# 1905–06 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. competed in Scottish Football League Division One and the Scottish Cup in season 1905–06.

## Overview

This was Aberdeen's third season overall and their first season in the top flight of Scottish football. The club were elected to the Division One despite finishing seventh in the Division Two the previous season. The Wasps struggled in Division One, finishing 12th out of 18 clubs and suffered an early exit from the Scottish Cup to Rangers.

## Results
### Scottish Division One

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 19 August | Partick Thistle | H | 0–1 | | 8,000 |
| 2 | 28 August | Rangers | A | 0–1 | | 10,000 |
| 3 | 2 September | Kilmarnock | H | 2–0 | McNicol (2) | 6,000 |
| 4 | 9 September | Falkirk | A | 2–2 | H. Low, McNicol | 3,500 |
| 5 | 16 September | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | J. Robertson (2) | 7,000 |
| 6 | 23 September | Airdrieonians | A | 0–2 | | 5,000 |
| 7 | 25 September | Queen's Park | H | 2–2 | Ward, Lennie | 8,000 |
| 8 | 30 September | St Mirren | A | 2–4 | Ward (2) | 3,000 |
| 9 | 7 October | St Mirren | H | 1–0 | MacAulay | 7,000 |
| 10 | 14 October | Third Lanark | A | 0–1 | | 5,000 |
| 11 | 21 October | Port Glasgow Athletic | H | 2–2 | McNicol, Lennie | 5,000 |
| 12 | 28 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | McNicol | 5,500 |
| 13 | 4 November | Morton | H | 3–0 | Edgar, McNicol, MacAulay | 4,500 |
| 14 | 18 November | Dundee | A | 0–6 | | 12,000 |
| 15 | 25 November | Third Lanark | H | 1–2 | Edgar | 4,500 |
| 16 | 2 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | McNicol, Lennie | 7,000 |
| 17 | 9 December | Celtic | A | 0–1 | | 12,000 |
| 18 | 16 December | Rangers | H | 1–1 | McNicol | 10,000 |
| 19 | 23 December | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | Boyle, Lennie | 6,000 |
| 20 | 30 December | Kilmarnock | A | 1–2 | Edgar | 3,000 |
| 21 | 2 January | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | | 4,000 |
| 22 | 6 January | Dundee | H | 1–2 | McNicol | 4,500 |
| 23 | 13 January | Motherwell | A | 3–3 | H. Low, MacAulay, Lennie | 4,000 |
| 24 | 20 January | Queen's Park | A | 0–3 | | 3,000 |
| 25 | 3 February | Morton | A | 2–2 | Strang, H. Low | 4,000 |
| 26 | 17 February | Airdrieonians | H | 1–2 | C. Mackie | 8,000 |
| 27 | 24 February | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | MacAulay, Edgar | 6,000 |
| 28 | 3 March | Celtic | H | 1–0 | Ward | 10,500 |
| 29 | 10 March | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | H. Low, Lennie | 4,000 |
| 30 | 17 March | Port Glasgow Athletic | A | 1–3 | Boyle | 2,000 |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Motherwell | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 26 |
| 11 | Hibernian | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 25 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 24 |
| 13 | Falkirk | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 23 |
| 14 | Port Glasgow Athletic | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 20 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 27 January | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–0 | Strang, C. Mackie, H. Low | 6,000 |
| R2 | 10 February | Rangers | A | 2–3 | C. Mackie (2) | 11,023 |

## 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 | Pat Boyle | 22 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Brebner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Bridges | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Stewart Davidson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Edgar | 25 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Gault | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Alex Halkett | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Harvey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Peem Henderson | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sid Hilton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Lennie | 31 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Low | 29 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Wilf Low | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie McAulay | 25 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Rab Macfarlane | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charles Mackie | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | George McNicol | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Robert Murray | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gowie Robertson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Robertson | 31 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tom Strang (c) | 31 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | ENG | Alf Ward | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Sam Willox | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |