1939–40 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.

1939-40 season
Manager	Dave Halliday
Scottish League Division One	suspended due to war
Scottish Emergency League Eastern Division	4th
Scottish War Emergency Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Stan Williams (26)
Highest home attendance	35,000 vs. Celtic, 12 August
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs. Hibernian, 4 November
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Results

Division One

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	12 August	Celtic	H	3–1	Christie, Hamilton (penalty), Strauss	35,000
2	19 August	Motherwell	A	0–3	Williams (2), Bremner, Millar	8,000
3	23 August	Celtic	A	3–1	Biggs, Christie, Strauss	30,000
4	26 August	Hibernian	H	3–1	Strauss (2), Hamilton	16,000
5	2 September	St Johnstone	A	0–3		6,000

Eastern Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	21 October	Raith Rovers	A	5–1	Williams (2), Smith, Pattillo, Taylor (penalty)	5,000
2	28 October	Alloa Athletic	A	3–0	Taylor, Williams	3,500
3	4 November	Hibernian	H	3–3	Bain (2), Williams	3,000
4	11 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–4	Williams, Smith, Beattie	3,000
5	18 November	St Bernard's	H	3–3	Beattie (2 including 1 penalty), Taylor	4,000
6	25 November	Dundee United	A	5–3	Smith, Williams, Cooper	3,000
7	2 December	Stenhousemuir	H	6–1	Ferguson (3), Williams, Bain, Beattie	4,000
8	9 December	King's Park	A	1–2	Williams	2,000
9	16 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–3	Williams (2)	7,000
10	23 December	St Johnstone	H	5–1	Williams (2), Ferguson, Bain, Smith	0
11	30 December	Dundee	A	1–3	Ferguson	0
12	1 January	Arbroath	A	1–2	Williams	1,000
13	2 January	Falkirk	H	6–2	Williams (3), Ferguson, Armstrong, Strauss	5,000
14	6 January	East Fife	A	4–1	Strauss (3), Williams	0
15	13 January	Cowdenbeath	H	8–1	Williams (2), Ferguson (2), Bain (2), Pattillo, Smith	0
16	27 January	Alloa Athletic	H	3–1	Thomson (penalty), Pattillo, Hamilton	0
17	10 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0	Pattillo (3)	0
18	17 February	St Bernard's	A	1–3	Ferguson	1,000
19	9 March	King's Park	H	5–2	Pattillo (2), Taylor (2), Ferguson	0
20	16 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	Taylor, Williams, Thomson	0
21	23 March	St Johnstone	A	0–3		2,000
22	30 March	Dundee	H	3–0	Thomson (penalty), Pattillo, Ferguson	0
23	1 April	Partcik Thistle	A	1–4	Pattillo	0
24	6 April	Arbroath	H	5–2	Williams (3), Bain, Pattillo,	19,000
25	13 April	Falkirk	A	1–0	McPherson	6,000
26	20 April	East Fife	H	2–2	Pattillo, Taylor	14,000
27	24 April	Dundee United	H	3–1	Williams, Ferguson, Pattillo	0
28	4 May	Stenhousemuir	A	0–0		0
29	18 May	Hibernian	A	0–2		6,000

Final league table

Eastern division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Dunfermline Athletic	29	19	2	8	80	55	+25	40
3	Heart of Midlothian	29	18	4	7	104	66	+38	40
4	Aberdeen	29	16	4	9	86	50	+36	36
5	St Johnstone	29	13	8	8	84	69	+15	34
6	Alloa Athletic	29	13	4	12	56	60	−4	30

Source:

Scottish War Emergency Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	24 February	Albion Rovers	A	3–3	Pattillo (2), Ferguson	4,000
R1 L2	2 March	Albion Rovers	H	0–1		8,841

References

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