1972–73 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.
1972–73 season
Chairman	Dick Donald
Manager	Jimmy Bonthrone
Scottish First Division	4th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finalists
Scottish League Cup	Semi-finalists
UEFA Cup	First Round
Drybrough Cup	Semi-finalists
Top goalscorer	League: Drew Jarvie (15); All: Joe Harper (29)
Highest home attendance	34,262 vs. Celtic, 28 October 1972
Lowest home attendance	6,500 vs. Airdrieonians, 7 April 1973
Average home league attendance	13,087
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Last updated September 28, 2025

Results

Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1.	2 September	Hibernian	H	1–0	Harper	16,947
2.	9 September	Dundee	A	0–0		10,100
3.	16 September	St Johnstone	H	0–0		9,917
4.	23 September	Dumbarton	A	2–1	Jarvie, Harper	6,854
5.	30 September	Motherwell	H	7–2	Harper (4), Robb, Jarvie, Murray	11,351
6.	7 October	Hearts	A	1–2	Harper	11,763
7.	14 October	Falkirk	H	2–2	Taylor (2)	14,165
8.	21 October	Ayr United	A	3–2	Harper (2), Jarvie	7,823
9.	28 October	Celtic	H	2–3	Varga (2)	34,262
10.	4 November	Partick Thistle	A	2–0	Harper (2), B. Miller	8,962
11.	11 November	East Fife	H	4–3	Jarvie, Willoughby, McQuade (Own Goal), Robb	10,651
12.	18 November	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	Taylor, Harper, Jarvie	10,234
13.	25 November	Dundee United	A	2–3	Varga, Murray	8,173
14.	2 December	Airdrieonians	A	1–1	Murray	4,059
15.	9 December	Arbroath	H	0–0		8,354
16.	16 December	Rangers	A	0–0		26,375
17.	23 December	Morton	H	3–0	Varga (2), Mitchell	7,031
18.	30 December	Hibernian	A	2–3	Jarvie, B. Miller	21,279
19.	1 January	Dundee	H	3–1	Hermiston, Varga, Jarvie	13,576
20.	27 January	Hearts	H	3–1	Jarvie (2), Varga	13,282
21.	7 February	Motherwell	A	0–2		4,000
22.	10 February	Falkirk	A	0–0		4,897
23.	17 February	Ayr United	H	1–0	Jarvie	8,538
24.	20 February	Dumbarton	H	6–0	Purdie (2), Forrest, Jenkins (Own Goal), Varga, Jarvie	7,852
25.	3 March	Celtic	A	0–2		36,425
26.	7 March	St Johnstone	A	0–1		4,389
27.	10 March	Partick Thistle	H	0–0		8,994
28.	24 March	Kilmarnock	A	2–0	Robb, Young	4,000
29.	27 March	East Fife	A	1–0	Varga	4,594
30.	31 March	Dundee United	H	0–0		8,831
31.	7 April	Airdrieonians	H	5–1	Jarvie (3), Robb, Murray	6,500
32.	14 April	Arbroath	A	1–1	Varga	4,757
33.	21 April	Rangers	H	2–2	Hermiston, Taylor	32,000
34.	28 April	Morton	A	2–1	Young, Jarvie	3,000

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Rangers	34	26	4	4	74	30	+44	56
3	Hibernian	34	19	7	8	74	33	+41	45
4	Aberdeen	34	16	11	7	61	34	+27	43
5	Dundee	34	17	9	8	68	43	+25	43
6	Ayr United	34	16	8	10	50	51	−1	40

Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Drybrough Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF	29 July	St Mirren	H	1–0	Harper	16,000
SF	2 August	Celtic	A	2–3	Buchan (2)	40,000

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	12 August	Queen of the South	A	4–0	Buchan, Jarvie, Hermiston, Robb	4,673
G2	16 August	Hibernian	H	4–1	Jarvie (2), Harper (2)	20,673
G2	19 August	Queen's Park	H	5–1	Young (2), Harper (2), Jarvie	11,464
G2	23 August	Hibernian	A	1–2	Jarvie	17,133
G2	26 August	Queen of the South	H	2–1	Taylor, Purdie	10,144
G2	30 August	Queen's Park	A	3–0	Harper (3)	1,029

Group 2 final table

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Aberdeen	6	5	1	19	5	+14	10
Hibernian	6	5	1	14	8	+6	10
Queen of the South	6	2	4	5	13	−8	4
Queen's Park	6	0	6	4	16	−12	0

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Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2 L1	20 September	Falkirk	H	8–0	Harper (3), Jarvie (2), Forrest, Graham, Robb	9,939
R2 L2	4 October	Falkirk	A	2–3	Harper (2)	4,000
QF L1	11 October	East Fife	H	3–0	Taylor, Jarvie, Harper	13,605
QF L2	1 November	East Fife	A	4–1	Jarvie (2), Harper, Clarke (Own Goal)	4,492
SF	27 November	Celtic	N	2–3	Harper, Robb	39,682

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	3 February	Brechin City	A	4–2	Mitchell (2), Jarvie, Milne (Own goal)	8,123
R4	28 February	Falkirk	H	3–1	Forrest, Purdie, Murray	17,730
QF	17 March	Celtic	A	0–0		40,032
QFR	21 March	Celtic	H	0–1		33,465

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	13 September	Borussia Mönchengladbach	H	2–3	Harper, Jarvie	21,000
R1 L2	27 September	Borussia Mönchengladbach	A	3–6	Jarvie, Willoughby, Murray	19,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Bobby Clark	49	0	33	0	4	0	11	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Andy Geoghegan	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Hermiston	50	3	33	2	4	0	11	1	2	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Young	47	4	30	2	4	0	11	2	2	0
	DF	SCO	Billy Williamson	16	0	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	DEN	Henning Boel	13	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Eddie Thomson	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Miller	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy McMillan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Steve Murray (c)	44	6	29	4	3	1	11	0	1	1
	MF	SCO	Alex Willoughby	37	2	25	1	1	0	9	0	2	1
	MF	HUN	Zoltan Varga	31	10	26	10	3	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Taylor	31	6	18	4	1	0	10	2	2	0
	MF	SCO	Arthur Graham	31	1	23	0	4	0	2	1	2	0
	MF	SCO	Bertie Miller	26	2	17	2	2	0	6	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Smith	17	0	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	George Murray	14	0	7	0	0	0	6	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	George Buchan	13	1	8	0	1	0	4	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Purdie	6	4	3	2	1	1	2	1	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Drew Jarvie	51	28	34	15	4	1	11	10	2	2
	FW	SCO	Dave Robb	33	7	19	4	2	0	10	3	2	0
	FW	SCO	Joe Harper	26	27	13	11	0	0	11	15	2	1
	FW	SCO	Jim Forrest	19	3	11	1	3	1	4	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	Barrie Mitchell	14	3	12	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tommy Wilson	11	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Street	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Craig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Unofficial Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Drybrough Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Bobby Clark	2	0
	DF	DEN	Henning Boel	2	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Hermiston	2	0
	DF	SCO	Willie Young	2	0
	MF	SCO	Steve Murray (c)	2	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Taylor	2	0
	MF	SCO	Alex Willoughby	2	0
	MF	SCO	Bertie Miller	2	0
	MF	SCO	George Buchan	1	2
	FW	SCO	Joe Harper	2	1
	FW	SCO	Dave Robb	2	0
	FW	SCO	Drew Jarvie	2	0

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup European Super Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results 1974 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer