1921–22 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.

1921–22 season
Chairman	William Philip
Manager	Jimmy Philip
Scottish Football League Division One	15th
Scottish Cup	Semi final
Top goalscorer	League: Johnny Miller (23) All: Johnny Miller (27)
Highest home attendance	28,000 vs. Dundee, 25 February 1922
Lowest home attendance	8,000 vs. Raith Rovers, 3 January 1922

Aberdeen F.C. competed in Scottish Football League Division One and Scottish Cup in season 1921–22.

Overview

Aberdeen finished in 15th place out of 22 clubs in Division One, missing out on relegation by five points. In the Scottish Cup, they made it through to the semi-final stage, but lost 3–1 to Morton at Dens Park, Dundee. New signing Johnny Miller scored a record 27 goals this season.

Results

Scottish Division One

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	20 August	Ayr United	H	1–0	Miller	16,000
2	27 August	Dumbarton	A	1–1	Miller	4,500
3	30 August	Partick Thistle	A	0–2		16,000
4	3 September	Dundee	H	1–2	Miller	18,000
5	10 September	Celtic	H	1–1	Rankine	21,000
6	14 September	Falkirk	H	1–1	Miller	14,000
7	17 September	Kilmarnock	A	3–2	Connon, Miller (2)	7,000
8	21 September	Clydebank	A	1–1	Miller	5,000
9	24 September	Rangers	A	0–1		26,000
10	26 September	Queen's Park	H	2–1	Miller, Robertson	15,000
11	1 October	Hibernian	H	1–2	Miller	14,500
12	8 October	Raith Rovers	A	1–2	Wright	12,000
13	15 October	Clyde	H	4–2	Thomson, Miller (3)	14,500
14	22 October	Hamilton Academical	A	2–2	Wright, Miller	6,500
15	29 October	Third Lanark	H	3–0	Miller (3)	12,000
16	5 November	Albion Rovers	A	2–0	Thomson, Miller	2,000
17	12 November	Airdrieonians	H	3–0	Middleton, Miller, Bainbridge	15,000
18	19 November	Falkirk	A	1–2	Miller	8,500
19	26 November	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Thomson, Rankine	16,500
20	3 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	Rankine	15,000
21	10 December	St Mirren	H	0–1		15,500
22	17 December	Motherwell	H	2–0	Thomson, Rankine	12,500
23	24 December	Morton	A	1–2	Robertson	5,000
24	31 December	Clydebank	H	2–0	Thomson (2)	12,000
25	2 January	Dundee	A	0–1		22,000
26	3 January	Raith Rovers	H	1–2	Thomson	8,000
27	7 January	Airdrieonians	A	0–4		5,500
28	14 January	Dumbarton	H	3–0	Miller, Rankine (2)	12,000
29	21 January	Celtic	A	0–2		12,500
30	4 February	Hamilton Academical	H	0–0		11,000
31	18 February	Morton	H	2–2	Thomson, Miller	11,500
32	21 February	Clyde	A	0–2		2,000
33	1 March	Queen's Park	A	1–3	Miller	10,000
34	4 March	St Mirren	A	1–2	Thomson	12,000
35	22 March	Albion Rovers	H	2–0	Miller, Rankine	10,000
36	25 March	Ayr United	A	1–1	Thomson	5,000
37	5 April	Rangers	H	0–0		19,000
38	8 April	Kilmarnock	H	0–1		11,000
39	12 April	Motherwell	A	0–3		5,000
40	19 April	Third Lanark	A	0–2		4,500
41	22 April	Hibernian	H	1–0	Grant	10,000
42	29 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1		12,000

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Motherwell	42	16	7	19	63	58	+5	39
14	Ayr United	42	13	12	17	55	63	−8	38
15	Aberdeen	42	13	9	20	48	54	−6	35
16	Airdrieonians	42	12	11	19	46	56	−10	35
17	Kilmarnock	42	13	9	20	56	83	−27	35

Source: "1921-1922 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1921–22 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	28 January	Dumbarton	H	1–0	Thomson	16,000
R2	11 February	Queen's Park	H	1–1	Thomson	22,000
R2 R	14 February	Queen's Park	A	2–1	Miller (2)	18,000
R3	25 February	Dundee	H	3–0	Wright, Miller, Bainbridge	28,000
R4	11 March	Hamilton Academical	A	0–0		16,000
R4 R	15 March	Hamilton Academical	H	2–0	Miller, Rankine	23,000
SF	1 April	Morton	N	1–3	Milne	23,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	SCO	Fred Alexander	9	0	9	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	George Anderson	25	0	25	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Simpson Bainbridge	29	2	22	1	7	1
	GK	ENG	Harry Blackwell	24	0	17	0	7	0
	FW	SCO	Jacky Connon	13	1	13	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Peter Fisher	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Harry Flanagan	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Matt Forsyth	41	0	35	0	6	0
	FW	SCO	Walter Grant	5	1	5	1	0	0
	DF	SCO	Sandy Grosert	20	0	17	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Bobby Hannah	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jock Hutton	35	0	29	0	6	0
	FW	SCO	James Mackie	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Bert MacLachlan (c)	45	0	38	0	7	0
	MF	SCO	Fred MacLachlan	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	James McBoyle	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Middleton	47	1	40	1	7	0
	FW	SCO	Johnny Miller	42	27	35	23	7	4
	MF	SCO	Vic Milne	45	1	38	0	7	1
	FW	SCO	Alec Moir	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Rankine	40	8	33	7	7	1
	FW	SCO	Arthur Robertson	8	2	8	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	James Stevenson	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Doug Thomson	38	12	31	10	7	2
	MF	SCO	Alex Wright	46	3	40	2	6	1
	FW	SCO	Bobby Yule	5	0	5	0	0	0

References

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