1954–55 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1954-55 season was Aberdeen's 42nd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 44th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup.

Results

Division A

Main article: 1954–55 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	11 September	Stirling Albion	H	5–0	O'Neil (2), Buckley, Wallace, Yorston	17,000
2	18 September	Dundee	A	2–0	Glen (penalty), O'Neil	27,000
3	25 September	Hibernian	H	3–1	Yorston (2), O'Neil	30,000
4	2 October	Motherwell	A	3–1	Yorston, Leggat, Hather	12,000
5	9 October	Celtic	H	0–2		38,000
6	16 October	St Mirren	A	4–0	Wishart (2), Glen (penalty), Hamilton	15,000
7	23 October	East Fife	H	4–1	Hather, Allister, Buckley, Yorston	14,500
8	30 October	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		20,000
9	6 November	Queen of the South	H	2–0	Buckley, Glen (penalty)	15,000
10	13 November	Raith Rovers	A	2–1	Allister, Yorston	11,000
11	20 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Yorston	28,000
12	27 November	Falkirk	H	1–0	Hather	17,000
13	4 December	Kilmarnock	A	4–0	Buckley (2), Leggat (2)	12,000
14	11 December	Rangers	A	1–3	Buckley	50,500
15	18 December	Clyde	H	3–0	Wishart, Allister (penalty), Yorston	17,000
16	25 December	Stirling Albion	A	4–3	Leggat, Yorston, Hather, Wishart	3,500
17	1 January	Dundee	H	1–0	Wishart	25,000
18	3 January	Hibernian	A	1–0	Buckley	30,000
19	8 January	Motherwell	H	4–1	Buckley (2), Leggat (2)	22,000
20	22 January	St Mirren	H	2–1	Hather, Brown	18,000
21	29 January	East Fife	A	1–1	Leggat	9,000
22	12 February	Partick Thistle	H	4–0	Hather (2), Buckley, Allister	14,000
23	26 February	Queen of the South	A	6–2	Buckley (2), Yorston (2), Hather, Hamilton	9,000
24	12 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2		28,000
25	19 March	Falkirk	A	2–1	Wishart, Hather	17,000
26	30 March	Kilmarnock	H	4–1	Leggat (2), Yorston, Wishart	16,500
27	2 April	Rangers	H	4–0	Buckley (3), Leggat	32,000
28	9 April	Clyde	A	1–0	Glen (penalty)	15,000
29	16 April	Celtic	A	1–2	Leggat	35,000
30	23 April	Raith Rovers	H	3–2	Buckley (2), Hather	10,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	30	24	1	5	73	26	47	49
2	Celtic	30	19	8	3	76	37	39	46
3	Rangers	30	19	3	8	67	33	34	41

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1954–55 Scottish League Cup

Group Section B

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	14 August	Queen of the South	H	4–0	Leggat (2), Hather, Buckley	18,000
2	18 August	Hibernian	A	0–2		23,000
3	21 August	East Fife	A	3–0	O'Neil, Buckley, Hather	15,000
4	28 August	Queen of the South	A	0–3		10,000
5	1 September	Hibernian	H	1–1	Hamilton	30,000
6	4 September	East Fife	H	5–1	Buckley (4), Hather	28,000

Section B Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	East Fife	6	4	0	2	13	11	2	8
2	Aberdeen	6	3	1	2	13	7	4	7
3	Hibernian	6	3	1	2	13	10	3	7
4	Queen of the South	6	1	0	5	8	19	–11	2

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1954–55 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R5	5 February	Stirling Albion	A	6–0	Yorston (2), Hather (2), Buckley (2)	7,568
R6	19 February	Rangers	H	2–1	Hather, Wishart	44,647
QF	5 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Allister	48,723
QFR	9 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	Buckley, Yorston	41,345
SF	26 March	Clyde	N	2–2	Buckley (2)	32,590
SFR	4 April	Clyde	N	0–1		28,304

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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1954–55 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

Related to national team	Results British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion

Second Division	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Morton Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Third Lanark

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