1904–05 Aberdeen F.C. season

Scottish Division Two
Season	1904–05
Champions	Clyde
Promoted	Falkirk and Aberdeen
	← 1903–04 1905–06 →

Aberdeen F.C.
	1904–05 season
Chairman	Alexander Milne
Manager	Jimmy Philip
Scottish Football League Division Two	7th
Scottish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Ruddiman (7); All: Tom Ruddiman (10)
Highest home attendance	16,000 vs. Queen's Park, 28 January 1905
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs. Hamilton Academical, 10 December 1904
← 1903–04	1905–06 →

Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Football League Division Two and the Scottish Cup in season 1904–05.

Overview

Season 1904–05 was Aberdeen's second season and their first in Scottish League football. They failed to gain election to Division One in 1904, but successfully applied to join Division Two. The team abandoned their white jerseys for a new black and gold strip this season. The Pittodrie attendance record was broken in January when 16,000 spectators watched as Glasgow club Queen's Park visited Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup. In the league, Aberdeen finished seventh out of twelve clubs. In the cup, they won through to round three after wins over Queen's Park and Bathgate, but lost to Third Lanark at Cathkin Park. Tom Ruddiman finished as the club's top scorer with ten goals from 15 appearances.

Results

Scottish Division Two

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	20 August	Falkirk	H	1–2	Knowles	6,000
2	27 August	Clyde	H	0–1		5,000
3	10 September	Hamilton Academical	A	3–3	H. Low, G. McNicol (2)	3,000
4	24 September	Abercorn	H	3–1	Ellis, MacAulay, Ritchie	2,000
5	22 October	Raith Rovers	H	3–1	Own goal, G. McNicol, Mackie	5,000
6	5 November	East Stirlingshire	A	4–1	A. Lowe (4)	2,000
7	19 November	Ayr	A	3–3	G. McNicol, A. Lowe (2)	1,000
8	10 December	Hamilton Academical	H	1–2	Ritchie	1,000
9	17 December	Clyde	A	0–1		1,000
10	24 December	St Bernard's	A	3–0	Ruddiman (2), MacAulay	2,000
11	31 December	East Stirlingshire	H	3–0	Ruddiman (3)	3,000
12	7 January	Raith Rovers	A	0–1		1,000
13	14 January	Albion Rovers	A	0–1		3,000
14	21 January	St Bernard's	H	1–1	Edgar	3,000
15	4 February	Abercorn	A	1–3	H. Low	2,000
16	4 March	Albion Rovers	H	7–2	Halkett, Harvey, G. McNicol, Ruddiman (2), MacAulay (2)	5,500
17	11 March	Arthurlie	A	0–2		1,000
18	18 March	Leith Athletic	A	1–1	J. Robertson	1,500
19	25 March	Ayr	H	2–0	Harvey, Edgar	2,500
20	1 April	Falkirk	A	0–0		1,000
21	8 April	Arthurlie	H	0–0		3,000
22	15 April	Leith Athletic	H	0–0		2,000

Final standings

The 1904–05 Scottish Division Two was won by Clyde with St Bernard's finishing bottom.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Clyde (C)	22	13	6	3	38	22	+16	32
2	Falkirk (P)	22	12	4	6	32	25	+7	28	Promoted to the 1905–06 Scottish Division One
3	Hamilton Academical	22	12	3	7	40	24	+16	27
4	Leith Athletic	22	10	4	8	36	26	+10	24
5	Arthurlie	22	9	5	8	37	41	−4	23
5	Ayr	22	11	1	10	46	37	+9	23
7	Aberdeen (P)	22	7	7	8	36	26	+10	21	Promoted to the 1905–06 Scottish Division One
8	Albion Rovers	22	8	4	10	38	53	−15	20
9	East Stirlingshire	22	7	5	10	37	38	−1	19
9	Raith Rovers	22	9	1	12	30	34	−4	19
11	Abercorn	22	8	1	13	31	45	−14	17
12	St Bernard's	22	3	5	14	23	53	−30	11

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: Teams finish equal if level on points. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

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Scottish Football Archive

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	28 January	Queen's Park	H	2–1	W. Low, J. Robertson	16,000
R2	11 February	Bathgate	H	1–1 (abandoned)	Edgar	3,000
R2 R	18 February	Bathgate	H	6–1	J. Robertson (2), Ruddiman (2), MacAulay, Ritchie	7,000
R3	25 February	Third Lanark	A	1–4	Ruddiman	10,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		División Two		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Frank Barrett	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Willie Brebner	3	0	1	0	2	0
	FW		John Edgar	17	3	14	2	3	1
	FW		John Ellis	3	1	3	1	0	0
	DF		Alex Halkett	19	1	16	1	3	0
	FW		John Harvey	8	2	8	2	0	0
	FW		William Jaffrey	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		WG Johnston	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		John Knowles	2	1	2	1	0	0
	MF		Harry Low	24	2	21	2	3	0
	DF		Wilf Low	5	1	4	0	1	1
	FW		Augustus Lowe	3	6	3	6	0	0
	FW		Willie McAulay	23	5	19	4	4	1
	GK		Rab Macfarlane	25	0	21	0	4	0
	FW		Roddy McKay	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Jimmy Mackie	5	1	5	1	0	0
	DF		Duncan McNichol (c)	22	0	19	0	3	0
	FW		George McNicol	15	5	14	5	1	0
	DF		Robert Murray	23	0	20	0	3	0
	FW		George Ritchie (c)	17	3	13	2	4	1
	MF		Gowie Robertson	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Jimmy Robertson	22	4	18	1	4	3
	FW		Tom Ruddiman	15	10	11	7	4	3
	MF		John Sangster	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Tom Strang	24	1	20	0	4	1
	DF		Sam Willox	2	0	2	0	0	0

References

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v t e 1904–05 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Aberdeen Albion Rovers Arthurlie Ayr Clyde East Stirlingshire Falkirk Hamilton Academical Leith Athletic Raith Rovers St Bernard's

1904–05 Aberdeen F.C. season

Contents

Overview

Results

Scottish Division Two

Final standings

Table

References

Scottish Cup

Squad

Appearances & Goals

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