The 1965–66 season was Aberdeen's 53rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 55th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.
1965–66 season | ||
---|---|---|
Chairman | Charles B. Forbes | |
Manager | Eddie Turnbull | |
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 | |
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 | Little, Wilson | 8,000 |
4 | 25 September | Celtic | A | 1–7 | Winchester | 20,000 |
5 | 2 October | St Mirren | H | 4–1 | White, Shewan, Riddell, Finnie | 5,000 |
6 | 9 October | Hamilton Academical | A | 4–0 | Little, Wilson, 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 | Winchester, Wilson | 4,000 |
13 | 27 November | Morton | A | 3–1 | Winchester, White, 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 | Winchester (3), Ravn, 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 | Beattie, Melrose, 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 | Melrose, Winchester, D. Smith, Little, 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 | J. Smith, 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 | Scott, 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 | Winchester, 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
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