# 1960–61 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1960–61 season was Aberdeen's 48th 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

| 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Celtic | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 64 | 46 | 1.391 | 39 | |
| 5 | Motherwell | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 57 | 1.228 | 38 | |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 72 | 1.000 | 36 | |
| 7 | Hearts | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 53 | 0.962 | 34 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 8 | Hibernian | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 66 | 69 | 0.957 | 34 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |

### 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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Dundee | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 11.500 | 12 |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0.556 | 5 |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0.500 | 5 |
| Ayr United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0.538 | 2 |

### 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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division One | Division One | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | John Ogston | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Chris Harker | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George Kinnell | 38 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Bennett | 36 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Doug Fraser | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Doug Coutts | 22 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ?? | Gordon Sim | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Hogg (c) | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Andy Cadenhead | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | George Mulhall | 40 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Ken Brownlee | 36 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Burns | 29 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dickie Ewen | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Des Herron | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Bob Wishart | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Robertson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Tait | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie Cooke | 39 | 10 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Little | 33 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Norman Davidson | 19 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh Baird | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Bobby Cummings | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Hosie | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |