# 1909–10 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. competed in Scottish Football League Division One and the Scottish Cup in season 1909–10.

## Overview

The 1909–10 season was Aberdeen's seventh overall and fifth in the top flight. This season saw Aberdeen finish fourth out of 18 clubs in the league, their highest league position since joining División One in 1905. In the Scottish Cup, they were knocked out in the third round by Celtic. New signings included forward Jimmy Soye from Newcastle United, who scored on his debut for the Wasps.

## Results
### Scottish División One

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 21 August | Port Glasgow Athletic | A | 3–0 | H. Murray, Soye, Lennie | 4,000 |
| 2 | 28 August | Third Lanark | H | 2–1 | T. Murray, Lennie | 10,000 |
| 3 | 4 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 4 | 18 September | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Moffat | 16,000 |
| 5 | 25 September | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | Soye | 10,500 |
| 6 | 27 September | Queen's Park | H | 3–1 | Own goal, McEchern, Simpson | 10,000 |
| 7 | 2 October | St Mirren | H | 2–0 | Lennie, Soye | 9,500 |
| 8 | 9 October | Airdrieonians | H | 1–0 | Simpson | 10,000 |
| 9 | 16 October | Clyde | A | 1–2 | Own goal | 8,000 |
| 10 | 23 October | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | Simpson, Soye | 6,000 |
| 11 | 30 October | Falkirk | A | 0–1 | | 8,500 |
| 12 | 6 November | Port Glasgow Athletic | H | 3–0 | Simpson (2), Soye | 5,500 |
| 13 | 13 November | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–1 | | 4,000 |
| 14 | 20 November | Morton | A | 1–0 | Lennie | 6,000 |
| 15 | 27 November | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 14,000 |
| 16 | 4 December | Falkirk | H | 0–1 | | 8,000 |
| 17 | 11 December | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | Simpson | 7,500 |
| 18 | 25 December | Airdrieonians | A | 3–1 | Miller, Simpson, Lennie | 2,500 |
| 19 | 1 January | Dundee | A | 0–0 | | 14,000 |
| 20 | 3 January | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | O'Hagan | 4,500 |
| 21 | 8 January | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | McKay | 4,000 |
| 22 | 15 January | Clyde | H | 1–1 | McKay | 4,500 |
| 23 | 26 February | Kilmarnock | A | 2–0 | Simpson, Lennie | 4,000 |
| 24 | 5 March | Rangers | H | 1–1 | T. Murray | 8,000 |
| 25 | 12 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–0 | Simpson, T. Murray, O'Hagan | 3,500 |
| 26 | 19 March | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | Lennie (2) | 4,000 |
| 27 | 26 March | Kilmarnock | H | 0–1 | | 6,500 |
| 28 | 2 April | Morton | H | 1–0 | Simpson | 5,000 |
| 29 | 9 April | Celtic | A | 0–2 | | 3,000 |
| 30 | 16 April | Third Lanark | A | 0–2 | | 1,000 |
| 31 | 18 April | Hibernian | A | 2–1 | T. Murray, O'Hagan | 1,500 |
| 32 | 20 April | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–0 | O'Hagan | 1,500 |
| 33 | 23 April | Dundee | H | 3–1 | Wilson, T. Murray, O'Hagan | 8,000 |
| 34 | 30 April | Queen's Park | A | 2–2 | Hume, T. Murray | 7,000 |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Falkirk | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 52 |
| 3 | Rangers | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 40 |
| 5 | Clyde | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 37 |
| 6 | Dundee | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 36 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 5 February | Bo'ness | H | 3–0 | H. Murray, Wilson, O'Hagan | 5,000 |
| R2 | 12 February | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | Simpson, Soye, Lennie | 7,000 |
| R3 | 19 February | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Own goal | 27,000 |

## Squad
### Appearances & Goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | SCO | Donald Colman (c) | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart Davidson | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Archie Harper | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Hume | 34 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Lennie | 34 | 9 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Low | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George MacFarlane | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Vic McEchern | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hector McKay | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | James Miller | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Joe Moffat | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Herbert Murray | 34 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom Murray | 34 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | GK | SCO | Cody Mutch | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | WD Nicol | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | EIR | Charlie O'Hagan | 32 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Stewart Scott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Bobby Simpson | 33 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Soye | 25 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | George Wilson | 32 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 |