1964–65 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C. 1964–65 football season

Aberdeen F.C.

1964–65 season

Chairman

Charles B. Forbes

Manager

Tommy Pearson (to February)
Eddie Turnbull (from February)

Scottish League Division One

12th

Scottish Cup

1st Round

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Summer Cup 1964

Finalists

Summer Cup 1965

Group stage

Top goalscorer

League: Ernie Winchester (14)
All: Ernie Winchester (19)

Highest home attendance

30,000 vs. Rangers, 22 August 1964

Lowest home attendance

3,000 vs. Clyde, 19 January 1965

Home colours

← 1963–64

1965–66 →

The 1964–65 season was Aberdeen's 52nd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 54th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Summer Cup.

Results

Own goals in italics

Division 1

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	19 August	St Mirren	H	2–1	Winchester (2)	11,000
2	5 September	Dundee	A	1–3	Winchester	8,000
3	12 September	St Johnstone	H	5–5	Kerr (2), Little, Coutts, McKinven	5,000
4	19 September	Hibernian	A	2–4	Kerr	12,000
5	26 September	Partick Thistle	H	5–1	Kerr (2), Little, Kerrigan, McIntosh	5,000
6	3 October	Third Lanark	A	1–4	Little	3,000
7	10 October	Celtic	H	1–3	Winchester	13,000
8	17 October	Motherwell	H	0–1		5,000
9	24 October	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–2		6,000
10	31 October	Falkirk	H	2–1	Morrison, Kerrigan	4,000
11	7 November	Rangers	A	2–2	Kerrigan, Morrison	30,000
12	14 November	Morton	H	2–1	Kerr, Morrison	5,000
13	21 November	Kilmarnock	H	1–1	Morrison	10,000
14	28 November	Dundee United	A	3–0	Kerrigan, Morrison, Lister	6,000
15	12 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–6	Kerrigan (2), Cooke	12,117
16	19 December	Clyde	H	0–3		3,500
17	26 December	St Mirren	A	0–4		4,500
18	1 January	Dundee	H	1–1	Winchester	8,000
19	9 January	Hibernian	H	1–1	Kerrigan	8,000
20	16 January	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	Fraser	5,000
21	27 January	Third Lanark	H	3–1	Ravn, Kerrigan, Fraser	9,000
22	30 January	Celtic	A	0–8		14,000
23	17 February	St Johnstone	A	4–2	Ravn (2), Winchester, Kerrigan	6,500
24	27 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	Ravn, Morrison	7,000
25	6 March	Falkirk	A	1–0	Cummings	4,000
26	13 March	Rangers	H	2–0	Winchester, Kerrigan	25,000
27	20 March	Morton	A	1–1	Kerrigan	4,000
28	24 March	Airdrieonians	H	5–2	Winchester (3), Ravn, Kerrigan,	4,000
29	27 March	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	Kerrigan	6,500
30	3 April	Dundee United	H	1–0	Winchester	11,000
31	10 April	Airdrieonians	A	4–2	Winchester (2), Ravn, Fraser	4,000
32	14 April	Motherwell	A	2–2	Winchester, Fraser	5,000
33	17 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–3		15,000
34	24 April	Clyde	A	0–4		4,450

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
10	Morton	34	13	7	14	54	54	1.000	33
11	Partick Thistle	34	11	10	13	57	58	0.983	32
12	Aberdeen	34	12	8	14	59	75	0.787	32
13	St Johnstone	34	9	11	14	57	62	0.919	29
14	Motherwell	34	10	8	16	45	54	0.833	28

Source: RSSSF

1964 Summer Cup

Continued from May

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
Final L1	1 August	Hibernian	H	3–2	Kerr (2), Winchester	10,100
Final L2	5 August	Hibernian	A	1–2	Cooke	28,000
Final R	2 September	Hibernian	H	1–3	Winchester	?????

Scottish League Cup

Group 1

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	8 August	Rangers	A	0–4		45,000
2	12 August	St Johnstone	H	2–1	Kerrigan, Winchester	10,000
3	15 August	St Mirren	A	3–3	Hume, Cooke, Smith	5,000
4	22 August	Rangers	H	3–4	McIntosh, Kerr, Smith	30,000
5	26 August	St Johnstone	A	1–1	Smith	4,000
6	29 August	St Mirren	H	2–1	Winchester, Smith	7,000

Group 1 final table

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Rangers	6	5	1	0	26	7	3.714	11
St Mirren	6	2	3	1	11	12	0.917	7
Aberdeen	6	1	3	2	11	15	0.733	5
St Johnstone	6	0	1	5	5	19	0.263	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	6 February	East Fife	H	0–0		10,100
R1R	9 February	East Fife	A	0–1		7,000

1965 Summer Cup

Group 1

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	1 May	St Johnstone	A	0–2	Kerr (2), Winchester	4,000
2	5 May	Dundee	H	3–1	Wilson (2), Kerrigan	5,000
3	8 May	Dundee United	H	1–2	Fraser	6,000
4	12 May	St Johnstone	H	2–0	Ravn (2)	3,000
5	15 May	Dundee	A	2–1	Fraser, Smith	5,000
6	19 May	Dundee United	A	0–3		4,369

Group 1 final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee United	6	6	0	21	6	+15	12
2	Aberdeen	6	3	3	8	9	−1	6
3	Dundee	6	2	4	10	15	−5	4
4	St Johnstone	6	1	5	7	16	−9	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	42	0	34	0	2	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Ally Shewan (c)	42	0	34	0	2	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Bennett	29	0	21	0	2	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	John McCormick	25	0	23	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Doug Coutts	18	1	11	1	1	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Jimmy Hogg	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Hugh Stewart	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	DEN	Jens Petersen	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Whyte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Dave Smith	41	4	33	0	2	0	6	4
	MF	SCO	Ian Burns	23	0	18	0	1	0	4	0
	MF	DEN	Leif Mortensen	16	1	14	1	2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Willie McIntosh	13	2	7	1	0	0	6	1
	MF	SCO	Bobby Hume	13	1	10	0	0	0	3	1
	MF	SCO	Tony Fraser	11	4	9	4	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Lister	11	1	10	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Don Kerrigan	33	15	26	14	2	0	5	1
	FW	SCO	Ernie Winchester	29	15	21	13	2	0	6	2
	FW	SCO	Billy Little	21	3	21	3	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Charlie Cooke	21	2	15	1	0	0	6	1
	FW	SCO	Andy Kerr	15	8	13	7	0	0	2	1
	FW	DEN	Jørgen Ravn	14	6	12	6	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tommy Morrison	12	5	12	5	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ken Ronaldson	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	??	Alex Wilson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	John Cummings	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

Unofficial Appearances & Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1964 Summer Cup Finals		1965 Summer Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	John Ogston	8	0	3	0	5	0
	GK	SCO	Bobby Clark	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Ally Shewan (c)	9	0	3	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Bennett	9	0	3	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Whyte	6	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	John McCormick	5	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	SCO	Doug Coutts	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Hugh Stewart	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Dave Smith	9	1	3	0	6	1
	MF	SCO	Tony Fraser	7	2	1	0	6	2
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Wilson	5	2	0	0	5	2
	MF	SCO	Willie McIntosh	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Lister	3	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	DEN	Leif Mortensen	3	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Burns	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Little	6	0	0	0	6	0
	FW	SCO	Don Kerrigan	5	1	3	0	2	1
	FW	SCO	Ernie Winchester	4	2	3	2	1	0
	FW	DEN	Jørgen Ravn	3	2	0	0	3	2
	FW	SCO	Charlie Cooke	3	1	3	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Andy Kerr	2	2	2	2	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tommy Morrison	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Dave Millar	1	0	0	0	1	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 Summer Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1966 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) 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 Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife E.S. Clydebank Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer