1968–69 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1968-69 season was Aberdeen's 56th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 58th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Football League First Division, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Fairs Cup.

Results

Division 1

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	7 September	Dundee	A	4–4	Robb (2), Taylor, Shewan	10,000
2	14 September	St Johnstone	H	2–0	Smith, Craig	11,000
3	21 September	Dundee United	H	0–1		13,000
4	28 September	Celtic	A	1–2	Rae	35,000
5	5 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	Robb	12,000
6	12 October	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		5,500
7	19 October	Clyde	H	0–1		8,000
8	26 October	Rangers	A	3–2	Forrest (2), Johnston	40,000
9	2 November	Raith Rovers	H	2–1	Forrest, Craig	8,000
10	9 November	Morton	A	0–1		5,000
11	16 November	Arbroath	H	2–2	Robb, Forrest	8,000
12	23 November	St Mirren	H	2–0	Forrest (2)	12,000
13	30 November	Kilmarnock	A	1–5	Craig	6,500
14	7 December	Hibernian	H	2–6	Buchan, Forrest	11,500
15	14 December	Airdrieonians	A	0–2		3,500
16	21 December	Falkirk	H	2–0	Forrest (2), Johnston	7,000
17	28 December	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	Johnston	6,500
18	1 January	Dundee	H	0–0		12,000
19	2 January	St Johnstone	A	1–3	Buchan	7,000
20	4 January	Dundee United	A	4–1	Shewan, Robb, Craig, Forrest	15,000
21	11 January	Celtic	H	1–3	Forrest	31,000
22	18 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–3	Robb, Johnston	8,000
23	1 February	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	Craig	8,000
24	8 March	Arbroath	A	1–2	Forrest	4,700
25	15 March	St Mirren	A	2–1	Robb, Connell (Own Goal)	3,750
26	19 March	Raith Rovers	A	2–3	Johnston, Forrest	5,000
27	24 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	Robb, Craig	7,000
28	29 March	Hibernian	A	1–1	Forrest	6,321
29	2 April	Morton	H	6–3	Johnston (2), Petersen, Craig, Forrest, Whyte	10,000
30	5 April	Airdrieonians	H	3–1	Forrest, Johnston, Robb	11,000
31	9 April	Rangers	H	0–0		23,000
32	12 April	Falkirk	A	0–1		2,500
33	19 April	Kilmarnock	H	0–1		8,000
34	23 April	Clyde	A	1–1	Forrest	987

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Partick Thistle	34	9	10	15	39	53	–14	28
15	Aberdeen	34	9	8	17	50	59	–9	26
16	Raith Rovers	34	8	5	21	45	67	–23	21

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish League Cup

Group Section 3

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 August	Clyde	A	1–4	Robb	5,000
2	14 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	Forrest	18,000
3	17 August	Dundee United	H	4–1	Forrest (2), Buchan, Craig	16,000
4	24 August	Clyde	H	0–2		19,000
5	28 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1	Smith, Taylor	8,000
6	31 August	Dundee United	A	0–1		12,000

Section 3 Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clyde	6	4	2	13	9	4	8
2	Dundee United	6	3	3	12	11	1	6
3	Aberdeen	6	3	3	8	9	–1	6
4	Dunfermline Athletic	6	2	4	7	11	–4	4

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	25 January	Berwick Rangers	H	3–0	Forrest (2), Robb	13,600
R2	25 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	Johnston, Hamilton	14,685
R2R	26 February	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–2	Robb (2)	17,500
QF	1 March	Kilmarnock	H	0–0		24,000
QFR	5 March	Kilmarnock	A	3–0	Robb, Craig, Hamilton	17,183
SF	22 March	Rangers	N	1–6	Forrest	39,250

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968-69

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	17 September	Slavia Sofia	A	0–0		13,000
R1 L2	2 October	Slavia Sofia	H	2–0	Robb, Taylor	29,000
R2 L1	23 October	Real Zaragoza	H	2–1	Forrest, Smith	25,000
R2 L2	30 October	Real Zaragoza	A	0–3		30,000

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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1968–69 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

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Related to national team	Results 1970 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Motherwell Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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