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.
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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Results edit
Division A edit
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 |
Final standings edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Aberdeen (C) | 30 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 49 | |
2 | Celtic | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 76 | 37 | +39 | 46 | |
3 | Rangers | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 41 | |
4 | Hearts | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 45 | +29 | 39 | |
5 | Hibernian | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 34 | Invitation for the European Cup first round |
Scottish League Cup edit
Group 2 edit
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 |
Group 2 final table edit
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 |
Source: [citation needed]
Scottish Cup edit
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 |
Squad edit
Appearances & Goals edit
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 |
References edit
- Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
- AFC Heritage Trust