1951–52 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. 1951–52 football season

Aberdeen F.C.
1951–52 season
Chairman	William Mitchell
Manager	Dave Halliday
Scottish League Division One	11th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finalists
Scottish League Cup	Group Stage
Saint Mungo Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Yorston (18) All: Harry Yorston (25)
Highest home attendance	42,000 vs. Rangers, 29 August
Lowest home attendance	6,000 vs. Partick Thistle, 10 November
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The 1951–52 season was Aberdeen's 40th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 42nd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.

Results

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Division A

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Main article: 1951–52 Scottish Division One

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	8 September	St Mirren	H	3–0	Yorston, Delaney	18,000
2	15 September	Hibernian	A	4–4	Harris, Yorston, Bogan, Lowrie	30,000
3	22 September	Dundee	H	3–1	Hamilton (2), Yorston	25,000
4	29 September	East Fife	A	1–2	Yorston	10,000
5	6 October	Airdrieonians	H	1–4	Yorston	12,000
6	13 October	Queen of the South	A	2–1	Hamilton, Delaney	10,000
7	20 October	Third Lanark	A	0–2	4,000
8	3 November	Queen of the South	H	1–1	Shaw	12,000
9	10 November	Partick Thistle	H	4–2	Hamilton, Yorston, Baird, Delaney	6,000
10	17 November	Stirling Albion	A	4–0	Baird, Yorston, Delaney, Hamilton	9,000
11	24 November	Raith Rovers	H	2–2	Yorston, Hamilton	15,000
12	1 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	Yorston (2)	20,000
13	8 December	Motherwell	A	3–3	Baird, Hamilton, Yorston	7,000
14	15 December	Morton	H	3–1	Yorston (2), Boyd	17,000
15	22 December	St Mirren	A	1–3	Hamilton	7,000
16	29 December	Celtic	A	3–4	Baird, Emery (penalty), Yorston	22,000
17	1 January	Dundee	A	2–3	Harris, Emery (penalty)	26,000
18	2 January	East Fife	H	2–1	Boyd, Hamilton	20,000
19	5 January	Airdrieonians	A	0–3	Hay	10,000
20	12 January	Hibernian	H	1–2	Yorston	20,000
21	19 January	Third Lanark	H	2–3	Yorston, Hamilton	7,000
22	26 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	Rodger (2), Boyd	16,000
23	2 February	Rangers	A	2–3	Prentice , Baird	25,000
24	16 February	Partick Thistle	A	4–1	Yorston (2), Rodger, Boyd	15,000
25	1 March	Raith Rovers	A	1–2	Rodger	7,000
26	12 March	Stirling Albion	H	6–0	Hamilton (2), Rodger (2), Pearson, Emery	12,000
27	15 March	Motherwell	H	2–2	Rodger, Hamilton	15,000
28	22 March	Morton	A	2–3	Boyd, Samuel	10,000
29	29 March	Celtic	A	0–2	18,000
30	19 April	Rangers	H	1–1	Rodger	20,000

Final standings

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Celtic	30	10	8	12	52	55	−3	28
10	Queen of the South	30	10	8	12	50	60	−10	28
11	Aberdeen	30	10	7	13	65	58	+7	27
12	Third Lanark	30	9	8	13	51	62	−11	26
13	Airdrieonians	30	11	4	15	54	69	−15	26

Source: RSSSF ^{[dead link ‍]}

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1951–52 Scottish League Cup

Group 4

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Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	11 August	Queen of the South	H	5–4	Hay, Hamilton, Emery, Pearson, Delaney	17,000
2	15 August	Rangers	A	1–2	Yorston	60,000
3	18 August	East Fife	A	0–3	10,000
4	25 August	Queen of the South	A	0–2	8,000
5	29 August	Rangers	H	2–1	Delaney, Hay	42,000
6	1 September	East Fife	H	2–3	Yorston (2)	18,000

Group 4 final table

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Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Rangers	6	4	1	1	15	6	2.500	9
East Fife	6	3	1	2	10	9	1.111	7
Queen of the South	6	2	0	4	11	16	0.688	4
Aberdeen	6	2	0	4	10	15	0.667	4

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1951–52 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	9 February	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	Rodger, Boyd	19,000
R3	23 February	Dundee United	A	2–2	Yorston, Baird	26,000
R3 R	27 February	Dundee United	H	3–2	Yorston (3), Rodger	30,000
QF	14 March	Dundee	A	0–4	40,000

Saint Mungo Cup

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Main article: Saint Mungo Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	14 July	Rangers	H	2–1	Yorston, Baird	35,000
R2	21 July	St Mirren	N	4–2	Hamilton (2), Bogan, Baird	14,000
SF	25 July	Hibernian	N	1–1	Hamilton	27,000
SF R	28 July	Hibernian	H	2–1	Hamilton, Yorston	28,000
F	1 August	Celtic	N	2–3	Yorston, Bogan	80,264

Squad

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Appearances & Goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Scotland SCO	Fred Martin	33	0	23	0	4	0	6	0
GK	Scotland SCO	Frank Watson	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Wales WAL	Don Emery (c)	30	4	20	3	4	0	6	1
DF	Scotland SCO	Tommy Lowrie	30	1	24	1	0	0	6	0
DF	Scotland SCO	Davie Shaw	22	1	14	1	4	0	4	0
DF	Scotland SCO	Alec Young	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Scotland SCO	Pat McKenna	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
DF	??	Alan Rodger	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Scotland SCO	Billy Smith	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
DF	??	Johnny Bruce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Tony Harris	36	2	26	2	4	0	6	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Kenny Thomson	30	0	20	0	4	0	6	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Tommy Pearson	28	2	20	1	4	0	4	1
MF	Scotland SCO	Allan Boyd	20	6	16	5	4	1	0	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Jimmy Delaney	15	6	10	4	0	0	5	2
MF	Scotland SCO	Chris Anderson	15	0	11	0	4	0	0	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Tommy Bogan	7	1	3	1	0	0	4	0
MF	Scotland SCO	George Samuel	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Doug Newlands	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Archie Glen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Scotland SCO	George McMillan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Jimmy Wallace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Scotland SCO	Harry Yorston	37	25	27	19	4	3	6	3
FW	Scotland SCO	Archie Baird	27	6	23	5	4	1	0	0
FW	Scotland SCO	George Hamilton	23	14	19	13	0	0	4	1
FW	??	Ian Rodger	15	10	11	8	4	2	0	0
FW	England ENG	Jack Hather	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Scotland SCO	Hugh Hay	6	2	2	0	0	0	4	2
FW	Scotland SCO	Paddy Buckley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Scotland SCO	Joe O'Neil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Unofficial Appearances & Goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Saint Mungo Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals
GK	Scotland SCO	Fred Martin	5	0
DF	Wales WAL	Don Emery (c)	5	0
DF	Scotland SCO	Davie Shaw	5	0
DF	Scotland SCO	Tommy Lowrie	5	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Kenny Thomson	5	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Tony Harris	5	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Tommy Bogan	3	2
MF	Scotland SCO	Jimmy Delaney	2	0
MF	Scotland SCO	Tommy Pearson	2	0
FW	Scotland SCO	George Hamilton	5	4
FW	Scotland SCO	Harry Yorston	5	3
FW	Scotland SCO	Archie Baird	5	2
FW	England ENG	Jack Hather	3	0

References

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

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division A Division B Division C Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Saint Mungo Cup Supplementary Cup Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee East Fife Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir

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