1953–54 Scottish League Cup

September 2014 April 2026 1953–54 Scottish League Cup Scotland East Fife Partick Thistle 1952–53 1954–55 The 1953–54 Scottish League Cup was the eighth season of Scotland's second football knockout competition. The competition was won by East Fife, who defeated Partick Thistle in the Final. First round Group 1 main WDL Group 1 n 2 y HIB Hibernian FAL Falkirk STM St Mirren QOS Queen of the South 5 1 0 17 7 2 2 2 12 9 1 3 2 9 10 1 0 5 5 17 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Falkirk 1–1 St Mirren 8 August 1953 Queen of the South 0–4 Hibernian 8 August 1953 Falkirk 1–4 Hibernian 12 August 1953 St Mirren 3–2 Queen of the South 12 August 1953 Queen of the South 1–4 Falkirk 15 August 1953 St Mirren 2–2 Hibernian 15 August 1953 Hibernian 2–1 Queen of the South 22 August 1953 St Mirren 1–1 Falkirk 22 August 1953 Hibernian 2–1 Falkirk 26 August 1953 Queen of the South 1–0 St Mirren 26 August 1953 Falkirk 4–0 Queen of the South 29 August 1953 Hibernian 3–2 St Mirren 29 August 1953 Group 2 main WDL Group 2 n 2 y EFI East Fife ABD Aberdeen AIR Airdrieonians CEL Celtic 4 1 1 14 9 3 0 3 14 12 3 0 3 11 14 1 1 4 6 10 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Airdrieonians 4–1 East Fife 8 August 1953 Celtic 0–1 Aberdeen 8 August 1953 Aberdeen 2–0 Airdrieonians 12 August 1953 East Fife 1–1 Celtic 12 August 1953 Airdrieonians 2–1 Celtic 15 August 1953 East Fife 2–0 Aberdeen 15 August 1953 Aberdeen 5–2 Celtic 22 August 1953 East Fife 5–1 Airdrieonians 22 August 1953 Airdrieonians 4–3 Aberdeen 26 August 1953 Celtic 0–1 East Fife 26 August 1953 Aberdeen 3–4 East Fife 29 August 1953 Celtic 2–0 Airdrieonians 29 August 1953 Group 3 main WDL Group 3 n 2 y RAN Rangers HOM Heart of Midlothian RAI Raith Rovers HAM Hamilton Academical 5 1 0 22 4 2 2 2 11 9 3 0 3 8 11 0 1 5 3 20 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Heart of Midlothian 5–0 Hamilton Academical 8 August 1953 Raith Rovers 0–4 Rangers 8 August 1953 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Raith Rovers 12 August 1953 Rangers 4–1 Heart of Midlothian 12 August 1953 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Raith Rovers 15 August 1953 Rangers 5–1 Hamilton Academical 15 August 1953 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Heart of Midlothian 22 August 1953 Rangers 3–1 Raith Rovers 22 August 1953 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Rangers 26 August 1953 Raith Rovers 2–0 Hamilton Academical 26 August 1953 Hamilton Academical 0–5 Rangers 29 August 1953 Raith Rovers 3–1 Heart of Midlothian 29 August 1953 Group 4 main WDL Group 4 n 2 y PAR Partick Thistle DND Dundee CLY Clyde STI Stirling Albion 4 1 1 15 7 4 1 1 17 10 1 1 4 14 19 1 1 4 8 18 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dundee 6–1 Stirling Albion 8 August 1953 Partick Thistle 4–1 Clyde 8 August 1953 Clyde 2–4 Dundee 12 August 1953 Stirling Albion 3–0 Partick Thistle 12 August 1953 Clyde 4–1 Stirling Albion 15 August 1953 Dundee 1–1 Partick Thistle 15 August 1953 Clyde 2–3 Partick Thistle 22 August 1953 Stirling Albion 0–2 Dundee 22 August 1953 Dundee 4–2 Clyde 26 August 1953 Partick Thistle 3–0 Stirling Albion 26 August 1953 Partick Thistle 4–0 Dundee 29 August 1953 Stirling Albion 3–3 Clyde 29 August 1953 Group 5 main WDL Group 5 n 2 y THI Third Lanark COW Cowdenbeath STJ St Johnstone ALO Alloa Athletic 4 0 2 25 9 4 0 2 13 16 3 0 3 12 9 1 0 5 5 21 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Alloa Athletic 0–10 Third Lanark 8 August 1953 St Johnstone 2–4 Cowdenbeath 8 August 1953 Cowdenbeath 2–1 Alloa Athletic 12 August 1953 Third Lanark 2–0 St Johnstone 12 August 1953 Cowdenbeath 4–2 Third Lanark 15 August 1953 St Johnstone 2–0 Alloa Athletic 15 August 1953 Cowdenbeath 2–1 St Johnstone 22 August 1953 Third Lanark 3–1 Alloa Athletic 22 August 1953 Alloa Athletic 3–1 Cowdenbeath 26 August 1953 St Johnstone 4–1 Third Lanark 26 August 1953 Alloa Athletic 0–3 St Johnstone 29 August 1953 Third Lanark 7–0 Cowdenbeath 29 August 1953 Group 6 main WDL Group 6 n 2 y AYR Ayr United STE Stenhousemuir QPA Queen's Park ALB Albion Rovers 4 1 1 14 7 3 1 2 14 10 2 2 2 10 7 0 2 4 4 18 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Ayr United 2–1 Stenhousemuir 8 August 1953 Queen's Park 4–0 Albion Rovers 8 August 1953 Albion Rovers 1–4 Ayr United 12 August 1953 Stenhousemuir 3–2 Queen's Park 12 August 1953 Queen's Park 0–0 Ayr United 15 August 1953 Stenhousemuir 4–0 Albion Rovers 15 August 1953 Albion Rovers 1–1 Queen's Park 22 August 1953 Stenhousemuir 4–2 Ayr United 22 August 1953 Ayr United 3–0 Albion Rovers 26 August 1953 Queen's Park 2–0 Stenhousemuir 26 August 1953 Albion Rovers 2–2 Stenhousemuir 29 August 1953 Ayr United 3–1 Queen's Park 29 August 1953 Group 7 main WDL Group 7 n 2 y KIL Kilmarnock MOT Motherwell GMO Morton DNU Dundee United 5 0 1 14 5 5 0 1 17 7 1 1 4 9 13 0 1 5 7 22 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Morton 5–3 Dundee United 8 August 1953 Motherwell 3–0 Kilmarnock 8 August 1953 Dundee United 0–5 Motherwell 12 August 1953 Kilmarnock 1–0 Morton 12 August 1953 Kilmarnock 4–1 Dundee United 15 August 1953 Motherwell 2–0 Morton 15 August 1953 Dundee United 2–2 Morton 22 August 1953 Kilmarnock 4–1 Motherwell 22 August 1953 Morton 0–2 Kilmarnock 26 August 1953 Motherwell 3–1 Dundee United 26 August 1953 Dundee United 0–3 Kilmarnock 29 August 1953 Morton 2–3 Motherwell 29 August 1953 Group 8 main WDL Group 8 n 2 y DNF Dunfermline Athletic ARB Arbroath FOR Forfar Athletic DUM Dumbarton 4 0 2 16 8 3 1 2 10 7 2 2 2 5 7 1 1 4 6 15 #cfc A complete Home teamScoreAway teamDate Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Arbroath 8 August 1953 Forfar Athletic 2–1 Dumbarton 8 August 1953 Arbroath 0–0 Forfar Athletic 12 August 1953 Dumbarton 1–3 Dunfermline Athletic 12 August 1953 Dumbarton 3–0 Arbroath 15 August 1953 Forfar Athletic 2–1 Dunfermline Athletic 15 August 1953 Arbroath 3–1 Dunfermline Athletic 22 August 1953 Dumbarton 0–0 Forfar Athletic 22 August 1953 Dunfermline Athletic 6–1 Dumbarton 26 August 1953 Forfar Athletic 1–2 Arbroath 26 August 1953 Arbroath 4–0 Dumbarton 29 August 1953 Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 Forfar Athletic 29 August 1953 Quarter-finals First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate East Fife 6–2 Dunfermline Athletic 12 September 1953 Kilmarnock 4–3 Partick Thistle 12 September 1953 Rangers 4–2 Ayr United 12 September 1953 Third Lanark 0–4 Hibernian 12 September 1953 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Ayr United 3–2 Rangers 16 September 1953 5–6 Dunfermline Athletic 2–3 East Fife 16 September 1953 4–9 Hibernian 4–0 Third Lanark 16 September 1953 8–0 Partick Thistle 4–0 Kilmarnock 16 September 1953 7–4 Semi-finals Home teamScoreAway teamDate East Fife 3–2 Hibernian 10 October 1953 Partick Thistle 2–0 Rangers 10 October 1953 Final 1953 Scottish League Cup Final 24 October 1953 East Fife 3–2 Partick Thistle Christie Fleming Gardiner McKenzie Walker Hampden Park, Glasgow 38,529 References General http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1953-1954/results Scottish League Cup 1953–1954 : Results 1 February 2012 Statto https://web.archive.org/web/20120302201320/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/league-cup/1953-1954/results 2 March 2012 live dmy-all Specific Category:Scottish League Cup seasons League Cup Cup