1953

Matches: Year by Year \| Pictures: Year by Year

Matches: Year by Year | Pictures: Year by Year

Celtic Games Played:-	1953
Other Match Pages:-	1952 \| 1954
Decade of Matches:-	1951-1960
Picture Pages:-	1952-53 \| 1953-54
League Tables:-	1952-53 \| 1953-54

Date	Competition	Home Team	Score	Score	Away Team	Report	Pictures	Notes
JAN
1st	League Division A	Rangers	1	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures
10th	League Division A	Motherwell	4	2	Celtic	Report	Pictures
17th	League Division A	Celtic	2	4	Clyde	Report	Pictures
24th	Scottish Cup	Eyemouth United	0	4	Celtic	Report	Pictures
31st	League Division A	Queen of the South	2	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
FEB
7th	Scottish Cup	Stirling Albion	1	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Fallon breaks his arm again.
11th	Scottish Cup Replay	Celtic	3	0	Stirling Albion	Report	Pictures
14th	League Division A	Celtic	1	1	Heart of Midlothian	Report	Pictures
21st	Scottish Cup	Falkirk	2	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures	The Tully 'two-goals-from-one-corner' game
25th	Friendly	Newcastle United	2	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Floodlight Challenge.St James' Park
28th	League Division A	Third Lanark	1	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures
MAR
7th	League Division A	Celtic	3	1	Partick Thistle	Report	Pictures	Ian Reid signed from Armadale Thistle
14th	Scottish Cup	Rangers	2	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures	John McAlindon transferred to Worcester City
18th	League Division A	Celtic	0	1	Airdrieonians	Report	Pictures
21st	League Division A	East Fife	4	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Debut for John Duffy
28th	League Division A	Celtic	1	3	Hibernian	Report	Pictures
APR
4th	League Division A	Dundee	4	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Eric Smith signed from Benburb
11th	League Division A	Celtic	3	2	St Mirren	Report	Pictures	Debut for Mike Conroy
15th	League Division A	Celtic	1	3	Aberdeen	Report	Pictures
18th	League Division A	Celtic	1	1	East Fife	Report	Pictures
20th	Friendly	F.A.I. Select	3	2	Celtic	Report	Pictures	[Ireland] Sean Fallon broke his arm again
25th	Friendly	Ayr United	3	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
28th	Glasgow Charities Cup 1st Rd	Celtic	4	0	Clyde	Report	Pictures	Jimmy Mallan released
MAY
2nd	Glasgow Charities Cup 2nd Rd	Celtic	1	1	Third Lanark	Report	Pictures	Celtic won on the toss of a coin
9th	Glasgow Charities Cup	Queen's Park	1	3	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Neil Mochan signed; Celtic win the Glasgow Charities Cup
11th	Coronation Cup 1st Rd	Celtic	1	0	Arsenal	Report	Pictures
16th	Coronation Cup SF	Celtic	2	1	Manchester United	Report	Pictures
20th	Coronation Cup Final	Celtic	2	0	Hibernian	Report	Pictures	Celtic win the Coronation Cup
	Jim Lafferty was released and joined Lincoln City Willie Morrison was released on a free

								Peter Goldie signed from Duntocher Hibernian
	Season Review
	Statistics 1952-53
	League Table 1952-53
	Scottish Cup 1952-53
	League Cup 1952-53

	At the start of the 1953-54 season celtic had 31 signed players; Joe Baillie listed; John McAlindon was doing his National Service.		had still to resign and John McGrory was transfer					John Duffy was loaned to Arbroath on 7/8 Matt McVittie was signed from Wishaw juniors
	Celtic Team Line-Up 1953-54							Tony Hepburn was loaned to Dumbarton on 10/8

AUG
8th	League Cup	Celtic	0	1	Aberdeen	Report	Pictures
10th	Testimonial	Celtic	10	1	Bohemian Select	Report	Pictures	Willie Maley Testimonial
12th	League Cup	East Fife	1	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
15th	League Cup	Airdrieonians	2	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
18th	Glasgow Cup	Celtic	0	0	Queen's Park	Report	Pictures
20th	Glasgow Cup	Queen's Park	0	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
22nd	League Cup	Aberdeen	5	2	Celtic	Report	Pictures
26th	League Cup	Celtic	0	1	East Fife	Report	Pictures	Tommy McMillan debut
29th	League Cup	Celtic	2	0	Airdrieonians	Report	Pictures	Jimmy Mallan signed for St Mirren
SEP
1st	Glasgow Cup	Rangers	1	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures	John Bonnar broke his collar bone
3rd	Glasgow Cup	Celtic	0	4	Rangers	Report	Pictures
5th	League Division A	Hamilton Academicals	2	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Vincent Ryan signed from Home farm
12th	League Division A	Celtic	1	0	Clyde	Report	Pictures	John McGrory transferred to Albion Rovers
19th	League Division A	Rangers	1	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Pitch invasion and disturbances.
26th	League Division A	Celtic	3	0	Aberdeen	Report	Pictures	Billy Craig signed from St Anthony's
OCT
10th	League Division A	Celtic	3	0	Raith Rovers	Report	Pictures
14th	Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Floodlit match
17th	League Division A	Queen of the South	2	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures	John Higgins senior debut
24th	League Division A	Celtic	2	0	Heart of Midlothian	Report	Pictures	Sean Fallon shoulder dislocation
28th	Friendly	Manchester City	1	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Floodlit match; At Maine Road, Manchester; John Bonnar back
31st	League Division A	Dundee	1	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
NOV
7th	League Division A	Celtic	2	2	Hibernian	Report	Pictures	Tully stretchered off
14th	League Division A	East Fife	4	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures
21st	League Division A	Celtic	4	1	Airdrieonians	Report	Pictures
28th	League Division A	Celtic	2	1	Partick Thistle	Report	Pictures
DEC
5th	League Division A	Stirling Albion	2	1	Celtic	Report	Pictures	Sammy Hemple debut
12th	League Division A	Celtic	4	0	St Mirren	Report	Pictures
26th	League Division A	Clyde	1	7	Celtic	Report	Pictures	John McDonald transferred to St Mirren 15th December

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