1964–65 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen F.C.

1964-65 season
Chairman	Charles B. Forbes
Manager	Tommy Pearson (to February) Eddie Turnbull (from February)
Scottish Football League First Division	12th
Scottish Cup	1st Round
Scottish League Cup	Group stage
Summer Cup 1964	Finalists
Summer Cup 1965	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ernie Winchester (14) All: Ernie Winchester (19)
Highest home attendance	30,000 vs. Rangers, 22 August 1964
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs. Clyde, 19 January 1965
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964-65 season was Aberdeen's 52nd season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 54th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Football League First Division, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Summer Cup.

Results

Division 1

Main article: 1964–65 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	19 August	St Mirren	H	2–1	Winchester (2)	11,000
2	5 September	Dundee	A	1–3	Winchester	8,000
3	12 September	St Johnstone	H	5–5	Kerr (2), Little, Coutts, McKinven (own goal)	5,000
4	19 September	Hibernian	A	2–4	Kerr	12,000
5	26 September	Partick Thistle	H	5–1	Kerr (2), Little, Kerrigan, McIntosh	5,000
6	3 October	Third Lanark	A	1–4	Little	3,000
7	10 October	Celtic	H	1–3	Winchester	13,000
8	17 October	Motherwell	H	0–1		5,000
9	24 October	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–2		6,000
10	31 October	Falkirk	H	2–1	Morrison, Kerrigan	4,000
11	7 November	Rangers	A	2–2	Kerrigan, Morrison	30,000
12	14 November	Morton	H	2–1	Kerr, Morrison	5,000
13	21 November	Kilmarnock	H	1–1	Morrison	10,000
14	28 November	Dundee United	A	3–0	Kerrigan, Morrison, Lister	6,000
15	12 December	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–6	Kerrigan (2), Cooke	12,117
16	19 December	Clyde	H	0–3		3,500
17	26 December	St Mirren	A	0–4		4,500
18	1 January	Dundee	H	1–1	Winchester	8,000
19	9 January	Hibernian	H	1–1	Kerrigan	8,000
20	16 January	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	Fraser	5,000
21	27 January	Third Lanark	H	3–1	Ravn, Kerrigan, Fraser	9,000
22	30 January	Celtic	A	0–8		14,000
23	17 February	St Johnstone	A	4–2	Ravn (2), Winchester, Kerrigan	6,500
24	27 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–2	Ravn, Morrison	7,000
25	6 March	Falkirk	A	1–0	Cummings	4,000
26	13 March	Rangers	H	2–0	Winchester, Kerrigan	25,000
27	20 March	Morton	A	1–1	Kerrigan	4,000
28	24 March	Airdrieonians	H	5–2	Winchester (3), Ravn, Kerrigan,	4,000
29	27 March	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	Kerrigan	6,500
30	3 April	Dundee United	H	1–0	Winchester	11,000
31	10 April	Airdrieonians	A	4–2	Winchester (2), Ravn, Fraser	4,000
32	14 April	Motherwell	A	2–2	Winchester, Fraser	5,000
33	17 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–3		15,000
34	24 April	Clyde	A	0–4		4,450

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Partick Thistle	34	11	10	13	57	58	–1	32
12	Aberdeen	34	12	8	14	59	75	–16	32
13	St Johnstone	34	9	11	14	57	62	–5	29

1964 Summer Cup

Main article: 1964 Summer Cup

Continued from May

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
Final L1	1 August	Hibernian	H	3–2	Kerr (2), Winchester	10,100
Final L2	5 August	Hibernian	A	1–2	Cooke	28,000
Final R	2 September	Hibernian	H	1–3	Winchester	?????

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1964–65 Scottish League Cup

Group Section 1

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	8 August	Rangers	A	0–4		45,000
2	12 August	St Johnstone	H	2–1	Kerrigan, Winchester	10,000
3	15 August	St Mirren	A	3–3	Hume, Cooke, Smith	5,000
4	22 August	Rangers	H	3–4	McIntosh, Kerr, Smith	30,000
5	26 August	St Johnstone	A	1–1	Smith	4,000
6	29 August	St Mirren	H	2–1	Winchester, Smith	7,000

Section 1 Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	6	5	1	0	26	7	19	11
2	St Mirren	6	2	3	1	11	12	–1	7
3	Aberdeen	6	1	3	2	11	15	–4	5
4	St Johnstone	6	0	1	5	5	19	–14	1

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1964–65 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	6 February	East Fife	A	0–0		10,100
R1R	9 February	East Fife	H	0–1		7,000

1965 Summer Cup

Main article: 1965 Summer Cup

Group Section 1

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Aberdeen Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	1 May	St Johnstone	A	0–2	Kerr (2), Winchester	4,000
2	5 May	Dundee	H	3–1	Wilson (2), Kerrigan	5,000
3	8 May	Dundee United	H	1–2	Fraser	6,000
4	12 May	St Johnstone	H	2–0	Ravn (2)	3,000
5	15 May	Dundee	A	2–1	Fraser, Smith	5,000
6	19 May	Dundee United	A	0–3		4,369

Section 1 Final Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee United	6	0	0	0	21	6	15	12
2	Aberdeen	6	3	0	3	8	9	–1	6
3	Dundee	6	2	0	4	10	15	–5	5
4	St Johnstone	6	1	0	5	7	16	–19	2

References

• AFC Heritage Trust