1942–43 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1942–43 season
Manager	Dave Halliday
North Eastern League	1st (Series 1), 1st (Series 2)
North Eastern Football League Cup 1	Winners
Mitchell Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Jock Pattillo (32) All: Jock Pattillo (42)
Highest home attendance	16,000 vs. Heart of Midlothian "A", 27 February
Lowest home attendance	10,000 vs. Raith Rovers, 8 August
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Results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	8 August	Raith Rovers	H	3–1	Pattillo (2), Dryden	2,000
2	15 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	5–0	Pattillo (2), Taylor (penalty), Howe, Mutch	4,000
3	22 August	Rangers "A"	A	1–2	Pattillo	7,000
4	29 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–1	Pattillo (3), Bain	7,000
5	5 September	Hibernian "A"	H	6–3	Pattillo (3), Bain (2), Taylor (penalty)	7,000
6	12 September	Dundee United	A	4–0	Pattillo, Armstrong, Gourlay, Dryden	6,000
7	19 September	East Fife	A	1–0	Gourlay	4,000
8	26 September	Rangers "A"	H	4–2	Gourlay (2), Dunlop, Taylor	0
9	3 October	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–1	Taylor (penalty), Ferguson, Nichol	2,000
10	10 October	Raith Rovers	H	8–1	Gourlay (4), Pattillo (3), Ferguson	10,000
11	17 October	Hibernian "A"	A	7–0	Ferguson (3), Hamilton (2), Bain, Dryden	0
12	24 October	Dundee United	H	1–0	Pattillo	7,000
13	31 October	East Fife	H	1–1	Pattillo	6,000
14	7 November	Heart of Midlothian "A"	A	3–5	Gourlay (2), Ferguson	7,000

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	1 January	Dundee United	A	0–1		8,000
2	2 January	Rangers "A"	H	2–1	Pattillo, Ferguson	7,000
3	9 January	Raith Rovers	H	2–0	Pattillo (2)	5,000
4	16 January	Hibernian "A"	A	5–0	Pattillo (2), Ferguson, Gourlay, Dryden	0
5	23 January	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–1	Ancell, Dryden, Dunlop, Pattillo	6,000
6	30 January	East Fife	A	0–1		2,500
7	6 February	Heart of Midlothian "A"	A	6–2	Pattillo (5), Gourlay	2,500
8	13 February	Dundee United	H	3–0	Pattillo (2), Mortensen	6,000
9	20 February	Rangers "A"	A	2–1	Harvey (2), Dyer	3,000
10	27 February	Heart of Midlothian "A"	H	8–3	Gourlay (4), Mortensen (2), Pattillo, Dryden	16,000
11	6 March	East Fife	H	4–1	Gourlay, Mortensen, Pattillo, Dryden	5,000
12	13 March	Raith Rovers	A	1–1	Mortensen	3,000
13	20 March	Hibernian "A"	H	2–0	Ferguson, Armstrong	0
14	27 March	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–0		2,000

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Bonus points: 3 points were awarded for an away win, 2 points for an away draw

North Eastern Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	21 November	Heart of Midlothian "A"	H	9–1	Hamilton (4), Gourlay (2), Dryden, Pattillo, Ferguson	6,000
R1 L2	28 November	Heart of Midlothian "A"	A	6–0	Hamilton (3), Gourlay (2), Ferguson	2,000
SF L1	5 December	Raith Rovers	A	6–2	Pattillo (2), Dryden, Ancell, Taylor, Ferguson	2,000
SF L2	12 December	Raith Rovers	H	5–1	Pattillo (2), Ferguson (2), Ancell	8,000
F L1	19 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–2	Gourlay (3)	3,500
F L2	26 December	Dunfermline Athletic	H	6–1	Pattillo (3), Ancell (2), Gourlay	12,000

Mitchell Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	3 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1	Cooper, Ancell	3,500
R1 L2	10 April	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–2	Williams, Dyer (penalty), Anderson	12,000
SF L1	24 April	Hibernian "A"	A	1–1	Ferguson	10,000
SF L2	1 May	Hibernian "A"	H	2–1	Armstrong (2)	13,000
F L1	15 May	Raith Rovers	A	1–1	Ferguson	9,000
F L2	22 May	Raith Rovers	H	6–2	Pattillo (2), Dryden, Dyer (penalty), Mortensen, McSpadyen	14,000

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		North Eastern League Series 1 & 2		North Eastern Cup		Mitchell Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	George Johnstone	37	0	27	0	4	0	6	0
	GK	ENG	John Moody	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	??	Laurence Gage	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Charlie Gavin	40	0	28	0	6	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Frank Dunlop	38	2	26	2	6	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Cooper (c)	38	1	28	0	6	0	4	1
	DF	ENG	Alex Dyer	33	3	21	1	6	0	6	2
	DF	SCO	Bobby Ancell	26	6	16	1	4	4	6	1
	DF	SCO	Andrew Beattie	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	George Taylor	39	5	27	4	6	1	6	0
	MF	??	Frederick Taylor	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SOU	Bill Strauss	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	??	John Girdwood	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	??	John Cruickshank	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Jock Pattillo	34	42	27	32	6	8	1	2
	FW	??	Alex Gourlay	27	25	19	17	6	8	2	0
	FW	SCO	Charlie Ferguson	24	16	14	9	6	5	4	2
	FW	SCO	Billy Bain	10	4	10	4	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Stan Mortensen	7	6	6	5	0	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	George Hamilton	6	9	4	2	2	7	0	0
	FW	SCO	Matt Armstrong	5	4	3	2	0	0	2	2
	FW	SCO	George Mutch	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Alex McSpayden	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
	FW	??	?? Anderson	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
	FW	??	James Nicol	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Percy Dickie	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	??	Joseph Harvey	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SOU	Stan Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	SCO	Johnny McKenzie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	??	?? Newman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Robert Gurney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	??	??	John Dryden	31	10	24	7	6	2	1	1
	??	??	Leslie Howe	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	??	??	?? Allison	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	??	??	?? Sharpe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
AFC Heritage Trust

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Domestic leagues	Southern League \|North Eastern League
Domestic cups	Summer Cup Southern League Cup North Eastern League Cup Glasgow Cup (<small>'42</small>, <small>'43</small>) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results
Club seasons
Southern League	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Celtic Clyde Dumbarton Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
North Eastern League	Aberdeen Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Heart of Midlothian 'A' Hibernian 'A' Raith Rovers Rangers 'A'

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