# 1908–09 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Football League Division One and the Scottish Cup in season 1908–09.

## Overview

This was Aberdeen's sixth season overall and fourth in the top flight. Aberdeen finished in eighth place in Division One and scored a club record 61 goals in 34 league games. In the Scottish Cup, they were knocked out in the second round by Third Lanark. Willie Lennie finished as top scorer with 14 goals in both competitions.

## Results
### Scottish Division One

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

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Hibernian | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 39 |
| 7 | St Mirren | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 36 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 36 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 33 |
| 10 | Falkirk | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 33 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 23 January | Morton | A | 4–0 | Wilson, Simpson, Niblo, Lennie | 4,500 |
| R2 | 6 February | Third Lanark | A | 1–4 | Lennie | 13,300 |

## Squad
### Appearances and 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 |
| | FW | SCO | Rob Blackburn | 24 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Donald Colman (c) | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Dalgarno | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart Davidson | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Halkett (c) | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Hume | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Arthur King | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Lennie | 31 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Wilf Low | 34 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | JF Lyon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George MacFarlane | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Vic McEchern | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim Mcintosh | 33 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie McNair | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Muir | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Herbert Murray | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom Murray | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Cody Mutch | 33 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom Niblo | 15 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | EIR | Charlie O'Hagan | 30 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Simpson | 25 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | George Wilson | 19 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 |