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1965–66 Aberdeen F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Aberdeen F.C.

| season = 1965–66

| chairman = Charles B. Forbes

| chrtitle = Chairman

| manager = Eddie Turnbull

| mgrtitle = Manager

| league = Scottish League Division One

| league result = 8th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = Semi-finalists

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = Group stage

| league topscorer = Ernie Winchester (15)

| season topscorer = Ernie Winchester (19)

| highest attendance = 24,000 vs. Rangers, 4 September 1965

| lowest attendance = 4,000 x2 vs. Falkirk, 20 November 1965
vs. Motherwell, 23 April 1966

| average attendance =

| pattern_la1 = _whiteborder

| pattern_b1 = _whitecollar

| pattern_ra1 = _whiteborder

| pattern_sh1 = _redsides

| pattern_so1 = _redtop_2whitestripes

| leftarm1 = ff0000

| body1 = ff0000

| rightarm1 = ff0000

| shorts1 = ffffff

| socks1 = ff0000

| prevseason = 1964–65

| nextseason = 1966–67

}}

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.

Results

Own goals in italics

=Division 1=

{{Main|1965–66 Scottish Division One}}

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

! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|1

|align=left|25 August

|align=left|Stirling Albion

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Winchester, Little

|7,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|2

|align=left|11 September

|align=left|St Johnstone

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Shewan, Ravn

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|3

|align=left|18 September

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|2–3

|align=left|Little, Wilson

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|4

|align=left|25 September

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|1–7

|align=left|Winchester

|20,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|5

|align=left|2 October

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|4–1

|align=left|White, Shewan, Riddell, Finnie

|5,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|6

|align=left|9 October

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|A

|4–0

|align=left|Little, Wilson, White, Finnie

|2,500

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|7

|align=left|16 October

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Winchester, Whyte

|7,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|8

|align=left|23 October

|align=left|Clyde

|A

|2–2

|align=left|Scott, Winchester

|1,500

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|9

|align=left|30 October

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Whyte

|10,541

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|10

|align=left|6 November

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Melrose

|8,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|11

|align=left|13 November

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|3–0

|align=left|Little (2), Winchester

|5,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|12

|align=left|20 November

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Winchester, Wilson

|4,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|13

|align=left|27 November

|align=left|Morton

|A

|3–1

|align=left|Winchester, White, Wilson

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|14

|align=left|11 December

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|15

|align=left|18 December

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|5,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|16

|align=left|25 December

|align=left|Hibernian

|H

|1–3

|align=left|White

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|17

|align=left|3 January

|align=left|St Johnstone

|H

|2–3

|align=left|Wilson, Little

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|18

|align=left|8 January

|align=left|Stirling Albion

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Little

|3,035

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|19

|align=left|15 January

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Ravn, Winchester, Little

|18,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|20

|align=left|22 January

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|4,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|21

|align=left|29 January

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|H

|5–2

|align=left|Winchester (3), Ravn, Wilson

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|22

|align=left|26 February

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|0–1

|align=left|

|12,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|23

|align=left|2 March

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Winchester

|6,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|24

|align=left|9 March

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|3–1

|align=left|Beattie, Melrose, D. Smith

|5,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|25

|align=left|12 March

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Little, Winchester

|8,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|26

|align=left|19 March

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|4,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|27

|align=left|21 March

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|A

|3–2

|align=left|Wilson, Lunn, Winchester

|6,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|28

|align=left|4 April

|align=left|Morton

|H

|5–3

|align=left|Melrose, Winchester, D. Smith, Little, Wilson,

|3,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|29

|align=left|9 April

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|18,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|30

|align=left|13 April

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|1–2

|align=left|Melrose

|16,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|31

|align=left|16 April

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|7,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|32

|align=left|20 April

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|2–1

|align=left|J. Smith, D. Smith

|5,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|33

|align=left|23 April

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|1–2

|align=left|Melrose

|4,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|34

|align=left|30 April

|align=left|Hibernian

|A

|1–0

|align=left|Melrose

|8,000

==Final standings==

{{:1965–66 Scottish Division One|showteam=ABD}}

=Scottish League Cup=

{{Main|1965–66 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|14 August

|align=left|Clyde

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Scott, White

|4,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|2

|align=left|18 August

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|1–1

|align=left|White

|18,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|21 August

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Little, Ravn

|24,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|4

|align=left|28 August

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|3–0

|align=left|Winchester, Wilson

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|5

|align=left|1 September

|align=left|Hearts

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|11,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|6

|align=left|4 September

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|0–4

|align=left|

|45,000

==Group 2 final table==

{{:1965–66 Scottish League Cup|transcludesection=Group 2|showteam=ABD}}

=Scottish Cup=

{{Main|1965–66 Scottish Cup}}

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

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Aberdeen Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R1

|align=left|5 February

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|A

|3–1

|align=left|Melrose, Ravn, Winchester

|2,600

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2

|align=left|23 February

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|5–0

|align=left|Petersen (2), Whyte, Ravn, Winchester

|14,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|QF

|align=left|5 March

|align=left|Dumbarton

|A

|3–0

|align=left|Wilson, Little, Winchester

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|SF

|align=left|26 March

|align=left|Rangers

|N

|0–0

|align=left|

|49,350

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|SFR

|align=left|29 March

|align=left|Rangers

|N

|1–2

|align=left|Melrose

|40,850

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

|Bobby Clark

!40

!0

|33

|0

|5

|0

|2

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|John Ogston

!5

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|4

|0

|GK

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ernie McGarr

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ally Shewan (c)

!45

!2

|34

|2

|5

|0

|6

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tommy McMillan

!41

!0

|32

|0

|5

|0

|4

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jim Whyte

!30

!3

|25

|2

|5

|1

|0

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} DEN

|Jens Petersen

!29

!1

|23

|0

|5

|1

|1

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Bennett

!17

!0

|11

|0

|0

|0

|6

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|John McCormick

!7

!0

|5

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

|DF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Hugh Stewart

!1

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Wilson

!45

!11

|34

|8

|5

|1

|6

|2

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Smith

!45

!3

|34

|3

|5

|0

|6

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ian Burns

!8

!0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|6

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} DEN

|Leif Mortensen

!2

!0

|1

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tony Fraser

!2

!0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Noble

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|MF

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Pat Wilson

!0

!0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Billy Little

!44

!12

|34

|10

|4

|1

|6

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Ernie Winchester

!40

!21

|30

|16

|5

|4

|5

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Harry Melrose

!33

!8

|28

|6

|5

|2

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|DEN}} DEN

|Jørgen Ravn

!19

!6

|13

|3

|5

|2

|1

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Tommy White

!18

!5

|14

|4

|0

|0

|4

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|George Scott

!7

!2

|2

|1

|0

|0

|5

|1

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Jimmy Smith

!7

!1

|7

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Dave Millar

!7

!0

|6

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|FW

|{{fbaicon|SCO}} SCO

|Sandy Finnie

!3

!2

|3

|2

|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=1965-66 AFC Heritage Trust]

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