1956–57 Aberdeen F.C. season
# 1956–57 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1956–57 season was Aberdeen's 44th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 46th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup

## Results

### Division 1

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8 September | St Mirren | A | 2–0 | Hather, Buckley | 15,000 |
| 2 | 15 September | Queen's Park | H | 2–1 | Hather, Buckley | 12,000 |
| 3 | 22 September | Dundee | A | 2–4 | Yorston, Buckley | 20,000 |
| 4 | 29 September | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | Glen (2), Buckley | 18,000 |
| 5 | 6 October | East Fife | A | 3–4 | Hather, Davidson, Wishart | 7,000 |
| 6 | 13 October | Airdrieonians | H | 2–3 | Leggat, Davidson | 17,000 |
| 7 | 20 October | Ayr United | A | 6–1 | Allen (3), Mulhall, Hay, Yorston | 8,000 |
| 8 | 3 November | Raith Rovers | A | 2–3 | Wishart, Allen | 7,000 |
| 9 | 10 November | Kilmarnock | H | 1–3 | Boyd | 11,000 |
| 10 | 17 November | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–2 | Hay (2), Boyd | 13,000 |
| 11 | 24 November | Rangers | A | 1–3 | Yorston | 30,000 |
| 12 | 1 December | Queen of the South | H | 5–1 | Leggat (2), Buckley, Yorston, Wishart | 12,000 |
| 13 | 8 December | Queen's Park | A | 2–0 | Buckley, Wishart | 12,000 |
| 14 | 15 December | Falkirk | A | 5–2 | Yorston (2), Hather, Buckley, Leggat | 6,000 |
| 15 | 22 December | Motherwell | H | 2–3 | Yorston, Wishart | 13,000 |
| 16 | 29 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–3 | Wishart, Buckley | 20,000 |
| 17 | 1 January | Dundee | H | 2–1 | Brown, Buckley | 15,000 |
| 18 | 2 January | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | Wright (Own goal), Hather | 10,000 |
| 19 | 5 January | St Mirren | H | 4–0 | Hay (2), Davidson, Glen | 13,000 |
| 20 | 12 January | Hibernian | A | 1–4 | Leggat | 18,000 |
| 21 | 19 January | East Fife | H | 1–0 | Davidson | 14,000 |
| 22 | 26 January | Airdrieonians | A | 5–1 | Leggat (3), Yorston, Davidson | 5,000 |
| 23 | 9 February | Ayr United | H | 2–2 | Wishart, Davidson | 12,000 |
| 24 | 23 February | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Allister | 10,000 |
| 25 | 6 March | Raith Rovers | H | 1–0 | Leggat | 5,000 |
| 26 | 9 March | Kilmarnock | A | 1–2 | Hather | 11,000 |
| 27 | 16 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–1 | Leggat, Wishart, Allister | 11,000 |
| 28 | 23 March | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Davidson | 28,000 |
| 29 | 30 March | Queen of the South | A | 2–2 | Leggat, Wishart | 6,000 |
| 30 | 13 April | Falkirk | H | 3–1 | Allister (3) | 10,000 |
| 31 | 20 April | Motherwell | A | 5–2 | Davidson (2), Leggat, Hather, Allister | 2,000 |
| 32 | 22 April | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 15,000 |
| 33 | 24 April | Partick Thistle | H | 2–0 | Glen, Davidson | 7,500 |
| 34 | 27 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–3 | | 15,000 |

**Final standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 84 | 58 | 1.448 | 39 |
| 5 | Celtic | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 43 | 1.349 | 38 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 79 | 59 | 1.339 | 38 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 72 | 66 | 1.091 | 37 |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 34 |

### Scottish League Cup

**Group 2**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 11 August | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Yorston | 35,000 |
| 2 | 15 August | East Fife | A | 1–2 | Hather | 8,000 |
| 3 | 18 August | Rangers | H | 2–6 | Wishart, Yorston | 35,000 |
| 4 | 25 August | Celtic | A | 2–3 | Leggat, Davidson | 25,000 |
| 5 | 29 August | East Fife | H | 4–1 | Leggat (2), Hay, Hather | 17,000 |
| 6 | 1 September | Rangers | A | 1–4 | Davidson | 35,000 |

**Group 2 final table**

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Celtic | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2.000 | 11 |
| Rangers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3.000 | 9 |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 0.611 | 2 |
| East Fife | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0.333 | 2 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R4 | 2 February | Hibernian | A | 4–3 | Wishart (2), Leggat, Yorston | 27,300 |
| R5 | 16 February | Falkirk | A | 1–3 | Davidson | 16,600 |

## 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 | Fred Martin | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Reg Morrison | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Caldwell | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alec Young | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Mitchell (c) | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jack Allister | 24 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Clunie | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Hogg | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Billy Smith | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ian MacFarlane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Archie Glen | 37 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bob Wishart | 34 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Graham Leggat | 31 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| | MF | SCO | Ken Brownlee | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Wilson | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Allan Boyd | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Wallace | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ?? | John Ward | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Mulhall | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Jack Hather | 40 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Yorston | 27 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Norman Davidson | 23 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Paddy Buckley | 15 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Hay | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | John Brown | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny Allan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
