1953–54 in Scottish football

1953–54 in Scottish football
1953–54 in Scottish football
Division A champions
	Celtic
Division B champions
	Motherwell
Division C (North & East) champions
	Brechin City
Division C (South & West) champions
	Rangers 'A'
Scottish Cup winners
	Celtic
League Cup winners
	East Fife
Division C League Cup winners
	Partick Thistle 'A' or Rangers 'A'
Junior Cup winners
	Sunnybank
Scotland national team
	1954 BHC

The 1953–54 season was the 81st season of competitive football in Scotland and the 57th season of the Scottish Football League.^[1]

Scottish League Division A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	30	20	3	7	72	29	+43	43
2	Heart of Midlothian	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

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link‍]}

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Airdrieonians, Hamilton Academical

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Motherwell	30	21	3	6	109	43	+66	45	Promotion to the 1954–55 Division A
2	Kilmarnock	30	19	4	7	71	39	+32	42	Promotion to the 1954–55 Division A
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	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	Relegated to the 1954–55 Division C

Source: "1953-1954 Division B - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: Motherwell, Kilmarnock
Relegated: Dumbarton

Section^[2]^[3]	Winner	Runner-up
South-West	Rangers 'A'	Partick Thistle 'A'
North-East	Brechin City	Aberdeen 'A'

Promoted: Brechin City

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

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Buckie Thistle
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	5 – 1 *	Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	1 – 0	Hibernian
Fife Cup	East Fife	2 – 2	Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee United	3 – 1	Arbroath
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	3 – 0	Third Lanark
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	3 – 0	Hamilton
Renfrewshire Cup	Babcock & Wilcox	3 – 3	Morton
Stirlingshire Cup	Stirling Albion	2 – 1	Stenhousemuir

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[4]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
3 October 1953	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	3–1	BHC / WCQG3	Charlie Fleming (2), Jackie Henderson
4 November 1953	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	3–3	BHC / WCQG3	Allan Brown, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly
3 April 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–4	BHC / WCQG3	Lawrie Reilly (2)
5 May 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Norway	1–0	Friendly	George Hamilton
19 May 1954	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (A)	Norway	1–1	Friendly	John Mackenzie
25 May 1954	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (A)	Finland	2–1	Friendly	Willie Ormond, Bobby Johnstone
1954 World Cup
16 June 1954	Sportplatz Hardturm, Zurich (N)	Austria	0–1	WCG3
19 June 1954	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel (N)	Uruguay	0–7	WCG3