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1946–47 Aberdeen F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Aberdeen F.C.

| season = 1946–47

| chairman =William Mitchell

| chrtitle = Chairman

| manager = Dave Halliday

| mgrtitle = Manager

| league = Scottish League Division One

| league result = 3rd

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = Winners

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = Runners-up

| league topscorer = George Hamilton (16)

| season topscorer = George Hamilton (31)

| highest attendance = 35,000 vs. Rangers, 4 September

| lowest attendance = 10,000 vs. Clyde 1 February

| average attendance =

| pattern_la1 =

| pattern_b1 = _whitecollarplain

| pattern_ra1 =

| pattern_sh1 =

| pattern_so1 = _whitetop

| leftarm1 = ff0000

| body1 = ff0000

| rightarm1 = ff0000

| shorts1 = ffffff

| socks1 = ff0000

| prevseason = 1945–46

| nextseason = 1947–48

}}

The 1946–47 season was Aberdeen's 35th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 36th season competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.

Results

=Division A=

{{Main article|1946–47 Scottish Division One}}

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! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|10 August

|align=left|Third Lanark

|A

|3–0

|align=left|Hamilton, Taylor, Harris

|12,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|2

|align=left|14 August

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Baird

|18,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|17 August

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|6–2

|align=left|Baird (2), Harris, Hamilton, Williams, Kiddie

|30,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|4

|align=left|21 August

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Kiddie, Williams

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|5

|align=left|24 August

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|2–4

|align=left|Baird (2)

|13,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|6

|align=left|28 August

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Howie, Harris

|29,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|7

|align=left|31 August

|align=left|Clyde

|A

|2–0

|align=left|Harris (2)

|17,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|8

|align=left|4 September

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Taylor

|35,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|9

|align=left|7 September

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|0–2

|align=left|

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|10

|align=left|14 September

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|2–2

|align=left|McCall, Harris

|25,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|11

|align=left|2 November

|align=left|Queen of the South

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|18,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|12

|align=left|9 November

|align=left|Morton

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|13

|align=left|16 November

|align=left|Queen's Park

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Millar (2), McCall

|15,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|14

|align=left|23 November

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Waldron, Hamilton

|14,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|15

|align=left|30 November

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|A

|5–2

|align=left|Hamilton (3), Harris, Williams

|6,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|16

|align=left|7 December

|align=left|Third Lanark

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Hamilton

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|17

|align=left|14 December

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|1–2

|align=left|

|8,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|18

|align=left|21 December

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Waldron (2), Hume

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|19

|align=left|28 December

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Harris

|30,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|20

|align=left|1 January

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|0–4

|align=left|

|20,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|21

|align=left|2 January

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|5–1

|align=left|Hamilton (4), Harris

|25,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|22

|align=left|4 January

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|0–4

|align=left|

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|23

|align=left|18 January

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|57,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|24

|align=left|1 February

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Hamilton, Williams

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|25

|align=left|26 April

|align=left|Queen's Park

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|26

|align=left|28 April

|align=left|Queen of the South

|A

|5–1

|align=left|McCall (2), Harris, Hamilton, Williams

|6,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|27

|align=left|3 May

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|4–2

|align=left|Kiddie (3), McCall

|13,500

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|28

|align=left|5 May

|align=left|Morton

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Hamilton, Taylor (penalty)

|12,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|29

|align=left|14 May

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Hamilton (2), Baird

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|30

|align=left|17 May

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|0–4

|align=left|Kelly

|15,844

==Final standings==

{{:1946–47 Scottish Division One|showteam=ABD}}

=Scottish League Cup=

{{Main article|1946–47 Scottish League Cup}}

==Group Section D==

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|21 September

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|4–3

|align=left|Hamilton (4)

|25,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|2

|align=left|28 September

|align=left|Queen of the South

|A

|5–2

|align=left|Millar (2), Kiddie, Hamilton, Harris

|17,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|5 October

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|2–1

|align=left|McCall (2)

|25,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|4

|align=left|12 October

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|1–0

|align=left|Hamilton

|17,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|5

|align=left|19 October

|align=left|Queen of the South

|H

|1–0

|align=left|McCall

|22,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|6

|align=left|26 October

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|8,500

==Section D final table==

{{:1946–47 Scottish League Cup|transcludesection=Section 4|showteam=ABD}}

==Knockout stage==

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|QF L1

|align=left|1 March

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|1–0

|align=left|Millar

|28,300

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|QF L2

|align=left|5 March

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|3–2

|align=left|Hamilton (2), McCall

|18,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|SF

|align=left|22 March

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|N

|6–2

|align=left|Hamilton (3), Baird, McCall,

|36,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|F

|align=left|5 April

|align=left|Rangers

|N

|0–4

|align=left|

|82,684

=Scottish Cup=

{{Main article|1946–47 Scottish Cup}}

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R1

|align=left|25 January

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|2–1

|align=left|McCall, Cooper

|34,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2

|align=left|8 February

|align=left|Ayr United

|H

|8–0

|align=left|Hamilton (3), Harris (3), Williams, Botha

|15,500

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|R3

|align=left|22 February

|align=left|Morton

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Millar

|30,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R3R

|align=left|8 March

|align=left|Morton

|A

|2–1

|align=left|McCall, Hamilton

|18,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R4

|align=left|29 March

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Williams (2)

|35,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|SF

|align=left|12 April

|align=left|Arbroath

|N

|2–0

|align=left|Williams (2)

|22,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|F

|align=left|19 April

|align=left|Hibernian

|N

|2–1

|align=left|Hamilton, Williams

|82,140

Squad

= Appearances & Goals =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

! rowspan="2" |No.

! rowspan="2" |Pos

! rowspan="2" |Nat

! rowspan="2" |Player

! colspan="2" |Total

! colspan="2" |Division One

! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Johnstone

!43

!0

|26

|0

|7

|0

|10

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Frank Watson

!4

!0

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Frank Dunlop

!43

!0

|27

|0

|7

|0

|9

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Pat McKenna

!41

!0

|24

|0

|7

|0

|10

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Cooper (c)

!29

!1

|14

|0

|6

|1

|9

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Andy Cowie

!25

!0

|17

|0

|0

|0

|8

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Waddell

!20

!0

|12

|0

|2

|0

|6

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|South Africa|1928}} SOU

|Jimmy Preston

!3

!0

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ralph McKenzie

!2

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Ben Robson

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|??

|Frank McDonald

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie McCall

!46

!12

|29

|5

|7

|2

|10

|5

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tony Harris

!45

!14

|28

|10

|7

|3

|10

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Taylor

!37

!3

|28

|3

|6

|0

|3

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Joe McLaughlin

!31

!0

|19

|0

|7

|0

|5

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Alex Kiddie

!17

!6

|13

|5

|0

|0

|4

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Millar

!13

!6

|5

|2

|2

|1

|6

|3

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Hume

!4

!0

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|South Africa|1928}} SOU

|Ray Botha

!3

!1

|1

|0

|2

|1

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian Jamieson

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Merchant

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Hamilton

!42

!33

|26

|17

|7

|5

|9

|11

|FW

|{{fbaicon|South Africa|1928}} SOU

|Stan Williams

!39

!11

|23

|5

|7

|6

|9

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Archie Baird

!19

!7

|14

|6

|3

|0

|2

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Ernie Waldron

!7

!3

|7

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|??

|Mike Coleman

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Horace Wallbanks

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite book|author=Kevin Stirling|title=Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003|publisher=Desert Island Books 2002|isbn=1-874287-49-X}}
  • [http://www.afcheritage.org/Matches/Fixtures/fixtures.cfm?squad=Senior&season=1946-47 AFC Heritage Trust]

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