# 1962–63 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 1962–63 season was Aberdeen's 50th 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

| 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 4 | Celtic | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 76 | 44 | 1.727 | 44 |
| 5 | Hearts | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 85 | 59 | 1.441 | 43 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 47 | 1.489 | 41 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 52 | 1.288 | 41 |
| 8 | Dunfermline | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 47 | 1.064 | 34 |

### 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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Partick Thistle (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2.400 | 9 |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1.333 | 8 |
| Motherwell | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 7 |
| Falkirk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 0.190 | 0 |

### 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

| 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 | 43 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jimmy Hogg | 43 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | George Kinnell (c) | 42 | 12 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Doug Coutts | 35 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Bennett | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ally Shewan | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Doug Fraser | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Cromar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Smith | 35 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Lewis Thom | 26 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ken Brownlee | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | George Mulhall | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Callaghan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tommy Ring | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ian Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Bobby Cummings | 38 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Charlie Cooke | 36 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Ernie Winchester | 34 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Allan | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Billy Little | 21 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| | FW | ?? | Alex Wilson | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |