1988–89 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen began the season under new management. Alex Smith and Jocky Scott were appointed as co-managers after the resignation of Ian Porterfield during the summer. New signings included Paul Mason and Theo Snelders from FC Groningen and FC Twente respectively.

Aberdeen finished second in the League behind Rangers, and reached the final of the League Cup, which they lost to Rangers after extra time. In the Scottish Cup, they lost in the fourth round to Dundee United, and in Europe, they lost to East German club Dynamo Dresden in the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Results

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Dundee	A	1–1	Dodds	12,222
2	20 August	St Mirren	H	1–1	Connor	12,046
3	27 August	Dundee United	A	2–2	Bett, Hewitt	14,735
4	3 September	Hibernian	H	0–0		14,000
5	17 September	Celtic	A	3–1	Grant, Bett, Dodds	37,769
6	24 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Nicholas	14,000
7	27 September	Hamilton Academical	A	1–0	Connor	3,634
8	1 October	Motherwell	A	1–1	Miller	4,225
9	8 October	Rangers	H	2–1	Nicholas, Bett	22,370
10	12 October	St Mirren	A	1–1	Dodds	4,287
11	29 October	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Whittaker (own goal)	12,644
12	2 November	Celtic	H	2–2	Nicholas, Dodds	22,000
13	5 November	Hibernian	A	2–1	Nicholas (2)	11,500
14	12 November	Dundee United	H	1–1	Mason	15,184
15	16 November	Dundee	H	1–0	Wright	11,181
16	19 November	Motherwell	H	2–1	Nicholas, Hewitt	10,028
17	26 November	Rangers	A	0–1		42,239
18	3 December	Hamilton Academical	H	1–1	Nicholas	8,324
19	10 December	Celtic	A	0–0		42,437
20	17 December	St Mirren	H	3–1	Irvine, C. Robertson, Hewitt	8,500
21	31 December	Dundee	A	0–2		9,828
22	3 January	Dundee United	A	1–1	Nicholas	17,952
23	7 January	Hibernian	H	2–0	Nicholas (2)	13,500
24	14 January	Rangers	H	1–2	Nicholas	22,000
25	21 January	Motherwell	A	2–0	Connor, van der Ark	5,906
26	14 February	Hamilton Academical	A	2–0	Wright, Nicholas	2,016
27	25 February	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	Wright (2), Irvine	15,000
28	11 March	Dundee	H	2–0	Nicholas, Wright	11,800
29	25 March	St Mirren	A	3–1	Nicholas, Wright, Mason	7,541
30	1 April	Dundee United	H	1–0	Nicholas	16,700
31	8 April	Hibernian	A	2–1	Bett, Mason	11,000
32	15 April	Hamilton Academical	H	3–0	Nicholas (2), Mason	9,712
33	22 April	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1		13,367
34	29 April	Celtic	H	0–0		21,500
35	6 May	Motherwell	H	0–0		6,500
36	13 May	Rangers	A	3–0	van der Ark, Wright, Bett	42,480

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	36	26	4	6	62	26	36	56
2	Aberdeen	36	18	14	4	51	25	26	50
3	Celtic	36	21	4	11	66	44	22	46
4	Dundee United	36	16	12	8	44	26	18	44

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	17 August	Arbroath	H	4–0	Miller (2), Bett, Hewitt	9,139
R3	23 August	Morton	A	2–1	Bett (2)	3,131
QF	31 August	Hibernian	A	2–1	Nicholas, Grant	13,500
SF	20 September	Dundee United	N	2–0	Dodds, Hewitt	18,491
F	23 October	Rangers	N	2–3	Dodds (2)	72,122

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	28 January	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–0		16,656
R3 R	1 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	Wright (2), Nicholas	21,500
R4	18 February	Dundee United	H	1–1	Connor	23,000
R4 R	22 February	Dundee United	A	1–1	Grant	18,756
R4 R2	27 February	Dundee United	A	0–1		21,095

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1988–89 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	7 September	Dynamo Dresden	H	0–0		14,500
R1 L2	5 October	Dynamo Dresden	A	0–2		36,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Jim Bett	43	8	31	5	5	0	5	3	2	0
	MF		Bobby Connor	48	5	36	4	5	1	5	0	2	0
	FW		Davie Dodds	34	7	23	4	4	0	5	3	2	0
	MF		Brian Grant	33	3	27	1	3	1	2	1	1	0
	MF		Stevie Gray	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		John Hewitt	35	5	27	3	2	0	5	2	1	0
	DF		Brian Irvine	35	2	27	2	5	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Eoin Jess	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Andy MacLeod	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Paul Mason	33	4	28	4	1	0	2	0	2	0
	DF		Stewart McKimmie	47	0	35	0	5	0	5	0	2	0
	DF		Alex McLeish	46	0	34	0	5	0	5	0	2	0
	DF		Willie Miller	29	3	22	1	0	0	5	2	2	0
	FW		Charlie Nicholas	37	18	28	16	5	1	3	1	1	0
	MF		Craig Robertson	5	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		David Robertson	30	0	23	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
	DF		Ian Robertson	12	0	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Neil Simpson	28	0	16	0	5	0	5	0	2	0
	GK		Theo Snelders	48	0	36	0	5	0	5	0	2	0
	FW		Willem van der Ark	9	2	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Gregg Watson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Paul Wright	28	8	22	6	4	2	1	0	1	0

References

Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.

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1988–89 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results 1990 World Cup qualifying (Group 5) Rous Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Forfar Athletic Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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