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1962–63 Aberdeen F.C. season

Field	Value
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
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pattern_ra1	_whiteborder
pattern_so1	_2 red stripes
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rightarm1	ff0000
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socks1	ffffff
prevseason	1961–62
nextseason	1963–64

The 1962–63 season was Aberdeen 51st consecutive 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 article: 1962–63 Scottish Division One

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	22 August	Airdrieonians	H	2–1	Callaghan, Winchester	12,000
2	8 September	Dundee	A	2–2	Cooke, Winchester	12,000
3	15 September	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–0	Cooke (2), Winchester (2)	10,000
4	22 September	Celtic	A	2–1	Cooke, Cummings	29,000
5	29 September	Third Lanark	H	4–1	Thom (2), Cummings, Winchester	14,000
6	6 October	St Mirren	A	1–2	Little	7,000
7	13 October	Raith Rovers	H	10–0	Cummings (4), Winchester (3), Cooke, Little, Kinnell	9,000
8	20 October	Queen of the South	A	1–2	Cummings	5,500
9	27 October	Rangers	H	2–3	Cummings (2)	36,000
10	3 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Cooke	20,000
11	10 November	Hibernian	H	3–0	Cummings (2), Smith	11,000
12	21 November	Motherwell	A	2–0	Cummings (2)	3,000
13	24 November	Falkirk	H	1–0	Smith	9,000
14	1 December	Clyde	A	3–1	Brownlee, Winchester, Smith	7,000
15	8 December	Dundee United	A	3–3	Cummings, Thom, Winchester	10,000
16	15 December	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	Kinnell	15,000
17	22 December	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	Winchester	14,000
18	1 January	Dundee	H	1–0	Winchester	15,000
19	5 January	Celtic	H	1–5	Winchester	15,000
20	16 February	St Mirren	H	0–1		8,000
21	9 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	Winchester (2)	11,000
22	16 March	Hibernian	A	3–2	Cooke, Cummings, Coutts	12,000
23	23 March	Motherwell	H	1–1	Winchester	10,000
24	26 March	Queen of the South	H	4–1	Cummings (2), Thom, Cooke	9,000
25	3 April	Falkirk	A	1–2	Winchester	10,000
26	6 April	Clyde	H	0–2		4,000
27	10 April	Airdrieonians	A	0–2		9,000
28	17 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–3		3,716
29	20 April	Partick Thistle	A	3–2	Kinnell (3)	5,000
30	24 April	Third Lanark	A	2–1	Kinnell, Wilson	2,100
31	27 April	Kilmarnock	A	2–2	Little, Cummings	4,000
32	4 May	Raith Rovers	A	4–0	Kinnell (2), Little (2)	1,000
33	7 May	Dundee United	H	1–2	Kinnell	5,000
34	27 May	Rangers	A	2–2	Kinnell, Little	14,000

Final standings

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1962–63 Scottish League Cup

Group 3

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	11 August	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	Mulhall, Brownlee	12,000
2	15 August	Motherwell	H	4–0	Mulhall, Little, Winchester, Cummings	11,500
3	18 August	Falkirk	H	3–0	Mulhall, Little	12,500
4	25 August	Partick Thistle	H	0–3		14,500
5	29 August	Motherwell	A	1–4	Brownlee	8,000
6	1 September	Falkirk	A	2–1	Winchester, Peacock	4,000

Group 3 final table

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1962–63 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	13 March	St Johnstone	A	2–1	Winchester, Cummings	9,000
R3	20 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–0	Cummings (2), Kinnell	20,000
R4	30 March	Raith Rovers	A	1–2	Cummings	8,000

Squad

Appearances & Goals

Pos	Nat	Player	Total	Division One	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Apps	Goals
GK	SCO	John Ogston	34	0	3	0	6	0
DF	SCO	Jimmy Hogg	34	0	3	0	6	0
DF	SCO	George Kinnell (c)	34	10	3	2	5	0
DF	SCO	Doug Coutts	31	1	3	0	1	0
DF	SCO	Dave Bennett	22	0	3	0	1	0
DF	SCO	Ally Shewan	12	0	0	0	6	0
DF	SCO	Doug Fraser	8	0	0	0	5	0
DF	SCO	Jim Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0
DF	SCO	Jim Cromar	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Dave Smith	31	3	3	0	1	0
MF	SCO	Lewis Thom	23	5	3	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Ken Brownlee	9	1	0	0	5	2
MF	SCO	George Mulhall	2	0	0	0	6	3
MF	SCO	Willie Callaghan	1	1	0	0	1	0
MF	SCO	Tommy Ring	2	0	0	0	0	0
MF	SCO	Ian Burns	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	ENG	Bobby Cummings	31	18	3	4	4	1
FW	SCO	Charlie Cooke	27	8	3	0	6	0
FW	SCO	Ernie Winchester	25	16	3	1	6	2
FW	SCO	Willie Allan	26	0	3	0	2	0
FW	SCO	Billy Little	16	6	0	0	5	2
FW	??	Alex Wilson	5	1	0	0	0	0

References

AFC Heritage Trust

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