# 1950–51 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1950–51 season was Aberdeen's 39th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 41st season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish Cup, and the Scottish League Cup.

## Results
### Division A

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 9 September | Airdrieonians | A | 5–2 | Yorston (3), Hamilton, Hather | 8,000 |
| 2 | 23 September | Dundee | A | 0–2 | | 30,000 |
| 3 | 30 September | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | Pearson, Hamilton | 15,000 |
| 4 | 7 October | St Mirren | A | 2–4 | Hather, Boyd | 10,000 |
| 5 | 14 October | Celtic | H | 2–1 | Hamilton | 30,000 |
| 6 | 21 October | Clyde | H | 5–3 | Yorston (2), Boyd, Baird, Hather | 15,000 |
| 7 | 28 October | Rangers | A | 2–1 | Boyd, Yorston | 50,000 |
| 8 | 4 November | Third Lanark | H | 1–2 | Hamilton | 17,000 |
| 9 | 11 November | Partick Thistle | A | 4–1 | Yorston (2), Gibb, Anderson, | 10,000 |
| 10 | 18 November | Falkirk | H | 5–1 | Hamilton (4), Baird, | 20,000 |
| 11 | 25 November | Raith Rovers | A | 0–1 | | 15,000 |
| 12 | 2 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | Yorston (2) | 22,000 |
| 13 | 9 December | Motherwell | H | 4–2 | Hamilton, Baird, Emery (penalty), Yorston | 20,000 |
| 14 | 16 December | Morton | A | 2–1 | Emery (penalty), Baird | 9,000 |
| 15 | 23 December | Airdrieonians | H | 1–1 | Hamilton | 15,000 |
| 16 | 30 December | East Fife | A | 0–0 | | 10,000 |
| 17 | 1 January | Dundee | H | 1–0 | Hamilton | 30,000 |
| 18 | 2 January | Hibernian | A | 2–6 | Hamilton, Pearson | 35,000 |
| 19 | 6 January | St Mirren | H | 1–1 | McNeill | 15,000 |
| 20 | 13 January | Celtic | A | 4–3 | Delaney (2), Yorston, Emery | 45,000 |
| 21 | 20 January | Clyde | A | 2–0 | Hamilton, Yorston | 10,000 |
| 22 | 3 February | Rangers | H | 2–4 | Pearson, Yorston | 42,000 |
| 23 | 17 February | Partick Thistle | H | 4–1 | Yorston (2), Delaney, Hamilton | 16,000 |
| 24 | 24 February | Falkirk | A | 1–1 | Emery | 10,500 |
| 25 | 3 March | Raith Rovers | H | 1–2 | Delaney | 15,000 |
| 26 | 17 March | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Yorston | 10,000 |
| 27 | 24 March | Morton | H | 3–0 | Delaney, Hamilton, Yorston | 15,000 |
| 28 | 7 April | East Fife | H | 1–2 | Hamilton | 7,500 |
| 29 | 18 April | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–4 | Baird | 20,000 |
| 30 | 28 April | Third Lanark | A | 0–2 | | 13,500 |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Dundee | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 38 |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 37 |
| 5 | Aberdeen | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 35 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 33 |
| 7 | Celtic | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 29 |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group 4

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 12 August | Clyde | H | 4–3 | Hamilton (2), Anderson, Emery | 28,000 |
| 2 | 16 August | Rangers | A | 2–1 | Hamilton (2) | 40,000 |
| 3 | 19 August | Morton | A | 2–0 | Yorston (2), Boyd | 18,000 |
| 4 | 26 August | Clyde | A | 1–4 | Hamilton | 20,000 |
| 5 | 30 August | Rangers | H | 2–0 | Hather, Baird | 42,000 |
| 6 | 2 September | Morton | H | 6–1 | Yorston (2), Hamilton (2), Baird, Boyd | 25,000 |

#### Group 4 final table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1.889 | 10 |
| Rangers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2.571 | 8 |
| Clyde | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 0.714 | 4 |
| Morton | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 0.435 | 2 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF L1 | 16 September | Hibernian | H | 4–1 | Hather, Emery, Yorston, Hamilton | 42,000 |
| QF L2 | 20 September | Hibernian | A | 1–4 | Yorston | 35,000 |
| QF R | 2 October | Hibernian | H | 1–1 | Baird | 52,000 |
| QF 2R | 3 October | Hibernian | N | 1–5 | Baird | 50,000 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 27 January | Caledonian | H | 6–1 | Yorston (3), Baird, Delaney | 22,000 |
| R2 | 10 February | Third Lanark | H | 4–0 | Hamilton (3), Emery | 28,000 |
| R3 | 10 March | Celtic | A | 0–3 | | 75,000 |

## Squad
### Appearances & Goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Fred Martin | 36 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Frank Watson | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Curran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alec Young | 38 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | WAL | Don Emery (c) | 37 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Davie Shaw | 35 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Pat McKenna | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tommy Lowrie | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ralph McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ?? | Johnny Bruce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ?? | Alan Rodger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tony Harris | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Chris Anderson | 33 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Delaney | 24 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Pearson | 23 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Allan Boyd | 20 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Archie Glen | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kenny Thomson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Stenhouse | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Bogan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Eric Bakie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George McMillan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Wallace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Yorston | 42 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hamilton | 40 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Baird | 40 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| | FW | ENG | Jack Hather | 19 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Ian McNeil | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ?? | Ian Rodger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Hay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |