steve archibald

Forward

Profile

Squad Number:	8
Position:	Forward
Date of Birth:	Thursday, September 27, 1956
Birthplace:	Glasgow

Nationality:	Scottish
Height:	5' 10
Weight:	11st 2lbs
Signed:	7th January 1978

Signed from Clyde for about £20,000 in 1977 by Billy McNeill who had been his manager at Shawfield prior to moving to Pittodrie. The emerging potential of the striker was to flourish at Pittodrie. Was part of the Aberdeen side that won the Premier League in 1980. His heart set on a move to England he was sold for a record fee of approximately £1,000,000 (including tax) to Tottenham shortly after the Dons title success. This was close to the time that the South Stand was redevelloped and Alex Ferguson liked to refer to it as "Stevie's Stand."
Made his full international debut for Scotland against Portugal during his Pittodrie career. Also went on to play for Barcelona and currently resides in the Catalan area.

Aberdeen Debut

All Appearances

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Date	Result	Competition	Venue	Attendance	Age at debut	Type	RedTv	Report
07/01/1978	Ayr United 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division		5,966		Start

Date	Result	Competition	Attendance	Type
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	Start
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	Start
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	Start
15/03/1980	Aberdeen 2 - 1 Dundee United	Premier Division	10,000	Start
08/03/1980	Partick Thistle 1 - 2 Aberdeen	Scottish Cup	8,584	Start
01/03/1980	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Partick Thistle	Premier Division	9,000	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
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
05/01/1980	Morton 1 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	6,000	Start
15/12/1979	Aberdeen 2 - 0 St. Mirren	Premier Division	5,000	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	Start
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	Morton 3 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	5,540	Start
05/09/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Leicester City	Friendly	8,000	Start
01/09/1979	Aberdeen 2 - 2 Meadowbank Thistle	League Cup	6,000	Start
29/08/1979	Meadowbank Thistle 0 - 5 Aberdeen	League Cup	1,200	Start
25/08/1979	Dundee United 1 - 3 Aberdeen	Premier Division	10,982	Start
22/08/1979	Arbroath 2 - 1 Aberdeen	League Cup	2,174	Start
18/08/1979	Aberdeen 3 - 0 Hibernian	Premier Division	10,300	Start
15/08/1979	Aberdeen 4 - 0 Arbroath	League Cup	6,700	Start
11/08/1979	Partick Thistle 1 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	7,500	Start
08/08/1979	Aberdeen 2 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur	Friendly	11,500	Start
02/08/1979	Aberdeen 4 - 1 Coventry City	Friendly	9,000	Start
28/07/1979	Kilmarnock 1 - 0 Aberdeen	Drybrough Cup	0	Start
21/07/1979	Skovbakken 0 - 7 Aberdeen	Danish Tour	0	Start
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
28/04/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 2 St. Mirren	Premier Division	10,400	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
31/03/1979	Aberdeen 1 - 2 Rangers	League Cup	54,000	Start
26/03/1979	Aberdeen 8 - 0 Motherwell	Premier Division	6,300	Start
17/03/1979	Aberdeen 0 - 2 Dundee United	Premier Division	10,200	Start
14/03/1979	Celtic 1 - 2 Aberdeen	Scottish Cup	37,000	Start
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	Sub
16/01/1979	Belenenses 0 - 5 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Sub
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	Sub
22/11/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 0 Moscow Dynamo	Friendly	12,000	Sub
18/11/1978	Aberdeen 0 - 0 Rangers	Premier Division	24,000	Start
15/11/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Ayr United	League Cup	13,000	Start
08/11/1978	Ayr United 3 - 3 Aberdeen	League Cup	6,300	Start
04/11/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 0 Dundee United	Premier Division	13,850	Start
01/11/1978	Aberdeen 2 - 0 Fortuna Dusseldorf	European Cup Winners Cup	16,800	Start
28/10/1978	Morton 2 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	6,500	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	Start
14/10/1978	St. Mirren 2 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	10,973	Start
11/10/1978	Aberdeen 7 - 1 Hamilton	League Cup	10,000	Start
07/10/1978	Aberdeen 4 - 1 Celtic	Premier Division	25,000	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
26/08/1978	Dundee United 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	10,000	Start
19/08/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Morton	Premier Division	14,500	Start
12/08/1978	Heart of Midlothian 1 - 4 Aberdeen	Premier Division	11,500	Start
07/08/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 2 Middlesbrough	Friendly	10,500	Start
05/08/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur	Friendly	18,000	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
04/05/1978	Clydebank 0 - 1 Aberdeen	Scottish Reserve League	0	Start
30/04/1978	East Juniors Select 1 - 3 Aberdeen	Friendly	0	Start
19/04/1978	Aberdeen 1 - 1 Dundee	Scottish Reserve League Cup	0	Start
10/04/1978	Dundee 3 - 2 Aberdeen	Scottish Reserve League Cup	0	Start
08/04/1978	Partick Thistle 0 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	9,000	Start
04/04/1978	Aberdeen 2 - 1 Partick Thistle	Premier Division	16,000	Start
01/04/1978	Celtic 2 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	24,000	Start
29/03/1978	St. Mirren 1 - 2 Aberdeen	Premier Division	9,300	Start
25/03/1978	Aberdeen 4 - 1 Ayr United	Premier Division	11,000	Start
21/03/1978	Aberdeen 2 - 0 Clydebank	Premier Division	9,600	Start
18/03/1978	Dundee United 0 - 0 Aberdeen	Premier Division	9,671	Start
04/03/1978	Rangers 0 - 3 Aberdeen	Premier Division	34,500	Start
25/02/1978	Aberdeen 3 - 0 Hibernian	Premier Division	11,200	Start
21/02/1978	Ayr United 2 - 0 Aberdeen	Scottish Reserve League	0	Start
16/02/1978	St. Mirren 1 - 5 Aberdeen	Scottish Second XI Cup	300	Start
15/02/1978	Queen of the South 3 - 5 Aberdeen	Friendly	1,500	Sub
11/01/1978	Celtic 4 - 4 Aberdeen	Scottish Reserve League	0	Start
07/01/1978	Ayr United 1 - 1 Aberdeen	Premier Division	5,966	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
1979-80	34	0	12	11	0	3	5	0	7	2	0	0	52	0	22	6	0	4
1978-79	30	2	13	7	0	3	5	0	4	4	0	0	46	2	20	5	3	1
1977-78	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	5	0	1	0
Totals:	74	2	30	18	0	6	10	0	11	6	0	0	108	2	47	11	4	5
Total Appearances/Goals:														110	47

Scottish International Caps

Total Appearances:

Season	Date	Match	Tournament
1985-86	08/06/1986	West Germany v Scotland	World Cup Qualifier
1984-85	28/05/1985	Iceland v Scotland	World Cup Qualifier
1984-85	25/05/1985	Scotland v England	Rous Cup
1984-85	27/02/1985	Spain v Scotland	World Cup Qualifier
1983-84	01/06/1984	France v Scotland	Friendly
1983-84	26/05/1984	Scotland v England	British Int'l Championship
1983-84	16/11/1983	Germany (East) v Scotland	Euro Championship Qualifier
1982-83	15/12/1982	Belgium v Scotland	Euro Championship Qualifier
1982-83	17/11/1982	Switzerland v Scotland	Euro Championship Qualifier
1982-83	13/10/1982	Scotland v Germany (East)	Euro Championship Qualifier
1981-82	22/06/1982	Ussr v Scotland	World Cup Finals
1981-82	18/06/1982	Brazil v Scotland	World Cup Finals
1981-82	15/06/1982	New Zealand v Scotland	World Cup Finals
1981-82	23/03/1982	Scotland v Holland	Friendly
1981-82	24/02/1982	Spain v Scotland	Friendly
1981-82	18/11/1981	Portugal v Scotland	World Cup Qualifier
1981-82	14/10/1981	Northern Ireland v Scotland	World Cup Qualifier
1980-81	23/05/1981	England v Scotland	British Int'l Championship
1980-81	19/05/1981	Scotland v Northern Ireland	British Int'l Championship
1980-81	28/04/1981	Scotland v Israel	World Cup Qualifier
1980-81	25/03/1981	Scotland v Northern Ireland	World Cup Qualifier
1980-81	25/02/1981	Israel v Scotland	World Cup Qualifier
1980-81	10/09/1980	Sweden v Scotland	World Cup Qualifier
1979-80	31/05/1980	Hungary v Scotland	Friendly
1979-80	28/05/1980	Poland v Scotland	Friendly
1979-80	16/05/1980	Northern Ireland v Scotland	British Int'l Championship
1979-80	26/03/1980	Scotland v Portugal	Euro Championship Qualifier

Scottish international caps

Total Appearances: 27

Season	Date	Match	Tournament
1985-86	08/06/86	West Germany v SCOTLAND	World Cup Qualifier
1984-85	28/05/85	Iceland v SCOTLAND	World Cup Qualifier
1984-85	25/05/85	SCOTLAND v England	Rous Cup
1984-85	27/02/85	Spain v SCOTLAND	World Cup Qualifier
1983-84	01/06/84	France v SCOTLAND	Friendly
1983-84	26/05/84	SCOTLAND v England	British Int'l Championship
1983-84	16/11/83	Germany (East) v SCOTLAND	Euro Championship Qualifier
1982-83	15/12/82	Belgium v SCOTLAND	Euro Championship Qualifier
1982-83	17/11/82	Switzerland v SCOTLAND	Euro Championship Qualifier
1982-83	13/10/82	SCOTLAND v Germany (East)	Euro Championship Qualifier
1981-82	22/06/82	Ussr v SCOTLAND	World Cup Finals
1981-82	18/06/82	Brazil v SCOTLAND	World Cup Finals
1981-82	15/06/82	New Zealand v SCOTLAND	World Cup Finals
1981-82	23/03/82	SCOTLAND v Holland	Friendly
1981-82	24/02/82	Spain v SCOTLAND	Friendly
1981-82	18/11/81	Portugal v SCOTLAND	World Cup Qualifier
1981-82	14/10/81	Northern Ireland v SCOTLAND	World Cup Qualifier
1980-81	23/05/81	England v SCOTLAND	British Int'l Championship
1980-81	19/05/81	SCOTLAND v Northern Ireland	British Int'l Championship
1980-81	28/04/81	SCOTLAND v Israel	World Cup Qualifier
1980-81	25/03/81	SCOTLAND v Northern Ireland	World Cup Qualifier
1980-81	25/02/81	Israel v SCOTLAND	World Cup Qualifier
1980-81	10/09/80	Sweden v SCOTLAND	World Cup Qualifier
1979-80	31/05/80	Hungary v SCOTLAND	Friendly
1979-80	28/05/80	Poland v SCOTLAND	Friendly
1979-80	16/05/80	Northern Ireland v SCOTLAND	British Int'l Championship
1979-80	26/03/80	SCOTLAND v Portugal	Euro Championship Qualifier

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