1947–48 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1947–48 season
Chairman	William Mitchell
Manager	Stan Williams (13)
Highest home attendance	43,000 vs. Rangers, 3 April
Lowest home attendance	10,000 vs. Heart of Midlothian, 15 November ; vs. St Mirren, 27 December
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The 1947–48 season was

Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup

Results

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	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	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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	Williams (3), Baird, Millar	25,000

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Aberdeen	6	5	1	16	3	5.333	10
Motherwell	6	5	1	13	3	4.333	10
St Mirren	6	1	5	9	18	0.500	2
Queen of the South	6	1	5	10	24	0.417	2

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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

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish 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

Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002.
ISBN 1-874287-49-X
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