Season 1953-54

Manager Davie Meiklejohn
Final League Position 3rd in the 1st Division
2nd in C Division SW Section
Club Directory
Squad List
Team Group

Top Goalscorer Willie Sharp with 29 goals.


Date
Opposition Competition Result Scorers Attendance










Aug 8 CLYDE League Cup Section D 4-1 MacKenzie, Mathers, Walker, Howitt 25,000

Aug 12 Stirling Albion League Cup Section D 0-3 8,000

Aug 15 Dundee League Cup Section D 1-1 Sharp 19,500

Aug 22 Clyde League Cup Section D 3-2 Wright (2), Howitt 20,000

Aug 26 STIRLING ALBION League Cup Section D 3-0 Howitt, Sharp, MacKenzie 15,000

Aug 29 DUNDEE League Cup Section D 4-0 Howitt, Sharp, Wright, McInnes 26,000

Sep 2 THIRD LANARK Glasgow Cup Semi-Final 1-2 Wright 8,000

Sep 5 Rangers 1st Division 0-3 60,000

Sep 12 Kilmarnock League Cup Quarter Final 1st Leg 3-4 Howitt, Sharp, Wright 20,244

Sep 16 KILMARNOCK League Cup Quarter Final 2nd Leg 4-0 Walker (3), MacKenzie 21,688

Sep 19 Clyde 1st Division 4-0 Sharp, Wright, Walker, MacKenzie 30,000

Sep 26 QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 1st Division 1-2 Walker 13,000

Oct 3 Aberdeen 1st Division 1-2 OG (Mitchell) 15,000

Oct 10 Rangers League Cup Semi-Final 2-0 Wright, Howitt 48,000
Played at Hampden
Oct 17 Raith Rovers 1st Division 1-4 Walker 10,000

Oct 24 East Fife League Cup Final 2-3 Walker, MacKenzie 38,529
Played at Hampden
Oct 31 Hibernian 1st Division 2-1 Walker, MacKenzie 25,000

Nov 7 DUNDEE 1st Division 1-0 Walker 16,000

Nov 14 Stirling Albion 1st Division 2-1 Wright, Howitt 8,500

Nov 21 ST MIRREN 1st Division 2-0 Walker, Sharp 16,000

Nov 28 Celtic 1st Division 1-2 Sharp 30,000

Dec 2 Derby County Friendly 3-1 Howitt, Wright (2) 10,184

Dec 5 East Fife 1st Division 1-4 McIntosh 7,000

Dec 12 AIRDRIEONIANS 1st Division 9-0 Howitt (3), McInnes (2), Wright (2), Harvey (2) 12,000

Dec 19 RANGERS 1st Division 0-1 26,000

Dec 26 Heart of Midlothian 1st Division 2-0 Sharp, McInnes 16,000

Jan 1 CLYDE 1st Division 3-4 Sharp (2), Wright 16,000

Jan 2 Queen of the South 1st Division 6-2 Sharp( 4), Howitt, Crawford 14,000

Jan 9 ABERDEEN 1st Division 6-3 Crawford (2), Howitt, Harvey, McInnes 18,561

Jan 16 Falkirk 1st Division 2-2 Davidson (Pen), MacKenzie 9,000

Jan 23 RAITH ROVERS 1st Division 5-3 Davidson, MacKenzie, Crawford, Sharp, Howitt 14,000

Jan 30 AIRDRIEONIANS Scottish Cup 1st Round 1-0 Howitt 16,384

Feb 6 Hamilton Academical 1st Division 3-1 Crawford (2), Wright 8,000

Feb 13 Tarff Rovers Scottish Cup 2nd Round 9-1 Sharp (3), Wright (3), Crawford (2), McCreadie 2,700

Feb 20 HIBERNIAN 1st Division 0-2 34,000

Feb 27 BUCKIE THISTLE Scottish Cup 3rd Round 5-3 Wright (2), Davidson (2), Crawford 12,432

Mar 6 STIRLING ALBION 1st Division 3-1 McParland, Wright, Sharp 15,000

Mar 13 MOTHERWELL Scottish Cup 4th Round 1-1 McInnes 36,200

Mar 17 Motherwell Scottish Cup 4th Round Replay 1-2 Crawford 27,600

Mar 20 CELTIC 1st Division 1-3 Sharp 36,000

Mar 24 St Mirren 1st Division 3-1 Sharp (3) 8,000

Mar 27 EAST FIFE 1st Division 0-1 10,000

Mar 31 Airdrieonians 1st Division 6-3 Sharp (3), Howitt, Wright, OG (Shanks) 15,000

Apr 10 HAMILTON ACADEMICAL 1st Division 4-0 Sharp (2), Wright (2) 7,000

Apr 17 Dundee 1st Division 0-6 6,000

Apr 19 HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 1st Division 2-1 Kerr (pen), Mathers 7,000

Apr 24 FALKIRK 1st Division 5-1 Kerr, Wright (2), McInnes, Sharp 9,000

Apr 26 Brechin City Archie Paterson Benefit 3-1 Wright (2), McInnes 1,500

May 3 THIRD LANARK Glasgow Charity Cup Semi-Final Round 1-1 Wright 10,000
PT Lost on the toss of a coin









Others:














Aug 8 Third Lanark C Division South West Section 1-2 Stark


Aug 12 STRANRAER C Division South West Section 1-2 Crawford


Aug 15 AIRDRIEONAINS C Division South West Section 1-0 ?


Aug 22 THIRD LANARK C Division South West Section 1-0 ?


Aug 26 St Mirren C Division South West Section 3-1 Stott (2), McCreadie


Aug 29 Kilmarnock C Division South West Section 1-1 ?


Sep 5 CLYDE 2nd XI Cup 1st Round 2-0 ?


Sep 12 Queen's Park C Division South West Section 2-2 McIntosh, Stott


Sep 19 HAMILTON ACADEMICAL C Division South West Section 2-0 ?


Sep 26 Clyde C Division South West Section 2-4 Bell, Stott


Oct 3 EAST FIFE 2nd XI Cup 2nd Round 5-1 ?


Oct 10 Hamilton Academical C Division South West Section 0-1


Oct 17 CLYDE C Division South West Section 2-0 ?


Oct 24 Stranraer C Division South West Section 1-1 ?


Oct 31 KILMARNOCK C Division South West Section 3-0 McIntosh (2), McInnes


Nov 7 Airdrieonians C Division South West Section 3-1 Pollok, McParland, Goldie


Nov 14 Queen's Park C Division South West Section 9-0 ?


Nov 18 Ashfield Friendly 1-1 McDonald


Nov 21 Rangers C Division South West Section 5-1 G Smith(2), McCreadie, McIntosh, Henderson


Nov 28 ST MIRREN C Division South West Section 2-0 ?


Dec 12 Motherwell C Division South West Section 1-1 ?


Dec 19 Ayr United C Division South West Section 1-2 Trialist C


Dec 25 RANGERS C Division South West Section 1-2 McCreadie (Pen)


Dec 31 QUEEN OF THE SOUTH C Division South West Section 3-1 Brown (2), Trialist


Jan 9 East Stirlingshire C Division South West Section 4-0 McParland (2), Stott, Unknown


Jan 16 AYR UNITED C Division South West Section 4-1 ?


Feb 6 HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN Reserve Cup 3rd Round 2-2 ?


Feb 20 Stranraer C Division League Cup 0-5


Feb 24 Heart of Midlothian Reserve Cup 3rd Round Replay 0-3


Apr 2 ST MIRREN C Division League Cup 5-1 McParland (2), McCreadie (Pen), Smith, Crowe


Apr 6 ST MIRREN C Division League Cup 3-1 Crowe, Steel, Harvey


Apr 12 Queen of the South C Division South West Section 3-1



Apr 14 STRANRAER C Division South West Section 3-0 McIntosh, McParland, Crowe


Apr 20 East Fife Reserve League Cup Quarter-Final 3-3 Henderson, McIntosh, Crawford


Apr 21 MOTHERWELL C Division South West Section 1-0 Wright (Pen)


Apr 23 EAST FIFE Reserve League Cup Quarter-Final Replay 1-0 McParland


Apr 24 EAST STIRLINGSHIRE C Division South West Section 4-0 Smith, McDonald, Crowe, McIntosh


Apr 30 Clyde C Division League Cup Semi Final 3-1 McInnes (2), Kerr


Rangers Reserve League Cup Final Match never played
















































Thanks to Leslie Compton for adding missing details.