1953–54 Scottish Division A

Scottish Division A
Season1953–54
ChampionsCeltic
RelegatedAirdrieonians
Hamilton Academical

The 1953–54 Scottish Division A was won by Celtic, who finished five points ahead of the second placed club Heart of Midlothian. Celtic won their 20th league title with a match still to play, when they defeated Hibernian 3–0 at Easter Road on 17 April 1954. It was the club's first league championship win in 16 years. Airdrieonians and Hamilton Academical finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1954–55 Scottish Division B.

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
6 East Fife 30 13 8 9 55 45 +10 34
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
12 Raith Rovers 30 10 6 14 56 60 −4 26
13 Falkirk 30 9 7 14 47 61 −14 25
14 Stirling Albion 30 10 4 16 39 62 −23 24
15 Airdrieonians 30 5 5 20 41 92 −51 15
16 Hamilton Academical 30 4 3 23 29 94 −65 11
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Results

Home \ Away ABE AIR CEL CLY DND EFI FAL HAM HOM HIB PAR QOS RAI RAN STM STI
Aberdeen 5–0 2–0 5–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 8–0
Airdrieonians 1–3 0–6 3–4 2–2 3–2 2–2 5–0 2–1 2–2 3–6 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1
Celtic 3–0 4–1 1–0 5–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 4–0
Clyde 2–4 4–1 1–7 2–0 3–1 4–1 4–1 0–1 3–6 0–4 2–0 4–2 2–5 4–2 1–1
Dundee 4–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–4 1–0 6–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1
East Fife 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 4–0 2–2 1–3 4–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1
Falkirk 2–2 4–1 0–3 1–1 4–0 3–3 2–2 1–3 2–4 2–2 0–4 0–3 4–3 4–0 2–0
Hamilton Academical 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–5 2–6 1–3 0–5 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1
Heart of Midlothian 3–2 4–3 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–2 1–4 5–1 3–3 5–1 6–1
Hibernian 3–0 8–1 0–3 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 5–0 2–2 2–1 1–2
Partick Thistle 6–3 9–0 1–3 3–4 1–0 0–1 5–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 5–3 0–1 2–0 3–1
Queen of the South 2–4 6–2 2–1 1–2 5–1 5–0 5–3 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–6 5–1 2–1 4–0 4–1
Raith Rovers 3–1 5–1 2–0 3–4 1–2 2–2 0–2 5–0 4–2 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1
Rangers 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 8–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1
St Mirren 1–4 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–3 1–3 5–3 3–0 0–1 3–0
Stirling Albion 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–2 0–1 6–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–3 2–0 0–2
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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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