1958–59 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1958-59 season was Aberdeen's 46th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 48th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Football League First Division, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup

Results

Division 1

Main article: 1958–59 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	20 August	Airdrieonians	H	0–1		15,000
2	6 September	Dundee	A	1–2	Little	10,000
3	13 September	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–0	Wishart (2), Little, Ewan	7,500
4	20 September	Third Lanark	A	2–0	Clydesdale, Little	8,000
5	27 September	Celtic	H	3–1	Glen, Little, Mulhall	20,000
6	4 October	Partick Thistle	A	3–2	Hather (2), Ewan	8,000
7	11 October	Stirling Albion	A	2–3	Glen (2)	9,460
8	18 October	Hibernian	H	4–0	Little (3), Glen	20,000
9	25 October	Falkirk	H	5–0	Baird (4), Ewan	17,000
10	1 November	Kilmarnock	A	0–2		6,000
11	8 November	St Mirren	A	5–1	Baird (2), Little (2), Ewan	7,000
12	15 November	Raith Rovers	H	2–2	Hather, Little	17,000
13	22 November	Clyde	A	0–4		7,000
14	29 November	Queen of the South	H	5–0	Little (2), Wishart, Glen, Baird	10,000
15	6 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–5	Wishart	22,000
16	13 December	Motherwell	H	0–4		14,000
17	20 December	Rangers	H	1–3	Baird	18,000
18	27 December	Airdrieonians	A	1–2	Ewan	7,000
19	1 January	Dundee	H	1–1	Wishart	12,000
20	3 January	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	Hather	6,000
21	24 January	Partick Thistle	H	3–4	Hather (2), Baird	10,000
22	7 February	Stirling Albion	H	4–1	Davidson (2), Wishart, Little	6,000
23	18 February	Hibernian	A	0–1		4,000
24	21 February	Falkirk	A	1–5	Baird	18,000
25	4 March	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	Hatcher, Glen	5,000
26	7 March	St Mirren	H	2–1	Ewan, Davidson	10,000
27	11 March	Third Lanark	H	3–3	Ewan, Glen, Wishart	4,500
28	18 March	Raith Rovers	A	1–0	Baird	5,000
29	21 March	Clyde	H	1–2	Baird	10,000
30	25 March	Celtic	A	0–4		5,000
31	28 March	Queen of the South	A	1–2	Wishart	4,000
32	11 April	Motherwell	A	0–2		5,000
33	15 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–4	Ewan, Clunie	18,000
34	18 April	Rangers	A	2–1	Davidson (2)	40,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Stirling Albion	34	11	8	15	54	64	−10	30
13	Aberdeen	34	12	5	17	63	66	−3	29
14	Raith Rovers	34	10	9	15	60	70	−10	29

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1958–59 Scottish League Cup

Group Section 4

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	9 August	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	Davidson, Wishart	6,000
2	13 August	Hibernian	H	2–2	Wishart	15,000
3	16 August	Falkirk	H	5–1	Mulhall (2), Hather (2), Wishart,	12,000
4	23 August	Kilmarnock	H	0–2		14,000
5	27 August	Hibernian	A	2–4	Little, Kelly	16,000
6	30 August	Falkirk	A	1–1	Wishart	6,000

Section 4 Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kilmarnock	6	4	0	2	12	6	6	8
2	Hibernian	6	4	0	2	14	10	4	8
3	Aberdeen	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	5
4	Falkirk	6	1	1	4	7	17	–10	3

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1958–59 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	31 January	East Fife	H	2–1	Davidson, Little	14,000
R2	14 February	Arbroath	H	3–0	Davidson, Baird, Hather	15,600
R3	28 February	St Johnstone	A	2–1	Davidson, Wishart	14,000
QF	14 March	Kilmarnock	H	3–1	Little, Davidson, Hather	19,000
SF	4 April	Third Lanark	N	1–1	Davidson	25,000
SFR	8 April	Third Lanark	N	1–0	Davidson	17,500
F	25 April	St Mirren	N	1–3	Baird	108,591

References

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

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1958–59 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup

Related to national team	Results British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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