# 1953–54 Scottish Cup

The 1953–54 Scottish Cup was the 69th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Aberdeen in the final.

## First round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Alloa Athletic | 1 – 3 | Clyde |
| Berwick Rangers | 7 – 0 | East Stirlingshire |
| East Fife | 0 – 3 | Queen of the South |
| Fraserburgh | 5 – 4 | Leith Athletic |
| Inverness Thistle | 3 – 3 | Hamilton Academical |
| Montrose | 0 – 1 | Peebles Rovers |
| Greenock Morton | 3 – 2 | Dundee United |
| Partick Thistle | 1 – 0 | Airdrieonians |
| Rangers | 2 – 0 | Queen's Park |
| St Johnstone | 1 – 2 | Hibernian |
| St Mirren | 1 – 2 | Motherwell |
| Stirling Albion | 2 – 1 | Dumbarton |
| Stranraer | 1 – 4 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Third Lanark | 2 – 2 | Stenhousemuir |

### Replays

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Hamilton Academical | 3 – 1 | Inverness Thistle |
| Stenhousemuir | 0 – 0 | Third Lanark |

### Second replays

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Third Lanark | 1 – 0 | Stenhousemuir |

## Second round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Albion Rovers | 1 – 1 | Dundee |
| Berwick Rangers | 5 – 1 | Ayr United |
| Brechin City | 2 – 3 | Hamilton Academical |
| Coldstream | 1 – 10 | Raith Rovers |
| Duns | 0 – 8 | Aberdeen |
| Falkirk | 1 – 2 | Celtic |
| Fraserburgh | 0 – 3 | Hearts |
| Hibernian | 7 – 0 | Clyde |
| Greenock Morton | 4 – 0 | Cowdenbeath |
| Motherwell | 5 – 2 | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Peebles Rovers | 1 – 1 | Buckie Thistle |
| Queen of the South | 3 – 0 | Forfar Athletic |
| Rangers | 2 – 2 | Kilmarnock |
| Stirling Albion | 0 – 0 | Arbroath |
| Tarff Rovers | 1 – 9 | Partick Thistle |
| Third Lanark | 7 – 2 | Deveronvale |

### Replays

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Arbroath | 1 – 3 | Stirling Albion |
| Buckie Thistle | 7 – 2 | Peebles Rovers |
| Dundee | 4 – 0 | Albion Rovers |
| Kilmarnock | 1 – 3 | Rangers |

## Third round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Berwick Rangers | 3 – 0 | Dundee |
| Hamilton Academical | 2 – 0 | Greenock Morton |
| Hibernian | 1 – 3 | Aberdeen |
| Motherwell | 4 – 1 | Raith Rovers |
| Partick Thistle | 5 – 3 | Buckie Thistle |
| Queen of the South | 1 – 2 | Hearts |
| Stirling Albion | 3 – 4 | Celtic |
| Third Lanark | 0 – 0 | Rangers |

### Replays

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Rangers | 4 – 4 | Third Lanark |

### Second replays

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Rangers | 3 – 2 | Third Lanark |

## Quarter-finals

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Aberdeen | 3 – 0 | Hearts |
| Hamilton Academical | 1 – 2 | Celtic |
| Partick Thistle | 1 – 1 | Motherwell |
| Rangers | 4 – 0 | Berwick Rangers |

### Replays

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Motherwell | 2 – 1 | Partick Thistle |

## Final
### Teams

CELTIC: :
| GK | John Bonnar |
| RB | Mike Haughney |
| LB | Frank Meechan |
| RH | Bobby Evans |
| CH | Jock Stein |
| LH | Bertie Peacock |
| RW | John Higgins |
| IR | Willie Fernie |
| CF | Sean Fallon |
| IL | Charlie Tully |
| LW | Neil Mochan |
| Manager: ||||
| Jimmy McGrory ||||
ABERDEEN: :
| GK | Fred Martin |
| RB | Jimmy Mitchell |
| LB | Dave Caldwell |
| RH | Jack Allister |
| CH | Alec Young |
| LH | Archie Glen |
| RW | Graham Leggat |
| IR | George Hamilton |
| CF | Paddy Buckley |
| IL | Jim Clunie |
| LW | Jack Hather |
| Manager: ||||
| Dave Halliday ||||