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.
1953–54 season | ||
---|---|---|
Chairman | William Mitchell | |
Manager | Dave Halliday | |
Scottish League Division One | 9th | |
Scottish Cup | Finalists | |
Scottish League Cup | Group Stage | |
Top goalscorer | League: Paddy Buckley (17) All: Paddy Buckley (27) | |
Highest home attendance | 30,000 vs. Celtic, 22 August East Fife, 29 August | |
Lowest home attendance | 10,000 vs. Falkirk, 17 March | |
Results
editDivision A
editMatch 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
editPos | 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 |
Scottish League Cup
editGroup 2
editRound | 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
editTeam | 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
editRound | 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
editAppearances & Goals
editNo. | 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
edit- Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
- AFC Heritage Trust
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