1975–76 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. 1975–76 football season

Aberdeen F.C.

1975–76 season

Chairman

Dick Donald

Manager

Jimmy Bonthrone (until 13 October)

George Murray (caretaker manager)

Ally MacLeod (from 3 November)

Scottish Premier Division

7th

Scottish Cup

Fourth round

Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Quarter-finalist

Top goalscorer

League: Jocky Scott (14)
All: Jocky Scott (16)

Highest home attendance

19,565 vs. Rangers, 6 December 1975

Lowest home attendance

4,500 vs. Ayr United, 27 September 1975

Average home league attendance

10,947

Home colours

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Results

Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	30 August	Dundee	A	2–3	Smith, Williamson	6,067
2.	6 September	Motherwell	H	2–2	Robb (2), Williamson	5,500
3.	13 September	Dundee United	H	1–3	Scott	5,500
4.	20 September	Hearts	A	2–2	Scott, Williamson	9,500
5.	27 September	Ayr United	H	3–1	Scott (2), Williamson	4,500
6.	4 October	Rangers	A	0–1		22,000
7.	11 October	Celtic	H	1–2	Scott	17,900
8.	18 October	St Johnstone	H	2–0	Pirie (2)	5,100
9.	25 October	Hibernian	A	1–3	Robb	11,133
10.	1 November	Dundee	H	2–0	Scott, Williamson	6,312
11.	8 November	Motherwell	A	0–3		6,294
12.	15 November	Dundee United	A	2–1	Williamson, Scott	4,704
13.	22 November	Hearts	H	0–0		11,390
14.	29 November	Ayr United	A	0–1		6,000
15.	6 December	Rangers	H	1–0	Jarvie	19,565
16.	13 December	Celtic	A	2–0	Jarvie, Graham	24,000
17.	20 December	St Johnstone	A	1–1	Williamson	3,500
18.	27 December	Hibernian	H	2–2	McMaster, Williamson	17,630
19.	1 January	Dundee	A	3–1	Robb, Scott, Graham	10,009
20.	3 January	Motherwell	H	0–0		16,177
21.	10 January	Dundee United	H	5–3	Scott (3), Graham	9,581
22.	17 January	Hearts	A	3–3	McMaster, Scott, Pirie	10,300
23.	31 January	Ayr United	H	2–1	Pirie, McMaster	9.920
24.	7 February	Rangers	A	1–2	Pirie	30,000
25.	21 February	Celtic	H	0–1		18,221
26.	28 February	St Johnstone	H	3–0	Pirie (2), Scott	5,920
27.	13 March	Dundee	H	0–1		6,460
28.	20 March	Motherwell	A	1–2	Fleming	5,908
29.	27 March	Dundee United	A	0–1		4,875
30.	31 March	Hibernian	A	2–3	Scott, Fleming	4,082
31.	7 April	Hearts	H	0–3		8,500
32.	10 April	Ayr United	A	1–1	Jarvie	5,700
33.	14 April	Rangers	H	0–0		17,968
34.	17 April	Celtic	A	1–1	Eðvaldsson	29,000
35.	21 April	St Johnstone	A	0–2	Davidson (2), Graham	2,500
36.	24 April	Hibernian	H	3–0	Jarvie, Smith, Robb	10,895

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Heart of Midlothian	36	13	9	14	39	45	−6	35	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Ayr United	36	14	5	17	46	59	−13	33
7	Aberdeen	36	11	10	15	49	50	−1	32
8	Dundee United	36	12	8	16	46	48	−2	32
9	Dundee (R)	36	11	10	15	49	62	−13	32	Relegation to the 1976–77 Scottish First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	9 August	Celtic	A	0–1		32,000
G3	13 August	Dumbarton	H	2–0	Graham, Jarvie	6,000
G3	16 August	Hearts	H	1–2	Williamson	8,400
G3	20 August	Dumbarton	A	1–0	Hair	2,400
G3	23 August	Hearts	A	0–1		11,000
G3	27 August	Celtic	H	0–2		13,000

Group 3 final table

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Celtic	6	5	1	17	4	+13	10
Heart of Midlothian	6	4	2	13	8	+5	8
Aberdeen	6	2	4	4	6	−2	4
Dumbarton	6	1	5	5	21	−16	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	24 January	Alloa Athletic	A	4–0	Scott, McMaster, Miller, Robb	6,312
R4	14 February	Rangers	A	1–4	Smith	52,000

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	30 July	St Johnstone	H	1–1	Jarvie
R1 L2	6 August	St Johnstone	A	2–0	Rougvie, Campbell
QF L1	16 September	Middlesbrough	A	0–2
QF L2	1 October	Middlesbrough	H	2–5	Scott, Robb	9,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Bobby Clark	26	0	20	0	0	0	6	0
	GK	SCO	Andy Geoghegan	18	0	16	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Jim George	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Miller (c)	44	1	36	0	2	1	6	0
	DF	SCO	Billy Williamson	42	9	36	8	2	0	4	1
	DF	SCO	Chic McLelland	38	0	30	0	2	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Ian Hair	37	1	30	0	1	0	6	1
	DF	SCO	Eddie Thomson	31	0	28	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Young (c)	9	0	3	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Garner	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Doug Rougvie	7	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	NIR	Noel Ward	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Neil Cooper	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Smith	41	3	33	2	2	1	6	0
	MF	SCO	Arthur Graham	38	5	31	4	2	0	5	1
	MF	SCO	John McMaster	24	4	21	3	2	1	1	0
	MF	SCO	George Campbell	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Henry	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Docherty	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Hather	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Dave Robb	40	5	32	4	2	1	6	0
	FW	SCO	Drew Jarvie	38	5	32	4	2	0	4	1
	FW	SCO	Jocky Scott	37	15	32	14	2	1	3	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Pirie	22	7	18	7	1	0	3	0
	FW	SCO	Ian Fleming	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ian Gibson	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Walker McCall	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Street	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Davidson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Harper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Unofficial Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Anglo-Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Bobby Clark	2	0
	GK	SCO	Andy Geoghegan	2	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Miller (c)	4	0
	DF	SCO	Chic McLelland	4	0
	DF	SCO	Ian Hair	4	0
	DF	SCO	Billy Williamson	3	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Young (c)	2	0
	DF	NIR	Noel Ward	2	0
	DF	SCO	Eddie Thomson	2	0
	DF	SCO	Doug Rougvie	1	1
	MF	SCO	Arthur Graham	4	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Smith	4	0
	MF	SCO	George Campbell	1	1
	MF	SCO	Jim Henry	1	0
	FW	SCO	Drew Jarvie	4	1
	FW	SCO	Dave Robb	4	1
	FW	SCO	Jocky Scott	2	1
	FW	SCO	Billy Pirie	1	0

References

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

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Spring Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1976 qualifying (Group 4) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone
First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Clyde Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South St. Mirren
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer