1962–63 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. 1962–63 football season

Aberdeen F.C.

1962–63 season

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

Home colours

← 1961–62

1963–64 →

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

Own goals in italics

Division 1

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
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

Group 3

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
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

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
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

Source: statto.com
(A) Advanced to Supplementary Round

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
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

Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Kevin Stirling. Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003. Desert Island Books 2002. ISBN 1-874287-49-X.
AFC Heritage Trust

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer