1947–48 Aberdeen F.C. season
# 1947–48 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1947–48 season was Aberdeen's 36th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 37th season competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.

## Results

### Division A

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 13 August | Hibernian | H | 0–2 | | 40,000 |
| 2 | 26 August | St Mirren | A | 0–3 | | 13,500 |
| 3 | 20 September | Dundee | H | 3–2 | Williams, Baird, Hamilton | 20,000 |
| 4 | 4 October | Celtic | H | 2–0 | Kiddie, Baird | 25,000 |
| 5 | 18 October | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | Millar | 17,000 |
| 6 | 25 October | Partick Thistle | A | 1–2 | Kiddie | 25,000 |
| 7 | 1 November | Queen of the South | H | 2–2 | Taylor, Harris | 16,000 |
| 8 | 8 November | Airdireonians | A | 1–2 | McCall | 5,500 |
| 9 | 15 November | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | Kiddie | 10,000 |
| 10 | 22 November | Queen's Park | H | 6–0 | Williams (2), Harris (2), Millar, Taylor | 15,000 |
| 11 | 29 November | Morton | A | 1–0 | Hamilton | 9,500 |
| 12 | 6 December | Clyde | H | 3–1 | Hamilton, Harris, Williams | 10,500 |
| 13 | 13 December | Rangers | A | 0–4 | | 25,000 |
| 14 | 20 December | Hibernian | A | 0–4 | | 20,000 |
| 15 | 25 December | Third Lanark | A | 2–3 | Yorston, Taylor (penalty) | 8,000 |
| 16 | 27 December | St Mirren | H | 5–0 | Yorston (2), Kelly, McCall, Kiddie | 10,000 |
| 17 | 1 January | Dundee | A | 0–0 | | 14,500 |
| 18 | 3 January | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | Yorston, Kelly | 25,000 |
| 19 | 10 January | Celtic | A | 0–1 | | 18,000 |
| 20 | 17 January | Third Lanark | H | 2–2 | Yorston | 14,000 |
| 21 | 31 January | Falkirk | A | 1–3 | Kelly | 8,000 |
| 22 | 14 February | Partick Thistle | H | 0–1 | | 25,000 |
| 23 | 28 February | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | Pearson, Baird, Harris | 18,000 |
| 24 | 6 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Kelly | 17,937 |
| 25 | 13 March | Queen's Park | A | 1–3 | Williams | 15,000 |
| 26 | 20 March | Morton | H | 2–1 | Kelly, Williams | 18,000 |
| 27 | 26 March | Clyde | A | 3–1 | Kelly (3) | 8,000 |
| 28 | 3 April | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Kelly | 43,000 |
| 29 | 9 April | Queen of the South | A | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 30 | 17 April | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | Kelly | 8,500 |

**Final standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Motherwell | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 29 |
| 9 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 28 |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Third Lanark | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 26 |
| 12 | Celtic | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 25 |

### Scottish League Cup

**Group 1**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 August | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | Williams | 8,000 |
| 2 | 16 August | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | Millar, Kiddie | 20,000 |
| 3 | 23 August | Queen of the South | A | 2–1 | Baird (2) | 14,000 |
| 4 | 30 August | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | Hamilton (2) | 20,000 |
| 5 | 6 September | Motherwell | A | 0–2 | | 21,500 |
| 6 | 13 September | Queen of the South | H | 9–0 | Hamilton (4), Williams (3), Baird, Millar | 25,000 |

**Group 1 final table**

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 5.333 | 10 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4.333 | 10 |
| St Mirren | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0.500 | 2 |
| Queen of the South | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 0.417 | 2 |

**Knockout stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| QF | 27 September | Leith Athletic | H | 8–2 | Williams (3), Millar (3), Baird, Hamilton | 17,000 |
| SF | 11 October | East Fife | N | 0–1 | | 30,000 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R2 | 7 February | Nithsdale Wanderers | A | 5–0 | Stenhouse (2), Kelly (2), Harris | 2,600 |
| R3 | 21 February | Hibernian | A | 2–4 | Pearson, Harris | 37,000 |

## 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 | 38 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Willie Bruce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Charlie Scott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Pat McKenna | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Cowie | 37 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Waddell | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Frank Dunlop (c) | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Roy | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Cooper (c) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh McVean | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SOU | Jimmy Preston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ralph McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Allan Massie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Taylor | 39 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tony Harris | 37 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Millar | 21 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Kiddie | 20 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie McCall | 19 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Joe McLaughlin | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Pearson | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Stenhouse | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Hume | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SOU | Ray Botha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Archie Glen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SOU | Stan Williams | 23 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Baird | 22 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Kelly | 17 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hamilton | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Yorston | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Ernie Waldron | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ?? | Jimmy Owens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy McIntyre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Freddie Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
