1928–29 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1928â29 season
Chairman	William Philip
Manager	Paddy Travers
Scottish League Division One	7th
Scottish Cup	4th Round
Highest home attendance	35,000 vs. Rangers, 4 September
Lowest home attendance	10,000 vs. Clyde 1 February
	â 1927â28 1929â30 â

The 1928â29 season was Aberdeen's 24th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 25th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One and the Scottish Cup.

ChairmanWilliam Philip

ManagerPaddy Travers

Scottish League Division One7th

Scottish Cup4th Round

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Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	11 August	Cowdenbeath	H	4â2	Cheyne, Yorston, Love, Smith	16,000
2	18 August	Queen's Park	H	3â0	Merrie (2), Yorston	10,000
3	25 August	Hibernian	A	1â4	Cheyne	10,000
4	1 September	St Mirren	A	2â5	Smith, McHale	7,000
5	8 September	St Johnstone	H	2â0	Love, Cheyne	15,000
6	15 September	Kilmarnock	A	1â0	Merrie	7,000
7	22 September	Clyde	H	3â1	Merrie (3)	12,000
8	24 September	Kilmarnock	H	2â1	Love, Merrie	13,000
9	29 September	Raith Rovers	H	3â1	Merrie (2), Cheyne	12,500
10	6 October	Motherwell	A	0â1		5,000
11	13 October	Airdrieonians	H	2â1	Cheyne (2)	12,000
12	20 October	Third Lanark	A	3â1	Cheyne, Merrie, Love	7,000
13	27 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	1â3	Merrie	16,000
14	3 November	Ayr United	A	3â3	Love (2), Smith	7,000
15	10 November	Celtic	H	2â2	Smith, Love (penalty)	15,500
16	17 November	Dundee	A	1â1	Yorston	15,000
17	24 November	Partick Thistle	A	2â3	Yorston, Smith	3,000
18	1 December	Hamilton Academical	H	4â1	Yorston (3), Cheyne	12,000
19	8 December	Rangers	A	0â2		15,000
20	15 December	Falkirk	H	5â3	Smith (2), Love (penalty), Yorston, McDermid	11,000
21	22 December	Queen's Park	A	2â6	Cheyne (2)	8,000
22	29 December	Cowdenbeath	A	1â1	Wilson	400
23	1 January	Third Lanark	H	4â0	Yorston (2), Love, Cheyne	12,000
24	2 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	2â3	Yorston, Falloon	14,000
25	5 January	Hibernian	H	0â1		14,500
26	12 January	St Mirren	H	6â0	Yorston (2), McDermid, Wilson, McLeod, Cheyne	14,000
27	26 January	Falkirk	A	0â2		7,000
28	9 February	Clyde	A	1â2	Yorston	7,000
29	20 February	Raith Rovers	A	2â2	Yorston (2)	1,500
30	23 February	Motherwell	H	1â1	Yorston	12,500
31	9 March	Ayr United	H	2â1	Cheyne (2)	12,000
32	12 March	Airdrieonians	A	0â5		3,000
33	16 March	Celtic	A	2â2	Love, Hill	6,000
34	23 March	Dundee	H	4â0	Cheyne (2), Yorston, McDermid	12,000
35	30 March	Partick Thistle	H	5â0	Yorston (3), Love (2)	12,000
36	6 April	Hamilton Academical	A	2â3	Yorston, Love	4,000
37	20 April	Rangers	H	2â2	Smith, Cheyne	18,000
38	27 April	St Johnstone	A	1â2	Love	4,500

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Queen's Park	38	18	7	13	100	69	+31	43
6	Partick Thistle	38	17	7	14	91	70	+21	41
7	Aberdeen	38	16	8	14	81	68	+13	40
8	St Mirren	38	16	8	14	78	75	+3	40
9	St Johnstone	38	14	10	14	57	70	â13	38

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)
R1	19 January	Solway Star	H	5â0	Yorston (2), Cheyne, Smith, McHale
R2	2 February	Queen's Park	H	4â0	Yorston (3), Smith
R3	16 February	Falkirk	A	5â3	Yorston (4), Smith
R4	5 March	St Mirren	A	3â4	Yorston, Cheyne, Smith

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Duncan Yuill	38	0	34	0	4	0
	GK	ENG	Harry Blackwell	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jimmy Black	42	0	38	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Jackson	40	0	36	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Doug Livingstone	38	0	34	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Hugh McLaren	17	0	17	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Cooper	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Malcolm Muir	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Ned Legge	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Smith	38	12	34	8	4	4
	MF	SCO	Jock McHale	24	2	20	1	4	1
	MF	SCO	Frank Hill	14	1	14	1	0	0
	MF	NIR	Eddie Falloon	1	1	1	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Polland	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Daniel McKenzie	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Alec Cheyne	39	20	35	18	4	2
	FW	SCO	Bob McDermid (c)	38	3	34	3	4	0
	FW	SCO	Benny Yorston	35	32	31	22	4	10
	FW	SCO	Andy Love	34	14	30	14	4	0
	FW	SCO	Tom McLeod	27	0	23	0	4	0
	FW	SCO	Alex Merrie	14	11	14	11	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Wilson	9	2	9	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	John MacFarlane	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andrew Haughney	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Norman David	0	0	0	0	0	0

1928–29 Aberdeen F.C. season

Results

Division One

Final standings

Scottish Cup

Squad

Appearances & Goals

References

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