1969–70 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1969-70 season was Aberdeen's 57th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 59th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup, which they won for the second time, beating Celtic 3–1 at Hampden Park.[1]

Aberdeen F.C.

1969-70 season
Chairman	Charles B. Forbes
Manager	Eddie Turnbull
Scottish League Division One	8th
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Quarter final
Top goalscorer	League: Davie Robb (16) All: Davie Robb (19)
Highest home attendance	33,000 vs. Celtic, 10 September 1969
Lowest home attendance	6,500 vs. Kilmarnock, 6 April 1970
Average home league attendance	11,147

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 1		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW		George Adams	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Henning Boel	40	0	28	0	5	0	7	0
	MF		George Buchan	7	1	4	1	1	0	2	0
	DF		Martin Buchan	24	2	19	2	5	0	0	0
	GK		Bobby Clark	17	0	13	0	4	0	0	0
	FW		Jim Forrest	46	18	33	15	5	1	8	2
	MF		Arthur Graham	6	2	5	2	1	0	0	0
	MF		Jim Hamilton	34	4	23	3	4	0	7	1
	FW		Joe Harper	28	9	24	6	4	3	0	0
	DF		Jim Hermiston	37	3	26	2	3	0	8	1
	DF		Jim Kirkland	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Ernie McGarr	32	0	23	0	1	0	8	0
	MF		Brian McIlroy	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Derek McKay	16	4	13	0	3	4	0	0
	MF		Tommy McMillan	37	0	24	0	5	0	8	0
	DF		George Murray	44	2	34	2	5	0	5	0
	MF		Steve Murray	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jens Petersen	30	2	20	2	2	0	8	0
	FW		Tommy Rae	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0
	FW		Davie Robb	45	19	33	16	4	3	8	0
	FW		Alex Smith	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
	DF		Tom Sutherland	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ian Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jim Whyte	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Alex Willoughby	26	1	19	0	1	0	6	1
	FW		Tom Wilson	19	4	11	1	0	0	8	3

Results

Own goals in italics

Division 1

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish Division One

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	30 August	Clyde	H	6–0	Petersen, Robb (3), Forrest (2)	12,500
2	3 September	Rangers	A	0–2		40,000
3	6 September	Airdrieonians	A	4–3	Rae, Robb (2), Forrest	2,000
4	13 September	Greenock Morton	H	2–2	Wilson, Hamilton	14,000
5	20 September	St Johnstone	A	1–3	Forrest	9,400
6	27 September	Dundee	H	1–1	Hermiston	13,000
7	4 October	Ayr United	A	2–1	Robb (2)	9,100
8	11 October	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Harper, Hamilton	12,500
9	29 October	Celtic	H	2–3	Robb, Fallon	25,000
10	1 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–2	Forrest	7,000
11	5 November	St Mirren	A	0–2		4,000
12	8 November	Dundee United	H	0–0		8,000
13	15 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	Robb, Forrest	11,500
14	22 November	Motherwell	H	4–1	Hermiston, M. Buchan, Robb, Forrest	7,000
15	29 November	Kilmarnock	A	2–0	Harper, Forrest	5,000
16	13 December	Clyde	A	1–2	Harper	2,000
17	20 December	Rangers	H	2–3	Robb (2)	22,000
18	27 December	Raith Rovers	A	1–0	Hamilton	4,000
19	1 January	Dundee	A	0–2		12,000
20	10 January	Raith Rovers	H	5–1	Robb, G. Murray, Harper (3)	8,000
21	17 January	Greenock Morton	A	2–3	Robb, Ferguson	6,500
22	20 January	Airdrieonians	H	0–1		8,500
23	25 February	Ayr United	H	1–0	M. Buchan	8,000
24	28 February	Partick Thistle	A	3–0	Petersen, Forrest (2)	5,500
25	2 March	St Johnstone	H	0–0		7,000
26	9 March	Hibernian	H	0–2		8,500
27	18 March	St Mirren	H	1–1	Robb	9,000
28	21 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–0	Forrest (2)	10,000
29	25 March	Celtic	A	2–1	G. Murray, Graham	33,000
30	28 March	Dundee United	A	0–2		8,000
31	4 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1		10,000
32	6 April	Kilmarnock	H	2–2	G. Buchan, Graham	6,500
33	13 April	Hibernian	A	2–1	Robb, Forrest	10,000
34	18 April	Motherwell	A	2–0	Forrest (2)	6,100

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Dundee	34	15	6	13	49	44	+5	36
7	Kilmarnock	34	13	10	11	62	57	+5	36
8	Aberdeen	34	14	7	13	55	45	+10	35
9	Morton	34	13	9	12	52	52	0	35
10	Dunfermline Athletic	34	15	5	14	45	45	0	35

Source:

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish League Cup

Group 2

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	9 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	Smith, Forrest	16,000
2	13 August	Clyde	A	0–0		4,000
3	16 August	Hibernian	H	2–2	Hermiston, Hamilton	16,000
4	20 August	Clyde	H	3–0	Wilson (3)	13,500
5	23 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	Willoughby	8,000
6	27 August	Hibernian	A	0–0		18,300

Group 2 final table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Aberdeen	6	2	4	0	8	4	2.000	8
Hibernian	6	2	2	2	10	9	1.111	6
Dunfermline Athletic	6	1	3	2	5	6	0.833	5
Clyde	6	1	3	2	4	8	0.500	5

Source:

Quarter final

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	10 September	Celtic	H	0–0		33,000
QF L2	24 September	Celtic	A	1–2	Forrest	37,500

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	24 January	Clyde	H	4–0	Robb (2), Harper (2)	12,000
R2	11 February	Clydebank	H	2–1	Forrest, Robb	13,100
QF	21 February	Falkirk	A	1–0	McKay	13,500
SF	14 March	Kilmarnock	N	1–0	McKay	25,812
F	11 April	Celtic	N	3–1	McKay (2), Harper	108,434

References

1. "Caught in Time: Aberdeen 3, Celtic 1, Scottish Cup final, 11 April 1970". The Times. 4 April 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2011.

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