1946–47 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1946–47 season
Chairman	William Mitchell
Manager	Dave Halliday
Scottish League Division One	3rd
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: George Hamilton (16); All: George Hamilton (31)
Highest home attendance	35,000 vs. Rangers, 4 September
Lowest home attendance	10,000 vs. Clyde 1 February
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	← 1945–46 1947–48 →

The 1946–47 season was Aberdeen's 35th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 36th season competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.

Results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 August	Third Lanark	A	3–0	Hamilton, Taylor, Harris	12,000
2	14 August	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	Baird	18,000
3	17 August	Celtic	H	6–2	Baird (2), Harris, Hamilton, Williams, Kiddie	30,000
4	21 August	Motherwell	A	2–2	Kiddie, Williams	9,000
5	24 August	St Mirren	A	2–4	Baird (2)	13,000
6	28 August	Hibernian	H	2–1	Howie, Harris	29,000
7	31 August	Clyde	A	2–0	Harris (2)	17,000
8	4 September	Rangers	H	1–0	Taylor	35,000
9	7 September	Falkirk	H	0–2		10,000
10	14 September	Partick Thistle	H	2–2	McCall, Harris	25,000
11	2 November	Queen of the South	H	0–0		18,000
12	9 November	Morton	A	0–0		8,000
13	16 November	Queen's Park	H	3–1	Millar (2), McCall	15,000
14	23 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	Waldron, Hamilton	14,000
15	30 November	Hamilton Academical	A	5–2	Hamilton (3), Harris, Williams	6,000
16	7 December	Third Lanark	H	1–0	Hamilton	12,000
17	14 December	Kilmarnock	A	1–2		8,500
18	21 December	Motherwell	H	3–1	Waldron (2), Hume	15,000
19	28 December	Hibernian	A	1–1	Harris	30,000
20	1 January	Falkirk	H	0–4		20,000
21	2 January	Celtic	A	5–1	Hamilton (4), Harris	25,000
22	4 January	Partick Thistle	A	0–4		12,000
23	18 January	Rangers	A	0–1		57,000
24	1 February	Clyde	H	2–1	Hamilton, Williams	10,000
25	26 April	Queen's Park	A	0–0		8,000
26	28 April	Queen of the South	A	5–1	McCall (2), Harris, Hamilton, Williams	6,500
27	3 May	St Mirren	H	4–2	Kiddie (3), McCall	13,500
28	5 May	Morton	H	2–2	Hamilton, Taylor (penalty)	12,000
29	14 May	Hamilton Academical	H	3–0	Hamilton (2), Baird	12,000
30	17 May	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–4	Kelly	15,844

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	21	4	5	76	26	+50	46
2	Hibernian	30	19	6	5	69	33	+36	44
3	Aberdeen	30	16	7	7	58	41	+17	39
4	Hearts	30	16	6	8	52	43	+9	38
5	Partick Thistle	30	16	3	11	74	59	+15	35

Source: RSSSF

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	21 September	Falkirk	H	4–3	Hamilton (4)	25,000
2	28 September	Queen of the South	A	5–2	Millar (2), Kiddie, Hamilton, Harris	17,000
3	5 October	Motherwell	H	2–1	McCall (2)	25,000
4	12 October	Falkirk	A	1–0	Hamilton	17,000
5	19 October	Queen of the South	H	1–0	McCall	22,000
6	26 October	Motherwell	A	0–3		8,500

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Aberdeen (1)	6	4	0	2	13	11	1.182	8
Motherwell (1)	6	3	1	2	15	11	1.364	7
Falkirk (1)	6	2	1	3	11	12	0.917	5
Queen of the South (1)	6	2	0	4	8	13	0.615	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	1 March	Dundee	A	1–0	Millar	28,300
QF L2	5 March	Dundee	H	3–2	Hamilton (2), McCall	18,500
SF	22 March	Heart of Midlothian	N	6–2	Hamilton (3), Baird, McCall,	36,000
F	5 April	Rangers	N	0–4		82,684

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	25 January	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	McCall, Cooper	34,000
R2	8 February	Ayr United	H	8–0	Hamilton (3), Harris (3), Williams, Botha	15,500
R3	22 February	Morton	H	1–1	Millar	30,000
R3R	8 March	Morton	A	2–1	McCall, Hamilton	18,500
R4	29 March	Dundee	A	2–1	Williams (2)	35,500
SF	12 April	Arbroath	N	2–0	Williams (2)	22,000
F	19 April	Hibernian	N	2–1	Hamilton, Williams	82,140

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	George Johnstone	43	0	26	0	7	0	10	0
	GK	SCO	Frank Watson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Frank Dunlop	43	0	27	0	7	0	9	0
	DF	SCO	Pat McKenna	41	0	24	0	7	0	10	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Cooper (c)	29	1	14	0	6	1	9	0
	DF	SCO	Andy Cowie	25	0	17	0	0	0	8	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Waddell	20	0	12	0	2	0	6	0
	DF	SOU	Jimmy Preston	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Ralph McKenzie	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ben Robson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	??	Frank McDonald	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Willie McCall	46	12	29	5	7	2	10	5
	MF	SCO	Tony Harris	45	14	28	10	7	3	10	1
	MF	SCO	George Taylor	37	3	28	3	6	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Joe McLaughlin	31	0	19	0	7	0	5	0
	MF	SCO	Alex Kiddie	17	6	13	5	0	0	4	1
	MF	SCO	Willie Millar	13	6	5	2	2	1	6	3
	MF	SCO	Willie Hume	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SOU	Ray Botha	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Jamieson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	George Merchant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	George Hamilton	42	33	26	17	7	5	9	11
	FW	SOU	Stan Williams	39	11	23	5	7	6	9	0
	FW	SCO	Archie Baird	19	7	14	6	3	0	2	1
	FW	ENG	Ernie Waldron	7	3	7	3	0	0	0	0
	FW	??	Mike Coleman	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Horace Wallbanks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
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