1965–66 Aberdeen F.C. season
Appearance
1965–66 season | ||
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Chairman | Scottish League Division One 8th | |
Scottish Cup | Semi-finalists | |
Scottish League Cup | Group stage | |
Top goalscorer | League: Ernie Winchester (15) All: Ernie Winchester (19) | |
Highest home attendance | 24,000 vs. Rangers, 4 September 1965 | |
Lowest home attendance | 4,000 x2 vs. Falkirk, 20 November 1965 vs. Motherwell, 23 April 1966 | |
| ||
The 1965–66 season was
Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup
.
Results
Own goals in italics
Division 1
Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25 August | Stirling Albion | H | 2–2 | Winchester, Little | 7,000 |
2 | 11 September | St Johnstone | A | 2–2 | Shewan, Ravn | 6,000 |
3 | 18 September | Dundee | H | 2–3 | Wilson
|
8,000 |
4 | 25 September | Celtic | A | 1–7 | Winchester | 20,000 |
5 | 2 October | St Mirren | H | 4–1 | 5,000 | |
6 | 9 October | Hamilton Academical | A | 4–0 | White, Finnie
|
2,500 |
7 | 16 October | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–2 | Winchester, Whyte | 7,000 |
8 | 23 October | Clyde | A | 2–2 | Scott, Winchester | 1,500 |
9 | 30 October | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Whyte | 10,541 |
10 | 6 November | Kilmarnock | H | 3–1 | Melrose | 8,000 |
11 | 13 November | Partick Thistle | A
|
3–0 | Little (2), Winchester | 5,000 |
12 | 20 November | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | Wilson
|
4,000 |
13 | 27 November | Morton
|
A
|
3–1 | Wilson
|
6,000 |
14 | 11 December | Dundee United | H | 0–0 | 10,000 | |
15 | 18 December | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | 5,500 | |
16 | 25 December | Hibernian | H | 1–3 | White
|
9,000 |
17 | 3 January | St Johnstone | H | 2–3 | Wilson, Little
|
6,000 |
18 | 8 January | Stirling Albion | A | 1–2 | Little | 3,035 |
19 | 15 January | Celtic | H | 3–1 | Ravn, Winchester, Little | 18,000 |
20 | 22 January | St Mirren | A | 0–1 | 4,500 | |
21 | 29 January | Hamilton Academical | H | 5–2 | Wilson
|
8,000 |
22 | 26 February | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–1 | 12,000 | |
23 | 2 March | Clyde | H | 2–0 | Winchester | 6,000 |
24 | 9 March | Kilmarnock | A | 3–1 | D. Smith
|
5,000 |
25 | 12 March | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | Little, Winchester | 8,500 |
26 | 19 March | Falkirk | A | 0–3 | 4,000 | |
27 | 21 March | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–2 | Wilson, Lunn, Winchester
|
6,000 |
28 | 4 April | Morton
|
H | 5–3 | Wilson ,
|
3,500 |
29 | 9 April | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 18,000 | |
30 | 13 April | Rangers | H | 1–2 | Melrose | 16,000 |
31 | 16 April | Dundee United | A | 0–3 | 7,000 | |
32 | 20 April | Dundee | A | 2–1 | D. Smith
|
5,500 |
33 | 23 April | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | Melrose | 4,000 |
34 | 30 April | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Melrose | 8,000 |
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Hibernian | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 81 | 55 | +26 | 38 |
7 | Hearts | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 38 |
8 | Aberdeen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 36 |
9 | Dundee | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 34 |
10 | Falkirk | 34 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 31 |
Source: RSSSF
Scottish League Cup
Group 2
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 August | Clyde | A | 2–1 | White
|
4,000 |
2 | 18 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | White
|
18,000 |
3 | 21 August | Rangers | H | 2–0 | Little, Ravn | 24,000 |
4 | 28 August | Clyde | H | 3–0 | Wilson
|
12,000 |
5 | 1 September | Hearts
|
A | 0–2 | 11,000 | |
6 | 4 September | Rangers | A | 0–4 | 45,000 |
Group 2 final table
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rangers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1.857 | 8 |
Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | 7 |
Aberdeen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 7 |
Clyde | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0.385 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
Scottish Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | 5 February | Hamilton Academical | A | 3–1 | Melrose, Ravn, Winchester | 2,600 |
R2 | 23 February | Dundee United | H | 5–0 | Petersen (2), Whyte, Ravn, Winchester | 14,000 |
QF | 5 March | Dumbarton | A | 3–0 | Wilson, Little, Winchester
|
10,000 |
SF | 26 March | Rangers | N | 0–0 | 49,350 | |
SFR | 29 March | Rangers | N | 1–2 | Melrose | 40,850 |
Squad
Appearances & Goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Division One | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Bobby Clark | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
John Ogston | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Ernie McGarr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Ally Shewan (c) | 45 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Tommy McMillan | 41 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Jim Whyte | 30 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Jens Petersen | 29 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Dave Bennett | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
John McCormick | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Hugh Stewart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Jimmy Wilson | 45 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
MF | ![]() |
Dave Smith | 45 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Ian Burns | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Leif Mortensen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Tony Fraser | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Jimmy Noble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Pat Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Billy Little | 44 | 12 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Ernie Winchester | 40 | 21 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Harry Melrose | 33 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Jørgen Ravn | 19 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Tommy White | 18 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
George Scott | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Jimmy Smith | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Dave Millar | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Sandy Finnie | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
- AFC Heritage Trust