1953–54 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1953–54 season was Aberdeen's 41st season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 43rd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.

Aberdeen F.C.
1953–54 season
ChairmanWilliam Mitchell
ManagerDave Halliday
Scottish League Division One9th
Scottish CupFinalists
Scottish League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Paddy Buckley (17)
All: Paddy Buckley (27)
Highest home attendance30,000 vs. Celtic, 22 August East Fife, 29 August
Lowest home attendance10,000 vs. Falkirk, 17 March

Results

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Division A

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Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
1 5 September St Mirren H 0–3 15,000
2 12 September Stirling Albion A 0–1 10,000
3 19 September Dundee H 1–1 Yorston 18,000
4 26 September Celtic A 0–3 35,000
5 3 October Partick Thistle A 2–1 Allister, Leggat 16,000
6 10 October Hamilton Academical H 5–1 Buckley (3), Hay, Hather 12,500
7 17 October Airdrieonians H 5–0 Buckley (2), Leggat, Yorston. Young 14,500
8 31 October Clyde A 4–2 Hather (2), Buckley, Leggat 10,000
9 7 November Rangers H 1–1 Allister (penalty) 25,000
10 14 November Queen of the South H 2–0 Hather, Yorston 27,000
11 21 November Falkirk A 2–2 Yorston, Leggat 10,000
12 28 November Heart of Midlothian A 2–3 Yorston, Hay 28,000
13 5 December Raith Rovers H 2–0 Leggat, Buckley 14,000
14 12 December Hamilton Academical A 2–3 Leggat, Yorston 7,500
15 19 December St Mirren A 4–1 Buckley (2), Hather, Hay 7,000
16 26 December Stirling Albion H 8–0 Buckley (3), Leggat (2) Hather (2), Hay 15,000
17 1 January Dundee A 2–4 Allister (penalty), Hay 25,000
18 2 January Celtic H 2–0 Buckley (2) 28,000
19 9 January Partick Thistle A 3–6 Leggat (2), Hay 18,000
20 16 January Hibernian H 1–3 Yorston 17,500
21 23 January Airdireonians A 3–1 Buckley, O'Neil, Wishart 8,500
22 6 February East Fife H 1–0 Allister 16,000
23 20 February Clyde H 5–3 Leggat (3), O'Neil (2) 15,000
24 6 March Queen of the South A 4–2 O'Neil (2), Boyd, Buckley 7,000
25 17 March Falkirk H 0–1 10,000
26 20 March Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 Leggat 17,000
27 27 March Raith Rovers A 1–3 Wishart 7,000
28 14 April East Fife A 0–2 6,500
29 17 April Rangers A 3–1 Leggat, Buckley, Allister (penalty) 34,000
30 19 April Hibernian A 0–3 28,000

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Dundee 30 14 6 10 46 47 −1 34
8 Clyde 30 15 4 11 64 67 −3 34
9 Aberdeen 30 15 3 12 66 51 +15 33
10 Queen of the South 30 14 4 12 72 58 +14 32
11 St Mirren 30 12 4 14 44 54 −10 28
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Scottish League Cup

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Group 2

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
1 8 August Celtic A 1–0 Brown 50,000
2 12 August Airdrieonians H 2–0 Hather, Cross (own goal) 28,000
3 15 August East Fife A 0–2 8,000
4 22 August Celtic H 5–2 Yorston (2), Buckley (2), Hather 30,000
5 26 August Airdrieonians A 3–4 Yorston (2), Hather 9,000
6 29 August East Fife H 3–4 Hamilton, Buckley, Hather 30,000

Group 2 final table

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
East Fife 6 4 1 1 14 9 1.556 9
Aberdeen 6 3 0 3 14 12 1.167 6
Airdrieonians 6 3 0 3 11 14 0.786 6
Celtic 6 1 1 4 6 10 0.600 3
Source: [citation needed]

Scottish Cup

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 13 February Duns A 8–0 Buckley (4), Hamilton (2), Leggat (2) 700
R3 27 February Hibernian A 3–1 Hather (2), Buckley 47,682
QF 6 March Queen of the South A 4–2 O'Neil (2), Boyd, Buckley 7,000
SF 10 April Rangers N 6–0 O'Neil (4), Leggat, Allister 110,939
F 24 April Celtic N 1–2 Buckley 130,060

Squad

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Appearances & Goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Fred Martin 33 0 25 0 5 0 3 0
GK   SCO Reg Morrison 8 0 5 0 0 0 3 0
GK   SCO Danny Mowatt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Jack Allister 37 7 26 5 5 1 6 1
DF   SCO Jimmy Mitchell (c) 37 0 26 0 5 0 6 0
DF   SCO Alec Young 36 1 27 1 5 0 4 0
DF   SCO Dave Caldwell 35 0 27 0 5 0 3 0
DF   SCO Billy Smith 15 0 9 0 0 0 6 0
DF   SCO Bobby Paterson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Jim Clunie 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF   SCO Dave Aitken 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Jimmy Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Archie Glen 32 0 27 0 5 0 0 0
MF   SCO Graham Leggat 31 19 26 15 5 4 0 0
MF   SCO Tony Harris 11 0 5 0 0 0 6 0
MF   SCO Bob Wishart 9 2 8 2 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Allan Boyd 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
MF   CAN Fred Cameron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Doug Newlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Laurie Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Jimmy Wallace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF ?? Alex McAllister 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Paddy Buckley 38 27 29 17 5 7 4 3
FW   ENG Jack Hather 35 12 25 7 4 2 6 3
FW   SCO George Hamilton 26 4 15 0 5 3 6 1
FW   SCO Harry Yorston 22 11 16 7 0 0 6 4
FW   SCO Joe O'Neil 14 9 10 5 4 4 0 0
FW   SCO Hugh Hay 11 6 11 6 0 0 0 0
FW ?? Jack Dunbar 6 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
FW   SCO Jimmy Brown 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
FW   SCO George Kelly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO John Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Ivor Smith 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW ?? Ally MacRae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

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  • Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
  • AFC Heritage Trust