1973–74 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.

1973–74 season
Chairman	Dick Donald
Manager	Jimmy Bonthrone
Scottish First Division	4th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-finalists
UEFA Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Drew Jarvie (13) All: Drew Jarvie (24)
Highest home attendance	23,574 vs. Dundee, 27 January 1974
Lowest home attendance	3,945 vs. Ayr United, 27 April 1974
Average home league attendance	7.692
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Results

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1973–74 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	1 September	Motherwell	A	0–0		6,083
2.	8 September	Dundee	H	0–0		9,517
3.	15 September	St Johnstone	A	2–1	B. Miller, Hair	4,000
4.	29 September	Clyde	A	3–1	Robb (2), Jarvie	2,375
5.	6 October	Hibernian	H	1–1	Jarvie	13,954
6.	13 October	Dumbarton	A	1–0	Jarvie	3,000
7.	20 October	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0		7,351
8.	27 October	Dundee United	H	3–1	Graham, Robb, Jarvie	7,081
9.	3 November	Morton	A	0–2		4,000
10.	10 November	Falkirk	A	3–1	Robb (2), Jarvie	3,500
11.	17 November	Hearts	H	3–1	Anderson (Own goal), W. Miller, Jarvie	11,000
12.	24 November	East Fife	A	2–2	Hermiston, Robb	2,597
13.	22 December	Arbroath	A	3–1	Taylor (3)	2,711
14.	29 December	Motherwell	H	0–0		8,000
15.	1 January	Dundee	A	1–1	Graham	9,451
16.	5 January	St Johnstone	H	0–1		6,000
17.	12 January	Rangers	A	1–1	Purdie	16,000
18.	19 January	Clyde	H	1–1	Jarvie	7,000
19.	2 February	Hibernian	A	1–3	Robb	15,700
20.	9 February	Dumbarton	H	3–0	Young, Robb, Jarvie	4,000
21.	24 February	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–0		6,959
22.	3 March	Dundee United	A	3–0	Robb, Addison (Own goal), Narey (Own goal)	6,500
23.	9 March	Morton	H	0–0		5,000
24.	16 March	Falkirk	H	6–0	Jarvie (4), Young, Robb	5,500
25.	23 March	Hearts	A	0–0		13,500
26.	30 March	East Fife	H	2–0	Graham, Jarvie	5,000
27.	6 April	Ayr United	A	0–0		5,000
28.	8 April	Partick Thistle	A	0–2		3,500
29.	13 April	Partick Thistle	H	2–0	Robb, Smith	6,000
30.	17 April	Rangers	H	1–1	MacDougall (Own goal)	18,000
31.	20 April	Celtic	A	0–2		31,000
32.	24 April	Ayr United	H	2–1	Thomson, McCall	3,945
33.	27 April	Arbroath	H	2–2	McLelland, McCall	4,000
34.	29 April	Celtic	H	0–0		14,000

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	34	23	7	4	82	27	+55	53	Champion
2	Hibernian	34	20	9	5	75	42	+33	49
3	Rangers	34	21	6	7	67	34	+33	48
4	Aberdeen	34	13	16	5	46	26	+20	42
5	Dundee	34	16	7	11	67	48	+19	39
6	Heart of Midlothian	34	14	10	10	54	43	+11	38
7	Ayr United	34	15	8	11	44	40	+4	38
8	Dundee United	34	15	7	12	55	51	+4	37	1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
9	Motherwell	34	14	7	13	45	40	+5	35
10	Dumbarton	34	11	7	16	43	58	−15	29
11	Partick Thistle	34	9	10	15	33	46	−13	28
12	St Johnstone	34	9	10	15	41	60	−19	28
13	Arbroath	34	10	7	17	52	69	−17	27
14	Morton	34	8	10	16	37	49	−12	26
15	Clyde	34	8	9	17	29	65	−36	25
16	Dunfermline Athletic	34	8	8	18	43	65	−22	24
17	East Fife	34	9	6	19	26	51	−25	24	Relegated to 1974–75 Second Division
18	Falkirk	34	4	14	16	33	58	−25	22

Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1973–74 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
G4	11 August	Motherwell	H	3–1	Hermiston, Smith, Graham	10,722
G4	15 August	Dundee United	A	0–0		6,000
G4	18 August	East Fife	H	1–1	Williamson	8,188
G4	22 August	Dundee United	H	0–2		8,912
G4	25 August	East Fife	A	3–0	B. Miller, Graham	4,153
G4	28 August	Motherwell	A	0–0		9,808

Group 4 final table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Motherwell	6	3	1	2	13	6	+7	7
Aberdeen	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	7
Dundee United	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	7
East Fife	6	1	1	4	7	15	−8	3

Source:

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2 L1	12 September	Stirling Albion	H	3–0	Jarvie (2), Graham	7,500
R2 L2	10 October	Stirling Albion	A	3–0	Jarvie (3)	3,000
QF L1	31 October	Celtic	A	2–3	Jarvie (2)	26,000
QF L2	21 November	Celtic	H	0–0		15,500

Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 1973-74

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	27 January	Dundee	H	0–2		23,574

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1973–74 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	19 September	Finn Harps	H	4–1	Jarvie (2), B. Miller, Graham	10,700
R1 L2	3 October	Finn Harps	A	1–2	Robb, Jarvie, B. Miller	5,500
R2 L1	24 October	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	Hermiston	30,000
R2 L2	7 November	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–4	Jarvie	21,785

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Bobby Clark	49	0	34	0	1	0	10	0	4	0
	GK	SCO	Andy Geoghegan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Young (c)	49	2	34	2	1	0	10	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Hermiston	48	3	33	1	1	0	10	1	4	1
	DF	SCO	Eddie Thomson	47	1	32	1	1	0	10	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Miller	45	1	31	1	1	0	9	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Ian Hair	26	1	18	1	0	0	4	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Chic McLelland	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Billy Williamson	11	1	4	0	0	0	7	1	0	0
	DF	DEN	Henning Boel	9	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Arthur Graham	46	7	32	3	1	0	9	3	4	1
	MF	SCO	Joe Smith	37	2	25	1	1	0	8	1	3	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Taylor	29	3	17	3	1	0	9	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Bertie Miller	21	4	7	1	0	0	10	1	4	2
	MF	SCO	Alex Willoughby	19	0	11	0	0	0	5	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Purdie	13	1	8	1	1	0	3	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jim Henry	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Miller	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Drew Jarvie	47	24	32	13	1	0	10	7	4	4
	FW	SCO	Dave Robb	28	12	21	11	1	0	3	0	3	1
	FW	SCO	John Craig	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Pirie	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Walker McCall	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Duncan Davidson	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Barrie Mitchell	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Street	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0