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
Champions: Celtic<br />
Relegated: Airdrieonians, Hamilton Academical
Scottish League Division B
Promoted: Motherwell, Kilmarnock<br />
Relegated: Dumbarton
Scottish League Division C
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=100|Section
!width=160|Winner
!width=160|Runner-up
|-
|align=left|South-West
|Rangers 'A'
|Partick Thistle 'A'
|-
|align=left|North-East
|Brechin City
|Aberdeen 'A'
|}
Promoted: Brechin City
Cup honours
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=140|Competition
!width=135|Winner
!width=80|Score
!width=135|Runner-up
|-
|align=left|Scottish Cup
|Celtic
|align=center|2–1
|Aberdeen
|-
|align=left|League Cup
|East Fife
|align=center|3–2
|Partick Thistle
|-
|align=left|Junior Cup
|Sunnybank
|align=center|2–1
|Lochee Harp
|}
Other Honours
County
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=160|Competition
!width=135|Winner
!width=80|Score
!width=135|Runner-up
|-
|align=left|Aberdeenshire Cup
|Buckie Thistle
|
|
|-
|align=left|Ayrshire Cup
|Kilmarnock
|5 – 1 *
|Ayr United
|-
|align=left|East of Scotland Shield
|Hearts
|1 – 0
|Hibernian
|-
|align=left|Fife Cup
|East Fife
|2 – 2
|Raith Rovers
|-
|align=left|Forfarshire Cup
|Dundee United
|3 – 1
|Arbroath
|-
|align=left|Glasgow Cup
|Rangers
|3 – 0
|Third Lanark
|-
|align=left|Lanarkshire Cup
|Motherwell
|3 – 0
|Hamilton
|-
|align=left|Renfrewshire Cup
|Babcock & Wilcox
|3 – 3
|Morton
|-
|align=left|Stirlingshire Cup
|Stirling Albion
|2 – 1
|Stenhousemuir
|}
- * - aggregate over two legs
Highland League
Scotland national team
Scotland qualified for their first ever World Cup in 1954 which was held in Switzerland.
{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Venue
!Opponents
!
!Competition
!Scotland scorer(s)
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|3 October 1953
|Windsor Park, Belfast (A)
|
|align=center|3–1
|BHC / WCQG3
|Charlie Fleming (2), Jackie Henderson
|-bgcolor=#ffffdd
|4 November 1953
|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
|
|align=center|3–3
|BHC / WCQG3
|Allan Brown, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|3 April 1954
|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
|
|align=center|2–4
|BHC / WCQG3
|Lawrie Reilly (2)
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|5 May 1954
|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
|
|align=center|1–0
|Friendly
|George Hamilton
|-bgcolor=#ffffdd
|19 May 1954
|Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (A)
|
|align=center|1–1
|Friendly
|John Mackenzie
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|25 May 1954
|Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (A)
|
|align=center|2–1
|Friendly
|Willie Ormond, Bobby Johnstone
|-
!colspan=6|1954 World Cup
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|16 June 1954
|Sportplatz Hardturm, Zurich (N)
|
|align=center|0–1
|WCG3
|
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|19 June 1954
|St. Jakob Stadium, Basel (N)
|
|align=center|0–7
|WCG3
|
|-
|}
Key:
- (H) = Home match
- (A) = Away match
- BHC = British Home Championship
- WCQG3 = World Cup qualifying – Group 3
- WCG3 = World Cup – Group 3
Notes and references
External links
- Scottish Football Historical Archive