1904–05 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.

1904-05 season

Manager

Jimmy Philip

Scottish Football League Second Division

7th

Scottish Cup

Third round

Top goalscorer

League: Tom Ruddiman (7)
All: Tom Ruddiman (10)

Highest home attendance

16,000 vs. Queen's Park, 28 January 1905

Lowest home attendance

1,000 vs. Hamilton Academical, 10 December 1904

← 1903–04

1905–06 →

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Second Division and Scottish Cup in season 1904–05.

Overview

Season 1904–05 was Aberdeen's second season and their first in Scottish League football. They failed to gain election to the First Division in 1904, but successfully applied to join the Second Division. The team abandoned their white jerseys for a new black and gold strip this season. The Pittodrie attendance record was broken in January when 16,000 spectators watched as Glasgow club Queen's Park visited Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup. In the league, Aberdeen finished seventh out of twelve clubs. In the cup, they won through to round three after wins over Queen's Park and Bathgate, but lost to Third Lanark at Cathkin Park. Tom Ruddiman finished as the club's top scorer with ten goals from 15 appearances.

Results

Scottish Second Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	20 August	Falkirk	H	1–2	Knowles	6,000
2	27 August	Clyde	H	0–1		5,000
3	10 September	Hamilton Academical	A	3–3	H. Low, G. McNicol (2)	3,000
4	24 September	Abercorn	H	3–1	Ellis, MacAulay, Ritchie	2,000
5	22 October	Raith Rovers	H	3–1	Own goal, G. McNicol, Mackie	5,000
6	5 November	East Stirlingshire	A	4–1	A. Lowe (4)	2,000
7	19 November	Ayr	A	3–3	G. McNicol, A. Lowe (2)	1,000
8	10 December	Hamilton Academical	H	1–2	Ritchie	1,000
9	17 December	Clyde	A	0–1		1,000
10	24 December	St Bernard's	A	3–0	Ruddiman (2), MacAulay	2,000
11	31 December	East Stirlingshire	H	3–0	Ruddiman (3)	3,000
12	7 January	Raith Rovers	A	0–1		1,000
13	14 January	Albion Rovers	A	0–1		3,000
14	21 January	St Bernard's	H	1–1	Edgar	3,000
15	4 February	Abercorn	A	1–3	H. Low	2,000
16	4 March	Albion Rovers	H	7–2	Halkett, Harvey, G. McNicol, Ruddiman (2), MacAulay (2)	5,500
17	11 March	Arthurlie	A	0–2		1,000
18	18 March	Leith Athletic	A	1–1	J. Robertson	1,500
19	25 March	Ayr	H	2–0	Harvey, Edgar	2,500
20	1 April	Falkirk	A	0–0		1,000
21	8 April	Arthurlie	H	0–0		3,000
22	15 April	Leith Athletic	H	0–0		2,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Arthurlie	22	9	5	8	37	41	–4	23
7	ABERDEEN	22	7	7	8	36	26	10	21
8	Albion Rovers	22	8	4	10	38	53	–15	20
9	East Stirlingshire	22	7	5	10	37	38	–1	19

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	28 January	Queen's Park	H	2–1	W. Low, J. Robertson	16,000
R2	11 February	Bathgate	H	1–1 (abandoned)	Edgar	3,000
R2 R	18 February	Bathgate	H	6–1	J. Robertson (2), Ruddiman (2), MacAulay, Ritchie	7,000
R3	25 February	Third Lanark	A	1–4	Ruddiman	10,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Frank Barrett	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Willie Brebner	3	0	1	0	2	0
	FW		John Edgar	17	3	14	2	3	1
	FW		John Ellis	3	1	3	1	0	0
	DF		Alex Halkett	19	1	16	1	3	0
	FW		John Harvey	8	2	8	2	0	0
	FW		William Jaffrey	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		WG Johnston	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		John Knowles	2	1	2	1	0	0
	MF		Henry Low	24	2	21	2	3	0
	DF		Wilf Low	5	1	4	0	1	1
	FW		Augustus Lowe	3	6	3	6	0	0
	FW		Willie MacAulay	23	5	19	4	4	1
	GK		Rab MacFarlane	25	0	21	0	4	0
	FW		Roddy McKay	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Jimmy Mackie	5	1	5	1	0	0
	DF		Duncan McNichol	22	0	19	0	3	0
	FW		George McNicol	15	5	14	5	1	0
	DF		Robert Murray	23	0	20	0	3	0
	FW		George Ritchie	17	3	13	2	4	1
	MF		Gowie Robertson	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Jimmy Robertson	22	4	18	1	4	3
	FW		Tom Ruddiman	15	10	11	7	4	3
	MF		John Sangster	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Tom Strang	24	0	20	0	4	0
	DF		Sam Willox	2	0	2	0	0	0

References

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

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