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1960–61 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
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
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prevseason	1959–60
nextseason	1961–62

The 1960–61 season was Aberdeen's 49th 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 article: 1960–61 Scottish Division One

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	24 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–4	Davidson	12,000
2	10 September	Dundee	A	3–3	Burns, Hamilton, Little	12,000
3	17 September	St Johnstone	H	4–2	Mulhall, Hogg, Davidson, Brownlee	10,000
4	24 September	Celtic	A	0–0		18,000
5	1 October	Ayr United	A	1–1	Mulhall	5,000
6	8 October	Third Lanark	H	5–3	Davidson (2), Cooke, Kinnell, Little	11,000
7	15 October	Clyde	H	1–1	Cooke	11,000
8	22 October	Raith Rovers	A	3–0	Mulhall, Little, Cooke	5,000
9	29 October	Airdrieonians	H	1–1	Cooke	13,000
10	5 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–3	Cooke, Mulhall, Davidson, Little	20,000
11	12 November	Motherwell	H	3–3	Davidson (2), Little	11,000
12	19 November	Hibernian	A	2–2	Brownlee (2)	12,000
13	26 November	Dundee United	H	1–3	Kinnell	13,000
14	3 December	Rangers	A	0–4		25,000
15	10 December	Kilmarnock	H	3–2	Brownlee (2), Little	13,000
16	17 December	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Donlevy, Cooke	13,000
17	24 December	St Mirren	A	3–1	Mulhall (2), Cooke	9,000
18	31 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	6–2	Brownlee (4), Cooke, Kinnell	8,335
19	2 January	Dundee	H	2–1	Brownlee, Mulhall	23,000
20	7 January	St Johnstone	A	1–2	Brownlee	11,000
21	14 January	Celtic	H	1–3	Brownlee	20,000
22	21 January	Ayr United	H	3–1	Bennett, Little, Brownlee	9,000
23	4 February	Third Lanark	A	1–5	Brownlee	8,500
24	18 February	Clyde	H	4–2	Little (2), Brownlee, Mulhall	12,000
25	1 March	Raith Rovers	H	0–1		8,000
26	4 March	Airdrieonians	A	1–3	Little	5,000
27	11 March	Kilmarnock	A	1–4	Mulhall	8,000
28	14 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–2		11,500
29	18 March	Motherwell	A	0–1		7,000
30	25 March	Hibernian	H	1–4	Coutts	6,000
31	1 April	Dundee United	A	3–3	Cummings (2), Brownlee	5,000
32	8 April	Rangers	H	6–1	Cummings (3), Little, Brownlee, Cooke	20,000
33	22 April	Partick Thistle	A	4–3	Cooke, Cummings, Mulhall, Brownlee	8,000
34	28 April	St Mirren	H	1–0	Little	8,000

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish League Cup

Group 4

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Ayr United	H	4–3	McIntyre, Herron, Brownlee, Davidson	14,000
2	17 August	Raith Rovers	A	1–4	Little	6,000
3	20 August	Dundee	H	1–4	Hamilton	18,000
4	27 August	Ayr United	A	1–1	Mulhall	4,000
5	31 August	Raith Rovers	H	3–0	Davidson (2), Mulhall	8,000
6	3 September	Dundee	A	0–6	Baird, Cooke	14,500

Group 4 final table

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	11 February	Deveronvale	H	4–2	Brownlee (2), Ewan, Hosie	14,200
R3	25 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–6	Brownlee (2), Coutts	18,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

Pos	Nat	Player	Total	Division One	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Apps	Goals
GK	SCO	John Ogston	26	0	2	0	3	0
GK	ENG	Chris Harker	8	0	0	0	3	0
DF	SCO	George Kinnell	31	3	1	0	6	0
DF	SCO	Dave Bennett	31	0	2	0	3	0
DF	SCO	Doug Fraser	24	0	1	0	0	0
DF	SCO	Doug Coutts	17	1	2	1	3	0
DF	??	Gordon Sim	14	0	2	0	3	0
DF	SCO	Jimmy Hogg (c)	14	1	0	0	3	0
DF	SCO	Andy Cadenhead	8	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	George Mulhall	32	10	2	0	6	2
MF	SCO	Ken Brownlee	29	18	2	4	5	1
MF	SCO	Ian Burns	21	1	2	0	6	0
MF	SCO	Dickie Ewen	18	0	2	1	0	0
MF	SCO	Des Herron	1	0	0	0	6	1
MF	SCO	Bob Wishart	3	0	0	0	3	0
MF	SCO	Jimmy Robertson	2	0	0	0	1	0
MF	SCO	Bobby Tait	2	0	0	0	0	0
FW	SCO	Charlie Cooke	32	10	2	0	5	0
FW	SCO	Billy Little	29	12	1	0	3	1
FW	SCO	Norman Davidson	14	7	0	0	5	3
FW	SCO	Hugh Baird	8	0	0	0	1	0
FW	ENG	Bobby Cummings	6	6	0	0	1	0
FW	SCO	Jim Hosie	4	0	1	1	0	0

References

AFC Heritage Trust

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