Aberdeen F.C. 1988–89 football season
Aberdeen F.C. competed in theScottish Premier Division ,Scottish League Cup ,Scottish Cup andUEFA Cup inseason 1988–89 .
Aberdeen began the season under new management.Alex Smith andJocky Scott were appointed as co-managers after the resignation ofIan Porterfield during the summer. New signings includedPaul Mason andTheo 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.
Scottish Premier Division [ edit ] 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
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Statto Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Scottish League Cup [ edit ] Appearances & Goals[ edit ] Kevin Stirling.Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003 . Desert Island Books 2002.ISBN 1-874287-49-X .
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