1953–54 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1953–54 season
Manager	Jimmy McGrory
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Division A	1st
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Group stage

During the 1953–54 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in Scottish Division A.

Competitions

Scottish Division A

League table

Pos	Team	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

Source: RSSSF

Matches

5 September 1953 Division A	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Celtic	Hamilton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 20,000

12 September 1953 Division A	Celtic	1–0	Clyde	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 23,000

19 September 1953 Division A	Rangers	1–1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 59,000

26 September 1953 Division A	Celtic	3–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 26,000

10 October 1953 Division A	Celtic	3–0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
14:45 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

17 October 1953 Division A	Queen of the South	2–1	Celtic	Dumfries
15:00 BST				Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 16,000

24 October 1953 Division A	Celtic	2–0	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 30,000

31 October 1953 Division A	Dundee	1–1	Celtic	Dundee
14:45 BST				Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 27,000

7 November 1953 Division A	Celtic	2–2	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,000

14 November 1953 Division A	East Fife	4–1	Celtic	Methil
14:30 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 15,000

21 November 1953 Division A	Celtic	4–1	Airdrieonains	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

28 November 1953 Division A	Celtic	2–1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,000

5 December 1953 Division A	Stirling Albion	2–1	Celtic	Stirling
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Annfield Attendance: 18,000

12 December 1953 Division A	Celtic	4–0	St Mirren	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

26 December 1953 Division A	Clyde	1–7	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Shawfield Stadium Attendance: 21,500

1 January 1954 Division A	Celtic	1–0	Rangers	Glasgow
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 65,000

2 January 1954 Division A	Aberdeen	2–0	Celtic	Aberdeen
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 28,000

9 January 1954 Division A	Celtic	1–0	Falkirk	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

16 January 1954 Division A	Raith Rovers	2–0	Celtic	Kirkcaldy
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 13,000

23 January 1954 Division A	Celtic	3–1	Queen of the South	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

6 February 1954 Division A	Hearts	3–2	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 47,519

20 February 1954 Division A	Celtic	5–1	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,000

6 March 1954 Division A	Celtic	4–1	East Fife	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000

17 March 1954 Division A	Airdrieonians	0–6	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 13,000

20 March 1954 Division A	Partick Thistle	1–3	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 36,000

29 March 1954 Division A	Celtic	4–0	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 12,000

7 April 1954 Division A	St Mirren	1–3	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 18,000

14 April 1954 Division A	Falkirk	0–3	Celtic	Falkirk
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 22,000

17 April 1954 Division A	Hibernian	0–3	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 45,000

26 April 1954 Division A	Celtic	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000

Scottish Cup

17 February 1954 Second round	Falkirk	1–2	Celtic	Falkirk
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brockville Park Attendance: 22,000

27 February 1954 Third round	Stirling Albion	3–4	Celtic	Stirling
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Annfield Attendance: 25,750

13 March 1954 Fourth round	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Celtic	Hamilton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 22,000

27 March 1954 Semi-final	Motherwell	2–2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 102,444

5 April 1954 Semi-final replay	Motherwell	1–3	Celtic	Glasgow
16:15 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 92,639

24 April 1954 Final	Celtic	2–1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Alec Young 50' (o.g.) Sean Fallon 64'	Celtic Report	Paddy Buckley 51'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 130,060 Referee: Charlie Faultless

Scottish League Cup

8 August 1953 Group 8	Celtic	0–1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 55,000

12 August 1953 Group 8	East Fife	1–1	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 16,000

15 August 1953 Group 8	Airdrieonians	2–1	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 22,000

22 August 1953 Group 8	Aberdeen	5–2	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Park Attendance: 18,000

26 August 1953 Group 8	Celtic	0–1	East Fife	Glasgow
18:45 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,000

29 August 1953 Group 8	Celtic	2–0	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,000

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1953–54 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division A Division B Division C Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship 1954 World Cup qualifying (Group 3) 1954 World Cup
Club seasons
Division A	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division B	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Third Lanark

Competitions

Scottish Division A

League table

Matches

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

References