1929–30 Aberdeen F.C. season
# 1929–30 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1929–30 season was Aberdeen's 25th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 26th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One and the Scottish Cup.

## Results

### Division One

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 August | Falkirk | A | 2–3 | Yorston (2) | 9,000 |
| 2 | 17 August | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | McDermid (2) | 15,000 |
| 3 | 24 August | Celtic | A | 4–3 | Smith, Love, Cheyne, Yorston | 20,000 |
| 4 | 31 August | Airdrieonians | A | 2–0 | Love (2) | 5,000 |
| 5 | 7 September | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Cheyne | 32,000 |
| 6 | 14 September | Clyde | A | 3–1 | Cheyne, Yorston, Love (penalty) | 6,000 |
| 7 | 21 September | Morton | H | 5–3 | Love (2), Yorston, Cheyne, Smith | 14,000 |
| 8 | 23 September | Clyde | H | 5–2 | Yorston (3), Love, Cheyne | 14,000 |
| 9 | 28 September | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | Love (penalty), Yorston | 14,000 |
| 10 | 5 October | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | Cheyne | 7,000 |
| 11 | 12 October | Ayr United | H | 4–1 | Yorston (2), Cheyne, Love | 14,000 |
| 12 | 19 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–2 | Yorston, McDermid | 35,000 |
| 13 | 26 October | Dundee | H | 1–0 | Yorston | 20,000 |
| 14 | 2 November | Kilmarnock | A | 2–4 | Yorston (2) | 9,000 |
| 15 | 9 November | Cowdenbeath | H | 2–0 | Smith, Yorston | 14,000 |
| 16 | 16 November | St Mirren | A | 0–1 | | 10,000 |
| 17 | 23 November | Dundee United | A | 4–2 | Love (2), Yorston, Cheyne | 12,000 |
| 18 | 30 November | Hamilton Academical | H | 4–3 | Yorston (3), Love (penalty) | 13,000 |
| 19 | 7 December | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | Cheyne, Love | 10,000 |
| 20 | 14 December | Queen's Park | A | 2–2 | Love, Cheyne | 20,000 |
| 21 | 21 December | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | Yorston | 10,000 |
| 22 | 28 December | Motherwell | A | 1–4 | Cheyne | 8,000 |
| 23 | 1 January | Dundee | A | 3–0 | Yorston (3) | 20,000 |
| 24 | 2 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | Hill, Dickie | 18,000 |
| 25 | 4 January | Celtic | H | 3–1 | Yorston (2), Love | 22,000 |
| 26 | 11 January | Airdrieonians | H | 3–1 | Cheyne, Love, Yorston | 10,000 |
| 27 | 25 January | Rangers | A | 1–3 | McLaren (penalty) | 40,000 |
| 28 | 8 February | Morton | A | 2–1 | Yorston (2) | 3,500 |
| 29 | 19 February | Partick Thistle | A | 1–2 | Cheyne | 4,000 |
| 30 | 22 February | St Johnstone | H | 1–0 | Black | 10,000 |
| 31 | 1 March | Ayr United | A | 1–5 | Smith | 5,000 |
| 32 | 8 March | Kilmarnock | H | 4–3 | Cheyne (2), Yorston (2) | 11,000 |
| 33 | 15 March | Cowdenbeath | A | 1–0 | McDermid | 1,000 |
| 34 | 22 March | St Mirren | H | 3–3 | Yorston (2), Hickie | 14,500 |
| 35 | 29 March | Dundee United | H | 2–2 | Yorston, Smith | 12,000 |
| 36 | 5 April | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–4 | Yorston, McLaren | 4,000 |
| 37 | 12 April | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Yorston | 4,000 |
| 38 | 19 April | Queen's Park | H | 3–0 | Yorston (2), Love | 12,000 |

**Final standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 94 | 32 | +62 | 60 |
| 2 | Motherwell | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 104 | 48 | +56 | 55 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 85 | 61 | +24 | 53 |
| 4 | Celtic | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 88 | 46 | +42 | 49 |
| 5 | St Mirren | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 73 | 56 | +17 | 41 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 18 January | Raith Rovers | A | 3–3 | Yorston, Love, Cheyne | 10,000 |
| R1 R | 31 January | Raith Rovers | H | 7–0 | Yorston (3), Cheyne, McLaren, McDermid, Smith | 13,191 |
| R2 | 1 February | Nithsdale Wanderers | H | 5–1 | Cheyne (2), Yorston (2), McDermid | 7,000 |
| R3 | 15 February | Partick Thistle | A | 2–3 | Yorston (2) | 38,568 |

## Squad

### Appearances & Goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Duncan Yuill | 40 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Harry Blackwell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Black | 41 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh McLaren | 37 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Ned Legge | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Doug Livingstone | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Hickie | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Cooper | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Jackson | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Malcolm Muir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Smith | 40 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Frank Hill | 40 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | NIR | Eddie Falloon | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jock McHale | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Daniel McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Benny Yorston | 42 | 45 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 7 |
| | FW | SCO | Bob McDermid (c) | 39 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Cheyne | 38 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Love | 36 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Percy Dickie | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom McLeod | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alex Merrie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Norman David | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dick Donald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
