# 1964–65 Aberdeen F.C. season

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 League Division One, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Summer Cup.

## Results

Own goals in italics

### Division 1

| 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 | 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 standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 10 | Morton | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 1.000 | 33 |
| 11 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 57 | 58 | 0.983 | 32 |
| 12 | Aberdeen | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 75 | 0.787 | 32 |
| 13 | St Johnstone | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 62 | 0.919 | 29 |
| 14 | Motherwell | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 54 | 0.833 | 28 |

### 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
#### Group 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 |

#### Group 1 final table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Rangers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 3.714 | 11 |
| St Mirren | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.917 | 7 |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 0.733 | 5 |
| St Johnstone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 0.263 | 1 |

### Scottish Cup

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

### 1965 Summer Cup
#### Group 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 |

#### Group 1 final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dundee United | 6 | 6 | 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 | 4 |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 2 |

## 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 | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ally Shewan (c) | 42 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Bennett | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John McCormick | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Doug Coutts | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Hogg | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Stewart | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | DEN | Jens Petersen | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Whyte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Smith | 41 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Burns | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | DEN | Leif Mortensen | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie McIntosh | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Hume | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Tony Fraser | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Lister | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Don Kerrigan | 33 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Winchester | 29 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Little | 21 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie Cooke | 21 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Kerr | 15 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | DEN | Jørgen Ravn | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy Morrison | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ken Ronaldson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ?? | Alex Wilson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Cummings | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Unofficial Appearances & Goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1964 Summer Cup Finals | 1964 Summer Cup Finals | 1965 Summer Cup | 1965 Summer Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | John Ogston | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Bobby Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ally Shewan (c) | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Bennett | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Whyte | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John McCormick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Doug Coutts | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Hugh Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Smith | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Tony Fraser | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Wilson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie McIntosh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Lister | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | DEN | Leif Mortensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Burns | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Little | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Don Kerrigan | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Winchester | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | DEN | Jørgen Ravn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie Cooke | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Kerr | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tommy Morrison | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dave Millar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |