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1950–51 Aberdeen F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Aberdeen F.C.

| season = 1950–51

| chairman =William Mitchell

| chrtitle = Chairman

| manager = Dave Halliday

| mgrtitle = Manager

| league = Scottish League Division One

| league result = 4th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = 3rd Round

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = Quarter-finalists

| league topscorer = Harry Yorston (18)

| season topscorer = Harry Yorston (27)

| highest attendance = 52,000 vs. Hibernian, 2 October

| lowest attendance = 7,500 vs. East Fife, 7 April

| 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 = 1949–50

| nextseason = 1951–52

}}

The 1950–51 season was Aberdeen's 39th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 41st season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish Cup, and the Scottish League Cup.

Results

=Division A=

{{Main article|1950–51 Scottish Division One}}

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! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|9 September

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|A

|5–2

|align=left|Yorston (3), Hamilton, Hather

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|2

|align=left|23 September

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|30,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|30 September

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Pearson, Hamilton

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|4

|align=left|7 October

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|2–4

|align=left|Hather, Boyd

|10,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|5

|align=left|14 October

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Hamilton

|30,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|6

|align=left|21 October

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|5–3

|align=left|Yorston (2), Boyd, Baird, Hather

|15,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|7

|align=left|28 October

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Boyd, Yorston

|50,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|8

|align=left|4 November

|align=left|Third Lanark

|H

|1–2

|align=left|Hamilton

|17,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|9

|align=left|11 November

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|4–1

|align=left|Yorston (2), Gibb, Anderson,

|10,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|10

|align=left|18 November

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|5–1

|align=left|Hamilton (4), Baird,

|20,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|11

|align=left|25 November

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|15,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|12

|align=left|2 December

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Yorston (2)

|22,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|13

|align=left|9 December

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|4–2

|align=left|Hamilton, Baird, Emery (penalty), Yorston

|20,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|14

|align=left|16 December

|align=left|Morton

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Emery (penalty), Baird

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|15

|align=left|23 December

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Hamilton

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|16

|align=left|30 December

|align=left|East Fife

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|10,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|17

|align=left|1 January

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Hamilton

|30,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|18

|align=left|2 January

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|2–6

|align=left|Hamilton, Pearson

|35,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|19

|align=left|6 January

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|1–1

|align=left|McNeill

|15,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|20

|align=left|13 January

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|4–3

|align=left|Delaney (2), Yorston, Emery

|45,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|21

|align=left|20 January

|align=left|Clyde

|A

|2–0

|align=left|Hamilton, Yorston

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|22

|align=left|3 February

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|2–4

|align=left|Pearson, Yorston

|42,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|23

|align=left|17 February

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|4–1

|align=left|Yorston (2), Delaney, Hamilton

|16,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|24

|align=left|24 February

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Emery

|10,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|25

|align=left|3 March

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|H

|1–2

|align=left|Delaney

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|26

|align=left|17 March

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Yorston

|10,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|27

|align=left|24 March

|align=left|Morton

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Delaney, Hamilton, Yorston

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|28

|align=left|7 April

|align=left|East Fife

|H

|1–2

|align=left|Hamilton

|7,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|29

|align=left|18 April

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|1–4

|align=left|Baird

|20,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|30

|align=left|28 April

|align=left|Third Lanark

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|13,500

==Final standings==

{{:1950–51 Scottish Division One|showteam=ABD}}

=Scottish League Cup=

{{Main article|1950–51 Scottish League Cup}}

==Group 4==

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|12 August

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|4–3

|align=left|Hamilton (2), Anderson, Emery

|28,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|2

|align=left|16 August

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Hamilton (2)

|40,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|19 August

|align=left|Morton

|A

|2–0

|align=left|Yorston (2), Boyd

|18,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|4

|align=left|26 August

|align=left|Clyde

|A

|1–4

|align=left|Hamilton

|20,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|5

|align=left|30 August

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Hather, Baird

|42,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|6

|align=left|2 September

|align=left|Morton

|H

|6–1

|align=left|Yorston (2), Hamilton (2), Baird, Boyd

|25,000

==Group 4 final table==

{{:1950–51 Scottish League Cup|transcludesection=Group 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|16 September

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|4–1

|align=left|Hather, Emery, Yorston, Hamilton

|42,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|QF L2

|align=left|20 September

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|1–4

|align=left|Yorston

|35,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|QF R

|align=left|2 October

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Baird

|52,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|QF 2R

|align=left|3 October

|align=left|Hibernian

|N

|1–5

|align=left|Baird

|50,000

=Scottish Cup=

{{Main article|1950–51 Scottish Cup}}

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R1

|align=left|27 January

|align=left|Caledonian

|H

|6–1

|align=left|Yorston (3), Baird, Delaney

|22,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2

|align=left|10 February

|align=left|Third Lanark

|H

|4–0

|align=left|Hamilton (3), Emery

|28,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|R3

|align=left|10 March

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|75,000

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

|Fred Martin

!36

!0

|24

|0

|2

|0

|10

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Frank Watson

!4

!0

|3

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Johnny Curran

!3

!0

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Alec Young

!38

!0

|26

|0

|3

|0

|9

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|WAL}} WAL

|Don Emery (c)

!37

!7

|25

|4

|2

|1

|10

|2

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Davie Shaw

!35

!0

|23

|0

|2

|0

|10

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Pat McKenna

!15

!0

|13

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tommy Lowrie

!5

!0

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ralph McKenzie

!1

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|DF

|??

|Johnny Bruce

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|??

|Alan Rodger

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tony Harris

!34

!0

|23

|0

|3

|0

|8

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Chris Anderson

!33

!2

|20

|1

|3

|0

|10

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Delaney

!24

!5

|21

|4

|3

|1

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tommy Pearson

!23

!3

|19

|3

|3

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Allan Boyd

!20

!5

|10

|3

|0

|0

|10

|2

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Archie Glen

!8

!0

|7

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Kenny Thomson

!4

!0

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Stenhouse

!2

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tommy Bogan

!2

!0

|1

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Eric Bakie

!2

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George McMillan

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Wallace

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Harry Yorston

!42

!26

|29

|18

|3

|3

|10

|5

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Hamilton

!40

!29

|28

|17

|2

|4

|10

|8

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Archie Baird

!40

!10

|27

|5

|3

|1

|10

|4

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Jack Hather

!19

!5

|10

|3

|0

|0

|9

|2

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian McNeil

!2

!1

|2

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Joe O'Neil

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|??

|Ian Rodger

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Hugh Hay

!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=1950-51 AFC Heritage Trust]

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