Club: | Aberdeen F.C. |
Season: | 1905–06 |
Manager: | Jimmy Philip |
Mgrtitle: | Manager |
League: | Scottish Football League Division One |
League Result: | 12th |
Cup1: | Scottish Cup |
Cup1 Result: | 2nd round |
League Topscorer: | George McNicol (9) |
Season Topscorer: | George McNicol (9) |
Highest Attendance: | 10,500 vs. Celtic, 3 March 1906 |
Lowest Attendance: | 4,500 (three times) |
Prevseason: | 1904–05 |
Nextseason: | 1906–07 |
Chairman: | Alexander Milne / Thomas Duncan |
Aberdeen F.C. competed in Scottish Football League Division One and the Scottish Cup in season 1905–06.
This was Aberdeen's third season overall and their first season in the top flight of Scottish football. The club were elected to the Division One despite finishing seventh in the Division Two the previous season. The Wasps struggled in Division One, finishing 12th out of 18 clubs and suffered an early exit from the Scottish Cup to Rangers.[1]
See main article: 1905–06 Scottish Division One.
Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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1 | 19 August | Partick Thistle | H | 0–1 | 8,000 | |
2 | 28 August | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 10,000 | |
3 | 2 September | Kilmarnock | H | 2–0 | McNicol (2) | 6,000 |
4 | 9 September | Falkirk | A | 2–2 | H. Low, McNicol | 3,500 |
5 | 16 September | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | J. Robertson (2) | 7,000 |
6 | 23 September | Airdrieonians | A | 0–2 | 5,000 | |
7 | 25 September | Queen's Park | H | 2–2 | Ward, Lennie | 8,000 |
8 | 30 September | St Mirren | A | 2–4 | Ward (2) | 3,000 |
9 | 7 October | St Mirren | H | 1–0 | MacAulay | 7,000 |
10 | 14 October | Third Lanark | A | 0–1 | 5,000 | |
11 | 21 October | Port Glasgow Athletic | H | 2–2 | McNicol, Lennie | 5,000 |
12 | 28 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | McNicol | 5,500 |
13 | 4 November | Morton | H | 3–0 | Edgar, McNicol, MacAulay | 4,500 |
14 | 18 November | Dundee | A | 0–6 | 12,000 | |
15 | 25 November | Third Lanark | H | 1–2 | Edgar | 4,500 |
16 | 2 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | McNicol, Lennie | 7,000 |
17 | 9 December | Celtic | A | 0–1 | 12,000 | |
18 | 16 December | Rangers | H | 1–1 | McNicol | 10,000 |
19 | 23 December | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | Boyle, Lennie | 6,000 |
20 | 30 December | Kilmarnock | A | 1–2 | Edgar | 3,000 |
21 | 2 January | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | 4,000 | |
22 | 6 January | Dundee | H | 1–2 | McNicol | 4,500 |
23 | 13 January | Motherwell | A | 3–3 | H. Low, MacAulay, Lennie | 4,000 |
24 | 20 January | Queen's Park | A | 0–3 | 3,000 | |
25 | 3 February | Morton | A | 2–2 | Strang, H. Low | 4,000 |
26 | 17 February | Airdrieonians | H | 1–2 | C. Mackie | 8,000 |
27 | 24 February | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | MacAulay, Edgar | 6,000 |
28 | 3 March | Celtic | H | 1–0 | Ward | 10,500 |
29 | 10 March | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | H. Low, Lennie | 4,000 |
30 | 17 March | Port Glasgow Athletic | A | 1–3 | Boyle | 2,000 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 27 January | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–0 | Strang, C. Mackie, H. Low | 6,000 |
R2 | 10 February | Rangers | A | 2–3 | C. Mackie (2) | 11,023 |
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