# 1966–67 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1966–67 season was Aberdeen's 54th season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 56th season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish League Division One, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.

## Results

Own goal scorers in italics.

### Division 1

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 10 September | Dundee | A | 1–2 | Wilson | 10,000 |
| 2 | 17 September | St Johnstone | H | 3–2 | Winchester (2), Smith | 7,000 |
| 3 | 24 September | Rangers | H | 0–3 | | 30,000 |
| 4 | 1 October | Clyde | H | 1–1 | Winchester | 5,000 |
| 5 | 8 October | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–1 | Shewan | 8,500 |
| 6 | 15 October | Ayr United | H | 2–0 | Smith, Winchester | 7,000 |
| 7 | 22 October | Airdrieonians | A | 1–2 | Taylor, Wilson | 4,320 |
| 8 | 29 October | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | Winchester, Watt | 10,000 |
| 9 | 5 November | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–1 | Watt (2), Taylor | 10,000 |
| 10 | 12 November | St Mirren | A | 3–1 | Watt (2), Winchester | 5,500 |
| 11 | 19 November | Partick Thistle | H | 5–2 | Wilson (2), Petersen, Whyte, Winchester | 9,500 |
| 12 | 26 November | Dundee United | A | 3–1 | Winchester, Briggs, Wilson | 7,210 |
| 13 | 3 December | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | Wilson (2) | 8,000 |
| 14 | 10 December | Falkirk | A | 0–1 | | 4,565 |
| 15 | 17 December | Stirling Albion | A | 6–2 | Wilson (3), Whyte, Johnston, Taylor | 1,375 |
| 16 | 24 December | Celtic | H | 1–1 | Melrose | 28,000 |
| 17 | 31 December | Kilmarnock | H | 4–0 | Melrose, Smith, Wilson, Munro | 14,000 |
| 18 | 2 January | Dundee | H | 5–2 | Munro (2), Melrose, Smith, Wilson | 17,000 |
| 19 | 3 January | St Johnstone | A | 0–1 | | 8,200 |
| 20 | 14 January | Clyde | A | 0–0 | | 5,500 |
| 21 | 18 January | Rangers | H | 1–2 | Johnston | 31,000 |
| 22 | 21 January | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–2 | Winchester | 9,000 |
| 23 | 4 February | Ayr United | A | 5–2 | Smith (2), Robb, Johnston, Whyte | 3,100 |
| 24 | 11 February | Airdrieonians | H | 7–0 | Johnston (3), Wilson (2), Munro, Smith | 8,000 |
| 25 | 25 February | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | | 18,500 |
| 26 | 4 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–3 | Johnston (2), Smith | 12,000 |
| 27 | 18 March | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | Storrie | 4,000 |
| 28 | 25 March | Dundee United | H | 0–1 | | 13,000 |
| 29 | 27 March | St Mirren | A | 0–0 | | 10,000 |
| 30 | 4 April | Motherwell | A | 2–3 | Winchester, Smith | 4,500 |
| 31 | 8 April | Falkirk | H | 6–1 | Johnston (2), Munro (2), Melrose, Smith | 7,000 |
| 32 | 15 April | Stirling Albion | H | 1–0 | Melrose | 7,500 |
| 33 | 19 April | Celtic | A | 0–0 | | 33,000 |
| 34 | 1 May | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | McGrory | 5,500 |

#### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Rangers | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 92 | 31 | +61 | 55 |
| 3 | Clyde | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 42 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 42 |
| 6 | Dundee | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 41 |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group 1

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 13 August | St Johnstone | H | 3–0 | Smith (2), Little | 5,000 |
| 2 | 17 August | Dundee | A | 4–3 | Winchester (2), Wilson | 9,500 |
| 3 | 20 August | Dundee United | H | 4–1 | Winchester, Briggs (own goal), Smith, Melrose | 11,000 |
| 4 | 27 August | St Johnstone | A | 3–0 | Wilson, Winchester, Little | 5,000 |
| 5 | 31 August | Dundee | H | 2–0 | Smith, Melrose | 12,000 |
| 6 | 3 September | Dundee United | A | 4–3 | Whyte (2), Wilson, Little | 5,000 |

#### Group 1 final table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2.857 | 12 |
| Dundee United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1.000 | 6 |
| Dundee | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.727 | 4 |
| St Johnstone | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0.375 | 2 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QFL1 | 14 September | Morton | A | 1–3 | Smith | 4,750 |
| QFL2 | 21 September | Morton | H | 3–0 | Winchester, Smith, Petersen | 19,000 |
| SF | 19 October | Rangers | N | 2–2 | Wilson, Shewan | 38,600 |
| SFR | 24 October | Rangers | N | 0–2 | | 38,000 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Aberdeen Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 28 January | Dundee | A | 5–0 | Smith (2), Johnston (2), Wilson | 23,000 |
| R2 | 18 February | St Johnstone | H | 5–0 | Johnston (2), Wilson, Smith, Melrose | 22,800 |
| QF | 11 March | Hibernian | A | 1–1 | Smith | 37,200 |
| QFR | 22 March | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | Winchester (2), Storrie | 44,000 |
| SF | 1 April | Dundee United | N | 1–0 | Millar | 41,500 |
| Final | 29 April | Celtic | N | 0–2 | | 126,102 |

## 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 | Bobby Clark | 50 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Ernie McGarr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ally Shewan | 50 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Tommy McMillan | 48 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Whyte | 46 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| | DF | DEN | Jens Petersen | 46 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Martin Buchan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Hermiston | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Benny McCabe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Wilson | 47 | 20 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| | MF | SCO | Frank Munro | 35 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Taylor | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Pat Wilson | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Watt | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Smith | 45 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry Melrose (c) | 43 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Winchester | 29 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Johnston | 26 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Little | 25 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Millar | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Storrie | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Robb | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |