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1960–61 Aberdeen F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Aberdeen F.C.

| season = 1960–61

| chairman = Charles B. Forbes

| chrtitle = Chairman

| manager = Tommy Pearson

| mgrtitle = Manager

| league = Scottish League Division One

| league result = 6th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = 3rd Round

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = Group stage

| league topscorer = Ken Brownlee (18)

| season topscorer = Ken Brownlee (23)

| highest attendance = 23,000 vs. Dundee, 2 January 1961

| lowest attendance = 6,000 vs. Hibernian, 25 March 1961

| average attendance =

| pattern_la1 = _whiteborder

| pattern_b1 = _vneckwhite

| pattern_ra1 = _whiteborder

| pattern_sh1 =

| pattern_so1 =

| leftarm1 = ff0000

| body1 = ff0000

| rightarm1 = ff0000

| shorts1 = ffffff

| socks1 = ff0000

| prevseason = 1959–60

| nextseason = 1961–62

}}

The 1960–61 season was Aberdeen's 48th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 50th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup

Results

Own goals in italics

=Division 1=

{{Main|1960–61 Scottish Division One}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|1

|align=left|24 August

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|1–4

|align=left|Davidson

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|2

|align=left|10 September

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|3–3

|align=left|Burns, Hamilton, Little

|12,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|17 September

|align=left|St Johnstone

|H

|4–2

|align=left|Mulhall, Hogg, Davidson, Brownlee

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|4

|align=left|24 September

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|18,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|5

|align=left|1 October

|align=left|Ayr United

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Mulhall

|5,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|6

|align=left|8 October

|align=left|Third Lanark

|H

|5–3

|align=left|Davidson (2), Cooke, Kinnell, Little

|11,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|7

|align=left|15 October

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Cooke

|11,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|8

|align=left|22 October

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|A

|3–0

|align=left|Mulhall, Little, Cooke

|5,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|9

|align=left|29 October

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Cooke

|13,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|10

|align=left|5 November

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|4–3

|align=left|Cooke, Mulhall, Davidson, Little

|20,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|11

|align=left|12 November

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|3–3

|align=left|Davidson (2), Little

|11,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|12

|align=left|19 November

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Brownlee (2)

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|13

|align=left|26 November

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|1–3

|align=left|Kinnell

|13,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|14

|align=left|3 December

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|0–4

|align=left|

|25,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|15

|align=left|10 December

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|3–2

|align=left|Brownlee (2), Little

|13,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|16

|align=left|17 December

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Donlevy, Cooke

|13,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|17

|align=left|24 December

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|3–1

|align=left|Mulhall (2), Cooke

|9,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|18

|align=left|31 December

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|A

|6–2

|align=left|Brownlee (4), Cooke, Kinnell

|8,335

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|19

|align=left|2 January

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Brownlee, Mulhall

|23,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|20

|align=left|7 January

|align=left|St Johnstone

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Brownlee

|11,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|21

|align=left|14 January

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|1–3

|align=left|Brownlee

|20,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|22

|align=left|21 January

|align=left|Ayr United

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Bennett, Little, Brownlee

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|23

|align=left|4 February

|align=left|Third Lanark

|A

|1–5

|align=left|Brownlee

|8,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|24

|align=left|18 February

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|4–2

|align=left|Little (2), Brownlee, Mulhall

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|25

|align=left|1 March

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|H

|0–1

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|26

|align=left|4 March

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|A

|1–3

|align=left|Little

|5,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|27

|align=left|11 March

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|1–4

|align=left|Mulhall

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|28

|align=left|14 March

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|0–2

|align=left|

|11,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|29

|align=left|18 March

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|7,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|30

|align=left|25 March

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|1–4

|align=left|Coutts

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|31

|align=left|1 April

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|3–3

|align=left|Cummings (2), Brownlee

|5,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|32

|align=left|8 April

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|6–1

|align=left|Cummings (3), Little, Brownlee, Cooke

|20,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|33

|align=left|22 April

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|4–3

|align=left|Cooke, Cummings, Mulhall, Brownlee

|8,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|34

|align=left|28 April

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Little

|8,000

==Final standings==

{{:1960–61 Scottish Division One|showteam=ABD}}

=Scottish League Cup=

{{Main|1960–61 Scottish League Cup}}

==Group 4==

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|13 August

|align=left|Ayr United

|H

|4–3

|align=left|McIntyre, Herron, Brownlee, Davidson

|14,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|2

|align=left|17 August

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|A

|1–4

|align=left|Little

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|3

|align=left|20 August

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|1–4

|align=left|Hamilton

|18,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|4

|align=left|27 August

|align=left|Ayr United

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Mulhall

|4,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|5

|align=left|31 August

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Davidson (2), Mulhall

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|6

|align=left|3 September

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|0–6

|align=left|Baird, Cooke

|14,500

==Group 4 final table==

{{:1960–61 Scottish League Cup|transcludesection=Group 4|showteam=ABD}}

=Scottish Cup=

{{Main|1960–61 Scottish Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2

|align=left|11 February

|align=left|Deveronvale

|H

|4–2

|align=left|Brownlee (2), Ewan, Hosie

|14,200

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|R3

|align=left|25 February

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|3–6

|align=left|Brownlee (2), Coutts

|18,000

Squad

= Appearances & Goals =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

! rowspan="2" |No.

! rowspan="2" |Pos

! rowspan="2" |Nat

! rowspan="2" |Player

! colspan="2" |Total

! colspan="2" |Division One

! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|John Ogston

!31

!0

|26

|0

|2

|0

|3

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Chris Harker

!11

!0

|8

|0

|0

|0

|3

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Kinnell

!38

!3

|31

|3

|1

|0

|6

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Bennett

!36

!0

|31

|0

|2

|0

|3

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Doug Fraser

!25

!0

|24

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Doug Coutts

!22

!2

|17

|1

|2

|1

|3

|0

|DF

|??

|Gordon Sim

!19

!0

|14

|0

|2

|0

|3

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Hogg (c)

!17

!1

|14

|1

|0

|0

|3

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Andy Cadenhead

!8

!0

|8

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Mulhall

!40

!12

|32

|10

|2

|0

|6

|2

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ken Brownlee

!36

!23

|29

|18

|2

|4

|5

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian Burns

!29

!1

|21

|1

|2

|0

|6

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dickie Ewen

!20

!1

|18

|0

|2

|1

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Des Herron

!7

!1

|1

|0

|0

|0

|6

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Bob Wishart

!6

!0

|3

|0

|0

|0

|3

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Robertson

!3

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Bobby Tait

!2

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Charlie Cooke

!39

!10

|32

|10

|2

|0

|5

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Billy Little

!33

!13

|29

|12

|1

|0

|3

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Norman Davidson

!19

!10

|14

|7

|0

|0

|5

|3

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Hugh Baird

!9

!0

|8

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Bobby Cummings

!7

!6

|6

|6

|0

|0

|1

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jim Hosie

!5

!1

|4

|0

|1

|1

|0

|0

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite book|author=Kevin Stirling|title=Aberdeen A Centenary History 1903-2003|publisher=Desert Island Books 2002|isbn=1-874287-49-X}}
  • [http://www.afcheritage.org/Matches/Fixtures/fixtures.cfm?squad=Senior&season=1961-62 AFC Heritage Trust]

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