25 May 1954Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (A)2–1FriendlyWillie Ormond, Bobby Johnstone
16 June 1954Sportplatz Hardturm, Zurich (N)0–1WCG3
19 June 1954St. Jakob Stadium, Basel (N)0–7WCG3

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • BHC = British Home Championship
  • WCQG3 = World Cup qualifying – Group 3
  • WCG3 = World Cup – Group 3

References

  1. "1953/54 - the Scottish Football League".
  2. [http://www.oocities.org/br1anmccoll/cdiv5354.htm Scottish Football League C Division, dates results & final tables 1953-54], Scottish Football Historical Archive
  3. [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot3hist.html Scotland - Final Tables Third Level 1924-2004], [[RSSSF]]
  4. Scotland's score is shown first.
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