1920–21 Aberdeen F.C. season
# 1920–21 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup in season 1920–21.

## Overview

Aberdeen finished in 11th place out of 22 clubs in the Scottish Football League, an improvement on the previous season's finish of 17th. In the cup, they lost out to local rivals Dundee after a second replay in the third round. Peter Fisher finished as the club's top scorer with 14 goals.

## Results

### Scottish Football League

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 August | Dundee | A | 1–1 | Fisher | 5,000 |
| 2 | 24 August | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Thomson | 20,000 |
| 3 | 28 August | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Wright | 24,000 |
| 4 | 30 August | Third Lanark | A | 1–3 | Connon | 12,000 |
| 5 | 4 September | Albion Rovers | A | 2–0 | Fisher, Rankine | 8,000 |
| 6 | 8 September | Clyde | H | 3–0 | Thomson, Fisher, Rankine | 14,000 |
| 7 | 11 September | Ayr United | H | 0–0 | | 16,000 |
| 8 | 15 September | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–1 | Wright (2), MacDonald | 10,000 |
| 9 | 18 September | Morton | A | 1–6 | Grant | 7,000 |
| 10 | 25 September | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Fisher | 21,800 |
| 11 | 27 September | Queen's Park | H | 2–2 | Fisher (2) | 12,000 |
| 12 | 2 October | Clydebank | A | 1–1 | Thomson | 5,000 |
| 13 | 9 October | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | | 13,500 |
| 14 | 16 October | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–0 | Thomson, Rankine | 6,000 |
| 15 | 23 October | Raith Rovers | H | 1–0 | Connon | 13,000 |
| 16 | 30 October | Clyde | A | 0–2 | | 6,000 |
| 17 | 6 November | Third Lanark | H | 0–1 | | 12,500 |
| 18 | 13 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–0 | | 15,000 |
| 19 | 20 November | St Mirren | H | 3–1 | Rankine (2), Flanagan | 14,000 |
| 20 | 27 November | Dumbarton | A | 1–0 | Middleton | 2,500 |
| 21 | 4 December | Airdrieonians | H | 1–0 | Thomson | 12,000 |
| 22 | 11 December | Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | | 6,000 |
| 23 | 18 December | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | Flanagan | 12,500 |
| 24 | 25 December | Partick Thistle | H | 0–3 | | 13,000 |
| 25 | 1 January | Dundee | H | 0–0 | | 20,000 |
| 26 | 3 January | Ayr United | A | 2–2 | Connon, Rankine | 6,000 |
| 27 | 8 January | Raith Rovers | A | 0–1 | | 9,000 |
| 28 | 15 January | Falkirk | H | 1–1 | Fisher | 11,000 |
| 29 | 22 January | Clydebank | H | 4–0 | Milne, Middleton, Flanagan (2) | 10,500 |
| 30 | 29 January | Celtic | A | 1–3 | Fisher | 15,000 |
| 31 | 8 February | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | MacDonald | 7,500 |
| 32 | 26 February | Morton | H | 0–1 | | 9,000 |
| 33 | 5 March | Hibernian | A | 3–2 | Middleton, Mackie, Own goal | 6,500 |
| 34 | 9 March | Airdrieonians | A | 2–5 | Connon, Mackie | 3,000 |
| 35 | 12 March | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | Hutton | 8,500 |
| 36 | 19 March | Queen's Park | A | 2–0 | Fisher, Own goal | 6,500 |
| 37 | 26 March | Dumbarton | H | 2–0 | Fisher (2) | 10,000 |
| 38 | 2 April | Partick Thistle | A | 2–2 | Fisher, Flanagan | 12,000 |
| 39 | 9 April | Heart of Midlothian | H | 5–2 | Wright, MacLachlan, Connon, Fisher, Thomson | 12,500 |
| 40 | 16 April | Motherwell | A | 0–4 | | 8,000 |
| 41 | 23 April | Falkirk | A | 0–0 | | 7,000 |
| 42 | 30 April | Albion Rovers | H | 1–0 | Fisher | 11,500 |

**Final standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Airdrieonians | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 71 | 64 | +7 | 43 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 42 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 42 |
| 13 | Hibernian | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 41 |
| 14 | Hamilton Academical | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 40 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R2 | 5 February | Kilmarnock | A | 2–1 | Connon, MacDonald | 11,000 |
| R3 | 19 February | Dundee | A | 0–0 | | 30,000 |
| R3 R | 23 February | Dundee | H | 1–1 | Grosert | 20,000 |
| R3 2R | 1 March | Dundee | N | 0–2 | | 10,000 |

## 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 | ENG | George Anderson | 42 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jacky Connon | 29 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Peter Fisher | 21 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Flanagan | 29 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Matt Forsyth | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Walter Grant | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Sandy Grosert | 33 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Hannah | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Hutton | 32 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Lees | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | WAL | Ken MacDonald | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | James Mackie | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bert MacLachlan (c) | 29 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alec McCombie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim McLaughlin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Billy Middleton | 43 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Vic Milne | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Rankine | 34 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Ritchie | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Arthur Robertson | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | George Sutherland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Doug Thomson | 36 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Charlie Watt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Wright | 30 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Yule | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
