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1968–69 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Aberdeen F.C.
season	1968–69
chairman	Charles B. Forbes
chrtitle	Chairman
manager	Eddie Turnbull
mgrtitle	Manager
league	Scottish League Division One
league result	15th
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Semi-final
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Group Stage
cup3	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
cup3 result	2nd round
league topscorer	Jim Forrest (17)
season topscorer	Jim Forrest (24)
highest attendance	31,000 vs. Celtic, 11 January 1969
lowest attendance	7,000 x2 vs. Falkirk, 21 December 1968
vs. Dunfermline Athletic, 24 March 1969
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prevseason	1967–68
nextseason	1969–70

vs. Dunfermline Athletic, 24 March 1969

The 1968–69 season was Aberdeen's 57th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 58th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Fairs Cup.

Results

Own goal scorers in italics

Division 1

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish Division One

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	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 standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish League Cup

Group 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

Group 3 final table

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	BUL Slavia Sofia	A	0–0		13,000
R1 L2	2 October	BUL Slavia Sofia	H	2–0	Robb, Taylor	29,000
R2 L1	23 October	ESP Real Zaragoza	H	2–1	Forrest, Smith	25,000
R2 L2	30 October	ESP Real Zaragoza	A	0–3		30,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

Pos	Nat	Player	Total	Division One	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	SCO	Ernie McGarr	20	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
GK	SCO	Bobby Clark	14	0	0	0	6	0	4	0
DF	SCO	Ally Shewan	34	2	6	0	6	0	4	0
DF	DEN	Jens Petersen (c)	34	1	6	0	6	0	4	0
DF	SCO	Martin Buchan	27	2	6	0	6	1	4	0
DF	SCO	Jim Whyte	19	1	6	0	6	0	0	0
DF	SCO	Tommy McMillan	16	0	0	0	6	0	4	0
DF	DEN	Henning Boel	15	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
DF	SCO	Jim Hermiston	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF	SCO	Benny McCabe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Tommy Craig	31	7	4	1	6	1	4	0
MF	SCO	Ian Taylor	14	1	2	0	5	1	3	1
MF	SCO	Tommy Rae	8	1	0	0	6	0	2	0
MF	SCO	George Murray	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	George Buchan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Billy Paul	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Willie Watt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Jim Forrest	31	16	6	3	6	3	4	1
FW	SCO	Jimmy Smith	33	1	6	0	2	1	4	1
FW	SCO	Dave Robb	26	9	6	4	5	1	3	1
FW	SCO	Dave Johnston	27	8	6	1	2	0	1	0
FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton	7	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Billy Little	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Ian Cumming	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Tommy Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

AFC Heritage Trust

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