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1961–62 Aberdeen F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Aberdeen F.C.

| season = 1961–62

| chairman = Charles B. Forbes

| chrtitle = Chairman

| manager = Tommy Pearson

| mgrtitle = Manager

| league = Scottish League Division One

| league result = 12th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = 3rd Round

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = Group stage

| league topscorer = Billy Little (17)

| season topscorer = Billy Little (25)

| highest attendance = 41,139 vs. Rangers, 17 February 1962

| lowest attendance = 3,000 (x2) vs. Falkirk, 28 March 1962
vs. Kilmarnock 31 March 1962

| 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 = 1960–61

| nextseason = 1962–63

}}

The 1961–62 season was Aberdeen's 49th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 51st season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup, and the Scottish Cup

Results

=Division 1=

{{Main|1961–62 Scottish Division One}}

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

! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|23 August

|align=left|Stirling Albion

|H

|7–0

|align=left|Little (3), Cummings (2), Baird

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|2

|align=left|9 September

|align=left|St Johnstone

|A

|1–4

|align=left|Little

|10,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|16 September

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Kinnell, Brownlee, Cooke

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|4

|align=left|23 September

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|A

|1–7

|align=left|Mulhall

|3,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|5

|align=left|30 September

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|1–3

|align=left|Ewan

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|6

|align=left|7 October

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|2–3

|align=left|Cooke, Herron

|5,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|7

|align=left|14 October

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|0–2

|align=left|

|10,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|8

|align=left|21 October

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|1–0

|align=left|Little

|6,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|9

|align=left|28 October

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Little (2), Callaghan

|7,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|10

|align=left|4 November

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Callaghan

|5,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|11

|align=left|11 November

|align=left|Third Lanark

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Callaghan (2)

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|12

|align=left|18 November

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|A

|0–4

|align=left|

|7,998

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|13

|align=left|25 November

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|14

|align=left|2 December

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|2–4

|align=left|Baird, Little

|7,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|15

|align=left|16 December

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|1–3

|align=left|Baird

|7,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|16

|align=left|23 December

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|4–2

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

|28,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|17

|align=left|6 January

|align=left|Stirling Albion

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|4,313

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|18

|align=left|10 January

|align=left|St Johnstone

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Little

|4,500

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|19

|align=left|13 January

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Little

|4,200

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|20

|align=left|17 January

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|1–2

|align=left|

|13,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|21

|align=left|20 January

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|2–4

|align=left|Pearson, Little

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|22

|align=left|23 January

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|H

|3–3

|align=left|Callaghan, Cooke, Mulhall

|7,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|23

|align=left|3 February

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Little (2), Cooke

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|24

|align=left|10 February

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Little

|14,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|25

|align=left|24 February

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|3–1

|align=left|Little (2), Mulhall

|5,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|26

|align=left|3 March

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|1–2

|align=left|Callaghan

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|27

|align=left|17 March

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|1–4

|align=left|

|5,509

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|28

|align=left|20 March

|align=left|Third Lanark

|A

|5–3

|align=left|Brownlee (2), Cummings, Callaghan, Allan

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|29

|align=left|24 March

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|21,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|30

|align=left|28 March

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Little, Mulhall

|3,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|31

|align=left|31 March

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|3–3

|align=left|Cummings, Mulhall

|3,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|32

|align=left|7 April

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Mulhall, Ewan

|7,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|33

|align=left|25 April

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Cummings

|22,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|34

|align=left|28 April

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|A

|1–3

|align=left|Mulhall

|5,000

==Final standings==

{{:1961–62 Scottish Division One|showteam=ABD}}

=Scottish League Cup=

{{Main|1961–62 Scottish League Cup}}

==Group 2==

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

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|12 August

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Little, Brownlee

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|2

|align=left|16 August

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|3–4

|align=left|Brownlee, Little, Kinnell

|18,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|3

|align=left|19 August

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|3–5

|align=left|Cooke (2), Cummings

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|4

|align=left|26 August

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|5

|align=left|30 August

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Little

|7,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|6

|align=left|2 September

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Baird, Cooke

|7,000

==Group 2 final table==

{{:1961–62 Scottish League Cup|transcludesection=Group 2|showteam=ABD}}

=Scottish Cup=

{{Main|1961–62 Scottish Cup}}

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

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R1

|align=left|9 December

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|H

|5–2

|align=left|Callaghan (3), Kinnell, Little

|8,800

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|R2

|align=left|27 January

|align=left|Clyde

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Cummings, Little

|10,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2R

|align=left|31 January

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|10–3

|align=left|Cummings (5), Little (2), Mulhall (2), Fraser

|16,400

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|R3

|align=left|17 February

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Kinnell, Little

|41,139

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|R3R

|align=left|21 February

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|1–5

|align=left|Cummings

|57,600

=Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup=

{{Main|Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup}}

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

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|L1

|align=left|10 October

|align=left|Le Havre

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Herron, Cooke

|

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|L2

|align=left|6 May

|align=left|Le Havre

|A

|5–2

|align=left|Kinnell, Mulhall, Winchester

|2,000

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

!42

!0

|31

|0

|5

|0

|6

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Chris Harker

!3

!0

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Kinnell (c)

!44

!6

|33

|3

|5

|2

|6

|1

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Bennett

!26

!0

|21

|0

|5

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Doug Fraser

!39

!1

|28

|0

|5

|1

|6

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Andy Cadenhead

!29

!0

|22

|0

|1

|0

|6

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Hogg

!27

!0

|18

|0

|4

|0

|5

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Doug Coutts

!7

!0

|6

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ally Shewan

!7

!0

|7

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Mulhall

!42

!11

|32

|9

|4

|2

|6

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ken Brownlee

!34

!6

|27

|4

|2

|0

|5

|2

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian Burns

!26

!0

|19

|0

|4

|0

|3

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Callaghan

!24

!10

|23

|7

|1

|3

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dickie Ewen

!8

!2

|4

|2

|4

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Lewis Thom

!3

!0

|2

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Des Herron

!2

!1

|2

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Smith

!2

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Billy Little

!40

!25

|30

|17

|5

|5

|5

|3

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Charlie Cooke

!39

!7

|29

|5

|5

|0

|5

|2

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Bobby Cummings

!25

!15

|15

|6

|4

|7

|6

|2

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Hugh Baird

!11

!5

|5

|4

|0

|0

|6

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Allan

!6

!1

|6

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jim Hosie

!4

!0

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|??

|Jim Pearson

!3

!1

|3

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ernie Winchester

!2

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|BER}} BER

|Eversley Lewis

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

= Unofficial Appearances & Goals =

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

! rowspan="2" |No.

! rowspan="2" |Pos

! rowspan="2" |Nat

! rowspan="2" |Player

! colspan="2" |Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup

Apps

!Goals

|GK

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Chris Harker

|1

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|John Ogston

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Kinnell (c)

|2

|3

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Bennett

|2

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ally Shewan

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Hogg

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Doug Coutts

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Doug Fraser

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Andy Cadenhead

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Mulhall

|2

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ken Brownlee

|2

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Des Herron

|1

|1

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian Burns

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Callaghan

|1

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Charlie Cooke

|2

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ernie Winchester

|1

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Bobby Cummings

|1

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jim Hosie

|1

|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=1962-63 AFC Heritage Trust]

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