ian scanlon

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Squad Number:	11
Position:	Outside Left
Date of Birth:	Sunday, July 13, 1952
Birthplace:	Birkenshaw (Lanarkshire)

Nationality:	Scottish
Height:	5' 10
Weight:	11st 3lbs
Signed:	18th March 1978

Full Name: John Ian Scanlon, known as Ian.

Scanlon cut a mercurial figure on the pitch and frequently created exciting moments for the crowd, but he could also drift out of games. Nonetheless he was a significant contributor to the Dons' teams of the late 1970's and played a big part in the League Championship winning season of 1979-1980. In 1979, USA club Washington Diplomats came close to making a £100,000 bid for the player,who was wanting away from Pittodrie, but nothing came of it. Eventually he signed for St Mirren in the summer of 1981 as part of the deal that brought Peter Weir to Aberdeen.

Aberdeen Debut

All Appearances

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Date	Result	Competition	Venue	Attendance	Age at debut	Type	RedTv	Report
30/03/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 1 St. Mirren	Scottish Reserve League		0		Start

Date	Result	Competition	Attendance	Type
03/05/1981	Dundee 0 - 3 Aberdeen	Testimonial	0	Start
29/04/1981	Aberdeen 5 - 1 Buckie Thistle	Aberdeenshire Cup	3,000	Start
25/04/1981	Dundee United 0 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	6,369	Start
22/04/1981	Aberdeen 0 - 0 Rangers	Premier Division	15,000	Start
11/04/1981	Aberdeen 1 - 0 Heart of Midlothian	Premier Division	6,982	Start
04/04/1981	Morton 1 - 3 Aberdeen	Premier Division	4,500	Start
01/04/1981	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Partick Thistle	Premier Division	7,650	Start
28/03/1981	Celtic 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	35,200	Start
14/03/1981	Kilmarnock 1 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	2,500	Start
07/03/1981	Aberdeen 4 - 1 Heart of Midlothian	Premier Division	11,128	Start
28/02/1981	Aberdeen 1 - 2 St. Mirren	Premier Division	9,683	Start
21/02/1981	Airdrie 0 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	4,000	Start
14/02/1981	Rangers 0 - 4 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Start
07/02/1981	Aberdeen 0 - 1 Morton	Premier Division	12,005	Start
31/01/1981	Rangers 1 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	30,000	Start
25/01/1981	Aberdeen University 1 - 7 Aberdeen	Aberdeenshire Cup	0	Start
25/01/1981	Aberdeen University 1 - 7 Aberdeen	Aberdeenshire Cup	0	Start
24/01/1981	Raith Rovers 1 - 2 Aberdeen	Scottish Cup	10,000	Sub
03/01/1981	St. Mirren 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	11,100	Start
30/12/1980	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Dundee United	Premier Division	23,573	Start
27/12/1980	Aberdeen 4 - 1 Celtic	Premier Division	23,930	Start
20/12/1980	Partick Thistle 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	6,000	Start
13/12/1980	Aberdeen 2 - 0 Rangers	Premier Division	22,054	Start
06/12/1980	Morton 1 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	5,000	Start
22/11/1980	Kilmarnock 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	3,200	Start
15/11/1980	Aberdeen 2 - 1 Partick Thistle	Premier Division	12,268	Start
08/11/1980	Celtic 0 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	29,000	Start
05/11/1980	Liverpool 4 - 0 Aberdeen	European Cup	36,182	Start
01/11/1980	Aberdeen 4 - 1 Airdrie	Premier Division	9,266	Start
29/10/1980	Aberdeen 0 - 1 Dundee	League Cup	14,925	Start
25/10/1980	Dundee United 1 - 3 Aberdeen	Premier Division	10,043	Start
22/10/1980	Aberdeen 0 - 1 Liverpool	European Cup	23,934	Start
18/10/1980	Aberdeen 3 - 2 St. Mirren	Premier Division	11,000	Start
11/10/1980	Aberdeen 2 - 0 Kilmarnock	Premier Division	11,164	Start
08/10/1980	Dundee 0 - 0 Aberdeen	League Cup	10,300	Start
04/10/1980	Heart of Midlothian 0 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	10,873	Sub
01/10/1980	Austria Memphis 0 - 0 Aberdeen	European Cup	37,000	Start
27/09/1980	Aberdeen 2 - 2 Celtic	Premier Division	23,000	Sub
24/09/1980	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Rangers	League Cup	23,926	Start
20/09/1980	Partick Thistle 0 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	6,000	Start
17/09/1980	Aberdeen 1 - 0 Austria Memphis	European Cup	18,633	Start
13/09/1980	Rangers 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	30,000	Start
06/09/1980	Aberdeen 6 - 0 Morton	Premier Division	9,485	Start
03/09/1980	Rangers 1 - 0 Aberdeen	League Cup	30,000	Start
31/08/1980	Aberdeen 8 - 6 Joe Harper Select	Testimonial	16,000	Start
27/08/1980	Aberdeen 8 - 1 Berwick Rangers	League Cup	7,570	Start
23/08/1980	Airdrie 0 - 4 Aberdeen	Premier Division	5,000	Start
16/08/1980	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Dundee United	Premier Division	13,729	Start
12/08/1980	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Twente Enschede	Friendly	8,621	Start
09/08/1980	St. Mirren 0 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	7,067	Start
02/08/1980	Aberdeen 2 - 1 St. Mirren	Drybrough Cup	8,000	Start
30/07/1980	Morton 2 - 4 Aberdeen	Drybrough Cup	0	Start
26/07/1980	Aberdeen 4 - 1 Airdrie	Drybrough Cup	9,000	Start
07/05/1980	Partick Thistle 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	7,000	Start
03/05/1980	Hibernian 0 - 5 Aberdeen	Premier Division	12,921	Start
29/04/1980	Dundee United 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	12,954	Start
26/04/1980	Aberdeen 2 - 0 St. Mirren	Premier Division	19,000	Start
23/04/1980	Celtic 1 - 3 Aberdeen	Premier Division	48,000	Start
19/04/1980	Kilmarnock 1 - 3 Aberdeen	Premier Division	3,800	Sub
16/04/1980	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Hibernian	Premier Division	15,000	Start
12/04/1980	Aberdeen 0 - 1 Rangers	Scottish Cup	44,000	Start
07/04/1980	Aberdeen 2 - 1 Dundee	Premier Division	11,600	Start
05/04/1980	Celtic 1 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	40,000	Start
01/04/1980	Kilmarnock 0 - 4 Aberdeen	Premier Division	5,000	Sub
29/03/1980	Rangers 2 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	20,000	Start
22/03/1980	Aberdeen 1 - 0 Morton	Premier Division	7,250	Start
19/03/1980	Aberdeen 3 - 0 Dundee	Premier Division	7,000	Sub
01/03/1980	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Partick Thistle	Premier Division	9,000	Start
24/02/1980	Rothes 1 - 4 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Start
23/02/1980	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Kilmarnock	Premier Division	9,600	Start
16/02/1980	Aberdeen 8 - 0 Airdrie	Scottish Cup	10,410	Start
09/02/1980	St. Mirren 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	7,900	Start
02/02/1980	Dundee 1 - 3 Aberdeen	Premier Division	7,661	Start
30/01/1980	Aberdeen 5 - 0 Arbroath	Scottish Cup	9,127	Start
26/01/1980	Arbroath 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Scottish Cup	5,764	Start
19/01/1980	Aberdeen 0 - 0 Celtic	Premier Division	24,000	Start
12/01/1980	Aberdeen 3 - 2 Rangers	Premier Division	18,600	Start
12/12/1979	Aberdeen 0 - 3 Dundee United	League Cup	28,933	Start
08/12/1979	Aberdeen 0 - 0 Dundee United	League Cup	27,173	Start
01/12/1979	Aberdeen 2 - 1 Morton	League Cup	11,986	Start
24/11/1979	Celtic 0 - 1 Aberdeen	League Cup	29,000	Start
17/11/1979	Rangers 0 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	18,500	Start
10/11/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Morton	Premier Division	10,400	Start
03/11/1979	Aberdeen 0 - 3 Dundee United	Premier Division	12,500	Start
31/10/1979	Aberdeen 3 - 2 Celtic	League Cup	24,000	Start
27/10/1979	Hibernian 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	7,000	Start
20/10/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Partick Thistle	Premier Division	12,000	Start
13/10/1979	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Kilmarnock	Premier Division	12,000	Start
10/10/1979	Rangers 0 - 2 Aberdeen	League Cup	18,000	Start
06/10/1979	St. Mirren 2 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	9,163	Start
03/10/1979	Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 0 Aberdeen	UEFA Cup	20,000	Start
29/09/1979	Dundee 0 - 4 Aberdeen	Premier Division	11,817	Sub
26/09/1979	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Rangers	League Cup	18,000	Start
22/09/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Celtic	Premier Division	23,000	Start
19/09/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt	UEFA Cup	20,000	Start
15/09/1979	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Rangers	Premier Division	23,000	Start
08/09/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Morton	Scottish Premier Reserve League	0	Start
05/09/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Leicester City	Friendly	8,000	Start
01/09/1979	East Stirling 2 - 0 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Start
25/08/1979	Aberdeen 2 - 0 Dundee United	Scottish Reserve League Cup	0	Start
20/08/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Dundee United	Tayside Reserve League	0	Start
18/08/1979	Hibernian 1 - 6 Aberdeen	Scottish Premier Reserve League	0	Start
09/08/1979	Nairn County 1 - 5 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Start
02/08/1979	Aberdeen 4 - 1 Coventry City	Friendly	9,000	Sub
19/07/1979	Randers 0 - 1 Aberdeen	Danish Tour	3,500	Start
14/05/1979	Ross County - Brora Rangers Select 0 - 2 Aberdeen	Testimonial	2,000	Start
11/05/1979	Partick Thistle 1 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	4,000	Start
07/05/1979	Rangers 2 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	30,000	Start
05/05/1979	Dundee United 2 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	7,822	Start
02/05/1979	Aberdeen 5 - 0 Heart of Midlothian	Premier Division	6,000	Start
25/04/1979	Aberdeen 2 - 1 Rangers	Premier Division	19,000	Start
21/04/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Celtic	Premier Division	18,400	Start
18/04/1979	Motherwell 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	2,672	Start
14/04/1979	Partick Thistle 0 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	6,000	Start
11/04/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Hibernian	Scottish Cup	9,837	Start
08/04/1979	Buckie Thistle 0 - 5 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Start
07/04/1979	Hibernian 2 - 3 Aberdeen	Scottish Premier Reserve League	0	Start
05/04/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Celtic	Scottish Premier Reserve League	0	Start
30/03/1979	Rangers 2 - 1 Aberdeen	Scottish Premier Reserve League	0	Start
28/03/1979	Ayr United 2 - 3 Aberdeen	Scottish Second XI Cup	0	Start
14/03/1979	Celtic 1 - 2 Aberdeen	Scottish Cup	37,000	Sub
10/03/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Celtic	Scottish Cup	23,000	Start
03/03/1979	Celtic 1 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	26,000	Start
28/02/1979	Aberdeen 2 - 1 Partick Thistle	Premier Division	11,500	Start
24/02/1979	St. Mirren 2 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	11,500	Start
21/02/1979	Aberdeen 6 - 2 Ayr United	Scottish Cup	11,500	Start
27/01/1979	Hamilton 0 - 2 Aberdeen	Scottish Cup	9,400	Start
20/01/1979	Hibernian 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	4,100	Start
16/01/1979	Belenenses 0 - 5 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Start
30/12/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Morton	Premier Division	8,700	Start
23/12/1978	Heart of Midlothian 0 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	9,500	Start
16/12/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 1 St. Mirren	Premier Division	11,700	Start
13/12/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 0 Hibernian	League Cup	21,048	Start
09/12/1978	Celtic 0 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	24,000	Start
02/12/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Partick Thistle	Scottish Premier Reserve League	0	Start
18/11/1978	Aberdeen 0 - 0 Rangers	Premier Division	24,000	Start
15/11/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Ayr United	League Cup	13,000	Sub
11/11/1978	Motherwell 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	5,448	Sub
06/11/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Keith	Friendly	0	Start
04/11/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 0 Dundee United	Premier Division	13,850	Sub
01/11/1978	Aberdeen 2 - 0 Fortuna Dusseldorf	European Cup Winners Cup	16,800	Sub
28/10/1978	Morton 2 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	6,500	Start
23/10/1978	Arbroath Select 2 - 2 Aberdeen	Testimonial	1,200	Start
21/10/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Heart of Midlothian	Premier Division	12,750	Start
18/10/1978	Fortuna Dusseldorf 3 - 0 Aberdeen	European Cup Winners Cup	10,000	Sub
14/10/1978	St. Mirren 2 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	10,973	Sub
11/10/1978	Aberdeen 7 - 1 Hamilton	League Cup	10,000	Start
04/10/1978	Hamilton 0 - 1 Aberdeen	League Cup	5,000	Start
30/09/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Partick Thistle	Premier Division	11,100	Start
27/09/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 0 Marek Dimitrov	European Cup Winners Cup	21,100	Start
23/09/1978	Hibernian 2 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	12,086	Start
16/09/1978	Rangers 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	27,000	Start
13/09/1978	Marek Dimitrov 3 - 2 Aberdeen	European Cup Winners Cup	20,000	Start
09/09/1978	Aberdeen 4 - 0 Motherwell	Premier Division	12,200	Start
03/09/1978	Aberdeen 0 - 1 Former Dons Select	Testimonial	21,000	Start
02/09/1978	Aberdeen 4 - 0 Meadowbank Thistle	League Cup	6,850	Start
30/08/1978	Meadowbank Thistle 0 - 5 Aberdeen	League Cup	3,500	Start
28/08/1978	Aberdeen 2 - 2 Dundee	Scottish Reserve League Cup	0	Start
26/08/1978	Dundee United 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	10,000	Sub
24/08/1978	Dundee 0 - 2 Aberdeen	Scottish Reserve League Cup	0	Start
19/08/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Morton	Premier Division	14,500	Sub
12/08/1978	Heart of Midlothian 1 - 4 Aberdeen	Premier Division	11,500	Sub
08/08/1978	East Stirlingshire 3 - 3 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Start
02/08/1978	Buckie Thistle 0 - 2 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Start
31/07/1978	Elgin City 0 - 5 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Sub
09/05/1978	Rangers 0 - 1 Aberdeen	Scottish Second XI Cup	4,000	Start
08/05/1978	Aberdeen 2 - 1 Rangers	Scottish Second XI Cup	0	Start
06/05/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Rangers	Scottish Cup	61,563	Sub
29/04/1978	Hibernian 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	11,250	Sub
24/04/1978	Hearts 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Scottish Second XI Cup	0	Start
19/04/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Dundee	Scottish Reserve League Cup	0	Start
17/04/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 0 Motherwell	Scottish Reserve League	0	Start
13/04/1978	Motherwell 1 - 4 Aberdeen	Scottish Reserve League	0	Start
03/04/1978	Ayr United 2 - 0 Aberdeen	Scottish Reserve League	0	Start
01/04/1978	Aberdeen 0 - 0 Celtic	Scottish Reserve League	0	Start
30/03/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 1 St. Mirren	Scottish Reserve League	0	Start

Appearances

Season	League			League Cup			Scottish Cup			Europe			Total			Other
	App	Sub	Goals	App	Sub	Goals	App	Sub	Goals	App	Sub	Goals	App	Sub	Goals	App	Sub	Goals
1980-81	31	2	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	40	3	5	8	0	13
1979-80	25	4	4	7	0	0	4	0	4	2	0	0	38	4	8	4	1	2
1978-79	23	6	2	5	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	0	34	10	6	5	1	0
1977-78	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Totals:	79	13	12	17	1	2	8	3	6	8	2	0	112	19	20	17	2	15
Total Appearances/Goals:														131	20

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