1945–46 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1945–46 season
ManagerDave Halliday
Southern League3rd
Southern League CupWinners
Victory Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stan Williams (17)
All: Stan Williams (26)
Highest home attendance30,000 vs. Rangers, 12 January
Lowest home attendance10,000 vs. Queen's Park, 25 December

Results

Division A
Main article: 1945–46 Southern Football League (Scotland)
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August Third Lanark H 3–0 Miller (2), Pattillo 15,000
2 18 August Kilmarnock A 4–1 Williams (2), Bremner, Miller 14,000
3 25 August St Mirren H 6–1 Williams (3), Pattillo, Miller, Dyer (penalty) 0
4 1 September Celtic A 1–1 Pattillo 26,000
5 8 September Falkirk H 2–0 Pattillo (2) 0
6 15 September Hibernian A 1–1 Taylor (penalty) 26,000
7 22 September Motherwell H 4–1 Armstrong (2), Baird, Kiddie 17,000
8 29 September Partick Thistle A 1–1 Pattillo 31,000
9 13 October Rangers A 1–3 Armstrong 65,000
10 20 October Clyde H 1–2 Baird 15,000
11 27 October Queen of the South A 2–3 Driver, Pattillo 0
12 3 November Morton H 3–1 Driver (2), Armstrong 15,000
13 10 November Heart of Midlothian A 2–1 Pattillo, Williams 20,000
14 17 November Hamilton Academical H 4–0 Armstrong (2), Williams, Pattillo 14,000
15 24 November Third Lanark A 1–3 Pattillo 0
16 1 December Kilmarnock H 2–0 Armstrong (2) 14,000
17 8 December St Mirren A 1–4 Williams 0
18 15 December Celtic H 1–1 Bremner 21,000
19 22 December Hibernian H 2–0 Green, Taylor 0
20 25 December Queen's Park H 1–3 Pattillo 10,000
21 29 December Motherwell A 3–1 Williams (2), Dunlop 0
22 1 January Falkirk A 1–3 Pattillo 5,000
23 2 January Partcik Thistle H 3–0 Williams (2), Baird 0
24 5 January Queen's Park H 5–0 Pattillo (2), Hamilton, Baird, Williams 19,000
25 12 January Rangers H 4–1 Taylor, Williams, Green, Baird 30,000
26 19 January Clyde A 0–0 14,000
27 26 January Queen of the South H 7–1 Hamilton (2), Williams, McCall (2), Baird 0
28 2 February Morton A 2–3 Baird, Williams 4,000
29 9 February Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 Baird (2) 0
30 16 February Hamilton Academical A 3–3 Hamilton, Kiddie, McCall 3,000

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers (C) 30 22 4 4 85 41 +44 48
2 Hibernian 30 17 6 7 67 37 +30 40
3 Aberdeen 30 16 6 8 73 41 +32 38
4 Celtic 30 12 11 7 55 44 +11 35
5 Clyde 30 11 9 10 64 54 +10 31
Source: [1]
(C) Champions

Southern League Cup
Main article: 1945–46 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

Group Section 1
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
1 23 February Kilmarnock A 1–1 Williams 16,000
2 2 March Hibernian H 4–1 Baird (2), Kiddie, Williams 18,000
3 9 March Partick Thistle H 2–1 Hamilton (2) 14,000
4 16 March Kilmarnock H 1–0 Williams 15,000
5 23 March Hibernian A 2–3 Baird, Cowie 35,000
6 30 March Partick Thistle A 0–0 20,000

Section 1 final table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Aberdeen 6 4 0 2 21 13 +8 8
Hibernian 6 4 0 2 10 7 +3 8
Partick Thistle 6 1 2 3 6 6 0 4
Kilmarnock 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 4
Source:

Knockout stage
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
QF 6 April Ayr United N 2–0 Williams, Hamilton 17,500
SF 27 April Airdrieonians N 2–2 Baird, Hamilton 20,000
SF R 30 April Airdrieonians N 5–3 Kiddie (2), Strauss, Williams, Baird (penalty) 45,000
F 11 May Rangers N 3–2 Baird, Williams, Taylor 135,000

Victory Cup
Main article: 1946 Victory Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 20 April Hamilton Academical H 2–0 Wallbanks (2) 14,000
R1 L2 24 April Hamilton Academical A 2–0 Baird, Williams 9,000
R2 L1 4 May Kilmarnock H 1–1 Hamilton 15,000
R2 L2 13 May Kilmarnock A 3–0 Wallbanks (2), Baird 20,000
R3 18 May Clyde A 2–4 Hamilton, Williams 0

Squad

Unofficial Appearances & Goals
No. Pos Nat Player Total Southern League Southern League Cup Victory Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO George Johnstone 29 0 17 0 7 0 5 0
GK Scotland SCO Roy Henderson 14 0 11 0 3 0 0 0
GK South Africa SOU Pat Kelly 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Frank Dunlop 45 1 30 1 10 0 5 0
DF Scotland SCO Pat McKenna 41 0 26 0 10 0 5 0
DF Scotland SCO Willie Cooper (c) 27 0 17 0 5 0 5 0
DF Scotland SCO Andy Cowie 23 1 13 0 7 1 3 0
DF Scotland SCO Willie Waddell 8 0 1 0 4 0 3 0
DF England ENG Alex Dyer 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO George Taylor 42 4 29 3 9 1 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie McCall 31 3 17 3 10 0 4 0
MF Scotland SCO Alex Kiddie 29 5 18 2 8 3 3 0
MF England ENG George Green 14 2 14 2 0 0 0 0
MF South Africa SOU Bill Strauss 6 1 1 0 4 1 1 0
MF ?? John Miller 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jock Thomson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie Hume 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF ?? John Cruickshank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW South Africa SOU Stan Williams 43 26 28 17 10 6 5 3
FW Scotland SCO Archie Baird 39 17 26 9 9 6 4 2
FW Scotland SCO Jock Pattillo 30 14 25 14 4 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO George Hamilton 20 10 8 4 8 4 4 2
FW Scotland SCO Hutton Bremner 20 2 19 2 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Matt Armstrong 13 8 13 8 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Allenby Driver 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Horace Wallbanks 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 3
FW ?? Neil Hammond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
?? ?? William Spalding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References
  1. "Southern Football League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  • Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
  • AFC Heritage Trust
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