The 1953–54 season was the 81st season of competitive
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
in Scotland and the 57th season of the
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4&nbs ...
.
Scottish League Division A
Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Airdrieonians, Hamilton Academical
Scottish League Division B
Promoted: Motherwell, Kilmarnock
Relegated: Dumbarton
Scottish League Division C
''Promoted: Brechin City''
Cup honours
Other Honours
County
* * - aggregate over two legs
Highland League
Scotland national team
Scotland qualified for their first ever
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...
in
1954
Events
January
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
which was held in Switzerland.
Key:
* (H) = Home match
* (A) = Away match
* BHC = British Home Championship
* WCQG3 = World Cup qualifying – Group 3
* WCG3 = World Cup – Group 3
Notes and references
External links
Scottish Football Historical Archive
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Seasons in Scottish football