The 1955–56 season was Aberdeen's 43rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 45th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup
1955–56 season | ||
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Chairman | William Mitchell | |
Coach | Davie Shaw | |
Scottish League Division One | 2nd | |
Scottish Cup | 5th Round | |
Scottish League Cup | Champion | |
Top goalscorer | League: Graham Leggat (19) All: Graham Leggat (29) | |
Highest home attendance | 38,000 vs. Celtic, 7 January 1956 | |
Lowest home attendance | 11,000 vs. Kilmarnock, 11 April 1956 | |
Results
Division 1
Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 September | Hibernian | H | 6–2 | Buckley (3), Leggat (2), Yorston | 17,000 |
2 | 24 September | Dundee | H | 2–0 | Hather, Glen (penalty) | 20,000 |
3 | 8 October | Queen of the South | A | 3–2 | Clunie (penalty), Hather, Buckley | 17,000 |
4 | 15 October | St Mirren | A | 3–0 | Davidson (2), Wishart | 15,000 |
5 | 29 October | East Fife | A | 1–1 | Ingram | 10,000 |
6 | 5 November | Clyde | H | 1–4 | Davidson | 15,000 |
7 | 12 November | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–2 | Hather, Yorston | 10,000 |
8 | 19 November | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | Bobby Wilson | 20,000 |
9 | 26 November | Raith Rovers | A | 1–1 | Buckley | 12,000 |
10 | 3 December | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–3 | 30,000 | |
11 | 10 December | Rangers | H | 0–0 | 20,000 | |
12 | 17 December | Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | 15,000 | |
13 | 24 December | Airdrieonians | H | 7–2 | Hather (2), Wishart, Glen, Yorston, Allen, Leggat | 18,000 |
14 | 31 December | Falkirk | A | 6–3 | Allen (3), Leggat (2), Hather | 15,500 |
15 | 2 January | Dundee | A | 4–2 | Glen (penalty), Leggat, Yorston, Hather | 29,000 |
16 | 3 January | Stirling Albion | H | 7–0 | Allen (4), Leggat, Hather, Allister | 25,000 |
17 | 7 January | Celtic | H | 2–1 | Leggat | 38,000 |
18 | 14 January | Hibernian | A | 3–1 | Wishart (2), Boyd | 18,000 |
19 | 28 January | Queen of the South | A | 2–2 | Yorston, Glen (penalty) | 10,000 |
20 | 11 February | St Mirren | H | 4–1 | Leggat (2), Allen, Mulhall | 15,500 |
21 | 18 February | Falkirk | H | 2–2 | Wishart, Yorston | 16,000 |
22 | 25 February | Stirling Albion | A | 2–0 | Boyd, Yorston | 5,500 |
23 | 3 March | East Fife | H | 7–3 | Hather (2), Leggat (2), Wishart, Hather, Allen | 15,000 |
24 | 10 March | Clyde | A | 5–0 | Leggat (2), Yorston, Allen, Wishart | 14,500 |
25 | 17 March | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 | Leggat | 17,000 |
26 | 24 March | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Wishart | 10,000 |
27 | 31 March | Raith Rovers | H | 3–5 | Boyd (2), Leggat | 18,000 |
28 | 7 April | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–1 | Leggat (3), Boyd | 20,000 |
29 | 10 April | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Yorston | 14,000 |
30 | 18 April | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 45,000 | |
31 | 21 April | Kilmarnock | H | 3–2 | Buckley, Yorston, Mulhall | 11,000 |
32 | 25 April | Airdrieonians | A | 2–2 | Yorston, Mulhall | 15,000 |
33 | 28 April | Partick Thistle | H | 0–4 | 16,000 | |
34 | 30 April | Partick Thistle | A | 2–0 | Davidson (2) | 9,500 |
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rangers | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 85 | 27 | 3.148 | 52 |
2 | Aberdeen | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 87 | 50 | 1.740 | 46 |
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 99 | 47 | 2.106 | 45 |
4 | Hibernian | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 86 | 50 | 1.720 | 45 |
5 | Celtic | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 39 | 1.410 | 41 |
Scottish League Cup
Group 3
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 August | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Buckley | 30,000 |
2 | 17 August | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–2 | Mulhall, Yorston, Leggat | 24,000 |
3 | 20 August | Clyde | H | 3–2 | Wishart, Glen (penalty), Buckley | 24,000 |
4 | 27 August | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | Buckley, O'Neil | 30,000 |
5 | 31 August | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–2 | Buckley (2) | 14,000 |
6 | 3 September | Clyde | A | 2–1 | Leggat (2) | 8,000 |
Group 3 final table
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 1.625 | 11 |
Hibernian | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 7 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.750 | 3 |
Clyde | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.733 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Knockout stage
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QF L1 | 14 September | Hearts | H | 5–3 | Leggat (3), Buckley (2) | 30,000 |
QF L2 | 17 September | Hearts | A | 4–2 | Hather (2), Yorston, Leggat | 35,000 |
SF | 1 October | Rangers | N | 2–1 | Leggat, Wishart | 80,000 |
F | 22 October | St Mirren | N | 2–1 | Mallan (own goal), Leggat | 44,106 |
Scottish Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R5 | 4 February | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Leggat | 50,000 |
Squad
Appearances & Goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Division One | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() | Fred Martin | 43 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() | Reg Morrison | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Dave Caldwell | 37 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Jimmy Mitchell (c) | 34 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Jack Allister | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Jim Clunie | 21 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Ian MacFarlane | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Alec Young | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Bobby Paterson | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Billy Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Jimmy Hogg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Bob Wishart | 42 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
MF | ![]() | Archie Glen | 38 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() | Graham Leggat | 29 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |
MF | ![]() | Bobby Wilson | 18 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Allan Boyd | 13 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | George Mulhall | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() | Ken Brownlee | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Jimmy Ingram | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Teddy Scott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Harry Yorston | 40 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() | Jack Hather | 30 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() | Paddy Buckley | 20 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | |
FW | ![]() | Johnny Allan | 18 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Norman Davidson | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Hugh Hay | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Ian McNeill | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Joe O'Neil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() | George Kelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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
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