1962–63 Aberdeen F.C. season
Appearance
1962–63 season | ||
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Chairman | Charles B. Forbes | |
Manager | Tommy Pearson | |
Scottish League Division One | 6th | |
Scottish Cup | 4th Round | |
Scottish League Cup | Group stage | |
Top goalscorer | League: Bobby Cummings (18) All: Bobby Cummings (23) | |
Highest home attendance | 36,000 vs. Rangers, 27 October 1962 | |
Lowest home attendance | 4,000 vs. Clyde, 6 April 1963 | |
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The 1962–63 season was Aberdeen's 50th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 52nd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup
Results
[edit]Own goals in italics
Division 1
[edit]Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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1 | 22 August | Airdrieonians | H | 2–1 | Callaghan, Winchester | 12,000 |
2 | 8 September | Dundee | A | 2–2 | Cooke, Winchester | 12,000 |
3 | 15 September | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 4–0 | Cooke (2), Winchester (2) | 10,000 |
4 | 22 September | Celtic | A | 2–1 | Cooke, Cummings | 29,000 |
5 | 29 September | Third Lanark | H | 4–1 | Thom (2), Cummings, Winchester | 14,000 |
6 | 6 October | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | Little | 7,000 |
7 | 13 October | Raith Rovers | H | 10–0 | Cummings (4), Winchester (3), Cooke, Little, Kinnell | 9,000 |
8 | 20 October | Queen of the South | A | 1–2 | Cummings | 5,500 |
9 | 27 October | Rangers | H | 2–3 | Cummings (2) | 36,000 |
10 | 3 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Cooke | 20,000 |
11 | 10 November | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | Cummings (2), Smith | 11,000 |
12 | 21 November | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | Cummings (2) | 3,000 |
13 | 24 November | Falkirk | H | 1–0 | Smith | 9,000 |
14 | 1 December | Clyde | A | 3–1 | Brownlee, Winchester, Smith | 7,000 |
15 | 8 December | Dundee United | A | 3–3 | Cummings, Thom, Winchester | 10,000 |
16 | 15 December | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | Kinnell | 15,000 |
17 | 22 December | Kilmarnock | H | 1–0 | Winchester | 14,000 |
18 | 1 January | Dundee | H | 1–0 | Winchester | 15,000 |
19 | 5 January | Celtic | H | 1–5 | Winchester | 15,000 |
20 | 16 February | St Mirren | H | 0–1 | 8,000 | |
21 | 9 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | Winchester (2) | 11,000 |
22 | 16 March | Hibernian | A | 3–2 | Cooke, Cummings, Coutts | 12,000 |
23 | 23 March | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | Winchester | 10,000 |
24 | 26 March | Queen of the South | H | 4–1 | Cummings (2), Thom, Cooke | 9,000 |
25 | 3 April | Falkirk | A | 1–2 | Winchester | 10,000 |
26 | 6 April | Clyde | H | 0–2 | 4,000 | |
27 | 10 April | Airdrieonians | A | 0–2 | 9,000 | |
28 | 17 April | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 0–3 | 3,716 | |
29 | 20 April | Partick Thistle | A | 3–2 | Kinnell (3) | 5,000 |
30 | 24 April | Third Lanark | A | 2–1 | Kinnell, Wilson | 2,100 |
31 | 27 April | Kilmarnock | A | 2–2 | Little, Cummings | 4,000 |
32 | 4 May | Raith Rovers | A | 4–0 | Kinnell (2), Little (2) | 1,000 |
33 | 7 May | Dundee United | H | 1–2 | Kinnell | 5,000 |
34 | 27 May | Rangers | A | 2–2 | Kinnell, Little | 14,000 |
Final standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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4 | Celtic | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 76 | 44 | 1.727 | 44 |
5 | Hearts | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 85 | 59 | 1.441 | 43 |
6 | Aberdeen | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 47 | 1.489 | 41 |
7 | Dundee United | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 52 | 1.288 | 41 |
8 | Dunfermline | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 47 | 1.064 | 34 |
Source: RSSSF
Scottish League Cup
[edit]Group 3
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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1 | 11 August | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | Mulhall, Brownlee | 12,000 |
2 | 15 August | Motherwell | H | 4–0 | Mulhall, Little, Winchester, Cummings | 11,500 |
3 | 18 August | Falkirk | H | 3–0 | Mulhall, Little | 12,500 |
4 | 25 August | Partick Thistle | H | 0–3 | 14,500 | |
5 | 29 August | Motherwell | A | 1–4 | Brownlee | 8,000 |
6 | 1 September | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | Winchester, Peacock | 4,000 |
Group 3 final table
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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Partick Thistle (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2.400 | 9 |
Aberdeen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1.333 | 8 |
Motherwell | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 7 |
Falkirk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 0.190 | 0 |
Scottish Cup
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R2 | 13 March | St Johnstone | A | 2–1 | Winchester, Cummings | 9,000 |
R3 | 20 March | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 4–0 | Cummings (2), Kinnell | 20,000 |
R4 | 30 March | Raith Rovers | A | 1–2 | Cummings | 8,000 |
Squad
[edit]Appearances & Goals
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Division One | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | SCO | John Ogston | 43 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Jimmy Hogg | 43 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | George Kinnell (c) | 42 | 12 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Doug Coutts | 35 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Dave Bennett | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Ally Shewan | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Doug Fraser | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Jim Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | SCO | Jim Cromar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Dave Smith | 35 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Lewis Thom | 26 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Ken Brownlee | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
MF | SCO | George Mulhall | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
MF | SCO | Willie Callaghan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Tommy Ring | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | SCO | Ian Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Bobby Cummings | 38 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
FW | SCO | Charlie Cooke | 36 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Ernie Winchester | 34 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
FW | SCO | Willie Allan | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
FW | SCO | Billy Little | 21 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
FW | ?? | Alex Wilson | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit]- Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
- AFC Heritage Trust