1953–54 Scottish Cup

1953–54 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
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.

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^[1]	Celtic
Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Motherwell
Rangers	4 – 0	Berwick Rangers

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Motherwell	2 – 1	Partick Thistle

Semi-finals

27 March 1954

Celtic	2–2	Motherwell

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 102,424

10 April 1954

Aberdeen	6–0	Rangers
O'Neill 13', 34', 80' Graham Leggat 70' Jack Allister 86' Paddy Buckley 89'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 110,939

Referee: Jack Mowat

Replays

5 April 1954

Celtic	3–1	Motherwell

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 92,600

Final

24 April 1954

Celtic	2–1	Aberdeen
Alec Young 50' (o.g.) Sean Fallon 64'		Paddy Buckley 51'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 130,060

Referee: Charlie Faultless

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		Jack Hather
Manager:
Dave Halliday

References

^ "Accies in the Quarter Final". Hamilton Academical F.C. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

External links

Video highlights from official Pathé News archive

[acciesQF-1] "Accies in the Quarter Final". Hamilton Academical F.C. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

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First round

Replays

Second replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Second replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

Teams

See also

References

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