# 1925–26 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1925–26 season was Aberdeen's 21st season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 22nd 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 | 15 August | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–3 | Wattie Jackson (2), Reid | 19,000 |
| 2 | 22 August | Airdrieonians | A | 1–4 | Reid | 7,000 |
| 3 | 29 August | Cowdenbeath | H | 2–1 | Reid, McDermid | 16,000 |
| 4 | 5 September | Queen's Park | A | 1–0 | Wattie Jackson | 12,000 |
| 5 | 12 September | Rangers | H | 3–1 | Willie Jackson, Wattie Jackson, Reid | 26,000 |
| 6 | 19 September | Clydebank | A | 0–0 | | 5,000 |
| 7 | 21 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 | | 25,000 |
| 8 | 26 September | Morton | H | 1–2 | Hutton (penalty) | 10,000 |
| 9 | 28 September | St Mirren | H | 1–2 | Pirie | 12,000 |
| 10 | 3 October | Falkirk | A | 1–2 | Smith | 8,000 |
| 11 | 10 October | Hibernian | H | 5–0 | Reid (2), McDermid, Smith, Willie Jackson | 12,000 |
| 12 | 17 October | Dundee | A | 2–3 | Wattie Jackson, Smith | 14,000 |
| 13 | 24 October | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Willie Jackson | 9,000 |
| 14 | 31 October | Kilmarnock | H | 3–2 | Smith (2), McLeod | 12,000 |
| 15 | 7 November | Celtic | H | 2–4 | Willie Jackson, McLeod | 21,000 |
| 16 | 14 November | Dundee United | A | 0–2 | | 12,000 |
| 17 | 21 November | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | 12,000 |
| 18 | 28 November | Raith Rovers | A | 1–0 | Bruce | 4,500 |
| 19 | 5 December | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–2 | | 12,000 |
| 20 | 12 December | Partick Thistle | A | 2–2 | Reid, McDermid | 8,000 |
| 21 | 19 December | Clydebank | H | 4–1 | McDermid (2), Smith, McLachlan | 8,000 |
| 22 | 30 December | Morton | A | 0–2 | | 1,500 |
| 23 | 1 January | Dundee | H | 2–1 | Bruce (2) | 18,000 |
| 24 | 2 January | Hibernian | A | 0–0 | | 17,000 |
| 25 | 4 January | Queen's Park | H | 3–1 | McDermid, Willie Jackson, Smith | 10,000 |
| 26 | 9 January | Cowdenbeath | A | 1–2 | McDermid | 5,000 |
| 27 | 16 January | Falkirk | H | 0–0 | | 11,000 |
| 28 | 30 January | Hamilton Academcial | A | 1–1 | Reid | 5,000 |
| 29 | 13 February | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | Reid | 8,000 |
| 30 | 17 February | Partick Thistle | H | 0–0 | | 10,000 |
| 31 | 27 February | Airdrieonians | H | 3–1 | Willie Jackson, Doolan, Smith | 10,000 |
| 32 | 13 March | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | Reid | 12,000 |
| 33 | 17 March | Kilmarnock | A | 0–3 | | 4,000 |
| 34 | 27 March | Rangers | A | 1–0 | Reid | 10,000 |
| 35 | 30 March | Celtic | A | 1–4 | McDermid | 5,000 |
| 36 | 3 April | Dundee United | H | 1–0 | Hutton | 10,500 |
| 37 | 17 April | Raith Rovers | A | 1–1 | Carroll | 9,000 |
| 38 | 24 April | St Mirren | A | 0–3 | | 10,000 |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 79 | 77 | +2 | 41 |
| 10 | Dundee | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 37 |
| 11 | Aberdeen | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 36 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 68 | 79 | −11 | 35 |
| 13 | Queen's Park | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 70 | 81 | −11 | 34 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 23 January | St Bernard's | H | 8–1 | Pirie (3), Willie Jackson, Hutton, Birrell, McDermid, Reid | 8,076 |
| R2 | 6 February | Dundee | H | 0–0 | | 12,621 |
| R2 R | 10 February | Dundee | A | 3–0 | Pirie (2), Bruce | 10,000 |
| R3 | 22 February | St Johnstone | H | 2–2 | Pirie, Hutton | 21,026 |
| R3 R | 24 February | St Johnstone | A | 0–0 | | 12.500 |
| R3 2R | 1 March | St Johnstone | H | 1–0 | Bruce | 13,750 |
| R4 | 6 March | Third Lanark | A | 1–1 | Smith | 16,400 |
| R4 R | 10 March | Third Lanark | H | 3–0 | Doolan, own goal, Smith | 11,591 |
| SF | 20 March | Celtic | A | 1–2 | Hutton (penalty) | 23,000 |

## 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 | ENG | Harry Blackwell | 45 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Peter McSevich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Hutton | 44 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
| | DF | SCO | Duff Bruce | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Jackson | 40 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Dod Ritchie | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Matt Forsyth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Malcolm Muir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Smith | 46 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Bert MachLachlan (c) | 38 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Pirie | 34 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| | MF | SCO | Jock Edward | 26 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | ?? | John Moore | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jock McHale | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Sam Spencer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stewart Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Arthur Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | James Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bob McDermid | 43 | 9 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Mike Cosgrove | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Reid | 39 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Bruce | 23 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Wattie Jackson | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom McLeod | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NIR | Edward Carroll | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Pat Doolan | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Alec Cheyne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Love | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charles Forbes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |