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1962–63 Aberdeen F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Aberdeen F.C.

| season = 1962–63

| chairman = Charles B. Forbes

| chrtitle = Chairman

| manager = Tommy Pearson

| mgrtitle = Manager

| league = Scottish League Division One

| league result = 6th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = 4th Round

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = Group stage

| league topscorer = Bobby Cummings (18)

| season topscorer = Bobby Cummings (23)

| highest attendance = 36,000 vs. Rangers, 27 October 1962

| lowest attendance = 4,000 vs. Clyde, 6 April 1963

| average attendance =

| pattern_la1 = _whiteborder

| pattern_b1 = _vneckwhite

| pattern_ra1 = _whiteborder

| pattern_sh1 =

| pattern_so1 = _2 red stripes

| leftarm1 = ff0000

| body1 = ff0000

| rightarm1 = ff0000

| shorts1 = ffffff

| socks1 = ffffff

| prevseason = 1961–62

| nextseason = 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=

{{Main|1962–63 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|22 August

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Callaghan, Winchester

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|2

|align=left|8 September

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Cooke, Winchester

|12,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|15 September

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|4–0

|align=left|Cooke (2), Winchester (2)

|10,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|4

|align=left|22 September

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Cooke, Cummings

|29,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|5

|align=left|29 September

|align=left|Third Lanark

|H

|4–1

|align=left|Thom (2), Cummings, Winchester

|14,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|6

|align=left|6 October

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Little

|7,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|7

|align=left|13 October

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|H

|10–0

|align=left|Cummings (4), Winchester (3), Cooke, Little, Kinnell

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|8

|align=left|20 October

|align=left|Queen of the South

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Cummings

|5,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|9

|align=left|27 October

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|2–3

|align=left|Cummings (2)

|36,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|10

|align=left|3 November

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Cooke

|20,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|11

|align=left|10 November

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Cummings (2), Smith

|11,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|12

|align=left|21 November

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|2–0

|align=left|Cummings (2)

|3,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|13

|align=left|24 November

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Smith

|9,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|14

|align=left|1 December

|align=left|Clyde

|A

|3–1

|align=left|Brownlee, Winchester, Smith

|7,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|15

|align=left|8 December

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|3–3

|align=left|Cummings, Thom, Winchester

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|16

|align=left|15 December

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Kinnell

|15,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|17

|align=left|22 December

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Winchester

|14,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|18

|align=left|1 January

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Winchester

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|19

|align=left|5 January

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|1–5

|align=left|Winchester

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|20

|align=left|16 February

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|0–1

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|21

|align=left|9 March

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Winchester (2)

|11,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|22

|align=left|16 March

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|3–2

|align=left|Cooke, Cummings, Coutts

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|23

|align=left|23 March

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Winchester

|10,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|24

|align=left|26 March

|align=left|Queen of the South

|H

|4–1

|align=left|Cummings (2), Thom, Cooke

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|25

|align=left|3 April

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Winchester

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|26

|align=left|6 April

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|0–2

|align=left|

|4,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|27

|align=left|10 April

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|28

|align=left|17 April

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|3,716

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|29

|align=left|20 April

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|3–2

|align=left|Kinnell (3)

|5,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|30

|align=left|24 April

|align=left|Third Lanark

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Kinnell, Wilson

|2,100

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|31

|align=left|27 April

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Little, Cummings

|4,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|32

|align=left|4 May

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|A

|4–0

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

|1,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|33

|align=left|7 May

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|1–2

|align=left|Kinnell

|5,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|34

|align=left|27 May

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Kinnell, Little

|14,000

==Final standings==

{{:1962–63 Scottish Division One|showteam=ABD}}

=Scottish League Cup=

{{Main|1962–63 Scottish League Cup}}

==Group 3==

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|11 August

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Mulhall, Brownlee

|12,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|2

|align=left|15 August

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|4–0

|align=left|Mulhall, Little, Winchester, Cummings

|11,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|18 August

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Mulhall, Little

|12,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|4

|align=left|25 August

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|0–3

|align=left|

|14,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|5

|align=left|29 August

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|1–4

|align=left|Brownlee

|8,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|6

|align=left|1 September

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Winchester, Peacock

|4,000

==Group 3 final table==

{{:1962–63 Scottish League Cup|transcludesection=Group 3|showteam=ABE}}

=Scottish Cup=

{{Main|1962–63 Scottish Cup}}

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

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2

|align=left|13 March

|align=left|St Johnstone

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Winchester, Cummings

|9,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R3

|align=left|20 March

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|4–0

|align=left|Cummings (2), Kinnell

|20,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|R4

|align=left|30 March

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Cummings

|8,000

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

!43

!0

|34

|0

|3

|0

|6

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Hogg

!43

!0

|34

|0

|3

|0

|6

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Kinnell (c)

!42

!12

|34

|10

|3

|2

|5

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Doug Coutts

!35

!1

|31

|1

|3

|0

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Bennett

!26

!0

|22

|0

|3

|0

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ally Shewan

!18

!0

|12

|0

|0

|0

|6

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Doug Fraser

!13

!0

|8

|0

|0

|0

|5

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jim Anderson

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jim Cromar

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Smith

!35

!3

|31

|3

|3

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Lewis Thom

!26

!5

|23

|5

|3

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ken Brownlee

!14

!3

|9

|1

|0

|0

|5

|2

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Mulhall

!8

!3

|2

|0

|0

|0

|6

|3

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Callaghan

!2

!1

|1

|1

|0

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tommy Ring

!2

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian Burns

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|ENG}} ENG

|Bobby Cummings

!38

!23

|31

|18

|3

|4

|4

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Charlie Cooke

!36

!8

|27

|8

|3

|0

|6

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ernie Winchester

!34

!19

|25

|16

|3

|1

|6

|2

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Willie Allan

!31

!0

|26

|0

|3

|0

|2

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Billy Little

!21

!8

|16

|6

|0

|0

|5

|2

|FW

|??

|Alex Wilson

!5

!1

|5

|1

|0

|0

|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=1962-63 AFC Heritage Trust]

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