Celtic FC 1953/1954

Celtic Fixtures and Results 1953/1954

Scottish League Division A:	Winners
Scottish FA Cup:	Winners
League Cup:	Section

Manager: Jimmy McGrory (1945 - 1965)

Celtic score always first.

Opponents	Comments
ABERDEEN	08/08/53 League Cup 0-1.
East Fife	12/08/53 League Cup 1-1.
Airdrie	15/08/53 League Cup 1-2.
Aberdeen	22/08/53 League Cup 2-5.
EAST FIFE	26/08/53 League Cup 0-1. No programme
AIRDRIE	29/08/53 League Cup 2-0. This game marks exactly 50 years since Celtic first wore Hooped strips. The famous hoops were first worn against Third Lanark at Celtic Park on 29 August 1903. Copy sold on ebay May 2023, £17, 5 bids, poor copy, creased, folded, dirty, rusty staples
Hamilton Accies	05/09/53 League 0-2.
CLYDE	12/09/53 League 1-0.
Rangers	19/09/53 League 1-1.
ABERDEEN	26/09/53 League 3-0
RAITH ROVERS	10/10/53 League 3-0.
Queen of the South	17/10/53 League 1-2
HEARTS	24/10/53 League 2-0
Dundee	31/10/53 League 1-1.
HIBERNIAN	07/11/53 League 2-2. Jock Stein goal.
East Fife	14/11/53 League 1-4.
AIRDRIE	21/11/53 League 4-1.
PARTICK THISTLE	28/11/53 League 2-1.
Stirling Albion	05/12/53 League 1-2.
ST MIRREN	12/12/53 League 4-0
HAMILTON ACCIES	19/12/53 League Postponed. Programme sold at the re-arranged match 28/04/54. Rare.
Clyde	26/12/53 League 7-1 Queen of the South are top of the league, 5 points in front of Celtic in fourth place.
RANGERS	01/01/54 League 1-0. Neil Mochan.
Aberdeen	02/01/54 League 0-2
FALKIRK	09/01/54 League 1-0
Raith Rovers	16/01/54 League 0-2
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH	23/01/54 League 3-1
Hearts	06/02/54 League 2-3 47,519 attendance at Tynecastle.
Falkirk	13/02/54 Scottish Cup 2-1, Fernie, Higgins. Programme issued. No image to display
DUNDEE	20/02/54 League 5-1.
Stirling Albion	27/02/54 Scottish Cup 4-3. Haughney, Higgins, Mochan (2).
EAST FIFE	06/03/54 League 4-1 Sold for £31, 4 bids, June 2022 - v/f, h/f, rusty staples, discoloured at edges, a bit crumpled, full and half-time scores on cover, poor cond.
Hamilton Accies	13/03/54 Scottish Cup 2-1. Haughney, Fernie.
Airdrie	17/03/54 League 6-0. Neil Mochan hat-trick. No programme
Partick Thistle	20/03/54 League 3-1
Motherwell	27/03/54 Scottish Cup Semi-Final 2-2. Mochan, Fallon.
STIRLING ALBION	29/03/54 League 4-0. No programme
Motherwell	05/04/54 Scottish Cup Semi-Final Replay 3-1. Kilmarnock (og), Fernie, Mochan. No programme
St Mirren	07/04/54 League 3-1 No Programme issued
Falkirk	14/04/54 League 3-0 Programme issued. No image to display
Hibernian	17/04/54 League 3-0.
Aberdeen	24/04/54 Scottish Cup Final 2-1. Young (og), Fallon
HAMILTON ACCIES	28/04/54 League 1-0. No programme. Postponed match programme 19/12/53 issued

Celtic Football Club Friendlies 1953/1954

Opponents	Comments
BOHEMIANS XI	10/08/52 10-1 Willie Maley testimonial match. Maley gave his £2,000 for the testimonial to a local sanatorium.
Drumcondra	05/10/52 1-0 No programme
Wolverhampton Wanderers	14/10/52 0-2 Sold on ebay June 2023 for £21, 3 bids, rusty staple, creased, slight tears, dirty marks Sold on ebay Nov 2024 for £18, 3 bids, Good cond, team changes Sold on ebay Dec 2024 for £18, 11 bids, Good cond, team changes
Manchester City	28/10/52 1-1
Queen of the South	19/12/52 5-1 No programme
Clyde	09/01/53 3-4 No programme
Dundee	30/01/53 1-4
Ashfield Juniors	07/04/53 2-2 No programme
KILMARNOCK	10/04/53 1-1
Stirling Albion	26/04/53 3-3 No programme
Home Farm XI	19/05/53 Silver Jubilee
Coleraine/Crusaders XI	20/05/53 1-4 Peter Docherty XI