Aberdeen F.C. 1989–90 football season
Aberdeen F.C. competed in theScottish Premier Division ,Scottish Cup ,Scottish League Cup andUEFA Cup inthe 1989–90 season .
In October 1989, Aberdeen reached the Scottish League Cup final for the third successive season and faced Rangers for the third successive year. Aberdeen won 2–1 thanks to two goals from EnglishmanPaul Mason and a superb display from Dutch goalkeeperTheo Snelders .
November saw a new signing fromPSV Eindhoven , strikerHans Gillhaus , join for a record transfer fee of £650,000.[ 1] The Dutchman made an immediate impact by scoring twice on his debut againstDunfermline Athletic . In May 1990, Aberdeen won the Scottish Cup for the seventh time after a penalty shoot-out victory overCeltic following a 0–0 draw.
Two Aberdeen players won player-of-the-year awards:Alex McLeish won theScottish Football Writers' Player of the Year award andJim Bett was votedScottish Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year .
Scottish Premier Division [ edit ] Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance 1 12 August Hibernian H 1–0 Mason 16,000 2 19 August Motherwell A 0–0 6,491 3 26 August Dundee H 1–0 Jess 12,500 4 9 September Rangers A 0–1 40,283 5 16 September Dunfermline Athletic H 2–1 C. Robertson ,Mason 13,000 6 23 September St Mirren A 2–0 Grant ,Mason 5,872 7 30 September Celtic H 1–1 McLeish 21,374 8 4 October Dundee United A 0–2 11,879 9 14 October Heart of Midlothian H 1–3 van der Ark 15,000 10 25 October Hibernian A 3–0 C. Robertson ,van der Ark ,Mason 12,000 11 28 October Motherwell H 1–0 Bett 13,500 12 4 November Dundee A 1–1 Connor 7,041 13 18 November Dunfermline Athletic A 3–0 D. Robertson ,Gillhaus (2)11,882 14 22 November Rangers H 1–0 Gillhaus 23,000 15 25 November St Mirren H 5–0 McLeish ,Nicholas (3),Mason 13,500 16 2 December Celtic A 0–1 38,300 17 9 December Dundee United H 2–0 Nicholas ,Mason 15,500 18 20 December Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 Grant 11,370 19 26 December Hibernian H 1–2 Grant 16,500 20 30 December Motherwell A 2–2 van der Ark 7,267 21 2 January Dundee H 5–2 Grant ,Nicholas ,Bett ,van der Ark (2)16,054 22 6 January Rangers A 0–2 41,351 23 13 January Dunfermline Athletic H 4–1 Grant ,Nicholas ,Bett ,Mason 14,000 24 27 January St Mirren A 0–1 7,855 25 3 February Heart of Midlothian H 2–2 Nicholas (2)15,000 26 10 February Dundee United A 1–1 Mason 10,533 27 17 February Celtic H 1–1 Nicholas 22,100 28 3 March Dunfermline Athletic A 4–2 Nicholas ,Mason ,Gillhaus (2)8,228 29 10 March Hibernian A 2–3 van der Ark ,Own goal 9,550 30 24 March Motherwell H 2–0 Gillhaus (2)10,000 31 31 March Dundee A 1–1 Gillhaus 8,071 32 8 April Rangers H 0–0 23,000 33 18 April Dundee United H 1–0 Grant 10,000 34 21 April Heart of Midlothian A 0–1 11,616 35 28 April St Mirren H 2–0 Irvine ,Nicholas 7,977 36 2 May Celtic A 3–1 Graham Watson ,Jess (2)20,154
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RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Scottish League Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance R2 16 August Albion Rovers A 2–0 D. Robertson ,van der Ark 2,384 R3 23 August Airdrieonians H 4–0 Bett ,Mason (2),Cameron 10,000 QF 30 August St Mirren H 3–1 Bett ,Mason ,Winnie 11,500 SF 20 September Celtic N 1–0 Cameron 45,367 F 22 October Rangers N 2–1 Mason (2)61,190
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Aberdeen Scorer(s) Attendance R3 20 January Partick Thistle A 6–2 Grant ,Mason ,van der Ark (3),Kerr 11,875 R4 24 February Morton H 2–1 Nicholas ,Gillhaus 14,500 QF 17 March Heart of Midlothian H 4–1 Nicholas ,Gillhaus ,Irvine ,Bett 22,500 SF 14 April Dundee United N 4–0 Irvine ,Paatelainen ,van der Hoorn ,Gillhaus 16,581 F 12 May Celtic N 0–0 (9–8 on penalties) 60,493
Appearances & Goals[ edit ]
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