1965–66 Aberdeen F.C. season

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.

Aberdeen F.C.

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
Home colours

Results

Own goals in italics

Division 1

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish Division One

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

Main article: 1965–66 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

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Scottish Cup

Main article: 1965–66 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	SCO	Bobby Clark	40	0	33	0	5	0	2	0
	GK	SCO	John Ogston	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	GK	SCO	Ernie McGarr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Ally Shewan (c)	45	2	34	2	5	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy McMillan	41	0	32	0	5	0	4	0
	DF	SCO	Jim Whyte	30	3	25	2	5	1	0	0
	DF	DEN	Jens Petersen	29	1	23	0	5	1	1	0
	DF	SCO	Dave Bennett	17	0	11	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	SCO	John McCormick	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Hugh Stewart	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Wilson	45	11	34	8	5	1	6	2
	MF	SCO	Dave Smith	45	3	34	3	5	0	6	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Burns	8	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	MF	DEN	Leif Mortensen	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Tony Fraser	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Noble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Pat Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Little	44	12	34	10	4	1	6	1
	FW	SCO	Ernie Winchester	40	21	30	16	5	4	5	1
	FW	SCO	Harry Melrose	33	8	28	6	5	2	0	0
	FW	DEN	Jørgen Ravn	19	6	13	3	5	2	1	1
	FW	SCO	Tommy White	18	5	14	4	0	0	4	1
	FW	SCO	George Scott	7	2	2	1	0	0	5	1
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Smith	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Dave Millar	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	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