# 1938–39 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1938–39 season was Aberdeen's 34th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 35th 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 | 13 August | Partick Thistle | A | 1–2 | Armstrong | 20,000 |
| 2 | 20 August | Third Lanark | H | 6–1 | Warnock (2), McKenzie (2), Strauss, Armstrong | 18,000 |
| 3 | 24 August | Partick Thistle | H | 3–0 | Armstrong (2), Hamilton | 30,000 |
| 4 | 27 August | Celtic | A | 2–1 | Hamilton (2) | 23,000 |
| 5 | 3 September | Motherwell | H | 0–0 | | 20,000 |
| 6 | 10 September | Arbroath | A | 2–0 | Nicholson, Smith | 8,000 |
| 7 | 14 September | Third Lanark | A | 1–1 | Strauss | 8,000 |
| 8 | 17 September | St Johnstone | H | 3–0 | Williams (2), McKenzie | 17,000 |
| 9 | 24 September | Hibernian | A | 0–5 | | 14,000 |
| 10 | 1 October | Falkirk | H | 4–1 | Williams, Hamilton, McKenzie, Strauss | 6,000 |
| 11 | 8 October | St Mirren | A | 1–3 | Hamilton | 8,000 |
| 12 | 15 October | Ayr United | H | 5–2 | Armstrong (2), Brady, Warnock, Strauss | 12,000 |
| 13 | 22 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–5 | Hamilton, Strauss | 20,000 |
| 14 | 29 October | Clyde | H | 1–2 | Nicholson (penalty) | 16,000 |
| 15 | 5 November | Hamilton Academical | H | 5–0 | Strauss (2), Armstrong, Smith, Hamilton | 12,000 |
| 16 | 12 November | Queen's Park | A | 1–2 | Thomson | 15,000 |
| 17 | 19 November | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | Strauss | 12,000 |
| 18 | 26 November | Queen of the South | A | 1–1 | Biggs | 7,500 |
| 19 | 3 December | Raith Rovers | H | 6–3 | Brady (2), Strauss (2), Hamilton, Biggs | 9,000 |
| 20 | 10 December | Albion Rovers | H | 2–1 | Biggs, Grant | 13,000 |
| 21 | 17 December | Rangers | A | 2–5 | Armstrong, Biggs | 30,000 |
| 22 | 24 December | Celtic | H | 3–1 | Armstrong, Biggs, Warnock | 23,000 |
| 23 | 31 December | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | Hamilton, Biggs | 7,000 |
| 24 | 2 January | Arbroath | H | 4–0 | Hamilton (2), Patillio, Thomson | 19,000 |
| 25 | 3 January | Ayr United | A | 3–3 | Hamilton, Patillio, Thomson | 8,000 |
| 26 | 7 January | Hibernian | H | 6–1 | Patillio (4), Hamilton, Strauss | 16,000 |
| 27 | 14 January | Falkirk | A | 3–1 | Strauss, Warnock, Patillio | 7,000 |
| 28 | 28 January | St Mirren | H | 3–2 | Patillio, Nicholson (penalty), Warnock | 10,000 |
| 29 | 11 February | St Johnstone | A | 0–1 | | 5,500 |
| 30 | 25 February | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–3 | Patillio (2), Hamilton (2) | 19,000 |
| 31 | 7 March | Clyde | A | 1–1 | Hamilton | 3,000 |
| 32 | 11 March | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–1 | | 2,000 |
| 33 | 18 March | Queen's Park | H | 2–1 | Patillio, Thomson | 10,000 |
| 34 | 1 April | Queen of the South | H | 4–3 | Biggs (2), Brady, Strauss | 5,000 |
| 35 | 5 April | Kilmarnock | A | 3–0 | Armstrong (2), Nicholson (penalty) | 7,000 |
| 36 | 8 April | Raith Rovers | A | 2–3 | Hamilton, Biggs | 4,000 |
| 37 | 22 April | Albion Rovers | A | 0–1 | | 4,000 |
| 38 | 29 April | Rangers | H | 2–0 | Smith, Armstrong | 15,000 |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rangers | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 112 | 55 | +57 | 59 |
| 2 | Celtic | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 99 | 53 | +46 | 48 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 91 | 61 | +30 | 46 |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 98 | 70 | +28 | 45 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 73 | 63 | +10 | 45 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 21 January | Albion Rovers | H | 1–0 | Strauss | 19,106 |
| R2 | 4 February | Queen's Park | H | 5–1 | Biggs (2), Hamilton, Patillio, Nicolson (penalty) | 23,214 |
| R3 | 18 February | Falkirk | A | 3–2 | Strauss (2), Patillio | 17,280 |
| QF | 4 March | Queen of the South | H | 2–0 | Patillio (2) | 34,950 |
| SF | 25 March | Motherwell | N | 1–1 | Warnock | 81,756 |
| SFR | 29 March | Motherwell | N | 1–3 | Scott | 40,539 |

## 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 | George Johnstone | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | SOU | Pat Kelly | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Sid Nicholson | 41 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Frank Dunlop | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Wilfred Adey | 32 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Cowie | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Cooper (c) | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ?? | Robert Graham | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Donald Grant | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Waddell | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ?? | George Thomson | 44 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SOU | Bill Strauss | 37 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| | MF | SCO | Arthur Biggs | 28 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Warnock | 24 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Brady | 13 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | WAL | Charlie Smith | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Taylor | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dick Donald | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Archie Baird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SOU | Herbert Currer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Hamilton | 42 | 18 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Matt Armstrong | 28 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jock Pattillo | 14 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| | FW | SCO | Johnny McKenzie | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | George Scott | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SOU | Stan Williams | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Hume | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |