1968–69 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.

1968–69 season
Chairman	Charles B. Forbes
Manager	Eddie Turnbull
Scottish League Division One	15th
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
Scottish League Cup	Group Stage
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Jim Forrest (17) All: Jim Forrest (24)
Highest home attendance	31,000 vs. Celtic, 11 January 1969
Lowest home attendance	7,000 x2 vs. Falkirk, 21 December 1968 vs. Dunfermline Athletic, 24 March 1969
Home colours

The 1968–69 season was Aberdeen's 56th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 58th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Fairs Cup.

Results

Own goal scorers in italics

Division 1

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish Division One

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	7 September	Dundee	A	4–4	Robb (2), Taylor, Shewan	10,000
2	14 September	St Johnstone	H	2–0	Smith, Craig	11,000
3	21 September	Dundee United	H	0–1		13,000
4	28 September	Celtic	A	1–2	Rae	35,000
5	5 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	Robb	12,000
6	12 October	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		5,500
7	19 October	Clyde	H	0–1		8,000
8	26 October	Rangers	A	3–2	Forrest (2), Johnston	40,000
9	2 November	Raith Rovers	H	2–1	Forrest, Craig	8,000
10	9 November	Morton	A	0–1		5,000
11	16 November	Arbroath	H	2–2	Robb, Forrest	8,000
12	23 November	St Mirren	H	2–0	Forrest (2)	12,000
13	30 November	Kilmarnock	A	1–5	Craig	6,500
14	7 December	Hibernian	H	2–6	Buchan, Forrest	11,500
15	14 December	Airdrieonians	A	0–2		3,500
16	21 December	Falkirk	H	2–0	Forrest (2), Johnston	7,000
17	28 December	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	Johnston	6,500
18	1 January	Dundee	H	0–0		12,000
19	2 January	St Johnstone	A	1–3	Buchan	7,000
20	4 January	Dundee United	A	4–1	Shewan, Robb, Craig, Forrest	15,000
21	11 January	Celtic	H	1–3	Forrest	31,000
22	18 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–3	Robb, Johnston	8,000
23	1 February	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	Craig	8,000
24	8 March	Arbroath	A	1–2	Forrest	4,700
25	15 March	St Mirren	A	2–1	Robb, Connell	3,750
26	19 March	Raith Rovers	A	2–3	Johnston, Forrest	5,000
27	24 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	Robb, Craig	7,000
28	29 March	Hibernian	A	1–1	Forrest	6,321
29	2 April	Morton	H	6–3	Johnston (2), Petersen, Craig, Forrest, Whyte	10,000
30	5 April	Airdrieonians	H	3–1	Forrest, Johnston, Robb	11,000
31	9 April	Rangers	H	0–0		23,000
32	12 April	Falkirk	A	0–1		2,500
33	19 April	Kilmarnock	H	0–1		8,000
34	23 April	Clyde	A	1–1	Forrest	987

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Clyde	34	9	13	12	35	50	−15	31
14	Partick Thistle	34	9	10	15	39	53	−14	28
15	Aberdeen	34	9	8	17	50	59	−9	26
16	Raith Rovers	34	8	5	21	45	67	−22	21
17	Falkirk	34	5	8	21	33	69	−36	18

Source: "1968-1969 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish League Cup

Group 3

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 August	Clyde	A	1–4	Robb	5,000
2	14 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	Forrest	18,000
3	17 August	Dundee United	H	4–1	Forrest (2), Buchan, Craig	16,000
4	24 August	Clyde	H	0–2		19,000
5	28 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1	Smith, Taylor	8,000
6	31 August	Dundee United	A	0–1		12,000

Group 3 final table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Clyde	6	4	0	2	13	9	1.444	8
Dundee United	6	3	0	3	12	11	1.091	6
Aberdeen	6	3	0	3	8	9	0.889	6
Dunfermline Athletic	6	2	0	4	7	11	0.636	4

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Scottish Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	25 January	Berwick Rangers	H	3–0	Forrest (2), Robb	13,600
R2	25 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	Johnston, Hamilton	14,685
R2R	26 February	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–2	Robb (2)	17,500
QF	1 March	Kilmarnock	H	0–0		24,000
QFR	5 March	Kilmarnock	A	3–0	Robb, Craig, Hamilton	17,183
SF	22 March	Rangers	N	1–6	Forrest	39,250

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968-69

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	17 September	Slavia Sofia	A	0–0		13,000
R1 L2	2 October	Slavia Sofia	H	2–0	Robb, Taylor	29,000
R2 L1	23 October	Real Zaragoza	H	2–1	Forrest, Smith	25,000
R2 L2	30 October	Real Zaragoza	A	0–3		30,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Ernie McGarr	26	0	20	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Bobby Clark	24	0	14	0	0	0	6	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Ally Shewan	50	2	34	2	6	0	6	0	4	0
	DF	DEN	Jens Petersen (c)	50	1	34	1	6	0	6	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Martin Buchan	43	3	27	2	6	0	6	1	4	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Whyte	31	1	19	1	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy McMillan	26	0	16	0	0	0	6	0	4	0
	DF	DEN	Henning Boel	21	0	15	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Hermiston	18	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Benny McCabe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Tommy Craig	45	9	31	7	4	1	6	1	4	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Taylor	24	3	14	1	2	0	5	1	3	1
	MF	SCO	Tommy Rae	16	1	8	1	0	0	6	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	George Murray	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	George Buchan	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Paul	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Willie Watt	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Forrest	47	23	31	16	6	3	6	3	4	1
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Smith	45	3	33	1	6	0	2	1	4	1
	FW	SCO	Dave Robb	40	15	26	9	6	4	5	1	3	1
	FW	SCO	Dave Johnston	36	9	27	8	6	1	2	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton	11	2	7	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Little	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ian Cumming	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tommy Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

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