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1953–54 Scottish Cup

{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{ infobox football tournament season

| title = 1953–54 Scottish Cup

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| country = Scotland

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| winners = Celtic

| second = Aberdeen

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| prev_season = 1952–53

| next_season = 1954–55

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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

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!width=70|Score

!width=140|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 =

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!width=140|Away team

Hamilton Academical

|3 – 1

|Inverness Thistle

Stenhousemuir

|0 – 0

|Third Lanark

= Second replays =

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!width=70|Score

!width=140|Away team

Third Lanark

|1 – 0

|Stenhousemuir

Second round

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!width=70|Score

!width=140|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 =

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!width=70|Score

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Arbroath

|1 – 3

|Stirling Albion

Buckie Thistle

|7 – 2

|Peebles Rovers

Dundee

|4 – 0

|Albion Rovers

Kilmarnock

|1 – 3

|Rangers

Third round

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!width=70|Score

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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 =

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!width=70|Score

!width=140|Away team

Rangers

|4 – 4

|Third Lanark

= Second replays =

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!width=70|Score

!width=140|Away team

Rangers

|3 – 2

|Third Lanark

Quarter-finals

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Aberdeen

|3 – 0

|Hearts

Hamilton Academical

|1 – 2{{cite web|url=https://www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/accies-in-the-quarter-final/|title=Accies in the Quarter Final|publisher=Hamilton Academical F.C.|date=3 March 2017|access-date=11 August 2018}}

|Celtic

Partick Thistle

|1 – 1

|Motherwell

Rangers

|4 – 0

|Berwick Rangers

= Replays =

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!width=70|Score

!width=140|Away team

Motherwell

|2 – 1

|Partick Thistle

Semi-finals

{{football box |

|date = 27 March 1954

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2–2

|team2 = Motherwell

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|referee =

|attendance = 102,424 }}

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{{football box |

|date = 10 April 1954

|team1 = Aberdeen

|score = 6–0

|team2 = Rangers

|goals1 = O'Neill {{goal|13||34||80}}
Graham Leggat {{goal|70}}
Jack Allister {{goal|86}}
Paddy Buckley {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|referee = Jack Mowat

|attendance = 110,939 }}

= Replays =

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{{football box |

|date = 5 April 1954

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 3–1

|team2 = Motherwell

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|referee =

|attendance = 92,600 }}

Final

{{football box |

|date = 24 April 1954

|team1 = Celtic

|score = 2–1

|team2 = Aberdeen

|goals1 = Alec Young {{goal|50|o.g.}}
Sean Fallon {{goal|64}}

|goals2 = Paddy Buckley {{goal|51}}

|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

|referee = Charlie Faultless

|attendance = 130,060 }}

= Teams =

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|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

|colspan="4"|CELTIC:

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GK{{flagicon|SCO}} John Bonnar
RB{{flagicon|SCO}} Mike Haughney
LB{{flagicon|SCO}} Frank Meechan
RH{{flagicon|SCO}} Bobby Evans
CH{{flagicon|SCO}} Jock Stein
LH{{flagicon|NIR}} Bertie Peacock
RW{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins
IR{{flagicon|SCO}} Willie Fernie
CF{{flagicon|IRE}} Sean Fallon
IL{{flagicon|NIR}} Charlie Tully
LW{{flagicon|SCO}} Neil Mochan
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Jimmy McGrory

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

|colspan="4"|ABERDEEN:

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GK{{flagicon|SCO}} Fred Martin
RB{{flagicon|SCO}} Jimmy Mitchell
LB{{flagicon|SCO}} Dave Caldwell
RH{{flagicon|SCO}} Jack Allister
CH{{flagicon|SCO}} Alec Young
LH{{flagicon|SCO}} Archie Glen
RW{{flagicon|SCO}} Graham Leggat
IR{{flagicon|SCO}} George Hamilton
CF{{flagicon|SCO}} Paddy Buckley
IL{{flagicon|SCO}} Jim Clunie
LW{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Hather
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Dave Halliday

|}

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/hampden-park-scottish-cup-final Video highlights] from official Pathé News archive

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