Aberdeen 1979–80 football season
Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier Division , Scottish Cup , League Cup and UEFA Cup in season 1979–80 . They finished first in the Premier Division, the club's first Premier Division title and second Scottish league championship . In the cups, they reached the Scottish Cup Semi final, losing to Rangers , and lost the League Cup Final after a replay against Dundee United . In Europe, they were drawn against Eintracht Frankfurt , losing 1–2 on aggregate over two legs in the first round.
In July 1979, Aberdeen embarked on a tour of Denmark , playing three games. This was followed by friendly matches against three Scottish clubs, and home games against English clubs Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur . During the season, friendly matches were played against Leicester City , Rothes and an Arbroath Select.[ 1]
Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance 17 July Kolding IF A 2–1 Archibald , Harper 0 19 July Randers A 1–0 Jarvie 0 21 July IK Skovbakken A 7–0 Archibald (2), McGhee (2), Garner , Cooper , Jarvie 0 30 July Buckie Thistle A 1–0 Watson 0 2 August Coventry City H 4–1 Miller , Strachan , McGhee , Own goal 0 4 August Cowdenbeath A 3–0 McGhee , Jarvie , Rougvie 0 8 August Tottenham Hotspur H 2–0 Archibald , McGhee 0 9 August Nairn County A 5–1 Jarvie (2), Harper , Scanlon , Cowan 0 5 September Leicester City H 1–1 Watson 0 24 February Rothes A 4–1 Davidson (2), Scanlon , Hamilton 0 16 March Arbroath Select A 2–3 McGhee , Jarvie , Rougvie 0
Scottish Premier Division [ edit ] Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance 1. 11 August Partick Thistle A 0–1 7,500 2. 18 August Hibernian H 3–0 Archibald , McMaster (2) 10,300 3. 25 August Dundee United A 3–1 McGhee , Archibald , Harper 10,982 4. 8 September Morton A 2–3 Archibald , McMaster 5,540 5. 15 September Rangers H 3–1 McMaster , Strachan , Rougvie 23,000 6. 22 September Celtic H 1–2 Strachan 23,000 7. 29 September Dundee A 4–0 Archibald , Harper , Jarvie (2) 11,817 8. 6 October St Mirren A 2–2 Archibald , Harper 9,163 9. 13 October Kilmarnock A 3–1 Strachan , Jarvie , Scanlon 12,000 10. 20 October Partick Thistle H 1–1 Davidson 12,000 11. 27 October Hibernian A 1–1 Watson 7,000 12. 3 November Dundee United H 0–3 12,500 13. 10 November Morton H 1–2 McLeish 10,400 14. 17 November Rangers A 1–0 Archibald 18,500 15. 15 December St Mirren H 2–0 McLeish , Hamilton 5,000 16. 5 January Morton A 0–1 6,000 17. 12 January Rangers H 3–2 Archibald , Strachan , Hamilton 18,600 18. 19 January Celtic H 0–0 24,000 19. 2 February Dundee A 3–1 Jarvie (2), Hamilton 7,661 20. 9 February St Mirren A 1–1 Strachan 7,900 21. 23 February Kilmarnock H 1–2 Archibald 9,600 22. 1 March Partick Thistle H 1–1 Jarvie 9,000 23. 15 March Dundee United H 2–1 Watson , Jarvie 10,000 24. 19 March Dundee H 3–0 Watson , Jarvie , Miller 7,000 25. 22 March Morton H 1–0 Jarvie 7,250 26. 29 March Rangers A 2–2 Jarvie , Archibald 20,000 27. 1 April Kilmarnock A 4–0 McGhee (2), Strachan , Kennedy 5,000 28. 5 April Celtic A 2–1 McGhee , Jarvie 40,000 29. 7 April Dundee H 2–1 Strachan , Jarvie 11,600 30. 16 April Hibernian H 1–1 Watson 15,000 31. 19 April Kilmarnock A 3–1 Strachan , McGhee , Archibald 3,000 32. 23 April Celtic A 3–1 Strachan , McGhee , Archibald 48,000 33. 26 April St Mirren H 2–0 Rougvie , Scanlon 19,000 34. 29 April Dundee United A 1–1 Strachan 12,954 35. 3 May Hibernian A 5–0 McGhee , Archibald , Watson , Scanlon (2) 12,921 36. 7 May Partick Thistle A 1–1 MacKinnon 7,000
Source:
Statto and
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Ground A H A A H H A A A H A H H A H A H H A A H H H H H A A A H H A A H A A A Result L W W L W L W D W D D L L W W L W D W D L D W W W D W W W D W W W D W D Position 8 4 2 6 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 6 5 4 3 3 4 4 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance QF 28 July Kilmarnock A 0–1 0
Scottish League Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance R1 L1 15 August Arbroath H 4–0 McGhee , McMaster , Davidson , Jarvie 6,700 R1 L2 22 August Arbroath A 1–2 Black 9,000 R2 L1 29 August Meadowbank Thistle A 5–0 Garner , McGhee , McMaster (2), Strachan 1,200 R2 L2 1 September Meadowbank Thistle H 2–2 McMaster , Strachan 6,000 R3 L1 26 September Rangers H 3–1 McLeish , Garner , Harper 18,000 R3 L2 10 October Rangers A 2–0 Strachan , Harper 28,000 QF L1 31 October Celtic H 3–2 Archibald (3) 24,000 QF L2 24 November Celtic A 1–0 McGhee 39,000 SF 1 December Morton N 2–1 McGhee , Strachan 11,896 F 8 December Dundee United N 0–0 27,173 F R 12 December Dundee United N 0–3 28,933
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance R3 26 January Arbroath A 1–1 Archibald 5,764 R3 R 30 January Arbroath H 5–0 Archibald , Scanlon (3), Hamilton 9,127 R4 16 February Airdrieonians H 8–0 Scanlon , McMaster , Miller , Strachan , Archibald (4) 10,410 QF 8 March Partick Thistle A 2–1 Archibald , Jarvie 8,584 SF 12 April Rangers N 0–1 44,000
[ edit ] [ edit ] Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003 . Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X
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