1948–49 Aberdeen F.C. season
# 1948–49 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1948–49 season was Aberdeen's 37th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 38th season competed in the Scottish League First Division, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.

## Results

### Division A

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 14 August | Third Lanark | A | 0–1 | | 20,000 |
| 2 | 18 August | Celtic | H | 1–0 | Williams | 35,000 |
| 3 | 21 August | Dundee | A | 0–4 | | 30,000 |
| 4 | 28 August | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | Kelly, Hamilton | 35,000 |
| 5 | 31 August | St Mirren | A | 1–3 | Kelly | 15,000 |
| 6 | 4 September | Hibernian | H | 1–2 | Baird | 35,000 |
| 7 | 23 October | Clyde | H | 4–4 | Kiddie, Hamilton, Pearson, Williams | 20,000 |
| 8 | 6 November | Falkirk | H | 1–4 | Pearson | 15,000 |
| 9 | 13 November | Partick Thistle | A | 0–0 | | 15,000 |
| 10 | 20 November | East Fife | H | 3–1 | Kelly (3) | 20,000 |
| 11 | 4 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | Hamilton, Harris | 20,000 |
| 12 | 11 December | Queen of the South | H | 1–2 | Kelly | 15,000 |
| 13 | 18 December | Morton | A | 1–1 | Hamilton | 14,000 |
| 14 | 25 December | Celtic | A | 0–3 | | 40,000 |
| 15 | 1 January | Dundee | H | 1–3 | Rice | 26,000 |
| 16 | 8 January | Third Lanark | H | 2–2 | Rice, Hamilton | 20,000 |
| 17 | 15 January | Hibernian | A | 1–4 | Hamilton | 15,500 |
| 18 | 29 January | St Mirren | H | 0–2 | | 18,000 |
| 19 | 12 February | Rangers | H | 0–2 | | 42,000 |
| 20 | 19 February | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | Williams, Emery (penalty) | 10,000 |
| 21 | 26 February | Partick Thistle | H | 4–2 | Emery (2), Williams, Hather, | 10,000 |
| 22 | 5 March | Albion Rovers | A | 1–2 | Glen | 750 |
| 23 | 12 March | Albion Rovers | H | 4–0 | Emery (2), Hather, Williams | 15,000 |
| 24 | 19 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Hather | 20,000 |
| 25 | 26 March | Queen of the South | A | 0–0 | | 4,000 |
| 26 | 2 April | Morton | H | 0–0 | | 20,000 |
| 27 | 9 April | Clyde | A | 0–0 | | 9,000 |
| 28 | 16 April | Rangers | A | 1–1 | Hather | 35,000 |
| 29 | 20 April | East Fife | A | 4–1 | Hamilton (3), Williams | 8,000 |
| 30 | 30 April | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Hamilton | 8,500 |

**Final League table**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Motherwell | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 25 |
| 13 | Aberdeen | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 25 |
| 14 | Clyde | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 24 |

### Scottish League Cup

**Group Section D**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 11 September | St Mirren | H | 3–1 | Hamilton (2), Harris | 25,000 |
| 2 | 18 September | Third Lanark | A | 1–1 | Williams | 17,000 |
| 3 | 25 September | Morton | H | 3–1 | Hamilton (2), Stenhouse | 20,000 |
| 4 | 2 October | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | Harris | 17,000 |
| 5 | 9 October | Third Lanark | H | 2–4 | Pearson (penalty), Harris | 12,000 |
| 6 | 16 October | Morton | A | 1–3 | Harris | 15,000 |

**Section D Final Table**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | St Mirren | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1.33 | 6 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1.00 | 6 |
| 3 | Third Lanark | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0.92 | 6 |
| 4 | Morton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.82 | 6 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 | 22 January | Third Lanark | A | 1–2 | Hamilton | 26,000 |

## Squad

### Appearances & Goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | George Johnstone | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Curran | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Frank Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Fred Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Waddell | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Pat McKenna (c) | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | WAL | Don Emery | 18 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Ancell | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Roy | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Allan Massie | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh McVean | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SOU | Jimmy Preston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Frank Dunlop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Armour Ashe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Ben Robson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tony Harris | 33 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Stenhouse | 23 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Pearson | 22 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Joe McLaughlin | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Peter Rice | 17 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kenny Thomson | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Chris Anderson | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Millar | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Archie Glen | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Kiddie | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SOU | Ray Botha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Ken Findlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Merchant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Rob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ?? | Alex Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SOU | Stan Williams | 31 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hamilton | 26 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| | FW | ENG | Jack Hather | 15 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Kelly | 13 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Baird | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Freddie Smith | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Bob Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Yorston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ?? | Jimmy Muir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
