1909–10 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.

1909-10 season

Manager

Jimmy Philip

Scottish Football League First Division

4th

Scottish Cup

Third round

Top goalscorer

League: Bobby Simpson (10)
All: Bobby Simpson (11)

Highest home attendance

14,000 vs. Celtic, 27 November 1909

Lowest home attendance

1,500 vs. Hamilton Academical, 20 April 1910

← 1908–09

1910–11 →

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Football League First Division and Scottish Cup in season 1909–10.

Overview

The 1909–10 season was Aberdeen's seventh overall and fifth in the top flight. This season saw Aberdeen finish fourth out of 18 clubs in the league, their highest league position since joining the First Division in 1905. In the Scottish Cup, they were knocked out in the third round by Celtic. New signings included forward Jimmy Soye from Newcastle United, who scored on his debut for the Wasps.

Results

Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	21 August	Port Glasgow Athletic	A	3–0	H. Murray, Soye, Lennie	4,000
2	28 August	Third Lanark	H	2–1	T. Murray, Lennie	10,000
3	4 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0		12,000
4	18 September	Rangers	A	1–2	Moffat	16,000
5	25 September	Hibernian	H	1–0	Soye	10,500
6	27 September	Queen's Park	H	3–1	Own goal, McEchern, Simpson	10,000
7	2 October	St Mirren	H	2–0	Lennie, Soye	9,500
8	9 October	Airdrieonians	H	1–0	Simpson	10,000
9	16 October	Clyde	A	1–2	Own goal	8,000
10	23 October	Motherwell	H	2–2	Simpson, Soye	6,000
11	30 October	Falkirk	A	0–1		8,500
12	6 November	Port Glasgow Athletic	H	3–0	Simpson (2), Soye	5,500
13	13 November	Hamilton Academical	A	0–1		4,000
14	20 November	Morton	A	1–0	Lennie	6,000
15	27 November	Celtic	H	0–1		14,000
16	4 December	Falkirk	H	0–1		8,000
17	11 December	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	Simpson	7,500
18	25 December	Airdrieonians	A	3–1	Miller, Simpson, Lennie	2,500
19	1 January	Dundee	A	0–0		14,000
20	3 January	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	O'Hagan	4,500
21	8 January	Motherwell	A	1–2	McKay	4,000
22	15 January	Clyde	H	1–1	McKay	4,500
23	26 February	Kilmarnock	A	2–0	Simpson, Lennie	4,000
24	5 March	Rangers	H	1–1	T. Murray	8,000
25	12 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	Simpson, T. Murray, O'Hagan	3,500
26	19 March	St Mirren	A	2–1	Lennie (2)	4,000
27	26 March	Kilmarnock	H	0–1		6,500
28	2 April	Morton	H	1–0	Simpson	5,000
29	9 April	Celtic	A	0–2		3,000
30	16 April	Third Lanark	A	0–2		1,000
31	18 April	Hibernian	A	2–1	T. Murray, O'Hagan	1,500
32	20 April	Hamilton Academical	H	1–0	O'Hagan	1,500
33	23 April	Dundee	H	3–1	Wilson, T. Murray, O'Hagan	8,000
34	30 April	Queen's Park	A	2–2	Hume, T. Murray	7,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Rangers	34	20	6	8	70	35	35	46
4	ABERDEEN	34	16	8	10	44	29	15	40
5	Clyde	34	14	9	11	47	40	7	37
6	Dundee	34	14	8	12	52	44	8	36

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	5 February	Bo'ness	H	3–0	H. Murray, Wilson, O'Hagan	5,000
R2	12 February	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	Simpson, Soye, Lennie	7,000
R3	19 February	Celtic	A	1–2	Own goal	27,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF		Donald Colman	37	0	34	0	3	0
	DF		Stewart Davidson	20	0	19	0	1	0
	DF		Archie Harper	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Jock Hume	34	1	31	1	3	0
	FW		Willie Lennie	34	9	31	8	3	1
	DF		WR Low	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		George MacFarlane	9	0	6	0	3	0
	FW		Vic McEchern	5	1	5	1	0	0
	FW		Hector McKay	2	2	2	2	0	0
	FW		George McKenzie	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		James Miller	37	1	34	1	3	0
	MF		Joe Moffat	14	1	14	1	0	0
	FW		Herbert Murray	34	2	31	1	3	1
	FW		Tom Murray	34	2	31	1	3	1
	GK		Cody Mutch	37	0	34	0	3	0
	FW		WD Nicol	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Charlie O'Hagan	32	6	29	5	3	1
	FW		Stewart Scott	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Bobby Simpson	33	11	30	10	3	1
	FW		Jimmy Soye	25	6	23	5	2	1
	MF		George Wilson	32	2	29	1	3	1

References

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

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