# 1953–54 Aberdeen F.C. season

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.

## Results
### Division A

| Match 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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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
#### Group 2

| Round | 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

| Teamvte | 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 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | 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
### Appearances & Goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |