1954–55_Aberdeen_F.C._season
1954–55 Aberdeen F.C. season
Aberdeen F.C. 1954–55 football season
The 1954–55 season was Aberdeen's 42nd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 44th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.
Quick Facts Chairman, Manager ...
1954–55 season | ||
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Chairman | William Mitchell | |
Manager | Dave Halliday | |
Scottish League Division One | 1st | |
Scottish Cup | Semi-finalists | |
Scottish League Cup | Group Stage | |
Top goalscorer | League: Paddy Buckley (17) All: Paddy Buckley (29) | |
Highest home attendance | 44,467 vs. Rangers, 19 February 1955 | |
Lowest home attendance | 10,000 vs. Raith Rovers, 23 April 1955 | |
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Division A
Main article: 1954–55 Scottish Division One
More information Match Day, Date ...
Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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1 | 11 September | Stirling Albion | H | 5–0 | O'Neil (2), Buckley, Wallace, Yorston | 17,000 |
2 | 18 September | Dundee | A | 2–0 | Glen (penalty), O'Neil | 27,000 |
3 | 25 September | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | Yorston (2), O'Neil | 30,000 |
4 | 2 October | Motherwell | A | 3–1 | Yorston, Leggat, Hather | 12,000 |
5 | 9 October | Celtic | H | 0–2 | 38,000 | |
6 | 16 October | St Mirren | A | 4–0 | Wishart (2), Glen (penalty), Hamilton | 15,000 |
7 | 23 October | East Fife | H | 4–1 | Hather, Allister, Buckley, Yorston | 14,500 |
8 | 30 October | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | 20,000 | |
9 | 6 November | Queen of the South | H | 2–0 | Buckley, Glen (penalty) | 15,000 |
10 | 13 November | Raith Rovers | A | 2–1 | Allister, Yorston | 11,000 |
11 | 20 November | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | Yorston | 28,000 |
12 | 27 November | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | Hather | 17,000 |
13 | 4 December | Kilmarnock | A | 4–0 | Buckley (2), Leggat (2) | 12,000 |
14 | 11 December | Rangers | A | 1–3 | Buckley | 50,500 |
15 | 18 December | Clyde | H | 3–0 | Wishart, Allister (penalty), Yorston | 17,000 |
16 | 25 December | Stirling Albion | A | 4–3 | Leggat, Yorston, Hather, Wishart | 3,500 |
17 | 1 January | Dundee | H | 1–0 | Wishart | 25,000 |
18 | 3 January | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Buckley | 30,000 |
19 | 8 January | Motherwell | H | 4–1 | Buckley (2), Leggat (2) | 22,000 |
20 | 22 January | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | Hather, Brown | 18,000 |
21 | 29 January | East Fife | A | 1–1 | Leggat | 9,000 |
22 | 12 February | Partick Thistle | H | 4–0 | Hather (2), Buckley, Allister | 14,000 |
23 | 26 February | Queen of the South | A | 6–2 | Buckley (2), Yorston (2), Hather, Hamilton | 9,000 |
24 | 12 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | 28,000 | |
25 | 19 March | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | Wishart, Hather | 17,000 |
26 | 30 March | Kilmarnock | H | 4–1 | Leggat (2), Yorston, Wishart | 16,500 |
27 | 2 April | Rangers | H | 4–0 | Buckley (3), Leggat | 32,000 |
28 | 9 April | Clyde | A | 1–0 | Glen (penalty) | 15,000 |
29 | 16 April | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Leggat | 35,000 |
30 | 23 April | Raith Rovers | H | 3–2 | Buckley (2), Hather | 10,000 |
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Final standings
Scottish League Cup
Main article: 1954–55 Scottish League Cup
Group 2
More information Round, Date ...
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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1 | 14 August | Queen of the South | H | 4–0 | Leggat (2), Hather, Buckley | 18,000 |
2 | 18 August | Hibernian | A | 0–2 | 23,000 | |
3 | 21 August | East Fife | A | 3–0 | O'Neil, Buckley, Hather | 15,000 |
4 | 28 August | Queen of the South | A | 0–3 | 10,000 | |
5 | 1 September | Hibernian | H | 1–1 | Hamilton | 30,000 |
6 | 4 September | East Fife | H | 5–1 | Buckley (4), Hather | 28,000 |
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Group 2 final table
More information Pld, W ...
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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East Fife | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1.182 | 8 |
Aberdeen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1.857 | 7 |
Hibernian | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1.300 | 7 |
Queen of the South | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 0.421 | 2 |
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Scottish Cup
Main article: 1954–55 Scottish Cup
More information Round, Date ...
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R5 | 5 February | Stirling Albion | A | 6–0 | Yorston (2), Hather (2), Buckley (2) | 7,568 |
R6 | 19 February | Rangers | H | 2–1 | Hather, Wishart | 44,647 |
QF | 5 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Allister | 48,723 |
QFR | 9 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | Buckley, Yorston | 41,345 |
SF | 26 March | Clyde | N | 2–2 | Buckley (2) | 32,590 |
SFR | 4 April | Clyde | N | 0–1 | 28,304 | |
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Appearances & Goals
More information No., Pos ...
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Division One | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | SCO | Fred Martin | 40 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
GK | SCO | Reg Morrison | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | SCO | Danny Mowatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Jimmy Mitchell (c) | 40 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Alec Young | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Billy Smith | 36 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Jack Allister | 32 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Dave Caldwell | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Jim Clunie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Bobby Paterson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Ian MacFarlane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Dave Aitken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Archie Glen | 42 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Graham Leggat | 36 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
MF | SCO | Bob Wishart | 29 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Jimmy Wallace | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Allan Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Teddy Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Doug Newlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | United States | Crawford Clelland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Bobby Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Jimmy Ingram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Jack Hather | 42 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
FW | SCO | Paddy Buckley | 40 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
FW | SCO | Harry Yorston | 36 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Joe O'Neil | 16 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | George Hamilton | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | Jimmy Brown | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Hugh Hay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | George Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Ian McNeill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Ivor Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Johnny Allan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ?? | Jack Dunbar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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- Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
- AFC Heritage Trust