1952–53 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1952-53 season was Aberdeen's 40th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 42nd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Football League First Division, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup

Results

Division A

Main article: 1953–54 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	5 September	St Mirren	H	0–3		15,000
2	12 September	Stirling Albion	A	0–1		10,000
3	19 September	Dundee	H	1–1	Yorston	18,000
4	26 September	Celtic	A	0–3		35,000
5	3 October	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	Allister, Leggat	16,000
6	10 October	Hamilton Academical	H	5–1	Buckley (3), Hay, Hather	12,500
7	17 October	Airdrieonians	H	5–0	Buckley (2), Leggat, Yorston. Young	14,500
8	31 October	Clyde	A	4–2	Hather (2), Buckley, Leggat	10,000
9	7 November	Rangers	H	1–1	Allister (penalty)	25,000
10	14 November	Queen of the South	H	2–0	Hather, Yorston	27,000
11	21 November	Falkirk	A	2–2	Yorston, Leggat	10,000
12	28 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–3	Yorston, Hay	28,000
13	5 December	Raith Rovers	H	2–0	Leggat, Buckley	14,000
14	12 December	Hamilton Academical	A	2–3	Leggat, Yorston	7,500
15	19 December	St Mirren	A	4–1	Buckley (2), Hather, Hay	7,000
16	26 December	Stirling Albion	H	8–0	Buckley (3), Leggat (2) Hather (2), Hay	15,000
17	1 January	Dundee	A	2–4	Allister (penalty), Hay	25,000
18	2 January	Celtic	H	2–0	Buckley (2)	28,000
19	9 January	Partick Thistle	A	3–6	Leggat (2), Hay	18,000
20	16 January	Hibernian	H	1–3	Yorston	17,500
21	23 January	Airdireonians	A	3–1	Buckley, O'Neil, Wishart	8,500
22	6 February	East Fife	H	1–0	Allister	16,000
23	20 February	Clyde	H	5–3	Leggat (3), O'Neil (2)	15,000
24	6 March	Queen of the South	A	4–2	O'Neil (2), Boyd, Buckley	7,000
25	17 March	Falkirk	H	0–1		10,000
26	20 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Leggat	17,000
27	27 March	Raith Rovers	A	1–3	Wishart	7,000
28	14 April	East Fife	A	0–2		6,500
29	17 April	Rangers	A	3–1	Leggat, Buckley, Allister (penalty)	34,000
30	19 April	Hibernian	A	0–3		28,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Clyde	30	15	4	11	64	67	–3	34
9	Aberdeen	30	15	3	12	66	51	16	33
10	Queen of the South	30	14	4	12	72	58	15	32

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1952–53 Scottish League Cup

Group Section A

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	9 August	Motherwell	A	2–5	Yorston, Buckley	8,000
2	13 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–4	Ewen, Yorston	33,000
3	16 August	Rangers	A	1–3	Buckley	40,000
4	23 August	Motherwell	H	0–1		25,000
5	27 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Hather	22,000
6	30 August	Rangers	H	1–2	Yorston	35,000

Section A Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	6	4	1	1	12	10	2	9
2	Heart of Midlothian	6	3	1	2	12	7	5	7
3	Motherwell	6	3	1	2	11	9	2	7
4	Aberdeen	6	0	1	5	7	16	–8	1

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1952–53 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	7 February	St Mirren	H	2–0	Hather (2)	22,294
R3	21 February	Motherwell	H	5–5	Buckley (2), Allister (2), Yorston	27,735
R3 R	25 February	Motherwell	A	6–1	Yorston (3), Rodger, Buckley, Hather	20,193
QF	14 March	Hibernian	A	1–1	Rodger	47,585
QF R	18 March	Hibernian	H	2–0	Hamilton (2)	41,880
SF	4 April	Third Lanark	N	1–1	Buckley	19,905
SF R	8 April	Third Lanark	N	2–1	Yorston (2)	25,219
F	25 April	Rangers	N	1–1	Yorston	113,700
F R	29 April	Rangers	N	0–1		113,700

References

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

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1952–53 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

Related to national team	Results British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Third Lanark

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Morton Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

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