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1972–73 Aberdeen F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Aberdeen F.C.

| season = 1972–73

| manager = {{flagicon|SCO}} Jimmy Bonthrone

| chairman = {{flagicon|SCO}} Dick Donald

| league = Scottish First Division

| league result = 4th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = Quarter-finalists

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = Semi-finalists

| cup3 = UEFA Cup

| cup3 result = First Round

| cup4 = Drybrough Cup

| cup4 result = Semi-finalists

| league topscorer = Drew Jarvie (15)

| season topscorer = Joe Harper (29)

| highest attendance = 34,262 vs. Celtic, 28 October 1972

| lowest attendance = 6,500 vs. Airdrieonians, 7 April 1973

| average attendance = 13,087

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| prevseason = 1971–72

| nextseason = 1973–74

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Results

=Scottish First Division=

{{main|1972–73 Scottish First Division}}

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

! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1.

|align=left|2 September

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Harper

|16,947

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|2.

|align=left|9 September

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|10,100

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|3.

|align=left|16 September

|align=left|St Johnstone

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|9,917

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|4.

|align=left|23 September

|align=left|Dumbarton

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Jarvie, Harper

|6,854

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|5.

|align=left|30 September

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|7–2

|align=left|Harper (4), Robb, Jarvie, Murray

|11,351

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|6.

|align=left|7 October

|align=left|Hearts

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Harper

|11,763

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|7.

|align=left|14 October

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Taylor (2)

|14,165

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|8.

|align=left|21 October

|align=left|Ayr United

|A

|3–2

|align=left|Harper (2), Jarvie

|7,823

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|9.

|align=left|28 October

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|2–3

|align=left|Varga (2)

|34,262

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|10.

|align=left|4 November

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|2–0

|align=left|Harper (2), B. Miller

|8,962

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|11.

|align=left|11 November

|align=left|East Fife

|H

|4–3

|align=left|Jarvie, Willoughby, McQuade (Own Goal), Robb

|10,651

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|12.

|align=left|18 November

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Taylor, Harper, Jarvie

|10,234

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|13.

|align=left|25 November

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|2–3

|align=left|Varga, Murray

|8,173

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|14.

|align=left|2 December

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Murray

|4,059

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|15.

|align=left|9 December

|align=left|Arbroath

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|8,354

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|16.

|align=left|16 December

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|26,375

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|17.

|align=left|23 December

|align=left|Morton

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Varga (2), Mitchell

|7,031

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|18.

|align=left|30 December

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|2–3

|align=left|Jarvie, B. Miller

|21,279

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|19.

|align=left|1 January

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Hermiston, Varga, Jarvie

|13,576

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|20.

|align=left|27 January

|align=left|Hearts

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Jarvie (2), Varga

|13,282

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|21.

|align=left|7 February

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|4,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|22.

|align=left|10 February

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|4,897

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|23.

|align=left|17 February

|align=left|Ayr United

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Jarvie

|8,538

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|24.

|align=left|20 February

|align=left|Dumbarton

|H

|6–0

|align=left|Purdie (2), Forrest, Jenkins (Own Goal), Varga, Jarvie

|7,852

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|25.

|align=left|3 March

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|36,425

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|26.

|align=left|7 March

|align=left|St Johnstone

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|4,389

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|27.

|align=left|10 March

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|8,994

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|28.

|align=left|24 March

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|2–0

|align=left|Robb, Young

|4,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|29.

|align=left|27 March

|align=left|East Fife

|A

|1–0

|align=left|Varga

|4,594

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|30.

|align=left|31 March

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|8,831

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|31.

|align=left|7 April

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|H

|5–1

|align=left|Jarvie (3), Robb, Murray

|6,500

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|32.

|align=left|14 April

|align=left|Arbroath

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Varga

|4,757

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|33.

|align=left|21 April

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Hermiston, Taylor

|32,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|34.

|align=left|28 April

|align=left|Morton

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Young, Jarvie

|3,000

==Final standings==

{{:1972–73 Scottish Division One|showteam=ABD}}

=Drybrough Cup=

{{Main|Drybrough Cup 1972-73}}

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

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|QF

|align=left|29 July

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Harper

|16,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|SF

|align=left|2 August

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|2–3

|align=left|Buchan (2)

|40,000

=Scottish League Cup=

{{main|1972–73 Scottish League Cup}}

==Group stage==

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|G2

|align=left|12 August

|align=left|Queen of the South

|A

|4–0

|align=left|Buchan, Jarvie, Hermiston, Robb

|4,673

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|G2

|align=left|16 August

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|4–1

|align=left|Jarvie (2), Harper (2)

|20,673

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|G2

|align=left|19 August

|align=left|Queen's Park

|H

|5–1

|align=left|Young (2), Harper (2), Jarvie

|11,464

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|G2

|align=left|23 August

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Jarvie

|17,133

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|G2

|align=left|26 August

|align=left|Queen of the South

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Taylor, Purdie

|10,144

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|G2

|align=left|30 August

|align=left|Queen's Park

|A

|3–0

|align=left|Harper (3)

|1,029

==Group 2 final table==

{{:1972–73 Scottish League Cup|transcludesection=Group 2|showteam=ABD}}

==Knockout stage==

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2 L1

|align=left|20 September

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|8–0

|align=left|Harper (3), Jarvie (2), Forrest, Graham, Robb

|9,939

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2 L2

|align=left|4 October

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|2–3

|align=left|Harper (2)

|4,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|QF L1

|align=left|11 October

|align=left|East Fife

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Taylor, Jarvie, Harper

|13,605

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|QF L2

|align=left|1 November

|align=left|East Fife

|A

|4–1

|align=left|Jarvie (2), Harper, Clarke (Own Goal)

|4,492

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|SF

|align=left|27 November

|align=left|Celtic

|N

|2–3

|align=left|Harper, Robb

|39,682

=Scottish Cup=

{{Main|Scottish Cup 1972-73}}

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

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R3

|align=left|3 February

|align=left|Brechin City

|A

|4–2

|align=left|Mitchell (2), Jarvie, Milne (Own goal)

|8,123

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R4

|align=left|28 February

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Forrest, Purdie, Murray

|17,730

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|QF

|align=left|17 March

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|40,032

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|QFR

|align=left|21 March

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|0–1

|align=left|

|33,465

=UEFA Cup=

{{Main|1972–73 UEFA Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

style="background:#fcc;"

|R1 L1

|align=left|13 September

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|H

|2–3

|align=left| Harper, Jarvie

|21,000

style="background:#fcc;"

|R1 L2

|align=left|27 September

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|A

|3–6

|align=left| Jarvie, Willoughby, Murray

|19,000

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

! colspan="2" |UEFA Cup

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Bobby Clark

!49

!0

|33

|0

|4

|0

|11

|0

|1

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Andy Geoghegan

!2

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jim Hermiston

!50

!3

|33

|2

|4

|0

|11

|1

|2

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Young

!47

!4

|30

|2

|4

|0

|11

|2

|2

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Billy Williamson

!16

!0

|13

|0

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} DEN

|Henning Boel

!13

!0

|7

|0

|0

|0

|4

|0

|2

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Eddie Thomson

!7

!0

|7

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Miller

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tommy McMillan

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Steve Murray (c)

!44

!6

|29

|4

|3

|1

|11

|0

|1

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Alex Willoughby

!37

!2

|25

|1

|1

|0

|9

|0

|2

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|HUN}} HUN

|Zoltan Varga

!31

!10

|26

|10

|3

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian Taylor

!31

!6

|18

|4

|1

|0

|10

|2

|2

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Arthur Graham

!31

!1

|23

|0

|4

|0

|2

|1

|2

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Bertie Miller

!26

!2

|17

|2

|2

|0

|6

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Joe Smith

!17

!0

|14

|0

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Murray

!14

!0

|7

|0

|0

|0

|6

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Buchan

!13

!1

|8

|0

|1

|0

|4

|1

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian Purdie

!6

!4

|3

|2

|1

|1

|2

|1

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Miller

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Drew Jarvie

!51

!28

|34

|15

|4

|1

|11

|10

|2

|2

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Robb

!33

!7

|19

|4

|2

|0

|10

|3

|2

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Joe Harper

!26

!27

|13

|11

|0

|0

|11

|15

|2

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jim Forrest

!19

!3

|11

|1

|3

|1

|4

|1

|1

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Barrie Mitchell

!14

!3

|12

|1

|1

|2

|1

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tommy Wilson

!11

!0

|9

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Bobby Street

!2

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|John Craig

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

= Unofficial Appearances & Goals =

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

! rowspan="2" |No.

! rowspan="2" |Pos

! rowspan="2" |Nat

! rowspan="2" |Player

! colspan="2" |Drybrough Cup

Apps

!Goals

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Bobby Clark

|2

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} DEN

|Henning Boel

|2

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jim Hermiston

|2

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Young

|2

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Steve Murray (c)

|2

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian Taylor

|2

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Alex Willoughby

|2

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Bertie Miller

|2

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Buchan

|1

|2

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Joe Harper

|2

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Robb

|2

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Drew Jarvie

|2

|0

References

{{Aberdeen F.C. seasons}}

{{1972-73 in Scottish football}}

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