# 1936–37 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1936–37 season was Aberdeen's 32nd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 33rd season 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 | 8 August | Hibernian | A | 3–1 | Benyon, Armstrong, Lang | 23,000 |
| 2 | 15 August | Arbroath | H | 4–0 | McKenzie (2), Mills, Benyon | 18,000 |
| 3 | 19 August | Hibernian | H | 1–1 | Armstrong | 15,000 |
| 4 | 22 August | St Mirren | A | 4–1 | Armstrong (2), Strauss (2) | 15,000 |
| 5 | 29 August | Falkirk | H | 4–0 | Strauss (4) | 17,000 |
| 6 | 5 September | Partick Thistle | A | 2–0 | Strauss, Mills | 23,000 |
| 7 | 9 September | Arbroath | A | 4–1 | Scott (2), Strauss, Benyon | 12,000 |
| 8 | 12 September | Third Lanark | H | 2–2 | Benyon, Mills | 10,000 |
| 9 | 19 September | Dundee | A | 2–2 | Armstrong, Mills | 26,000 |
| 10 | 26 September | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | Strauss, Benyon | 24,000 |
| 11 | 28 September | Queen's Park | H | 2–1 | Mills, Strauss | 17,000 |
| 12 | 3 October | Celtic | A | 2–3 | Armstrong, Strauss | 46,000 |
| 13 | 10 October | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–1 | Armstrong (3) | 14,000 |
| 14 | 17 October | Queen of the South | A | 3–2 | Strauss (2), McKenzie | 17,000 |
| 15 | 24 October | St Johnstone | H | 4–1 | Strauss (2), Armstrong, Mills | 12,000 |
| 16 | 31 October | Morton | H | 4–1 | Strauss (2), Benyon, Armstrong | 14,500 |
| 17 | 7 November | Rangers | A | 1–2 | Mills | 57,000 |
| 18 | 14 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–2 | | 35,000 |
| 19 | 21 November | Clyde | H | 3–0 | Mills (2), Warnock | 14,500 |
| 20 | 28 November | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–0 | Armstrong (2), Strauss | 14,500 |
| 21 | 5 December | Queen's Park | A | 1–1 | Armstrong | 4,000 |
| 22 | 12 December | Kilmarnock | H | 2–0 | Fraser, Armstrong | 14,500 |
| 23 | 19 December | St Mirren | H | 5–4 | Strauss (2), Armstrong, Scott, own goal | 14,000 |
| 24 | 26 December | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | Strauss, Warnock | 11,000 |
| 25 | 1 January | Dundee | H | 3–1 | Mills (2), Armstrong | 28,000 |
| 26 | 2 January | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–2 | McKenzie, Strauss | 5,000 |
| 27 | 9 January | Partick Thistle | H | 4–2 | Strauss (2), Mills, Benyon | 17,000 |
| 28 | 16 January | Third Lanark | A | 0–2 | | 18,000 |
| 29 | 23 January | Celtic | H | 1–0 | Warnock | 28,000 |
| 30 | 6 February | Third Lanark | A | 0–1 | | 10,000 |
| 31 | 20 February | Queen of the South | H | 1–1 | Strauss | 10,000 |
| 32 | 20 March | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Mills | 30,000 |
| 33 | 24 March | Albion Rovers | A | 5–1 | Mills (2), Scott, Armstrong | 4,000 |
| 34 | 27 March | Heart of Midlotian | H | 4–0 | Armstrong (2), Strauss | 16,000 |
| 35 | 29 March | St Johnstone | A | 1–2 | R. Smith | 6,000 |
| 36 | 7 April | Clyde | A | 0–0 | | 7,00 |
| 37 | 10 April | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–3 | Benyon, Lang | 3,500 |
| 38 | 28 April | Kilmarnock | A | 2–1 | Armstrong (2) | 2,000 |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rangers | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 88 | 32 | +56 | 61 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 89 | 44 | +45 | 54 |
| 3 | Celtic | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 89 | 58 | +31 | 52 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 96 | 54 | +42 | 51 |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 99 | 60 | +39 | 51 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 30 January | Inverness Thistle | H | 6–0 | Strauss (3), Armstrong (3) | 2,372 |
| R2 | 13 February | Third Lanark | H | 4–1 | Strauss (2), Dunlop, McKenzie | 25,314 |
| QF | 17 March | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–1 | Armstrong, Strauss | 12,000 |
| SF | 3 April | Morton | N | 2–0 | Armstrong, Strauss | 31,970 |
| F | 24 April | Celtic | N | 1–2 | Armstrong | 146,433 |

## 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 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | George Johnstone | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Cooper | 42 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Frank Dunlop | 30 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Charlie McGill | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bob Fraser (c) | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bob Temple | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dick Ritchie | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Duncan Urquhart | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Joe Devine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ?? | George Thomson | 41 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | NIR | Eddie Falloon | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SOU | Bill Strauss | 34 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 6 |
| | MF | WAL | Jackie Beynon | 28 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Johnny Lang | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Warnock | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ritchie Smith | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Matt Armstrong | 41 | 30 | 36 | 24 | 5 | 6 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny McKenzie | 41 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Mills | 36 | 15 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Scott | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Scott | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |