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1977–78 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Aberdeen F.C.
season	1977–1978
manager	Billy McNeill
chairman	Dick Donald
league	Scottish Premier Division
league result	2nd
cup1	Scottish Cup
cup1 result	Runner-up
cup2	Scottish League Cup
cup2 result	Third Round
cup3	UEFA Cup
cup3 result	First Round
league topscorer	Joe Harper (17)
season topscorer	Joe Harper (27)
highest attendance	26,000 vs. R.W.D. Molenbeek, 28 September 1977
lowest attendance	8,250 vs. Cowdenbeath, 31 August 1977
average attendance	14,339
prevseason	1976–77
nextseason	1978–79

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	13 August	Rangers	H	3–1	Jarvie (2), Harper	21,500
2.	19 August	Clydebank	A	3–1	Garner, Harper, Davidson	7,000
3.	27 August	Dundee United	H	0–0		16,100
4.	10 September	Ayr United	A	1–0	Harper	4,700
5.	17 September	Celtic	H	2–1	Garner	25,800
6.	24 September	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Harper (2)	11,900
7.	1 October	Motherwell	A	1–1	McMaster	6,466
8.	8 October	St Mirren	A	4–0	Jarvie (3), Fleming	24,000
9.	15 October	Hibernian	H	1–2	Jarvie	11,900
10.	22 October	Rangers	A	1–3	Harper	37,000
11.	29 October	Clydebank	H	1–1	Harper	9,400
12.	5 November	Dundee United	A	1–0	Fleming	10,000
13.	12 November	Ayr United	H	0–0		9,350
14.	19 November	Celtic	A	2–3	Harper, Jarvie	27,000
15.	26 November	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		12,800
16.	3 December	Motherwell	H	4–1	Robb (3), Strachan	9,500
17.	10 December	St Mirren	H	3–1	Gibson (2), Robb	9,000
18.	17 December	Hibernian	A	0–2		6,601
19.	24 December	Rangers	H	4–0	Gibson, Robb, Harper, Jarvie	21,000
20.	31 December	Clydebank	A	1–0	McMaster	2,800
21.	2 January	Dundee United	H	1–0	Fleming	23,000
22.	7 January	Ayr United	A	1–1	McMaster	5,966
23.	14 January	Celtic	H	2–1	Sullivan (2)	24,600
24.	4 February	Motherwell	A	0–0		8,845
25.	25 February	Hibernian	H	3–0	Stewart, Davidson, Miller	11,200
26.	4 March	Rangers	A	3–0	Archibald, Harper	34,500
27.	18 March	Dundee United	A	0–0		9,671
28.	21 March	Clydebank	H	2–0	Davidson, Archibald	9,600
29.	25 March	Ayr United	H	4–1	Jarvie (2), Davidson, Archibald	11,000
30.	29 March	St Mirren	A	2–1	Davidson, Archibald	9,300
31.	1 April	Celtic	A	2–2	Davidson, Sullivan	24,000
32.	4 April	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Harper (2)	16,000
33.	8 April	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	Harper, McMaster	9,000
34.	15 April	Motherwell	A	5–0	Jarvie (2), Davidson (2), Harper	16,280
35.	22 April	St Mirren	H	4–2	Harper (3), Miller	17,250
36.	29 April	Hibernian	A	1–1	Scanlon	11,250

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	17 August	Airdrieonians	H	3–1	Fleming (2), Shirra	10,600
R1 L2	24 August	Airdrieonians	A	2–0	McMaster (2)	2,500
R2 L1	31 August	Cowdenbeath	H	5–0	Harper(3), Fleming (2)	8,250
R2 L2	3 September	Cowdenbeath	A	5–0	Harper(3), Davidson, McMaster	1,780
R3 L1	5 October	Rangers	A	1–6	Davidson	25,000
R3 L2	26 October	Rangers	H	3–1	Jarvie (2), Smith	15,600

Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 1977-78

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	6 February	Ayr United	H	2–0	Harper(2)	14,244
R4	27 February	St Johnstone	H	3–0	Davidson, Harper, Jarvie	15,597
QF	11 March	Morton	H	2–2	Davidson, Jarvie	17,394
QFR	15 March	Morton	A	2–1	Fleming, McMaster	10,500
SF	12 April	Partick Thistle	N	4–2	Fleming (3), Harper	12,282
Final	6 May	Rangers	N	1–2	Ritchie	61,563

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1977–78 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	14 September	BEL R.W.D. Molenbeek	A	0–0		14,000
R1 L2	28 September	BEL R.W.D. Molenbeek	H	1–2	Jarvie	26,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

Pos	Nat	Player	Total	Premier Division	Scottish Cup	League Cup	UEFA Cup	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	SCO	Bobby Clark	36	0	6	0	6	0	2	0
GK	SCO	Ally McLean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	SCO	John Gardiner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	SCO	Jim Leighton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	SCO	Willie Miller (c)	36	2	6	0	6	0	2	0
DF	SCO	Willie Garner	35	1	6	0	6	0	2	0
DF	SCO	Stuart Kennedy	34	0	6	0	6	0	2	0
DF	SCO	Chic McLelland	25	0	5	0	6	0	2	0
DF	SCO	Steve Ritchie	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
DF	SCO	Bobby Glennie	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	SCO	Doug Rougvie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	SCO	Neil Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	SCO	Alex McLeish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	SCO	David Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	John McMaster	32	4	6	1	5	3	2	0
MF	SCO	Dom Sullivan	29	3	6	0	3	0	1	0
MF	SCO	Gordon Strachan	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Jim Shirra	8	0	0	0	5	1	2	0
MF	SCO	Joe Smith	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
MF	SCO	Ian Scanlon	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Alex Grant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	George Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Andy Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Drew Jarvie	35	12	6	2	6	2	2	1
FW	SCO	Joe Harper	31	17	4	4	6	6	2	0
FW	SCO	Ian Fleming	25	5	5	4	6	3	2	0
FW	SCO	Duncan Davidson	24	8	6	2	6	2	2	0
FW	SCO	Dave Robb	13	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Steve Archibald	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Ian Gibson	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Jocky Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Doug Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	John Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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