# 1935–36 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1935–36 season was Aberdeen's 31st season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 32nd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One and the Scottish Cup.

## Results
### Division One

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 August | Celtic | A | 3–1 | Lang (2), Armstrong | 28,000 |
| 2 | 17 August | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | Armstrong (2) | 10,000 |
| 3 | 24 August | Hibernian | H | 3–1 | Armstrong (2), Mills | 15,000 |
| 4 | 28 August | Clyde | H | 3–1 | McKenzie, Mills, Lang | 8,000 |
| 5 | 31 August | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–0 | Mills, Armstrong | 10,000 |
| 6 | 7 September | Ayr United | H | 3–0 | McKenzie, Lang, Benyon | 12,000 |
| 7 | 14 September | Airdrieoniasn | A | 4–3 | Lang, Mills, Armstrong, McKenzie | 7,000 |
| 8 | 21 September | Dundee | H | 4–1 | Armstrong (3), Lang | 16,000 |
| 9 | 23 September | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–0 | Mills, McKenzie, Lang | 20,000 |
| 10 | 28 September | Third Lanark | A | 1–5 | Lang | 9,000 |
| 11 | 5 October | Partick Thistle | H | 4–0 | Warnock (2), McKenzie, Devers | 10,000 |
| 12 | 12 October | Arbroath | A | 1–0 | Armstrong | 6,000 |
| 13 | 19 October | Queen's Park | H | 2–1 | Devers (2) | 7,500 |
| 14 | 26 October | Kilmarnock | A | 5–2 | Mills (3), Armstrong, Lang | 6,000 |
| 15 | 2 November | Queen of the South | H | 4–3 | Armstrong (2 penalties), Benyon, Devers | 14,000 |
| 16 | 9 November | St Johnstone | A | 0–0 | | 7,000 |
| 17 | 16 November | Albion Rovers | A | 3–1 | McKenzie, Thomson, Mills | 6,000 |
| 18 | 23 November | Rangers | H | 1–0 | Benyon | 34,500 |
| 19 | 30 November | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | Armstrong (2) | 18,000 |
| 20 | 7 December | Clyde | A | 3–0 | Armstrong (2), Benyon | 11,000 |
| 21 | 14 December | Hamilton Academical | A | 3–1 | Mills, Warnock, Lang | 4,000 |
| 22 | 21 December | Celtic | A | 3–5 | Warnock (2), Armstrong | 40,000 |
| 23 | 28 December | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | McKenzie | 17,000 |
| 24 | 1 January | Dundee | A | 2–2 | Thomson (penalty), Mills | 22,000 |
| 25 | 2 January | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–3 | Scott, R. Smith, Mills | 16,000 |
| 26 | 4 January | Hibernian | A | 4–1 | Warnock (2), Scott, McKenzie | 22,000 |
| 27 | 11 January | Ayr United | A | 1–1 | Scott | 10,000 |
| 28 | 18 January | Airdireonians | H | 2–2 | Thomson (penalty), Benyon | 7,000 |
| 29 | 1 February | Third Lanark | H | 2–0 | Warnock (2) | 11,000 |
| 30 | 15 February | Partick Thistle | A | 3–3 | Armstrong (2), Thomson | 22,000 |
| 31 | 29 February | Arbroath | H | 1–2 | Armstrong | 9,000 |
| 32 | 14 March | Kilmarnock | H | 2–1 | Armstrong, Mills | 8,000 |
| 33 | 21 March | Queen of the South | A | 1–1 | Armstrong | 9,000 |
| 34 | 28 March | St Johnstone | H | 3–0 | Mills (penalty), Armstrong, Beynon | 7,000 |
| 35 | 4 April | Queen's Park | A | 1–0 | Beynon | 4,000 |
| 36 | 11 April | Albion Rovers | H | 6–1 | Armstrong (4), Mills, Thomson | 10,000 |
| 37 | 25 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–1 | Mills, Armstrong | 18,000 |
| 38 | 29 April | Rangers | A | 3–2 | Beynon, Mills, Thomson | 12,000 |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Celtic | 38 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 115 | 33 | +82 | 66 |
| 2 | Rangers | 38 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 110 | 43 | +67 | 61 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 96 | 50 | +46 | 61 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 77 | 58 | +19 | 48 |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 88 | 55 | +33 | 47 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 29 January | Hamilton Academical | H | 4–1 | Benyon (2), Mills, McKenzie | 12,718 |
| R2 | 8 February | King's Park | H | 6–0 | Mills (2), Lang (2), Armstrong, Thomson | 13,613 |
| R3 | 22 February | St Johnstone | H | 1–1 | Lang | 32,468 |
| R3 R | 26 February | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | Thomson (penalty) | 21,843 |
| QF | 7 March | Rangers | H | 0–1 | | 41,633 |

## 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 |
| | GK | SCO | Steve Smith | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Doug Westland | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Cooper | 43 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bob Fraser (c) | 42 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Charlie McGill | 40 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Charlie Gavin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dick Ritchie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Duncan Urquhart | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Joe Devine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ?? | George Thomson | 39 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| | MF | NIR | Eddie Falloon | 39 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Johnny Lang | 31 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| | MF | WAL | Jackie Beynon | 31 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Warnock | 21 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ritchie Smith | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | William Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny McKenzie | 39 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Mills | 38 | 20 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Matt Armstrong | 35 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy Devers | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Scott | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Brown | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |