# 1957–58 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1957–58 season was Aberdeen's 45th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 47th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup

## Results
### Division 1

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 7 September | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | | 18,000 |
| 2 | 21 September | Dundee | H | 3–0 | Davidson (2), Wishart | 10,000 |
| 3 | 28 September | St Mirren | A | 1–3 | Boyd | 9,000 |
| 4 | 5 October | Airdrieonians | H | 5–1 | Hay (3), Davidson (2) | 10,000 |
| 5 | 12 October | Airdrieonians | A | 6–2 | Leggat (5), Little | 7,000 |
| 6 | 19 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–4 | Hather (2), Ewan | 30,000 |
| 7 | 26 October | Partick Thistle | H | 1–3 | Little | 12,500 |
| 8 | 2 November | Falkirk | A | 4–4 | Wishart, Ewan, Glen, Hather | 12,000 |
| 9 | 9 November | Queen's Park | H | 5–2 | Davidson (3), Ewan, Wishart | 10,000 |
| 10 | 16 November | Third Lanark | A | 1–3 | Davidson | 9,000 |
| 11 | 23 November | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | Wishart | 11,000 |
| 12 | 30 November | Raith Rovers | A | 1–0 | Brownlee | 7,000 |
| 13 | 7 December | Clyde | H | 2–1 | Davidson, Hather | 11,000 |
| 14 | 14 December | Motherwell | A | 1–4 | Hather | 8,000 |
| 15 | 21 December | Queen of the South | A | 2–1 | Davidson | 4,000 |
| 16 | 28 December | Rangers | H | 1–2 | Hogg | 21,000 |
| 17 | 1 January | Dundee | A | 2–1 | Hogg, Ewan | 18,000 |
| 18 | 2 January | East Fife | H | 6–2 | Hather (3), Wishart, Davidson, Hogg | 11,000 |
| 19 | 4 January | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Ewan | 14,000 |
| 20 | 11 January | St Mirren | H | 3–1 | Hather, Hogg, Glen | 11,000 |
| 21 | 18 January | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Ewan | 20,000 |
| 22 | 1 February | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | | 10,000 |
| 23 | 22 February | Falkirk | H | 1–2 | Hatcher | 12,000 |
| 24 | 5 March | Queen's Park | A | 5–2 | Leggat, Ewan, Wishart, Little | 1,000 |
| 25 | 8 March | Third Lanark | H | 2–4 | Wallace, Ewan | 10,000 |
| 26 | 19 March | Kilmarnock | A | 0–2 | | 8,000 |
| 27 | 22 March | Raith Rovers | H | 3–2 | Mulhall, Davidson, Hay | 7,000 |
| 28 | 29 March | Clyde | A | 1–5 | Davidson | 9,000 |
| 29 | 5 April | Celtic | H | 0–1 | | 13,000 |
| 30 | 9 April | Motherwell | H | 4–3 | Davidson (3), Little | 11,000 |
| 31 | 12 April | Queen of the South | H | 3–4 | Ward, Burns, Hather | 8,000 |
| 32 | 16 April | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–4 | | 12,000 |
| 33 | 21 April | East Fife | A | 2–3 | Wishart, Davidson | 6,000 |
| 34 | 26 April | Rangers | A | 0–5 | | 10,000 |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 10 | Falkirk | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 82 | 0.780 | 31 |
| 11 | Dundee | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 65 | 0.754 | 31 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 76 | 0.895 | 30 |
| 13 | St Mirren | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 66 | 0.894 | 30 |
| 14 | Third Lanark | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 69 | 88 | 0.784 | 30 |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group 1

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 August | Queen of the South | H | 5–1 | Leggat (2), Wishart, Davidson, Hather | 22,000 |
| 2 | 14 August | Falkirk | A | 4–3 | Burns (2), Leggat, Davidson | 8,000 |
| 3 | 17 August | Motherwell | A | 3–2 | Davidson (3) | 6,000 |
| 4 | 24 August | Queen of the South | A | 3–2 | Davidson (2), Leggat | 5,000 |
| 5 | 28 August | Falkirk | H | 2–1 | Davidson, Allister | 11,500 |
| 6 | 31 August | Motherwell | H | 5–3 | Leggat (3), Burns | 18,000 |

#### Group 1 final table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 1.833 | 12 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1.182 | 5 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0.647 | 4 |
| Queen of the South | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0.571 | 3 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF L1 | 11 September | Clyde | H | 1–2 | Boyd | 18,000 |
| QF L2 | 14 September | Clyde | A | 2–4 | Boyd, Davidson | 15,000 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R2 | 15 February | Morton | A | 1–0 | Wishart | 10,000 |
| R3 | 1 March | Dundee | A | 3–1 | Wishart (2), Leggat | 24,532 |
| QF | 15 March | Motherwell | A | 3–1 | Davidson | 19,000 |

## Squad
### Appearances & Goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Reg Morrison | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Fred Martin | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Caldwell | 37 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Hogg | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Clunie | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Walker | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jack Allister | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Alec Young | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Clydedale | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bob Wishart | 38 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Archie Glen (c) | 36 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ken Brownlee | 32 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dickie Ewen | 25 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Graham Leggat | 24 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Burns | 20 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| | MF | SCO | Allan Boyd | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | MF | ?? | John Ward | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Mulhall | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Wallace | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Jack Hather | 40 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Norman Davidson | 38 | 27 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Hogg | 14 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Little | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Hay | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |